Deaths Wilford Huggins 77 in McLeansboro
Wilford Huggins 77 died Saturday at his home 04 South Jackson McLeansboro. Funeral services 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Donelson Funeral Home with Rev Dennis Clark officiating. Burial in McLeansboro IO.C.F. cemetery. He born January 9 1887 in Hamilton County, son of Benjamin and R. Sippie Cluck Huggins. Survived by wife Roxie Sloan two sons Ben Huggins Ambler PA and Laurel Huggins McLeansboro seven grandchildren. Member of New Salem Baptist Church.
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Wilford Huggins
South Jackson Street
McLeansboro
Donelson Funeral Home
Dennis Clark
Donelson
Mr. Huggins
Hamilton County
Benjamin and
R. Sippie (Cluck) Huggins
Roxie Sloan
Ben Huggins
Ambler Pa
Laurel Huggins
New Salem Baptist Church
L A Blackwood Dies Suddenly Funeral Tuesday
Lawrence A. Blackwood, 62, died Saturday at 4:10 am at his home 1125 South Ninth Street after a heart attack. Funeral at 2:00 pm Tuesday at Corinthian Baptist Church with Rev. William Fuqua officiating. Burial Bethel Memorial Cemetery. Born April 5, 1900 in Trenton Tennessee. Survived by daughter Arbella Blackwood, stepdaughter Louise Lew, two sisters, 10 grandchildren, a niece and a nephew.
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Lawrence A. Blackwood
South Ninth Street
Corinthian Baptist Church
William Fuqua
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Parker Funeral
Mr. Blackwood
Trenton
Tenn
Anthony
Mary
Wade) Blackwood
Cletus Oliver
Arbella Blackwood
Louise Lew
St. Louis
Dora Jones
Bessie Armstrong
Mt. Vernon
Irene Maulding of Dahlgren Dies
Irene Maulding of Dahlgren died at Barnes Hospital St Louis at 5 00 a m Sunday. Funeral at Dahlgren Baptist Church Tuesday at 1 30 p m with Rev Kenneth Holland officiating. Burial at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren. Born January 11 1886 in Dixon Kentucky, daughter of J R Clark and Eliza Smith. Survived by brother Ralph Clark of Dahlgren and sisters Flora McNair Dahlgren Grace Stone Jonesboro Ark Ruby Harrison Memphis Tenn.
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Irene Maulding
Dahlgren
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Dahlgren Baptist Church
Kenneth Holland
Gholson Funeral Home
Dahlgren Where Friends May Call At Any Time. Mrs. Maulding
Dixon, Ky
J. R
Eliza (Smith) Clark
Cary Maulding
Ralph Clark
Flora McNair
Grace Stone
Jonesboro
Ark
Ruby Harrison
Memphis
Rev. Scott Cotten Dies At Age 85
Scott Cotten 85 a retired Baptist minister and church organizer from Crossville IN died at his Pecos Texas home. He was brother in law to Mrs Robert Arnold of Mt Ver non Route 6. He is survived by his wife Margaret Renshaw of Carmi three daughters and one son. Cotten and his wife were missionaries in Cuba for several years.
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Scott Cotten
Crossville
Pecos
Texas
Robert Arnold
Mt. Vernon
Cotten
Margaret Renshaw
Carmi
Cuba
Sam Hickey of Texico Dies at 87
Sam S C Hickey 87 of near Texico died at 7 15 p m Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital Funeral 2 00 p m Tuesday at Panther Fork Baptist Church with Rev Melvin Chambliss officiating Burial will be in adjoining cemetery Body will lie in state at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix Born July 9 1876 in Jefferson County son of Joseph and Martha Ann Melton Hickey Married Jan 28 1905 in Field township to May Woodward who survives Also surviving four sons Clarence Hickey Kell Dalmar Hickey Mt Vernon Arthur and Charles Hickey Texico two daughters Alma Johnson Centralia and Clara Paradee Mt Vernon eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren
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Joseph
Martha Ann (Melton) Hickey
Field Township
May Woodward
Clarence Hickey
Kell
Dalmar Hickey
Mt. Vernon
Arthur
Charles Hickey
Texico
Alma Johnson
Centralia
Clara Paradee
Hoffa Says No Nationwide Truck Strike Ever
James R. Hoffa states there will never be a nationwide trucking strike due to the Teamsters Union new national wage agreement with the transport industry. His pledge comes from Chattanooga. The interview underscores the union leader’s confidence in avoiding a broad walkout.
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Chattanooga
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
The
Local Livestock Market Prices Steady On Hog Top
Prices were unchanged on the local livestock market today. The top was 14.25 for 190 to 220 lb hogs. Sows were 12.25 for 300 weight down, sows 300 weight and over 12.00, down. Boars were 7.00 and 8.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Show Varied Wares
Mt Vernon market reports list prices for grain products with heat at 2.12 per unit, percelins at 2.68, and corn at 1.19. The figures reflect the latest local trading levels in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Market News: Hogs Steady to Mixed. Cattle Steady
National Stockyards reports hogs 14,000 with barrows and gilts steady to 2 lower and sows 25 lower. Barrows and gilts 180-200 lb range 14.50-15.25. sows 275-600 lb 11.25-13.25. Cattle 6,000 with calves 250. Steers under 1150 lb about steady. over 1150 lb heifers and cows not fully established. Choice steers 20.50-20.00. vealers active with good to choice 23.00-34.00.
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USDA
Chicago Produce prices steady across butter eggs and poultry
Chicago AP report notes butter wholesale prices unchanged with various grade figures, eggs steady to firm with price ranges by grade, and live poultry wholesale prices unchanged to higher with roasters and special fed fryers listed. Data covers 93 score AA, 92 A, 90 B, 89 C butter lines and eggs or poultry grade brackets.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Grain price quotes from Chicago market report
Chicago market roundup lists wheat no sales for wheat and soybeans. Corn prices show No 2 yellow at 1.23 per bushel and No 3 yellow at 1.19 to 1.20, with No 4 yellow 1.15 to 1.71, No 5 yellow 1.12, and sample grade yellow 1.15. Oats quotes include No 1 extra heavy white 75 and No 2 extra heavy white 74 4 to 75. Soybean oll 8% a.
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Chicago
New York Stocks End Mixed After Inflation Ban Signals
Irregular midafternoon trading in New York saw volume around 5.7 million shares as key issues moved with reactions to President Johnson’s inflation control remarks. Chrysler led declines in autos while Du Pont and several chemicals slipped. tobacco and some cigars remained pressured. Dow noon averages showed slight gains across industrials and rails, with utilities and overall stock index up modestly.
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New York
Johnson
Chrysler
du Pont
Lorillard
Liggett & Myers
American Tobacco
R. J. Reynolds
Xerox
IBM
Philip Morris
Bayuk
Alcoa
Reynolds Metals
G. D. Searle
Helene Curtis
Jonathan Logan
Zenith
Bucyrus Erie
American Stock Exchange
U.S
U.na
Heavy guard at Hoffa trial opens in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga, federal court opens the James R. Hoffa jury tampering trial with a heavy guard. Judge Frank Wilson swore in the first 100 prospective jurors as motions threaten delay. The courtroom filled to capacity while marshals guarded inside and outside. The defense protests the sealing of juror lists until selection begins.
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Chattanooga
Wilson
Hoffa in Chattanooga for 1962 conspiracy trial
Teamsters president told reporters on Sunday that anyone who knows the transport industry would understand. Hoffa heads to Chattanooga for juror influence trial in Nashville, as the pact announced last week unites 400000 Teamsters under a three year contract.
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Teamsters
Hoffa
Chattanooga
Nashville
Jaycee Of The Year Award Here Wednesday
Mt Vernon Jaycee Week moves forward with the Jaycee of the Year presentation at a January 22 banquet at First Community Church. Vernon's outstanding young man will be honored. Cornell Eckert will be guest speaker returning from a tour of the Russian agricultural system.
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Chamber of
Cornell Eckert
Mt. Vernon
President Sees Record Prosperity and Welfare Aims
President Johnson previews a sweeping 1965 agenda aiming to boost the private economy with a $623 billion 1964 baseline, including higher overtime pay, federal aid to upgrade education for poor children, hospital insurance under Social Security, mass transit funding, renewed housing laws, extended minimum wage coverage, unemployment insurance expansion, and measures to lift the forgotten fifth above the poverty line. The plan targets a balanced budget and sustained growth as the economy expands.
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Johnson
Kennedy
Reverend Wickstrom to serve as Senate Chaplain in Springfield
Rev. Delbert T. Wickstrom pastor of the First Community Church will spend the early part of this week in Springfield as chaplain of the State Senate during the special session. He opened an extraordinary session on Sunday night at 8 00 o clock to work out a districting agreement.
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Delbert T. Wickstrom
First Community Church
Springfield
State Senate
Sheriff Barton Attends Illinois Association Meeting
Jefferson County Sheriff Dewey Barton attends the annual meeting of the Illinois Sheriff's Association in Springfield at the St. Nicholas Hotel.
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Jefferson County
Dewey Barton
Illinois Sheriff's Association
Springfield
St. Nicholas Hotel
Births in Bluford Salem and Newfoundland reflect families
Mr and Mrs Paul William Craig of Bluford have a daughter Catherine Anne born at Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing nine pounds seven ounces. Mr and Mrs Bernard Sellers of Salem have a son Douglas Frank born at Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing eight pounds three ounces. Mr and Mrs Wendell Breeze of Bluford welcome a daughter Tammie Ann born January 17 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds seven and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Cecil Martin and Mr and Mrs Oran Breeze of Bluford report another birth, a son Kevin Wayne born at Naval Hospital Argentia weighing six pounds four ounces. Grandparents include Bennie Pettit of Mt Vernon and Howard L. Weaver of Sacramento.
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Paul William Craig
RFD
Bluford
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Catherine Anne
Bernard Sellers
Salem
Douglas Frank
Wendell Breeze
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Tammie Ann
Ecil Martin
Oran Breeze
Joe Wayne Haze
Freshwater
Newfoundland
Naval Hospital
Argentia
Kevin Wayne
Bennie Pettit
Mt. Vernon
Howard L. Weaver
Sacramento
Calif
High Wind Strikes St. Louis Area Sunday
A brief thunderstorm with winds up to 35 mph damaged buildings and knocked out power to about 1,500 homes for as long as five hours. Three large plate glass windows at a furniture firm were broken causing 2000 in damage. Creve Coeur firemen reported section roofs blown off and windows broken by debris with no injuries.
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ST. Louis
Union Electric Co
Creve Coeur
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan notes list admitted and discharged patients. Names include Tammy Gate ly Vera Sellers Cloyd Pierce Bethel Lonie Redman John Clark Whitting ton Frank McCall McKenzie Rosemary Whisenhunt and others. Discharges include Rowena Reavis Ada Rainwater Minnie Bullock and many more.
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Jefferson Memorial
Tammy Gail Gately
Vera Lee Sellers
Salem
Cloyd Pierce Coll
Wayne City
John Drue Bethel
Lonie B. Redman
John Kevin Clark
Whittington
Frank McCalll McKenzie
Springerton
Rosemary Whisenhunt
Madge Daughhetti
Aline Quinn
Sylvia Degenhart
Ada Story
Carlas Schmitt
Darel Gene
Good Samaritan
Donald Richard Fitts
Max John Kelley
Nora Edith Bobbitt
John Richard Hamilton
Leah Vera Hartman
Helen Webb Stelle
Maxine Onita Goddard
Albert George Bahbe
Carl Eugene Lewis
Gail Edward Phelps
Oma Wilmetts
D. Jones
William Warner Colvin
Margaret Rose Chambliss
Henry Cates Henn
Myrtle Marie Bodine
Howard Brieseacher
Rowena Deloris Reavis
Ada Mae Rainwater
Minnie Mae Bullock
West Elmira Wolfe
Hubert Dale Danner
Eleanor Florenc Hills
Celia Ellen Sorenson
Sadie Louise Randolph
Robert Leland Whitaker
Robert Andrew Keller
Daisy Lee Osborne
Mamie Mae Campbell
Guy Robert Page
Inez Marie Williamson
Harry Emerson Etheridge
Norma Jean ‘Thomason
Terry Dean
Audrey Helen Muhr
Sarah Freida Mac Earl
Lillie Florence Beppler
William Elmer Riley
Kenneth Packard Bell
Ivan Monroe Clark
Joel S. Clapman
Four Others Hurt As Car Hits Bridge
A detailed Chicago area car crash roundup reports multiple fatalities and injuries from Sunday incidents. Names include Harry Durheim Altamont 47 and Robert Ball Peru 47 among others. The list spans Wa mac Joliet Plainfield Joliet Chicago East St. Louis and Morton Grove with several deaths and several injuries.
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Alton
Harry Durheim
Altamont
Wamac
Centralia
Robert Ball
Peru
Robert McCarthy
Palos Heights
Alsip
Chicago
David G. Parriott
Rochester
Minn
Illinois
East St. Louis
Washington Park
Earl Core
Edward Robhbillard
Morton Grove
Dan Ryan
Register Tonight For Orchestra And Chorus At Mt V High
Community College Orchestra and Chorus at Mt V High welcome new members tonight or next Monday. Rehearsals run 7:30 for orchestra and 8:00 for chorus, ending 9:30. Noncredit joiners may attend weekly. credit students enroll via the college office after the first rehearsal. The 1962 tradition continues with a Wilder one act opera Lowland Seas planned for the chorus, space permitting. Rehearsals are in the Music Department on the 3rd floor of Building F Vocational.
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Community College
Alec Wilder
F-Vocational Bldg
Illinois Weather: mild spell with showers across state
Five day forecast shows Northern Illinois 10-15 degrees above normal with little rain less than 0.1 inch and showers late in the week. Southern Illinois warms then cools midweek, no significant precipitation expected. Chicago reports mainly fair skies with highs in 50s, lows above freezing nationwide and storm disruptions from lightning and wind gusts.
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Illinois
Ilinois
Illinois Weather Chicago
Weather Bureau
Rockford
Chicago
Moline
Commonwealth Edison Co
Killer Ruby Seeks Freedom On Bail
The ongoing bail hearing for killer Ruby resumes after a Christmas recess as defense contends Oswald the Kennedy assassin and Tippit slayer acted while temporarily insane. Judge Brown weighs admissibility of new evidence and a potential venue change ahead of a February Dallas trial.
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Ing
Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Oswald
Kennedy
J. D. Tippit
Melvin Belli
John Connally
Texas
Tippit
Dallas
Belli
Brown
Rawlings Installed as East St Louis Shriners Potentate
Rawlings, longtime associate of East St Louis Public Schools and veteran Mason, was installed as Potentate after election. He led a new Divan with officers including Conner, MacLean, Rodgers, Willmzig Jr, Harrington, and Miller, forming the leadership team for the East St Louis group.
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Rawlings
East St. Louis
Potentate Rawlings
Lebanon Lodge No. 110
AF & AM
Illinois Grand Lodge
East St. Louis Commandery No
Order of DeMolay
Francis D. Conner
Belleville
Rabban
Morris E. MacLean
Carson W. Rodgers
Cairo
Roy L. Willmzig, Jr
Granite City
Oriental Guide
J. Wm. Harrington
Robert F. Miller
Recorder
Five Accidents In Mt. Vernon Area Injuring Three
Five automobile accidents were reported in Mt. Vernon and Jefferson County Saturday. Three persons were injured, none seriously. Causes cited include slippery snow packed roads and ice. Names involved include Harvey W. Randall and Clarence W. Taylor, with several collisions around Main and Johnson, Fifth and Herbert, 34th and Broadway, and a 1100 Newby address noted.
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Mt. V
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Harvey W. Randall
Pace
Divide
Randall
Clarence W. Taylor
Sullivan
Ind
Ralph W. Albrecht
Hazel Albrecht
North 12Th Street
Main Street
Johnson
Mr. Albrecht
Samuel J. Phillips
Castleton
Fifth
Herbert
James W. Smith
Route 1
Robert W. Etheridge
Belleville
Minnie M. Wilfong
Jerry W. Graham
Grant
Willie Hardin
Newby
Wilfong
Hardin
Graham
Minnie Wilfong
34Th and
Broadway
Curtis E. Bolerjack
Apple
Robert E. Sanders
Woodlawn
Sanders
Dimes March At Woodlawn Next Monday
Paul McGill and J O Clemens sponsor a March of Dimes program at Woodlawn consolidated grade school next Monday evening. Lunch at 5 00 p m. program at 7 00 p m. Includes girls basketball game a pee wee game and a musical program. Admission by donation benefiting the March of Dimes campaign.
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Paul McGill
Woodlawn
J. O. Clemens
Mrs Johnson Arrives in New York for Play Preview
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson arrives in New York as a coach passenger on an American Airlines jet from Washington. She will attend a preview of Arthur Miller's After the Fall, with a Secret Service escort meeting the plane at LaGuardia.
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New York
Lyndon
Johnson
Washington
American Airlines
Arthur Miller
LaGuardia
Flash Explosion Injures Mt. Vernon Insurance Man
W W Colvin aged 54 of 2933 Logan was injured in a flash explosion while lighting a gas furnace at the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints three miles north of town on the Salem road. He is in satisfactory condition at Good Samaritan. The church, formerly Pleasant Grove grade school, held its first Sunday service there yesterday after relocating from 20th and Casey.
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W. W. “B. Colvin
Mt. Vernon
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
Salem
Colvin
Logan
Pleasant Grove
20Th and
Casey
Mt Vernon Debaters Earn High Ratings at SIU Tournament
Mt Vernon high school debate team placed well at the Southern Illinois Debate Tournament hosted by Southern Illinois University. Negative squad members were Terry McCullough Mickey Barton Connie Blades Lynn Korris Anita Pericoli Betty Noel while affirmative representatives included Dee Ann Ford Rose Ann Perino Sue Sammons Susan Montfort Larry Randall and Eric Hele. Terry McCullough received the top rating among all squad members. Ron Wilson, the speech and drama teacher, sponsored and judged the team. The next tourney is slated for February 21 and 22 at Cabool Missouri.
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Mt. Vernon
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Terry McCullough
Mickey Barton
Connie Blades
Lynn Korris
Anita Pericoli
Betty Noel
Dee Ann Ford
Rose Ann Perino
Sue Sammons
Susan Montfort
Larry Randall
Eric Hele
Ron Wilson
Cabool
Mt Vernon Shrine to Hold January Meeting and Election
Mt Vernon Shrine No 66 White Shrine of Jerusalem will meet at the Masonic Temple Tuesday January 21 at 7 30 pm A special election will fill vacancies in the Line Offices Emily Goodin W P Naomi R Bogan W S
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Mt. Vernon Shrine
Mt. Vernon Shrine No
White Shrine of
Warn Curfew Violators Here by Vernon Police
Mr. Vernon police Saturday night gave stern warnings to five teenagers out after curfew hours. No arrests were made. Curfew hours are 11 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends.
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