Deaths Sherman Hicks Of McLeansboro Dies At Age 6
Sherman Hicks 61 of McLeansboro died at 10 45 p m yesterday in Hamilton Memorial Hospital following a heart attack Funeral arrangements are set with the body to lie in state at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro friends may call tomorrow Survivors include wife Vachel Hicks a son Bill Hicks and a daughter Ramona Charlton born May 2 1899 in Hamilton County
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Sherman Hicks
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Gholson
Mr. Hicks
Hamilton County
Fred and
Ida (Mann) Hicks
Vachel Hicks
MaeLeansboro
Bill Hicks
Glendrive
Montana
Ramona Charlton
Ridgecrest
Calif
Oma Myers 79 dies near McLeansboro
Oma Myers 79 of near McLeansboro died Tuesday night at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday at Blooming Grove Baptist Church with Rev. John B. Maulding and Rev. Luther Upton officiating. burial in adjoining cemetery. Born October 24, 1880, to William and Clarinda Smithpeters. married Andy Myers November 14, 1897. Survived by three sons Allie Cecil Kenneth Myers, daughter Inez Nation, one brother Marshall Smithpeters, one sister Eva Baldwin, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Member of New Hope Baptist Church.
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Oma Myers
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Blooming Grove Baptist Church
John B. Maulding
Luther Upton
Gholson
Myers
Hamilton County
William
Clarinda
Bolerjack) Smithpeters
Andy Myers
Allie
Cecil
Kenneth Myers
Inez Nation
Marshall Smithpeters
Ozark
Eva Baldwin
Lana Turner Takes License To Wed Fifth Time
Hollywood report says Lana Turner, 39, will wed Fred May, 43, her fifth spouse, after they obtained a marriage license in Santa Ana on the way to Del Mar races. May, a rancher and horse breeder, has two children from a prior marriage. The couple did not announce a wedding date.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Fred May
Santa Ana
del Mar
Lana
May
Chino
Calif
Cheryl
Miss Turner
Superior Court
John Stompanato
Lex Barker
Stompanato
Beverly Hills
Henry J
Bob) Tapping
Steve Crane
Artie Shaw
Purdy Girl Born in Terre Haute Hospital
Mr and Mrs Gary Purdy of Terre Haute Indiana welcomed a daughter born August 27 in a local hospital. The baby weighed six pounds and has been named Kelley Rena. The mother is the former Sharon Jones of this city.
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Gary Purdy
Terre Haute
Ind
Kelley Rena
Sharon Jones
Horsemen Coming To Mt Vernon National Flag Race September 10
Mt Vernon prepares for the third annual National Flag Race at the Mt. Vernon Fairgrounds on September 10 with a record field expected. The nine event western horse show includes Appaloosa Costume and Open Barrel Race among others, judged by Raymond Corners and time kept by Ray Rice with Roy Clemens as ringmaster. Local officials promise a large trophy for the winner as the event attracts riders from multiple states.
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Mt. Vernon Fairgrounds
King City Saddle Club
Vance Bud Hall
Tampa
Fla
Brown Bob
Bill Cochran
Windsor
Ill
van Hall
Lee Lawrence
Libya
California
Fairgrounds
Adams Dairy Company
Answer School Bells In This County
An estimated 360,000 of the persons on old age assistance need medical help in any one year. For the new aid program, unlimited federal funds at a 50 to 80 percent match are authorized. Sponsors estimate 500,000 to a million of the 10 million eligible might need help with medical bills annually. Costs could exceed two billion dollars yearly if fully utilized. Federal outlay may be 202 million the first year with 61 million from states. by year five, 340 million federal and 180 million state. Some states can start with minimal contributions as federal funds expand. The plan targets 10 million persons, starting on a modest scale in many states with initial state input as low as 2,000. Benefits per person are capped by state limits.
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Social Security Administration
Plane Wreckage Found Four Bodies Near Johns town
Two lumbermen found the wreckage of a light plane and four bodies in western Pennsylvania mountain country. The plane left Teterboro New Jersey on August 16 carrying four members of an Oklahoma City family: Henry Griffting 53 his wife Josephine about 54 their daughter Linda 20 and son Philip 24.
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Pennsylvania
Teterboro
N.J
Oklahoma City
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Josephine
Linda
Philip
Campaign schedules shifted as Kennedy and Nixon plan
The Associated Press reports both parties adjust schedules. Kennedy will tour New England with stops in Boston Manchester and Bangor ahead of a Maine dinner while Lodge covers for Nixon during his knee infection hospital stay. Khrushchev quips about the Kennedy Nixon rivalry as the race nears November.
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New England
Frida
Kennedy
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Manchester
N.H
Presque Isle
Maine
Bangor
Henry Cabot Lodge
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
U N
White House
James C. Hgerty
Lodge
Hagerty
Nikita Khrushchev
Gasoline truck burns on bridge closes highway
A gasoline tank truck crashed into a Cedar Creek bridge near Monmouth Illinois, exploded and burned destroying the span and closing 11 miles of U.S. 67 north of Monmouth. Driver Robert Williams of Davenport Iowa escaped with burns and was hospitalized. bridge collapsed and was submerged in the creek bed.
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Monmouth
U.S. 67
Robert Williams
Davenport
Iowa
Monmouth Hospital
Cedar Creek
Tiinois
Quad-Cities
St. Louis
Williams
Ruan Transport Corp
Mystery flying object sighted nationwide reports
Astronomers from coast to coast report a mysterious unidentified flying object first observed by the Chicago Adler Planetarium. Robert S. Johnson and two assistants tracked it since Friday, noting a size about one tenth Echo I and speed roughly double. Reports from Georgetown University and space associations corroborate sightings across Michigan, Missouri, and beyond. Radar has not traced the object, though an Eastern Aircraft Corporation traced its path with a ballistic camera.
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Chicago
Michigan
Missouri
Nee
Johnson
Eastern Aircraft Corporation
Renew Effort To Get Airline Service Here
Powers says the effort to obtain airline service for the area continues after setbacks. He credits the Highway 64 project as proof of coordinated regional work. Herrin and Marion have offered aid, and a Mt. Vernon group plans talks with Williamson county leaders to push the service, with residents urged to contact Lewis or Outland.
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Herrin
Marion
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Williamson
Lewis Or
Outland
Markets slide as stock market ends lower in slow trading
Wall Street failed to gain in a tentative session as volume reached about 2.4 million shares. Telautograph and Comptometer saw halts amid 80-share orders, while Kennecott and DuPont fell more than a point and Beckman rose over a point and a half in a broadly mixed-day market. Government and corporate bonds were mixed in slow trading.
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Comptometer
Telautograph
Kennecott and
DuPont
Beckman Instruments
U.S
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Report
Hogs totaling 9,000 head traded with No 1-2 barrows and gilts 190-235 lb at 15.50 to 15.60, 210-230 lb at 15.65, and 180-250 lb 15.25 to 15.50. Large share 15.35 up, 320 lb lot 14.75, 150-170 lb 13.75-14.75, 120-140 lb 11.25-13.25. Sows 400 lb and down 13.25-14.50, over 400 lb 12.00-12.75, boars over 250 lb 9.75, lighter 11.00. Cattle 2,500, calves 500, and choice steers 23.00-25.00, shorn slaughter ewes 3.00-4.00.
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National
INI
USDA
U.S
Egg and poultry prices graded in St Louis market
St Louis AP report details consumer grades for eggs and live poultry with price ranges. Eggs about 41 to 43 percent for large A and 40 to 41 percent for large A. wholesale grades vary. Hens heavy 164 to 167. ice packed broilers and fryers 1 3/4 to 3 1/2 pounds. Prices unchanged.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange data show butter receipts at 363000 with wholesale buying up to 44 percent higher and grades AA to C listed. Eggs unsettled with receipts 7900 and wholesale buying unchanged to down 3, with grade A whites and mixed levels noted plus dirties and checks.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Prices and Receipts Report AP
Chicago area live poultry receipts yesterday totaled 37,000 pounds. Wholesale prices for white rock fryers steady at 20 to 22 cents per pound, roasters 25 to 26 cents, and hen turkeys averaging 15 pounds 29 to 30 cents per pound.
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Chicago
USDA
Grain market report from Chicago by AP
Cash grain prices show no sales for wheat corn or soybeans. Oats prices unclear with No 1 heavy white at 67 and No 4 extra heavy white at 65 percent. Soybean oil labeled Stab-Ya. Barley options include making choice at 1.05 to 1.8 million and feed at 85 to 1.00n.
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Chicago
Mt Vernon Grain Prices and Miscellaneous Facts
Prices in Mt Vernon after now show Wheat at 1.70 Soybeans 2.04 and Corn 1.05. The Bahrain Islands east of Saudi Arabia are an independent sheikdom. Petroleum concessions are held equally by Standard Oil of California and the Texas Co. John Marshall became Chief Justice in 1800, having never before held office.
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Bahrein Islands
Saudi Arabia
Standard Oil of
California
Texas Co
John Marshall
Supreme Court
Meet The New Teachers In Mt Vernon School
James R. McGhee, Mt Vernon Township High School class of 1939, returns as general science instructor after earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industry Design from the University of Illinois and teaching at the University School of Architecture for six years. McKee, a World War II and Korean War veteran, taught Field Artillery Gunnery at Fort Sill for two years and is married to Wilma Jennings of Mt Vernon with six children.
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James R. McGhee
Mt. Vernon Township
Hgh
Ilinois
McGhee
Arc’tecture
McKee
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Wilma Jennings
Mt. Vernon
Try To Avert Pennsylvania Rail Strike
Negotiators press a last attempt to avert a nationwide Pennsylvania Railroad strike that could shut the system. More than 20,000 non operating workers prepared to strike as 54,000 remaining employees faced furloughing. Wages not in dispute as issues center on job classification and outside repair of equipment.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad
Transport Workers Union
New York
St. Louis
TWU
System Federation Union
PRR
East Berlin
Shark Attacks Jersey Swimmer Off Ocean City
A 25 year old medical student Richard Chung was bitten on the leg while swimming a quarter mile offshore in Ocean City New Jersey. He was rescued aboard a boat and treated at Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point where doctors said the limb would be saved.
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Ocean City
Richard Chung
Shore Memorial Hospital
Somers Point
Chung
John ‘Brodeur
Jersey City
Brodeur
Monay
Seoul
South Korea
Taylor Hospital
Ridley Park
Violent Downpours Cripple New York City Storm Ties Up Traffic
A sudden summer storm drenched the New York metropolitan area causing long rush hours into a nightlong nightmare. Flash floods flooded subway stations and expressways while traffic stalled across Long Island and New Jersey. About 100000 commuters were stranded and 19000 subway riders faced heat as trains halted. Nassau County saw fires and homes damaged while nearly 19000 homes lost power. Two deaths were reported in Queens with a boy drowning in an open manhole and a man in a flooded cellar.
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Westchester
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Brooklyn
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Low Island
Nassau
North Shore
Impostor Uses County Clerk's Name On Calls
County Clerk Lester Davis warns of a phone impostor falsely claiming to be from the clerk's office to obtain birth record information. He says no records are missing and the office does not call to retrieve information. residents should ignore such calls.
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Lester Davis
Davis
Flashing Object Seen Over Bruford and Harmony County
Residents in Bruford and Harmony reported an unidentified flashing object in the sky around 11 last night. The object hovered for 25 to 30 minutes with intermittent flashes and a halo light before disappearing in the northern sky. The note adds a line about the PGA of America being founded in 1916.
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Bruford
Harmony
Civil Defense
Five Day Forecast With Mild Temperatures Across Regions
The outlook shows temperatures running 6 to 10 degrees above normal with normal highs of 77 to 85 and lows of 56 to 64 depending on region. Precipitation will be limited to under a quarter inch, with scattered showers possible Sunday or Monday.
Illinois heat bakes into September with highs near 90
A hot August continues across Illinois with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s and high humidity. The five day forecast calls for temperatures 6 to 10 degrees above normal with minimal precipitation. Overnight lows hover around 70, with 73 in era and 64 at Rantoul as several communities hit 90s including Belleville Moline Springfield Vandalia and Quincy. Stone Mountain Georgia is a massive granite block near Atlanta said to be the largest exposed granite mass in the western hemisphere measuring 1686 feet high and two miles long.
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Peoria
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Vandalia
Associated Press
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Mercury
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Plan Three Man Moon Spaceship Planned for 1965 1970
Washington AP three men will ride the Project Apollo spaceship designed to circle the moon between 1965 and 1970. NASA space task group director Robert R Gilruth announced plans to seek industry participation in Apollo vehicle development. A bidders briefing will be held September 12 at Langley Field Virginia.
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Washington
USS
Robert R. Gilruth
Space Task Group
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Langley Field
Hospital Notes: Jefferson Memorial Admits Several Patients
Jefferson Memorial records list admitted patients Mrs. Anna Catherine Melton Mrs. Mina D. Smith Mrs. Mary Elva Gerrish from Centralia a Boswell and Edgar Walter Over. Discharges include Mrs. Edna Breeze of Bluford and Mrs. Berdha Crosno. Good Samaritan adds admits Barbara Ann Bruce Henry Sherwood Bishop Yvonne Gieselman and discharges Glenn My ers Mildred Miller Gertrude Archer Loretta Linville Thada Richardson Barbara Bruce Mary Watson Ruth Faulkner Evamae Morgan and baby Rebecca June Marcia Spiller and baby Joey Wade Samuel Case y Elizabeth Chambers.
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Jefferson Memorial
Anna Catherine Melton
Mina D. Smith
Mary Elva Gerrish
Centraliaa Boswell
Edgar Walter Over
Edna Haze] Breeze
Bluford
Berdha Vesta Crosno
Good Samaritan
Barbara Ann Bruce
Henry Sherwood Bishop
Yvonne E. Gieselman
Glenn William Myers
Mildred Miller
Gertrude Urea Archer
Loretta Linville
Thada Adeline Richardson
Mary Ollie Watson
Ruth Leona Faulkner
Evamae Morgan
Rebecca June
Marcia Janet Spiller
J Baby
Joey Wade
Samuel T. iCasey
Elizabeth H. Chambers
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