Deaths and Funerals I E Rash 85
I E Rash 85 of 716 Herbert St former Dix resident died at Good Samaritan Hospital. He retired as a punch operator at Mt Vernon Car Co born Feb 2 1884. Survived by six daughters five sons one sister 38 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren. Funeral at Myers Chapel 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Rev Partridge officiating burial Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E
Everett) Rash
Herbert St
Dix
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon Car Co
Amos
Evalineford Rash
Mt. Rash
Ethel Hines
Daughers
Marie Wilson
Harvison
Ark
Mary Tuttle
Mt. Vernon
Cora Johnson
Burbank
Calif
Helen, Teal
Naperville
Verlene ‘Wallace
Paducah
Wilma Kowalski
Chicago Ridge
Hay ‘Rash
la Grange
Bert Rash
Oaklawn
Earl Rash
Linwood
Arthur Rash
el Paso
Texas
Virgil Rash
Champaign
Stella Shelton
Wayne City
Myers Chapel
Ross Partridge
Oakwood Cemetery
Frienne
Niles Johnson Benton obituary notice
Niles Johnson Benton 76 of Benton died Saturday at Franklin Hospital in Benton. Services 1 30 p m Tuesday at Church of Christ with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Friends may call at Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home after 4 p m today. Born October 10 1894 near Inn he was son of Nicholas and Florence Johnson. He married Ruth Hester and is survived by two sons and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles Johnson
Benton
Franklin Hospital
Church of Christ
Odd Fellows
Hobbs-Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Inn
Nicholas
Florence (Hayse) Johnson
Ruth Hester
Woodlawn Man John E Munyon Dies in Woodlawn
John Edward Munyon born April 29 1894 in Cumberland County dies in Woodlawn aged and leaves two sons Albert and James both of Woodlawn a daughter Doris Nowicki of Woodlawn four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral at Kringer Funeral Home Ash Ley at 2 pm Wednesday with Rev Ron Burnett officiating burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. visitation after 6 pm Tuesday.
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John Edward Munyon
Woodlawn
Cumberland County
George
Susan ‘Everman Munyon
Munyon
Ethel Thomas
Albert D
James
Doris. Nowicki
Kringer
Ashley
Ron Burnett
Illiopolis banker Arthur Aydt dies at 4
Arthur J. Aydt 4, born August 10 1916 in Hamilton County, died at his Illiopolis home Friday at 9 30 am. He was a bookkeeper for First National Bank of Iliopolis and a former Dahlgren resident. Funeral at 3 30 pm today at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren. Burial Odd Fellows Cemetery Dahlgren. Survived by wife Norma, son Gregory, brother Richard Aydt, sisters Adelaide Holdner and Mary Jane Garrett. Air Force veteran.
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Arthur J. Aydt
Illiopolis
First National Bank of
Iliopolis
Dahlgren
Gholson
Richard Giffen
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Mr. Aydt
Hamilton County
George F
Reva (Fry
Aydt
Norma Waugh
Gregory
Richard Aydt
Seymour
Ind
Adelaide Holdner
Herri
Mary Jane Garrett
Dixon
Buses Collide in Manila. Death Toll Rises
AP report from Manila details a collision between two buses resulting in at least 13 deaths. Rescue teams struggled to reach the wreck as bystanders watched. Authorities investigated the cause and safety measures at the site.
Richard Nations obituary in St. Petersburg Florida
Richard Nations 72 of St. Petersburg Florida and former Hamilton County resident died Thursday. He worked for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Born October 16 1898 he was the son of John and Miriah Prince Nations. He was married to Anna Rinkin who survives. Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro with Rev Mark Storey officiating. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery McLeansboro after 7 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nations
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hamilton County
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mr. Nations
John
Miriah Prince Nations
Anna Rinkin
Gholson
McLeansboro
Mark Storey
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Nixon to Fly West Tuesday for San Clemente Stay
President Nixon plans a eight to ten day California trip to the Western White House at San Clemente. He will work on leftover Congress business and the 1972 budget and State of the Union message. Mrs Nixon will accompany him. other family plans are undecided.
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Washington
Nixon
California
White House
San Clemente
Congress
Administration
Walter Tkach
Florida
Blizzard Grips Midwest From Lakes To Rockies
A severe blizzard paralyzed the Lincoln Omaha region with 13 inches in Lincoln and 10 in Omaha. Thousands of motorists were stranded on I 80, some dying from heart attacks or carbon monoxide. Airports closed across Des Moines Council Bluffs Omaha Lincoln and Chicago O Hare. The 1776 road cast was delayed and schools postponed reopenings after Christmas vacation ends.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Millard
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Miami
Iowa
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Midway Airport
Chicago
O’hare International
Mitchell Field
Milwaukee
Midwest
Market Hog Prices and Opening Hours
Markets open 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon with prices paid by noon. U.S. C A meat hogs 200 to 220 lb topped 15.75 for No 1, 15.25 for No 2, and 14.75 for No 3. Sows ranged 9.25 to 11.25.
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U.S.C.A
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted in Mt Vernon Morning
Market note lists Mt Vernon prices for wheat at 1.49 soybeans 2.78 and shelled corn 1.51 with reads from Mt Vernon this morning noting grain values for local producers and buyers.
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Mt. Vernon
National Stockyards Market Report Tuesday Estimates
National Stockyards AP market snapshot lists Tuesday counts for hogs cattle calves and sheep. Hogs trading at various weights with 16.00 to 16.75 per cwt ranges and sow boar prices noted. cattle include slaughter steers heifers and cows with prices from 12.50 to 29.25 per cwt. calves and sheep shown with corresponding value bands and weight brackets.
Egg price grades for St Louis produced eggs
AP report lists consumer and wholesale egg grades with price ranges. Consumer grades show A large 35-42 cents, A medium 30-39, A small 17-27, B large 34-38, while wholesale grades include standard 25-27, medium 21-23, unclassified 17-19, pullet 15-16, graded large 30-32, peewees 11. Hens prices range 3-9 cents. Ready to cook broilers and fryers priced 26, 25-27, 25 for this week's delivery.
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ST. Louis
Grain prices in Chicago market report
Chicago grain prices listed for wheat No 2 hard red at 1.71, soft red at 1.75, corn No 2 yellow at 1.57, oats No 2 extra heavy white at 77, soybean No 1 yellow at 2.90, and soybean oil at 11.74.
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Chicago
Wall Street Opens 1971 With Dow Fall And Broad Declines
Wall Street opened 1971 trading with a午 loss concentrated in blue chip issues as the Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.70 to 832.22 at noon. The AP 60-stock average dropped 2.1 to 288.5 while sectors including motors, rubber, utilities, nonferrous metals, chemicals, oils, airlines, tobacco and drugs largely declined. Philadelphia’s largest bank cut its prime lending rate to 6 1/4 percent from 7 percent, but failed to prompt immediate action by others.
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New York
Associated Press
Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co
Philadelphia
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones Noon Averages Fall Across Sectors
New York AP reports the Dow Jones noon stock averages drop with all major indices posting losses. The Industrials slip to 832.22, down 6.70. Transportation at 170.01, down 1.51. Utilities at 121.01, down 0.83. the Stocks-270.57 down 2.18.
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NEW York
SIU Student Named City Manager’s Administrative Intern
Ron Borkgren, a Southern Illinois University senior in urban planning from Kewanee New Jersey, begins a two month full time internship with City Manager Ray Botch. He works on a $1000 grant from the State Department of Local Governmental Affairs and will conduct the city’s first fixed assets inventory.
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Ray Botch
Ron Borkgren
Southern Illinois University
State Department of
SIU
Bothh
Borkgren
Man kills estranged wife and companion then dies
CHAMPAIGN Ill AP police report a man Emery Nale 46 killed his estranged wife Mary Madeline 32 and her companion Richard McNeese 31 in her home and then shot himself. Nale had been seeking a divorce since April 1967 with an injunction against him. After the killings he took the couple's three children to a neighbor before killing himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Ill
Charles Heath
Champaign County
Emery Nale
Mary Madeline
Richard McNeese
Nale
John
Janet
Jerry
Albuquerque Seismological Center reports second tremor in 37 days
At 12 41 a m residents woke to a quake in Albuquerque the second in 37 days with no major damage reported. Jon Peterson said investigators have not yet determined the quake's magnitude as heavy snow hampered early checks while downtown residents felt this shock more violent than the November tremor that ranked 3 9 on the Richter scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N.M
Jon Peterson
Explosion Kills 13 in AUCH Building
An explosion wrecked a business residential building in Auch southern France today killing 13 persons. Windows within a quarter mile were shattered as officials suggested a gas accumulation in the basement may have caused the blast.
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Auch
France
Jefferson Memorial Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
A hospital notes listing admissions and discharges across Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan facilities. It records Osie K Thomason Wayne C Morris Sledge and Sylvia Hayes among admitted and discharged patients along with numerous patient names and addresses across Illinois towns including Mt Vernon Centralia Opdyke Ina Waltonville and Wayne City.
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Jefferson Memorial
Osie K. Thomason
Wayne C
Charles Goodley
Kirkwood
Effie Kirkland
Castleton
Ericka Oleen
Downers Grove
Ernie Pigg
Lamar Agnie Dolan
Fairfield
Michael Patton
Carl Staley
E. Harrison
John Sheilds
South
Paul Williams
Opdyke
Marsha Edmison
Amy Renee
Ina Sarah Ord
Centralia
Leona Mills
Evelyne Goddard
Park Avenue
Frances McDermott
Airport Road
Laurell Freeman
Leslie Jane
Waltonville
Judith Miller
Jason Roy
Wayne City
Sophie Heck
DuBois
Kenneth Narney
North
Lillian Castald
Woodlawn
Ross Smith
McLeanshore
Raymond Passmore
Hattie Simpkin
Hart, rodeo veteran, recalls trail life and moves west
Hart, nearing 99, recalls early cattle drives on the Chisholm and Santa Fe trails, working as a cow hand in youth, and three thousand head on a major drive. He quit rodeo in 1921, later moved to California, attending the Grand National Livestock Exposition before settling in Danville near San Francisco.
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Montana
Chisholm
Texas
Dodge City
North Dakota
Hart
San Francisco Bay Area
Danville
San Francisco
50th Annual Farm Bureau Meeting in Mt Vernon
The Jefferson County Farm Bureau will hold its 50th annual meeting Tuesday night at Casey Junior High School Mt Vernon. The program includes slides of 50 years of Farm Bureau and caucuses at 7 15 p m to nominate four directors for two year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Farm Bureau
Casey Junior High School
Mt. Vernon
Farm Bureau
George Wyciskalla
Bald Hill Township
Frank Hartman
Grand Prairie Township
George McCauley
Wayne Estes
Dodds
Six Vehicle Crashes Reported In City Over Weekend
Police logged six accidents in Mt. Vernon with several drivers treated and released. Notable incidents include a 10 00 a m crash near a Karate school involving Estella McRaven and Ronald Braddy minor damage to McRaven vehicle and a no valid registration citation for Robert Boyd after a Broadway 32nd collision with Jane Garrison both sustaining major damage. Ulysses Lewis of Chicago was treated and released at Good Samaritan.
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Ulysses Lewis
Chicago
Good Samaritan
City
Mt. Vernon
Harrison
Estella V. McRaven
Ronald H. Braddy
McRaven
Kenneth Greenlow
Route 1
Broadway
Greenlow
Thomas Vowell
South 18Th
Evelyn C. Morgan
Richview Road
12Th
Vowell
Rusty's Drive In
Main
Joyce H. Huch
Hecker
William Delaney
Casey
Huch
Jane E. Garrison
Crescent Drive
Robert L. Boyd
South 25Th
Boyd
D.A.V. Members Meeting Tonight at Legion Hall
The D.A.V. hosts a members meeting at 7 30 p m this evening in the American Legion Hall with J K Biagi acting as adjutant.
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D.A.V
American Legion Hall
J. K. Biagi
Adj
Two Shoplifting Incidents Reported This Weekend
Police responded to two shoplifting incidents over the weekend. At Montgomery Ward Park Plaza Saturday 8:45 p.m. three suspects were observed and fled before officers arrived, stealing a curtain draw card. Sunday 1:46 p.m. three juveniles were apprehended at Super-X Drug Store, questioned by police, and released.
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Montgomery Ward
Park Plaza
Super-X
Mailbox theft report in Mt. Verdon by Evelyn Forrester
Evelyn Forrester reports seeing several boys in black leather jackets steal letters from her mailbox on 900 South 6th Street in Mt. Verdon. The incident occurred Saturday at 2 30 PM. Police are investigating the theft.
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Evelyn Forrester
900 South, 6Th
Mt. Verdon
Police Help Stranger Bus Ticket Purchase
Officers withdrew $2 from the Police Benevolent Fund to buy a bus ticket to West Frankfort for a stranded citizen of that city yesterday.
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Police Benevolent Fund
West Frankfort
Divorce Granted to Valerie Bullock from David Bullock
A divorce was granted on Thursday between Valerie J. Bullock and David R. Bullock. The dissolution ends their marriage and finalizes the legal separation.
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Valerie J. Bullock
David R. Bullock
Fire damages house on North 13th Street
Fire of undetermined origin caused 3000 dollars damage to a one story frame house at 1018 North 13th Street yesterday afternoon. The Bob Jones family occupied the home but were away when the fire broke out in the kitchen or utility room. Neighbors reported the blaze to the rural fire department.
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N. 13Th St
Bob Jones
Gas odor near Hotel Emmerson prompts water and gas crew
Mt Vernon firemen were called four times this week. At 10 00 a m Saturday a gas leak near Hotel Emmerson was found by a gas company worker. At 1 07 p m Saturday a cutting torch ignited the bed of an old truck at Uncle Charlie s Sausage Company causing minor damage. A rubbish fire at 18th and Conger was put out at 9 33 a m yesterday. At 8 03 this morning a car on Fairfield Road caught fire at 9th and Main damaging wiring and scorching the hood.
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Mt Vernon
Hotel Emmerson
Gas Company
Uncle Charlie’s Sausage Company
Airport Road
Conger
A.A. Hudson
Fairfield Road
9Th
Main
Marriage Licenses Issued Across Several Illinois Towns
Tuesday December 29 Henry Eugene Horath and Mary Myrtle Murfin of Farina. Wednesday December 30 Curtis Reed Halls of Centralia and Andrea Jane Cunningham of Centralia. Larry Julius Millins of Melvin and Sharon Kaye Mosley of Mt Vernon. Michael Wayne Dismore of Mt Vernon and Deborah Anne Dulaney of Mt Vernon. Thursday December 31 James Ronald Whittaker of Ashley and Maryann Guinty of Ashley. Darrell Wayne Wright of Scheller and Linda Diane Meese of Tamaroa.
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Henry Eugene Horath
Farina
Mary Myrtle Murfin
Curtis Reed Halls
Centralia
Andrea Jane Cunningham
Larry Julius Millins
Melvin
Ivy
Sharon Kaye Mosley
Mt. Vernon
Michael Wayne Dismore
Deborah Anne Dulaney
James Ronald Whittaker
Ashley
Maryann Guinty
Darrell Wayne Wright
Scheller
Linda Diane Meese
Tameroa
Burglary reports in Mt Vernon area over weekend
Sandy Ross reported to Mt Vernon police that a wheel and tire were stolen from her car while it was parked Friday night. Police logged two burglaries on Saturday night, Wick's Awning Shop at 1409 Broadway was entered, but nothing reported taken, and L. Wood Printing Co. at 15th and Broadway was entered through an unlocked door with $6 stolen.
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Sandy Ross
Lou Street
Mt. Vernon
Wick
Broadway
L.§. Wood Printing Company
15Th and Broadway
Building permit issued for Charles Southerd garage
Charles Southerd of 327 Caborn obtained a building permit Thursday to construct a garage with an estimated cost of 800 dollars.
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Charles Southerd
Caborn
Negro hijackers seize jet to Havana in Cuba crisis
Two Negro men hijacked a National Airlines DC8 on a Los Angeles to Miami flight. One man cried I am free after seeing Havana. Hijackers, wives, and four children were escorted by Cuban militiamen for a four hour layover before the plane returned to Miami.
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Miami
National Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Tampa
Los Angeles
Wrong Way Drivers Crash Claims Eight Lives
A wrong way driver collision struck two parked cars, killing nine people. Earlier, four members of the Charles Lewis family perished in a Christmas Eve house fire and died in a separate car train collision near Lake Odessa Michigan. Another Friday crash near Van Petten Illinois killed four teens and left a fifth critically injured.
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Charles Lewis
Lake Odessa
Mich
Illinois
van Petten
Salem Man Carlyle Child Car Victims
A Salem man and a Carlyle child were killed when their auto left Interstate 55 near Joliet and struck a bridge structure. Eva J. Kraus, 41, and her daughter June, 11, died. Forest Baylor, 74, of Peoria, also died in a separate Illinois 88 crash. The worst crash occurred at a Van Petten railroad crossing in Lee County, where four teenagers died and another was injured after a freight train collision. Ten more fatalities occurred in separate holiday accidents.
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Joliet
Eva J. Kraus
Forest Baylor
Peoria
Illinois
van Petten
Lee County
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J. E. Rash
Arthur Aydt
Manila
Nixons
Brunt
Lakes
Rockies
Motorola
Mt. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Long Prairie
Robert Sledge
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nona Hall
Lorena Melton
Ina
John Ward
Amy Krebs
Hillcrest
Theodore Witges
Norman Garlington
Vardes- Ville
Donald Chapman
Ruth Phelps
Rev
Severn Phelps
Sean Hammond
Ina Magruerite Parker
Webster Hill
Rebecca Oliviero
Cathy Winslow
Opal Burns
Benton James Winstow
Darla Burnett
Ernestine Lewis
Frances Lewis
Chinda Lewis
Robert Cherry
Route 5
Beaver Robinson
Grand
Tammy Wooleyer
Wayne Ci
J. H. Lewis Adv. & Mfg. Inc
Annual
Farm Bureau Meeting
Register-News
SALEM
Carlyle
Bill
Electra
Bill Kniffen
S. 10Th St
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