Deaths Harvey P White Retired Painter Dies at 71
Harvey Preston White of 1507 Jones Street died at 9 00 PM Thursday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. A WWI veteran and retired painter, he was 71 years five months and 14 days old. Funeral 3 PM Saturday at Pulley Funeral Chapel with burial in Oakwood cemetery. wake after 6 PM today. Survived by wife Josephine and three brothers and a sister.
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Harvey Preston White
Jones Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
White
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Maurice Paxton
Oakwood Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Mr. White
East Prairie
Enoch C
Dink (Lay) White
Murphysboro
Josephine B. Stearns
Assembly of God
Alton
Lawrence White
Richmond, Va
Everette White
Bethalto, Tl
Harry White
Moline, Jr
Effie Abbott
Hast Moline, I
Fairweather Rites In Dale Fairweather Rites In Dale
Mrs Fairweather 5 of Broughton died at 7 10 am today at her daughter s home near McLeansboro and funeral services are set for 2 00 pm Sunday at the Dale Pentecostal church where she was a member Burial will be in Hickory Hill cemetery near Broughton The body will lie in state at Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro after 10 am Saturday Survivors include son Arthur Irvin of Broughton two grandsons Milton Irvin and Mel Irvin two granddaughters Mrs Fred Stephens of RFD 4 McLeansboro and several grandchildren and great grandchildren There are also three stepdaughters and other relatives
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Fronia
Irvin) Fairweather
Broughton
Fred Stephens
McLeansbeore
Dale Pentecostal Church
Hickory Hill Cemetery
Leo Robertson
Hickory Hill
Gholsoh
McLeansboro
Fairweather
Hamilton County
John Isaac
Margaret (Russell) Cantrell
Orville Irvin
Frank Fairweather
Arthur Irvin
Milton Irvin
Dale
Mel Irvin
RFD
Clara Smith
Caroline Johns
Laura Johnson
Births Trace Local Families Welcoming Newborns
Mr and Mrs Wallace Higgins of 1215 South 2nd Street welcomed son Mark Allen born 3 52 AM at Good Samaritan Hospital weight seven pounds nine and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Hayes of Wayne City welcomed son Erik Lee born yesterday at Good Samaritan. Angela Diane eight pounds one ounce born to Mr and Mrs Lowell Neal of Belle Rive last night at Good Samaritan. Marine Private and Mrs Norman Willerman of Wayne City welcomed Kevin Louis born 1 05 AM at Jefferson Memorial hospital weight four pounds twelve ounces father stationed in Viet Nam. Mr and Mrs Marvin Jenking of Lincoln Tl welcomed daughter Michelle Jeannine born July 26 in Lincoln hospital weight six pounds six and one half ounces. Mr and Mrs Larry Jones of W200 North 6 Third Street Springfield I welcomed son Scott Michael born July 30 in Springfield hospital weight eight pounds five ounces. Grandparents and great grandparents named locally.
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Wallace Higgins
South 2Rd Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mark Allen
Benjamin Hayes
Wayne City
Erik Lee
Lowell Neal
Belle Rive
Angela Diane
Marine Private
Norman Willerman
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Kevin Louis
Viet Nam
Marvin Jenking
Lincoln, Tl
Michelle Jeannine
Rosita Stover
Mt. Vernon
Larry Jones
Springfield
Scott Michael
Harry Unnings
Jerseyville
Archie Jones
Harnest DeWitt
City
May Tear Down SIU Old Main
Carbondale Illinois AP Old Main at Southern Illinois University would be razed to ease campus traffic. A proposal to replace the building with a road was among several ideas given to the board of trustees Thursday.
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Carbondale
Old Main
Southern Tinois University
Board of Tustees
Weather in MT VERNON AND CHICAGO FORECASTS
Illinois heat gave way to a cooler weekend forecast after thundershowers. Chicago area highs reached the 90s with midweek readings around 91 at Midway and 98 at Varidalia. cooler air is expected by Sunday with scattered showers and a return to near normal temps across northern and southern Illinois. Precipitation expected from one-half to three-quarters inch Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Chicago
Illinois
Belleville
Varidalia
Springfield
Christopher Faces Water Shortage Warning in Town
Christopher Til, a 2,800 resident Franklin County town, urged to limit water use amid potential shortage. The town weighs joining a $1 million regional water system as several nearby towns already limit usage in recent summers.
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Christopher, Til
Franklin County
Christopher
Draft quotas up Rejections Increasing
Washington AP reports that draft odds favor rejection, citing Army surgeon general data from 1964. Of 47,511 pre-induction exams, 53 percent failed. 22.2 percent failed medical, 16.2 percent mental tests, 14 percent for limited bearing, 1.5 percent both medical and mental, and 1.7 percent for administrative reasons.
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Army Surgeon General's Office
Secret history of atomic work near Richland and Hanford
The piece recalls the secrecy surrounding the Manhattan Project in Washington state towns such as Richland Hanford and White Bluffs. Residents recount government buyouts, farm displacements, and the rush to produce an explosive device while scientists considered peacetime uses for isotopes and medical research.
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Richland
Hanford
White Bluffs
Blanche Martin
Prosser
Wash
Robby Johnson
Leslie R. Groves
Johnson
Herbert M. Parker
Battelle Northwest Laboratories
Raciation Protection
Parker
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Hold Through Noon
Markets from Mt. Vernon show hog prices unchanged at 24.00 for 200 to 2 lb hogs. Sows ranged 21.00 for 300 weight down, 20.75 for 800 weight and over, boars 11.60 to 12.00. After 12:30 p m prices shift to next day basis.
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices And Soybean Quotes
Mt Vernon reports the afternoon grain quotes with wheat at 1.36, soybeans at 2.60, shell corn 1.33, and ear corn 1.30 as market prices.
Louis Produce Egg and Poultry Prices United States
AP report from St. Louis lists egg prices by consumer and wholesale grades with size categories and price ranges. It also provides hen and fryer price bands, noting heavy and light hens and broilers with stated weight cutoffs and price brackets.
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ST. Louis
Butter and eggs market notes from Chicago trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter steady to firm with grades AA 80 percent and AA 93 score, A 60 percent at 92, B 50 percent at 90, and C 58 percent at 99. Eyes steady to firm with 70 percent of better grade A whites and mixed listings. Trade details include weights 3344 to 364g, standards 27, checks 21, ditties unquoted.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain prices mixed for Wheat Soybeans and oils
Chicago AP grain report shows No 2 hard wheat at 1.5744 and No 2 red at 1.5244, with No 1 yellow at 1.30 percent and No 2 yellow at 1.301 percent. Soybeans No 1 yield at 2.81 percent. soybean oil listed at 9.75.
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Chicago
Livestock Receipts Decline at National Stockyards Alabama
National Stockyards Alabama reports Monday totals with hogs at 6500 head cattle 6000 calves 300 and small consignments of sheep. Hogs ranged 24.50 to 75 for various classes while cattle and vealers showed 15.00 to 25.00 as buyers noted steady demand for choice vealers and feeder lambs.
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Prifig Lambs Choice
Prime
Lambs Good Aid Choice
Wall Street Gold Miners Decline In Mixed Market
Wall Street shares fell in a sluggish late afternoon session as gold mining stocks mostly slipped amid a mixed market. Major names like Anaconda and Chicago Great Western posted losses, while gains appeared in some large Tech and industrials. Dow Jones noon averages show declines across all major indices.
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New York
London
Campbell Red Lake
Bethlehem
American Cyanamid
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Polaroid
Bucyrus - Erie
Milwaukee Road
Comsat
CTS Corp
Eltra
Getty Oil
Kendall & Lukens
Fairchild Camera
Paramount Pictures
Rayette
Chicago Great Western
Kroger
Benguet
Anaconda
United Aircraft
Xerox
IBM
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Autos Collide At 11th Main in Mt Vernon Report
One minor automobile accident was reported in Mt Vernon yesterday. A collision at 9th and Main at 3 40 p.m. involved Emma H. Jackson Lesser and Harold E Chambliss 916 York. Damage was minor and there were no injuries.
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Mt. Vernon
Uth and
Matin
Emma H. Jackson
Lesser
Harold E. Chambliss
York
Ford Seeks Talk With President Over Leaked Viet Nam Charge
House Republican Leader Gerald R Ford asks President Johnson for a private conference to address his alleged misinformed view on Viet Nam. The White House says no meeting is planned as Johnson’s charge targets an unnamed GOP leader tied to White House strategy talks. Ford's letter and Moyers replies frame a dispute over a leaked memo about Mansfield and reservist calls.
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Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
Johnson
White House
Michigan
Republican
Congress
Ford
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Texas
Congresman Ford
Senate
Mika Mansfield
Montana
Viet Nam
Newsfire
Howse
Newsweek
Samuel Shaffer
Sen
Mansfield
Hiroshima marks anniversary amid typhoon fallout
Mayor Shinzo Hatai described outsiders\nand said Hiroshima should not become a battleground as mourners added 469 names to the cenotaph, bringing the identified victims to 61,443. The typhoon spared the city significant damage while the 1,900 foot high bomb fireball and vast destruction details underscored the wartime catastrophe.
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Shinzo Hatai
Hiroshima
Atomic Bomb Hospital
Japan Sea
Illinois to gain 219 million in Social Security benefits
Regional Director Melville H Head announced Illinois residents will see a total of 1.26 billion in Social Security payments for 1966 rising to 1.45 billion in 1967 with Medicare amendments signed by President Johnson. About 56 000 more Illinois residents will receive monthly Medicare hospital insurance benefits totaling 66 million in 1966 and 146 million in 1967.
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Illinois
Hosch
Four Deaths In Collision Near Morris
A collision 16 miles south of Morris left four dead and four injured. Victims include Gordon F. Notzke of Chillicothe and Mrs Esther Younk of Montgomery, plus Mrs Emma Humphrey of Peoria and Mrs Malania Filiapowicz of Warsaw, with their daughter Barbara Filiapowicz in critical condition. Priest Rev Francis J Gabryl of Decatur Texas was listed in fair condition. two others, Chelczuk Meroslawa and Norma Notzke, were in far condition.
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Morris, Til
Collson
Morris
Gordon F. Notzke
Chillicothe
Esther Younk
Montgomery
Emma Humphrey
Peoring
Malania Filiapowicz
Warsaw
Poland
Filiapowicz
Barbara Filiapowicz
Francis J. Gabryl
Decatur
Tex
Chelczuk Meroslawa
Notzke
Norma
Viet Reds Lose Division in Month
Wounded Vietnamese was hit by ground fire but continued to Saigon. Thirteen Viet Cong killed near Buon Ba Vang in Dai Lac Province. Nine guerrillas slain in Quang Tin Province. Twenty Viet Cong killed in Leng An Province near Saigon. Government losses described as light. Two elements of the 101st Airborne suffered light casualties at Cam Ranh Bay. Saigon received first U.S. supplied jets for the Viet Namese air force flown by Vietnamese pilots with U.S. airmen observing.
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Saigon
Buon Ba Vang
Dai Lac
Quang Tin
Leng An
Yanko
USS. Army
101St Airborne Division
Cam Ranh Bay
United States
U.S. Air Force
Frank D. Hardee
Fortas Denies Ties to Communists in Red Scare Probe
Washington AP Abe Fortas told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he has no ties to Communists or their fronts and that his relationship with President Johnson will not affect his ability to serve on the Supreme Court. The hearing recessed after mixed testimony and awaits a potential vote Tuesday.
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Washington
Abe Fortas
Johnson
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fortas
Marjorie Shearon
Chevy Chase
Youtabe
Fortab
Fortias
Separate Maintenance Petition Filed
Norma Hook seeks separate maintenance from William Hook in circuit court on grounds of cruelty. They married July 8 1957 and separated August 1 1965. She asks for custody of three children and support for herself and the children.
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Norma Hook
William Hook
Hooks
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted
Admitted: Glenda Lee Garri son Lawrence Rayfield Audt of Dahlgren Ermal A. Willer man of Wayne City Discharged: Myrtle A. Proc tor Iona L. Vannatta Good Samaritan Admitted: Ruby Pauline Ger mann Jin Garland Frailey David Clarerice Wilson William Jesse Stroud William H. Bull ard Donald Delean Hileman Jacob Charles Epplin Grace Irene Buerkle Rollie Daniel Eubanks Discharged: Dorothy Irene Johnston Givens Ora McDonald Thelma Irene Davis Edna Jane Winfree Ruby Belle Eldridge Donna Jean Robertson Donald Delean Hileman Debbie Ahea Barton Mrs Nora Marie Moore and baby Rhonda Dawn
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Good Samaritan
Ruby Pauline Germann
Jin Garland Frailey
David Clarerice Wilson
William Jesse Stroud
William H. Bullard
Donald Delean Hileman
Jacob Charles Epplin
Grace Irene Buerkle
Rollie Daniel Eubanks
Dorothy Irene Johnston
Givens Ora McDonald
Thelma Irene Davis
Edna Jane Winfree
Ruby Belle Eldridge
Donna Jean Robertson
Debbie Ahea Barton
Nora Marie Moore
Rhonda Dawn
Grain Drying Meeting Set In Mt Vernon Mt V
The Jefferson County Agricultural Extension Council will hold a grain drying meeting on Tuesday August 10 at 8:00 p.m. in the vocational agriculture room of Mt. Vernon township high school. Professor H H Beaty of the University of Illinois will lead, discussing equipment, bins, moisture, temperatures and modern harvesting changes. The Marlon Jefferson Service Co will serve coffee and doughnuts. farmers urged to attend.
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Jefferson County Agricultural Extension Council
Vocational Agriculture
Mt. Vernon Township High School
H. H. Beaty
University of Illinois Department of Engineering
Beaty
Don Lee
Marlon-Jefferson Service Co
Jaycee Lake Youth Corpsmen Build Roadways and Areas
Twenty Mt. Vernon youths work 16 weeks at Jaycee Lake under the Neighborhood Youth Corps program funded by the Economic Opportunity Act. They are building new roadways and picnic areas in the wooded north of the beach as part of a lake cleanup and improvement effort sponsored by the Farmers Union with recruiters from Illinois Employment.
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Jaycee Lake
Chester Lewis
Lewis
Farmers Union
Illinois Employment Service
Mt. Vernon
Life of 42 Passengers in Mexico City Flight Tragedy
Mexican airline captain Francisco de La Huerta landed a DCG jet at Mexico City Airport with 42 aboard after a shadowy figure appeared on the runway. He opted to continue straight, sparing passengers as police suspected the man died by his own hand. A bouquet was found along the runway.
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Mexico
City Apy
Villahermosa
Francisco de la Huerta
Mexicana de Aviacilon Dcg
Mexico City
First Free Will Baptist Church Hosts East Central Quarterly
The First Free Will Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon will host the East Central Quarterly this evening with worship at 7 30 and a business meeting. On Saturday the church women will serve a noon dinner for visiting delegates and ministers. Rev. Howard Flora is the host pastor.
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First Free Will Baptist Church of
Mt. Vernon
East Central
Howard Flora
Mt. Vernon Church
Mississippi Poll Tax Challenge Sparks Voting Rights Fight
The piece reports Congress ready to suspend literacy tests and federalize voter registration in the South. Attorney General Katzenbach and Civil Service chief Macy advise immediate action, with federal voting examiners to be deployed to Southern counties to counter racial discrimination in turnout.
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Lincoln
Johnson
Capitol Rotunda
Capitol
John W. McCormack
Macy
Katzenbach and
Civil Service
Katzenbach
Recent Civic Center Contributions Reach Mt Vernon
Recent contributions to the Mt. Vernon Community Center were announced today as the citizens committee canvasses for funds to support programs for the coming year. Donors include Mothers Club 20, King City Garden Club 5, Mt. Vernon Camera Club 25, Malcolm 8 Henning 100, Clarence Brehm 50, Pulley Funeral Home 28, Sears Roebuck and Co 38, Old Union Homemakers Extension 5, Dr R H Whitaker 25, Dr James Setzekorn 25, Dr Al Modert 3, Dr Samuel Thompson 10, Dr C M Dixon 10, Dra William Dyeus and Curtis Parker 20, Glenn Moore 25, John Kirk 10, Demetri Hassakis 5, Howard W Campbell 10, Dr Claude H Hurst 5, Mrs John Baal 5.
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Mt. Vernon
Civic Center
Lth
Main
Mothers Club
King City Garden Club
Mt. Vernon Camera Club
Malcolm
Henning
Clarence Brehm
Pulley Funeral Home
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Old Union Unit
Homemakers Extension
R. H. Whitaker
James Setzekorn
al Modert
Samuel Thompson
C. M Dixon
Mt Vernon's Firemen Respond To Home Blaze
Bill Lee of Mt. Vernon rode out on the fire truck after a call from his wife Peggy reporting a house fire at 716 South 20th. An overheated dryer heating element caused a small fire. Peggy suffered a minor burn to her left hand, treated by Bill, who reset the switch and returned to duty with fellow firemen.
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Bill Lee
Mt. Vernon
Lee
South 20Th
Peggy
Grand Avenue Fire Damages Home and Destroys Shed
Firefighters responded to 514 Grand Avenue late yesterday as burning rubbish ignited and destroyed a shed. The flames spread to another shed and the home of Mary Montgomery at 5104 Grand, causing damage to the house and adjoining structures.
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Mooh
Grand Avenue
Grand
Mary Montgomery
Radar patrol nets single speeding ticket in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon police operated mobile radar for two and a half hours late Thursday at three spots the 400 block of south 15th the 400 block of south Eighth and the 700 block of Conger. Only one motorist was cited for speeding while others were stopped for warnings and observed driving within posted limits.
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Mt. Vernon
South 15Th
South Eighth
Conger
Seven fined in circuit court for traffic offenses
John A. Myers of Odin improp er passing fined 10 dollars. John Vernon Page of 219 Opdyke Mt. Vernon fined 20 for no valid license. Michael L. Marlow R R 4 Mt. Vernon fined 22 for speeding. Rudell Brooks Batesville Ark fined 15 for speeding. Willam E B Blanken ship Milan Tenn fined 15 for no valid safety test. Aubie Johnson Hayti Mo fined 15 for too fast for conditions. Wester Harriford Oakland Ky fined 15 for no reciprocal registration. John Alpha McCarthy 910 South 10th immoxication fined 15.
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John A. Myers
Odin
John Vernon Page
Opdyke
Mt. Vernon
Michael L. Marlow
R.R
Rudell Brooks
Batesville
Ark
Willam EB. Blankenship
Milan
Tenn
Aubie Johnson
Hayti
Wester Harriford
Oakland
John Alpha McCarthy
South 10Th
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