Deaths and Funerals Jack D. Davis of Mt. Vernon
Jack Dean Davis age 67 died today at Good Samaritan Hospital. Retired General Motors worker from LaGrange IU he is survived by Bertha Decker his wife, a son Jackie, two brothers Guy and John, a sister Edith Diamond, and his parents Hiram and Lucretia Davis. He was born in Ohio and married in Joliet on November 4, 1926. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Jack Dean Davis
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
General Motors
LaGrange
Mr. Davis
Ohio
Hiram and
Lucretia (Mahoney) Davis
Joliet
Bertha Decker
Jackie Davis
Guy
John Davis
Lamont, I
Edith Diamond
Phoenix
Ariz
Phil Baize 57 Dies Suddenly Funeral Sunday
Phil Baize 57 longtime Mt Vernon resident and traveling plumbing supplier died suddenly at 3:45 a.m. after an apparent heart attack He lived at 3301 Peach Street and will lie in state at Myers Chapel before funeral services Sunday at 1 30 p.m. Burial follows in Opdyke Cemetery He was born November 20 1911 in Oakland City Indiana and leaves wife Doris a daughter Nancy his mother Blanche Baize a sister Frieda Wilson and a brother Adrian Baize Also a World War II Air Force veteran and member of several fraternal and veterans groups.
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Phil Baize
Vernon
Baize
Peach Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Bayne Wilson
Donald Crocker
Opdyke
Mr. Baize
Oakland City
Ind
Curtis and
Blanche
Oliver) Baize
Mt. Vernon
Madisonville
Doris Young
Air Force
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Amvets
First Methodist Church
Moose and Elks Lodges
United Commercial Travelers
Nancy
Blanche Baize
Frieda Wilson
Adrian Baize
Cedar Lake
Rev. Joe Harmon Dies At 88 Funeral Monday
The Rev. Joe Harmon of 714 Southwist Street, a minister for over fifty years, died at 6:40 a.m. today in Jefferson Memorial Hospital at age 88. Funeral at 2:00 p.m. Monday at Powers General Baptist Church near Xenia, with Rev. Delbert Goff officiating. Burial in Powers Cemetery. He was born February 18, 1879, in Wayne County, son of James M. and Margaret Harmon. He married Minnie E. Phillips on January 7, 1903. she died March 29, 1967. Survived by a grandson Mervin Mercer of Centralia, three great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
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Joe Harmon
Southwist Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Powers General Baptist Church
Xenia
Delbert Goff
Powers Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Harmon
Wayne
James M
Margaret (Coon) Harmon
Minnie E. Phillips
Mervin Mercer
Centralia
Cousin of Mr. V Resident Dies in Belleville
Neva Greene reports the death of Walter Cephas Wathen 43 of Belleville from a heart attack last Sunday. A printer at Belleville News Democrat since 1950 and assistant foreman in the composing room, he was born September 9 1924 in Anna Indiana. Survived by wife Barbara M Brown whom he wed October 16 1954 in Owensboro Kentucky and seven children. Funeral services were held in Belleville with burial there.
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Neva Greene
Walter Cephas Wathen
Belleville
Wathen
Belleville News Democrat
Anna, IU
Walter
Ona
Page) Wathen
Owensboro
Barbara M. Brown
Eskridge Jones Dies Early Today Rites Pending
Eskridge Jones 77 of 1212 south 13th street died at 9 15 a m today at Good Samaritan Hospital The body was taken to Parker Funeral Home Funeral arrangements incomplete He was born March 17 1890 in Duck Hill Mississippi son of Nathan and Mollie Jones He married Fannie McMath January 13 1911 in Winona Mississippi She survives with a son Alvin Jones of St Louis a daughter Ethel Curry of Memphis ten grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren He was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church
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Eskridge Jones
South 13Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Parker Funeral Home
Mr. Jones
Duck Hill
Miss
Nathan and
Mollie (Pernell) Jones
Winona
Fannie McMath
Pearl Huhman Reineke Dies at 61 in Rock Island
Pearl Huhman Reineke 61, former Mt. Vernon resident, died Monday night in Rock Island Illinois where she and her husband Herbert Reineke had lived for 25 years. Burial was at Rose Hill Cemetery Chicago. She was a daughter of Louis J. Huhman and Martha Huhman, survived by her family. The family lived in Mt Vernon from 1924 to 1931. She once worked for the Third National Bank.
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Pearl Huhman Reineke
Mt. Vernon
Rock Island
Ilinois
Herbert Reineke
Rose Hill Cemetery
Chicago
Reineke
Louis J. Huhman
Martha Huhman
Mt. Veron
Third National Bank
Viet Cong Attacks Strain Truce as Airfields Hit
In dawn raids near An Khe and Holloway, Viet Cong forces damaged a $2.5 million C130 at An Khe, a helicopter, two fire trucks, and a jeep. US losses included 2 dead and 11 wounded. 20 Americans wounded overall. At Holloway light damage minimal. Cambodian border fighting rafters 25th Infantry base hit by mortars, 3 infantry dead and 30 wounded. Khe Sanh ambush leaves 8 Marines killed and 44 wounded. 22 artillery rounds registered. Airlift to Marines halted civilian flights for combat-essential lift to Khe Sanh as bombardment and airstrikes continue.
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An Khe
Holloway
Highlands
U.S
Lai Khe
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
1St Corps
Phu Bai
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Air Force
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Marine
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Ma Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Vinh
Hog Market Prices Down at Mt Vernon Market
Prices paid until 12 30 p m were down 2 cents with top figures at 18 00 and 18 2 percent for 200 to 220 pound meat type hogs Sows at 15 00 for 300 weight and down to 14 6 for 300 weight and over Boars 10 50 and 11 50 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day’s prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Morning
Mt Vernon prices show Wheat at 1.35, Soybeans 2.62, Shelled Corn 1.07 as of this morning in Mt Vernon. Local grain dealers published the figures reflecting market rates for Wheat Soybeans and Corn.
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Mt. Vernon
Grain market quotes from Chicago AP
Chicago prices for wheat No 2 hard 1.57 and No 2 soft red 1.49. Corn No 2 yellow 1.12 to 1.13 and No 3 1.12. Oats No 2 heavy white 0.81 and No 1 extra heavy white 0.8234. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.73 and soybean oil 8.95.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report Summary
Chicago Mercantile Exchange prices for butter and eggs listed with grade scores and numbers. Butter shows 93 score AA 66, 92 A 66, 909 B 65% and 39 C 6342. Eggs report better grade A whites 3344, mixed 3114, mediums 3134 32, standards 2944.
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Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
St Louis Produce Prices by Grade and Size
The St Louis AP report lists consumer egg grades and weights: A large 31-33 cents per dozen, A medium 28-30, A small 17-19, B large 26-29, wholesale 23-24, hens heavy 13, light over 5 lbs 7-8, under 5 lbs 4. Broilers and fryers 23-24.
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ST. Louis
Livestock week at National Stock Yards Illinois
AP field notes Monday estimates at Livestock National Stock Yards Illinois show hogs 8 500 cattle 4 500 calves 100 sheep 800. Hog prices 1 2 190 230 pounds 19 00 19 50 230 250 pounds 18 50 19 00 1 3 220 250 pounds 18 25 19 00 sows 273 400 pounds 15 75 16 50 cattle 300 calves 2 high choice prime 955 1 160 pounds 25 75 26 25 cows utility 14 50 16 50 choice dealers 33 00 37 00 sheep 100 nominal.
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National
Ill
Wall Street rises as war fears ease and stocks rebound
The market rallied, with the Dow up 2.31 at noon as war-scare fears faded over the North Korean incident. The AP index rose, led by defense names like McDonnell Douglas, American Photocopy, and Texaco, while others such as IBM Pfizer and Polaroid gained modestly amid broad gains on both the New York and American exchanges.
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New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Johnson
Associated Press
McDonnell Douglas
Ware Corp
Gulf & Western and
Ogden Corp
Texaco
Dunhil International
Xerox
IBM
Pfizer
Schering
Telinois Central
Polaroid
American Smelting
Westinghouse Electric
American Stock Exchange
Paralyzed Youth Awarded 319000 In Springfield Suit
A Circuit Court jury in Springfield awarded $319,000 in a Lake Springfield accident case. William Sherman, 21, paralyzed from the chest after hitting a pipe while diving at the municipal beach in 1964, received $300,000 from the City of Springfield. His father Robert Sherman filed the suit for medical costs totaling $19,000. The youth was visiting his grandparents in Springfield at the time.
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Springfield, Ill
Oak Ridge, Tomma
Lake Springfield
Robert Sherman
William
Springfield
Weather Here And Elsewhere Mt. Vernon
The forecast lists Thursday high 39 and low 26 in Mt. Vernon with data from past years showing a warmer Thursday a year ago and much colder conditions five and ten years ago. Saturday sunrise is 7 14 and sunset 5 1L CST.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois Weather Outlook From The Associated Press
Rising temperatures bring warmer weather across Illinois with partly sunny skies in the north. Highs reach 38 to 48 with tonight’s lows 28 to 35 and a chance of light rain or light snow in the far north. Saturday could bring snow or rain and cooler conditions. Southern Illinois stays clear to partly cloudy with highs 45 to 55 and tonight’s low 35 to 45 with showers in the central area. Saturday cools further.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Tiois
Illinois Weather Outlook From Saturday Through Wednesday
Southern Illinois temperatures will run 5 to 10 degrees below normal from Saturday to Wednesday. Expect a weekend cold snap followed by a warming trend midweek. Highs range from the low 30s in the north to the mid 40s in the south, with lows from the mid teens to about 30 in the extreme southeast. Precipitation totals about half to one inch, with rain or snow over the weekend and again midweek.
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Illinois
Jury Rules For City Of Mt. Vernon In Damage Suit
A circuit court jury in Mt. Vernon ruled for the City of Mt. Vernon and against Myrtle M. Pigg on her $25,000 injury claim filed after she fell on a sidewalk in the 200 block of Casey Avenue in June 1965. The seven women and five men deliberated from 3:10 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. finding the sidewalk unsafe was not proven.
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Mt. Vernon
Myrtle M. Pigg
South Second Street
Casey Avenue
City of
Two Accidents Here Yesterday
A hit and run accident occurred in the Rend College parking lot between Jordan and Broadway yesterday afternoon. Richard Mulvaney of 118 Opdyke Ave had about 50 dollars of damage to his parked car. Minor damage affected Roy L. Minor of 1234 North 10th Street when his vehicle, in park gear, rolled into the W G Service Station on South 10th Street. Little damage to the building.
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Rend College
Jordan
Broadway
Richard Mulvaney
Opdyke Ave
Mulvaney Auto
Roy L. Minor
North 10Th Street
South 10Th Street
Minor
Park Plaza
10Th Street
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted
List of admissions and discharges at Jefferson Memorial including Herman Keen Dulaney at 600 Harrison and Barbara Darlene Johnson at 1419 south 12th. Several patients discharged to various roads and homes, with names and addresses across multiple towns. Nursing home and rural route entries appear alongside standard street addresses.
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Jefferson Memorial
Herman Keen Dulaney
Harrison
William Vernon Friedrich
Carlyle
John Dichman
Richview
Barbara Darlene Johnson
South
Roy Herbert Holt
Fairfield Road
Wilson Mayberry
Broughton
Good Samaritan
Nora Coon
Benton Road
Frances Petersen
Hickory Grove Manor
Grace Wlliamson
Bell
Clara Tucker
Ricky Taylor
Logan
Gail Cox
RFD
Roger Marcum
Thelma Rubenacher
Spruce
Rickey Kelley
Herbert
Evelyn Conners
Sharon Carter
Jordan
Beverly Johnson
Woodlawn
Golda Blades
Ashley Road
Tomi Hails
Bluford
Osa Jane Grigg
Lamar
Byron Weld
Cheryl Raney
Charles Swayze
Cherry
Gloria Kirkwood
Perkins
Naomi Brookman
Dean Lathrop
North
Helen Thompson
Westcott
Vera Klevorn
Oakland
Lula Mae Johnson
Main
Inez Isom
Waltonville
Lucille Laird
Kenneth Garrison
Teresa Mahan
Carol Sue Barnette
Tracey Lynn
Thomas Lee Daniles
Birth of Timothy Paul Owens in Centralia Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Paul Owens of Centralia welcomed a son at 6 15 this morning in the city hospital. The boy weighed eight pounds eight ounces and was named Timothy Paul. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Burton of Mt Vernon and Mr and Mrs Anthony Owens of Walnut Hill.
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Robert Paul Owens
Centralia
City
Timothy Paul
Frank Burton
Mt. Vernon
Anthony Owens
Walnut Hill
Prostitution Case Leads to Small Fines in Mt. Vernon
Three Mt. Vernon residents were fined ten dollars each in circuit court yesterday after pleading guilty to prostitution charges. Chest Ann Mar chill 19 of 717 A Herbert Reaner Gean Robinson 21 of 127 South Ninth Street and Oscar G Grover 28 of 1322 South Ninth Street faced the sentences following a December 12 arrest by state troopers in plain clothes at local officers request.
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Mt. Vernon
Chest Ann Marchill
Herbert
Reaner Gean Robinson
South Ninth Street
Oscar G. Grover
Alvin Lacy Williams
Pueblo Secret Code Machine Blown Up
Reports state Pueblo’s commander tried to avoid an international incident by keeping guns sheathed and moving only to open water when harassed by North Korean patrol boats. Navy sources say crews lacked time to scuttle the vessel and could not rely on valves or explosives to flood the ship.
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Pueblo
Defense Department
Bucher
Navy
U.S
Grant Divorce In Court Here
A divorce has been granted in circuit court here yesterday in the case Curtis D. Jones Jr. versus Liliath M. Jones.
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Curtis D. Jones, Jr
Liliath M. Jones
Marines Escape From Red Camp After Battleorde
Marines Roha and Nelson escaped a North Vietnamese outpost after being separated, hiding, and crawling through jungle for miles. They endured lack of boots, gratitude from captors, and rough camp conditions before reuniting with unit. Families await updates as Christmas tree stays lit in hope.
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Roha
NVA
Nelson
5Th Marine Regiment
Elkhart
Steve
Willard Gene
Vietnam
U.S. Urges U.N. Action Over Pueblo Crisis
The United States seeks an urgent U.N. Security Council session to address the Pueblo incident with North Korea. President Johnson and officials aim for the ship and crew's immediate return while planning diplomatic and military options.
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U.N. Security Council
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Agha Shahi
Pakistan
Council
Goldberg
Pueblo
United States
North Korea
Moscow
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Foreign Ministry
Tass
Communist Party
U.S. Navy
Congress
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Johnson
Security Council
U.N
World Organization
Korea
White House
George Christian
U.8
Air Force
Naval Air
Berlin
Sleuth captures British train robber Ronald Biggs ally Wilson
Detective Butler traced Ronald Wilson to Rigaud near Montreal after coded tips and Canada United States cooperation. Wilson lived as Ronald Alloway with his wife and three children, paying about 25000 on a 40000 home, while mounting British currency was found in the Rigaud house. Realtor Perry Bedbrooke recalled Wilson as worried about pound devaluation and attempted to move money out of England.
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Wilson
Ronald Biggs
Bruce Reynolds
Biggs
Reynolds
Butler
Canada
Rigaud
Montreal
U.S
Canadian Mounted Police
Ronald Alloway
Perry Bedbrooke
Rigaud Real Esate
Alloway
England
Burglars Strike Mt V County Homes for Food Goods
Burglars hit Mt. V. and nearby areas taking gun shells sausage ham bacon ground beef and canned goods. Estimated loss about 150 dollars.
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MT. V
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