Death notices for Miss Lilian Gillis services set
Funeral services for Miss Lilian Gillis are planned for 2:00 p.m. Monday at Pavey Chapel C.M.E. church, with Rev. R. A. Britton officiating, burial in Oakwood cemetery. The body lies in state at Parker Funeral Home after 4:00 p.m. Sunday. Miss Gillis, 61, of 522 Grand Avenue, died Wednesday in Milwaukee hospital. Born June 27, 1900 in Jefferson County, she was the daughter of Richard and Anna Gillis and survived by two sisters, a Milwaukee uncle, nieces, and a nephew.
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Lillian Gillis
Pavey Chapel
C.M.E
12Th
Newby
R. A. Britton
Oakwood Cemetery
Parker Funeral Home
Jefferson County
Richard and
Anna (Slaughter Gillis
Louis Richard Gillis
Jennie Johnson
Milwaukee
Wis
Gussie Peace
Charles Slaughter
Margaret Grooms
Los Angeles
Calif
Helen Ivory
Edna Davis
Maxine Ivory
Richard Johnson
Randolph Rites Here On Sunday
Funeral services for Raymond Randolph killed in an automobile accident at De Queen Arkansas will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the Cherry Street Church of Christ with Harold Clement and Robert Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery at Lesser. The body will be moved to the church at noon Sunday and friends may call at Myers Chapel after 4:00 p.m. Saturday.
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Raymond Randolph
de- Queen
Arkansas
Cherry Street Church of Christ
Harold Clement
Robert Thompson
Maple Hill Cemetery
Lesser
Myers Chapel
Rites Saturday For Cora Miller
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Miller will be held at 1:00 p m Saturday at the Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev A B Clodfelder officiating Burial will be in Pleasant Grove cemetery The body lies in state at the Pulley Funeral Home for viewing Mrs Miller of 2114 Cherry died at 8:00 a m Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 80 years four months and three days She is survived by a cousin W B Rine of this city She was a member of the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
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Cora Miller
Pulley Funeral
A. B. Clodfelder
Pleasant Grove
Miller
Cherry
Good Samaritan Hospital
W. B. Rine
Warren Wright Takes Highway Division Adviser Post
Warren Wright, former state treasurer, left a state racing job to join the State Highway Division as technical adviser at $800 monthly. Ralph Bartelsmeyer, chief highway engineer, said Wright, of Park Ridge and elected treasurer in 1931 and 1955, began Jan. 1. Wright previously worked as steward for the Iowa Harness Racing Commission, earning $100 a day last year. Wright, a Republican, said Gov. Otto Kerner asked for him to help in 1960.
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Springfield
Warren Wright
Ralph Bartelsmeyer
Wright
Park Ridge
William J. Payes
Wwe
Bartelsmeyer
Payes
Chicago
Dainois Harness Racing Commission
Commission
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Landon Declines Kansas Senate Seat Offer
Alf M. Landon, 1936 Republican presidential candidate, says he does not want to succeed the late Senator Andrew Schoeppel in Kansas. The former candidate had been mentioned as a possible successor but rejects the offer.
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Wichita, Kan
Alf M. Landon
Andrew Schoeppel
Kan
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges at Local Facility
Admitted: Gale D. Weatherford and several others including Ebner David Major Clara Olympia Pijot Edna Marie Haynes Frankie Nell Hicks Lois June Shoemaker Tanne Lee Southern Lewis Don Goolsby Marjorie Lucille Depoister. Discharged: a long list including Sharon Lee Gruben June Clifford Hicks Michael Ray Guyman Barbara Ann Champ James Leroy Hess Grace Ethel Gentle Mrs Madge Laverne Downs and baby Troy Eugene Mrs Helma Paula Brown and baby Stephen Trent Pansy Bell Allison Leila A. Waite Ada Lou Lance Deena Renee York Mary Jane Greenlee Minnie Marie Rightnowar Mrs Hattie Lee Sanders and baby Linda Lou Lilian Pansy Gatewood Mrs Linda Allura Jones and baby Leilana Dawn.
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Gale D. Weatherford
Good Samaritan
Ebner David Major
Clara Olympia Pijot
Edna Marie Haynes
Frankie Nell Hicks
Lois June Shoemaker
Tanne Lee Southern
Lewis Don Goolsby
Marjorie Lucille Depoister
Sharon Lee Gruben
Clifford Hicks
Michael Ray Guyman
Barbara Ann Champ
James Leroy Hess
Grace Ethel Gentle
Madge Laverne Downs
Troy Eugene
Helma Paula Brown
Stephen Trent
Pansy Bell Allison
Leila A. Waite
Ada Lou Lance
Deena Renee York
Mary Jane Greenlee
Minnie Marie Rightnowar
Hattie Lee Sanders
Linda Lou
Lilian Pansy Gatewood
Linda Allura Jones
Leilana Dawn
Births for Stewart and Cavitt Families
Mr and Mrs Gary D Stewart of RFD 4 Mr Vernon are parents of a son born at 10 48 PM last night in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds four ounces named James Ray A son was born to Mr and Mrs Bobby J Cavitt of 2523 College at 6 50 AM this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing five pounds eleven ounces
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Gary D. Stewart
RFD
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
James Ray
Bobby J.,cavitt
2523
College
Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Prices Report
Prices on the local live stock market show hogs at 16.90 for 190 to 220 pounds. Tops were 16.90 with 150 higher overall. Sows weighed 300 pounds and under 15.00 and 800 pounds and over 14.50 down. Boars ranged from 10.00 to 11.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon reports current cash prices for Wheat at 1.88 Soybeans 2.33 and Corn 1.05 per bushel in a brief market update.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Illinois Report
Livestock market report from National Stockyards, Illinois shows hogs at 180 to 270 pounds with various lots priced between 12.00 and 73.00 per hundredweight, cattle and calves trading at 14.50 to 37.00 for vealers and slaughter calves, sows and boars listed with mixed ranges, and sheep trading 12.50 to 18.00 for lambs and woolly slaughter types.
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National Stockyards
Ill
USDA
U.S
Chicago Butter and Egg Prices Report From CME
Chicago wholesale butter prices hold steady as 93 score AA and 92 A grade items show 59 percent, 90 B at 58 percent, and 88 C at 56 percent. Eggs remain unchanged to 42 lower with Grades A whites 70 percent or better, mixed 39 12, mediums 39, artis 35, diries 32.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Grain prices report from Chicago AP
Cash grain prices show no wheat oats or soybeans sold in Chicago market. Corn sample grade yellow 1.01 dollars per bushel. Soybeans priced at 10 dollars per bushel. Barley values range from 1.35 to 1.62 for choice, 1.06 to 1.20 for feed, with variations noted.
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Chicago
Wall Street Weekday Decline Amid Aerospace Rally
Wall Street indexes drifted lower in quiet trading as volume reached about 3.4 million shares. Gains led by Bethlehem and aerospace firms followed news of an upcoming astronautic flight while Dow and key industrials retreated, with mixed bond prices across markets.
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New York
General
Bethlehem
Lockheed
Douglas
Public Service of
Indiana
Xerox
du Pont
Woolworth
Union ‘Carbide
Ford
General Motors
Chryslers
Burroughs
Beckman Instruments
Litton Industries
Korvette
American Stock Exchange
U. S
Two Teens Die In High Speed Webster Groves Crash
In Webster Groves a speeding car chased by police left a Stop sign and a utility pole, split in half after striking a large tree. Teens William J McCudder 18 of Carmel California and John Reed 17 of Webster Groves were killed. Driver Marvin R Boydston 18 of Webster Groves was listed in critical condition at St Louis County Hospital.
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ST. Louis
Webster Groves
Fred Zinn
William J McCudden
Carmel
Calif
John Reed
Marvin R. Boydston
St. Louis County Hospital
DenyRockefeller Wife Balking At Divorce
The Rockefeller family spokesman said Mrs Rockefeller was expected to seek an out of state divorce amid a separation. Officials indicated residency rules could affect Governor Rockefeller’s status, with no clear comment from the governor or state attorney general’s office.
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Rockefeller
Rocetsigts
Newsday
Scientists prepare for moon shots from 1959 details
Continued from page one, the report notes Lunik II crashed after impact with no data, Lunik III sent the first pictures of the moon’s dark side from 37,284 miles away. Ranger 3 will photograph from 2400 miles altitude, transmit every 10 seconds for 40 minutes down to 15 miles, then eject a 12 inch ball to land at 8 to 12 miles per hour before the main payload crashes at 6,000 mph. The 56.7 pound capsule contains a seismometer and transmitter to Goldstone for 30 to 60 days. The craft, five feet in diameter, deploys 17 feet wings and weighs 127 pounds.
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Earth
Moon
Jett Propulsion Laboratory
Goldstone
Calif
Aeronautronic
Direct Distance Dialing Changes Mt Vernon Phone Numbers
The Mt Vernon area 618 code will guide calls with direct distance dialing. Residents will use 1 plus area code for long distance and 1 alone for local calls, aided by new seven figure numbers and a revised directory.
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Mt. Vernon
Page One
Hendrickson
Mount Vernon
R. R. Mohr
Mohr
New York City
Springfield
Chicago
Mary Henn
Five Killed In Texas Wreck Near Victoria
Five persons died when three cars piled up in dense fog on U S 77, 23 miles south of Victoria, Texas. Seven were injured as two cars collided while one tried to pass a semi trailer. Deputy Sheriff C E Brown reported the crash occurred Thursday.
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Victoria
Tex
Here
U.S
C. E. Brown
Htm
Cuba blamed in Guatemala plot against Ydigoras
Guatemala President Miguel Ydigoras accuses Cuban communist direction of an assassination plot targeting him, cabinet ministers, and Archbishop Mariano Rossell Arguello. He imposes martial law, curfew, detains two leftist leaders, and suspends public gatherings while Congress is asked to ratify the decree.
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Guatemala
Miguel Ydigoras
Mariano Rossel Arcllano
Ydigoras
Cuba
Central American
Mario Mendez Montenegro
The
Revolutionary Party
Manueli Colom Argueta
New Democratic Revolutionary Union
Isiege
Congress
River Ice Gorge Breaks Up Near Cairo
An ice gorge on the Mississippi River, jammed since January 12, began disintegrating amid warm rain and high temps. The lower fringes shattered around 9 a.m. CST as ice blocks, the size of tow boats, flowed past the Cairo terminal where over 300 barges have been stranded. Army engineers estimate the gorge stretched about 30 miles upstream.
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Cairo
Mississippi River
Ilinois River
Pinckneyville Crash Fatal in Illinois road collision
A head on crash on Illinois 1H west of Pinckneyville left Henry Coupert 6r of Cutler dead. Esther Coupert 34, his wife, was reported in satisfactory condition in a Pinckneyville hospital. The other driver, Herbert Jackson Jr. 41, of Festus Missouri, was not seriously injured.
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Pinckneyville, Ir
Henry Coupert
Cutler
Tiinois
Pinckneyvile
Esther
Pinckneyville
Herbert Jackson Jr
Festus
Weather in Illinois From The Associated Press Details
Illlinois weather report notes freezing rain in northern Illinois and hazardous driving. Highs mostly in the high 20s to low 30s. southern Illinois rainfall 45 to 60 degrees with thunderstorms. Forecasts show overnight lows from 5 to 35 degrees regionally and five day trend toward above normal northern highs and near normal southern highs with precipitation midweek.
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Illinois
Associated Press
al Winois
Ilinois
Mostern
Moline
Peoria
Quincy A
Rantoul
Rockford
Springfield
Vandalia
Chicago
St Louis
Paducah
Inois
Awards Banquet Highlights Jaycee Week
The Jaycee awards banquet at Hotel Emmerson honored Gene Connaway as Jaycee of the Year for directing the 1961 March of Dimes street campaign, Miss Vernon pageant, and horse show. Don Musick, Fred Gault, and Webb Kassebaum received awards for Christmas decorations, the Jaycees horse show, and the Jaycee wrestling show. John Taylor of Springfield gave the keynote on Young Men in Government.
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Jim Hertenstein
Mt. Vernon
Emmerson
Gene Connaway
Don Musick
Fred Gault
Webb Kassebaum
Gene Conna
Electric Hose Dryer For Mt Vernon Fire Dept
Fire Chief Sydney Burnette announced delivery of an electric hose drier capable of drying up to 500 feet of hose. The unit, bought for 800 from the general fund, could help Mt. Vernon move from class 7 to class 6 insurance rating with three more firefighters and aerial equipment.
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Mt. Vernon
Sydney Burnette
Thhief
Haas Industries
General Fund
Burnette
Illinois highway report icy north of Moline to Chicago
Illinois Highway Division reports as of 6 am freezing rain has ice covered highways north of a line from Moline to Chicago. Temperatures are moderating and are expected to clear the ice by noon today.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois Highway Division
Moline
Chicago
Nashville Officer Charged in Moonshine Conspiracy
Nashville patrolman Taylor Harding Cooper, 40, was indicted on federal charges accusing him of conspiring to run a moonshine still and agreeing to act as lookout while on duty in his patrol car. Cooper denied the allegations.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Pat
Taylor Harding Cooper
Cooper
Tax Case Targets Bernard Goldfine Empire Seizures
Boston AP report details federal tax actions against jailed industrialist Bernard Goldfine and related firms. IRS filed liens and sought receivers for three Goldfine entities, with notices posted in multiple states. A separate lien tied to Goldfine’s secretary at East Cambridge jail reflects tax dispute severity amid his prior fraud sentence and stroke treatment.
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Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Treasury
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
U.S. District Court
Goldfine
Internal Revenue Service
Chestnut Hill
Strathmore Woolen Mills
jRegistry of Deeds
New York
Lebanon Mills
Lebanon
N.H
Northfield
Northfield Mills
Auburn
Maine
Strathmore Mills
New England
IRS
Mortimer M. Caplin
Strathmore Woolen
Boston Associates of Bolton
Strathmore
Bolton
Mildred Paperman
East Cambridge
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Sherman Adams
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Freight Wreck Blocks Burlington Main Line Near Monmouth
A Burlington freight derailment west of Monmouth blocks the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy main line. Twenty two cars left the rails, none injured, ripping supports from an old wooden bridge while a nearby highway overpass stayed intact. Traffic rerouted as crews clear the tracks from the Galesburg division point.
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Biggsville
Ill
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Monmouth
Chicago
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
Galesburg
Doctors Meet Elect Officers at Centralia Gathering
The North Egyptian Chapter of the American Academy of General Practice met at Hotel Langenfeld in Centralia with Dr. Charles K. Wells presiding. Walter O. Kemper of Salem was elected president and Dr. Harry D. Nesmith of Salem secretary-treasurer after dinner. Discussion focused on future educational programs. The academy, comprising general physicians, is the second largest U.S. medical organization.
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American Academy of General Practice
Hotel Langenfeld
Centralia
Charles K. Wells
M. D
Mt. Vernon
Walter O. Kemper
Salem
Harry D. Nesmith
Jerry Latta Wins Commission at Illinois Ceremony
URBANA Ill One hundred University of Illinois students receive commissions in the armed forces Feb 2 Ceremonies at Lincoln Hall theater start at 2 p m Prof Norman A Graebner speaking Jerry L Latta 908 Oakland Mt Vernon is among the enrollees as Navy ensign New officers include 3 Army second lieutenants 18 Navy ensigns 3 Marine Corps second lieutenants and 28 Air Force second lieutenants Many already have active duty assignments.
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Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois
Armed Forces
Lincoln Hall
Norman A. Graebner
Department of History
Jerry L. Latta
Oakland
Mt. Vernon
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
No Wonder Tommy Had High Fever
In Wichita Kansas Mr and Mrs Robert L Riggs took their 2 year old son Tommy to the hospital as his temperature reached 104.8 The doctor diagnosed chickenpox measles and pneumonia Tommy was admitted on Wednesday and Thursday night attendants report he is responding satisfactorily to treatment
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Wichita, Kan
Robert L. Riggs
Wichita
Tommy
Police Court Fines Ledger for Local Offenders
Fines assessed by Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock include Over Beadle Pontiac TI 810 and costs on a drunk charge for John O Clark ten dollars and costs on an idrunk charge Lester Fisher ten dollars and costs on a State charge Jerry Rightnowar one dollar and costs on a disturbance charge.
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Sherman Bullock
Beadle
Pontiac
John O. Clark
Lester Fisher
Jerry Rightnowar
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Landon
Jefferson Memorial
Hogs
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
Rocky
Plan Fallout Shelter Survey
Civil Defense
Decatur
Chastaig & Associates
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Manley L. Jackson
Civili Defense
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Ivan Cox
F. C. Ficarratto
Chuet
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Iowa
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D-Ala
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Greeting Card Department
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