Deaths and Funerals Rose A Foehr of Ashley Dies at 83
Rose Agnes Foehr 83 of Ashley died Saturday shortly after arrival in Chicago for care by her daughter. Heart attack caused death after an ambulance ride. Funeral at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday St Michael’s Radom. Burial Ashley cemetery. Rosary 8:00 p.m. Hogan Funeral Home Ashley. Born July 20 1878 in Chicago to Casmer and Anna Loversky. Widower of John Foehr, 1903. Survives include son Frank Foehr of Ashley, daughter Mary Cech of Chicago, five grandchildren.
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Rose Agnes Foehr
Ashley
Chicago
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Radom
John Terepka
Ashley Cemetery
Hogan Funeral Home
Foehr
Casmer
Anna Loversky
John Foehr
Frank Foehr
Mary Cech
Della Henn 81 Dies Saturday Rites Tuesday
Della Henn 81 of 902 grouth 23rd street died at 11 15 am Saturday at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev Ross Partridge officiating Burial will be in Memorial Gardens She was born December 14 1880 in Saline County daughter of Michael and Amanda Tribble Married to Martin Henn who survives Also survived by son Lester Henn three daughters Beulah Fitzferrells Wilma Jenkins Edith Pigg 11 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren She was a member of Logan Street Baptist church and the Royal Neighbors of America
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Della Henn
Grouth 23Rd Street
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Ross Partridge
Memorial Gardens
Pulley Funeral Home
Henn
Saline County
Michael and
Amanda (Simmons) Tribble
Martin Henn
Lester Henn
This City
Beulah Fitzferrells
Chicago
Wilma Jenkins
Edith Pigg
Hobart
Ind
Logan Street Baptist Church
Royal Neighbors of America
Daisy Shanks of Richview Dies at 83
Daisy Shanks 83 of Richview died at 6:00 a m Sunday at Washington Springs Nursing Home Okaw Wille. Funeral services at 11:00 a m Tuesday at Richview Methodist Church with burial in Richview Cemetery. She was born in Jefferson County May 5 1878 daughter of Thomas and Sarah Jane Willoughby. Survived by brother Cromer Willoughby Richview and sisters Ada White Flora Mooreeth of Mt Vernon.
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Daisy Shanks
Richview
Washington Springs
Okaw- Wille
Richview Methodist Church
Pulley
Shanks
Jefferson County
Thomas and
Sarah Jane (Bond) Willoughby
Frank Shanks
Cromer Willoughby
Ada White
Flora Mooreeth
Mts. Vernon
Former Resident R. J. Bogan Dies
Word has been received of the death of R. J. Bogan 59 of Concord North Carolina. He was born in Mt Vernon to the late George and Cynthia White Bogan. Survived by his mother his wife Bertie three brothers Frank Bogan Centralia QC E Bogan Tulsa Carl Bogan Lincoln and three sisters.
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R. J. Bogan
Concord
North Carolina
Mr. Bogan
Mt. Vernon
George
Cynthia White Bogan
Bertie
Frank Bogan
Centralia
E. Bogan
Tulsa
Okla
Carl Bogan
Lincoln, I
Kills Over Borrowing Cigarettes In Peoria
Verus L Robinson, 37, is held for questioning in the fatal shooting of Robert La Verne Gingery, 32, a hospital orderly. Coroner says the Saturday night shooting ended a dispute over cigarette borrowing. Robinson shared a home with Gingery and his wife. Gingery had worked seven years at St. Francis Hospital. Police note signs of a party in progress. Robinson’s wife went to hospital for shock. Two Carbonale women and a man were questioned.
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Peoria
Verus L. Robinson
Robert LaVerne Gingery
Horace Payton
Robinson
Gingery
John
Virginia Gingery
Carbondale
St. Francis Hospital
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial hospital admissions include Master Johnny David Borland and many others with a list of patients. Discharges include Miss JoAnn Fields and Grace Elizabeth Woodridge among several names. Good Samaritan unit lists numerous admitted patients led by Marion Starr Jr and Eva Apgar with many others. Discharges include Hazel Prince, James Rogers, Marjorie Shurtz and baby, Verna Lee, and Grace Russell among others.
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Jefferson Memorial
Johnny David Borland
Betty Ann Glover
Woodlawn
Irene W. Burkart
David Edwin Keip
Lizzie Jane Sigworth
JoAnn Fields
Grace Elizabeth Woodridge
Good Samaritan
Marion Starr, Jr
Eva Lela Apgar
Mary Parker Schlafly
Henry Jerome Mannen
Laura Shelton
Joseph Patrick Bradigan
Billie Joyce Clark
Grace Christina Russell
Gertrude Uree Archer
Ann Reddick
Jeannette Greenberg
Brenda Carol Greenberg
Elma Jean Gentry
John Lester Buford
Phyllis Jane Bretsch
Irvin David Shortridge
Roger Lee Slates
Effie Bumpus Vaneste
Barbara Leota White
Sylvia Marie Osborn
Hazel Mae Prince
James Cassell Rogers
Marjorie Ann Shurtz
Steven Kent
Verna Madelina Lee
Odell Eugene Bain
Clara Angeline McKenzie
Clara Olympia Pigot
Judy Arline Kriel
Harold Earl Albright
Naomi Faye Adomat
Alma Pearl Dalby
Joe Daniel Davis
Sarah Olive Murphy
Alice Lacey
Hazel Earlene Tolley
Michael Leon
Marjorie Lucille Depoister
Shirley Mae Barbee
Fred A. Holland
Elmer David Major
Mrvs
Violet May Brookman
Garry Lloyd
Lutetia Mae Rollins
Robert Eugene, Jr
Births in area announce four newborns with weights
Mr and Mrs Maurice Paine Glover of Woodlawn greet a son William Andrew born at 7 15 pm Saturday in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing ten pounds three ounces. Mr and Mrs Roy Barger of 618 south 18th street welcome a daughter at 9 13 am in Good Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds 12 ounces. Mr and Mrs Tima Helpingstone of Texico announce Ronald Dean born at 1 03 am in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds 12 ounces. Mrs David Walker of Waltonville gives birth to a girl Julianne at 8 59 am Saturday weighing five pounds four ounces.
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Maurice Paine Glover
RFD 1
Woodlawn
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
William Andrew
Roy Barger
South 18Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Tima Helpingstone
Texico
Ronald Dean
David Walker
Waltonville
Julianne
Infant Smotts dies at Good Samaritan Hospital
Ronald Paul Smotts five months old son of Mr and Mrs Richard Eugene Smotts of 1107 South 23rd Street died at 3 05 p m Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital Graveside services set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at Oak Wood Cemetery conducted by Rev H E Burris Myers Chapel hours after 7 p m Tuesday calling. He was born August 1 1961 in Mt Vernon and is survived by his parents two brothers Richard Eugene Jr Randall Wayne and grandparents Mr and Mrs P W Clem and Harley M Reed of Tulsa Oklahoma
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Ronald Paul Smotts
Richard Eugene Smotts
South 23Rd Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Oakwood Cemetery
H. E. Burris
Myers Chapel
Mt. Vernon
Richard Eugene
Thea Rae (Johnson) Smotts
Richard Eugene,Jr
Randall Wayne
P. W. Clem
Harley M. Reed
Tulsa
Okla
Janie E Wilson Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Janie Elizabeth Wilson will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Belle Rive Christian Church with ministers Marvin Jones and Melvin Larson officiating. Burial in Belle Rive cemetery. She was 54 and died Wednesday in a Detroit hospital. Friends may call. at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday the casket will be moved to the church for viewing.
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Janie Elizabeth Wilson
Belle Rive Christian Church
Marvin Jones
Melvin Larson
Belle Rive
Pulley
Wilson
Detroit
Mich
Astrological Doomsayers Foresee World Day Chaos
New York AP report describes astrologers predicting catastrophe next Monday with earthquakes storms and financial panic. Astronomers dismiss the doom as gobbledegook while believers across India Nepal and the United States seek refuge or postpone plans fearing planetary alignments in Capricorn and Aquarius.
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New York
Capricorn
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Aquarius
James
Pickering
Hayden Planetarium
India
Calcutta
Bombay
Madras
New Delhi
Benares
Ganges
Nepal
Orient
Members of Understanding, Inc
Arizona Mountain
Cleator
Nuclear Talks End In Dispute
In Geneva the 39 month old three nation nuclear test ban talks broke up after a stormy 135 minute session. U S Britain and Russia failed to agree on ending the conference or on a final communique.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
Russia
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
Sir Michael Wright
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
State Department
Washington
Coast Guard and Engineers Monitor Mississippi Ice Gorge
The Coast Guard and Corps of Engineers warned no forecast on when the Mississippi gorge would break. The ice gorge near Cairo stranded 350 barges since January 12, with many moored at islands below Cairo and others drifting 50 miles downstream. Skeleton towboat crews hampered recovery as barges broke free and mooring cables snapped amid rising flood risk.
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Coast Guard
Corps of Engineers
Spoksmen
Cairo
Mississippi River
Kentucky
Ohio River
Mississippi
Bomb Explodes at Los Angeles Communist Party HQ
An explosion occurred at the doorway of a housing community building housing the local Communist party headquarters on the fifth floor. There were no injuries or damage reported to the party office.
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Los Angeles
Communist ‘Party
Markets Mt. Vernon Hogs Prices Report
Prices on the local live stock market were higher with 190 to 220 lb hogs at 17.00. Sows weighed 360 pounds bring 15.00, while sows 300 pounds and over sold for 14.50. Boars ranged from 10.09 to 11.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Prices from Mt Vernon show Wheat at 1.90 a bushel Soybeans at 2.33 and Corn at 1.05 per bushel as quoted this afternoon in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Verton
Live Stock Prices At National Stockyards Report
National Stockyards auction listing shows hogs with various weight ranges and grades, prices from 12.25 to 18.00 for barrows, gilts, sows, and boars, plus cattle and calves prices across weights. Sheep include slaughter lambs and light-wooled offerings with quoted ranges.
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National
USDA
Egg and live poultry prices in St Louis market
St Louis AP reports on egg and live poultry pricing with consumer grades and wholesale standards. Eggs grades A large to unclassified, small sizes, dirties and checks listed. Hens and broilers price ranges are given for different weights.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Prices Report from Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter remained steady with varied scores listed at 93 AA 59 percent, 92 A 50, 90 B 58, 89 C 56. Eggs show weakness with wholesale prices unchanged to three lower. A whites 37, mixed 37, mediums 37, standards 33, dirties 32, checks 31.
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Chicago
Chicago Merccantile Exchange
Chicago poultry and grain prices in wholesale report
AP dispatch from Chicago details live poultry wholesale prices with roasters at 26 to 27 cents and special red white rock fryers around 21 to 22 cents. Grain data notes No 1 yellow corn at 1.10, No 2 at 1.09, No 3 at 1.06 to 1.07, No 4 at 1.04, No 5 at 0.98. Soybean oil quoted at 10 to 13 cents. Batley feed and choice prices listed.
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Chicago
USDA
Batley
Wall Street Mixed Gains and Losses Downtime Market
A slow late session on Wall Street showed a scrambled pattern with volume around 3.3 million shares. Gains and losses were small with notable moves including discounts and retailers, while IBM fell sharply and autos showed irregular trading across major indices.
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Wall Street
New York
iShares
Korvette
Interstate
General Outdoor
Champion Merrick reunion for Marathon musical in 1961
Director Gower Champion and producer David Merrick plan a new musical Marathon based on June Havoc's Early Havoc, reuniting after Champion’s Carnival success which earned the Critics Circle Award. Champion has prepared a second company for national tour amid ongoing Merrick projects.
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New York
Gower Champion
David Merrick
June Havoc
Early Havoc
Champion
Carnival
Merrick
Critics Circle
Funeral Held For Lucky Luciano In Italy
In MAPLES Italy a packed Roman Catholic church honored Charles Lucky Luciano with elegiac attire and a Requiem Mass. U S narcotics agents filmed attendees including Raimondi Di Marzio and Joe Di Giorgio while a silver and black casket was carried to Poggioreale’s English cemetery awaiting burial fate.
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Maples
Italy
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
New York
Joe
Cock-eyed
John) Raimondi
Nick di Marzio
Joe di Giorgio
U.S
Adonis
Avellino
Luciano
Bartolo
Salvatore
Poggioreale
United States
Dirksen Criticizes Kennedy Tariff And Budget Plans
Senator Everett Dirksen R Ill speaking to the Women’s National Republican Club denounces President Kennedy’s budget and tariff proposals. He warns U N weakness risks national freedom and opposes underwriting a large U N bond issue, urging real reform to sustain U N life and prestige.
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New York
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Kennedy
Senate
National Republican Club
United Nations
Dirksen
United States
U.N
World Organization
Kennedy Shifts Back To Capital
President Kennedy returns his headquarters to Washington after four days in Palm Beach with Mrs Kennedy and children Caroline and John Jr. The First Family, joined by Joseph P. Kennedy, cruised aboard the Honey for the third straight afternoon as Kennedy receives treatment for his December stroke. The Kennedys attended St Edward's church service amid cheering crowds as they departed.
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Kennedy
St. Edward’s
Five Day Weather Forecast For Northern Region
Northern Tuinels temperatures will run near normal the next five days with a normal high around 98 and low near 20. Colder Wednesday, warmer Friday or Saturday, precipitation minimal at one tenth inch or less, with a chance of snow or snow flurries Tuesday and Tuesday night. Southern Illinois temperatures hover near seasonal norms, slight cooling late week, little or no precipitation expected.
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Illinoiis
Illinois Weather Outlook by the Associated Press
Mild temperatures dominated Illinois today though colder air and light snow were forecast. Snow flurries likely late tonight, especially in the north, with lows from 20 to 30. A warming trend comes Friday or Saturday, with five day trends varying by region and normal high and low ranges noted.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Kreisler Dies at 82 Longtime Violin Virtuoso Fritz Kreisler Dies
New York AP Fritz Kreisler celebrated violin virtuosity and popularized classical music for masses. He died Monday at Harkness Pavilion Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after 16 days as patient. Heart attack and old age cited. Born February 2, 1873 in Vienna. He toured the United States as a teen, earned millions in royalties, and shaped modern violin performance without formal lessons after age 12. His wife Harriet was ill. he led a public life amid health declines and wartime injuries.
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New York
Fritz Kreisler
Harkness Pavillion
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Kreisler
Harriet
Manhattan
Vienna
Austria
United States
Winter Storm Closes Hundreds of Schools Across Dixie Coast
A winter storm swept from North Carolina to Maryland bringing icy rain and heavy snow. Up to 10 inches fell in spots like Richmond and Chatham, with six inches at Pocomoke City and four inches in Norfolk. Dozens of schools closed and travel remained treacherous through the region.
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Associated Press
Dixie Coast
North Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Georgia
Rocky River
Norwood
N.C
Richmond
Old Dominion
Blackstone
Chatham
Norfolk
Fredericksburg
Reidsville
Pocomoke City
Bridgeville
Del
Weather snapshot for Illinois towns with temperatures
Temperature readings from Belleville Vandalia and nearby locations show highs around the upper 20s to low 40s with varied wind and barometric conditions. Some entries appear garbled but indicate daily highs near 39 to 28 degrees and lows near 20 to 27 degrees across the region.
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Paducah
Vandalia
East St. Louis
Belleville
Quincy
Chicago
Midway Airport
Springfield
Rantoul
Peoria
Moline
Grant Park
Rockford and Dubuque
Iowa
Milwaukee
Ellinois
Belleville Uenee
Mong Esseneenens Meci Neee
George Musgrave Joins The Marines
George Everett Musgrave 22 son of Mr and Mrs Dalton Musgrave recently enlisted in the U S Marine Corps and is in recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Calif announced by Sgt Homer Talley local Marine Recruiter Musgrave a Mt Vernon Township High School graduate served four years in the U S Air Force contact information provided for Marine Corps programs and recruitment after 4 30 p m weekdays and 11 30 a m Saturdays and calls to listed numbers
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U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
California
Homer Talley
Pfc
Musgrave
Mt. Vernon Township
U. S. Air Force
Marine Corps
Marine
Chestnut
Echo Sat timetable outlines february path over Alaska
A cluttered AP dispatch from CHIAGO details an Echo Sat timetable with dates from January 29 to February 4 listing times, horizon degrees, and northeast or southeast movements. The report notes Fairbanks as Alaska’s second largest city with 10,000 within city limits and 38,000 in surrounding areas.
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Chiago
Fairbanks
Alaska
Mt. Vernon Woman Hurt When Brakes Fail
Mrs. Jeanette Greenberg of Route 1 Mt. Vernon suffered chest injuries Sunday afternoon when brakes failed on a small foreign made car. It plowed into concrete steps at the Greenberg salvage company office at state route 37 and the Waltonville Road. She is a patient at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Jeanette Greenberg
Route 1
Mt. Vernon
Red Cross To Hold Disaster Training Here
The Red Cross plans free disaster training for the general public in Jefferson County. Miss Betty Lewis of the St Louis regional office is in Mt. Vernon today conducting a training course and meeting with Dr Curtis Parker, the local disaster services chairman, and assistant Lyle Snyder. Plans for classes will be announced later.
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The
Red Cross
Jefferson County
Betty Lewis
St Louis
Mt. Vernon
Curtis Parker
Disaster Services
Lyle Snyder
Man Hurt at Centralia Shops Suffered Seven Leg Fractures
Russell Hails, 45, of Route 6, Mr. Vernon, is a patient at Illinois Central Hospital, Chicago, recovering from seven fractures to his left leg after a cable broke and struck him while working Thursday at LS shops in Centralia. He expects a lengthy stay and invites cards and letters, c/o room 262, Illinois Central Hospital, 5800 Stony Island Ave, Chicago 37, Illinois.
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Russell Hails
Vernon
Illinois Central Hospital
Chicago
Centralia
Hails
Stony Island Avenue
Reopen At Southern University Baton Rouge Amid Boycott Threats
Southern University in Baton Rouge reopened with hundreds of students heading to classes despite last minute boycott threats. A professorate group of 102 of about 300 faculty signed a statement calling for a constructive reappraisal of campus policies on protests against segregation.
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Baton Rouge
Southern University
Lovcotts
Southern
Felton Clark
D'Army Bailey
Memphis, Tenn
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Herbert Street
Vernon, Ill
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