Deaths Sadie Garvin Dies At 82 In Jefferson Memorial
Sadie May Garvin 82 of 703 South 20th Street died 5 30 p.m. Wednesday in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral 3 30 p.m. Saturday at Myers Chapel with Rev F L Trotter officiating. Burial Old Shiloh Cemetery. Body in state at Myers Chapel after 5 p.m. Friday. Born March 41 1883 at Greenville. Married John T Garvin in 1945 in Jefferson County. he died May 19 1963. Survived by several stepchildren Tessie Minor Etta Cherry Dessie Brookman Troy Hamblen and nieces and nephews. Member Logan Street Baptist Church.
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Sadie May Garvin
South 20Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Myers Chapel
F. L. Trotter
Old Shiloh
Garvin
Greenville
Jefferson County
John T. Garvin
Tessie Minor
Etta Cherry
Dessie Brookman
Troy Hamblen
Vern Mitchell of Benton Dies
Vernon Mitchell of Benton has died. a World War I veteran, he served in Co F 130th Infantry 33rd Division. Several Vernon men served in the same company. The funeral will be Friday at 2:00 pm at Mitchell Funeral Home in Benton.
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Vern Mitchell
Benton
Mitchell
Co. F
130Th Infantry
Spiro Thomas Dies at 59 in Jefferson County
Wilbur W Spiro Thomas longtime Mobil Oil agent in Shi loh township Mt Vernon died at Good Samaritan Hospital at 10 45 am Wednesday age 59 years ten months two days funeral Saturday 2 pm Myers Chapel with Rev W Carl Whittington officiating Masonic rites Friday 8 pm Survivors include wife Carmel Mays foster daughter Helen Donaldson brothers Charlie Thomas Clarence Thomas sister Fern Nichols born October 23 1905 in Jefferson County married in Tamaroa Illinois November 14 1930.
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Wilbur W. “Spiro” Thomas
Jefferson County
Good Samaritan Hospital
Thomas
Mobil Oil Company
Mt. Vernon
Shiloh Township
Myers Chapel
W. Carl Whittington
Memorial Gardens
Mr. Thomas
Woodlawn
Raritan Club
Masonic Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodge
Jefferson
Cora Belle
Reece) Thomas
Tamaroa
Carmel Mays
Helen Donaldson
Decatur, II
Charlie Thomas
Clarence Thomas
Evansville
Ind
Fern Nichols
East Chicago
Record Profits For Corporations
Washington AP reports corporations posted the largest quarterly profit total on record with an annual rate of 73.8 billion before taxes. After tax profits reached 44.4 billion, about 400 million more than the previous first quarter, according to the President's Council of Economic Advisers.
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Washington
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Births in Wayne City and Hinsdale announced
Mr and Mrs L W Gammon of RFD 1 Wayne City welcomed a son Marty Ray born at Jefferson Memorial hospital at 10 20 yesterday weighing seven pounds thirteen and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Car Doty of Hinsdale Illinois welcomed a daughter Kimberly Kay born at 8 33 this morning in a hospital there. Grandparents are Mrs Hattie Jackson Mt Vernon and John Doty Ewing.
Special meeting for funeral services at Masonic Lodge
A special meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 3 A F and A M will be held Friday August 27 1965 at 8 00 p m to conduct funeral services for Brother Wilbur Thomas at Myers Funeral Home Brethren will assemble at the Masonic Temple at 7 30 p m Joe Claxton W Motes
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Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 3
Wilbur Thomas
Myers Funeral
Brethren
Masonic Temple
Joe. Claxton
Weather Summary for Mt Vernon and Nearby
Mt Vernon area reports Wednesday high 88 and low 63 with rainfall from 7:00 a.m. Wednesday to 7:00 a.m. Thursday totaling 0.61 inches. Year to date rainfall stands at 21.75 inches. Today’s sunrise is 5:23 a.m. and sunset 6:40 p.m. Central Standard Time.
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MT. Vernon
C.S.T
Tornadoes Rake Iowa And Ohio In Night Storms
The Associated Press reports a night of drenching rain hail and high winds across the central U S with tornadoes in Iowa and Ohio. Damage in Iowa includes smashed barns and homes near Danville and sightings north of Waterloo and northwest of Burlington. In Ohio a tornado near Stryker caused about 75000 in damage with one injury and another near Mansfield. Wisconsin and Illinois also faced outages and disruptions from wind and hail.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Rockies
Great Lakes
Iowa
Ohio
Illinois
Danville
Waterloo
Burlington
Decorah
Stryker Williams County
Mansfield
Wisconsin
Genoa
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial shows admissions for Ruby Edwards and discharges including Gene Foreman Mildred Pauline Wood and others. Good Samaritan lists multiple admitted patients and numerous discharges such as Leonard Lee Thompson and baby, Norma Boldt and baby, and several others.
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Jefferson Memorial
Ruby Edwards
Gene Foreman
Mildred Pauline Wood
Bluford
Tillie Halbrooks
Good Samaritan
Harold Lee Baldwyn
James Henry Williams
Mary E. Ksycki
William Easter Derry
Joyce Marie Mitchell
Catherine Kay Winemiller
Emma Jean Hawthorne
Rose Ellen Meredith
James Elias Barker
Tammy Regina Casey
Sherry Deann
Wade
Helen Geraldine Taylor
Tyra Glenn Collens
Leonard Lee Thompson
Norma Grace Boldt
Jerry Wayne
Verschel Kent Shaw
Mildred Alberta Fields
Sylvester Sanders
Irene Diefenbach
Dessie Viola Sanders
Judith Kay Parker
David N. Burke
Janice Annette Williams
Michael Todd
Stormy Midwest Outlook Closes With Light Damage
Severe thunderstorms swept the Midwest knocking down power lines and flooding streets in the Champaign Urbana area and Decatur. Bloomington and Peoria logged near two inch rainfalls while Danville measured seven tenths of an inch. no injuries were reported as all clear issued around 1 a.m.
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Midwest
Illinois
Champaign - Urbana
U.S. Weather Bureau
Decatur
Danville
Bloomington
Peoria
Weather Bureau
Scranton Nose Injury Spurs Eye Level Door Warnings
Gov William W Scranton bruised his nose walking into a glass door in Allentown Six months later the Pennsylvania House passed a bill requiring eye level warnings on transparent doors in public buildings Violators would face fines from ten to fifty dollars or up to ten days in jail.
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Harrisburg
William W. Scranton
Allentown
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Vandals Slashed Tire On Parked Auto on South Tenth
William R. Munshawer of Rock Island Illinois reported his tire was cut last night on a parked car on south Tenth Street. Police investigated the incident as vandalism and damage to property.
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South Tenth Street
William R. Munshawer
Rock Island, I
Gemini 5 Goes For Sixth Day In Orbit
Conrad reports mission control. thunderstorm pictures over Florida and Cuba shot. Ground observers sight the craft from Pacific to Mexico as the sun sets. Doctors discuss itching relief and cuffs on thighs, a medical experiment, noting the cuffs still inflating periodically to prevent a lazy heart in weightlessness.
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Conrad
Mission Control
Florida
Cuba
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Charles Berry
Police raid youth party uncovers narcotics at residence
Police raid exposes narcotics at a youth party with about six residents inside. Capt Schmidt notes ongoing narcotics investigation in the area for months. Nearby details include unrelated trivia about a quokka, a rail length, and Columbia as the personification of the United States.
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Schmidt
Hog market prices rise before noon trading day end
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were 25 cents higher. The top was 22.25 for 200 to 220 lb hogs. Sows were 22 25 for 300 weight down, sows 300 weight and over 22 00, down. Boars were 12.00 and 12.50. After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day s prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon grain prices list appears in today’s report with Wheat at 1.38 Soybeans 2.32 Shell corn 1.28 Ear corn 1.25 The figures reflect market quotes from Mt Vernon this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Prices Report from Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lists butter at steady 93 score AA 60 percent, 92 A 60'4, 90 B 50 percent, 89 C 58 percent. Cars show 90 B 60 and 89 C 59 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantle Exchange
Butter Steady
St Louis Produce Prices for Eggs and Poultry
The St Louis market lists eggs by consumer grades A large 34 35 A medium 29 30 A small 17 18 B large 26 27 standard 25 27 unclassified 20 23 with checks 15 16. Hens heavy 14 15 light over 5 9 10 under 5 6 64 broilers and fryers 18 34 19 35.
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St, Louis
Broilers and Fryers
Livestock receipts and price ranges at National Stockyards
Estimated Friday receipts at National Stockyards totals hogs 5000 cattle 400 calves 100 sheep 200. Price ranges vary by grade and weight: hogs 24.85 to 25.15 for 205-250 lb barrows and gilts. sows 22.00 to 23.75. cattle good to choice steers 23.00 to 26.25. heifers 22.00 to 24.25. cows 13.00 to 14.50. calves 16.00 to 20.00. lambs 21.00 to 24.50. feeder lambs 17.00 to 21.50.
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National Stockyards
GrainPrices Chicago Wheat Corn and Soybeans Rates
Chicago grain prices list wheat and corn quotes with No 2 and No 4 grades. Soybeans and soybean oil are shown with yellow soybeans at 2.68n and soybean oil at 10.93n. Oats include No 2 heavy White at 70n and No 1 extra heavy mixed at 71n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Steels Rally On Settlement Hopes And Gains
Wall Street rose this afternoon as steel stocks led a broad advance following President Johnson's call for a responsible settlement to the steel labor dispute. Major industrials like U S Steel and Jones & Laughlin posted gains, while IBM and U S Smelting climbed over 3 points. Airlines and components such as Boeing and Douglas added to the rally amid upbeat space lab plans.
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New York
Steels
Johnson
U.S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Bethlehem
Republica
Motors
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Studebaker
American Motors
United
Pan American
Eastern
American
Arlan’s
IBM
U. S. Smelting
Dresser Industries
Marquardt
Becton - Dickinson
Comast
General Electric
General Dynamics
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
Orbiting Space Laboratory
Kennecott
Goodrich
Raytheon
KLM Airlines
Rock Island
Control Data
Eastman Kodak
U.S. Treasury
Mediator Seeks Joint Steel Talks Across Industry
J W Abel, Steelworkers president, pins the industry package at under 40 cents with 16 cents gap. Chief negotiator R Conrad Cooper says the plan raises annual employment costs by 3 percent. The package offers wage hikes from 10 to 21 cents an hour in year one and 6 cents in year three, plus pensions and insurance improvements.
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J. W. Abel
Steelworkers
R. Conrad Cooper
Fire Bomb Attacks Spark Racial Disturbances in Elizabethport
Police rushed reinforcements as carloads of Negro youths hurled gasoline bombs stones and bottles in Elizabethport's Negro section. Fire bombs damaged four storefronts but were quenched. Two officers suffered minor burns and were treated. About 200 residents dispersed peacefully after tense hours near the waterfront.
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Elizabeth
N.J
Elizabethport
New York Harbor
German Steel Queen Is Dead
Mrs Amelie Thyssen head of the Thyssen steel empire and one of the world's richest women died Wednesday at her estate near Straubing after a long illness. She was 87 and widow of Fritz Thyssen. Industrial assets controlled by her and her daughter Countess Anita de Zichy are believed to approach a billion dollars.
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Straubing
Germany
Amelie Thyssen
Thyssen Steel Empire
Here
Fritz Thyssen
Ruhr
Anita de Zichy
Buenos Aires
Flag-Panty Girdles Removed Over Flag Name Controversy
NEW YORK AP A panty girdle named Stars n Stripes was pulled from shelves after DAR objections calling it a shocking caricature of the national flag. Tree Co Inc of New York said about 3,000 had been distributed with uncertain sales figures and a spokesman warned of burning or shipping them abroad.
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New York
Stars ‘N Stripes
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Tree Co. Inc
Ozark Air Lines Revises Mt Vernon Flight Schedules
Ozark Air Lines announces new schedules at Mt. Vernon airport effective September 1 1965. Flights include 300 to St Louis Mt Vernon Chicago with Mattoon Bloomington stops, 336 to St Louis Mt Vernon Chicago via Mattoon Decatur, 301 to Chicago Mt Vernon St Louis via Champaign Decatur Mattoon, 311 to Chicago Mt Vernon St Louis via Bloomington Mattoon, 392 Saturday only St Louis Mt Vernon Chicago via Mattoon Bloomington, and 391 Saturday only Chicago Mt Vernon St Louis via Decatur Mattoon. Complete schedules and reservations available at Ozark counter.
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Ozark Air Lines
Mt. Vernon
Bob Moorhaus
Ozark
St. Louis
Chicago
Matoon
Bloomington
Mattoon
Decatur
Champaign
Mt Vernon
Matt
Boy Killed On Amusement Ride
A Windsor Ontario amusement center ride car left its track, plunging to the ground and killing 17 year old Thomas C. Minidis from Detroit while injuring eight other youths from the Detroit church group. The car carried four girls and five boys, all from the same youth group.
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Windsor, Ont
Thomas C. Minidis
Detroit
Windsor
Monument Donations Promoted by Census Pioneers
The 1840 and 1850 census takers who counted the U S population were authorized to solicit donations toward funding the Washington Monument.
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United States
Washington Monument
False Alarm at Dagg's Junkyard in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon firefighters responded to a false alarm at 11 43 a m today at Dagg's junkyard 217 Casey. No injuries or damage reported and units cleared after investigation.
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Mt. Vernon
Dagg
Casey
Johnson orders MOL space program launch with astronauts for military use
The Johnson administration directs the Pentagon to fully develop the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program with a 1.5 billion budget. NASA may repurpose some astronauts for six month military flights, as defense officials discuss potential crewed missions and launch sites at Cape Kennedy and Vandenberg.
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Elton Co
Fay Washington
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Johnson
Pentagon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Robert S. McNamara
Outer Space
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United States
Soviet Union
Earth
Manned Orbiting Laboratories
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Calif
White House
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Ratajczyk Home Struck By Lightning in Columbia Illinois
A Scheller native Raymond Ratajczyk loses his home to a lightning strike in Columbia Illinois early today. Deputy Sheriff Orville Telford reported the destruction and said the sheriff's office notified Ratajczyk, who was visiting Scheller with his parents, Mr and Mrs Joe Ratajczyk.
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Scheller
Columbia
Orville Telford
Telford
Raymond Ratajczyk
Ratajczyk
Joe Ratajczyk
Early Umbrellas Origin and Symbolism in Antiquity
The umbrella began as a sunshade with roots in ancient Egypt and Nineveh, where it quickly became a symbol of honor and authority, as described by the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Egypt
Ninevah
Encyclopaedia Britannica
GOP Sold Its Donor Mailing List
The Republican National Finance Committee sold its contributor mailing list to outside groups including the American Conservative Union. After complaints, chair Ray C. Bliss ordered cessation of selling or exchanging lists on April 26, but address tapes had already left custody and resold by GOP officials, with some names advertised for sale by private corporations.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Republican National Finance Committee
Cleveland Plain Dealer
the Plain Dealer
Washington
American Conservative Union
Republican Party
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Bliss
The
Plain Dealer
Continue Work On Fire Police Academy Here Work
Mt Vernon Community College continues planning for a Fire and Police Academy. At a lay committee meeting the college dean said courses may start this fall but full-scale curriculum cannot begin this year. Courses not before October 1. Dean Rawlinson and the committee work on curriculum and instructors.
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Mt. Vernon Community College
Howard Rawlinson
Rawlinson
Hunter Fined 75 In Death By Reckless Conduct
PINCKNEYVILLE AP Lawrence Clemmons 61 admitted fatally wounding a squirrel hunter by accident. He was fined 75 in circuit court on a reckless conduct charge for a shotgun blast Aug 15 that wounded Roy Howerton 68 of rural Du Quoin.
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Pinckneyville
Lawrence Clemmons
Perry County
Ciient Cou
Clemons
Roy Howerton
Rural du Quoin
Burglar Swafford Sentenced to 50-75 Years in Illinois
Roy Clifford Swafford, 41, of Rockford pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to a burglary count and received a 50-75 year prison term. Judge Harold Farmer noted he has spent nearly half his life behind bars. He faced warrants in Williamson, Clinton and Monroe counties for an Aug 19 burglary near Pinckneyville.
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Pinckneyville, Til
Roy Clifford Swafford
Rockford
Harold Farmer
Swafford
Williamson
Clinton
Monroe
Pinckneyville
Help Stranded Family Given Aid by Police and Mission
Mr. Vernon police joined the Rescue Mission yesterday afternoon to assist a stranded family. The family received free meals at the Mission on south Tenth street and police paid for gasoline for their car.
Five drivers fined in circuit court. one case dismissed
Ronald J. Meyer of Dahlgren was fined $10 for speeding, Deanna J. Melton of Mount Vernon $10 for failure to yield, Archie L. Fairchild of Mount Vernon $25 for careless driving, Larry R. Heck of Mount Vernon $25 for careless driving, and Harold J. Burwell of Mount Vernon $10 for following too closely. A charge of disturbance against James Fleming of Kankakee was dismissed.
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Ronald J. Meyer
Dahlgren
Deanna J. Melton
Mt. Vernon
Archie L. Fairchild
South 12Th
Larry R. Heck
South 22Nd
Harold J. Burwell
Opdyke
James Fleming
Kankakee
Mt V Youth Joins The Navy
David Bruce King the grandson of Mr and Mrs Charles W Hall of 206 North 11th Street Vernon enlisted in the United States Navy this week in ceremonies at St Louis. A Mt Vernon Township High School graduate he attended one year at the Community College in Mt Vernon. He is in the Navy High School graduate training program and will train at San Diego California. After basic training he will have 14 days leave before reporting to his next duty station. Recruiter is Donald D Rhodes chief machinist's mate at 1116 Main Mt Vernon.
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David Bruce King
Charles W. Hall
North 11Th Street
the Vernon
United States Navy
St. Louis
David
Mt. Vernon Township
Community College
Mt. Vernon
Navy
Naval Training Center
San Diego
California
Donald D. Rhodes
Main
Burglars Hit Moose Lodge at Jaycee Lake
A burglary at the Moose Lodge clubhouse at Jaycee Lake was discovered yesterday. Jim Alexander executive secretary said intruders pried open a door and broke a soft drink machine, causing door and interior damage but no money or items reported missing. The break in occurred between 9 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday. Sheriff Dewey Barton said it had not been reported to him.
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Moose Lodge
Jaycee Lake
Jim Alexander
Alexander
Dewey Barton
Fire damages rural shed near Mt. Vernon home
Mt. Vernon rural firemen controlled a late yesterday fire that damaged a shed at the home of George McNew about a mile and a half north of town on the Old Centralia Road. Contents including garden tools were also damaged.
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Mt. Vernon
George McNew
Centralia Road
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