Deaths and Funerals Florence A Dyer obituary
Florence A Dyer former Jefferson county resident died yesterday in a Charleston Missouri nursing home. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday Myers Chapel burial Estes Cemetery calling hours after 1 p.m. today. Born October 29 1879 to Runyon and Carolyn Estes. Widow of T G Dyer. Member Opdyke Methodist Church and Royal Neighbors. Survived by son Runyon Ester Dyer Cane Girardeau and sister Sophie Rhodes Kankakee. Preceded by a brother and two sisters.
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Florence A. Dyer
Jefferson County
Charleston, Mo
Myers Chapel
Estes Cemetery
Dyer
Runyon and
Carolyn (Stonemetz) Estes
T. G. Dy
John C. Knox 77 Dies in Centralia Nursing Home
John Coburn Knox of Ashley died at 2:00 a.m. today in Fireside Nursing Home Centralia. Funeral at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Kringer Funeral Home Ashley with Rev. John Nall officiating. Burial in Brick Cemetery near Ashley. Visitation after 6:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Born December 30, 1889 in Kinmundy to John Thomas and Julia Foehr Knox. Survived by Lois Norton, his wife, three sons, nine grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Member White Swan Baptist Church and Veterans of World War One Baracks at Centralia.
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John Coburn Knox
Ashley
Centralia
Kringer
John Nall
Brick Cemetery
Mr. Knox
Kinmundy
John Thomas
Julia (Foehr) Knox
Lois Norton
Knox
White Swan Baptist Church
R Overturf Dies Rites At Royalton
Archie Ray Overturf aged 68 of Royalton died Friday at Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin. Funeral services are Tuesday at the Pentecostal Church in Royalton. Survived by wife Ruby Lawrence five sons Archie East St. Louis Albert Keddie Lee in Germany Fred Thailand Michael Carbondale a daughter June Holland Mt. Vernon three grandchildren five great grandchildren and sister-in-law Mrs Roy Atkinson Mt. Vernon. Former Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co. employee.
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Archie Ray Overturf
Pentecostal
Royalton
Overturf
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Macedonia
Olanze
Leoline Overturf
Ruby Lawrence
Archie
East St. Louis
Albert
Keddie
Calif
Lee
U.S. Army
Germany
Fred
U.S. Navy
Thailand
Michael
Festus
June Holland
Carbondale
Roy Atkinson
Mt. Vernon
R. W. Harvey Dies Former Mt Vernon Teacher
R W Harvey a former Mt Vernon High School teacher died Sunday in El Paso Texas of a heart attack He left Mt Vernon in 1945 after more than 20 years on the faculty Three grandchildren reside in Mt Vernon His widow Lela Harvey of El Paso and children Maurice Gene Harvey Laurine Baliz of El Paso and Mike Jean Steven Harvey of Mt Vernon plus Judy Devino in Belleville are named in the notice.
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Ray
Wallace Harvey
EL Paso
Tex
Mt. Vernon
Caroline Locey Dies at 89 in Wayne City Rites
Mrs. Carolyn Locey aged 89 of Kennes died at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral services begin Tuesday at Richardson Chapel in Wayne City with Rev. John Beck officiating. Burial follows in Thomason cemetery. She was born August 23, 1878 in Wayne County, daughter of John and Elizabeth Montgomery. Survivors include two sons Eugene and S Emery Locey, three daughters Susie Anderson Fern Harrison Ava Yates, fourteen grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. She belonged to Mt Zion Methodist church.
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Carolyn Locey
Kennes
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
John Beck
Thomason Cemetery
Richardson Chanel
Nes, Locey
Wayne County
John An Elizabeth (White) Montgomery
Sanders Emory Locey
Eugene Locey
Detroit
Mich
S. Emery Locey
Herrin
Susie Anderson
Sullivan, Ui
Fern Harrison
Ava Yates
St. Louis
Jean Taylor
Roy Yates
Lacey
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital record two newborns
Ar and Mrs Robert Pickett RFD 1 Bonnie welcomed a son at 405 this morning weighing six pounds fifteen ounces. Mr and Mrs Calvin Disroe 503 South 1th Street welcomed a son at 1230 PM at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds three ounces.
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Robert Pickett
RFD
Bonnie
Good Samaritan Hospital
Calvin Disroe
South 1Ath Street
Rescue of wounded Marines under Viet Cong attack
A Marine helicopter crew led by Pless evacuates casualties from a beach assault as Viet Cong attack. Despite delaying to load a wounded man, two more Marines die on the trip to Ay Ha, and the crew reports 20 enemy dead on the beach while all survivors reach safety.
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Lance Cpl
John Phelps
Louisville
Polson
Fairfield
Pless
Ay Ha
Milk truck driver killed in Martinsville crash
A milk truck driver named Verne Hollenbeck was killed when his rig failed to take a curve on a blacktop road south of Martinsville, struck a culvert and overturned into a ditch.
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Martinsville, Ill
Martinsville
Verne Hollenbeck
Songwriter Jimmy Campbell Dies in London Hospital
British songwriter Jimmy Campbell died at a hospital near London Saturday. Campbell, 64, wrote the tunes If I Had You and Show Me the Way to Go Home, leaving a lasting imprint on popular music with those enduring songs.
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London
Jimmy Campbell
Campbell
Weather Snapshot For Here And Elsewhere
Saturday high 77 and low 63 Sunday forecast 73 and 52 Rainfall to date 1967 27.24 inches One year ago high 8 low 8 Five years ago high 34 low 70 Ten years ago high 3 low 5 Tuesday sunrise 5 17 sunset 6 48 CST.
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Highs and Lows Across Nation Hit Extreme Range
New York AP reports the nation's hottest reading Sunday reached 113 degrees in Palm Springs California while Roseau Minnesota logged a frigid 3 percent.
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New York
Palm Springs
Calif
Roseau
Minn
Illinois Weather Sketches Warm, Showery Pattern Ahead
The Associated Press reports mostly sunny and pleasant conditions in northern Illinois with highs around 78 to the upper 80s and cooler trends in the south. Showers and thunderstorms are possible midweek and again toward the weekend as temperatures run below normals by 6 to 10 degrees through Saturday.
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Associated Press
Ilinois
Iinois
Market Hog Prices Down After Noon Report
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were down 25 cents The top was 20 00 and 20 2 for 2710 to 230 lb meat type hogs Sows were 177 for 300 weight down sows 300 weight and over 17 50 down Boars were 12 00 and 13 00 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day s prices
Mt. Vernon Market Prices Reported This Morning
Mt Vernon morning market notes quote wheat at 1.28 and soybeans at 2.58 for old and 2.50 for new. The brief pricing column records grains with a focus on local trading values.
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Mt. Vernon
St. Louis Produce Prices Reported By AP
Egg and poultry price list shows consumer grades with large and medium eggs priced around 26 to 30 cents, and small eggs near 14 cents. Hens and broilers quoted, with heavy hens at 12 cents and fryers 23 to 24 cents per pound.
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ST. Louis
Grain futures prices in Chicago report
Chicago AP notes Wheat No 2 hard at 1.54 per bushel No 2 soft red 1.48 Soybean No 1 yellow 2.92 Soybean oil at 9.85 Prices for corn No 2 yellow and oats No 2 heavy white are listed with minor numeric anomalies in the report.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Tuesday
Livestock totals at National Stockyards Tuesday include hogs 7,500 cattle 4,000 calves 200 and sheep 500. Hogs 8,000 with barrows and gilts 210-240 pounds at 21.25-21.60, sows 17.00-19.00 for 300-450 pounds. Sheep 700 with spring slaughter lambs 20.00-24.50. Cattle 5,000 calves 150. Slaughter steers 24.50-27.25, slaughter heifers 23.50-26.00, cows 16.50-18.50, vealers 25.00-33.00, slaughter calves 18.00-23.00.
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Til
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Prices Steady
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter prices unchanged with 93 score at 68 percent and 92 A at 6814, eggs show steady wholesale buying with A whites at 29 percent and mixed 284, mediums 24, standards 25, checks 18, reflecting stable market conditions.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Enforce Peace After Racial Unrest in Baton Rouge
Dawn patrols kept peace in Baton Rouge after roving Negro youths threw firebombs during the night following Ku Klux Klan and civil rights marches. At daybreak streets were quiet, though police stayed alert as fires in Eden Park were contained after a 106 mile march drew large demonstrations.
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Baton Rouge
Ku Klux Klan
Eden Park
Wall Street Downgrades Mixed Markets Amid Decline
The Dow fell 5.55 to 913.49 as blue chips dragged the market, with mixed steel stocks and losses in Du Pont and General Motors. The AP composite also slipped, while Allis-Chalmers rose after a merger cancellation. Penn-Dixie delayed, Xerox fell, and several names including Goodrich and Boeing declined. A separate Egypt forecast warned camels may vanish in 25 years due to trucks, planes, and new camel cuts becoming a trend.
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New York
Associated Press
du Pont
General Motors
Goodyear
Anaconda
Eastman Kodak
Allis-Chalmers
Ling-Temco-Vought
Penn-Dixie Cement
Robert P. Levine
Xerox
Goodrich
Boeing
Raytheon
Eastern Air Lines
Lorillard
American Stock Exchange
16 Killed In State Traffic Accidents
AP reports a Chicago radio TV personality Phil Lind suffered a burglary of jewels worth 50 000 with fur jackets at his Near North Side apartment. The crash roundup lists 16 traffic deaths from Saturday to Sunday across Illinois Indiana and nearby areas including Point Pleasant Roscoe and Halsted Streets Harvey Kinderhook Benton Nashville Pekin Sauk Village Wilbur Heights and Chicago Ridge.
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Chiago
Phil Lind
Lind
Near North Side
Ind
Chicago
Associated Press
Kenneth Ray Harron
Auto
Point Pleasant
Marko Neri Jr
Glenwood
Arthur P. Milne
Frankfort
Kinderhook
Lyndon Ross
Willow Springs
John F. Pugh
Chicago Ridge
Ross
Pugh
Everett Patton
Elizabethtown
Jackie
Olaf J. Hinton
Washington
Pekin
Frank X. Gregory Jr
Lansing
Sauk Village
John Smith
Wilbur Heights
Illinois State Fair nets record 1,040,000 attendance
Springfield AP The Illinois State Fair closed its 10 day run after surpassing the million mark for the second straight year with a final attendance of 1,040,000, beating the previous record of 1,011,938. The millionth visitor was Curtis Deems of Aurora with his wife and two children. Fair manager Franklin H. Rust called the exposition the most successful in its history and State Police Supt. William Morris said it was the most orderly he had seen.
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Springfield
Franklin H. Rust
Curtis Deems
Aurora
Rust
William Morris
Vietnam War News Clashes and Plane Losses Reported
The report notes limited U S army actions against guerrillas in a Red-infested province as a twin-engine plane crash near Tam Ky injures three Americans and four Vietnamese civilians. Helicopters on combat missions suffer losses, with 200th U S aircraft listed as shot down. Viet Cong kidnappings and killings rise near Da Nang while election candidates allege voter card abuses by soldiers.
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U.S
Tam Ky
Saigon
Agency For International Development
South Vietnam
da Nang
Tran van Huong
Phan Quang Dan
Peace Is Main Issue Romney Says Peace in Vietnam Key
Governor George Romney, in a Mackinac Island background briefing, said the 1963 presidential candidate most likely to win would be the one who can prove he can achieve peace in Vietnam at an early date. He warned voters worry Vietnam could drag on five to 15 years. Romney, vacationing on Mackinac Island, cut short to Flint to address possible racial unrest over Negro mayor resignation, telling about 3,000 Negroes he supports an open occupancy ordinance in Michigan and Flint.
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Macktinac Island
Mich
George Romney
Vietnnam
Vietnam
Romney
Mackinac Island
Michigan
Flint
Mt Vernon lodge to meet Monday August 21 1967
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 AF and AM schedules a stated meeting for 7 30 p.m. on Monday August 21 1967 with Bill Salyer as Master and Byron Weld as Secretary AVFW King City Barracks 102 hosts annual watermelon feast at 6 30 p.m. Tuesday August 22 at the west shelter city park Attendance urged A short business meeting and reports of the Department convention will be offered J E Brummett Commander
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Mt. Vernon
Bill Salyer
Byron Weld
Sec’y
King City Barracks No
Tueday
Department
J.E. Brummett
Mt Vernon Chapter 233 Eastern Star Meeting Notice
The stated meeting will be held in the Masonic temple Thursday evening August 22 at 7 30 o clock. Jean Carpenter W M Naomi R Bogan Secy.
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Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Jean Carpenter
W. M
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec’y
Percy urges annual presidential Vietnam report to Congress
Senate hearing hears Sen. Charles H. Percy urge the president provide an annual public report detailing each overseas commitment in Vietnam and other nations. Percy says clear limits and costs should be tied to each commitment, while Fulbright seeks a formal definition of national commitment.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Senate
Congress
U.S
Percy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South Vietnam
Saigon
J.W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
People Return To Fairbanks After Flood Toll Rises
Residents return to flood scarred Fairbanks Alaska as waters recede and searchers uncover two more victims bringing the death toll to seven in Fairbanks one in Nenana and two at Tok. Bill Wardzella 54 was found in a downtown Fairbanks business back room and an unidentified woman was found floating in Nenana streets.
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Nenana
Tenana
Chena
Tok
Bill Wardzella
Ten Residents Fined in Circuit Court Traffic Rulings
Circuit Court fined ten individuals for traffic offenses including speeding and reckless driving. Names and sentences include Robert Rice of Benton with $10 for speeding. James Mather of Signal Mountain with $10 for no license. Byron Kirkland of Castleton $25 for reckless driving. Walter Dinnard of Eldorado $10 for following too close. Robert Greene of East St Louis $17 for speeding. Donald Taylor of Tullahoma $15 for speeding. Hugh Ditterline of South 25th $13 for speeding. Nancy Skedmore of Woodlawn $15 for speeding. Richard Arnold of North 16th $45 for speeding. Ronald Stewart of Herbert $10 for following too close.
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Robert Rice
Benton
James Edward Mather
Signal Mountain
Tenn
Byron D. Kirkland
Castleton
Walter E. Dinnard
Eldorado
Robert C. Greene
East St. Louis
Donald Taylor
Tullahoma
Hugh Ditterline
South 25Th
Nancy C. Skedmore
Woodlawn
Richard E. Arnold
North 16Th
Ronald W. Stewart
Herbert
Shopper reports theft of $10 at Hirsch store
Barbara Dillingham of 505 Cessna Lane told police Saturday a $10 purse theft occurred after she set the purse on a counter in the P. N. Hirsch store while inspecting merchandise.
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Barbara Dillingham
Cessna Lane
P.N. Hirsch
Bloodmobile Here Today Tomorrow in Jefferson County
The Red Cross bloodmobile opened a two day visit in Jefferson County. Blood donors were processed from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the Elks Lodge. Tomorrow’s hours will be noon to 5 p.m.
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The
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Jefferson County
Elks Lodge
Open Field Consolidated September 6 Registration Notice
Registration for students of Field Consolidated School will be held at 8 30 am on Wednesday September 6. Buses will follow the same routes as at the end of school. The first lunch day will be Thursday with a price of 25 cents. New teachers are Shirley Bushong first grade and Glen Hawkins grades six and seven.
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Field Consolidated School
Shirley Bushong
Glen Hawkins
Woodlawn High School Opening Set For Sept 1
Woodlawn High School opens September 1 at 8:30 a.m. Principal R L Stafford confirms freshmen must bring health and dental cards. Book rental is 7 dollars per pupil, student insurance 3.50, payable first day. Buses run regular routes, first day return before noon. September 5 is first full day. lunch 30 cents. A teacher workshop starts August 31 at 9 a.m.
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Woodlawn Community High
R. L. Stafford
Stafford
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Ashley Funeral
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St Louis
William Richey
McLeansboro
Carolyn Lacey
Belle Rive
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Dix
James Claude Arnold
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Dahlgren
Loretta Lynn Lappin
Bluford
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Hickory Grove Manor
Ota Duncan
Imogene McCoy
Olin O. Hester
Waltonville
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Bell
Delbert Muczhy
Wilma Montgomery
South 20Th
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Lonnie Short
Burns
Zeala Kirk
Lesser
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James Hunt
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Texico
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