Funeral set for He Bred Kolmer Monday
Funeral services for He Bred Kolmer set for 2 p.m. Monday at Pulley Funeral Home in Mount Vernon. He died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 64 years 30 months. Born January 31, 1911 in Bartelse, he married Mildred Carson February 22, 1930. Survived by two sons Robert and Jerry, two brothers Anthony and Clarence, a sister Mrs Francis Seidel, and one grandchild. He was a member of Hod Carriers Local 581 and a carpenter at Mt. Vernon Truck Body Co.
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Kolmer
Bethel
Sonny
Francis Seidel
Louis
Hod Carriers
Car- Wie
Mt. Vernon Truck Body Co
Charles H. Smith Dies Suddenly Funeral Sunday
Charles Henry Smith 7 of Route 2 Keenes died yesterday at home after a long Jefferson county residence. Funeral services set for 2 pm Sunday at Garrison Temple with Rev Delbert Goss officiating. burial at Garrison Temple cemetery. Survivors include wife Rebecca Wilgen, four sons Gale Adra George, five daughters Eva Jenni Fern Mam Orrie Katie, 24 grandchildren, and brother William Smith.
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Charles Henry Smith
Route 2
Keenes
Jefferson County
Garrison Temple
Delbert Goss
Buria
Neers Chapel
Wayne
Mr. Smith
Wayne County
John Smith
Rebeccca Wilgen
Garriion Temple Church
Gale Smith
Mt. Vernon
Adra Smith
Route 7
George Smith
Pasadena
Calif
Eva Weems
Salem
Jennie Dalton
Phoenix
Aris
Fern Sechrest
Decatur
Mam- Orrie
Centralia
Katie Halerman
Julia
William Smith
Texico
Hospital Notes list admits and discharges across units
Admitted patients include Marcus Draper Pharrell Eugene Hanna Jacquline Lee Ferguson Troy ay Gowler Fletch Franklin Farrar Jr and Lola Denham Gina Diane Sanders Jack Owen Payne Steven Ries. Discharged patients include Evelyn Louise Hamilton Bill Thompson George Jourdan Alice Jay Masters Frances Sue Fullinax and baby Rannetta Ane Ursula McKegney Christine Joanne Difford Douglas Casey Anton Hoffman Dwight A Stephen son Jalayne Morrison Charles Lewis Lyons Ransom Raymond Gore Margaret Riley.
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Jefferson Memorial
Marcus Draper
Pharrell Eugene Hanna
Jacqueline Lee Ferguson
Dix
Troyay Gowler
Bruford
Fletch Franklin Farrar, Jr
Evelyn
Louise Hamilton
Bill Thompson
George Henry Jourdan
Alice Jay Masters
Good Samaritan
Lola Denham
Gina Diane Sanders
Jack Owen_ Payne
Steven Ries
Frances Sue Fullinax
Rannetta Ane
Ursula McKegney
Christine Joanne
Births in Jefferson Memorial and area hospitals
Mr and Mrs John Lee Ferguson of Dix announce a son Brian, born 4 26 pm at Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing six pounds 11 ounces. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Chambliss of Mr Vernon welcome a daughter born 12 50 am at Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds two and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Vernon A Lemon of Danville announce a son born December 17 at Lakeview Hospital weighing five pounds four teen ounces named Troy William on his near grandmothers birthday. grandparents Mr and Mrs Tony Lemon of Sparta and Harry L Bishop of Mt Vernon.
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John Lee Ferguson
RFD
Dix
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Briane
Kenneth Chambliss
RFD 7
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vernon A. Lemon
West Rose Lawn
Danville
Lakeview Hospital
Troy
William
Rose Bishop Clegg
Tony Lemon
Sparta
Harry L. Bishop
Mt. Vernon
Marines Send Holiday Messages To Berkeley Students
Marines in South Vietnam sent unfriendly Christmas greetings to UC Berkeley students opposing U.S. policy. Pfc Roger Principe and Cpl Michael Myers signed notes that were printed by the Daily Californian, which urged readers to care about the campus.
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Berkeley
Calif
South Viet Nam
University of California
U.S
Pfc
Roger Principe
1St
Amtraa
Cpl
Michael B. Myers
The
Daily Californian
Chinese Held American Pilot
An American Air Force pilot Capt. Phillip E. Smith held by Communist China will start receiving monthly parcels after Christmas. The Red Cross said packages from family and Red Cross will be handed to a Chinese Red Cross representative from Dec 30 and include food shaving equipment and toothpaste. Four other American civilians held by China already receive parcels.
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Washington
China
Red Cross
Phillip £. Smith
Oscar Smith
Roadhouse
Ill
Judith
Victorville
Calif
Gemini 7 and 6 Link Up in Close Space Flight
A Navy rescue plane tracked the drifting Gemini 6 and 7 craft 565 miles south of Bermuda after splashdown. Borman and Lovell reported all right as the mission ended with a precise landing and strong public support for future moon flights.
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Edward H. White II
Borman
Lovell
Earth
Houston
Roger
United States
Moon
Lunar
Christopher C. Kraft
Schirra
Stafford
Houston Space Center
Cape Kennedy
Neil Armstrong
Air Force
David R. Scott
Scott
Weather summary for MT. VERNON and regions
Weather report notes Friday high 45 and low 27 with rainfall to date 34.98 inches inches. Comparisons show one year ago high 20 low 8 and five years ago high 46 low 18. Ten years ago high 46 low 26. Sunrise and sunset times listed for Sunday and Monday. CST times noted.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois Faces Freezing Morning as Skies Clear
The Associated Press reports a frigid start across Illinois with subfreezing readings. Champaign records 19 degrees and Massac County along the Ohio River 30, while southeastern storms threaten snow later. Temperature changes remain slight.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Ilinois
Champaign
Massac County
Ohio River
Linds
North Viet Nam Says Jet Fighters Start Use
Moscow reports North Viet Nam will increasingly deploy jet fighters to defend against U.S. air raids. Tass notes North Vietnamese pilots claimed to shoot down 15 American planes while Soviet antiaircraft missiles have had limited success. American figures tally 157 U.S. planes lost in Vietnam to smaller caliber guns.
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North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Tass
Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Car Shops Land Sold for Shopping Center Lease Agreement
A shopping center plan near Shawnee includes a lease between a landholding corporation and Montgomery Ward for a large store to open with the Ward. Eighty acres remain in the Town Center area. 50 acres still owned south of Newby, east of 10th, and east of Shawnee, south of the L N railroad.
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Ping Center Corporation
Montgomery Ward
Shawnee
Town Center
Newby
10Th
Hamilton County Board Votes Holiday Closures for Liquor Stores
The Hamilton County Board of Supervisors approved closing the county's three liquor stores on Christmas, New Year’s Day, July Fourth, and Thanksgiving Day. Courthouse Saturday closure was not acted on. Retests for brucellosis will be conducted in Crouch, Twigg, Knights Prairie, and Crook townships. The MTHS music department plans its annual Christmas concert this Sunday at 2 p.m. in the high school gym. The McLeansboro City Council appointed three new members to the fire department, George Albert Haas, Kenny Hart, and Freeman Johnson, all former auxiliaries. Regular reports were approved, receipts $55,451.21 and expenditures $54,585.19. The Elks Club will lead a countywide drive Monday evening to benefit H. L. Kennedy children, with two undergoing spleen removal surgery in St. Louis and another due for the same operation. Donations are urged with porch lights left on. The Kennedy family has faced long-term hardship. the father underwent the operation years ago.
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Mcleansboro
Hamilton County Board of Supervisors
Crouch
Twigg
Knights Prairie
Crook
McLeansboro Elks Club
H. L. Kennedy
Kennedy
St. Louis
Valerie
Roger
The
Elks Fund
Long Kohler Strike Ends With Back Pay Settlement
Kohler Wisconsin and United Auto Workers end 11 year clash with a 4.3 million back pay and pension settlement. About 1,400 former strikers receive up to 10 000 each, plus 1.5 million for pensions. NLRB to determine individual awards. 57 dismissed workers to be reinstated.
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Kohler
Wis
Wisconsin
Kohler Co
United Auto Workers
Emil Mazey
U.A.W
Lyman C. Conger
U.S. Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Warn Do Not Use Plastic Ice Balls In Drinks
Springfield Illinois health official warns novelty ice balls should not be used as tests found bacteria in them. Epidemio logy chief Dr Norman Rose notes water contamination possible despite claims of purity. Sterling Novelty Products and distributor cite boiling as a safety step. toxicology tests found no toxins but bacteria risk remains.
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Springfield, II
Ilinois Health Department
Norman Rose
Marvin Glasser
Sterling Novelty Products
Hong Kong
Rose
Glasser
Toxicology
11 Cubans Die As Hotel Section Collapses On Havana Waterfront
At least 11 people were killed when part of a 93 room hotel on the Havana waterfront collapsed during the night. Havana Radio reported many others were injured in the disaster.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Havana Radio
Man Dies in Fire at Moline Home
Ira Tucker, 41, was killed in a Friday night blaze that destroyed his single story frame residence. Firemen said he lived alone.
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Moline
Ira Tucker
Tucker
Eisenhower Leaves Walter Reed for Gettysburg Home
President Eisenhower walked out of Walter Reed Army Hospital smiling and saying he felt fine. At his side, Mamie Eisenhower wore a bright red hat and coat as the couple prepared to travel to their Gettysburg farm. The 75-year-old general recovered from a heart attack suffered on November 9 while in Georgia, after hospitalizations at Fort Gordon and Walter Reed and a period of limited medical bulletins.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Augusta
Ft. Gordon Army Hospital
Walter Reed
Dems May Run 2 For Legislature In Illinois
SPRINGFIELD AP The Democratic State Central Committee urged that two Democrats run in each of Illinois 59 House districts to strengthen the party. Historically the minority party posted one candidate in many primaries. three are elected per district. The resolution, adopted Friday, warned that nominating fewer than two would disenfranchise voters and weaken the party. Republicans likely to back two GOP nominees in all districts.
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Springfield Tr
Democratic State Central Committee
Illinois
Lost Dog Susie Returns Home After Paper Appeal
Mrs. John Traver of South 34th Street credits The Register-News with a Christmas happy ending as her champion sable and white collie Susie, valued at more than 1500, wandered off earlier this week. A neighbor found Susie in her yard last night after reading the description in the newspaper and called the Traver household. The neighbor declined a reward, saying she wanted to be a good neighbor.
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Register- News
John Traver
Susie
Traver
South 34Th Street
Register-News
Mrs. Traver
Reds Asked to Clarify Peace Bid
The report describes a Hanoi peace feeler and a cautious U S response. The State Department denied any rejection while The Post Dispatch cited an official saying the overture was studied but not viewed seriously. Details included Ho Chi Minh, Pham, two Liberation Front leaders, and two Italian associates.
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Hanoi
U.S
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
United States
North Viet Nam
State Department
The
Post-Dispatch
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Rome
Pham
Liberation Front
Georgio la Pira
Florence
Primicerio
University of Florence
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Goldberg
Fanfani
Wayne County Rejects Three-County Antipoverty Plan
Wayne County commissioners in Wooster Ohio announced they will not participate in a proposed three county federal antipoverty program. The decision comes as no one remains on the county relief roles for the first time in 15 years.
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Wooster
Ohio
Wayne County
Car Hits Bank Near Mt Vernon. Driver Not Injured
A car driven by John Baal of 45 West Crownview ran off Richview Road a mile west of Mt Vernon city limits at about 3 40 am and struck a road ditch bank. Deputy Sheriff Jack Fairchild said damage to the vehicle was over 100 dollars with no injuries reported.
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Awar
Mt. Vernon
Jack Fairchild
John Baal
West Crownview
Richview Road
Curfew Imposed On Gis In Saigon Amid Turmoil
Reported clashes between Montagnards and government troops across Phu Bon Quang Duc and Pleiku Provinces. district capitals seized or threatened, talks ongoing with authorities. U S personnel ordered off streets 7 pm to 6 am to curb Viet Cong terror plans.
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Phu Tien
Quang Duc
Darlac
Pleiku
Gia Nghia
Saigon
Pleorong
Plei
Djieng
Lac Thin
U.S
Fire at Mt. Vernon dryer causes minor damage
Mt Vernon firemen responded to a call at the home of Ray House 3000 Jamison Boulevard where lint ignited inside a clothes dryer. Damage was limited to the dryer unit.
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Mt. Vernon
Ray House
Jamison Boulevard
Train Crew Removes Rail Spikes Obstruction Near Waltonville
A freight train crew stopped near Waltonville and removed a pile of rail spikes and anchors placed on CB&Q tracks. Sheriff Dewey Barton was informed. Claude J. McClure, railroad special agent, said the spikes were likely laid as a prank along the right of way three miles south of Waltonville. Authorities note similar incidents have been investigated recently in the county.
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Cb&q
Waltonville
Dewey Barton
Claude J. McClure
McClure
Indicted 22 by grand jury in Jefferson County
Jefferson county grand jury late yesterday returned 22 indictments against 11 persons. Judge Charles E. Jones received the findings before 5:00 p.m. Most indictments were suppressed pending warrants and arrests. Indictments not suppressed include James Russell Smith 80 of 2011 Perkins on rape, John Goessman 44 of Westmont NL on burglary, and Gary Golden 18 of 807 Lamar on auto theft.
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Jefferson County
Charles E. Jones
Lawrence Starman
James Russell Smith
Perkins
John Goessman
Westmont
Knotty Pine
Waltonville
Gary Golden
Lamar
Yule Treat At Bayer Lot Tuesday Night
Kenneth Bayer hosts annual outdoor Christmas party for Mt. Vernon children at 7 30 Tuesday night on the Bayer Co lot Terith and Harrison Santa Claus arrives by fire truck with sacks of treats for all the kids The event is a long standing Mt Vernon tradition during Christmas season
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Kenneth Bayer
Mt. Vernon
Bayer Co
Terith and Harrison
Santa Claus
Bayer
Autos Collide on Tenth Street
Two cars were damaged more than 100 dollars in a collision at 4:00 p.m. yesterday at Tenth and Gilbert. Drivers were Paula K. Edwards of Centralia and John N. Parrish of Benton. Edwards was charged with following too close.
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Gilbert
Paula K. Edwards
Centralia
John N. Parrish
Benton
Paula Edwards
Another Arrest For Burglary
James Harold Boldrey aged 18 of 228 Opdyke Avenue was arrested by Mt. Vernon police on a burglary charge. He is charged with implication in a break in at the Texaco bull plant recently.
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James Harold Boldrey
Opdyke Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Texaco
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