Deaths Mona Esther Cunningham 87 of Dix
Mona Esther Cunningham 87 of Dix died at 1 00 p m Friday at St Marys Hospital Centralia Funeral services will be Monday 2 00 p m at Dix Methodist Church Rev Romery Harris officiating burial in Jordan Chapel Cemetery Friends may call after 2 00 p m Sunday at Osborn Funeral Home Dix She was born Sept 21 1881 in Dix daughter of H H and Minnie Hutchinson She married Berthold T Cunningham Sept 12 1905 who died in Aug 1962 Surviving are one son Stanley Cunningham Salem three sisters Maude Hubbard Walnut Hill Eva Trippen Houston Texas Mayme Rough Mayfield Ky two grandchildren Linda Soper Centralia Stanley Cunningham Salem and two great grandchildren She was preceded in death by a daughter an infant son a brother and two sisters.
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Mona Esther Cunningham
Dix
St. Mary's Hospiaal
Centralia
Dix Methodist Church
Rosemery Harris
Jordan Chapel
Osborn Funeral Home
Frances Irwin of Wayne City Dies at 51
Frances Marie Irwin 51 of Wayne City died at 2:00 p.m. Friday in Good Samaritan Hospital. A former Wayne City school teacher, she will lie in state at Richardson Chapel after 5:30 p.m. Burial will follow at Thompson Cemetery with Rev. Charles Webb officiating at First Christian Church Wayne City. Survivors include husband Harry Irwin a son Randy Irwin her mother Winnie Halfacre and siblings Frank Simmons Jessie Soger Vera Compton and Jean Colclasure. Burial plans and calling hours reflect local observance.
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Frances Marie Irwin
Wayne City
Good Samaritan Hospital
First Christian Church
Charles Webb
Thompson Cemetery
Richardson Chapel
John
Winnie
Byars
Simmons
Harry Irwin
Randy Irwin
Winnie Halfacre
Kell
Frank Simmons
Arizona
Jessie Soger
Vera Compton
Jean Colclasure
Mahomet
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients List
A hospital notes page lists admissions and discharges at Jefferson Memorial. Admitted include Thomas Eric Wells Bonnie Matilda Ida Stull Leroy Rue Casey and many others with addresses. discharges include Richard Leo Adams Rev Carl V Williams Davie Corene Black Tammy Jo Draper and numerous names with street info. The document presents a mixed roster of patients and discharge items with locations across Mt Vernon Waltonville McLeansboro and nearby areas.
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Jefferson Memorial
Thomas Eric Wells
Bonnie
Matilda Ida Stull
Casey
Leroy Rue
Richard Leo Adams
Mt. Vernon
Carl V. Williams
Crossville
Davie Corene Black
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Ryd Wallerstedt
Mr and Mrs Ryd Wallerstedt of 50 Crownview welcomed a son born at 3 23 this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds five and a half ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryd Wallerstedt
Crownview
Good Samaritan Hospital
Man Read Bible Loud in Kansas City Library
Police escorted 29 year old John E. Walker from the downtown Kansas City Public Library and charged him with disturbing the peace for refusing to stop reading aloud from the Bible in the main lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John E. Waler
Walker
Six Accidents In Rain Friday One Injury
One person injured as six major damage auto collisions occurred on rain slick Mt. Vernon streets yesterday afternoon. Cars driven by Charles N. Whisenhunt and Bonita R. Hayes. Mary Moore injured in Hayes car. Hayes car damaged over $100. Other crashes involved J. D. Davis and E. F. Hays. Davis car damaged over $100. Dillingham and Jon McClurken. both cars over $100. Stock and Elvin V. Phelps. Phelps car over $100. Mifflin and Adra M. Holman. Mifflin car over $100. Two cars damaged over $100 at Fourth and Opdyke. Nora Minor charged with failure to yield right-of-way.
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Mt. Vernon
Casey
Charles N. Whisenhunt
South 21St Street
Bonita R. Hayes
South 17Th
Mary Moore
Hayes
J. D. Davis
Lesser
E. F. Hays
Broadway
Davis
Seventh and Main Streets
Harry W. Dillingham
South Seventh Street
Jon McClurken
Jordan
Dillingham
Michael J. Stock
Centralia
Elvin V. Phelps
Jones
Main Street
Phelps
Stock
12Th
Proadway
Alice Mifflin
South 12Th Street
Adra M. Holman
South 18Th
Miflin
Adra Holman
Fourth
Opdyke
Joseph E. Campbell
Route 5
Nora C. Minor
Nora Minor
Nixon's 12-strong transition team leads with Haldeman
The incoming Nixon White House centers on H.R. Haldeman as de facto chief of staff and key contact for assignments. Cabinet picks William P. Rogers John N. Mitchell and Robert H. Finch loom large, each boosted by close ties to Nixon. Despite hopes for bipartisan balance, the final 12 members are all Republicans and rarely seen in the Pierre hotel-cum-transitions setting.
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Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
H.R
Bob
Haldeman
Los Angeles
Nixon White House
Washington
William P. Rogers
Alger Hiss
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Robert H. Finch
Finch
Hotel Pierre
Weather: Here And Elsewhere Friday Forecast
Ernon weather report notes Friday high 51 low 39 with .73 inches of rainfall. Year to date rainfall 1.16 inches. One year ago today high 51 and low 27. Five years ago today high 48 and low 19. Ten years ago today high 35 and low 6. Sunday sunrise 7:18 sunset 5:04 CST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernon
Third Heart Transplant Dies in Chicago Area
Chicago's third heart transplant recipient died four and a half hours after receiving a heart from an unidentified Indiana donor. Benjamin Evans, 49, had undergone a 3 hour 40 minute operation at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hines, Ill
Chicago
Indiana
Benjamin Evans
Veterans Administration Hospital
Hines
Evans
William E. Neville
Ervin Cramer
Stickney
Marriage Licenses Listed for January Dates
January 17 Rickey Lee Rainey Inn and Barbara Ann Bayer Mt Vernon. January 16 Horace Lee Slaughter and Mar ie S Westerfer Wyoming Ill. Bud Dean Jay and Lynda Kirkpatrick Mt Vernon. January 15 Edwin Henry Lewis and Hazel R Allen Gilmer Texas. January 14 Darrel Gene Edmison Opdyke and Kirby Jane Pigg Mt Vernon Gene Boswell and Fern Storey Mt Vernon.
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Rickey Lee Rainey
Inn
Barbara Ann Bayer
Mt. Vernon
Horace Lee Slaughter
Marie S. Westerfer
Wyoming
Ill
Bud Dean Jay
Lynda Kirkpatrick
Edwin Henry Lewis
Hazel R. Allen
Gilmer
Texas
Darrel Gene Edmison
Opdyke
Kirby Jane Pigg
Gene Boswell
Fern Storey
Peace Talks At A Glance Chronicle 1968-69
A brief chronology of Vietnam peace efforts from March 1968 to January 1969. Highlights include Johnson halting bombing, early Paris talks, expansion to four-party negotiations, Thieu and Ky positions, table shape disputes, and the January 18 1969 talks with the four participants.
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Associated Press
Johnson
North Vietnam
United States
Paris
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Nguyen van Thieu
NLF
Thieu
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Johnson Administration
Nixon
Middle West hit by snow rain fog disrupting travel
A major storm from the central plains dumped snow from Nebraska to upper Michigan, with seven inch accumulations in eastern Nebraska and six inches in western Wisconsin. Dense fog reduced flights at Chicago O'Hare, Houston Hobby shut by fog, and parts of Iowa Illinois faced freezing drizzle while roads and plants in Wisconsin suffered ice and delivery delays.
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Associated Press
Central Plains
Nebraska
Upper Michigan
Omaha
Eau Claire
Wausau
Wisconsin
Gulf of Mexico
Iowa
Illinois
American Motors Corp
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
Houston
W.P. Hobby
Houston Ship Channel
Chicago
O'Hare International
United Air Lines
Toledo
Ohio
Allegheny Airlines
Plains
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
New England
The Bible Speaks To You Sunday Services Listed
Radio times report schedules for religious programs across stations in St Louis Centralia and Herrin with broadcasts at KSD WENT WJPF and WENT 9 30 a m 9 00 a m and 8 30 a m local times for Sundays offering congregants brief worship reminders and channel notes.
Two Panthers Shot Dead at UCLA Meeting
At UCLA Campbell Hall during a campus meeting on an Afro-American studies director search two Black Panthers, John Jerome Huggins 23 and Apprentice Carter 26, were found slain. Police arrested 17 people later for weapon possession. none charged with the killings amid an apparent Panthers rivalry investigation.
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Los Angeles
University of California At
Watts
Ucla
Panthers
Campbell Hall
Robert Madlock
Huggins
Carter
Madlock
Seek IBM Breakup As Monopoly
New York AP reports the federal government filed a antitrust suit against International Business Machines Corp alleging monopolization of the $3 billion general purpose digital computer market. The Justice Department seeks a partial breakup and a restraining order, while IBM defends its industry growth and competitive conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Business Machines Corp
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
IBM
Data Processing Financial & General Corp
Data Processing
Control
Data Corp
Ramsey Clark
Nicholas Katzenbach
Mission Helps Stranded Couple and Seven Children
A couple and seven children stranded in Mt. Vernon last night were aided after running out of gas with no money for food. The Mt. Vernon Rescue Mission fed the family and police supplied funds for gasoline as they continued toward Michigan where the man has employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt.” Vernon
Michigan
Mt. Vernon
Kiwanis Lead in Maharajah Contest at Red Stocking Follies
The Kiwanis Club leads the Maharajah contest with Koins club second Rotary third Noon Day Optimists fourth and Breakfast Optimists fifth. The Maharajah will appear in a harem dance at the Red Stocking Follies, January 23 and 25 at the high school auditorium. Proceeds fund coronary care equipment for Good Samaritan Hospital, a Hospital Auxiliary project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Koins Club
Rotary
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt Vernon Chamber Sees Plant Prospects Meeting
The Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce board of directors meets Monday at 4 p.m. to review industrial prospects and the financial status of Santa Claus Lane. C Dale Carpenter and Archie Whitlock present reports. Rolland Lewis and Morris Wood provide updates on the project. Paul Thomas presides.
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Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Santa Claus Lane
C. Dale Carpenter
Archie Whitlock
Rolland Lewis
Santa Claus Tiane
Morris Wood
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Paul Thomas
Jefferson County Farm Bureau
Denimark Shop Ribbon Cutting at 106 North 9th St
The Chamber of Commerce announced a ribbon cutting for a new greeting card shop, Denimark, at 106 North 9th Street with a 9:30 a.m. ceremony. Owners Ed ward W. Sweetman and wife, with Mrs. Sweetnan as manager, name the shop after their children Denise and Mark. Chairman Marion Heifner and ambassadors will lead the event. the public is invited.
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Chamber of Commerce
North 9Th St
Edward W. Sweetman
East Crownview
Sweetnan
Denimark
Sweetnam
Denise
Mark
Marion Heifner
Good Will
Perfect Seven No Trump Hand At KU Bridge
Barbara Lynn Manos a University of Kansas coed from Independence Missouri said she was dealt a hand containing four aces four kings four queens and no hearts She noted it would take about 635 quintillion hands for duplication and she bid seven no trump after final exams around 1 15 a m on January 16 in a casual game with friends
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Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas
Rise To Install Shrine Officers
Harry Bise of Collinsville, newly installed potentate of Ainad Temple, will officiate Tuesday evening at the installation of officers of the Jefferson County Shrine Club. The ceremonial at Hunt's Restaurant will be Rise’s first official act after taking office Friday night.
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Harry Bise
Collinsville
Ainad Temple
Jefferson County Shrine Club
Hunt’s Restaurant
Rise
France Calls Big 4 Talks On Mideast Crisis
France urges a Big Four conference with the United States Britain the Soviet Union and France at the UN to discuss ending the Middle East dispute under a UN umbrella. US outlines a two track plan for direct Arab-Israeli talks and US-Soviet talks. The move aims to implement the November 1967 Security Council resolution.
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Associated Press
France
Middle East
United States
Israel
Washington Evening Star
Dean Rusk
Yuri N. Tcherniakov
the Star
Rusk
Soviet Union
Isral
U.N
United Nations
Paris
Britain
U.N. Security Council
China
Security Council
Thieves Break Into Home And Tavern Here
Two burglaries were reported in Mt. Vernon last night at the Park Inn Tavern on Fifth and Jordan and at the home of William Shelton at 1705 Lambert. The Park Inn entry shattered a door glass to access a fake box and pinball machine but no money was taken. At Shelton’s residence, thieves broke a rear door glass between 5:30 PM and 10:30 PM, stealing a metal box with a $20 bill, old coins, personal papers, and a pistol.
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Mt. Vernon
Park Inn
Fifth
Jordan
William Shelton
Lambert
Ogilvie Joins Young People at Rotunda Dance
Governor Ogilvie attended a rotunda dance with youths as a rock and roll band played. He danced with his daughter and tried an electric guitar, while Atty Gen William J Scott noted the gesture as a sign he was listening to Illinois youth before continuing to a Springfield hotel for the final party of the evening.
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Rotunda
William’ J. Scott
Illinois
Ogilvie
Springfield
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319 South
Ind
Anton John Leake
McLeansboro
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Terry Wade Lewis
Bruford
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Nason
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Briarwood
Vera Ann Allen
Mark Shannon Moore
Fairid Road
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Salem
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Texico
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Ashley
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Hildred Roberts
Waltonville
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Mary Haley
Maxine Clayton
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Wilshire
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Nellie Roberson
Logan
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Rockford
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Penny Pinchers Flying Club
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John Manion, Jr
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Mowrer
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Mmagninane
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