Deaths and Funerals of Parley Riggs at 73
Parley Riggs 73 of Rt 3 died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Ind Funeral Home with Rev. Bus Hart officiating. Mt. Vernon American Legion Post 141 to provide military rites. Burial in Kirk cemetery. Survived by wife Verne Spurlock a son Robert Nelson Riggs Dallas two daughters Freda Hughey Maxine Dycus one brother Henry Riggs nine grandchildren eight great grandchildren and several nephews and nieces. He was born January 4 1896 in Jefferson County and was a World War I veteran.
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Parley Riggs
Rt. 3
Good Samaritan Hospital
Riggs
Downey Veterans Hospital
Chicago
Ind Funeral
Bus Hart
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Riggs
Jefferson County
John
Elizabeth Kelley Riggs
Verne Spurlock
Robert Nelson Riggs
Dallas
Tex
Freda Hughey
Sadie Walton 87 Dies. Rites Planned Saturday
Sadie A. Walton 87 of 1817 Richview Road died at 8 20 a m today at Good Samaritan Hospital She was mother of Mrs Dorothy Schweinfurth Kent Mt Vernon and lived with her daughter for four years For 40 years she was a correspondent for White Bear Press under the pen name Lady Of The Lake Funeral services set for 3 00 p m Saturday at Myers Chapel Rev Robert Freytag officiating burial in Oakwood Cemetery Body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 5 00 p m Friday Born April 8 1882 in Homesdale Pa daughter of E R and Emma Jane Owen She was married to Charles Walton who preceded her in death Survived by one daughter and two sons preceded in death by two sons
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Sadie A. Walton
Richview Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dorothy Schweinfurth Kent
Mt. Vernon
Myers Chapel
Robert Freytag
Oakwood Cemetery
Walton
Homesdale
E. R
Emma Jane (Dall) Owen
Charles Walton
Brook Parkinson Dies At His Home Near Sesser
Brook Parkinson 62 died at home southwest of Lesser on Wednesday. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Brayfield Funeral Home Sesser with Rev. Floyd Hartley officiating. Burial Maple Hill cemetery. Born March 13 1907 to Noel and Mable Parkinson. Survived by wife Marie Kirkpatrick two daughters Aline Bays Maretta Williams four sons Warren Ray Noel Daniel a brother Carl two sisters five half siblings and 22 grandchildren.
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Brook Parkinson
Lesser
Mr. Parkinson
Brayfield
Sesser
Floyd Hartley
Maple Hill
Noel and
Mable Hubbard Parkinson
Marie Kirkpatrick
Bear Point Baptist Church
Aline Bays
Maretta Williams
Benton
Warren
Grays Lake
Ill
Ray
Ocean Springs
Miss
Noel
Daniel
Carl
Fire Destroys Interior of 1965 Car on Jones Street
The city fire department logged an early morning call at 1 24 am reporting a fire in the interior of a 1965 model automobile parked at 1020 Jones Street. The car interior was destroyed and the cause is unknown. Owner is Richard Spearman.
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Jones St
Richard Spearman
Robert Tuttle Dies Of Gun Wound In Nashville
Robert B. Tuttle 34 of Nashville died at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday at his home from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was office manager of the Washington County Service Company for 13 years. Services are at 9:00 a.m. Saturday at St. King Funeral Home in Nashville with Rev. John O Keefe. burial in St. Ann's Cemetery. He was born December 1 1934 in Omaha Nebraska, married Mary Louise Langa in 1953, and is survived by his wife, his parents Blaine and Lornie Tuttle, three sons Joseph Patrick Benjamin, two daughters Kathleen and Barbara, and grandparents Pansy Tuttle and N A Crain.
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Robert B. Tuttle
Nashville
Washington County Service Company
St. the King Funeral Home
John O’keefe
St. Ann’s Cemetery
King Funeral Home
Omaha
Neb
Blaine and
Lornie (Crain) Tuttle
Mary Louise Langa
Blaine Tuttle
Woodlawn
Joseph
Patrick
Benjamin
Kathleen
Barbara
Pansy Tuttle
Route 5
Centralia
N. A. Crain
Eleanor Bullock Dies at 42 in Wayne City
Eleanor Bullock 42 of Wayne City died Wednesday at Barnes Hospital St Louis Funeral services will be at Olive Branch Baptist church Saturday at 2 30 p.m Rev Vernard Ile to officiate Burial in Olive Branch cemetery Friends may call Richardson Funeral Home Wayne City after 3 p m Friday She was born April 1 1927 in Wayne county daughter of Grady and Mabel Wright She married Everett Bullock November 5 1948 Survivors include four daughters Debbie Winnie Dereth Mimi three stepdaughters Helen Mathews Dee Hedden Evelyn Green three brothers Gene Wright Dorman Wright Walter Wright two sisters Audrey Wagner Joyace Weaver
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Eleanor Bullock
Wayne City
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Mabel Smith Wright
Everett Bullock
Debbie
Winnie
Dereth
Mimi
Helen Mathews
Dee Hedden
Evelyn Green
Shelbyville
Gene Wright
Fairfield
Dorman
Walter Wright
Elgin
Audrey Wagner
Mt. Vernon
Joyace Weaver
Sandorus
Pearl Schaffer Dies At 67 in Mt Vernon Saturday Rites
Pearl Elizabeth Schaffer 67 of 619 Herbert Street died this morning at 5 20 in Good Samaritan Hospital Her funeral at Myers Chapel on Saturday at 1 30 p m with Rev Hugh York officiating Burial will be in Carterville Illinois Friends may call after 5 p m Friday at Myers Chapel where the body will lie in state Born in Collinsville Illinois on November 11 1901 she was daughter of Benjamin and Nora Allan Married in Murphysboro in 1918 to Emil Schaffer who died in 1950 She was a member of the White Shrine Eastern Star and Rebekah Lodge and of the Central Church of Christ Survivors include four daughters Bonnie Schultz Wanda Trammel Judith Allen all of Mt Vernon and Helen Bail Needles California and five grandchildren
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Pearl Elizabeth Schaffer
Herbert Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Hugh York
Carterville
Ill
Schaffer
Collinsville
Benjamin
Nora
Greathouse) Allan
Murphysboro
Emil Schaffer
White Shrine
Eastern Star
Rebekah Lodge
Central Church of Christ
Bonnie Schultz
Wanda Trammel
Judith Allen
Mt. Vernon
Helen Bail
Needles
Calif
Birth Announcement for Michael Joe Shelton
Mr and Mrs John Shelton Jr of 3212 Central welcomed a son at 5 22 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds thirteen ounces and named Michael Joe.
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John Shelton, Jr
3212
Central
Good Samaritan Hospital
Michael Joe
Ruby A Jones Sues Ray G Jones For Divorce In Circuit Court
Ruby A. Jones filed suit for divorce against Ray G. Jones in circuit court here yesterday charging mental cruelty in the complaint an injunction was granted re-
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Ruby A. Jones
Ray G. Jones
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Up At Midday
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today rose 25c with No 1 hogs at 27 00 No 2 at 26 50 No 3 at 26 00 lows 18 75 22 75 boars 14 50 15 50 After 12 30 p m prices set to the next day's figures
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U.S.C.A
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon quotes for the morning list wheat at 1.10, soybeans at 2.48, and corn at 1.28. Prices reflect local market readings and are subject to change.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago CME butter and egg wholesale prices
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter wholesale prices at 93 AA 68, 92 A 68, 90 B 67. Eggs wholesale buying prices show grade A whites 3714 38, mediums 35, standards 36.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain Market Prices Snapshot
Chicago AP reports grain prices with wheat at No. 2 hard yellow 1.2644n and No. 2 soft red 1.25n, corn No. 2 yellow 1.2934n, No. 4 yellow 1.28%, oats No. 2 extra heavy white 63%n, soybeans No. 1 yellow 2.7144n, No. 4 yellow 2.71%, and soybean oil at 9.10n.
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Chicago
Egg price listings and grades from St Louis market
AP report shows consumer egg grades A large 34-40 A medium 30-35 A small 17-21 and B large 32-36. Wholesale grades standard 26-28 medium 21-23 unclassified 20-22. Hens heavy 12 light over 5% Ibs 10 under 5% 6 broilers and fryers 30.50-31.00.
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St. Louis
Livestock Quotes From National Stockyards
National Stockyards estimates for Friday show hogs at 4,500 head with barrows and gilts up 25 cents and prices around 27.85 for 215 lb animals, 26.50 to 27.75 for 190-270 lb, sows 23.25 to 25.00, boars 20.00 to 21.00. cattle 800 head and calves 100 with steers 30.35 to 31.00 for 1,075-1,125 lb, cows 19.00 to 21.50, bulls 24.00 to 25.50, good to choice feeders 29.00 to 36.00, calves 20.00 to 28.00. sheep 100 with spring lambs 29.50 to 30.00.
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National Stockyards
Wall Street highs and dow slips in midday trading
New York stocks held near higher ground in active trading as the Dow Jones industrial average hovered around 810, up 1.32 at noon. The 60 stock average rose 0.9 to 387.6, led by American Broadcasting and General Instrument among others, with advances outpacing declines by more than 400 issues.
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DJA
Associated Press
American Broadcasting
New York Stock Exchange
Natomas
Indonesia
General Instrument
Benguet
International Telephone & Telegraph
City Investing
Xerox
Sperry Rand
Nixon Praises Three Brave Men At State Dinner
President Nixon lauded astronauts Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee posthumously at a state dinner in Chicago and Los Angeles honoring space pioneers. The gala featured celebrities diplomats and 83 countries as Nixon praised the fallen crew and thanked their families.
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Broadway
United Nations
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Loop
Civic Center
Richard J. Daley
Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Los Angeles
Nixon
Agnew
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Steve Bales
Eagle
Alexander P. de Seversky
Wernher von Braun
Willy Messerschmitt
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
James Stewart
Dan Rowan
Dick Martin
United States of America
Moonmen Briefs Dinner cost for Apollo 11 seen at 43000
Los Angeles ap reports the state dinner cost for Apollo 11 astronauts is estimated above 43000 with a 1440 guest count. The Century Plaza Hotel says a similar seven course meal would run about 30 per person, plus venue costs. NASA will pay most of the bill, with the rest from the President's entertainment allowance. Michael Collins explains shaving his mustache was a family and personal choice after the moon mission.
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Los Angeles
Century Plaza
Mammoth
White House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Michael Collins
Collins
Columbia
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Children Swim to Stay Cool as Astronauts Arrive
In Chicago several kids amid 90 degree heat at Civic Center Plaza jumped into a shallow pool fully clothed to beat the heat while awaiting ceremonial arrival of astronauts.
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Chicago
Civic Center Plaza
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharged List
Hospital notes list admitted patients including Alma Shopinski and Norma Jean Lisenby with addresses in Castleton and George. Discharges include Mrs Beverly Baker and baby Melinda Jane with several named residents across Blu ford McLeansboro Dahlgren and nearby towns.
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Alma Shopinski
Castleton
Beverly Baker
Melinda Jane
Bluford
Ruth Ann Warren
McLeansboro
Tillie M. Dare
South 24Th
Norma Jean Lisenby
George
Two Divorces Granted In Circuit Court
Two divorces were granted in circuit court here. Barabara Davy versus Raymond Davy and Sandra Kay Mulvaney versus Richard Allen Mulvaney were approved.
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Barbara Davy
Raymond Davy
Sandra Kay Mulvaney
Richard Allen Mulvaney
Chicago Apollo Show Draws Massive Crowd at Civic Center
Chicago welcomed Armstrong and astronauts with a grand day of parades and receptions spanning three cities on television. About 15 000 youths gathered at Grant Park while millions watched, a turnout rivaled only by past MacArthur and Lindbergh celebrations. Emmet Garity noted 200 street cleaners needed five hours to clear ticker tape and confetti after the motorcade. Fireboats at Michigan Avenue Bridge sprayed colored water high into the air as fireworks lit the night.
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Civic Center Esplanade
Armstrong
Grant Park
Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
Emmet Garity
Michigan Avenue Bridge
Chicago Fire Department
Fines in circuit court listed for multiple speeding and license charges
A circuit court list shows fines for Alvin G. Greenwood $25 for no valid hunting license Floyd Page $15 speeding William Jolliff $10 failure to yield Harry C. Hicks $50 no driver's license and $10 speeding David Decker $12 speeding Ronald E. Moore $15 speeding William L. DeGroot $10 improper passing Henry C. Hurst $20 no valid driver's license William R. Sinks $10 following too close David M. McKee $20 careless driving Michael E. Kent $24 speeding Gary L. Wolfe $10 emerging from private drive without due caution David L. Burroughs $16 speeding Norwood McCormick $16 speeding.
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Alvin G. Greenwood
Route 1
Floyd Page
Geroge
William Jolliff
South 24Th St
Harry C. Hicks
North 12Th Street
David Decker
Salem
Ronald E. Moore
Chicago
William L. DeGroot
Canton
Ill
Henry C. Hurst
Bluford
William R. Sinks
Bell
David M. McKee
RFD, Inc
Michael E. Kent
Route 4
Gary L. Wolfe
Fairfield
David L. Burroughs
Lockport
Norwood McCormick
Route 2
Centralia
FIGHTING IN ULSTER intensifies amid clashes and calls for policy action
Catholic leader denounces Apprentice Boys parade and calls for calm as violence spreads from Londonderry to nine cities. Police fire on rioters. six people hit by bullets. Britain weighs response while Irish leaders urge UN peace action. Belfast mobilizes police reserves.
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Ireland
Londonderry
Belfast
Harold Wilson
London
James Callaghan
James Chichester-Clark
Jack Lynch
Irish Republic
U.N
Northern Ireland
Republic
Lynch
Chichester-Clarke
United Kingdom
China Pulls Troops Back After Border Clash
Communist China said its military patrols on the So viet Sinkiang border withdrew to prevent worsening the situation after a clash in central Asia. Soviet press offered no details or casualty figures beyond saying several people were killed or wounded.
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Tokyo
China
Central Asia
Moscow
Two Auto Accidents Reported by City Police
City police reported two Wednesday auto incidents. Donald Freres backed into Harold Williams at 12th Street and Casey Avenue causing about $30 damage to Freres and over $100 to Williams. No arrest. Later, Nathan McClintock’s parked car at Harper Oil on Salem Road was hit by a hit and run, with damage over $100.
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Donald E. Freres
Racine
Wis
Harold Williams
Herrin
12Th Street
Casey Avenue
Freres
Williams
Nathan McClintock
Central
Harper Oil Company
Salem Road
McClintock
Adlas Third and Simon Rip Gov Ogilvie in Illinois
The speech attacks the Ogilvie administration as the raw deal. It cites higher license plate fees planned for 1970 and a defeated proposal to save $10 million. Stevenson credits Democrats for halting budgetary excess and reducing the income tax from 4 to 2 percent while warning taxes may reach about $200 million more if diligence and economy are not pursued.
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Nhon
Ilinois
Powell
Stevenson
Ogilvie
Bluford Fire Responds To House Blaze
Bluford firemen answered a call to a burning house at 3 40 p m yesterday the home of Roy C Green R R No 7 Green said he was burning a wasp nest from a shrub when the fire spread to the house side The Jefferson County Rural department was also summoned but the blaze was under control before arrival There was no value estimate but a cracked picture window and blistered paint on the house side were reported
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Bluford
Bluford Department
Roy C. Green
R. R. No
Green
Jefferson County Rural Department
Gary Connell Burns Patient in Good Samaritan Hospital
Gary Wayne Connell, 18, of 312 Walnut, is a patient at Good Samaritan Hospital with burns to his ears, right arm and chest in room 315. He was admitted yesterday.
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Gary Wayne Connell
Walnut
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gary
Burglary Theft and Vandalism Reported in City
City police reported a burglary theft and a ran sacking involving multiple properties. Ann Garrison said someone broke into her Logan Street apartment after 5 p m Wednesday stealing a record player and five records through a broken screen door and a kicked back door. Meredith Willard reported two bikes stolen from his 22nd Street garage sometime since Monday. A house trailer at 1403 South 25th Street was run sacked with dishes a TV and clothing stolen.
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Ann Garrison
Logan
Meredith Willard
22Nd St
S. 25Th St
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