Deaths Opal Timmons Former Nurse In Mt Vernon
Opal V. Timmons 30 of Centralia died Tuesday at St Marys Hospital after an extended illness. A former nurse at the Mt Vernon State Tuberculosis Sanitarium she will have services Thursday at Queen Boggs Chapel Centria with Rev Vernell V Garren officiating. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Born December 27 1914 in Jefferson county she was the daughter of John H and Ellie Atchison. Survivors include two daughters Barbara Miller and Lora Timmons two brothers Lloyd Atchison two sisters Etha Stover and Russell Crabtree and three grandchildren.
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Opal V. Timmons
Centralia
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mt. Vernon State
Queen-Boggs Chapel
Vernell V. Garren
Hillcrest Cemetery
Jefferson County
John H
Ellie (Crane) Atchison
Glenn
Barbara Kane) Miller
Herrin
Lora Timmons
la Grange Park
Lloyd Atchison
Etha Stover
Mt. Vernon
Russell Crabtree
Doug Sapper Sr. Dies at 75 in Mt. Vernon
Douglas August Sapper Sr. a longtime Mt. Vernon druggist and proprietor of Douglas Drugs on the public square, died at 2:00 am at his home 1915 Lake Street. He was 75 years 11 months and 3 days old. Survived by his wife Harriette Smyth, son Douglas A. Sapper Jr., daughter Alice Connell, sister Charlotte King, and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. body taken to Myers Chapel. Born December 28, 1879 in St. Louis to Ernest and Nettie Sapper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas August Sapper
Mt. Vernon
Lake Street
Mr. Sapper
Doug
Douglas Drugs
Myers Chapel
St. Louis
Ernest
Nettie
Douglas) Sapper
Alton, Ill
Harriette Smyth
Douglas A. Sapper, Jr
Alice Connell
Fort Worth
Texas
Charlotte King
James A. Denny former deputy warden dies at 74
James A. Jim Denny longtime southern Illinois law officer and former deputy warden at Menard prison died at 12 05 am at his home 800 south 24th street aged 74 years seven months and 14 days He served as Chester prison guard and guard captain before becoming Jefferson county deputy sheriff In 1941 he was named Deputy Warden of Menard state penitentiary Funeral 1 30 pm Friday Myers Chapel Rev A B Clodfelder burial Oakwood cemetery He was born April 17 1891 in Hamilton county married Lara Keasler October 7 1919 survived by three daughters a brother a sister and six grandchildren
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James A
Jim” Denny
Menard Prison
Southern Illinois
South 24Th Street
Denny
Chester
Jefferson County
Menard State Penitentiary
Myers Chapel
A. B. Clodfelder
Oakwood Cemetery
Hamilton County
Robert
Sarah (Orr) Denny
Pinckneyville
Lara Keasler
Wesley Methodist Church
Ula Dare
Mt. Vernon
Newell Manwaring
Connersville
Ind
Hazel Kraft
Inl
Walter Denny
Charles Lemay
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial admitted Emory Gilbert Wilfong Hazel L McMillan Effie Hawley of Salem and discharged William Degenhart Good Samaritan admitted Anna Mae Grimes Walter W Seibert Alice Mae Scott Virgil Leonard Cullll Ida Evaline Winkler Rodney Lee Brieseacher Harold Calvin Williams Discharged James Robert Jackson Yvette Raymonde Clarke Henry Cates Henn Vermadel Wood Ada Faye mn Harry Elmer Green Ruth Orleen Kolmer D ie Lynn Atkins Charles Lewis rin g Freda Opal Taylor Cla
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Anna Mae Grimes
Walter W. Seibert
Alice Mae Scott
Virgil Leonard Culll
Ida Evaline Winkler
Rodney Lee Brieseacher
Harold Calvin Williams
James Robert Jackson
Yvette
Raymonde Clarke
Henry Cates Henn
Vermadel Wood
Ada. Faye Mn
Harry Elmer Green
Ruth Orleen
Kolmer
Denie
Lynn Atkins
Charles Lewis Ring
Freda Opal Taylor
Cla
Bluford to Get New Telephone Equipment
Illinois Bell plans new equipment in Bluford office next year to enable service improvements. New connectors will reduce party line rings, allow intercept of vacant numbers, and require many residents to receive new numbers late in 1966. Customers will get advance notice by mail.
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Illinois Bell Today
Bluford
J. A. McGuckin
Telephone Company
Bellstill
Thinois Bell
McGuckin
Mt. Vernon
Gemini 7 and 6 Astronauts Clear Medicals for Dual Launch
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Gemini 7 crew Frank Borman and James Lovell Jr after a five hour medical with doctors clear for their Titan 2 twin launch set for Saturday at 2 30 p m EST for a 14 day endurance mission. Gemini 6 crew Walter Schirra Jr and Thomas Stafford also undergo a similar exam to confirm fitness for the flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A Lovell Jr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
India Faces Severe Water Shortage Amid Drought
New Delhi India endures its worst drought in a century raising fears of major food scarcities and insufficient drinking water for people and livestock. Food Minister Chidambaram Subramaniam told Parliament that avoiding widespread starvation hinges on continued large grain imports under the American food for peace program.
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New Delhi
Chidambaram Subramaniam
Subramaniam
America
Reapportionment Draft Ends In Illinois Power Shift
Illinois lawmakers move toward finalizing district maps after a drawn out clash. Gov Otto Kerner vetoed a redistricting plan while a 1963 commission failed. Democrats and Republicans compromise to pair Brown and Cass counties, with leaders Fields Downing Dunne Altorfer Good Becker among those voting or accepting.
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Ilinois
Kerner
Otto Kerner
Supreme Court
Senate
Brown
Cass
Dan Teefey
Mount Sterling
C. R. (Butch) Ratcliffe
Beardstown
Jersey County
Illinois
Adams
Alvin Fields
East St. Louis
Robert J. Downing
Glenview
George Dunne
Chicago
Rowan
John Henry Altorfer
Peoria
James W. Good Jr
Winnetka
Smith
Becker
Hog market closes with higher bids and day’s top noted
Prices paid until 12:30 p m today were 400 higher. The top was 25 75 for 200 to 220 lb hogs. Sows were 21 50 for 300 weight down, sows 300 weight and over 21 00, down. Boars were 13 50 and 14 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 prices quoted this afternoon show soybeans at 2.42, shell corn at 1.12, and ear corn at 1.09 per bushel in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago live poultry and butter prices steady
Chicago wholesale live poultry prices show no change with roasters at 23 to 25 cents, special fed white rock fryers 18 to 19 cents, heavy hens around 18 to 18 cents. Butter on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange remains firm with quotes at AA 64, A 64, B 62 to C 61s. Egg prices steady to firm with grade A whites 42, mixed 42, mediums 36, standards 43 to 43 cents per dozen.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
St Louis Produce Prices Reported by AP
St Louis reports egg and live poultry price lines with consumer grades and weights. It lists large eggs 41 43 cents, medium 37 39, small 28 30, A prices for wholesale grades and standard 37, unclassified 24 26, checks 21 2. Hens heavy 15 16, light over 5 lb 9 10, under 5 lb 6 7, broilers and fryers 19 20.
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Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Ateenenensee
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Loudy Seteeneres
Des Moines
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
BO Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Belleville
Moline
Enenenee
Peoria
Quincy See
Epee
Rockford
Springfield
Vandalia
Madison
Senereee
South Bend
Paducah
St, Louis
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Ill AP Report
National Stockyards Illinois cattle calves hogs and sheep price estimates for Thursday list totals and range bids. Hogs 6 000 head barrows and gilts 190 250 pounds 26.00 27.00 sows 300 650 pounds 20.75 22.75. Cattle 2 000 calves 200 steers prime 26.00 good and choice 22 50 23 75 prime heifers 24.50 best cows 12 50 15.00 vealers 21.00 32.00 calves 15.00 20.00. Sheep 700 lambs 25.00 26.00 good lambs 22 75 23.00 ewes 5.00 8.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockyards
Ill
Chicago Grain price report summary
Chicago AP notes Wheat No 2 red and No 2 hard at 1.66 per bushel. Corn No 2 yellow 1.19 and No 5 yellow 1.06 to 1.09. Oats No 2 heavy white 76. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.60. Soybean oil 11.35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Turbulent Wall Street advances in heavy trading
Wall Street opened with a broad advance in very heavy activity led by blue chips and a wide range of speculative issues. The Dow Jones average stood at 947.93, up 1.22, while the AP 60 slipped slightly. Several major names climbed as big blocks traded and market breadth widened.
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New York
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Fairchild Camera
Polaroid
U.S. Steel
Douglas Aircraft
General Dynamics
Alied Chemical
Xerox
U.S. Smelting
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Texaco
Pan American World Airways
United Air Lines
American Airlines
Screw & Bolt
American Telephone
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Rome Chapter Order of Eastern Star Meeting Notice
Rome C E 8. Rome Chapter Order of Eastern Star will meet Friday evening December 3 at 3 00 in the Masonic Temple at Dix. Open installation of new officers will be conducted. Lavin Keele W M Nellie Hawking sec.
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Rome
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Dix
Lavin Keele
W.M. Nellie Hawking
Viet Cong Attacks and Air Strikes Across South Viet Nam
In the central highlands south of Da Nang Viet Cong struck three small outposts before dawn injuring no listed U.S. casualties. In Hue Phu Bai area Marines reported light fighting with about 20 Viet Cong, one killed and four wounded. Air operations continued against North and South Viet Nam, with raids near Hanoi and near Vinh and on coastal targets. U.S. carriers and destroyers conducted bombardments while the Kitty Hawk group unleashed 70 tons of bombs on suspects. Two returned U.S. soldiers in Phnom Penh condemned the war and described harsh captivity, while government officials sought their return. A Sioux suspected execution of Sgt. Kenneth M. Roraback was noted.
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da Nang
Hue- Phu Bai
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U. S. Air Force
Ticonderoga
Bon Homme Richard
Vinh
U. S
Air Force
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
Kitty Hawk
Mansfield
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Washington
State Department
George E. Smith
Chester
W. Va
Claude E. McClure
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Smith
McClure
Kenneth M. Roraback
Fayetteville
N.C
Saigon
Towns Pledge Support To Area Library System
Flora hosts a meeting as Mt. Vernon and eight towns back a regional library system. Ed Mann of Flora named temporary chairman with a steering committee to draft rules and by laws. Officials from Mt. Vernon and Flora detailed state funding, board structure, and no local cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Mt. Vernon
Centralia
Olney
Robinson
Mt. Carmel
Vandalia
Ed Mann
Donald Wright
Springfield
Kathryn Devereaux
Carbondale
Mllinois State Library
Leo Heffington
Nuclear warheads in Europe under U S control
U S officials state 5000 nuclear warheads are in Europe at Zweibruecken Baden- Soellingen and other NATO bases. Warheads are under American custody and can only be used with U S presidential authority. McNamara told NATO ministers the number is rising.
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Zweibruecken
Baden-Soellingen
West Germany
U. S
Europe
Washington
New York Times
NATO
White House
Johnson
Defense Department
Robert S. McNamara
Paris
U S
Annual Elks Memorial Services Here Sunday
Mt. Vernon Elks Lodge will hold memorial services at 2:00 p.m. Sunday December 5 with Exalted Ruler Robert McClinton announcing. Jon Cooke of the Crippled Children Commission will speak, and W. H. Beckmeyer plus the Mt. Vernon high school choir will perform. Recent deceased Elks named include Mayse Mylius Thomson Hungate Palmer Thompson Dustin Montfort Collens Darnell Storey.
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Mt. Vernon
Crippled Children Commission
Illinois Elks Association
W. H. Beckmeyer
Jet slams into hangar in Alaska fire destroys building
Anchorage AP reports a fighter jet slid into a hangar at Elmendorf Air Force Base during landing on Tuesday night. The 1.2 million hangar burned while the F106 was being moved from Eielson Air Force Base. Pilot Lt. Col. Francis R. Lawson escaped with a back sprain and was hospitalized. Three planes inside were removed before the blaze grew.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Francis R. Lawson
325Th
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Eielson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Bank Of Illinois Day Proclaimed In Mt Vernon
A Mt Vernon driver suffered minor injuries in a two car crash at 18th and Conger around 12:57 p.m. Joe Ober of Flora was charged with failure to yield right of way as his car struck Judy Wright of Mt Vernon and then hit the Vennie Anderson home. Wright was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital. Damages exceeded $100 to both autos. Mayor Joe Martin proclaimed December 4, 1965 as Bank of Illinois Day to mark the bank’s grand opening and noted the building’s impact on local economy and development.
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Mt. Vernon
Joe Ober
Flora
Ober
Judy A. Wright
Harrison
Conger
Judy Wright
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vennie Anderson
South 18Th
Jon Martin
Bank of Tlinols
Bank of Tlinois
Bank of Trinois
Bank of Illinois
Bank of Ilinois
Joe Martin
State of
Ilinois
City of
Viet Nam
Jefferson County Red Cross
Elks Lodge
Mt. Vernon Community College
Barbara Stratton
Births in the area include three newborns
Mr and Mrs Fred Peoples of 402 Forest avenue welcomed a son at 12 10 pm in Good Samaritan hospital weighing five pounds eight ounces named Ryan DeAllen. Mr and Mrs Richard Neal Trammel of RFD 1 Salem welcomed a daughter at 1 42 pm in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing seven pounds eight ounces named Crystal Lynn. Chaplain and Mrs David S Hunsicker of 2609 Palace Drive San Diego Calif welcomed a son Saturday afternoon Nov 20 at 12 50 pm in Sharp Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds eight ounces named David Stuart Jr The father serves with Naval Support Activity at Da Nang South Vietnam. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs W H Hunsicker of St Charles Mo and Mr and Mrs Otto H Brown of Mt Vernon The mother traveled from San Diego to be with her daughter the former Miss LaVerba Brown of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Peoples
Forest Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Ryan DeAllen
Richard Neal Trammel
RFD 1
Salem
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Crystal Lynn
David S. Hunsicker
Palace Drive
San Diego
Calif
Sharp Memorial Hospital
David Stuart, Jr
da Nang
South Vietnam
W.H. Hunsicker
St. Charles
Otto H. Brown
Mt. Vernon
LaVerba Brown
Circuit Court Fines Involve Three Defaulters
Kenneth E. Dowdell of Route 3 Mount Vernon was fined 57 dollars for failure to pay parking meter tickets. Elmer E. Hart of Waltonville paid 10 dollars for improper passing. Albert F. Cockrum of 625 South 18th Street was fined 10 dollars for invalid vehicle registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth E. Dowdell
Route 3
Mt. Vernon
Elmer E. Hart
Waltonville
Albert F. Cockrum
South 18Th Street
Two Suits For Divorce Filed In Circuit Court
Two divorce actions were filed in circuit court. Evelyn J. Beasley accuses Samuel L Beasley of cruelty. they wed March 21 1964 and separated Oct 1965. Mary A Lowery sues Merrill V Lowery for desertion. she seeks restoration of her former name Thackrey. married Oct 5 1958, lived together until Aug 20 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn J. Beasley
Samuel Lee Beasley
Lowery
Fire alarm at Carp's Department Store in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon firemen investigated an odor of smoke at Carp's Department Store at 11 17 a m yesterday but failed to locate a source. No damage or injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Carp’s Department Store
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Opal Timmons
Mt. V
Doug Sapper Sr
Jim Denny
Jefferson Memorial
Emory Gilbert Wilfong
Hazel L. McMillan
Effie Hawley
William Degenhart
India
Mt. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
C. E
Micchael Stewart Right
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Stewart
Area Library System
South 10Th
Highway 37
Brownsville Road
Bill Hill
Elks
Oakland and
Salem Rd
Circuit Court
Red Cross
Xmas Catalog
Bill
Bill Kniffen
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