Deaths Lola Blanton of Whittington Dies at 63
Lola Blanton 63 of Whittington died at 7 10 am Tuesday. Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Saturday at Whittington Baptist Church with burial in Shiloh Cemetery near Whittington. Body lies in state at Johnston Funeral Home after 2 00 pm today. She was born December 28 1899 in Marion county, daughter of David and Kathryn Whitlow. Survived by husband A H Whitlow, son James Blanton of Quincy, two brothers David and Ira Whitlow, sister Mrs Note Kirkpatrick of Ottumwa Iowa, and one grandchild.
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Lola Blanton
Whittington
Whittington Baptist Church
Shiloh Cemetery
Johnston Funeral Home
Blanton
Marion County
David and
Kathryn
Winemiller) Whitlow
A. H. Whitlow
James Blanton
Quincy
David
Ira Whitlow
Note Kirkpatrick
Ottumwa
Funeral for Thomas Moss Victim of Harvard Crash
Thomas F Moss 57 of Harvard Michigan died at Harvard Hospital from injuries in an automobile crash near Harvard. Former Jefferson county resident born 195 in Ina. Service at Ina Free Will Baptist church Friday at 2 00 pm with burial in Kirk cemetery. He leaves eight brothers and two sisters.
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Thomas F. Moss
Harvard
Jefferson County
Ina Free Will Baptist Church
Kirk Cemetery
Ina
Lawrence
Margie
Taylor) Moss
John
Alonzo
Jess Moss
Battle Creek
Mich
Taylor Moss
Clarence Moss
Chicago
Lawrence Moss
de Kalb
Marvin Moss
Bonnie
Mervin Moss
Belvidere
Ini
Cosie Sinclair
Rosie Clinton
Wesley Ray 55 Dies in Fairfield Funeral Set
Wesley Ray 55 of 501 Highland Avenue Fairfield died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital Fairfield. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Saturday Richardson Chapel Wayne City with burial in Thomason Cemetery. Friends may call after 6:00 p.m. today. He was born March 8 1907 in Hamilton County to John and Minerva Mayberry Ray. Married Hazel Brown August 26 1933 she survives along with two sons Charles and John, a daughter Lola Bruce, three brothers, two sisters and six grandchildren.
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Wesley Ray
Highland Avenue
Fairfield
Memorial Hospital
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Thomason Cemetery
Hamilton County
John, For
Minerva
Mayberry
Hazel Brown
Charles Ray
John Ray
Sims
Lola Bruce
Bluford
J. A. Ray
McLeansboro
Claude Ray
Springfield
Harold Ray
Pontiac
Mich
Inez West
Almeda Hardesty
Dahlgren
Ex-Resident Dies At West Frankfort Mt W Burial
John Grose 81 of 407 Mulberry street West Frankfort died Wednesday in the West Frankfort hospital. Former Mt. Vernon resident, he will be buried Friday at 1 30 pm in the Calvary Baptist church West Frankfort where he was a member. Burial will follow in West Salem cemetery Mt. Vernon. Survived by wife Irene Lanham Grose of West Frankfort two daughters Elva Francis West Frankfort and Imogene Lacamp Imperial Mo four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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John Grose
Mulberry Street
West Frankfort
Mt. Vernon
Calvary Baptist Church
West Salem Cemetery
Irene (Lanham) Grose
Elva Francis
Imogene Lacamp
Imperial, Mo
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Listed
Jefferson Memorial reports admissions of Nancy Elliott and Lula Marlow with discharges for Daisy Clark. Good Samaritan lists numerous admissions including Charles Henry Book James Homer Cates Clarence Fleming James Alvin Martin Victor Earl Starr Kenneth Albert Anderson Betty Jean Dennison Marieta Aline Bauman Edna Christina Edson Larry Lee Story Fermie Leola Hunt Robin Lynn Hill Roy Harris Lou Anne Etheridge Aurel Lora Gockel. Discharges include Gary Ellis Longbons Tommy Wallace Edwards VI Phoebe Ann Hutson Marcia Sue Hayes Marvin Chapman Rust Mrs Nancy Carol Skidmore and baby Gregory Arlen Lola Denham Sara Taylor and Fred Andrew Holland.
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Jefferson Memorial
Nancy Elliott
Lula Marlow
Daisy Clark
Good Samaritan
Charles Henry Book
James Homer Cates
Clarence Fleming
James Alvin Martin
Victor Earl Starr
Kenneth Albert Anderson
Betty Jean Dennison
Marieta Aline Bauman
Edna Christina Edson
Larry Lee Story
Fermie Leola Hunt
Robin Lynn Hill
Roy Harris
Lou Anne Etheridge
Aurel Lora Gockel
Gary Ellis Longbons
Tommy Wallace Edwards VI
Phoebe Ann Hutson
Marcia Sue Hayes
Marvin Chapman Rust
Nancy Carol Skidmore
Gregory Arlen
Lola Denham
Sara Taylor
Fred Andrew Holland
Birth of Son to Mr and Mrs Jerry Wayne Wooden
Mr and Mrs Jerry Wayne Wooden of RFD 2 Waltonville welcomed a son at 11:00 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital. The newborn weighed nine pounds four ounces.
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Jerry Wayne Wooden
RFD 2
Waltonville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Doctor Fights Hospital Ousting in Pecos Case
Dr. John Paul Dunn returns to court in Pecos to challenge Reeves County Memorial Hospital's removal from its staff. He alleges prejudice drove the ouster from the county’s only hospital.
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Pecos, Tex
John Paul Dunn
Pecos
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Local Live Stock Prices Fall On Market
Prices paid on the local live stock market slipped today with hogs topping at 15.00 for 190 to 210 pounds. Boars traded 9.00 to 10.00, down 15 cents, while sows 300 pounds and over brought 12.75 to 13.25, reflecting overall declines.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon reported grain bids with Wheat at 2.01, Soybeans 2.49, and Corn 1.13 this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago grain report notes limited sales
AP dispatch reports no sales of wheat oats or soybeans in Chicago markets. Corn No 2 yellow fetches 1.20 percent, No 4 yellow 1.14 percent. Soybean oil shows 9 percent for 4b. Barley bids cited as making choice 1.23-1.30 and feed 1.00-1.12.
Egg and poultry price ranges from St Louis market
AP report from St Louis lists consumer grades for eggs and live poultry with size based price ranges. A large 36-38 cents, A medium 34-36, A small 29-30. B large 34-36, standard 32-33, unidentified farm run 29-32. Hens heavy 19-20, light 50 10-12, under 5 lbs 613-712, commercial broilers and fryers 18-20.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Butter and Egg Prices Steady
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter prices steady with several grades listed and car weights. Eggs remain steady to higher with grade A whites and assorted grades shown. wholesale buying prices unchanged to higher across categories.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Market Report from National Stockyards Livestock Sales
Hogs报价范围覆盖 130 head 左右汇总 180-260 磅段价格 10.75 至 16.10 美元之间 以及 400-600 磅区间 12.50-13.75 美元等 1-3 头组别价格混合。牛羊分项列出活重带价位 选择等级与胴体区间，牛 calves vealers 和 lambs 价格区间明确。
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National Stockyards
Ill
Barrows and Gills
Chrysler Leads Strong Auto Group In Mixed Wall Street
Wall Street reports a mixed market with Chrysler as the pace setter after a 2-for-1 stock split proposal tied to a higher dividend. Volume around 4.5 million shares. Ford and American Motors gained about a point. Studebaker hit a new 1962-63 high. Oil and aerospace stocks showed modest gains as rails moved higher and bonds rose.
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New York
Chrysler
Houston Lighting & Power
Wall Street
Ford
American Motors
Studebaker
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Northern Pacific
American Stock Exchange
U.S
State Job Interviews Set In Mt. Vernon
A state recruitment program visits Mt. Vernon on Tuesday Feb 19 with Illinois Department of Personnel representatives interviewing applicants from 8 am to 2 pm at the Mt. Vernon State Armory. Open positions include cottage parents, II, guard, psychiatric aide and warder for the Illinois Youth Commission and state prisons. Women are sought as warders at the Dwight Women’s Reformatory and psychiatric aides across mental health institutions.
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State of Winds
Mt. Vernon
Iinois Youth Commission
St. Charles
Ullinois
Miss Myers
Women’s Reformatory
Dwight
Lewis Retires From Military Service At 38
Rowland D. Lewis retires from the armed services at 38 and starts as a budget analyst for the government at Great Lakes Naval Training Station Illinois. He was discharged as a master sergeant after serving in the Marines and Army in World War II and Korea, with wartime service including Iwo Jima and a year in hospital.
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Rowland D. Lewis
Armed Services
Govern
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Mr. Lewis
Killeen
Texas
Marines
Army
Register-News Carrier
4Th Marines
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Far East
Japan
Korea
Leslie J. Lewis
Waltonville
Soil Conservationists Meet in Mt Vernon on Watershed Changes
Soil Conservation Service personnel from 12 counties met in Mt Vernon to discuss Public Law 566 changes and the Small Watershed Program. Officials from Champaign led the session outlining expanded federal participation for recreation, wildlife, water management, and multi use reservoirs. Projects were noted under construction in White Hamilton Wayne and St Clair counties with interest in others.
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Soil Conservation Service
Mt. Vernon
Champaign
Wm. Lingle
Clarence Mick
Original Hill
White County
Hamilton
Wayne Counties
St. Clair County
Keating Says He Won’t Have To Eat His Hat
Senator Kenneth B. Keating of New York warned he would eat his hat if Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara contradicted his charges of a Soviet buildup in Cuba. McNamara retorted he does not own a hat and hopes Keating does, since he may have to eat it based on today’s evidence. Keating remained undaunted, insisting McNamara had not knocked down his claims.
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Washington
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N. Y
Robert S. McNamara
Keating
McNamara
Cuba
Police Court Fines Involving Cannon Greenwalt
Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock fined Marlin O. Cannon of Flora Illinois two hundred dollars and costs for reckless driving and fined Dorothy A. Greenwalt five dollars plus costs for disobeying a traffic signal.
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Sherman Bullock
Marlin O. Cannon
Flora, Ill
Dorothy A. Greenwalt
Seat belt bill eyed for all new Georgia cars in 1964
State Sen. Zell Miller says he will introduce a bill when the Georgia Legislature reconvenes to require seat belts in all new cars sold in Georgia starting in 1964.
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Atlantatag
Atlanta, GA
Zell Miller
Georgia
Iowa Legislature Reapportions Des Moines Plan Passed
The Iowa House approved a reapportionment plan 77 to 28 after two years of work led by Sen. David O. Shaff. The measure moves to a special December election for public ratification.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
David O. Shaff
Peril in Cuba era details Soviet missiles and patrols
Skeating cites high altitude U2s spotting bases for 1265 mile medium range missiles on Oct 14 and 2304 mile intermediate range missiles. He notes Khrushchev’s 1982 deadline and Cuba crisis weapons, including antiaircraft rockets, coast defense missiles, tanks, and MIG21 upgrades observed by reconnaissance.
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U.S
Hughes
United States
Washington
St. Louis
Dallas
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Cuba
Soviet Union
U.S. Navy
Weather Review for Mt Vernon and Illinois
Detailed forecast notes Mt Vernon Wednesday with high 60 and low 28 as rainfall totals reach .25 inches for the year. Illinois reports a light drizzle statewide with freezing rain creating hazardous road conditions from Chicago west to Dubuque with lows in the 20s to low 30s and a warmer Friday ahead.
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Illinois
Chicago
Dubuque
Iowa
Rockford
Peoria
Rantoul
Moline
Quincy
Springfield
St. Louis
Vandalia
Belleville
Miners End Strike To Work While Talks Continue
Lesser Miners at Old Ben No 2 voted to return to work at 4 p.m. for 24 hours as negotiations opened on fire safety demands following a week of strikes after Orient No 5 mine fire. Orient No 3 and Orient No 5 were affected. efforts included drilling into a burning tunnel and injecting liquid carbon dioxide to suppress the fire.
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Old Ben No. 2
Orient No. 5
Benton
Orient No. 3
Waltonville
Southern
Illinois
Friay
Kennedy urges $1.6 billion health fund boost and medicare push
President Kennedy laid out how to spend a $1.6 billion health fund for fiscal year starting July 1, seeking broader training for doctors dentists and nurses, hospital expansion, nursing home aid, and stricter safety rules for cosmetics and health devices. He urged enacted social security health insurance this year and touted future aging-focused proposals, noting doctor and nurse shortages and rising patient loads.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol Hill
National Institutes of Health
United States
Printers Vote Contributions To New York Strikers
New York printers in a 62 day blackout win nationwide backing for a pay assessment to aid strikers. Elmer F. Brown of the International Typographical Union joined negotiations with publishers as pressmen lose a bid for a preliminary injunction to force resumption of publication.
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NEW York
Elmer F. Brown
International Typographical Union
Colorado
U.S. Dist
Richard H. Levet
Big Scout Rally kicks off 53rd Boy Scout anniversary
The Black Gold District of Kaskaskia Council marks 53 years with a week of observances at Casey Junior High School. Scout-A-Magundy Rally on Monday features five Cub Packs, 20 Scout Troops and two Explorer Posts in a Parade of Themes. Activities emphasize physical fitness under the Fit For Tomorrow program and rededication ceremonies on Feb. 8. Scout Sunday on Feb. 10 includes church in-uniform participation and religious awards. Merchants display handicrafts for Scouting birthday, with Troops 113 and 119 hosting campsite setups on the courthouse lawn Friday and Saturday.
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Boy Scouts of America
Black Gold District
Kaskaskia Council
Wayne Sinclair
Mt. Vernon
Casey Junior High School
Park Ave
Baptist Church
Lebanon Baptist Church
Courthouse Lawn
Chrysler splits stock two for one after 1962 highs
Chrysler Corp reported 1962 fourth quarter earnings and proposed a 2-for-1 stock split with a higher dividend. It posted record earnings for the year, clearing $65.4 million or $7.24 a share, versus $11.1 million or $1.24 in 1961, though below its peak year 1969 profits of $132,170,000.
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New York
Chrysler Corp. Today
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Wagner Plant Reports One Accident Loss In Year
Wagner Electric Corporation Mt Vernon plant logged over 250000 man hours without an accident at a safety dinner for safety committee chairmen and foremen. Nine workers received long service awards including two 33 year veterans and two 25 year honorees Ralph Hays and Frank Suroski. Carl Tubbesing presided. Mayor Manion and other local officials attended. a coat mix-up delayed the mayor after the event.
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Mt. Vernon
Wagner Electric Corporation
Truman King
Wagner
Safety Committee
King
Ralph Hays
Frank Suroski
Orbe Jolly
Stanley Mierek
Doyle Pearson
Julius Schmidtke
Ernie Skages
Jonathon Richardson
Robert Keller
Carl Tubbesing
W. B. Beste
J. F. Hill
St. Louis
Ray Weiskopf
Bank teller's fib thwarts would‑be bandit in New York
A quick witted Amalgamated Bank teller in New York on Wednesday told a robber we have no money when he demanded cash. The man fled after the feint.
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New York
Amalgamated Bank
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