Deaths Joe K Wilcox 55 Mt Vernon
Joe K Wilcox 55 of 5 Crownview died 10 15 p m Tuesday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital He was an employee of H and H Plumbing Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Friday at Inn Funeral Home with Reverend Marvin W Friesner officiating Burial in Kirk Cemetery Friends may call after 5 p m Thursday Masonic services Thursday evening He was born August 30 1920 in Illinois son of John and Edna Ernst Wilcox Married Christine Earnest who survives Also survived by son Joe Wilcox Jr Mt Vernon daughter Kay Johnson Mt Vernon three grandchildren two sisters Mrs Leslie Shank and Mrs Sam Palmer Mt Carmel He was a World War II veteran and member of Epworth Methodist Church Allendale Masonic Lodge Jefferson County Shrine Club Mt Vernon American Legion.
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Joe K. Wilcox
Crownview
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
H & H Plumbing
the Inn Funeral Home
Marvin W. Friesner
Kirk Cemetery
Mr. Wilcox
Iinois
John
Edna
Ernst) Wilcox
Christine Earnest
Wilcox
Epworth
Leslie Shank
Sam Palmer
Mt. Carmel
Ward D Reed Dies in Bridgeport at 68
Ward D Reed 68 of Bridgeport died Tuesday at 6 50 am at Good Samaritan Hospital Vincennes Indiana He was employed by Bridgeport Wholesale Co born March 25 1808 in Kalamazoo Michigan son of Daniel W Reed and Mae Staffin Reed married to Martha E Duncan who survives He was a member of the First Christian Church Bridgeport and Kiwanis Club Olney He leaves wife Martha son William Reed Arthur and two grandchildren Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 pm at Johnson Funeral Home McLeansboro with Rev Harold Miles officiating Burial followed in the IOOF cemetery Friends could call from 11 am until service time
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Ward D. Reed
Bridgeport
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vincennes
Ind
Bridgeport Wholesale Co
Mr. Reed
Kalamazoo
Mich
Daniel W. and
Mae (Staffin) Reed
Martha E. Duncan
Reed
First Christian Church
Kiwanis Club
Olney
Shorty Foster McLeansboro obituary service set
Funeral services for O. G. Shorty Foster 78 of 206 N Locust St McLeansboro will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Gholson Funeral Chapel with Elder Oscar Smith officiating Burial will be in Odd Fellows chapel today from 6 p m to p m He was a retired oil field worker born Sept 28 1897 in Alabama son of John and Martha Foster married to Beatrice Burleyson survivors include brother Bill Foster Wichita Falls Texas sister Grace Bramlet Plainview Texas Preceded in death by parents a brother and two sisters
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Shorty) Foster
N. Locust St
Mcleansboro
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Gholson Funeral Chapel
Oscar Smith
Oddfellows Cemetery
Foster
Alabama
John
Martha (McGhee) Foster
Beatrice Burleyson
Bill Foster
Wichita Falls
Texas
Grace Bramlet
Plainview
Granite City Man Nabbed After Dahlgren Burglary
A 37 year old Granite City man was arrested early this morning by Dahlgren Constable Ralph Kelley after allegedly stealing a 10 speed bicycle from Western Auto in Dahlgren. He fled on foot with the bike and faced formal Hamilton county charges planned this afternoon. The burglary occurred shortly before 3 a.m.
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Granite City
Dahlgren
Western Auto
Ralph Kelley
Hamilton County
Death of Cecil Bean at 60
Cecil Edward Bean 60 of 1910 Broadway died 10 20 p m Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Retired trucking supervisor. Services 1 30 p m Friday at Myers Bari Chapel Rev Jessie Meade officiating. Burial Wolf Prairie cemetery. Born Feb 26 1916 Centralia son of Edward and Molly Bean. Married May 19 1936 Mt Vernon to Bernice Sinks who survives with sister Maxine Hettig of Belleville. Preceded by parents, sister and brother.
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Cecil Bean
Vernon Cecil Edward Bean
Broadway
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers-Bari Chapel
Jessie Meade
Wolf Prairie Cemetery
Mr. Bean
Centralia
Edward
Molly (Brown) Bean
Mt. Vernon
Bernice Sinks
Free Will Baptist Church
The
Eagles
Moose Lodge
Henderson
Bernice Bean
Maxine Hettig
Belleville
Mary Smith Ashley obituary services in Ashley
Mary Smith 76 of Ashley died Tuesday at Wabash General Hospital Mt. Carmel. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Hogan Funeral Home Ashley with John Grob officiating. Burial in Ashley cemetery. Born November 1899 in Ashley to Chesley and Mary Hudson. Survived by brothers Loren Hudson and Chesley Hudson and sister Mae Wilson of Mt. Carmel.
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Mary Smith
Ashley
Wabash General Hospital
Mt. Carmel
Hogan Funeral Home
John Grob
Ashley Cemetery
Mrs. Smith
Chesley
Mary (Niederhofer) Hudson
St. Louis
Two-Car Crash Reported In City Street Collision
Police completed a report on a Monday crash in the 2400 block of Perkins Avenue involving Ricky G. Bullock and Elma Jean Gentry, both with major damage. A separate fire response was logged at 7 46 p m Tuesday when Linda Shields’s car caught fire under the hood on Howard Chapel Road near Route 460.
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Ricky G. Bullock
S. 26Th St
Elma Jean Gentry
Logan St
Perkins Avenue
Linda Shields
Howard Chapel Road
Route 460
Jefferson Fire Protection District
Market snapshot Mt Vernon Norhtwest and New York stocks
Mt Vernon prices quoted at 10 00 am soybeans 6 45 wheat 2 77 corn 2 67 Butter unchanged at Chicago APY Egg sales bids quoted. Hogs 4000 head cattle 2000 head at National Stockyards wheat oats soybeans and corn prices listed. New York stock market declined broadside Dow off more than 3 points buyers outnumbered by losers.
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MT. Vernon
Chicago
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Standard
California
American Stock Exchange
Registration Continues This Week At Rend Lake College
Fall enrollment at Rend Lake College reaches 1,630 as registration continues this week. A semi driver, Kenneth Hopwood of Lewisburg Tennessee, was injured when his truck overturned on an I-64 exit ramp at Route 37 in Mt. Vernon. He was freed by other drivers and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital with multiple contusions. The semi, owned by Deeson Brothers Trucking, was en route to Mt. Vernon Produce Company when the incident occurred at 5 15 a.m. today.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Kenneth Hopwood
Lewisburg
Tenn
Hopwood
Mt. Vernon Produce Company
Jefferson Fire Protection District
Deeson Brothers Trucking Company of
Miner and college news from Benton and Rend Lake College
Coal miner examinations will be held at Benton on September with a second session at Lesser on September 15. The Benton exam runs 9 a.m. to noon at the mine rescue station and the Lesser exam 9 a.m. to noon at City Hall. Rend Lake College reports 1,630 fall registrations with many daytime students and rising enrollments aided by new associate degree programs in industrial service technology law enforcement interior design and accounting.
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Benton
Lesser
Russell T. Dawe
Ilinois
Bend Lake College
Hubert Graham
Graham
RLC
Rend Lake
Parade Officials Invited to Sweetcorn Watermelon Festival Viewing Stand
Jefferson county military posts commanders and auxiliary presidents are invited to view the fifth annual Sweetcorn Watermelon Festival Parade from a viewing stand on the square's west side Saturday. The stand is a flat bed truck trailer provided by James Hastings of Denzer Electric Co. Commanders and auxiliary presidents should contact the Greater Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce immediately.
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Jefferson County
James Hastings
Denzer Electri Co
Greater
Thompson Campaign Attacks Federal Welfare Control In Benton
Republican gubernatorial candidate James Thompson told Benton residents that federal officials control Illinois welfare programs, noting the feds pay half of a $2 billion welfare budget while writing all the rules. He addressed welfare abuses costing about $200 million yearly and pledged to meet with welfare workers to boost morale. He opened with coal mine outreach at Old Ben No. 24 as miners faced strike-related idling. He hesitated on a coal severance tax, preferring evidence it wouldn’t hurt competitive mines.
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Benton, Lll
James Thompson
Thompson
Minois
Benton
Old Ben No. 24
West Virginia
Aalthough
Holinois
Cosmonauts Return After 49 Days in Space
Soviet cosmonauts Boris Volynov and Vitaly Zhlobov landed southwest of Kokchetav, Kazakhstan after 49 days aboard the Salyut 5 station. Tass reported they are in satisfactory condition and described experiments in liquid metals, plant and insect growth, and geological surveys.
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Boris Volynov
Vitaly Zhlobov
Earth
Tass
Volynov
Zhlobov
Kokchetov
Kazakhstan
Asia
Rules Of Road Course Starts On August 30th
The next Rules of the Road Driving School runs Monday August 30 Wednesday September 1 and Friday September 3 at the Sunshine Center from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Instructors are J. J. Deen and Ralph Roth with ten students previously taught by Edd Bennett and Lelan Carr. For registration contact Lelan Carr J J Deen or Ralph Roth at the Sunshine Center before August 30.
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Sunshine Center
J. J. Deen
Ralph Roth
Edd Bennett
Lelan Carr
Carriers Must Turn In Slips For Cardinal Game Trip
Register-News circulation manager Jim Wingfield said carriers must obtain and sign parental permission slips and return them by Sept 1 to attend the Sept 12 St Louis Cardinal baseball game.
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Register-News
Jim Wingfield
Comp Services Guides Swine Flu Vaccination Plan Here
Development of a countywide swine flu vaccination plan began with a meeting of Comprehensive Services Inc. a coordinating body. Carole Roberts said plans will place clinics in schools with about 27000 doses available targeting 7000 high risk and elderly residents. The advisory council will meet again on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at CompServices.
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Jefferson County
Comprehensive Services, Inc
Carole Roberts
CompServices
Jo Mueller
Marion
Department of Public Health
Harold Shields
Dave Sargent
Shields
Sargent
Comp Services
Jack Roberts
Roberts
Settle Out-Of-Court in Two Jefferson County Lawsuits
Two 1975 Jefferson County circuit suits ended with dismissals after out-of-court settlements. Tanya Cross, a minor, sued Donald Neal over dog bite injuries at the Neal residence near Belle Rive on August 28, 1973, in a $35,000 case filed by her father Marshall Cross Jr. Jack Manion claimed $15,060 from Howard Johnson Company for alleged contract violation after a 10-year tenure and nine-month early termination. both cases were dismissed with prejudice following settlements.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
CHAW
Ford
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Big Three
American Motors Corp
Chrysler
Sidney F. McKenna
McKenna
Tanya Annette Cross
Marshall Cross Jr
Donald Neal
Neal
Belle Rive
Jack Manion
Howard Johnson Company
Manion
Pentagon details on DMZ reaction force and Korea tensions
Officials described the reaction force position near the DMZ and said it would be too far to respond to the Aug. 18 incident. The Pentagon stated UN guards act only in self defense as a last resort under U.S. direction, after Maj. Bonifas and Lt. Barrett were killed during the truce zone melee.
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Murphy
U.S
Dmz
Pentagon
Mie Dmz
United Nations Command
Arthur G. Bonifas
Mark T. Barrett
Police Carnival at Times Square MallSponsored by Mt Vernon Police
The Mt. Vernon police department sponsors a carnival at Times Square Mall through Saturday to run during the fifth annual event. Proceeds benefit the Police Benevolent and Protective Association and its community efforts.
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Mt. Vernon
Times Square Mall
Police Benevolent and Protective Association
Mt Vernon Weather Outlook and Temps
Mt Vernon reports a 90 high and 66 low for Tuesday with 70 for today at 7 00 am. Rainfall to date for 1976 and 2014 inches. Five years ago today 88 66. ten years ago today 70 45. Sunrise 6 20 sunset 7 24 9 DST. Lake Bend water level 404.82 feet. Outlook calls for very warm dry hazy weather Friday through Sunday with lows in the 60s and highs in the upper 60s.
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MT. Vernon
Bend Lake
Niin Dum
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