Deaths Former Richview Resident Dies Shoveling Snow
Dan J. Arnold age 66, former Richview resident, died of an apparent heart attack while shoveling snow at his St. Louis home. He had served 15 years as custodian at the Missouri School for the Blind. Funeral 1 pm Tuesday Hogan Funeral Home Ashley. Burial in Richview cemetery. Visitation after 6 pm today. Survived by brother William Arnold of St. Louis.
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Dan J. Arnold
Richview
St. Louis
Arnold
Missouri School For the Blind
Hogan Funeral Home
Ashley
Sam Totten
Jesse D
Mary (Huggins) Arnold
William Arnold
Harold McDowell Dies In Nashville Rites Wednesday
Harold Troutt McDowell, 65, died Sunday at his Nashville home. Funeral services are set for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Methodist Church with Rev. Ray Porter officiating. Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery. The body lies in state at Smith Funeral Home after 3:00 p.m. Tuesday. He was born December 1896 in Nashville, son of William J. and Georgia McDowell, who preceded him in death. He is survived by one sister, Naomi McDowell of Nashville.
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Harold Troutt McDowell
Nashville
Grace Methodist Church
Ray Porter
Masonic Cemetery
Smith Funeral
Mr. McDowell
William J
Georgia (Troutt) McDowell
Naomi McDowell
Two Olney Firms Sued for Minimum Wage Violations
The U S Department of Labor filed injunction suits in Danville Illinois against Don Slape Drilling Co and Don Slape for Reliable Drilling Co Slape Operating Co and Tri State Oil Communications Association alleging failure to pay the $1.00 minimum wage and overtime at 112 times the rate to 221 current and former employees plus improper records and interstate shipment provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Chicago
Mid-west
Olney, Tl
U. S. Department of Labor
U. S. District Court
Danville
Til
Don Slape
Woodrow W. Jones
Don Slape Drilling Co
Slape
Reliable Drilling Co
Slape Operating Co
Tri- State
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions including Mrs. Anna Lucille Borland William O Nea Johnson and Mrs Clara Kathryn Hopkins. Discharges include Mrs Alfred Omanu al Brookman and baby Kevin Gregg and others. Good Samaritan shows many admitted and discharged names including Emery White and Beatrice Fern McPherson.
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Jefferson Memorial
Anna Lucille Borland
William O’neal Johnson
Clara Kathryn Hopkins
Alfred Omanu
al Brookman
Kevin Gregg
Opdyke
Charles William Brake
James Russell
Dahlgren
Blanche O'Miller Klein
Good Samaritan
Teddy MaMick
Beatrice Fern McPherson
Elliott Franklin Eiler
Eva May Farlow
Lillie Maud Hester
Evelyn Ellen Collins
Pearl Richards
Emery White
Augustus Edward Thomore
Ernest Black
Hazel Fullerton
Ransom Junior Price
Ploman R. Bullock
Dalfey Calvin Knapp
Steven Jay Damron
Fred R. Minor
Rodney Lee Corner
Helen Frances Wagner
Velma Dean Warren
Ada Lou Lance
Alma Pearl Dalby
Nellie Reinlein
Avs
Mary M. Ledbetter
Linda Dijana
Grace Irene Buerkle
Mona Marie Carpenter
Shirley Ann Fertenstein
Kathryn
Anna Shehorn
Emma Christine Holland
Patricia Marie Spangler
Wally Dean
Beatrice Johnson
Mt Vernon Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star Meeting Notices
Special Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M meets Monday December 8 at 7 30 p m to work in the first degree with WM Lester L Williams and James Apgar Sec A stated Mt Vernon Chapter No 233 O E S meets Tuesday January 9 at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple Eva Mae Adams W M Naomi R Bogan Sec American Legion Jefferson Post 141 meets at 8 00 p m Rex Medders adjutant
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Mt. Vernon
A. F
A. M
Lester L. Williams
James Apgar
Qu.e.s. A
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
American Legion
Jefferson Post 141
Rex Medders
Adj
Nuclear War Effects Book to Be Issued in April
Washington officials said a new official handbook on nuclear weapons effects covering blast heat radiation and fallout is nearing completion after about a year of preparation with an expected April release.
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Washington
Local Live Stock Market Rises with Hog and Sow Gains
Prices paid on the local live stock market were 35 cents higher. The top was 17.25 for 190 to 220 lb hogs. Sows advanced 23 cents to 14.75 for 300 weight, and boars moved from 9.00 to 10.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon markets listed wheat at 1.90, soybeans at 2.32, and corn at 1.00 in a brief afternoon price report. Local traders noted small shifts in grain values as of this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Butter and Eggs Prices at Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago wholesale prices show butter steady with 93 score AA at 60, 92 A at 60, 90 B at 59, 89 C at 57 percent. eggs steady to firm with buying prices unchanged to 114, A whites 70 percent or better at 34, mixed 25 14, mediums 32 14, standards 29, dirties 28, checks 27 42.
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Chicago
Chicago Merccantile Exchange
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Wholesale Market
Chicago reports live poultry wholesale prices unchanged to up to 1 cent higher with roasters at 22 to 24 cents per pound, mostly 23. Special fed white rock fryers noted at 19 to 45 cents. Prices from USDA AP dispatch.
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Chicago
USDA
Livestock prices at National Stockyards report
Market report from National Stockyards showing hogs 9,500 head with a range of weights and bids from 12.00 to 18.50 and cattle 5,000 with early sales across slaughter steers 25.50 to 26.50 per cwt, heifers 23.00 to 24.50, cows 12.00 to 21.50, vealers 31.00 to 37.00, and sheep 1,700 with lambs 15.50 to 17.75, utility to prime grades noted.
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National
USDA
Produce standards and egg grading notes from St Louis
AP report from St Louis outlines egg grading terms and live pantry practices. It lists consumer grades for large medium and small eggs, wholesale standards, and description of hen weights and broiler fryers.
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ST. Louis
Broilers
Market Report Mixed as Stocks Fall and Commodities Stand Pat
Chicago cash grains show no wheat sales with corn and oats priced across several grades. Soybeans and barley listed with values. New York blue chips slide as Dow Jones drops about 10 points to 704.04 amid broad declines and thin trading volumes around 4.7 million.
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Chicago
New York
Sears Roebuck and du Pont
Pacific Gas & Electric
Union Carbide
Quaker Oats
Ford
American
Telephone
Schering
Amerada
Merck
American Tobacco
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Pan Ameriae Eee Caraffizer
Caterpillar
Isler
Down Jones
American‘ Stock Exchange
U. S
Bipartisan White House briefing on foreign affairs
President Kennedy held a two hour White House briefing with Republican and Democratic leaders. Rusk McNamara and CIA head McCone briefed on world trouble spots while Saltonstall and Dirksen described limited congressional questions. Health care and reciprocal trade loom large for 1962 agenda.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
John A McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Everett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Senate
Congress
House
Saltonstall
Ways and Means
Department of Urban Affairs
Youth Conservation Corps
Mt V Architect Opens Office in Mt Vernon
Frank Kuenz, a Mt Vernon native and registered Illinois Missouri architect, opens an office at 1010 Jordan. He studied at Washington University and the Sorbonne, holds an Illinois Master of Architecture, taught at the University of Illinois, and worked with Shapiro and Tisdale St Louis D Clarence Wilson Vernon and Wood in New York. He helped design Springfield central business district plans with Illinois graduate students for a 20 year city development. He is a member of the Architectural League of New York and the Museum of Modern Art.
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Frank Kuenz
Mt. Vernon
Jordan
Illinois
Missouri
Gotshal
Kuenz
Washington University
University of Paris
Sorbonne
University Ofllinois
K. Kuenz
Headquarters 540
Army Engineer Group
Department of Architecture
University of Ilinois
Shapiro and Tisdale
St. Louis
D. Clarence
Springfield
Mrr
Architectural League of New York
Museum of Modern Art
New York
Democrats Slate Yates for Senate in Chicago
Democrats nominate Yates for U S Senate with court clerk races across First to Fourth Districts. Leslie Beck of Chicago named for clerk of the First District Appellate Court, Philip Brown of Gillespie for Clerk of the Third, James McLaughlin of Mount Vernon for Clerk of the Fourth. An endorsement for the Second District Appellate Court anticipated. A Frost named elementary school opens in Mass, honoring poet Robert Frost with praise from the unofficial poet laureate.
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Supreme Court
Leslie V. Beck
Chicago
Philip Brown
Gillespie
James McLaughlin
Mount Vernon
Frost
Sukarno Escapes Harm as Hazardous Device Kills Three
In Makassar Indonesia President Sukarno narrowly escaped danger when a device exploded near his motorcade during a four day tour to rally support for West New Guinea. Three were killed and 25 injured in the blast, while Sukarno later spoke to a student rally and inspected a military base. He denounced Dutch policy and asserted broad international backing for Indonesia.
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Peter Arnett
Makassar
Indonesia
Sukarno
Celebes
West New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
J. M. A. H. Luns
West Irian
Luns
Netherlands
Bonthian
December births and deaths in Mt Vernon and county
Forty nine babies were born in Mt. Vernon and Jefferson county during December. Vital statistics show 27 female and 22 male newborns. During the same period 39 persons died in the county.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Paul Hayes
Smith Joins Wayne City Bank Staff as Cashier and Loan Aid
J Grant Smith has been added to the official staff of the First National Bank of Wayne City. He will have cashier duties as well as work in the loan department. Mr. Smith was formerly employed by Wayne City Bank as assistant cashier.
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J. Grant Smith
First National Bank of
Wayne City
Mr. Smith
Wayne City Bi
Sandburg Credits Peasant Blood For Longevity
Poet Carl Sandburg, hailed as Hollywood cap, says peasant blood fuels his long life. He spoke Saturday on his birthday of enduring hardship and making comebacks, quipping about his "peasant bloc" as a source of vitality.
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Hollywood
Carl Sandburg
Sandburg
Birth announced for William Brain Gajewski
Mr and Mrs William Richard Gajewski of RFD 1 Walstonville welcomed a son born at 12 42 PM Saturday in Jefferson Memorial hospital He weighed seven pounds eight and one half ounces and was named William Brain.
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William Richard Gajewski
RFD- 1
Walstonville
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
William Brain
Kennedy And Clay Agree On Berlin Policy
President Kennedy and General Lucius D. Clay announced full agreement on handling future Berlin crises after a White House meeting. The statement, read by press secretary Pierre Salinger, affirmed continued U.S. resolve in West Berlin and coordination with Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
Ber
Clay
West Berlin
White House
Dean Rusk
U.S
Albert Watson TI
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy-Clay
Berlin
Germany
Rusk
Salinger
MBS
Llewellwyn Thompson
Andrei A. Gromyko
Charles de Gaulle
Moscow
de Gaulle
iColumbus
Ohio
East Germany
Poland
Hungary
Communist Front
Red
China
Albania
Kennexly
Kennedy Leaves Hospital After Stroke Treatment
Joseph P. Kennedy father of the President was discharged from St. Marys Hospital in West Palm Beach. The former ambassador to England entered the hospital December 19 after a stroke. Unofficial reports say an oxygen tent and hospital bed were placed at the Kennedy winter home.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Joseph P. Kennedy
St. Mary’s Hospital
Kennedy
England
Kennedy Palm Beach
Yanks Hold Up Russians In Berlin
In West Berlin border incidents American military police halted a bus of 15 Soviet officers for 75 minutes at Checkpoint Charlie. The Russians cited assurances that the Soviet commandant Col. Solovyev and aide Lt. Col. Alekseev were not aboard. The incident followed two prior blocks in a week and sparked East German press commentary on US and Allied officials.
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Checkpoint Charlie
Friedrichstrasse
Neues Deutschland
Communist Party
Lucius Clay
Kennedy
Berlin
Clay
U.S
West Berlin
Albert Watson II
Washington
Land Secretary of
Dean’ ‘Rusk
Wabash River Floods Bottoms in Illinois Today
Minor flooding reported in southeastern Illinois as the Wabash River and its tributaries fill with rain and melting snow. The Wabash at Hutsonville stood nearly two feet above its 12 foot flood stage, while Mount Carmel downstream remained well below flood stage. The Little Wabash rose above flood level and was expected to fall rapidly Tuesday. The Skillet Fork flooded Fairfield County somewhat and was then receding. Weekend snow added to the issue, with amounts from Cairo up to four inches in southern Illinois, heavier in the southwest. Light snow fell today.
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Mount Carmel
Ill
Illinois
Wabash River
Hutsonville
Crawford County
Little Wabash
Skillet Fork
Fairfield County
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Ilinois
Chester
County Board Meets Tuesday
The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday morning at the courthouse for routine items on the agenda, chaired by Charles W. Waite.
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Jefferson County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Charles W. Waite
Cuban economic chief urges full attendance in Cuba
Ernesto Guevara declared job absenteeism must be wiped out and production increased across industries. His Ha vana broadcast warning workers to provide airtight excuses to stay away from work was monitored in Key West Florida.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Ernesto Guevara
Guevara
Havana
Weather Summary for Illinois During Five Days
Northern Illinois will be 8 to 12 degrees below normal with highs 27 to 35 and lows 11 to 19. Snow flurries and light snow will occur with total precipitation 0.1 to 0.25 inch. Southern Illinois will be 10 to 15 degrees below normal with highs in the 30s to near 40s and lows 16 to 20 in the north to upper 20s in the southeast. Precipitation 0.25 to 0.5 inch, snow threatened midweek across the region.
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Ilinois
Illinois Highway Division issues winter driving advisory
Springfield report states roads across the state are snow packed or icy with a thin glaze. Motorists urged to drive with caution as conditions persist.
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Springfield
Thelinois Highway Division
Truck Knocks Down Elgin Watch Tower
A truck trailer slipped loose during a freight train pass in Elgin Illinois and toppled a 25 foot railroad watch tower. Watchman David Traub 68 was in the tower and escaped serious injury before the structure fell. Traub was hospitalized for bruises and shock after leaving the wreckage by himself.
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Elgin
Ill
David Traub
Traub
Deputy John Richardson Seeks Jefferson County Sheriff Nomination
Deputy John Richardson, chief deputy under Sheriff Bob Ruddick, announced his candidacy for sheriff of Jefferson County subject to the Democratic primary on April 10. He has nine years as a Jefferson County deputy, two years as Mt. Vernon police, prior work as a machinist at Caterpillar in Peoria, and a background in electrical maintenance. He and his wife Marie live at 702 North 12th Street. they have a son Raymond and grandson in Blue Island Illinois. His supporters cite long sheriff’s office service and law enforcement experience as qualifications for fair, economical administration.
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John Richardson
Jefferson County
Richardson
Bob Ruddick
Mr. Richardson
Mt. Vernon
Caterpillar Company
Peoria
I Mechanic
Field
Mt. Vernon Township
Marie
North 12Th Street
Raymond
Blue Island
Sheriff's Office
Fitzgerrell to Seek Reelection in April Republican Primary
State Representative Wayne Fitzgerrell of Lesser announces his candidacy for re-election in the April 10 Republican primary. He represents the 57th district covering Franklin Jefferson Perry and Washington counties. Fitzgerrell has served on the appropriations agriculture conservation waterways and military and veterans affairs committees and sits on the 18 member Republican policy committee and the joint House Senate commission on interstate livestock shipment.
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Wayne Fitzgerrell
Lesser
Franklin
Jefferson
Perly
Washington
Appropriations
House
Senate
Dewey Barton Announces Sheriff Candidacy in Jefferson County
Dewey E. Barton declared his bid for sheriff of Jefferson County subject to the Republican primary on April 10, 1962. A lifelong resident and World War II veteran, Barton formerly worked at Mt. Vernon car shops and served in the Panama Canal Zone. He is active in Amvets, the American Legion, and several Masonic and fraternal orders, residing at 611 Salem Road with his wife Bennie and children Mickey and the Sendelbachs.
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Dewey E. Barton
Jefferson County
Mr. Barton
Mt. Vernon
Panama Canal Zone
Barton
Amvets
American Legion
Loyal Order of Moose
Vernon Lodge
Patton Commandary
Knights Templar
Andrew D. Webb
Order of the White Shrine
Salem Road
Bennie
W. J. Sendelbach
Mickey
Everett Jones Enters Sheriff Race in Jefferson County
Everett I. Jones announced as a Republican candidate for sheriff of Jefferson County ahead of the April 10, 1962 primary. He is executive secretary of Retail Clerks International Association Local 806 and has not held public office before. He lives at 21 Rushton Drive with wife Norma and daughter Donna. They have another daughter, Mrs Gary Purdy, and two granddaughters. Jones, 43, is a World War II veteran and member of the American Legion and VFW. His brother Cpl Wesley Jones has been a state trooper in Nashville, Illinois for 15 years.
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Everett I. Jones
Jefferson County
Mr. Jones
Retail Clerks International Association Local 806
Rushton Drive
Norma
Donna
Cpl. Wesley Jones
Nashville, Ill
Dairy Meeting Set at Wayne City in Jefferson Co
Jefferson county dairymen and their wives are invited to Area Dairy Day at Wayne City High School on Wednesday January 10 from 11 a m to 3 p m Lunch at noon Dairymen to bring forage samples for discussion Samples to be displayed in boxes or baskets A bus from 814 Harrison at 10 15 a m will departs for the meeting site The program includes forage topics mastitis and Bangs control dairy records and extensions staff will lead sessions followed by questions and answers
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Jefferson County
Wayne City High School
Don Lee
Harrison
Lee
Southern Illinois Breeding Association
Breeze
Ill
Burkett
Fairfield
Illinois
Ralph Johnson
University of Illinois
Musical Arranger Harold McDowell Dies
Harold T. McDowell aged 65, a former music arranger for Ringling Brothers Circus, died Sunday in Nashville Illinois. His career included work for the circus, and his death marks the loss of a notable figure in American entertainment.
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Nashville, Ill
Harold T. McDowell
Ringling Brothers Circus
Doctor Away 400 Get Flu in Small Illinois Town
In Valmeyer Illinois Dr Hans Reichel the only physician was away for vacation and about 400 residents out of 2500 contracted flu. An additional doctor Dr Orelt was transported from East St. Louis by state police to treat the sick as mayor George Andres sought aid from the East St. Louis chamber of commerce. Pharmacist Nelson Schneider said flu cases are easing and pharmacy stock for aspirin cough syrup and chest rub was depleted.
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Valmeyer
Ill
Hans Reichel
East St. Louis
Jones Orelt
Illinois State Police
George Andres
Magnetic Pole Visited Japan Hawaii and Oregon in Past
Historical records describe the North Magnetic Pole moving across regions including Japan, Hawaii, and Oregon at various times. The visits reflect shifts in Earth's magnetic field and have implications for navigation and compass readings.
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Japan
Hawaii
Oregon
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