Deaths Donald Kehrer Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Donald Kehrer, 20, will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Free Will Baptist Church in Belle Rive with Rev. Melvin Larsen and Rev. Melvin Cathout officiating. Burial is in Flint cemetery north of Belle Rive. The body lies in state at Pulley Funeral Home and will be moved to the church at 1:00 p.m. for viewing until the service. He died at 4:15 a.m. yesterday at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis after a long illness.
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Donald Kehrer
Free Will Baptist
Belle Rive
Melvin Larsen
Melvin Cathout
Flint Cemetery
Pulley
Mr. Kehrer
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
George W. Jackson Dies at 84 Former Mt. Vernon Resident
George W. Jackson of Tenti township Marion county died at his home at 8 00 p m He was 84 years four months and 27 days old Funeral services will be held at 2 00 p m tomorrow at Myers Chapel with Reverend Bird Green officiating Burial will be in Bethel cemetery The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel after 4 00 p m today He was born March 12 1876 in Eddyville Illinois son of Elijah and Harriet Buchanan Jackson He was first married to Nancy Voyles who died December 7 1949 He later married Luzilda Hardin who died in January 1956 Survivors include a son Wayne A Jackson of Salem Illinois and one grandson Norman Wayne Jackson He for many years worked for Mt Vernon Car Company and J P Devine Company of this city
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George W. Jackson
Tenti
Marion County
Mt. Vernon
Myers Chapel
Bird Green
Bethel Cemetery
Mr. Jackson
Earl Wilson of McLeansboro Dies at 66
Earl Wilson 66 of North Hancock McLeansboro died at 3 30 this morning at Vickers Memorial Hospital He was a carpenter Funeral services set for Friday at 3 00 p m at Jones Funeral Home McLeansboro Rev Clair Clark officiating burial at I O O F cemetery Friends may call after 7 00 tonight He was born March 20 1894 in Hamilton County son of the late John Wilson On September 16 1915 he married Nellie Hill who survives Also surviving are two daughters Mrs Edchuster and Mrs Vernon Hale both of McLeansboro one sister Mrs Grace Thompson of Champaign and two grandchildren
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Earl Wilson
North Hancock
McLeansboro
Vickers Memorial Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Clair Clark
Mr. Wilson
Hamilton County
John
Joe) Wilson
Nellie Hill
Edchuster
Vernon Hale
Grace Thompson
Champaign
Death notice for William Herbeck of St Louis Missouri
William Herbeck, 50, died at 5 30 am at his home 8917 Russell St Louis. Funeral plans are incomplete. Burial will be in St Louis. Survivors include his wife Bertha Maulding of McLeansboro sister of Mrs James Glover of the Salem Road and his mother in law Mrs Gertrude Maulding of 2813 Mannen
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William Herbeck
Russell
St. Louis
Bertha Maulding
McLeansboro
James Glover
Salem Road
Gertrude Maulding
Births in Ashley and Centralia area
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Poston on August 8 at Pinckneyville Community Hospital weighing six pounds eleven and a quarter ounces and named James Robert. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Poston and Mr. and Mrs. James Williams. great grandparents include Mrs. Lucinda Downes and Henry Williams. Also shown are a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Gregory at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds, and a boy born to Stanley Wallace Decker at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds one ounce.
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George Poston
FRD
Ashley
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
James Robert
Robert Poston
RFD
James Williams
Woodlawn
Lucinda Downes
Henry Williams
Tommy Gregory
Mildred Sherrod Federated Club Meeting Notice
The Mildred Sherrod Federated Club will meet at 8:00 tonight at Mt. Vernon elty park with Celesta Vann presiding. Rebekah Lodge No. 296 holds regular session in LO.0.F. hall on Thursday August 11 at 8:00, with District No. 25 officers as guests. members urged to attend.
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Mildred Sherrod Federated Club
Mt. Vernonelty Park
Uth Wright
Anka
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
Lo.0.f
Rebekah Association N District No
Kennedy and Johnson woo Southern Democrats in bid
AP report on Kennedy and Johnson courting dissident Southern Democrats to bolster the ticket and blunt Republican gains in the South. Kennedy works with local leaders including William Battle and eyes Byrd while Johnson appeals to Southern senators to back the national ticket amid looming Nixon campaigning.
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Jack Bell Washington
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
South
Kennedy
William Battle
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Byrd
Johnson
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Russell B. Long
DLC
Georgia
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Richard M. Nixon
Mt Vernon Recreation Club Meeting Planned Thursday Night
Mt Vernon Recreation Club members and guests will meet at the L and N Restaurant Thursday at 8 30 p m after the Kiwanis meeting. The session will cover membership progress and plans to build a west Mt Vernon club swimming pool and recreation area with Gordon Bennett of Recreation Consultants Inc explaining development methods. An advisory committee, including Earl Jamison Harold G Watson Keith Kaelin Rev William Griffiths Judge Alvin Lacy Williams Mrs Russell Huston Russell Wielt Charles Rohlfing and Mrs James Scagnelli, will be announced and will meet at the L and N Cafe.
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Mt. Vernon
34Th Street
Jack Setzekorn
Ross Webb
Earl Jamison
Harold G. Watson
Keith Kaelin
William Griffiths
Alvin Lacy
When You Retire Keep Working Seven Days a Week
In a day news conference this year, Hoover said he hoped to keep working seven days a week though it drew protests. He noted many touching tributes from both political sides and pleasure at receiving favorable comment on his farewell speech at the Republican National Convention.
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Hoover
Darewell
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Jefferson Memorial records list Michael John Mc Manamy and Mrs Sonia Annette Thorpe as admitted. Discharges include David Anderson Campbell Mrs Vena Vivian Burton and baby Hazel David Jr Doyle Edg ington Billy Ray Gowler and William Washington Bullard.
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Jefferson Memorial
Michael John McManamy
Sonia Annette Thorpe
David Anderson Campbell
Vena Vivian Burton
Hazel David
Wood River, Jr
Doyle Edgington
Fairfield
Billy Ray Gowler
William Washington Bullard
Good Samaritan
Lulu W. Mitchell
Ray Webb
William Riley Scott
Mary Opal Laswell
William Joseph Lamke
Mary Grace Piercy
Hazel Mae Prince
Evelyn Louise Stewart
Samuel Frank Mateer
Minnie Myrtle Davis
Mary Joyce Ward
Betty LaDonna Marlow
Duane Wolfe
Brent Robert Smith
Carl Oscar Blades
Mary Lois Bundy
Jane Ellen
Nora Evelyn Lankford
Ruth Ann Hongserimeier
City Manager Says Kansas City Bosses Renewed Secret Move
Heitseh Jr of Rock Island accuses city officials Gavin and Fleming of a phony bid to hire him as assistant city manager to sway voters in a primary. He says he was put in an embarrassing position and asked to withdraw his name from consideration.
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Kansas City
Heitseh Jr
Rock Island
Heitseh
Thomas H. Gavin
Comnciman
Harry M. Fleming
Hietsch
Gavin
Fleming
Chicago Markets Butter and Eggs Steady on Receipts Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes butter and eggs hold steady as receipts reach 770 000 for butter and 10 900 for eggs. Prices show wholesale buying unchanged with grade and component breakdowns including 93 score AA 59 and 60 percent or better grades.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock prices at National Stockyards report
National Stockyards Illinois AP USDA reports hogs 8 500 head with barrows gilts and sows strong to 25 higher. Prices for US No 1-2 190-235 lb barrows 17.75-17.85, lighter weights 15 16 dollars. Cattle 2 000 and calves 400. Slaughter steers 23.00-24.50, heifers 22.25-23.75, cows 14.00-15.00, vealers 21.00-25.00 with some 26.00. Sheep 700 opening sales steady. spring lambs 17.50-20.00, up to 21.00 for some.
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National
USDA
Cash Grain Prices Report From Chicago
Chicago AP reports no wheat or soybean sales. Corn No 1 yellow at 1.20. Oats No 2 heavy white 70, No 1 extra heavy white 70, No 2 extra heavy white 6954. Soybean oil 954b 44a. Barley making choice 1.15 1.25n feed 85 1.02n.
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Chicago
Wall Street mixed as steels rise and aircraft weigh on market
Wall Street edged higher amid cautious gains in steels with U S Steel and Lukens up about a point. Aircraft shares recouped earlier losses after Eisenhower defense spending remarks while coppers were mixed and several major groups held firm. Bond prices slipped as the irregular session continued and volume matched Tuesday’s pace.
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New York
U.S. Steel
Lukens
Eisenhower
Kennecott
Phelps Dodge
Anaconda
American
Motors
General Motors
Ford
American Motors
Radio Corp
Lorillard
Schering
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
U.S
Chicago Poultry Receipts Up, Prices Mixed on Weekday Trade
Chicago poultry market notes USDA figures for yesterday with 58 000 pounds received. Wholesale buying prices largely unchanged to up to four percent higher. White rock fryers priced 20 to 22 percent higher, roasters up to Plymouth Rock fryers four to five percent rise.
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Chicago
USDA
Egg and live poultry prices in St. Louis market
St Louis market reports eggs and live poultry with hens, commercial broilers and fryers priced at 242 to 3 percent pounds 17 to 17 percent. Old roosters listed at 9 to 10. Other prices unchanged.
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ST. Louis
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted In Afternoon Trade
Mt Vernon reported prices for wheat at 1.70, soybeans at 2.05, and corn at 1.09 this afternoon as part of local market activity.
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Mt. Vernon
Disarmament Commission Meets Amid Boycott
United Nations New York AP dispatch says the U S disarmament commission will meet Tuesday to review the failure of the Geneva talks. Luis Padilla Nerva of Mexico chairs the session which also marks Henry Cabot Lodge’s farewell as U S delegate before his planned 1956 vice presidential bid.
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United Nations
N.Y
Nikita Khrushchev
Pravda
Communist Party
Khrushchev
U.S
Paris
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Lodge
Disarmament Commission
Geneva
Eisenhower Disagrees With Benson On Farm Policy
President Eisenhower stated he does not see eye to eye with Benson on the farm program and will act with his own judgment on any bills. He defended the Nixon Lodge ticket for the South but warned against partisan campaigning. The remarks touched on civil rights, Cuba, and Latin American aid as part of a broad briefing on policy and governance.
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Benson
Eisenhower
Nixon Lodge
South
Congress
Senate
Cuba
Gov
Rockefeller
Laos
Europe
Khrushchev
East Germany
Ald—Eisenhower
Ession
Soldier Finds Wife and Daughters Shot Dead in Wahiawa
In Wahiawa near Honolulu, Specialist Albert Tatsuno returned home to discover his Japanese-born wife Tomoko Kator Tatsuno 25, daughter Margie 14 months, daughter Ann 4 months, and former boyfriend Jack Warden 35 shot to death in a small studio apartment. The scene suggested three murders and a suicide. police and Asst. Police Chief Leon Straus cautioned uncertainty pending investigation. The victims included Tatsuno's wife and two young daughters, with Warden of Atlanta, Ga. as the other deceased.
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Honolulu
Asst
Leon
Straus
Tomoko Kator
Tatsuno
Margie
Ann
Jack Warden
Atlanta
Wahiawa
Albert Tatsuno
Warden
al Ae
Uprising Reported in Capital as UN Force Moves
UN and diplomatic circles awaited Dag Hammarskjold's return to handle the Congo crisis as Tshombe allowed UN entry under conditions. Tshombe barred Soviet or communist-linked troops and Congo internal affairs, while Lumumba boasted of emergency measures and army overhaul amid a mutinous Congo force. Belgian envoy Van Den Bosch left via Brazzaville. Van Upen Bosch arrived in Brazzaville with a stoic response.
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U. N
Hammarskjold
Lumumba
U. N. Security Council
Katanga
Tshombe
Leopoldville
U.N
Elisabethville
Harmmarskjold
Security Council
North America
Africa
Congo
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Sekou Toure
Guinea
Jenen van den Bosch
Baron van Upen Bosch
Brazzaville
Weather outlook cools with near normal weekend warmth
Divneis reports temperatures will run about 7 degrees below normal with highs near 81 to 86 in the north and 85 to 91 in the south and lows around 61 to 64 north and 63 to 70 south. A cooler night and cooler by Friday or Saturday with little weekend change. Precipitation totals about one tenth of an inch in scattered showers Friday or Saturday.
Pleasant Illinois Weather Forecast For Thursday
The Associated Press reports cool air sweeps Illinois with nights in the 60s and days topping only into the high 70s to low 80s. Forecaster says conditions will be fair and pleasant. The five day outlook shows average temperatures about seven degrees below normal, highs mostly in the high 70s in the north and mid 80s in the south.
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Associated Press
Qlinois
Pope County Forest Bridge Plan for Grand Pierre River
U S Forest Service in Harrisburg prepares plans for a Grand Pierre River bridge over Pope County to boost Pope County timber development. Rep Kenneth J Gray says project costs about 86000 dollars and will be funded with federal national forest funds.
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West Frankfort
Grand Pierre River
Pope County
U.S. Forest Service
Harrisburg
Kenneth J. Gray
Gray
National Forest
Pope
Laos Rebel Takeover Shuts Communications In Capital
In Saigon AP report, a rebel army seized Vientiane and declared a neutralist policy while flights to the city were halted and telegraph service stopped. Premier Tiao Son Sith and the government were said safe in Luang Prabang as foreign troops were asked to depart. Diplomatic sources name Kong Le as rebel leader, with 753 Americans in Laos amid the U S military aid program.
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David Lancashire
Saigon
Viet Nam
Laos
Vientiane
Tiao Samsonith
Luang Prabang
Sisavang Vathana
Lito
U.S
Pathet Lao
Hong Kong
Kong le
United States
Ft. Benning
Ther i County
Bond Set On Man Charged With Opdyke Prowling
A Kentucky man, Ivan E. Hamilton, 52, of Louisville, Ky., faced a $1,000 bond after being charged with prowling before daylight Tuesday at Opdyke. He also faces a larceny charge and was held in county jail for failure to post bond.
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Kentucky
Opdyke
Ivan E. Hamilton
Louisport
Alton Dentist To Speak At NAACP Dinner
Dr. L. H. Holman of Alton will speak at the NAACP dinner Friday August 12 at the Masonic Hall Grand Avenue. Holman is president of the Illinois State Conference NAACP Branches and ex president of Joliet NAACP. A World War II veteran, he served as a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps. Tickets are $1 from local NAACP members.
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NAACP
Masonic Hall
Grand Avenue
L. H. Holman
Alton
Holman
Illinois State Conference
Joliet
Shurtleff College
Meharry
Randall to speak at national county officials meeting in Miami Beach
Kenneth Randall deputy county treasurer of Jefferson county will speak at the silver anniversary convention of the National Association of County Officials in Miami Beach. He will discuss mid winter conference highlights and serve as secretary of the National Association of County Treasurers and Finance Officers. Governor Collins will welcome delegates expected to total about 3000 from across the United States. The event runs August 13 to 17 at the Fountainbleau Hotel with topics including area wide problems county administration education and mental health. Walter Ray Randall also attends as second vice president of the Illinois Association of County Officials. He plans to depart Friday.
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Kenneth Randall
Jefferson County
Miami Beach
Fila
National Association of County Officials
Randall
National Association of County Treasurers
National Association
San Diego
California
Walter Ray Randall
Ilinois Association of
Fountainbleau Hotel
Leroy S. Collins
Airplane Torn Apart by Storm Kills Five in Crash
Coroner's jury finds two children, Glenn Pilkington aged 3 and Dale 20 months, fell from a torn wing as high winds ripped apart the plane Saturday night. The crash killed the Pilkingtons family of five and pilot Jack Dinerstein, 30, of Van Nuys, Calif. Kari Pilkington, 4, survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pilkington
Pilkington
Kari
Jack Dinerstein
van Nuys
Calif
Pilkingtons
Tujunga
Walker
Randolph Coun
Public Sale At 700 Jordan St Vernon Tilti Antique Items
Auction notices list numerous household items including furniture such as dining room sets living room suites chests of drawers and wardrobes plus appliances like stoves air conditioner deep fryers and a Polaroid camera. Owners Carl V Williams Roy Taylor auctioneer Ken Hunt clerk. Not responsible for accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South 21St Street
Mt. Vernon
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Mt. Vernon Grain
Roy Taylor
Mt, Vernon
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Lelan Carr Equipment CO
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Til
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Carl V. Williams
Ken Hunt
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