Deaths and Funerals for George Harvill of Waltonville
George Martin Harvill 56 of 1205 North 9th Street died 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Marion Veterans Hospital. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Myers Chapel with Rev. Glendall Davis. burial Kirk Cemetery. Body lies in state after 5 p.m. today at Myers Chapel. military rites by Waltonville VFW Post. Born March 14, 1914 in Jefferson County. son of John A. and Cora Ann Harvill. Survived by father John of Mt. Vernon, brother Thomas M. of Mt. Vernon, sisters Dortha Malin Waltonville Ortha Telford Sparks Nev. and Mary Lou Jester Mt. Vernon.
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George Martin Harvill
North 9Th Street
Marion Veterans Hospital
Myers Chapel
Glendall Davis
Kirk Cemetery
Waltonville V.F.W. Post
Clifford Jones Phoenix death notice in Arizona hospital
Clifford Jones a former resident of Bonnie died Sunday morning in a Phoenix Arizona hospital. Born in Goreville Illinois he was married to Mae Durham who survives. He leaves a daughter Donna and four grandchildren. The funeral was Tuesday in Phoenix.
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Clifford Jones
Bonnie
Phoenix
Arizona
Mr. Jones
Goreville
Ill
Mae Durham
Donna
Pheonix
Milwaukee widow Bessie Bahde dies at 72
Mrs. Albert Bahde 72 of Milwaukee Wis died Saturday She was a retired manager of the Colonial Hotel in Mt Vernon Funeral services held at Franzen Young and Kauffmann Funeral Home in Milwaukee Private graveside service at Memorial Gardens Mt Vernon Born Vandalia October 26 1898 daughter of Eddie and Lulu Pruett Survived by husband Albert daughter Betty Jacobus one granddaughter and one great grandson
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Albert
Bessie J.) Bahde
Milwaukee
Wis
Old Colonial
Mt. Vernon
Franzen, Young and Kauffmann
Memorial Gardens
Bahde
Vandalia
Eddie
Lulu
Pruett
Roy
Betty) Jacobus
Hospital Notes listing admissions across multiple towns
A hospital notes list many admissions across Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan locations. Names include Shirley Henson Diana Harris Earl Allen Bonnie Melvin Moore Robert Lee Pittman Jr Blanche Klein and others with addresses in Mt Vernon Centralia Wayne City and Mt. Vernon area. Several mothers report newborns and a discharge for Pamela Rapp. Partial patient list spans multiple streets towns and care facilities.
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Jefferson Memorial
Shirley Henson
George
Diana Harris
South
Earl Allen
Bonnie Melvin Moore
Robert Lee Pittman, Jr
Blanche Klein
Oakland
Thomas Joel Thomas
Bonnie Voylé Gorham
Hickory View
Georgia Cravens
Nancy Marie
Dahlgren
Peggy Smith
Baby Scorner
Vickie Lynn
Wayne City
Sharon Carter
Conger
Russell L. Ore Dies. Wilmington Resident Was Uniroyal Employee
Funeral services for Russell L. Ore 61 of 1928 Roberts street Wilmington Illinois were held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Des Rocher Funeral Home Wilmington. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery. He died Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet. Born December 26 1909 in Mt. Vernon he married Eunice Storment September 5 1931. Survivors include his mother Mable Ore of Wheaton daughters Doris Peitzmeyer and Carol Robinson both of Wilmington Evelyn Jones of Springfield a brother Harold Ore Hendersonville Tenn and four grandchildren. He had lived in Wilmington four years and worked for Uniroyal Inc.
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Russell L. Ore
Roberts Street
Wilmington
Ill
Mt. Vernon
Des Rocher
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Ore
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
John Ore
Eunice Storment
Mable Ore
Wheaton
Doris ‘Peitzmeyer
Carol Robinson
Evelyn Jones
Springfield
Harold Ore
Hendersonville
Tenn
Ore
Uniroyal, Inc
Arthur Crowder Baldwin obituary notice in Chester area
Arthur Crowder Baldwin 68 of Bald win died Saturday morning at a Chester hospital. Funeral at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Schroeder's Funeral Home in Chester with burial at Ebenezer Cemetery Rockwood. Masonic rites by Lodge 495 Stonefort at 7:30 p.m. today. Born Sept. 14, 1908 in Stonefort son of Rev James A. and Gertrude Crowder. Married Feb. 2, 1928 in Stonefort to Marie Martin who preceded him in death. Survived by daughter Sondra Preston three sisters and three brothers and two grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents one brother and one sister.
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Arthur Crowder
Baldwin
Chester
Schroeder
Ebenezer
Rockwood
Lodge 495
Stonefort
Mr. Crowder
James A
Gertrude (Adams) Crowder
Marie Martin
Lillie M. Wood
Mt. Vernon
Byron
Sondra) Preston
Mildred Gibson Harvey
Sterling
Eva Reid
Oatman, Ariz
Cretin Beebee
Michigan City
Ind
Charles H
Vantage
Wash
William R
Country Club Hills
John L
Washington, Ti
Hog market prices and timings from morning sale
Markets opened at 7:00 a.m. and closed at 12:00 noon with price gains. ULS.D.A. hogs weighing 200 to 220 lb sold as No 1 at 16.25, No 2 at 15.75, No 3 at 15.25. sows rose 0.50 to 11.59, with sows priced between 9.50 and 11.59.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon farmers reported quotes for wheat at 1.57 soybeans at 2.91 and shelled corn at 1.58 this morning.
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Mt. Vernon
Market Report From National Stockyards Hogs Cattle Prices
National Stockyards Illinois market estimates show Tuesday figures for hogs at 8,000 head, cattle 2,000, calves 100, and sheep 300. Hogs traded mostly higher with various weight ranges closing 12.50 to 17.00, while sows and boars rose. Cattle on lighter run saw steers and heifers up about 1.00, prime steers near 30.50 per 1,075 pounds. cows and vealers also varied, with vealers at 38.00-40.00 and lambs steady with prime 24.50-25.00 for 90-105 pound lambs.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Choice
Saint Louis Egg and Poultry Price Report
St Louis AP reports consumer egg grades by size and class. Large eggs 32-40, medium 29-37, small 17-27, some grades not reported. wholesale standards 20-22, medium 18-20, unclassified 17-18. Hens heavy 9, light over 514 lbs 6, under 5% lb 2. Broilers and fryers priced 24.00-26.25 this week’s delivery.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Eggs Wholesale Prices Steady with Mixed Grades
Chicago wholesale egg prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were unchanged to up to 9% higher with grade A whites at 39 cents, mediums 35, standards 35, and checks 19 cents per dozen, reflecting mixed market movements.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Wall Street rises on prime rate cuts by major banks
Wall Street shrugged into higher trading as banks cut prime rates. The Dow Jones 30 gained to 848.92 at noon, up 3.22, with the Associated Press 60-stock average at 296.6, up 1.0. Rail oils airlines and metals led advances while aircrafts and electronics slipped.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Morgan Guaranty
Associated Press
General Mills
Chase Manhattan Realty
Earth's age estimated by rock radioactivity study
A study of radioactive rocks from the earth's crust and meteorites suggests the earth's age is probably four to five billion years.
One in four aged Americans live in poverty
Washington AP Senate Special Committee on Aging reports 1969 saw about 4.8 million people over 65 in poverty, up nearly 200,000 from 1968. The aging population faces unemployment, high property taxes, and rising health costs, with calls to expand Social Security and Medicare.
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Washington
Senate Special Committee On Aging
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Congress
Senate
House
Treasury General Revenues
Medicare
Drive to reopen Route 4 amid fuel shortages
Phnom Penh relies on reopening Highway 4 after its closure on November 21 cut access to Kompong Som port and the oil refinery. A South Vietnamese convoy brought 250000 gallons of gasoline and aviation fuel for five days as U.S. forces, including the Cleveland and Iwo Jima, provide support off the Cambodian coast. Three American aircraft were shot down in Vietnam, with one killed, one missing, and four wounded. troop strength rose 333300 last week as part of a temporary fluctuation in the drawdown plan toward 284000 by May 1.
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Am Rong
Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Cleveland
Iwo Jima
Gulf of Siam
U.S
South Vietnam
Air Force
Saigon
Vietnam
Height Gap Between Pacific Northwest Men and New England Natives
A historical note states that men in the Pacific Northwest are slightly taller on average than natives of New England. The comparison highlights regional physical variation among adult men across two U S regions.
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Pacific Northwest
New England
Rock Benefit Dance at Armory Friday features REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon of Champaign will headline a veterans benefit dance Friday night January 22 at the Mt Vernon Armory from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Coal Kitchen from Carbondale backs the act. Proceeds fund a relief loan program for Rend Lake College veterans and their children, with no interest loans when veterans checks are late or lost. Tickets cost 2 dollars in advance and 2.50 at the door, available at Rend Lake College and Park Plaza stores.
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R.E.O. Speedwagon
Champaign
Mt Vernon Armory
Rend Lake College Veterans’ Association
Carbondale
Rend Lake College
The
Association
Duane Yaeger
Jack Page
Nobil
Carl’s Clothing
Park Plaza
Police Sympathy Strike Spreading Around City
NEW YORK AP talks aimed at ending the strike by 20 000 city patrolmen were gravely deadlocked today as wildcat sympathy walkouts spread among transit and housing patrolmen. 1 800 teamsters struck Sunday cutting off most fruit and vegetable supply. Telephone repairmen and installers strike enters second week with no sign of break. Transit Authority says about 25 percent of transit police refused to work Sunday in sympathy. Housing Authority says at least 50 housing patrolmen in Brooklyn staged sympathy walkouts. Detectives senior officers and probationary patrolmen work 12 hour shifts. 63 federal Executive Protection Service officers sent from Washington to guard Soviet offices amid anti Soviet incidents. No clear crime rise observed. City negotiators continue talks with patrolmen firemen and Sanitation departments without contracts since Jan 1.
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New York
Transit Authority
Housing Authority
Brooklyn
Washington
Federal Executive Protection Service
Chicago Junior College Strike Reaches Return to Pickets
About 900 of the system's 1,150 teachers belong to the Cook County Teachers Union. They vow to resume the strike Monday until their contract demands are met, including an 18 percent wage rise, smaller classes, student health service for 39,000 pupils, and an end to involuntary transfers.
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Chicago
Cook County Teachers Union
Heavy guard as Tate murder jury resumes deliberations
Los Angeles AP reports on the Sharon Tate murder trial jury entering a second full day of deliberation under tight security. The seven-man five-woman panel weighs first degree murder and conspiracy for Charles Manson and three female codefendants after reviewing 297 exhibits and six million words of testimony.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Hall of Justice
Charles Manson
Manson
Susan Atkins
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Oil price talks in Tehran test OPEC unity
Ten nations led by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia arrive in Tehran for preliminary talks on a five year oil price agreement with a sliding scale of annual increases. Iran hosts as Iraq Abu Dhabi and Qatar support the discussions ahead of an OPEC general conference to consider potential production cuts that could hurt Western Europe and Japan.
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Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Tehran
Iraq
Abu Dhabi
Qatar
Europe
Japan
Nixon
Irwin
OPEC
Hoveida
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
California
Gulf
Texaco
Mobil
British Petroleum
Royal Dutch Shell
Compagnie Francaise Des Petrols
Divorce Complaints Filed in Circuit Court
Three divorce complaints filed in circuit court include Carol Jean Martin vs Richard Lee Martin with custody, property and injunctive relief sought. Lendell D. Gersbacher vs Claudia Gail Gersbacher citing mental cruelty and custody with visitation upon prison release. Clara C. Stanick vs Ignace John Stanick with custody and division requests. In traffic accidents, Harmon N. Eldridge 77 was in a collision at 7th and Main, Milfred P. Van Dyke and Ortus M. Drake collided at Broadway and 6th, and two more injuries reported at 18th and Logan with minor injuries and extensive vehicle damage.
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Carol Jean Martin
Richard Lee Martin
Lendell D. Gersbacher
Claudia Gail Gersbacher
Menard
Clara C. Stanick
Ignace John Stanick
Nashville
Tenn
Harmon N. Eldridge
South 13Th
7Th and
Main
Eldridge
Broadway
6Th Street
Milfred P. van Dyke
South 15Th
Ortus M. Drake
Benton
Drake
Logan
Rick Heck
Bonnie
Dennis E. Mays
South 18Th
Mable Rainey
Elmer E. Rainey
South 21St
Two divorces granted in circuit court Friday
Violet Long was granted a divorce from Jim Long and Alice Humphrey Reid was granted a divorce from Walter Prince Reid in circuit court on Friday.
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Violet Long
Jim Long
Alice Humphrey Reid
Walter Prince Reid
Fire damages shed at Shapiro Brothers Illinois Iron and Metal
Mt. Vernon firemen responded at 9 56 am today to a small stove related fire in a shed at 510 South 6th. Shapiro Brothers Illinois Iron and Metal Company. Damage was very slight and confined to one wall of the shed.
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Mt. Vernon
Shapiro Brothers of Illinois Iron and Metal Company
South 6Th
Three vehicle crashes reported by Mt Vernon police
Three automobile accidents were reported to Mt Vernon police over the weekend. Saturday at 12 08 p m cars driven by Joyce P Hall 31 and others were involved in separate incidents downtown and on the outskirts, with minor injuries reported and investigations continuing.
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Mt. Vernon
Joyce P. Hall
Arab Mission In New York Bombed
NEW YORK AP three patrolmen were assigned to guard the United Arab Republic mission to the United Nations after a fire bomb damaged the building. Glass shattered and flames were smothered by extinguishers. no injuries reported. An anonymous caller claimed the Egyptian mission was bombed and linked Arabs to Russians. The Jewish Defense League staged a nearby protest at the Soviet mission. Israel censured the JDL for the terror action opposition remarks.
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New York
United Arab Republic
United Nations
Associated Press
Jewish Defense League
Israel
Jerusalem
JDS
Abduction Plot Targets Rich Family In Columbia Area
In a bold kidnap plan, alleged assailants tied up a family and moved them between homes. They forced entry at the Lee residence where a struggle occurred, a pistol was fired, and two men were later charged with kidnapping robbery burglary and assault for the attempted abduction.
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Dina
Chavises
Don
Suzanne
Dawn
Sen
Lindsay
Columbia
David
Chavis
T. E. Cottingham
Lee
Charles Leonard Scales
Bennettsville
Grover Bennett
Charlotte
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Good Samaritan
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Bluford
Eva Grant
Harrison
Sandra Leneave
Thelma Mewcomb
Thompsonville
Alice Flowers
George Ruby Bullock
Ramona Richardson
Cora Culli
Mt. Ver
Billy McMorrough
Doris Johnson
Flora
Robert McClanahan
South 7Th
Hazel Owens
Shirley Neal
North 9Th
Lucille Newell
Waltonville
James Lucas
Rubilee Erriesto
Roselle Flower
Hillcrest
Estelle Mosley
Jamison
Robert Bolerjack
Cherry Luvera Rogers
Kenneth Laughlin
Wilshire
Benjamin Adcock
Centralia
Mary Spiller
West Frankfort
Ronald Mount
Wescott
Loren Scott
Oak Ridge
Kirby
Alice Simmons
Kell
Alan K. Fortmeyer
Irvington
Carol Ann Marshall
Leigh Ann
Northbrook
Andrew Webb
Bell
Meriiod Meyer
Crownview
Edrine Deino
Jones
Howard Rudd
John Hatchett
Dale Martin
Charles Goodley
Kirkwood
Marcella Farthing
Arthur Crowder Baldwin
Farragut
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
Salem Road
Armory
Vets
Chicago Junior College Strike
Tate Jury
Register-News
Myers Funeral Service
OAT
Vernon,ill
Jovea
Frbuald l Nigne
Bill
Mercury
Drive Mercury
Bill Kniffen
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