Mary Elizabeth Smith Death In McLeansboro
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith of 205 South Locust Street McLeansboro died at 5 45 pm Sunday in Vickers Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are 2 00 pm Wednesday at Donelson Funeral Home with Rev Merle Milton officiating. Burial in IOOF Cemetery. She was born September 11 1873 in Illinois daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Elsie Garrison. Survived by sister Mabel Cocke East St Louis. Member First Christian Church.
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Mary Elizabeth Smith
South Locust Street
McLeansboro
Vickers Memorial
Donelson Funeral Home
Merle Milton
C.F
Mc- Leansboro
Sister of Mt.V. Resident Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Atkinson will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday at the Mc Mackin Funeral Home in Salem. She died at 4:30 am Saturday in Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She is survived by husband O. G. Atkinson, mother Anna Patterson, brother James F. Patterson, sister Katharine Smith, and three sons, nine grandchildren, six great grandchildren.
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Clara Atkinson
McMackin
Salem
Atkinson
East Boone Street
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
O. G. Atkinson
Anna Patterson
James FP. Patterson
Katherine Smith
South 11Th Street
Blanche Tennison Dies Near Sesser Funeral Tuesday
Blanche Tennison 74 of RFD 3 Benton died Sunday at Franklin County Hospital Benton Funeral set for 1 00 p m Tuesday at Horse Prairie Baptist near Sesser burial Maple Hill Cemetery Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser callers invited She was born September 28 1887 in Barren township daughter of William and Melvina Hutson wife of Grover Tennison who died March 1 1961 Survived by two sons Clarence Tennison Leslie Mich and William Tennison Benton four daughters Lorene Summers Lesser Gladys Pagani Benton Jennie McClendon Elk Grove Village Ill Dorothy Umbriana RFD 3 Benton three brothers Stanton Brooks and Harry Hutson Sesser and Miami Fla three sisters Carrie Phillips Sesser Ruth Smith Phoenix Ariz Myrtle Sheppard Whittier Calif 17 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren
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RFD
Benton
Franklin County
Horse Prairie Baptist Church
Sesser
Maple Hill Cemetery
Brayfield
Lesser
Tennison
Barren Township
William and
Melvina
Brooks) Hutson
Grover Tennison
Sheis
Clarence Tennison
Leslie, Mich
William Tennison
Lorene Summers
Gladys Pagani
Jennie McClendon
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Dorothy Umbriana
Stanton Hutson
Brooks Hutson
Harry Hutson
Miami
Fla
Carrie Phillips
Ruth Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
Myrtle Sheppard
Whittier
Calif
Landgraf Rites Planned At Myers Chapel Tuesday
Blanche Landgraf dies at 78 and is survived by two sons a daughter a brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral service set for 11:00 a m Tuesday at Myers Chapel with Rev Robert Freytag officiating burial in Marissa Illinois. Body at Myers Chapel after 3:00 p m today and death occurred Friday at her home 2526 Cherry.
Luna Gaston of Woodlawn Dies at 90
Mrs. Luna Louella Gaston of RFD 1 Woodlawn died at 4 25 am Sunday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at age 90 years 9 months 11 days Funeral 2 00 pm Tuesday at Woodlawn Baptist Church with Rev Wayne York and Rev Clarence Coates officiating Burial in L O C F cemetery at Woodlawn Myers Chapel where friends may call after 4 pm today Body will lie in state at church noon Tuesday until funeral hour She was born Oct 3 1871 in Shiloh Township daughter of William C and Melissa Rightnowar Troutt She was married at Woodlawn to Oscar Gaston who preceded her in death in 1922 Survived by daughter Mae Hayse sister Verde Williams two grandsons William C Hayse Woodlawn Roy Hayse Mt Vertin and one remaining
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Blanche Landgraf
Myers Chapel
Robert Freytag
Marissa
Landgraf
Cherry
Thomas
Alice Keyworth
Elmer S. Landgraf
Gordon Landgraf
Byron Landgraf
San Diego
Calif
Effie Browne
Alexandria
Minn
George S. Keyworth
Sedalia
Luna Louella Gaston
RFD
Woodlawn
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Wayne York
Clarence Coates
Verde Williams
William C. Hayse
Roy Hayse
Mt. Vertion
Biblical Scholar Edgar Goodspeed Dies at 80
Los Angeles AP reports biblical scholar Edgar Johnson Goodspeed died of a stroke at a rest home. He aged about 80 and spent 15 years on a revised standard version of the New Testament. He wrote more than 50 books and 200 articles as part of a nine member team publishing RSV in 1946.
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Los Angeles
Edgar Johnson Goodspeed
Goodspeed
Ford Gives Truck To Camel Driver In Karachi
In Karachi Pakistan a Ford pickup truck with spare parts and a tool box was officially handed to camel driver Bashir Ahmad by U S Ambassador William Rountree and a Ford representative. The government of Pakistan waived customs duties and sales tax as a goodwill gesture to Vice President Lyndon B Johnson, saving Bashir from the usual charges on a gift from Ford Motor Co.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Bashir Ahmad
U.S. Ambasaador
William Rountree
Ford
Lyndon
B. Johnson
Bashir
Ford Motor Co
Local stock market prices drift lower on hogs and boars
Prices paid on the local live stock market were down ten cents today. The top reached 17.10 for 190 to 220 pound hogs. Lows were 15.00 for 300-pound down and 14.50 for 300-pound up, with boars priced from 9.75 to 10.75.
Mt Vernon Grain and Chicago Prices Report
Mt Vernon quotes a morning grain update with Wheat at 1.88, Soybeans 2.32, Corn 1.03. Chicago market showsButter steady to lower wholesale, eggs steady to firm with A grade whites at 36 and other grades listed, mixed and lower prices for various grades.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago
Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Cash Grain Chicago Beans and Wheat Market Summary
In Chicago price notes no sales of wheat corn or soybeans. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 76 percent. Soybean oil 10 percent and 5/8? Barley making choice 1.35 to 1.62 per bushel and feed barley 1.00 to 1.25 per bushel.
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Chicago
Chicago Poultry Prices Hold Steady Across Wholesales
Chicago wholesale live poultry prices remain unchanged or higher with roasters at 93 to 24 and special fed premium fryers at 20 to 20 percent, reflecting steady market conditions in U S D A reporting.
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Chicago
USDA
Produce and poultry market notes from St. Louis
St Louis run of notes on eggs and live poultry shows consumer grades and price ranges for large and medium eggs. Prices appear as A large 33 to 37, A medium 33 to 25, B large 31 to 34 with scattered market entries and unclear data.
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St, Louis
Wall Street mixed with uneven gains in mid session
New York stocks edged higher early but turned uneven in moderate late trading. Volume around 3.6 million shares. Rail names largely steady with gains for Baltimore & Ohio, while Ford, GM and Chrysler fell. Steel losses widened and oil majors mostly slipped. Boeing dipped on a court ruling. trading remained fluctuating across sectors.
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Wall St
New York
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Amerada
Eastman Nodak
Douglas Aircraft
North American Aviation
Boeing
Amrican Stock Exchange
U.S
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Marvin Sanders of 1421 North Street welcomed a daughter at 8 26 PM Saturday. The infant weighed seven pounds four ounces. The mother is Barbara Ann Hicks. A son was born to Mr and Mrs George Haynes of RFD 1 Mt Vernon at 11 14 AM today in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds ten ounces.
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Marvin Sanders
North Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Barbara Ann Hicks
George Haynes
RFD 1
Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Shrine No 66 Holds January Meeting
A stated Mt Vernon Shrine No 66 meeting will be held in the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening January 16 at 7 30. Past officers and charter members rights will be observed. Formal. Nora Shaw W P Naomi R Bogan W.
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MT. Vernon Shrine
White Shrine of
Proof Coins Display at Mt Vernon Office
Perfect Money showcases a 20th Century United States proof coin collection valued at over $1,200 while the face value totals under $18. The display travels Illinois with 42 branches in 1962, features a dual-view mirror case, and includes free 1961 A. S. Proof Coins for attendees. Manager Frank Logsdon notes growing interest and educational literature on coin craftsmanship and value.
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United States
Limerick
Main Street
Mt. Vernon
Frank Logsdon
Illinois
A. S
Logsdon
Ice Blocks Big River At Cairo
Efforts continued to break through ice floes blocking the Mississippi River four miles above Cairo. About 200 barges were stranded at Cairo terminals as ice sealed the river. Snow fell in southern Illinois with freezing rain coating earlier precipitation along the Mississippi and Wabash rivers.
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Cairo
Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
Ilinois
Mississippi
Wabash
Ohio River
Woman Dies as Car Plunges Off Rural Road Near Mount Sterling
A Mount Sterling woman, 62, Bertha Bauch, died when the car she rode in plunged 40 feet down a rural embankment eight miles south of Mount Sterling Illinois. Her husband Clarence Bauch, 68, was hospitalized in Quincy at Blessing Hospital in serious condition.
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Mount Sterling
Bertha Bauch
Illinois
Clarence
Blessing Hospital
Quincy
Walter Estes Dies Banker for 50 Years
Walter Estes longtime banker and former cashier and executive, died leaving son Maurice Estes of Opdyke and two grandchildren. Survived by sisters Florence Dyer of Cape Girardeau Missouri and Sophia Rhodes of Kankakee. He was a member of the Opdyke Masons and had worked on the L N railroad before entering banking. He lived in Opdyke and commuted to Mt Vernon for work.
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Business College
Quincy
Evansville
Ind
St. Louis
McLeansboro
Security Bank
Mt. Vernon
Estes
Opdyke
First National Bank of
Maurice Estes
Florence
Satellite system eyed to boost overseas communications
A page one continuation discusses a proposed satellite system to operate as microwave towers in the sky. It would expand overseas telephone service and could transmit overseas telegraph, television, and high speed data to meet growing demand.
State Office Candidates File Today
Hundreds of candidates began filing nominating petitions on day one for the April 10 Illinois primary. Major interest centered on GOP races for state treasurer and school superintendent. Incumbents and a slate of candidates from Chicago and other counties competed as filings continued by mail and in person.
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Springfield
IIC
Illinois
Secretary of State
U. S
Congress
Supreme Court
U.S
Everett M. Dirksen
Pekin
Sidney Yates
Chicago
Francis Lorenz
Gerge Wilkins
Edwardsville
Republican State Committee
Umnois Republican County
UMnois Republican county —chairmen’s —_ association
Walter Ream
Oak Park
Cook County
GOP
William J. Scott
Cook County Young Republican
Maurice Corubn
William G. Stratton
Conrad F. Becker
Red Bud
Hospital Notes summarize admissions and discharges by facility
Jefferson Memorial lists admitted patients Venne Neal Kincaide John Hamilton Norma Jean McKinney Hazel Clara Garrison Margie Louisine Frasier Walter Dur McCarter Joyce Ann Davis Jim Lloyd Williamson Discharged include Virgie Neal Moore baby Mark Allen Myrtle Mae Hayes Anna Lucille Borland Verne Neal Kincaide Good Samaritan admits Ruth Ann Dodson Tincie Daniel Rose Flanagan Bertha Brown Henry Carter Marjorie Allen Martha Pettit Alice Peacock Dennis Richardson Kenneth Wells Mary Agnes Cooper Marjorie Perrie Bonnie Wood Pansy Tate Alice Green Jeffrey Lynn Juandola Drennan Walter Rice James Morgando Dorothy Terry Cora Miller Sylvester Zeriske Discharged include Clarence Renolds Almeda Runnels Maude Henry Thelma Webb Jene Krieger Helen Ray Betty Crosby Donna Laur Clara Cato Ricky Leffler Sue Ellen Flatt Sharon Donley Mary Ann Hays Terry Hays Edna Edson Gann Moore Charles Swain Doris Wallace Robert Currie Marjorie Frakes
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Jefferson Memorial
Venne Neal Kincaide
John Hamilton
Norma Jean McKinney
Metropolis
Hazel Clara Garrison
Salem
Margie Louisine Frasier
Walter Dur] McCarter
Bluford
Joyce Ann Davis
Jim Lloyd Williamson
Belle Rive
Virgie Neal Moore
Mark Allen
Myrtle Mae Hayes
Woodlawn
Anna Lucille Borland
Verne Neal Kincaide
Good Samaritan
Ruth Ann Dodson
Tincie Daniel
Rose Flanagan
Bertha Brown
Henry Carter
Marjorie Allen
Martha Pettit
Alice Peacock
Dennis Richardson
Kenneth Paul Wells
Mary Agnes Cooper
Marjorie Perrie
Bonnie Wood
Pansy Tate
Alice Green
Jeffrey Lynn
Juandola Drennan
Walter Rice
James Morgando
Dorothy Terry
Cora Miller
Sylvester Zeriske
Clarence Renolds
Almeda Runnels
Maude Henry
Thelma Webb
Jene Krieger
Helen Ray
Betty Crosby
Donna Laur
Clara Cato
Ricky Leffler
Sue Ellen Flatt
Sharon Donley
Mary Ann Hays
Terry Hays
Edna Edson
Gann] Moore
Charles Swain
Doris Wallace
Sarah Owens
Robert Currie
Marjorie Frakes
Skindiver Fights Off Frisco Shark
A Sacramento milkman, Floyd Pair Jr., 29, describes fighting a 14 foot brown shark while skin diving near the Farallon Islands off San Francisco. He sliced at the shark as divers aided him to a helicopter and Franklin Hospital where doctors treated gaping leg wounds and a deep buttock bite with the femoral artery narrowly spared.
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Hubert J. Erb
San Francisco
Floyd Pair Jr
Sacramento
Calif
Milkman
Pair
Tnday
Farallon Islands
Golden Gate
Sacramento Area
New Merrimac
Hans Hass
Plane Lands In The Street In Washington Ill
A single engine plane ran out of gas and forced a landing in a Washington Illinois residential street. Pilot Gordon Franklin aged 34 from St. Anne and passenger Harley Foster 26 of Kansas City Missouri were not injured. Franklin attempted to switch to an auxiliary tank but the gasoline line appeared frozen during the emergency landing in Devonshire Estate subdivision.
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Washington, NL
Washington,Ill
Gordon Franklin
St. Anne
Devonshire Estate
Franklin
Harley Foster
Kansas City
Fines Set by Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock
Milwaukee figures Louie E Street and Richard Spearman paid fines for drunk and disturbance charges. Robert L Stewart fined for drunk and disturbance and Sherman Bullock assessed costs. All names appear with city Milwaukee Wisconsin and the stated monetary penalties.
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Sherman Bullock
Louie E. Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert L. Stewart
Richard Spearman
Heavy Snow Covers Illinois and Midwest
Sharply colder weather followed as daylight faded. Forecasters warned of subzero readings in northern counties and temperatures down to 15 to 20 degrees in southern areas.
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Illinois
Midwest
Nouth
Weather Report Snow and Ice Delay State Highways
Springfield report states state highways are snow packed or icy due to last night's snow and rain. Motorists are warned to expect drifting and occasional one way traffic as conditions persist.
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Springfield
Minois Highway Division
Five Day Forecast For Northern And Southern Illinois
Northern Illinois will see average highs 27 to 33 and lows 11 to 19 with a cold spell tonight and Tuesday and a warming trend Thursday through Saturday. Snow flurries tonight and Tuesday, with light resnow possible Thursday or Friday, totaling about a quarter inch. Southern Illinois highs 33 to 43 and lows 16 to 26, colder through midweek, moderating Friday and Saturday. Precipitation southeast Illinois totals about half to three quarters of an inch as rain or show Tuesday night into Wednesday.
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Illinois
Plane Hits Mountain At Hot Springs
Four California men die in a Beechcraft Bonanza crash near Hot Springs Arkansas in fog and rain. State trooper and pilot Glen Minton suggests loss of a wing during a high speed spin. Victims include Louis Risner Englewood Henry Clay Risner Russ Weininger and Charles Cornell all from Los Angeles area.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Blue Mountain
Onn
California
Glen Minton
Minton
Louis Risner
Englewood
Calif
Henry Clay Risner
Louis’ Broth
Russ Weininger
Charles Cornell
Los Angeles Area
Patrols avert major water damage at Rudy Patrick Seed Co
Patrolling officers last night detected water seeping from the Rudy Patrick Seed Co building at Tenth and Casey. They notified officials, found a broken valve, and prevented greater damage. officials said damage was considerable but stopped in time.
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Mt. Vernon
Rudy Patrick ,Seed Co
Tenth
Casey
Notifie Company
KING CITY SCENE remembers Santa lanes and tax tales
In this hometown snapshot Jaycees dismantle Christmas decorations in rain and snow. The piece notes tax burdens rising through state and local levels, with figures on federal aid and surplus food recipients by county. It recalls transit shifts from horse drawn wagons to modern streets and fondly reminisces about old sidewalk snow plows.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson County
Hamilton County
Williamson
St. Clair
U S Delivers Planes Copters To S Viet Nam
A U S Navy ship Breton arrived with two large Army helicopters and several observation planes to aid President Diems forces against the Viet Cong. Jets and a Neptune shipboard bomber were aboard for transfer to Japan, while four jets landed at Saigon airport.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Yokosuka Naval Air Station
Japan
U.S
United States
Republic
Foreign Trade Deficit Soars in 1961 Fourth Quarter
Washington AP reports a sharp jump in the U.S. balance of payments deficit to about 5 billion dollars annually in late 1961, after a 3.1 billion rate in July–September. The rise follows a prior peak near 5.7 billion tied to gold demand, with causes not yet determined.
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Washington
U.S
Advanced First Aid Course To Be Taught Here
The Red Cross will offer an advanced First Aid course starting January 22 at its chapter office at 226 South Tenth Street. Bob Seigler, field representative, will teach the course and an instructor’s course is planned for February. Call CH 4-2083 to enroll.
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Red Cross
South Tenth Street
The
Bob Seigler
Allen Elected Bank President Wayne City bank names new leadership
W. O. Allen was elected president of the First National Bank of Wayne City at a reorganiza tion meeting Tuesday afternoon. He will complete 30 years as active head in July. J. F. Mateer becomes chairman after serving in a largely inactive president role since 1933. New officers include Bill McRill as vice president J. Grant Smith cashier Sybil A. Allen and Veneta Kittle as assistant cashiers. December 31 closed a highly successful year.
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W. O. Allen
First National Bank of
Wayne City
J. F. Mateer
Bill McRill
J. Grant Smith
Sybil A. Allen
Veneta Kittle
Israeli Spy Gets 10 Years
TEL AVIV A top Israeli military commentator was sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying for an unnamed foreign power. Reportedly the Soviet Union. Israel Beer was found guilty after a largely secret trial and said he contacted agents believing that power would someday conquer the world.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Soviet Union
Israel Beer
Lakes Fleet Shrinks as 81 Vessels Lost
The Lakes fleet contracted by 81 ships in the past year due to economic pressures while only 14 new arrivals were added, according to AP reporting.
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Detroit
Shippers of the
Boston College receives $250000 gift from Perini couple
Newton Massachusetts AP reports Louis R. Perini, owner of the Milwaukee Braves, and his wife, donated two hundred fifty thousand dollars to Boston College, detailing the sizable charitable gift and its source in a formal announcement.
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Newton, Mas
Boston College
Louis R. Perini
Milwaukee, Braves
U S Europe Market Group To Cut Tariffs
Brussels reports state that the United States and the six nation Common Market will begin a pact to cut tariffs on hundreds of industrial items by about 20 percent. Agricultural talks will follow with wheat corn and poultry.
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Belgium
United States
U.S
European Economic Community
Howard Peterson
Kennedy
Jean Rey
One Council of Ministers
Geneva
EEC
Peterson
Rey
State Department
Common Market
West Germany
France
Italy
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Luxembourg
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