Infant Jimmie Forth Dies in City Graveside Rite
Graveside rites were held for infant Jimmie Forth son of Mr and Mrs Richard Forth at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Rev Everett Le officiated. Born July 31 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital the infant is survived by parents and grandparents Estie Forth Eunice Owens all of this city.
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Jimmie Forth
Richard Forth
Thiat City
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Everett Lemay
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Richard
Audrey (Owens) Forth
Estie Forth
Eunice Owens
Elmer Payne 58 Dies at Rochelle in Illinois
Elmer Payne a former Mt. Vernon resident died at his Rochelle home at age 58 11 months 20 days Funeral services set for Sunday at Camp Ground Missionary Baptist church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery He was born August 12 1903 in Jefferson County survived by widow Cecil Ford two sons Clyde and Donald daughters Velman Arlene Maxine mother Isabel Payne three brothers Aubry Harold Byron and others and four sisters plus 14 grandchildren
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Elmer Payne
Mt. Vernon
Rochelle
Payne
California Packing Corp
Camp Ground Missionary Baptist Church
Woodlawn
Myers Chapel
Mr. Payne
Jefferson County
Lawrence
Isabel (Piper) Payne
Cecil Ford
Donald Payne
Clyde Payne
Velman Smith
Arlene Meador
Maxine McGuire
Granite City, Til
Isabel Payne
Aubry
Harold and
Byron Payne
Chicago
Thelma Poole
This City
Evalina Linda
Laura Matschke
Pauline Beau
Preiney
Herbert Purdue Dies At 44 Near Kell In Illinois
Herbert Purdue 44 of near Kell died at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness. Services set for 2:00 p.m. Friday at L. R. Osborn and Sons Funeral Home with Rev. Ross Partridge officiating. Burial in Purdue cemetery east of Kell. He lay in state after 6:00 p.m. today. Survivors include wife Darline Purdue of near Kell a step-son Dale and step-daughter Mona both at home his mother Alta Purdue of Kell two brothers Floyd of Kell and Jesse Purdue of Rock Falls Ill a sister Gertrude Riley of Centralia.
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Herbert Purdue
Kell
Good Samaritan Hospital
L. R. Osborn and Sons
Ross Partridge
Purdue Cemetery
Emmit
Alta Purdue
Darline Purdue
Near Kell
Dale
Mona
Floyd Purdue
Jesse Purdue
Rock Falls
Ill
Gertrude Riley
Centralia
Motorcycle Rider Killed on First Anniversary Crash
BROWNSTOWN Ill AP a Brownstown woman Brenda Grinestaff 18 was killed when her motorcycle collided with a car on U S 40 Wednesday night on their first wedding anniversary. Her husband was seriously injured. Louis Collett 40 Brownstown drove the car. Collett is foreman of an oil company production crew of which Grinestaff was a member.
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Brownstown, Ill
Brownstown
U.S
Brenda Grinestaff
Grinestaffs
Louis Collett
Grinestaff
Collett
Oil Company
Gamestaff
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital Delays and Details
Pfc and Mrs Curtis Gream of East St Louis welcomed a son born at 5 02 PM yesterday in Good Samaritan hospital weighing nine pounds The father serves with the U S Army in Munich Germany Mr and Mrs Marmiod Edward Meyer of 11 Crownview welcomed a son born at 7 31 AM today in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds six ounces A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Billy Ray Hayes of Ina at 3 21 AM today in Good Samaritan hospital weighing nine pounds seven ounces
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Pfc
Curtis Gream
East St. Louis
Good Samaritan Hospital
U.S. Army
Munich
Germany
Marmiod Edward Meyer
Crownview
Billy Ray Hayes
Ina
Hospital notes list multiple admissions in Jefferson Memorial
Jefferson Memorial records admit Grover Bronton and George Clayborn Allen. Discharge includes Mike Best. Good Samaritan admits Joseph William Birke Paul Derrick Turner Eva Genell Germann Joana Sue Anderson Mary Lynn Hayes Aline Drennan Larry Joe Sledge Wilma Mae Keele. Discharges include Edith Bright Garrison Marilyn Sue Philipak Louise Katherine McGovern Eva Genel Germann and others.
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Jefferson Memorial
Grover Bronton
George Clayborn Allen
Mike Best
Good Samaritan
Joseph William Birke
Paul Derrick Turner
Eva Genell Germann
Joana Sue Anderson
Mary Lynn Hayes
Aline Drennan
Larry Joe Sledge
Wilma Mae Keele
Edith Bright Garrison
Marilyn Sue Philipak
Louise Katherine McGovern
Eva Genel Germann
Oo Eae Sell Reed
Shirley Ann Ew Aenne Quinn
Joe Sledge
Dor- Sere Fleener
Local Livestock Market Steady Amid Hog Price Rally
Markets kept prices unchanged on the local livestock market today. Top hogs weighing 190 to 220 pounds sold at 18.35 with sows priced at 15.75 for 300 pounds and over 15.25, down. Boars were quoted at 8.50 and 9.50.
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Til
USDA
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon market notes list grain quotes in the afternoon session with Wheat at 1.94, Soybeans at 2.35, and Corn at 1.05. Local pricing reflects commodity values for farmers and traders in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Prices Steady At Mercantile Exchange
Chicago AP reports Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter and eggs prices steady with wholesale buying unchanged to up one level. Notable lines show grade A whites high at 70 percent and various percentages for dirties checks and pie quality.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg price and weight grades in St Louis market
In St Louis, prices and weight grades for eggs and hens are listed by consumer and wholesale standards. Egg sizes large and medium range from 13 to 31 cents per dozen, with various A and B grade categories. Hens prices cover heavy to under 5 pounds, and commercial broilers and fryers are priced per pound.
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St, Louis
Grain prices and corn and wheat figures posted
Chicago grain market report lists Wheat No 3 yellow hard at 2.19, Corn No 2 yellow 1.11 and No 3 yellow 1.10, No 2 white 1.15, Oats No 1 heavy white 65.14, No 2 extra heavy 66, Soybean sales none, Soybean oil 83n, Barley making choice 1.23 priced at 1.40n and feed 93 at 1.12n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Ends Mixed on Gains in Space Age Stocks
The market moved irregularly higher in late trading led by savings and loan stocks and aerospace issues. Volume neared 3.3 million shares with gains outnumbering losses as IBM, Corning Glass, Xerox, Polaroid rose. Chrysler jumped after a rocket contract news while several bond and steel shares were flat to higher.
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AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
IBM
Corning Glass
Xerox
Polaroid
Campbell Soup
Havey Industries
Financial Federation
First Charter Financial
United Financial of California
Great Western Financial
Chrysler
Allis-Chalmers
Public Service Electric & Gas
U.S. Gypsum
du Pont
Thiokol
General Dynamics
Avnet Electronics
United Aircraft
Curtiss- Wright
Governor Brown Denies Clemency in Duncan Case
In Sacramento AP report Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. refused clemency for Elizabeth Duncan and the two men she enlisted to murder her pregnant daughter-in-law. The ruling closes the clemency bid after prosecutors and defense argued over the case and the defendant’s culpability.
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Sacramento
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Elizabeth Duncan
City Agrees to Water Works Purchase Terms
After months of negotiation the City and Water Company settled on a purchase price around 3.4 million plus post‑1981 additions and inventory. The plan calls for a new City utility department overseen by a seven member commission, separate sewer and water divisions, two billing dates, centralized purchasing, and a phased transfer to municipal operation starting August 30 with October first billing under the new system. The bonds were sold at 4 percent, funds allocated for capital additions, materials, equipment, and startup administration.
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Chicago
van Pragg
Helm
Illinois Commerce Commission
B. Utility Dept
Mt. Vernon
Airliners on collision course narrowly avoided disaster
In Kansas City area eastern Kansas two jets with 184 aboard were on a head on path at 33,000 feet. One pilot swerved to miss the other as FAA suspended two traffic control workers. American Airlines Flight 73 from St Louis to Los Angeles carried 96 passengers. Trans World Airlines Flight 78 from Los Angeles to St Louis carried 72. Each ship had eight crew members. TWA pilot C E Davis from Los Angeles said he turned 10 degrees right to avoid 1,000 feet of lateral separation. the American pilot reported 250 to 300 feet. Passengers did not know of the near miss.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Federal Aviation Agency
American Airlines
St. Louis
Los Angles
Trans World Airlines
Los Angeles
TWA
C.E. Davis
Lawyer Sails To See Liz Taylor
New York AP Louis Nizer, attorney for Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher, sails from New York aboard the liner Independence bound for France. He declines to comment on seeking a reconciliation or the couple’s storm-tossed marriage while en route for a consultation with the actress.
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Liz Taylor
New York
Louis Nizer
France
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Nizer
City praises water project progress and savings
The document extols long effort on the water system, noting a million dollars saved by choosing 1962 purchase over 1967. It urges the Council to bless future challenges, commends Mayors and councils, and calls for continued honesty and efficiency to advance local potentials after nine years of work.
Kerner to push death penalty abolition only optionally
Governor Otto Kerner said he will advocate abolition of capital punishment but not make it part of the 1963 session agenda. He supported a six year moratorium in 1959 and 1961 and would speak for it if offered. He cited Crump commutation and cautioned Crump should not be paroled. He also discussed a Peoria psychiatry dispute over clinic location and IPAC leadership changes, indicating criteria for a new Public Aid Commission chair and undecided on a special election for the University of Illinois board vacancy.
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Springfield
Ill
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Robert McCarthy
D-Lincoln
Illinois
Paul Crump
Crump
Kemner
Peoria
Walter H. Baer
Baer
St. Francis Hospital
Francis Gerty
Peoria State Hospital
C. Virgil Martin
Chicago
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Martin
IPAC
University of Illinois Board of Trustees
Richard Harewood
Harewood
U.S. Offers A Test Ban Concessions
President Kennedy dispatches disarmament negotiator to Geneva with new concessions for a nuclear test ban treaty. He urges Khrushchev to drop total opposition to international inspection, citing science on detection of underground explosions to balance inspections and security.
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John M. Hightower
Ashington
Kennedy
Geneva
Soviet Union
U.S
White House
United States
Khrushchev
Three Deformed Babies Born To Soldiers' Wives
In Heidelberg, Army doctors warn soldiers' wives about thalidomide after at least three deformed infants were born to nonmilitary patients treated in Europe. The drug was not used in Army facilities but prescribed by nonmilitary physicians, prompting cautions to discard any thalidomide products and review past medications. Germany had banned Contergan last November after links to birth deformities.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U.S
Europe
U.S. Army
Army
Contergan
Jack’s Bad Back Is His Barometer
President Kennedy joked at a news conference that his back acts as a foul weather barometer. He quipped that his health depends on the weather, political and otherwise, and said it is very good today.
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Washington
Kennedy
It Happened On A Fairfield Corner
Fairfield Illinois AP two brothers named Short collide while turning left. Steve Short 17 and Carroll Short 18 drive into a lawn and strike a wall at Charles Turner s home. The home was hit a second time in about six months.
Kennedy Pushes Tough Drug Law and Thalidomide Clampdown
President Kennedy urged stiffer drug controls and asked women to surrender thalidomide found in home medicine chests. He praised FDA safeguards but called for tougher regulation of drugs to doctors for experimental use and urged stronger legislation to pull dangerous drugs from the market. He also commented on U S efforts at Geneva, racial tensions in Albany Georgia, Peru’s junta, economic performance, and plans for a private satellite operating firm.
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Washington
Kennedy
Europe
Congress
Albany
Georgia
United States
Geneva
Soviet Union
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Food and Drug Administration
Frances Kelsey
Senate Judiciary Committee
Peru
Nevada
Johnston Island
Pacific
Senate
Mt Vernon Weather and 30 Day Forecast Outlook
Detailed weather notes from Mt Vernon show Wednesday high 83 and low 59 with rainfall to date 28.03 inches. The 30 day forecast from Washington APWeather Bureau predicts continued drought in the Northeast with subnormal rains, below normal temperatures north of the Continental Divide, above normal in the Gulf and Southeast, near normal elsewhere, and above normal precipitation from the Southern Plateau through the Central Plains and Ohio Valley.
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MT. Vernon
Washington
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Pacific Coast
Bureau
Continental Divide
Gulf States
Southeast
Pacific Northwest
Centtral Plains
Ohio Alley
Milk Price War Hits St. Louis Grocers
In St Louis area groceries milk fell eight cents a gallon sparking a regional price war. The Missouri Agriculture Department dispatched a milk inspector to probe alleged below cost selling under state law prohibiting price cuts below cost.
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ST. Louis
Great St. Louis
Missouri Agriculture Department
Leftists Win Compromise In Algeria
ALGIERS AP Leftist and rival leaders agreed to a seven member political bureau led by Ahmed Ben Bella divisive Deputy Premier. Belkacem Krim and Mohammed Boudial will join the bureau to avert civil conflict. The group will rule until a Revolutionary Parliament meeting about a month away with elections likely around August 27.
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Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Belkacem Krim
Mohammed Boudial
Ben Bella
Mohammed Khider
Krim
Boudlaf
Col
Mohand Ou el Hadj
Kabylie
Khider
Khidext
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