Deaths Theodore Mabry 78 of Valier dies at Miners Hospital
Theodore Mabry 78 of Valier died yesterday at Miners Hospital in Christopher a retired coal miner Funeral services 2 00 p m Sunday Brayfield Chapel Lesser Rev Harold Conroyd officiating burial Mapie Hill Cemetery body lies in state at Brayfield Funeral Home after 6 00 p m Saturday calling Mabry preceded in death by his wife Nellie Survived by three sons Olen Gtice and Howard all of Walter and three daughters Viva Tygett Valier Ruby Migielicz Mulkeytown Helen Schoch St Louis and Grace Landridge Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Mabry
Valier
Miners Hospital
Christopher
Brayfield Chapel
Lesser
Harold Conroyd
Mape Hill
Brayfield
Mabry
Nellie
Olen
Gtice
Howard
Walter
Viva Tygett
Ruby Migielicz
Mulkeytown
Helen Schoch
St. Louis
Grace Landridge
Chicago
Effie Johnson of McLeansboro Dies at 88
Effie Johnson 88 of McLeansboro died at 10 35 a m Friday in Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Donelson Funeral Home Mes Leansboro will host viewing with Rev Robert Larner officiating. Burial at LOFO cemetery McLeansboro. Survived by husband Elmer Johnson and three brothers Paul Hamilton Noah Hamilton Warner Hamilton. Born December 11 1879 in Hamilton County to Samuel Alexander and Mary Martha Cottingham.
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Effie Johnson
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Donelson Funeral Home
Mes Leansboro
Robert Larner
Donelson
Johnson
Hamilton County
Samuel Alexander
Mary Martha
Cottingham
Hamilton
Elmer Johnson
Paul Hamilton
Mill City
Ore
Noah Hamilton
Harrisburg
Warner Hamiton
Lyons Dies at 66 Funeral Sunday in Mt Vernon
Charley Lewis Lyons known as C. R. Lyons, 66, of 815 Jordan, died at midnight Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital. He was a former truck driver for Lashbrook and Mt. Vernon Transfer. Funeral 1 30 p m Sunday at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev Roy Van Horn officiating. Burial in Veterans Memorial Plot at Smith cemetery with American Legion Post 141 military rites. Visitation after 4 p m today. Born June 9 1901 in Woodburn Kentucky, son of H C Lyons and Jennie Mattlock Lyons. Survived by one son Charles L Lyons Jr of Mt Vernon, three brothers Lee R Lyons Ernie Lyons of Mt Vernon Russell Lyons of St Louis, one sister Mrs Mary Hamilton of Mt Vernon, and two grandchildren. WWI veteran, member of American Legion and VFW Post.
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Charley Lewis Lyons
Jordan
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lashbrook
Mt. Vernon
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Roy van Horn
Veterans Memorial Plot
Smith Cemetery
American Legion Post 141
Pulley
Mr. Lyons
Woodburn
H. C
Jennie (Mattlock) Lyons
Charles L. Lyons Jr
Lee R. Lyons
Ernie Lyons
Russell Lyons
St. Louis
Mary Hamilton
Lyons
American Legion
VFW Post
Curtis Starr's Mother Dies in Ponca City Oklahoma
Elizabeth R. Starr aged 99 widow of John N. Starr died in Ponca City Oklahoma. Born August 25 1868 in Clay County Indiana she rode west with parents in a covered wagon and became a Cherokee Strip pioneer in 1893. Funeral at First Baptist Tonkawa Oklahoma at 2 30 p m on Sunday December 31. Survivors: Fred O. Starr Campbell River British Columbia Mrs O B Bennett Tonkawa Oklahoma Mrs Frank B Fargo Huntington Beach California J Curtis Starr Mt Vernon four grandchildren ten great grandchildren. A son Victor E. Starr preceded her in 1937.
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Elizabeth R. Starr
John N. Starr
Ponca City
Oklahoma
British Columbia
O. B. Bennett
Tonkawa
Frank B. Fargo
Huntington Beach
California
J. Curtis Starr
Mt. Vernon
Victor E. Starr
Safe hauled off from Oasis Tavern found in Bakerville ditch
A 200-pound safe stolen Wednesday night from the Oasis Tavern on South Tenth Street contained about $900. It was discovered today in a ditch along a road spur by the Bakerville church. Police reported the safe was found in the Bakerville bottoms area.
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Bakerville
South Tenth Street
Christmas Visitors Fill Home of Mr and Mrs Linus Aydt
Christmas weekend arrivals at the Linus Aydt home include Phyllis Aydt Cahokia Til Vernon Adrian Stephens family Don Harris family Dorcas Tolley R P Tolley Eldorado Elmer Tolley Delafield and Carmel Harris Evansville Also visiting were Larry Bond Homewood Ir Larry Bond and Arlie Bond Arlene Robert Fritz Gunter Dan York McLeansboro Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary open house for Furn York and family in McLeansboro with a list of six children grandchildren and great grandchildren Veronica Voss Cor.
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Linus Aydt
Phyllis Aydt
Cahokia
Til
Linus Aydt Jr
Timmy
Vernon
Adrian Stephens
Don Harris
Dorcas Tolley
R. P. Tolley
Eldorado
Elmer Tolley
Delafield
Carmel Harris
Evansville
Paul Crabtree
Kankakee
Fritz Gunter
Kenneth McGill
Jessie Crabtree
West Frankfort
Marion Gunter
Mickey
Jim Coy
Propolis
Marilyn St. Clair
Furn York
Dan York
McLeansboro
Yorks
Robert
Danville
Helen Pond
Wilmington
Ramona Knippen
Augusta
Don
Keith
Weather Roundup For Mt. Vernon And Surrounding Area
Friday's high 35 and low 19 in Mt. Vernon. Rainfall to date in 1967 stands at 43.87 inches inches. Compare with past years: last year high 43 low 28. five years ago high 34 low 15. ten years ago high 532 low 29. Sunrise and sunset times: Sunday 7:22 4344, Monday 7:22 4:45, Tuesday 7:22 4:46 CST.
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Mt. Vernon
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Residents
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions and discharges for numerous individuals across multiple towns. Names include Ruth Diegel Bonnie Jovita Elaine Karch John Audt Nina Taylor Ruth Ann Bain Darrell Randall Malissa Decker Donald Burkhart John Sledge Ed Staley Lewis Thomas Lillie Fuller Donald Mulvaney Benjamin Carter Lynnette Lowry Eliza Settle Franklin Sudduth Cindy Scarbrough Bessie Smith Irvin Garrod Martha Gaines Samuel Smith Charles McCowen Wilbert Fleckenstein Linda Myers David Myers Mable Boos Linda Capps Steven Capps Anton Bertich Teddy Sauls Jean Smith Patricia Brisco Ronald Henderson and others with addresses in Belle Rive Mount Carmel Bluford Salem and surrounding towns.
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John R. Audt
Dahlgren
Nina May Taylor
Wayne City
Ruth Ann Bain
South 5Th
Darrell Edwin Randall
Belle Rive
Malissa Dawn Decker
McLeansboro
Donald White Burkhart
South 21St
John W. Sledge
Bluford
Good Samaritan
Donald Jacobs
Crousen
Cape Girardeau
Robert Staley
Lewis Thomas
Enright
St. Louis
Lillie Fuller
Charles McCowen
Wailtonville
Wilbert Fleckenstein
Linda Myers
Glendale
Mt. Carmel
David Michael Myers
Mable Boos
George Street
Linda Mae Capps
Steven Ray Capps
Anton Bertich
Normandy Heights
Teddy June Sauls
Jean Smith
Wilkins
Patricia Brisco
Johnsonville
Ronald Henderson
South
Pekin United Fund secretary pleads guilty
Paul Hoeferle, 37, former Pekin United Fund secretary, pled guilty to theft from the fund and received five years probation. Judge Ivan L. Yontz ordered probation after prosecutor Bernard L. Oltman stated $53,494 was the alleged amount, though all funds have been recovered.
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Pekin, I
Pekin United Fund
Ivan L. Yontz
Circuit Court
Paul Heeferle
Orval Wabben
Tazewell County
Bernard L. Oltman
Oltman
Hoeferle
Pekin
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Randy Cameron of 705 Lamar are parents of a daughter born at 8 14 a m December 29 at Good Samaritan Hospital. The baby weighed four pounds seven ounces. Generations of British soldiers and sailors served at Aden. They wrote a pipe march titled The Barren Rocks of Aden.
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Randy Cameron
Lamar
Good Samaritan Hospital
Aden
Ill stormy Illinois to end 1967 with cold snap
The Associated Press reports dark clouds brought light snow across Illinois Saturday. Freezing temperatures lingered with lows in the 20s and highs toward 35 to 40 in the south and 22 to 32 in the north. Colder weather was forecast for Sunday, the year’s final day.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Mercury
Medicare Fee Increase To Four Dollars A Month
The article explains a $4 monthly Medicare fee set by Secretary John W. Gardner of HEW will stay in effect for two years. Officials cite actual and projected costs since July 1, 1966, with one quarter of the rise traced to higher doctors’ fees.
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Hutton
John W. Gardner
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Gardner
Earthquake Shakes Humboldt County in Northern California
A moderately strong quake struck Humboldt County at 12:06 a.m. PST with many calls to police but no injuries or damage reported. The tremor was felt in Rio Dell and Carlotta, about 40 and 30 miles away respectively.
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Eureka
Calif
Humboldt County
California
Rio Dell
Enureka
Carlotta
Snow Hazards Rise as Travel Rules Holiday Weekend
Snow created travel hazards across the nation as the New Year’s holiday weekend began. Traffic deaths rose to 34 by early today amid storms from the northern plains to the Great Lakes, with snow expected into the central plains and Mississippi Valley and rain from Arizona to Tennessee. National Safety Council executive VP John D. Lawlor urged drivers to act responsibly, noting the vast majority of crashes involve drivers with no prior serious accidents. The council projected 460 to 540 deaths between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday. A year earlier the forecast matched the actual toll of 469.
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Plains
Great Lakes
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Arizona
Tennessee
John D.lawlor
National Safety Council
Lawlor
Council
Associated Press
Viet Truce Extended to 36 Hours With Marine Battle Near Hue
The truce extension to 6 a.m. Tuesday followed heavy fighting as 1,000 Marines collided with 300 North Vietnamese near Thon Tham Kee. Marine losses reached 48 dead and 81 wounded. enemy casualties 27 killed. Near Hoi An, a joint First Cavalry and South Vietnamese sweep met stiff Communist resistance with 19 Marines dead and 25 wounded and 33 enemy killed, 30 likely killed by artillery. Carrier aircraft faced bad weather. one Phantom jet was shot down near Haiphong. The Truce extension prompted a high level meeting between South Vietnamese President Thieu and U.S. Ambassador Bunker.
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Thon Tham Kee
Saigon
716Th
Thua Thien
Quang Nam
Hoi An
da Nang
First Cavalry Division
U.S
Hue
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
Thieu
New Year Celebrations Set Across Nation Despite Sunday End
The Associated Press reports costly New Year’s Eve revelry as 1967 ends on a Sunday. Licenses allow liquor sales in some states, others cap at beer and wine until midnight. Prices range from $1 covers to $40 per person dinners, with major cities selling out. Honolulu outdoors and Seattle hotels offer varied deals, while Iowa and several states enforce dry laws. Some clubs in Albuquerque plan 24 hour parties and Miami hosts early events around the Orange Bowl.
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New York
St. Louis
New Haven
Conn
Pittsburgh
Plaza Hotel
Midtown Manhattan
New York City
Hich
Allied Chemical Co
Times Square
Central Park
Honolulu
Waikiki Beach
Hilton Hawaiian Village
Seattle
Wash
Washington
State Liquor Control Board
Iowa
Delaware
Ohio
Maine
Alabama
Arkansas
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Miami
Rabbits Defy Siberian Dogs in Kamchatka Streets
Thousands of rabbits marched through Kamchatka towns defying local dogs then reached Okhotsk seacoast to chew seaweed washed ashore before retiring to the tundra. Komsolmiskaya Pravda cited specialists calling the “demonstration” an act born of acute anger.
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Moscow
Kamchatka
Russia
Okhotsk
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Massey, first native born Canada governor general, dies
Vincent Massey aged 80 died of pneumonia at King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers. Canadian diplomat and former chief representative of the MUCEN in Canada Massey served as governor general from 1952 to 1959. Born in Toronto February 20 1937 he was the eldest son of Chester Daniel and Anna Vincent Massey. His grandfather founded Massey Harris, a leading farm implement company.
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London
Vincent Massey
Canada
Raymond Massey
Mucen
King Edward Vii's Hospital
Massey
Toronto
Chester Daniel
Anna Vincent Massey
Massachusetts
Massey-Harris
British Commonwealth
Humphrey Welcomed in Africa on Zig-Zag Tour
President Humphrey begins a tour across Ivory Coast Ghana Congo Zambia Mali Somalia Kenya and Tunisia avoiding nations aligned with Russia or China. In Abidjan he meets Felix Houphouet-Boigny and Ivory Coast officials to discuss aid and trade as Ivory Coast runs a large dollar surplus and relies on France for manufactured imports.
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Africa
Monrovia
United States
Humphrey
Ghana
Congo
Zambia
Ethiopia
Somali
Kenya
Tunisia
Russia
China
Nigeria
Morocco
Israel
Libya
Ivory Coast
Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Philippe Yace
Ivorian National Assembly
African Development Bank
Houphouet Boigny
U.S. Treasury Department
France
America
Indict Gary Tokarski in Gary Election Fraud Case
Gary Indiana Mrs Mario Tokarski a Democratic precinct committeewoman was indicted on five counts of conspiracy to violate the Indiana election code through false voter registration by the Lake County grand jury which investigated vote irregularities in the November 7 mayoral election that brought Richard Hatcher to office A warrant was needed to arrest a second unnamed suspect and Tokarski posted a 15000 bond after the indictment Hatcher was set to be sworn in as Garys first Black mayor on Monday
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Crown Point
Ind
Mario Tokarski
Gary
Tokarski
Lake County
Richard Hatcher
Henry Kowalczyk
Election slate outlined for Jefferson county 1968 races
The article details a 1968 election plan in Jefferson county including a special election to fill Judge Roy Gulley’s vacancy, and administrative changes as Gulley becomes Illinois administrative director. It covers school board elections, term expirations for county officials, a June primary on June 11, and the November 5 general election. It notes likely turnout and filing windows, plus Republican and Democrat party conventions in August to nominate candidates for the open circuit judgeship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy QO. Gulley
Benton
Gulley
Ilinois Courts
Jefferson County
Jerry Gott
Frank Walker
John Richardson
James R. McLaughlin
U.S
Kenneth Gray
Highway Death Reported Near Effingham
Madonna Quin from Toledo, 22, died Friday night east of Effingham in a two car crash. Goldie Gaines, 46, also of Toledo, was hospitalized with serious injuries while Robert Warren, 44, of Effingham, sustained injuries in the collision.
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Effingham
Madonna Quin
Toledo
Goldie Gaines
Robert Warren
First Jefferson County Baby To Receive Gifts Shower
Three people injured in a four car crash at 2nd and Perkins. Marilyn Scarbrough, Cindy Scarbrough, and Michelle Scarbrough were treated at Good Samaritan Hospital after the collision involving Floyd Mast and Clarence Smith. The fourth car was parked at the scene, the incident blamed on a stop sign. The county’s first baby of the new year, born after midnight December 31, will be showered with gifts from Mt. Vernon merchants if born in Jefferson County. Gifts include baby foods, savings accounts, layette, baby bed blanket, portraits, and various baby items from local businesses.
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2Nd
Perkins
Marilyn K. Scarbrough
Casey Avenue
Cindy Scarbrough
Michelle Scarbrough
Good Samaritan Hospital
Litton Ambulance
Floyd W. Mast
White Hall
Marilyn Scarbrough
Clarence J. Smith
South
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Press Agent For Mae West Dies
Samuel R. Stratton, a press agent for Mae West John Barrymore and Spencer Tracy, died in a Centerville Illinois hospital at age 80 after a long illness. He began in Vaudeville and had lived in Cahokia since retiring in 1962.
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Centerville, Ill
Samuel R. Stratton
John Barrymore
Mae West
Spencer Tracy
Illinois
Stratton
Cahokia
Major Mt. Vernon Projects Planned for 1968
In 1968 Mt. Vernon targets water and sewer extensions, a new sanitary landfill, and urban renewal south of Mt. Vernon High School. Court rulings on Summersville and a proposed 31st and Broadway shopping center affect timelines. Utilities spending nears $1 million with sewer projects $477,000 and water lines $278,500 planned for industrial parks, Westwood, and I-57 areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summersville
Big West
Mt. Vernon
Westwood
I-57
Pontiac Recalls 500000 Cars Over Steering Defect
Detroit AP reports nearly 560000 Pontiacs built from Sept 1964 to Oct 1965 are recalled for possible steering arm assembly failure that could cause a pull to the right when braking. About 479470 letters were sent to owners requesting free dealer inspections and replacement of defective parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Pontiac
General Motors
Mt. V. man killed by gun blast at Missionary Baptist church
A Mt. Vernon area man was killed by a gun blast at a Missionary Baptist church. The victim’s surviving relatives include his wife, a son Verner Earls Jr. at home, daughter Mrs. Don Lortie of Midland Park New Jersey, a stepson David Reeves of Waltonville Route 2, a stepdaughter Mrs. Ronald Die of Harrogate England, brothers Johnnie and Richard of Waltonville, and four sisters Maud Earls Flora Puckett Susie Puckett and Pearl Myers along with five grandchildren.
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Jefferson Memorial
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Amvets Club
Brendel
Gary Dem
Perkins Ave
Ace Grocers
Gerber’s
Bank of Tlinois
Ben Franklin
Blade’s Walgreen
Bolerjack
Carp’s Dept
Delo
Douglas Rexall Drugs
First National Bank and Trust Co
G. C. Murphy Co
Jeans Children Shop
Jackson & Martin Iga Grocery
Gerber
Jordan Furniture Co
Mammoth Dept
M. E. Jackson Jeweler
Musgrove Shoe Store
Baby’s First
P. N. Hirsch
Security Bank
Roy
MT. V
W-G
W-G Motors
Roy Atkinson
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