Deaths of Leon Koch and Nancy M Jones in two states
Leon Koch 64 long time Missouri theater manager died at his Cape Girardeau home after years of poor health He was born January 22 1909 in Cape Girardeau and attended Southeast Missouri State University He served as a Marine in World War II and belonged to the Presbyterian church Funeral services were held in Cape Girardeau with burial at Fairmount Cemetery He survived by two brothers and six sisters Nancy M Jones 78 of Kankakee died at Hendrick County Hospital in Danville Ind She was born in Jefferson County September 24 1894 and married Stanton G Jones in 1912 He preceded her in death in 1969 Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Myers Chapel with burial at Bethel Cemetery She leaves two sons a daughter a sister and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Ee Koch
Granada
Stadium
Mt. Vertion
Cape Girardeau
Koch
Fox and Keresotes
Southeast Missouri State University
Presbyterian Church
Fairmount Cemetery
Earl
Clarence Koch
Lillian Schwab
Alma Harper
Guy Martin
Irene Koch
Geraldine Koch
Thomas Leverly
Caseyville
Nancy.m. Jones
Kankakee
Jefferson County
Hendrick County Hospital
Danville
Ind
Jones
William L
Ann (Fagan) Thomas
Stanton G. Jones
Bakerville
Lizzie Stineman
Herrin
Eulis Sauls of East Peoria Dies at 75
Eulis Sauls 75 of East Peoria died Saturday at Glen Oaks Hospital. Born December 27, 1897 in Charleston South Carolina he was a former Mt. Vernon resident and worked at Masters Bakery until it burned down. Funeral held at Smith Funeral Home East Peoria. Survived by Mary Pickard his wife two sisters Beulah Laird and Sadie Randolph both of Mt. Vernon.
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Eulis Sauls
East Peoria
Glen Oaks Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Master’s Bakery
Smith Funeral Home
Mr. Sauls
Charleston
S. C
Henry
Lela (Brunson) Sauls
Mary Pickard
Beulah Laird
Sadie Randolph
Grace Wood 82 Evansville nursing home death
Grace Wood of Evansville Indiana died at 3 a m today at Cardinal Nursing Home Funeral arrangements are with Meyer Funeral Home She was born August 2 1890 in Warrick County and married Norman Wood who died in 1953 Survived by son Gilbert N Wood of Mount Vernon daughter Dorothy Klenck Evansville four grandchildren and six great grandchildren
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Grace Wood
Cardinal Nursing Home
Evansville
Ind
Meyer Funeral Home
Wood
Warrick County
Norman Wood
Bethany Christian Church
Gilbert N. Wood
Mt. Vernon
Dorothy Klenck
Veterans of Foreign Wars Vernon Post Meeting
Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a regular session at the post home on Eighth and Broadway at 8:00 p.m. Thursday February 8. All members are urged to attend with special entertainment and lunch planned. Walter L. Douglas, Commander.
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Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Vernon Post
Post
Eighth and Broadway
Walter L. Douglas
Women of the Moose February Chapter Meeting Held
The Women of the Moose February Chapter meet Thursday evening February 8 at 7 30 at the Moose Lodge. Initiation of new members planned. Dorothy Johnson S R Margaret Minor Recorder.
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Women of the Moose
The
Moose Lodge
Dorothy Johnson
S. R
Margaret Minor
Citizen Civic Organization Meeting Set for Feb 6
The Citizen Civic Organization will meet tonight February 6 at 7 30 p m at Shiloh Baptist Church Conger Avenue Chairman Rev A L Dawson will lead discussions on important business Everyone is invited to attend
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Citizen Civic Organization
Shiloh Baptist Church
Conger Avenue
A. L. Dawson
Cha
Dorothy Coffey McLeansboro obituary notice
Mrs. Dorothy B. Coffey 57 of McLeansboro died at Hamilton Memorial Hospital at 5 17 a m Burial is at 2 p m Thursday at Gholson Funeral Home with interment in Oddfellows cemetery She was born September 30 1915 in Hamilton county daughter of Jasper and Hallie (Baker) Pierce She was married to Roy Coffey who preceded her in death A member of Union General Baptist church She is survived by her mother Hallie Pierce a brother William Bill Pierce and a sister Mrs Wilma Naas all of McLeansboro
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Dorothy B. Coffey
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Gholson Funeral Home
Oddfellows Cemetery
Coffey
Hamilton County
Jasper and
Hallie (Baker) Pierce
Roy Coffey
Ella Jacobs Dies at 89 in McLeansboro
Mrs. Ella Jacobs 89 of McLeansboro died at 5 20 am at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Services set for 2 pm Friday at McLeansboro with burial in Oddfellows Cemetery. She was born December 10 1883 in Hamilton County daughter of Jim and Martha Pierce. Survived by three sons, three daughters, two sisters, 18 grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Ella Jacobs
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Gholson Funeral Home
Oddfellows Cemetery
Jacobs
Hamilton County
Jim
Martha (Holmes) Pierce
Illinois Extended Outlook Weather Forecast
Cold and cloudy with a chance of snow late in the week. Temperatures rise to the 20s and 30s from Thursday through Saturday, with lows from zero to 15 above in the north and 15 to 25 in the south.
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Illinois
SIU Budget Seeks 88.2 Million Allocation in State Plan
Illinois Board of Higher Education staff proposes a 1974 budget totaling 656.3 million dollars, a rise from 582.3 million in 1973, with gains for student aid health education and new programs. SIU system would receive 88.2 million, up from 81.2, with campus allocations to Carbondale Edwardsville and system offices.
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Chicago
Illinois Board of Higher Education
University of Illinois
Medical Center
Chicago Circle
Champaign-Urbana
Southern Illinois University System
SIU
Carbondale
Edwardsville
Board of Regents
Illinois State University
Northern Illinois
Sangamon State
Board of Governors
Eastern Illinois
Western Illinois
Chicago Area
Illinois Bay Scholarship Commission
Mt Vernon IL Livestock Auction Receipts and Prices
Mt Vernon Illinois Monday February 5 1973 livestock auction reports 232 cattle 16 calves 91 hogs with price ranges for slaughter steers heifers cows bulls and feeders. National stockyard totals for hogs cattle and sheep include price movements and weight-based classifications with mixed gains and steady trends.
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MT. Vernon
Mt Vernon Market Prices And Regional Grain Rates
Mt Vernon morning quotes show soybeans at 5.11, wheat 2.42, corn 1.55. Hog prices ranged 33.50 to 34.00 for 200–220 lb Nos 1 and 2, 34.25 for Sorted No 1, 33.00–33.50 for Mixed Nos 2 and 3 at 200–240 lb, and sows 25.00–28.00. Also notes Chicago wheat and corn quotes, St Louis egg and poultry figures, and Canadian city prices for Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg.
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Ill
MT. Vernon
ST. Louis
Market Opens Lower As Dollar Sinks Worldwide
The stock market started the day lower in New York after the dollar weakened abroad. The Dow Jones average dipped slightly while decliners modestly outnumbered advancers 117 to 112 as heavy dollar sales spread through European financial centers.
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New York
Cairo race report critics say justice gaps exist
Mitchell cautioned that law and justice broke down in Cairo with inadequate safeguards for civil rights and biased policing. The Civil Rights Commission cited segregated public housing, poor medical and education access for Black residents, and underrepresentation on local boards, proposing to professionalize police and hire more Black staff.
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Illinois
Mitchell
Commission
Cairo
Alexander County Housing Authority
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
James Dale
William Bowers
University of Ilinois
Bowers
Bob Williams
United Front
Williams
Civil Rights Commission
City elections urged to proceed as scheduled
Mayor Rolland Lewis said to hold the election as if nothing happened while Councilman Gale Martin sought a legislative solution. Councilman Kenneth Martin urged rapid action and campaign readiness as candidates file filings, with City Clerk Paul Hayes advising to stay the course and list all nominating petitioners on the ballot.
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Howard
Rolland Lewis
Kenneth Martin
Gale Martin
Roscoe Cunningham
Lawrenceville
Cunningham
Lewis
House
Senate
Paul Hayes
Netty Robbery Charge Details in Mt Vernon Case
McCoy was arrested in Mt. Vernon on October 5, 1972, following a robbery at Skelton's Market on 1411 S. 10th Street. A gunman took about $30 and cigarettes. No evidence of lack of diligence in prosecution since December 4 was found.
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McCoy
Mt. Vernon
Skelton’s Market
S. 10Th’ St
Youth Charged After Eight-Block Police Chase
James Phillips, 18, of 2221 Casey Ave, was charged with fleeing or eluding a police officer after an eight-block chase. At 1:05 a.m. officer Jack Payne observed a man near barricades at 26th Street and Conger Avenue, who then drove away. The pursuit ended in the 2200 block of Casey Ave where barricades were found kicked into a ditch.
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James Phillips
Casey Ave
Jack Payne
26Th Street
Conger Avenue
Payne
GIs To Be Freed Around February 10 In Vietnam
IC CS chairman Michel Gauvin said first groups of American POWs would be handed over around February 10 in Hanoi with further releases to follow in South Vietnam. He cited possible transfer sites at An Loc and Phu Hoa. Meanwhile 2,000 more U.S. troops have been withdrawn, bringing total U.S. strength in Vietnam below 20,000.
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George Espe
Associated Press
Saigon
International
Hanoi
Gauvin
South Vietnam
An Loc
Phu Hoa
U.S
Vietnam
Mount Vernon Apartment Fire Fatality Under Investigation
Preliminary autopsy indicates smoke inhalation as the probable cause of death for 25 year old Tommy Lee Thompson of the Emmerson Hotel. Jefferson County Coroner John Richardson cautions results are tentative and await additional lab tests. Thompson's body was found fully clothed in a bathtub of a burning apartment at 315 South 18th Street around 6 a.m. Sunday. Weather data and Lake Bend level follow.
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Tommy Lee Thompson
Emmerson Hotel
Jefferson County
John Richardson
Richardson
Thompson
S. 18Th St
City Council weighs zoning vote and new developments
The council rejected suspending rules to vote on zoning in one reading as 35 to 40 objectors protested. Kenneth Martin and Paul Partridge favored the suspension, while Mayor Rolland Lewis and councilors Gale Martin and Russell Laur opposed. The body approved a 9 lot plat in Woodland Glen Acres with a 28 foot street width variance and bought a $3,559.43 Ambassador Brougham for the police chief. Bids on a tractor and mower were deferred. City park pond work and fund transfers totaling 56,699.01 supported a new community building.
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Donald Musick
Kenneth Martin
Paul Partridge
Martin
Rolland Lewis
Gale Martin
Russell Laur
Lewis
Woodland Glen Acres
42Nd Street
L&n
Dogwood Lane
Johnson Motors
Civic Center
Park and Recreation Fund
City Park
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Missouri
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Eulis Sauls East
Peoria
Evansville, Ind
Dorothy Coffey
William Adams
Lowry Jacobs
Union General Baptist Church
Frank Adams
Galatia
Harry Adams
Charles Jacobs
Mc Leansboro
Mary Wheeler
Myrtle Carr
Nada Jacobs
Martha Wheeler
Enfield
Mae Dixon
East St. Louis
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Edmonton
Clr
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Jean Modert
A. W. Modert
Ross Partridge
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home
Katherine Elizabeth Smith
Thelma Greenwalt
Annabelle Lowell
Katherine June Lee
Livingston Pharmacy
N. 10Th St
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Netty
Rockford
Moline
Bend Lake
Main Dam
Ripeegi
Aeta
Charles E. Huahey
McKinley
Congress
Charles E. Hughey
Main
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Boise
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Gillion
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