Deaths Thurman Griffith Dies At Age 72
Thurman Griffith 72 died at 745 p m Wednesday at his Wayne City home. Funeral 2 00 p m Sunday at Orchardville New Church with Rev Clifton Gallaher officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Body from Richardson Chapel Wayne City to family home after 5 00 p.m. Saturday for viewing. Born January 7 1892 in Wayne County to Thomas and Margaret Alderson Griffith. Married February 27 1913 to Oakley Lee who survives along with three sons, a daughter, twelve grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He also leaves twelve siblings and other relatives.
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Thurman Griffith
Wayne City
New Church
Orchardville
Clifton Gallaher
Richardson
Mr. Griffith
Wayne County
Thomas
Margaret
Alderson) Griffith
Oakley Lee
Cecil Griffith
Mattoon
Gerald Griffith
Flora
Howard Griffith
Sims
Pauline Harmon
Mt. Vernon
Austin Griffith
Xenia
Frank Griffith
Albert Griffith
Cisne
Lewis Griffith
Johnsonville
Murray Griffith
Fairfield
Grace Porter
Centralia
Bertha Burkett
Iuka
W Duff Pigg Dies at 92 Funeral Sunday
W Duff Pigg died at 6 20 this morning at 136 Castleton Avenue at age 92 years seven months and 17 days. He worked for Mt Vernon Car Co and later as a watchman at Hawkins Million Dollar Hen Plant. Funeral at East Side Baptist Church with burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery. Survived by his wife Effie Mae Stephens. son Willis E Bill Pigg. four daughters Sadie Pigg Nellie Taylor Nadine Reynolds Dorothy White. one sister Myrtle Allen. four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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W. Duff Pigg
Castleton Avenue
Pigg
Mt. Vernon Car Company
Hawkins Million Dollar
East Side Baptist Church
Douglas Cox
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mr. Pigg
Jefferson County
Paul Henry
Eveline (Dodson) Pigg
Effie Mae Stephens
Willis E
Bill” Pigg
Sadie Pigg
Nellie Taylor
Collinsville
Nadine Reynolds
Hobart
Ind
Dorothy White
East Peoria
Myrtle Allen
Temple City
Calif
Louie Pigg
Mary Etta Stiff Dies at 73 in Olney Illinois
Mary Etta Stiff of 1015 North 14th Street died 6:35 p.m. yesterday at Good Samaritan hospital after a week as patient. She was born June 24, 1891 in Olney and married Cranston C. Stiff in 1914. Survived by daughter Mary Allegra Foreman, son Cranston E. Stiff, three grandchildren, and brother John L. Wilson. Burial at Dundas cemetery with services at Summers-Rainey Funeral Home Olney and Myers Chapel. She was a member of Eastern Star and First Methodist Church of Mt. Vernon.
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Mary Etta Stiff
North 14Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Summers-Rainey Funeral Home
Olney
Don R. Crocker
Dundas Cemetery
Richland County
Dundas
Ill
Cranston C. Stiff
Mary Allegra Foreman
Mt. Vernon High School
Cranston E. Stiff
Carmi
John L. Wilson
Stiff
Eastern Star Chapter
First Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions at Hospital Notes for Rada Kay Berst Nayda Brown and others with multiple new arrivals. Discharges include Mrs Sandra Thompson and baby William Michael and several other patients, ending with Maxine Helen Culli.
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Jefferson Memorial
Rada Kay Berst
Nayda Brown
Sandra Thompson
William Michael
Ruby Ann Mowery
Bradley Allen
Laura Estes
Noel Davis
Gladys Pagani
Good Samaritan
Joan White
Nancy E. Cunningham
Zulema Lassatti Payne
Gary Joseph Fazekas
Charles Howard
Loraine W. Williams
Edith Bright Garrison
Myreta Jane Presley
Patricia Ann Cherry
Jessie D. Weeks
Harry Elmer Green
Oscar Grant Atkinson
Erma Dean Frazier
Estella Celesta Newell
Elza Norman Morgan
Shirley Mae Marlow
Susan Renee
Lois Marie McLaughlin
Gregory Michael
Larry Bell
Marvin Wayne Wilson
Rebecca Coleman
Michael Thomas Moore
Rosemary Louise LeGrand
Robert C. Eubank
Ruth Irene Buhler
Maxine Helen Culli
Mom Escapes Fire as Kids Try to Help
In Rantoul Illinois an expectant mother escaped from a third floor blaze while her three children attempted a rescue. Mrs Al Qwens had just descended a framing stairway and met 12 year old Raymond who reentered the home to assist her. Both got to safety. Fire Chief Stanley Little put damage at 15000 dollars and said a play tent lit with a candle started the fire in a first floor closet.
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Rantoul
al Qwens
Raymond
Stanley Little
Interstate plans near approval in Illinois
Gov. Otto Kerner said federal highway officials were close to approving two major interstate matters affecting Illinois. He cited a seven mile junction near Homewood of I 80 with the Tri State Toll Road costing about 18 million, and a parallel highway linked to I 80 costing about 48 million. He noted I 24 from Nashville to St Louis should meet I 57 south of Marion with Metropolis as waypoint, delaying I 57 construction pending the meeting point.
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Springfield
Jil
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Kerner
Homewood
Ilinois
Indiana
Rock Island-Moline
Kemer
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
St. Louis
Marion
Metropolis
Chou En-lai and Chen Yi Visit Burma Surprises Rangoon
Premier Chou En-lai and Foreign Minister Chen Yi arrived in Rangoon on a sudden stopover. The surprise visit follows Mikoyan’s recent Rangoon stopover and Indonesian communist outreach, stirring speculation about Beijing’s regional influence and possible plans for Jakarta. General Ne Win welcomed the visitors at the airport with Revolutionary Council leaders.
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Rangoon
Burma
Chou En-lai
Chen Yi
Communist
China
Chou
Anastasi
Mikoyan
Indonesia
Indonesian Communist Party
Moscow
Peking
Jakarta
Ne Win
Revolutionary Council
Speeders Crash Into Parked Bus Contiued From Page One
The item lists multiple obituaries and funeral plans. Ronald N. Bierman is survived by his parents, two brothers and a sister. Vernon D. Vaughn has foster parents, a brother and a sister. James A. Tuel recently graduated Centralia High. funeral set for Saturday at Garnier and Sons Funeral Home.
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Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
Madge
Ronald N. Bierman
Nelson Bierman
Keith Funeral
Centralia
Vernon D. Vaughn
Keith
Forrest Vaughn
James A. Tuel
Centralia High
Garnier and Sons Funeral Home
James Tuel
LBJ Signs 50 G Men to Mississippi Mission Aide
President Johnson announces 50 federal agents will be sent to Mississippi in a new civil rights effort. He cites a poll showing Wallace harming Republicans more than Democrats and supports fiscal responsibility with leaders like Henry Ford II backing his stance. Manuel Cohen to chair the SEC, replacing William Cary who will step down this summer.
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George €. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Goldwater
Johnson
American Bankers Association
Henry Ford II
Manuel Cohen
Securities and Exchange Commission
William L. Cary
Local Livestock Market Rises with Hog Prices Soaring
Prices paid on the local live stock market were 100 percent higher today. The top hog price was 16.85 for 190 to 220 pounds. Sows held steady at 13.50 for 300 pounds and under, 13.25 for over 300 pounds. Boars ranged from 8.00 to 9.00.
Mt Vernon Market Prices Report This Afternoon
Prices listed for wheat 1.31 soybeans 2.37 and corn 1.20 in Mt Vernon this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices Mixed at National Stockyards
At National Stockyards, hogs around 4,500 head topped at 17.00 for barrows and gilts, sows 11.50 to 15.00 per 100 pounds, cattle and calves totaled 400 with steers at 20.75, cows 12.50 to 13.50, bulls 16.00 to 18.00. Woolly bids included choice slaughter calves 16.00 to 19.00, sheep 100 head with spring lambs 23.00 to 24.00.
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National Stockyards
Chicago Produce Market Report at Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange prices for butter hold steady with wholesale buying unchanged to 4% higher. Grades AA, A, B show mixed percentages and firm demand. Overall, wholesale buying remains steady with slight upticks in select grades and quality segments.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Cara
Grain Prices From Chicago Markets
Chicago grain prices show wheat across several grades with No 1 heavy soft red at 1.46 percent, No 2 soft 1.47n, and No 1 heavy yellow hard 157 percent. Corn No 2 yellow 1.25n. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 65 percent, No 2 heavy white 64 4n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.52%n, soybean oil 8.33n.
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Chicago
St Louis Egg and Poultry Grades Listed
St Louis announces egg and live poultry pricing by grade and size. Consumer grades A large 30-31 cents, A medium 24-25, A small 18-20, B large 24-26, standard 24-24, checks 16-18, hens heavy 12-13, under 5 lb 2-5, broilers and fryers 17-18 cents per pound.
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ST. Louis
Motors lead stocks rally to near-time high on upbeat earnings
Wall Street gained momentum as motors stocks boosted the market this afternoon. General Motors hit a record high of 92% and Ford rose on plans for a $90 million plant, with other leaders like Sears Roebuck IBM and Du Pont also advancing. Dow Jones noon averages showed gains across Industrial Rails Utilities and Stocks.
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New York
Motors
General Motors
Steiniet
Ford
American Motors
Studebaker
Sears Roebuck
International Harvester
Zenith
IBM
U.S
Phelps Dodge
du Pont
American Stock Exchange
Taylor Visits Wounded Yanks in Vietnam
U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor spent about 40 minutes with 31 wounded American servicemen in Danang and Nha Trang. He pinned Purple Hearts on Maj. George Maloney of the Army Special Forces and S Set Merwin Wood of Canton Indiana. Taylor arrived in South Vietnam Tuesday and will present credentials to Maj. Gen. Duong Van Minh on Saturday.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Danang
U.S. Army
Nha Trang
Maj
George Maloney
Army Special Forces
Jamaica
N. V
S. Set. Merwin Wood
Canton
Kerner Pushes Annual Legislature and Reapportionment
Governor Otto Kerner urged an annual Illinois General Assembly and discussed reapportionment following a Supreme Court ruling. He favored a constitutional convention after revising revenue rules, backed annual-session amendment, and planned to campaign for it in his re election bid.
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Springfield
Ill
Otto Kerner
Illinois
DuPage
Will and Lake
Kerner
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate
Votters
Vandals Hit Mt. V School in Washington
Police report vandals entered the unused Mt. V Washington school scattering items inside. Two west doors were found open and a boiler room door glass broken. Damage noted. superintendent John Alford notified.
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Washington School
John Alford
Goldwater Sees Victory On First Ballot At Convention
Goldwater arrived optimistic about winning on the first ballot and leading Republicans to defeat Johnson in November. He warned he would withdraw if the platform uncovered to him was unacceptable. Wallace could affect the South outcome by denying a majority in the electoral college and pushing the decision to the House. Morton outlined shortened convention plans with meetings compressed into one week.
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Goldwater
Lyndon Baines Johnson
George C. Wallace
Johnson
South
Wallace
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Rey
Delegate Watson Not Committed to Convention
Jeffer son county GOP chairman Judge Walker to attend his eighth national convention starting in San Francisco. Walker notes his long history from 1936 in Cleveland through 1960 in Chicago, saying he has never been a national delegate yet always gains entry to the convention hall.
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Casey
John
June (Broyles) Casey
Mt. Vernon
Broyles
Edna Casey
Walker
Jefferson County
GOP
San Francisco
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Birth Control Studied To Cut Relief Burden
Chicago Mayor Daley breaks silence on a plan by Alderman Sperling to use federal funds via the city health department for family planning information supplies and advice for women on relief. Daley says the idea merits study though he declines direct comment on birth control specifics.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Jack I. Sperling
Alkerman
Daley
Eisenhower In Chicago On Way To Convention
Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Chicago for a seven hour layover en route to the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. He rode the Broadway Limited into Union Station and will transfer to a Santa Fe special train for the West Coast trip. General Robert Schulz said Eisenhower intends to work in his car during the stopover and may meet Illinois gubernatorial candidate Charlies H. Percy and Earl Eisenhower.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
San Francisco
Broadway Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Station
Eisenhower
Dearborn Street
Santa Fe Railway
West Coast
Robert Schulz
Schulz
Charlies H. Percy
Illinois
Earl Eisenhower
la Grange
Harrisburg
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Housewife Named to Police Force in Sumner City
SUMNER Ir. AP Mrs Don Harness a Lawrence County housewife who complained of speeding cars, prompted mayor John Goodwin to appoint her to the police force with city council approval. She will be assigned to traffic patrol.
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Sumner
Don Harness
Lawrence County
John Goodwin
Harness
Detailed Weather Report Thursday Summary
Thursday shows a high of 89 and low of 67 with sunrise at 4 41 and sunset at 7 30. The record notes peninsular weather indices and year comparisons including 1884 to date 25 19 inches in chews. Five years ago the high was 91 and low 60. Ten years ago the high was 8 and the low 54.
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Peninialt
Five Day Forecast for Southern Illinois Temperatures
Five day outlook shows temperatures averaging four to eight degrees below normal highs near 8 to 90 and lows around 66 to 172. Scattered showers and thunderstorms mid week with locally heavy amounts over a half inch are expected.
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Southern Illinois
Illinois Weather Report With Cooling Trend Across State
AP reports cloudy cool conditions in Illinois with highs near 80 to 90 and lows around 60s to 70s. Scattered afternoon thundershowers possible in the south. Five day forecast shows below normal temps statewide, about 3 degrees north and 4 to 8 degrees south. Light rain expected. City temps listed for several Illinois locations.
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Chicago
Illinois
Rockford
Moline
Peoria
Springfield
Vandalia
Belleville
Raise Limit On Mourning Doves Hunting Season Rules
The Interior Department set 1964-65 hunting season dates and bag limits for doves and other birds. Mourning doves get increased limits due to rising populations, with modest season length and possession limit increases for Wilson's snipe and a reduced sora rail daily bag from 25 to 15. Other regs mainly mirror last year.
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Washington
Interior Department
Wilson
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital Karla Jean among newborns
Mr and Mrs Carl Baker of RFD 7 Mt Vernon are the parents of a daughter born at 5 37 PM Wednesday in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing nine pounds thirteen and a half ounces named Karla Jean Mr and Mrs Albert Langa Jr of 3204 Wildrose Drive are the parents of a daughter born at 12 59 PM yesterday in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds two ounces
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Carl Baker
RFD 7
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Karla Jean
Albert Langa, Jr
Wildrose Drive
Insurance Men Go To Montreal Conference
Twenty six representatives of the Prudential Insurance Company Mt. Vernon District Agency will attend the regional business conference in Montreal from July 12 to 18. Mt. Vernon attendees include Paul D. Beeson Russell B. Laur and Jim Deaton. The sessions at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel will be led by executives from Prudential's Mid-America Home Office in Chicago.
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Prudential Insurance Company
Mt. Vernon
North 9Th
Montreal
Paul D. Beeson
Russell B. Laur
Jim Deaton
Winds
Indiana
Queen Elizabeth Hotel
Prudential
Mid-America
Chicago
Illinois
Tuscaloosa Theater Standoff Over Civil Rights Act
A Tuscaloosa crowd of 600 to 1,000 white residents attacked a theater that recently integrated under the Civil Rights Act. Tear gas and a fire hose were used to restore order after bricks and missiles were hurled at Palance and his family. theater manager Richard E. Young confirmed no Black patrons were present and Palance denied civil rights involvement. The scene followed nationwide protests and reports that FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover might visit Philadelphia, Mississippi, amid the search for missing civil rights workers. In Prince Georges County and Atlanta, Black protesters faced resistance to integration as a restaurant owner and Pettus Maddox faced related legal action.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Jack Palance
Palance
Richard E. Young
Young
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philadelphia
Miss
FBI
Hoover
Andrew An
James Chaney
Michael Schwerner
Princess Anne
Herman Muir
Muir
Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Another Yank Falls In War
An American military adviser was killed when a Viet Cong mine hit an armored troop carrier west of Saigon during an operation in Long An and Hau Ngin provinces. The blast wounded several Vietnamese and Americans, raising U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam to 153 since December 1961, with nine Americans killed in the past two weeks. The Communists also shot down a U.S. helicopter over a Mekong Delta island 80 miles southeast of Saigon. six Americans escaped injury and were evacuated.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Long An
Hau Ngin
Viet Nam
Mekong River Delta
National Bank Call Seeks June 30 Bank Reports
The comptroller of the currency today issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business on June 30.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Mrs Kennedy Moves to New York Amid City Pride
New York greets Mrs John F Kennedy with civic zeal as she plans to move this fall with her two children from Georgetown. Reporters note the city’s pride and the contrast with visitors, citing hotel life and anonymity among eight million residents and world fair bustle.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Georgetown
Washington
Carlyle
Brooklyn Bridge
The
Daily News
Joseph Dicarlo
Mrs. Kennedy
mid-Manhattan
Herald Tribune
Goh
Douglas MacArthur
Herbert Hoover
Waldorf Astoria
State Bank Call Issued for June 3 Condition Report
Joseph E. Knight director of Financial Institutions asked all state banks in Illinois to file a report on their conditions as of the close of business June 3. The nationwide call seeks status updates on assets liabilities and loan quality for regulatory review.
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Springfield
Ill
Joseph E. Knight
Financial Institutions
Radar Here Nab 5 Speeders in Mt Vernon
Mt. Vernon police deployed radar for four hours yesterday afternoon and evening in the 600 block of Main and 500 block of Broadway, charging five motorists with speeding. Those cited will appear later on the charges.
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Mt. Vernon
Main
Broadway
Pole
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