Deaths Logan Anderson 78 Farmer Wayne City
Logan Anderson 78 farmer died Monday at his home on RFD 1 Wayne City. Funeral at 1:00 p.m. Thursday Richardson Chapel Wayne City with Rev Oss Donoho officiating. Burial Bailey cemetery. Body lies in state after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday. Born December 9 1888 in Wayne county son of Clark and Mrs Anderson. Married Ida Gregory in 1916 who survives with two sons Loren Keenes Dale Neosho Mo a daughter June Curry Salem Ore seven grandchildren four great grandchildren Star General Baptist church member.
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RFD
Wayne City
Richardson Chapel
Oss Donoho
Bailey Cemetery
Frieds
Mr. Anderson
Wayne County
Clark Anderson
Ida Gregory
Loren Anderson
Keenes
Dale Anderson
Neosho
June Curry
Salem
Anderson
Star General Baptist Church
John D. Davis Rites Thursday
Funeral services for John D. Davis a Mt Vernon oil man will be held Thursday January 19 at 11 a.m. in Myers Chapel. Davis died Monday in Good Samaritan Hospital at 67. Burial in Allegheny Memorial Park Pittsburgh. He was WWI veteran active in Texas oil before moving to Mt Vernon in 1938. Wife Edrine Tyson, residence 1027 Maple St. Memorials to First Presbyterian Church.
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John D. Davis
Myers Chapel
Davis
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Freytag
First Presbyterian Church
Allegheny Memorial Park
Pittsburgh
Texas
Mt. Vernon
Edrine Tyson
Maple Street
Jets Attack North Viet Railway Yards
U S and Vietnamese forces press a large scale operation with heavy fighting near Saigon and surrounding outposts. Pentagon states 10,000 more U S troops will be sent this month to reach 405,000, with total in 1967 seen at 475,000 plus 50 60 thousand offshore and 30 thousand in Thailand. Premier Ky tours Australia New Zealand amid demonstrations while Vietnamese forces report multiple attacks and 82 enemy killed in three actions. The Iron Triangle sweep continues with 76 Viet Cong killed and 4 captured, raising Viet Cong deaths to 466 and captures to 73. 199 surrendered and 415 held for questioning.
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Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Pentagon
Washington
South Vietnam
Vietnam
7Th Fleet
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Australia
New Zealand
Saigon
Iron Triangle
Army Spec. 4 Rodney Drake Dies in Vietnam
The Defense Department announced that Army Spec. 4 Rodney G. Drake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Drake of rural Clare, Alabama, died recently in Vietnam of other than hostile causes.
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Vietnam
Thieves Take Salt After Truck Theft In Brilon
Thieves who stole a heavy truck in Brilon on Monday night expected beer ads but found the vehicle carried 200 sacks of salt instead. Police reported no beer was on board. The article notes Junction, a small station in the Iraq Delta described as a living remnant of ancient Ur.
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Germany
Y Junction
Iraq Delta
Weather Report From MT. VERNON And Nearby Areas
A cold wave drives temperatures below zero across northern Illinois with subzero readings in East Dubuque Moline and Rockford. Winds gusting to 40 mph hinder Chicago O Hare runways as the state braces for the coldest spell of the season with sunny but frigid conditions persisting into Wednesday.
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Tiinois
East Dubuque
Moline
Rockford
Illinois
Cairo
Chicago
Quincy
O'Hare International
American steals turtle in Bahamas in appeal bond
An American and an Australian jailed over the weekend for stealing a turtle were released on a 150 dollar appeal bond. Mark William Lavelly, 21, of Columbus Ohio, and Joseph E. Cooke, 24, of Australia, faced a month in jail. They said the theft was a prank and the turtle was returned to a tortoise shell maker’s tank by court order.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Mark William Lavelly
Columbus
Ohio
Joseph E. Cooke
Cooke
West Frankfort Man Pleads Guilty in WDQN Burglary
Pinckneyville report states a West Frankfort man pleaded guilty to burglary of WDQN radio station in Du Quoin and was jailed in Perry County pending sentencing. The case was concluded Monday with a guilty plea and local authorities continue to process the incident.
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Pinckneyville, Sr
West Frankfort
Perry County
WDQN
du Quoin
Macao Refugees Flee To Hong Kong Amid Apology Row
About 250 Portuguese women and children fled Macao for Hong Kong after talks between Macao's Portuguese government and Chinese Communists stalled over wording of an apology for December riots. Nearly 400 Macao Chinese also fled as tensions rose and riots deaths were debated as murders and assassinations.
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MACAO
Hong Kong
Lisbon
Reagan Seeks Tax Hikes To Avert Deficit
In Sacramento Governor Reagan says California must balance a 1968 budget with a $473 million shortfall. He endorses a tax increase and tuition hike for state universities if needed, signaling a combination of tax cuts and spending reductions may be required. Assembly Speaker Unruh cautions protesters to temper their opposition.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Mt. Vernon council weighs water policy and probes
Mt. Vernon mayor and council spar over city policy violations at Bluford water service. A motion to table was approved 3 2, then Laur called for a complete city manager led probe. Also approved phosphate bid for water dept and set street patching bids. planned island painting on south Tenth and meeting with urban renewal group.
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Dodson
Bluford
Mt. Vernon
Utility Commission
Burnette
Lewis
Flota
Laur
South Tenth Street
Central Business District
Markets Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted
The Mt Vernon market reports afternoon prices for grains with soybeans at 2.71, shell corn at 1.35, and ear corn at 1.30.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Unchanged at Midday
Mt Vernon hog market prices held steady until 12:30 pm with top hogs at 19.50 for 190 to 220 pounds. Sows slipped to 15.50 for 300 pounds and over 15.00 for 300 pound and up. Boars ranged 13.00 to 13.50. After 12:30 pm, prices will reflect the next day’s values.
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Mt. Vernon
Grain futures prices in Chicago report
Chicago based AP notes Wheat No 2 hard 1.683 to 1.693 cents per bushel No 2 red 1.68 to 1.69 cents Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.91 to 2.92 dollars per bushel Soybean oil 10.07 cents per pound Corn No 2 yellow 1.3034 to 1.4040 cents Oats No 2 heavy white 79 to 84 cents per bushel.
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Chicago
St Louis Produce Prices by Grade and Weight
St Louis Produce lists egg prices by consumer grades A large 35-37 cents A medium 31-33 A small 21-23 B large 29-30 wholesale standard 28-29 unclassified 27-28 checks 16-18 hens heavy 13 light over 5 lbs 9 under 5 lbs no price broilers and fryers 25-26.
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Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
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Mane
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Ore
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Clear Senses
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Chicago Grant Park
Chicago
Chicago O'Hare Prey
Chicago Midway
Belleville
Green Bay Perennee
Paducah Ober Eedastensemmnayees
South Bend
St, Louis
Chicago Produce and Mercantile Exchange Roundup
Chicago AP bulletin notes live poultry roaster ranges 23 to 25 cents with red white rock fryers 1844 to 2014. CME butter scores AA 65 percent and A 65 percent, with lower grades 63 to 64 percent. Eggs grade A whites and mixed at 37 percent, mediums 33 percent, standards 33 percent.
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Chicago
Asda
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Wednesday
AP reports estimates for Wednesday with cattle at 2 000 head and calves 100, hogs 7 500, sheep 400. Hogs ranged 19.50 to 20.50 for 200 250 lb barrows and gilts, sows 15.00 to 16.50 for 300 600 lb. Cattle included 3 500 head, calves 200, steers 25.25 to 25.75, heifers 23.25 to 24.50, cows 15.15, vealers 30.00 to 36.00. Sheep 800 head with wooled lambs 22.50 to 23.00 for 75 to 105 lb, shorn lambs 23.00 for 95 to 100 lb, ewes 5.00 to 8.00.
Wall Street Rallies With Strong Morning Advance
Wall Street moved higher as trading ran heavy in midafternoon led by electronics, office equipment, aerospace and tech shares. Dow Jones gained 8.07 to 841.31 at noon with the Associated Press 60 up 2.1 to 311.0 as activity included a block trade of 124,500 RR Donnelly shares and broad gains across major groups.
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Wall Street
Associated Press
R. R. Donnelly
American Stock Exchange
Legislature Committees Begin Work in Illinois
The Illinois House starts work with no passage bills but an amendment to fund a $2 million appropriation for delinquent state bonuses to Vietnam veterans or survivors. Leaders planned a study resolution on finances for restoring McCormick Place in Chicago. The Senate prepared a $45,000 supplementary appropriation for the Illinois Crime Investigating Commission.
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McCormick Place
Chicago
Senate
Illinois Crime Investigating Commission
Treasury Faces Silver Supply as 1968 Transition Looms
Washington reports silver stands at a crossroads as a store of value while a 24 member coinage commission studies when to end silver price supports and set future policy. Industry demand rises with uses from rockets to batteries, and Treasury stock of about 591 million ounces funds paper money and other needs.
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Washington
U.S
Treasury
Tate
Congress
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Admissions list includes Orval William Shurtz 422 south 15th Orvil Elijah Trobaugh Belle Rive Ida O Hughey 2105 Cherry Henry Ira Kent RFD 4 Lester Phillips 1129 south 26th. Discharged include Herbert Gage Dahlgren Fred Byford Fleener 326 Bell Roy Clayton West Frankfort Mary Souers 208 south 7th Raymond Passmore 201 north 2th Anna Rapp Belle Rive Dorris Mallory Belle Rive Genevieve Baker 1300 North Charles Wallace Colorado Randy Harlan 1803 south 15th Sally Cook Hickory Grove Manor Alice Watson 402 north 10th Ruby Eldridge 1004 south 6th Charles Lyons 1515 Perkins James Webb 701 Herbert Agnes Thompson 401 south 15th. Discharged Minnie Mae Garrison 516 north 11th Linda Burwell 420 south 17th David Guthrie 524 north 11th Carl Hongsemeier 417 south 19th Herschel Tate Dix Nona Hall Shelburn Ind Wilma Keele RFD 5 Janet Lyons 151542 Perkins Nursing Home Frank Guthrie Letzekorn Hattie Buhler 1504 Perkins.
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Orvil Elijah Trobaugh
Belle Rive
Ida O. Hughey
Cherry
Henry Ira Kent
RFD
Lester Phillips
Herbert Fred Gage
Dahlgren
Fred Byford Fleener
Bell
Good Samaritan
Roy Clayton
West Frankfort
Mary Frances Souers
South
Raymond C. Passmore
Anna Rapp
Carl Hongsemeier
Herschel Tate
Nona Hall
Shelburn
Ind
Wilma Keele
Janet Lyons
Frank Guthrie
Letzekorn
Hattie Buhler
Births Report From Local Families and Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Jackie Wilson of RFD 6 welcomed a son at 545 PM yesterday in Good Samaritan hospital weighing five pounds fifteen ounces. Mr and Mrs Robert Riley of RFD 7 welcomed a son at 1037 PM last night in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds four ounces. Mr and Mrs David Greer of Bloomington Indiana welcomed a son born January 14 in a hospital there weighing eight pounds eleven ounces named David Earl. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Everett Greer of Mt Vernon and Mr and Mrs Edwin Stanley of Youngstown Ohio. Mr and Mrs David L Hill of Chicago welcomed a son born January 14 in Oak Park Hospital weighing eight pounds named Steven Clark. Mrs Hill is the former Miss Betty Carpenter. Grandparents are Dr and Mrs Ivan Hill of Chicago and Mr and Mrs Everett Carpenter of Mt Vernon.
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Jackie Wilson
RFD
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Riley
David Greer
Bloomington
Ind
David Earl
Everett Greer
Mt. Vernon
Edwin Stanley
Youngstown
Ohio
David L. Hill
Chicago
Oak Park Hospital
Steven Clark
Ivan Hill
Everett Carpenter
Investigating Money Problems Of The Elderly
A Senate subcommittee opens hearings on elderly pocketbook problems led by Senator Harrison A. Williams. He notes confusion and lack of information can rival fraud as a consumer hazard. Federal and state roles will be explored to protect older Americans with $40 billion annual buying power.
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Washington
Senate
Harrison A. Williams
Dn.j
Williams
Blizzard brings high winds and fatalities across Midwest
A severe blizzard blanketed the Midwest from the northern Plains into Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan. It forced highway closures and bus cancellations as wind gusts hit 70 mph. At least three deaths were reported and multiple injuries occurred. Snow totals climbed to four feet near Lake Superior with more than three inches in Colorado Springs. Temperatures ranged from 28 below at International Falls to 69 at Key West.
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Kennedy Book changes Involve Kennedy Children
New York AP report details out of court settlement with Harper Row over The Death of a President. Changes totaling about 8 pages of 654 affected passages involving Mrs Kennedy and her children. Publication slated for April with paperback later. organizers describe agreement as a resolution of misunderstandings.
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Harper & Row
Kennedy
William Manchester
John F. Kennedy
Manchester
Dell Books
Cass Canfield
Canfield
200 Viet Cong killed in Iron Triangle B 52 raid
In Saigon a captured Viet Cong major said a B52 raid near Ben Cat about 25 miles northwest of Saigon killed 200 Communist soldiers and dispersed a regiment of about 1500 men. The raid also destroyed 3000 tons of rice and the regiment’s commanding officer was AWOL at the time.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Iron Triangle
U.S
Ben Cat
Sholes Demonstrates Printing Machine for Tickets
In 1866 Christopher Latham Sholes unveiled a device he invented to print consecutive numbers on tickets and book pages, showcasing an early step in typewriter related printing technology.
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Christopher Latham Sholes
L and N seeks depot closings at three towns
The L and N Railroad asks the Illinois Commerce Commission for permission to close depots at Dahlgren Okenville and Addieville. Residents of Okanville oppose the move, circulating petitions and hiring an attorney.
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Okenville
Addieville
L. & N. Railroad
Okanville
Railroad
Vna
Illinois Commerce Commission
Atttorney
Seventeen gold miners killed in Africa blast
In the Orange Free State Virginia Mine a methane firedamp gas explosion killed seventeen miners. A mine spokesman confirmed the fatalities in Johannesburg.
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Africa
Johannesburg
South Africa
Virginia
Orange Free State
Jan 19 Deadline To Withdraw From Mt Vernon Council Race
Mt Vernon council race entrants face a 5:00 p.m. Thursday withdrawal deadline. After that, petition filers appear on the primary ballot February 28. Five men seek two council seats. the field will drop to four in the primary. The final election is set for April 18.
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Mt. Vernon
Break-In Steals Radiators From Mt Vernon Garage
About 20 automobile radiators were taken in a break-in at a garage near Mt Vernon last night. Sheriff’s deputy John Richardson said the robbers pried loose a padlock on a door at the Red Prinnell operated garage on Highway 460 just east of the city limits.
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Mt. Vernon
John Richardson
Red Prinnell
Highway 460
Richardson
Money Stolen at Mt. Vernon High School Report
A theft at Mt. Vernon High School involved a small sum of money. Police said a person used a key to enter the vocational building, prowled the rooms, and took about 2 to 3 dollars from a cabinet.
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Mt. Vernon High School
Theft Attempt in Local Store Sees Three Women Flee
A Mt. Vernon resident reported two women distracting her in a downtown store while a third tried to rifle her purse. She screamed and the trio fled. no arrests were made.
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Mt. Vernon
Twelve people fined in Circuit Court at Mt. Vernon
In Circuit Court at Mt. Vernon twelve persons were fined for traffic violations. Charles H. Witzel of Centralia received 100 dollars for driving while intoxicated. Anthony H. Venazia of West Grove Pa. was fined 15 dollars for speeding. Dale P. Roberson of Elgin Ill. paid 14 dollars for speeding. Golda M. Self of Woodlawn paid 50 dollars for no valid license. Jerry Isaac of Mt. Vernon was fined 10 dollars for careless driving. Russell W. Hart of Dahlgren paid 75 dollars for overweight on license. William Dale of Paducah was fined 10 dollars for speeding. Nicholas T. Casmicia of Hinsdale Ill. paid 20 dollars for speeding.
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Mt. Vernon
Charles H. Witzel
Centralia
Anthony H. Venezia
West Grove
Dale P. Roberson
Elgin
Ill
Golda M. Self
Woodlawn
Jerry Isaac
Russell W. Hart
Dahlgren
William Dale
Paducah
Nicholas T. Casmicia
Hinsdale
City school district rushes urban renewal plan to keep field
Ellis Henson says about $40,000 in credits to cover development costs will expire this year. Streets around the project perimeter would be added as Opdyke and 6th streets close to allow space for an athletic field. Boards insist the plan include a field sized area while avoiding extra land purchases. The proposal spans 5th to 8th streets from Casey Avenue southward.
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Opdyke
6Th
Henson
5Th
8Th
Casey Avenue
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