Deaths Florence Gay Burgen of Casper Wyoming
Florence Gay Burgen of Casper Wyoming died at 8:30 am yesterday in Jefferson Memorial Hospital at age 51 years eight months and 25 days She was born October 12 1912 in Mt Vernon daughter of William L and Lillie Clark Gay She is survived by two sons Patrick and Michael Burgen Casper and one sister Ann Holmes Casper Burgen was a nurse for 33 years and active in Rebekah Lodge Casper and Cub Scout work as a den mother Funeral arrangements are incomplete with remains at Myers Chapel burial in Bethel Cemetery
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Florence Gay Burgen
Casper
Wyo
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Myers Chapel
Bethel Cemetery
Burgen
William L
Lillie (Clark) Gay
Patrick Burgen
Michael Burgen
Ann Holmes
Rebekah Lodge
A G Rubenacker of McLeansboro Dies at 73
Andrew George Rubenacker 73 of RFD 3 McLeansboro died at 7 10 am Tuesday at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 9 30 am Friday at St Johns Catholic Church Propolis with Rev Edmund Schumaker officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Rosary at 8 pm Thursday at Gholson Funeral Home. Born July 4 1891 in Hamilton County he married Christina Kirsch in 1925 and is survived by four sons two daughters two brothers two sisters and ten grandchildren.
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Andrew George Rubenacker
RFD
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
St. John’s Catholic Church
Propolis
Edmund Schumaker
Gholson
Mr. Rubenacker
Hamilton County
William and
Mary
Karcher) Rubenacker
Christina Kirsch
John Rubenacker
James Rubenacker
la Grange
Norman
Alfred Rubenacker
Lorene Hutchcraft
St. Charles
Evelyn Loeffler
O'Fallon
Toni Rubenacker
Ed Rubenacker
Dahlgren
Christine Frey
Annie Renfert
Fenton
Mrs Dorothy Quale of Ashley Dies at 38
Dorothy Marie Quale 38 of Ashley died at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in Good Samaritan Hospital. The body is at Hogan Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. She is survived by husband John Quale and six children James Robert John Mary Lou Veronica all at home. She was a member of Ashley Methodist Church.
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Dorothy Marie Quale
Ashley
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hogan Funeral Home
John Quale
James
Robert
John
Mary Lou
Veronica
Quale
Ashley Methodist Church
Mahulda Haley Dies at 87 in Mt Vernon Home
Mahulda Haley widow of Charles Haley died at 2 30 p m yesterday at her home 1804 Stanley Avenue aged 87 years five months three days Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p m in Pulley Gutzler Funeral chapel with Rev Ross Partridge officiating Burial in West Salem cemetery body to lie in state after 6 p m today Born February 4 1877 in Sullivan Indiana to James and Lydia Rankin Married Charles Haley February 8 1893 Jefferson County He died in 1963 Survived by one son Frank Haley Mt Vernon three daughters Lettah Badgett Pearl Apgar Ely Frick St Louis one brother Mort Baker Dix one sister Dora Staley Dix Six grandchildren 10 great grandchildren one great great grandchild Preceded in death by one daughter and two grandchildren
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Mahulda Haley
Charles A. Haley
Stanley Avenue
Pulley-Gutzler
Ross Partridge
West Salem
Haley
Sullivan
Ind
James
Lydia (Hayes) Rankin
Jefferson County
Charles Haley
Frank Haley
Mt. Vernon
Lettah Badgett
Pearl Apgar
Elva Frick
St. Louis
Mort Baker
Dix
Dora Staley
Williamses welcome daughter born in St. Louis hospital
Mr and Mrs Donnie Gale Williams of 9861 Rivermont Drive St Louis welcomed a daughter born yesterday in a St Louis hospital. The baby weighed eight pounds one ounce. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Lester Williams of Mt Vernon.
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Donnie Gale Williams
Rivermont Drive
St. Louis
Lester Williams
Mt. Vernon
Kennedy Memorial Plans Discussed By Mrs Kennedy In Chicago
Mrs John F Kennedy conferred with architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Chicago on preliminary plans for the 10 million John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial to be built in Cambridge Massachusetts The meeting included Mrs Kennedy sister in law Mrs Stephen Smith and William Walton chair of Washington Fine Arts Commission Mies van der Rohe Chicago architect serves on the memorial advisory committee
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Jackie
Chicago
John F. Kennedy
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Cambridge
Mass
Viet Cong Shift Attacks From Delta To Central Highlands
In the past ten days Communist forces shifted operations from the swampy delta to South Viet Nam’s central highlands. vietnamese officers report North Vietnamese troop movement to the Highlands, with three battalion-size assaults and two isolated camps attacked recently. A Viet Cong battalion is said to have entered Viet Nam from Laos or from Cambodia-Laos areas. An American spokesman expressed puzzlement over the sudden concentration of Viet Cong activity in the central region.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hil
North Viet Nam
Highlands
Viet Nam
Hue
Laos
Ittalion
Cambodia-Laos
Moving Ted to Baptist Hospital from Mass center
Sen Edward M Kennedy is to be transferred to New England Baptist Hospital in Boston on Thursday while recuperating from a broken back suffered in a June 19 plane crash. Dr Thomas F Corriden announced the move but gave no estimate of Kennedy's hospital stay, noting he would be moved by air ambulance from Westover Air Force Base.
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Tenetor Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
New England Beneh Hospital
Boston
Massachusetts
Thomas F. Corriden
Kennedy
Westover Air Force Base
Ambu
Girl Injured by Buffalo Near Old Faithful Inn
An Illinois girl, 10 year old Christy Zook of Arlington Heights, was attacked by a bull buffalo near the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park on June 2. She sustained back injuries and was hospitalized for several days.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Yellowstone Park
Illinois
Christy Zook
Arlington Heights
Jim Goldbolt
Old Faithful Inn
Scranton presses civil rights and Viet Nam policy in Illinois
Governor Scranton warned of Goldwater influence on delegates as he urged a strong civil rights plank and shifted U S policy in Southeast Asia. He spoke in Evanston and toured central Illinois with sizable crowds, noting an egging incident at Kankakee and seeking Illinois support to tilt the 58 vote delegation toward his camp.
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Southeast Asia
Scranton
Goldwater
Republican Party
GOP
United States
Viet Nam
Evanston
San Francisco
Decatur
Mattoon
Champaign-Urbana
Kankakee
Illinois
Hog market prices slip at Mt Vernon market
Prices on the Mt Vernon hog market were lower today with a top bid of 16.75 for hogs weighing 190 to 220 pounds. Sows remained steady at 13.50 for 300 pounds, with lighter sows at 13.25 and over 13.25, while boars ranged 8.00 to 9.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon reported grain quotes this afternoon with Wheat at 1.31 Soybeans at 2.36 and Corn at 1.20.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards as Thursday Markets Open
National Stockyards cattle trade shows 2 000 head cattle 6 000 hogs 2 000 sheep and 200 gilt entries. Prices: good to choice steers 19.00 to 23.35 dollars, heifers 18.00 to 21.75, cows 11.50 to 14.00, vealers active with good to choice, aging to prime lambs, ewes 4.00 to 6.50.
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Mlen
Chicago produce and poultry price report summary
Chicago market snapshot notes butter wholesale prices steady to lower, eggs wholesale values weak with varying grades. Live poultry wholesale buying prices largely unchanged to modestly higher, roasters and fryers listed with specific ranges.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain prices and grading summaries
Chicago market notes show Wheat No 1 soft red at 148 percent, No 2 yellow hard 158 percent. Corn No 1 yellow 1.26, No 2 yellow 1.2, sample grade 1.21 percent. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 61 percent, No 2 heavy white 63.4 percent. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.50 percent. Soybean oil 8.25 percent.
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Chicago
Eggs and live poultry prices listed for St. Louis area
AP report from St. Louis shows egg grades A large 29-30 cents A medium 23-25 A small 18-20 B large 24-26 wholesale 24-23 44 cents, unclassified 22-2344. Hens heavy 12-13 percent, light over 5 lb 7-8 percent, under 5 lb 5 14 percent, broilers and fryers 17-174 cents.
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ST. Louis
Wall Street Gains Mixed Ground After Late Strength
Wall Street moved higher late in the day as U S Steel and Jones & Laughlin edged up about a half point and several sectors advanced. Tobacco, drug, and farm implement shares led gains while rails fell. American Telephone slipped after profit taking. Dow Jones noon averages showed minor moves with industrials at 844.85, utilities up 0.45, stocks at 300.94.
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New York
Steels
U.S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Bethlehem
Republic
Indus
National Christian Convention Opens in St Louis
The four day 25th national convention of the North American Christian Convention of Christian Churches and Churches of Christ opened in St Louis. President Dr Leon H Appel of Lincoln Nebraska told about 15 000 attendees that Americans are not sure what is right and wrong and alleged youth have been brainwashed into thinking God’s commandments are obsolete. He warned of a spree of intemperance impurity and infidelity.
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ST. Louis
North American Christian Convention of Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
Leon H. Appel
Lincoln
Appel
Prisoners Held by Castro Regime Reported at 74588
AP report cites Juanita Castro stating Fidel Castro’s prisons hold 74588 prisoners, including 5282 women. Former prisoner John Martino says the figure came by phone from Mexico City where Miss Castro is in exile.
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Miami
Fila
Juanita Castro
Fidel
Cuba
John Martino
Castro
Mexico City
Miss Castro
Vern Bond Heads Life Underwriters
At the Central Southern Illinois Association of Life Underwriters meeting in Mt. Vernon C L Vern Bond of Country Life Insurance was elected president for 1964 65 Wilburn Davis State Farm and James Deaton Prudential were named vice president and secretary treasurer respectively Board members named Loren Mayo Robert Coats Virgil Pigg all of Mt Vernon and Ray Hannenberger of Hoffman were also elected Bond said the association aims to render competent insurance service to clients.
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Central Southern Illinois Association of Life Underwriters
C. L. “Vern” Bond
Country Life Insurance Company
Mt. Vernon
Wilburn Davis
State Farm
James Deaton
Prudential
Loren Mayo
Robert Coats
Virgil Pigg
Mr. Vernon
Ray Hannenberger
Hoffman
Bond
No Worries On Platform For Barry
Denison Kitchel said Goldwater faces no platform challenge from GOP factions as he heads to the resolutions committee in San Francisco. Gov Scranton urged planks condemning extremist groups and affirming Civil Rights Act constitutionality, while Rockefeller supported the idea but avoided naming the Birch Society.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Republican Party
Denison Kitchel
GOP
Goldwater
Resolutions Committee
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
The
Birch Society
Kitchel
Cairo Nearing Gulf as Mississippi River Channel Advances
Cairo, Ti, sits at the mouth of the Ohio River and now sits 94 miles upstream from the head of passes in Louisiana toward the Gulf. The 31st annual Mississippi River Navigation Data notes the distance is 10 miles shorter than in 1942 due to channel improvements and river bed changes.
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Cairo
Ohio River
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River Commission
Mississippi
West German Police Proceed in Imperialist State Interest
Communists report in Neues Deutschland that crimes in West Germany reveal how the police apparatus serves imperialist state interests.
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West Germany
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Mt Vernonites on staff at Centralia hospital
Fourteen Mt Vernon residents work at the Warren G Murray Children's Center in Centralia, part of a 279 total staff by end of June with plans to reach 1000 as the program grows. The center cares for mentally retarded children ages 6 to 20 with IQ under 50, admitting 50 monthly until capacity 750 is reached.
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Mt. Vernon
Warren G. Murray
Ortha Chamness
Daisy Cochrum
Etha Dycus
Arthur Ewers
Charles M. Jones
Phyliss Kaufman
Norma Kniffen
James J. McLaughlin
Margaret Smith
Cornelia Toney
Shirley Wilson
Clyde Wangler
Vera Entenan
Lucille Harvey
Amvets Meeting Tonight At Club Rooms
Amvets members are scheduled to meet at 7 30 this evening in the club rooms. Francis Swinnen was named adjutant.
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Amvets
Francis Swinnen
Adj
Shrine officers to hold ceremonial practice in Masonic Temple
Mt. Vernon Shrine No. 66 White Shrine of Jerusalem will meet for ceremonial practice in the Masonic Temple on Thursday evening July 9 at 7 30 o'clock. Eva Mae Adams W H P Naomi R Bogan W S.
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Mt. Vernon Shrine No
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Eva Mae Adams
W.H.P
Naomi R. Bogan
W.S
Varnell Rebekah Lodge to Meet July Ninth at 8
Var nell Rebekah Lodge No 296 will hold its regular meeting in the I.O.O.F hall on Thursday evening July 9 at 8:00 o clock Edna Woodward N G Naomi R Bogan Sec y
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
C.F
Edna Woodward
N.G
Naomi R. Bogan
Weather Report for Mt Vernon and Recent Outlook
MT VERNON WEATHER reports high 86 and low 6? with unclear date data. Today’s sunrise is 4 39 and sunset 7 31 DST. Historical references include past highs of 81 and 84 with varied lows, and a distant year noting high 59.
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MT. Vernon
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Chicago
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Dear
Des Moines
Detroit
Fort Worth
Helena
E. Ar
Saavenee
Nsas
City
Louisville
Memphis
St Mia
Milwaukee
St.p
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Omaha
Okla
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Thunderstorms Return Amid Heat Across Illinois
A hot humid period returns to northeastern Illinois with mid 80s to 90s expected inland after early fog. Five day forecast shows 2 to 6 degrees below seasonal highs near 90 with periods of thunder showers likely. Two injuries from lightning reported near Arlington Heights with village damage to trees and lines and transit reroutes due to flooded underpasses.
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Southern
Illinois
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Paducah
Belleville
Quin
Vandalia
Midway Airport
Moline
Rockford
Dubuque
Arlington Heights
Paula Ware
Wheeling
Far Western
Lincoln Park
Chicago Transit Authority
Cars Collide on Salem Road Injuring Three
Three persons were injured but none seriously in a collision on state route 37 north of Mt Vernon yesterday at 5 00 p m. The drivers were James C Finley 50 of Auburn Illinois and Carolyn Gaines 17 of 724 Road Lincoln Illinois. Mr and Mrs Finley and Miss Gaines sustained non serious injuries and both cars were heavily damaged.
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Mt. Vernon
James C. Finley
Auburn
Carolyn Gaines
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and discharges
The Jefferson Memorial records list admissions for Velda Mae Boswell Ruth Anita Whitlock Ruby Bell Eldridge Lavina Catton Jewel Opal Thompson Joyce Ann Hazel Fullerton and transfers. Discharges include Laura Estes Robert Discharged Sandra Kay Thompson Lemuel Gage. Charges involve Mrs Rita Reed and others including Virginia Lee Lee Hayes Edna Jennie Kinison and several individuals with babies and varying surnames.
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Jefferson Memorial
Laura Estes
Robert Discharged
Sandra Kay Thompson
Lemuel Gage
Good Samaritas
Velda Mae Boswell
Ruth Anita Whitlock
Ruby Bell Eldridge
Ae Lavina Catton
Jewel Opal Thompson
Joyce Annay Hazel Fullerton
Rita Reed
Virginia Lee
Lee Hayes
Edna Jennie Kinison
Mary Evelyn Shelton
Danny Joe
Mark Lee Oliver
Fannie Marie Smith
Eleanor Rhea Cameron
Abner Leon Chizk
Lucy McDonald's Year-Long Hiccup Cure Brings Joy
Lucy McDonald of Atlanta marks the anniversary of her hiccup ordeal. A pharmacist named Roy Faith gave a commonly used drug that cured her, ending a year of frequent fits and job losses at a drug store soda fountain.
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Jack Stillman
Atlanta, Ga
Lucy McDonald
Roy Faith
McDonald
Red Cross Plans Jaycee Lake Water Safety Program
The Red Cross outlines a water safety program this summer at Jaycee Lake for Mt. Vernon area youngsters entering the fourth grade this September. Details will be announced soon after last night’s local chapter annual meeting. Enrollment timing to be released.
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The
Red Cross
Jaycee Lake
Mt. Vernon Area
Lawsuit Over Mt Vernon Auto Crash Seeks $22,500
A $22,500 suit was filed in circuit court by Simeon Pate his wife Emily Jean and their children Teresa Ann Timothy Alan and Pandora Jean against Raymond L. Livingston. The incident occurred July 8 1962 on state route 37 two miles north of Mt Vernon. Pate seeks 10000 for injuries 500 for each child and 1000 for car damage. Jury trial demanded.
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Mt. Vernon
Simeon Pate
Emily Jean
Teresa Ann
Timothy Alan
Pandora Jean
Raymond L. Livingston
Pate
Washington, D. C
U. S. Air Force
Livingston
Springfield
Youth Is Given Probation Here
Clifford A. Thompson, 18, of Route 2, Salem pleaded guilty in circuit court to criminal damage to property. Judge Alvin Lacy Williams placed Thompson on two years probation and restitution. He was charged with damaging a boat last month in a lake near Boyd in northwest Jefferson County.
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Clifford A. Thompson
Route 2
Salem
Alvin Lacy Williams
Thompson
Boyd
Jefferson County
Mt Vernon College Office Closes for July 16–25
The Mt Vernon Community College office will be closed July 16 through July 25. Students should pre register for fall by July 16. Enrollment has surpassed 300, 17 percent above the previous high of 256 in 1962. Thirty five percent of classes are already closed.
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Mt. Vernon Community College
Viet Nam War to be Issue in Campaign
Republican leaders split on how to attack the Viet Nam war in 1964 campaign. Some want expanded U S effort, others a better implementation, some urge withdrawal or negotiated settlement. Lodge says it is discussable but not a major issue. Goldwater pushes bombing and continued effort. Scranton urges targeting sanctuaries in Laos Cambodia and North Viet Nam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Osius Washington
Johnson
South Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
United States
North Viet Nam
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Viet Nam
Cambodia
China
Scranton
Goldwater
Laos
Shipment Of Diamonds Stolen In Shannon Ireland
A 288 400 shipment of uncut diamonds was reported stolen from Shannon International Airport over the weekend. Interpol was asked to help, as the diamonds were flown Friday from Amsterdam to Shannon aboard a New York bound KLM jet and discovered missing Tuesday night after a well dressed man with a foreign accent claimed to be from the diamond company and signed the documents.
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Shannon
Ireland
Interpol
International Police Organization
Amsterdam
KLM
Consignees
Ennis Diamond Co
Probation for 17 year old in Green Hills burglary
Gary Allen Lipe of Route 1 pleaded guilty in circuit court to burglarizing the Green Hills Country Club last month. He was placed on four years of probation and ordered to pay restitution. Two younger boys implicated in the break in will face delinquency charges later, officials said.
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Gary Allen Lipe
Route 1
Green Hills
Alvin Lacy Williams
Fines in circuit court and for traffic offenses
Lott Browder and Jerre Sullivan each paid 10 dollars in intoxication cases. Traffic fines include Orla Lasbrook 25 dollars for reckless driving. Beatrice Frank 10 dollars for speeding. Charles Allen 10 dollars for illegal muffler. Carl Collins 25 dollars for reckless driving. Paul Morgan 10 dollars for speeding. James Hefner 10 dollars for careless driving. Claudy Capps 10 dollars for driving too fast for conditions. Donald Parnell 10 dollars for driving too fast for conditions.
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Lott C. Browder
Jerre! D. Sullivan
Macedonia
Orla R. Lasbrook
Beatrice E. Frank
Centralia
Charles E. Allen
Route 2, Inc
Carl D. Collins
Paul D. Morgan
Route 1
James G. Hefner
Route 3
Claudy L. Capps
East St. Louis
Donald L. Parnell
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A. G. Rubenacker
Viet
Ted
Baptist Hospital
Mt. Vernon Grain
USDA
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
Braniff Airways
Greatamerica Corp
Kern County Land
Australia
Montgomery Ward
General Foods
Bell & Howell
Fairchild Camera
American Stock Exchange
Christians In
Vern Bond
Life Underwriters
Barry
NOWIN
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McCulloch
Scott
Michigan
George Romney
Clarence Brown
Ohio
House Republican Leadership Conference
Brown
Kansas
Missouri
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Rockefeller
Margaret Chase Smith
Richard M. Nixon
Favorite Sons
Mt. Vernonites
Centralia Hospital
Federated Club
Mildred D. Sherrod
Old Simmons Town Cemetery
Fern Woodrome
Myrtle Hanes
Rolla Myers
Texico
Peoria
Quincy
Pandewanese
East Dubuque
Chicago Midway
Grant ‘Park
Salem Road
Lucy
Circuit Court
Roy
Lancer
Roy Atkinson
Onder
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