Deaths Bonnie Dwira Wood of 815 Jordan Street
Bonnie Dwira Wood 67 11 19 died 8 50 last night at Good Samaritan Hospital after more than two weeks as patient. Funeral 1 30 p m Saturday Myers Chapel Rev Robert Sledge officiating burial Thomason cemetery body lying in state after 6 p m today. Born Feb 12 1895 Wayne county daughter of James and Alice Wilson member Missionary Baptist church. Survived by three sisters Ada Kettle Wayne City Ethel Rice Hot Springs Ark Mamie Mouilding Indianapolis Ind.
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Bonnie Dwira Wood
Jordan Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Wood
Myers Chapel
Robert Sledge
Thomason Cemetery
Wayne County
James and
Alice
Tunnel) Wilson
Missionary, Baptist Church
Ada Kettle
Wayne City
Ethel Rice
Hot Springs
Ark
Mamie Mouilding
Indianapolis
Ind
Jesse Osborn, 62, Ina native, longtime Jefferson County teacher
Jesse Louis Osborn, 62, of near Ina, died at 4 45 a m at Good Samaritan Hospital. A retired teacher with 38 years in Jefferson County schools, he attended Ewing College and SIU. Funeral at Elk Prairie Christian Church with ministers Harold Williamson and David Terrell. Born October 22 1900 in Jefferson County to John Wesley Louis and Margaret Jane Keller Osborn. Survived by wife Opal Lynch Osborn, son Larry Osborn, daughter Marion Kirkpatrick, brother Enoch Osborn, sisters Lucy Watts and Mary Clarke, eight grandchildren. Preceded by parents and son Marion C. Osborn.
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Jesse Louis Osborn
Ina
Good Samaritan Hospital
Osborn
Ewing College
Southern Illinois University
Jefferson County
Elk Prairie Christian Church
Harold Williamson
David Terrell
Fry Funeral Home
Waltonville
Mr. Osborn
John Wesley Louis
Margaret Jane (Keller) Osborn
Elk Prairie
Opal Lynch
Larry Osborn
Nason
Marion Kirkpatrick
Tna
Enoch Osborn
Lucy Watts
Mt. Vernon
Mary Clarke
Dahlgren
Set
Marion C. Osborn
Grace Robertson Dies At 70 In Belle Rive
Grace Robertson 70 of 502 Conger Belle Rive died at 1 45 am at Lowry Nursing Home Funeral services set for Sunday 1 pm at Belle Rive Christian Church with Rev Ray Wilkie and Rev Clarence Taylor officiating Burial in Flint Cemetery Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren relatives may call after 2 pm Saturday She was born Sept 2 1892 in Belle Rive daughter of Robbi L Allen and Lizzie Learnen She married William Robertson who preceded her in death Survivors include her parents three sons James Robert Robertson Homer William Robertson Harvard Eugene Robertson a daughter Adair Wawkins three brothers Bert Don Frank Allen four sisters Dorothy Boyd Nina Lancaster Ruth Campbell Gertrude Pace 11 grandchildren one great grandchild She was a Christian church member
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Grace Nevada Robertson
Conger
Lowry Nursing Home
Belle Rive Christian Church
Ray Wilkie
Clarence Taylor
Flint
Gholson
Dahlgren
Rites Saturday For Mrs Paul
Funeral services for Mrs John Paul will be held at 10 30 a m Saturday at St Marys Catholic church. Rev Fr James P Burke will officiate Burial will be in St Marys cemetery Friends may call after 4 p m today at the Pulley Gutzler Funeral Home The Rosary will be recited at 7 30 p m today at the funeral home Mrs Paul 76 of 310 South Second Street died at 6 30 a m Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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John Paul
St. Mary's Catholic Church
James P. Burke
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Pulley - Gutzler
Pulley -Gutzler Funeral
Paul
South Second Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Births at Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial hospitals
Mr and Mrs Eugene F Muenks of 2526 Cherry welcomed a son at 3 12 this morning weighing eight pounds named Michael Stephen. Mr and Mrs Donald McLean of 1112 South 21st Street welcomed a daughter at 11 20 this morning weighing seven pounds four ounces. The moon is described as a fossil earth with a surface unmarred by water or wind erosion.
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Eugene F. Muenks
Cherry
Good Samaritan Hospital
Michael Stephen
Donald McLean
South 21St Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Markets Report: Hog Prices Lead Local Stock Market
Prices paid on the local stock market were higher today with hogs at 15.25 for 190 to 210 pounds. Sows weighed 300 pounds and over priced at 12.75 to 13.25, down. Boars ranged from 9.00 to 10.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon listings show Wheat at 1.99 Soybeans at 2.53 and Corn at 1.12 quoted in the afternoon market report.
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Mt. Vernon
Egg and poultry price report with varied grades
In St. Louis the AP reports egg and poultry price ranges across multiple grades. It lists large, medium, and small egg grades from A to B with wholesale and farm run categories, and hens and broilers price bands, noting weights and sales classes.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Market Snapshot From AP Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter steady with wholesale buying prices unchanged. Grades show 93 score AA 72, 92 A 57, 90 B 564, 89 C. Peas steadier with wholesale buying prices unchanged to 1 higher. better whites 36, mixed 36, mediums 35, standards 33, dirties 3243, checks 3014.
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Chicago
Chicago Merccantile Exchange
Livestock prices from National Stockyards report
National Stockyards market summary from Til. AP USDA shows hogs trading mostly steady to higher with various weight classes. Cattle calves and sheep prices listed across categories including sows boars and lambs with range figures and noted quality grades.
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Til
USDA
Grain price report from Chicago exchanges
Chicago AP reports on grain prices for wheat oats corn and soybeans with bid ranges for No 1 through No 5 yellow corn and various soybeans, soybean oil and barley figures. Prices show specific bid and range values reflecting market quotes.
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Chicago
Wall Street Gains Narrow Rally As Market Clashes Late Day
Wall Street resumed a rally with an irregular late afternoon advance as volume neared 4.2 million shares. Grumman and General Dynamics rose over a point, Avnet and Raytheon gained around a point, while several sectors led and others slipped.
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NEW York
Grumman
General Dynamics
McDonnell Aircraft
Boeing
Douglas
Aircraft
Curtiss-Wright
Avnet
Raytheon
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Royal Dutch
Texas Gulf
Polaroid
IBM
du Pont
At&t
Kennecott
American Smelling
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Charge Teen Bride Held Up Gary Bank
A young woman clad in a black leather jacket blue denim pants and purple shoes robbed the Tri City Plaza Gary National Bank at gunpoint on Tuesday. Mrs Molden was charged with bank robbery in a federal warrant issued in Gary and was taken to Chicago for arraignment.
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Tri-City Plaza
Gary National Bank
Molden
Gary
FBI
Chicago
Veteran Heidemann to become state VFW commander
Heidemann, a Marine veteran of World War II and Korea, serves as master sergeant in the Marine Corps reserves and works as an accountant for Commonwealth Edison in Chicago. He is a former Arlington post commander, former fourth district commander, and has held state VFW offices including inspector and junior vice commander. He will become state commander on June 30, succeeding Harold Hill of Keewanee.
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Heidemann
Marine Corps
Mary Lou
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
John, Jr
Chicago
Commonwealth Edison Company
Arlington
V.E
Atty
Harold Hill
Kewanee City
John C. Heidemann
Arlington Heights
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vernon Post
Mt. Vernon
William Brummett
Olney
Trapeze Artist Escapes East Berlin on Power Cable
East German trapeze artist Horst Klein 36 escaped to West Berlin by sliding along an out of use high voltage power line on December 27. Police say there was no actual power in the line and Klein, once banned for anti communist views, hoped the stunt would free him from life behind the wall and the smell of the circus.
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George Boultwood
Berlin
West Berlin
Horst Klein
Klein
Berlin Wall
Man Wanted Here For Forgery Nabbed In Milwaukee
Roman charged with passing two bad checks in Mt. Vernon years ago is arrested for forgery in Milwaukee police said. He used alias Raymond Van Hook in Mt. Vernon. A female accomplice was arrested with him. Mt. Vernon police chief said the 34 year old admitted forging checks across the Midwest.
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Roman
Mt. Vernon
Milwaukee
Wis
Raymond van Hook
John Wielt
van Hook
Midwest
Macmillan In Rome For Unity Talks
In Rome Harold Macmillan arrived for crucial talks with Italy’s Amintore Fanfani on European unity and Britain’s entry to the Common Market. Fanfani hailed Britain as a pioneer and pledged calm, persistent effort toward a broader European partnership amid past veto pauses.
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Rome
Harold Macmillan
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Fanfani
France
Britain
Macmillan
Europe
United States
Nursing Home Burns Claim Owner and Two Patients
A 69-year-old nursing home owner Ora Ann Rigby died in a Mount Vernon blaze that also killed two elderly residents Fred Garoutle aged 74 from Mount Vernon and Jim Lauderdale aged 70 from Aurora. Rigby reportedly rescued two patients and her 14 month old grandson before perishing while reentering the burning two story home.
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Mount Vernon
Ora Ann Rigby
Fred Garoutle
Jim ‘Lauderdale
Aurora
Kerner Has No Plans For Judgeship
Springfield reports Gov. Otto Kerner rejects talk of a federal judgeship and a possible bid for Illinois governorship if he steps aside. He confirms his current role as Cook County judge prior to 1960 and comments on a fair management shakeup and IPAC appointments linked to unemployment funds and birth control policy. Kerner also addresses road contracts and personnel moves at the state level.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
U.S. Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
Wllneis
Kerner
Shriver
Kennedy
Cook County
Illinois
Franklin Rust
Rust
Robert M. Schneider
Schneider
Ralph Bradley
Paul Powell
William E. Smith
Peoria County
Democratic
Samuel C. Bernstein
Glencoe
William Rutherford
Peoria
Arnold Maremont
Detailed Weather Report Thursday Briefing
Thursday high 21 low 12. Rainfall 0.25 inches to date this year. One year ago high 37 low 28. Five years ago high 23. Three years ago high 51 with no low recorded. Saturday sunrise 7 08 sunset 5 21.
Snow Grips Illinois As Temperatures Rise Across State
Two inches of new snow fell across much of Illinois with heavier accumulation in the north central area. Ottawa reported 5.5 inches overnight as Chicago faced traffic disruptions and snow removal crews. Temperatures rose from around 10 above zero in the north to higher readings in the south, with freezing drizzle expected in the south and light snow in the north. Overnight lows range 24 to 30 degrees.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Burlington
Iowa
Robinson
Otttawa
Chicago
Moline
Rockford
Peoria
Grant Park
Springfield
Quincy
St. Louis
Paducah
Ilinois
Ensign James M Stewart Assigned To Pensacola
Ensign James M Stewart of Mt Vernon has been assigned to the Pensacola Naval Aviation Officer Training School. Stewart, one of 76 new officers to be commissioned across the Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force, earned his commission through the ROTC at the University of Illinois where he studied before entering training.
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James M. Stewart
Morth Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Naval Aviation Officer Training School
Pensacola
Fla
Stewart
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
University of Illinois
ROTC
Young Adults Named In Local Registration List
George Everett Tinsley. Judith A. Smalley. John Allen Capps. Linda Louise Rollin son. Donald Gene Dobbs. Ruth Ella Ack ley. Gordon Byford Tittle. Bonnie Elliott. Gayle Elliott. The names appear with ages and street addresses in a community notice.
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George Everett Tinsley
Mt. Vernon
Judith A. Smalley
Ashley
John Allen Capps
Belle Rive
Linda Louise Rollinson
Donald Gene Dobbs
North Ninth
Ruth Ella Ackley
South Seventh
Gordon Byford Tittle
Bonnie and
Gayle Elliott
South 34Th Street
Midwest temperatures hover around normal this week
Northern Illinois will see normal high temperatures of 28 to 34 and lows of 13 to 19 for five days with warmer nights tonight and Saturday, a cold spell Sunday, then warmth again midweek. Precipitation totals about 0.1 inch with drizzle, rain, or snow possible, including Saturday. Southern Illinois stays near normal through Monday, with most areas 4–10 degrees above normal. precipitation under 1 inch and light rain or drizzle possible Sunday night or Monday.
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Illinois
Tlinois
Mlinois
Split in Allied Chorus Sparks Test Ban Talks Collapse
Washington reports Khrushchev broke off the latest nuclear test ban talks amid Western alliance strain caused by De Gaulle. The 18 nation disarmament group will meet in Geneva, with the United States seeking continued negotiations and a broader inspection regime.
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Washington
Khrushchev
Atlantic Alliance
Charles de Gaulle
New York
Soviet Union
Geneva
U.S
de Gaulle
Western Alliance
newDe Gaulle
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Kennedy
White House
State Department
United States
Britain
Gestapo tactics alleged in Franklin County food stamp probe
U S Department of Agriculture agreed to review Chicago office conduct in Franklin County food stamp study Rep Kenneth Gray says investigators used unwarranted harassment and late night threats during merchant and stamp user questioning before two Benton grocers Otto Biggs and Katherine Leffler were indicted Jan 8 for false payment claims up to 30 dollars.
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West Frankfort
Ill
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Franklin County
Kenneth J. Gray
D-Ill
Gray
Otto Biggs
Katherine Leffler
Benton Grocers
Agriculture Department
Meetings and Club Notices From Mt Vernon Area
Mt Vernon lodge 31 holds special meeting February 1 at 7 30 p m in third degree with refreshments and welcomes visiting brethren. Past Worthy Matrons Club East ern Star meets February 4 at 7 30 p m in Masonic Temple. Disabled American Veterans Chapter 28 meets February 4 at 7 30 p m at American Legion Hall. Victor A Hundley posts as adj treas Moose Refuge. Isle Royale National Park hosts one of America s last great moose herds on Lake Superior.
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Mt. Vernon
Brethern
C. Kip Carpenter
W. M. James Apgar
Sec'y
Oo. E. S
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Ida Morgan
Sec
D.av
Disabled American Veteerans
American Legion Hall
Victor A. Hundley
Adj. Treas
Michigan
Isle Royale National Park
Lake Superior
America
Beef Cattle Day Set At Dixon Springs February Sixth
Jefferson county beef cattle feeders and producers are invited to attend the annual Beef Cattle Day at the Dixon Springs Experiment Station Robbs Illinois on Wednesday February 6. The program highlights the modern beef animal with Breidenstein defining the modern carcass and Webb detailing production methods. Morning discussions cover testing nutrition silage and vitamin A, followed by a panel and health talk by Mansfield. Afternoon tours show wintering and feeding practices with car pools organized from Mt Vernon.
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Jefferson County
Dixon Springs
Robbs
Illinois
Burdette Breidenstein
Bob Webb
Dixon Springs Experiment Station
Breidenstein
Dixon Springs Station
Harry Russell
Frank Hinds
George Cmarik
George McKibben
M. E. Mansfield
Mt. Vernon
Farm Bureau
Centralia Man Charged With Copper Theft At Car Shops
Donald Lee Cowger, 21, of Centralia posted a $1,000 bond after being charged with stealing copper from the Mt. Vernon car shops property. The warrant was issued by Kenneth White for White Salvage Co, which has been wrecking buildings at the site for months.
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Centralia
Mt. Vernon
Donald Lee Cowger
South Wall
Cowger
Kenneth White
White Salvage Co
Barbara Dixon Seeks Separate Maintenance and Custody
Barbara Dixon filed suit for separate maintenance against Andrew Dixon Jr in circuit court here detailing desertion in the complaint She also seeks custody of two minor children The couple married September 30 1950 and separated July 1 1962 the complaint states.
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Barbara Dixon
Andrew Dixon, Jr
Chief Wielt at SIU Meeting Plans Police Training Courses
John Wielt police chief and chairman of the Police Training Advisory Council attends a Southern Illinois University meeting. He states basic and advanced police training courses are planned for May at SIU and to be held this spring.
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John Wielt
Vernon
Southern Illinois University
Wielt
Telephones Stolen From Mt Vernon Laundries Recovered
Four telephones taken from Mt Vernon laundries were recovered today by the sheriff. The devices were found beneath a bridge on U S Route 460 southeast of Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon Laundries
Sheriff's Office
U. S. Route 460
Mt. Vernon
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions
Admission list includes Randy Scott Dorris Ray Calvin Kirk Sr Mary Lou McLean Martha S Tate John R Vaught Logan William Anderson Discharged: Max Muway Clara Chase Ray Kethel Farthing Good Samaritan Admissions Edith Mary Wilson Marvin Chapman Rust Herbert Woorkyard Ruby Jo Gowler Walter Reid Carl Haynes Gilbert Haynes Cheri King Pamela King Thomas Edwards III Mary Alma Bishop Loria Firebaugh Bryan Ferguson Taft Haynes Discharged: Dale Evans Nina Fann John Richmond Robert Dietz Susie Prince Polly Gholson Loris Firebaugh Lisa Shelton Nancy Cunningham Martha Cowan Tra Rash Avarene Richardson
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Jefferson Memorial
Randy Scott Dorris
Ray Calvin Kirk, Sr
Mary Lou McLean
Martha S. Tate
John R. Vaught
Logan William Anderson
Max
Muway
Clara Chase
Ray
Kethel Farthing
Good Samaritan
Edith Mary Wilson
Marvin Chapman Rust
Herbert Glenn Woorkyard
Ruby Jo Gowler
Walter Prince Reid
Carl Edward Haynes
Gilbert Eugene Haynes
Cheri Ann King
Pamela Jean King
Thomas Wallace Edwards III
Mary Alma_ Bishop
Loria Virginia Firebaugh
Bryan Gaithe Ferguson
Taft David Haynes
Dale Eugene Evans
Nina Elizabeth Fann
John Richmond
Robert Joe Dietz
Susie Florence Prince
Polly Ann Gholson
Loris Virginia Firebaugh
Lisa Dawn Shelton
Nancy Cunningham
Martha Aileen Cowan
Tra Everett Rash
Avarene Richardson
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Mrs. Paul
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Millers’ Mutual
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Millers’ Mutual OF
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Perkins Dial
Harland D. Sanders
Kiwanis Club
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Gale Monroe
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