Harry Buck Sinks 65 dies. Dahlgren rites set
Harry Buck Sinks a former Mt. Vernon resident died at 3 00 p m Friday in a hospital at Anna He was born November 16 1900 in Dahlgren son of William and Laura Burton Sinks Survivors include three daughters Wanda Browder of St Charles Mo Mildred Mangrum of Ladd Wis Evalee Knight of Herrin three sisters Mable Glover Paulina Stewart and Susie Curlock all of Mt Vernon and four grandchildren Funeral services will be 1 00 p m Monday at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren Rev Ace Summers officiating Burial in Richardson Hill Cemetery The body will be in state at Gholson Funeral Home after 6 00 p m Sunday"}
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F Harry
Buck) Sinks
Mt. Vernon
Anna
Gholson Funeral
Dahlgren
Ace Summers
Richardson Hill
Gholson Funeral Home
Mr. Sinks
Bethel Tabernacle
George King Dies Following Illness At 81
George Walton King 81 of 1321 North 12th Street died at 8 PM yesterday in Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral 1:30 PM Monday Myers Chapel. viewing after 4 PM Sunday. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Born Jeffer son County August 16 1884. Married Gussie Bullock July 27 1910 in Mt. Vernon. Survivors: wife, three children Ralph King Chicago Heights II Opal Bohannon Joliet Mildred Faugust Manitowoc Wis. Four grandchildren. He was a conductor for Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad and member of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Baptist Church.
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George Walton King
North 12Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. King
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Gussie Bullock
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Baptist Church
Ralph King
Chicago Heights
Opal M. Bohannon
Joliat
Mildred Faugust
Manitowoc
Wis
Mrs Weatherford of McLeansboro Dies at 75
Odessa Weatherford 75 of McLeansboro died 8 p m Friday at Hamilton Memorial Hospital McLeansboro. Body to Gholson Funeral Home funeral arrangements incomplete. Born Oct 18 1890 in Jefferson County daughter of Joe and Ida Kniffen wife of Osby Weatherford preceded in death by two sons a brother and four sisters. Survived by daughters Ida Lane and Delilah Millenbine a brother Ben Kniffen 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Member of Little Springs Primitive Baptist Church.
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Odessa Weatherford
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial
Gholson Funeral Home
Weatherford
Jefferson County
Joe
Ida (McPherson) Kniffen
Osby Weatherford
Ida Lane
RFD 1
Delilah Millenbine
Dahlgren
Ben Kniffen
Belle Rive
Little Springs Primitive
Former Resident Max Moss Dies In Car Accident
E. Max Moss 56, a former Mt. Vernon resident, died July 14 near New Buffalo Michigan in an automobile crash. Funeral Tuesday at Myers Chapel 2:00 PM officiated by Dr. Don R. Crocker, burial Oakwood Cemetery. He is survived by wife Julia son John Moss daughter Mrs Donald R. Swygert and four grandchildren, and his father Roy Moss.
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E. Max Moss
Mr. Vernon
New Buffalo
Mich
Moss
Calumet City
Myers Chapel
Don R. Crocker
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Moss
Cape Girardeau
Roy M
Alice (Spiese) Moss
Julia
Offer
John Moss
Chanute Field
U. S. Air Force
Donald R. Swygert
Hawaii
Roy Moss
Mt. Vernon
Sister of Mt. Vernon Resident Dies
Grace Dixon 47 of 2801 Arsenal St Louis died yesterday in Lutheran Hospital after five weeks as a patient. She was sister to Clarence Adams of Mt. Vernon. Funeral at McLaughlin Funeral Home Lafayette and Missouri Ave St. Louis Monday at 11 00 a m friends may call after 5 00 p m today. She is survived by husband Dave three children and five brothers and one sister Loretta Parker of Portland Oregon.
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Grace Dixon
Arsenal
St. Louis
Lutheran Hospital
Clarence Adams
Mt. Vernon
McLaughlin
Lafayette
Missouri Avenue
Funeral Monday For Mrs Lege
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Missionary Baptist Church in Sims for Mrs Irene Legg 53 who died yesterday at her home Rev H H Mayberry will officiate Friends may call at Richardson Chapel in Wayne City after 6 30 p m Sunday Burial will be at Thomason Cemetery Survivors include her husband Herschel her step mother Mrs Reba Thomason of Sims and a daughter
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Missionary Baptist Church
Sims
Irene Legg
Mrs. Maud Rhine Dies at 73 in Evansville
Mrs. Maud Rhine 73 of Broughton died 11:55 p m Friday at Deaconess Hospital Evansville Ind Funeral Monday at 1 p m Hickory Hill Baptist Church Rev Bob Jones burial in church cemetery Body at Donelson Funeral Home McLeansboro. survivors include two daughters Mrs Furey Bryans Flat Rock Tenn and Mrs Helen Burnett Broughton one son Frank Rhine East St Louis ten grandchildren four great grandchildren four sisters and two brothers. born Hamilton County to Finis G and Emma Jane Donelson.
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Maud Rhine
Broughton
Deaconess
Evansville
Ind
Hickory Hill Baptist Church
Bob Jones
Church
Donelson Funeral Home
McLeansboro
Furey Bryans
Flat Rock, T
Helen Burnett
Frank
Mrs Cora Butler Dies At 92 In Benton Rites
Mrs Cora Butler 92 a resident of Hickory Grove Manor Nursing Home died at 10 45 am Friday in Good Samaritan Hospital Funeral services will be at 3 pm Sunday at Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home Benton with Rev Bobby Logan officiating Burial will be in Macedonia Illinois cemetery She may be viewed at the funeral home after 2 pm today She is survived by three sons Willie Butler of Ewing Dorsey Butler of Cobden and Virgil Butler of St Louis two daughters Mrs Pearl Neal of Ina and Mrs Estaleta Willis of Rossville Illinois a brother Marshall Carlton of Macedonia two sisters Mrs Ethel Gibbs of Macedonia and Mrs Nellie Zelhart of Maron six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren She was a member of Corinth Methodist church at Macedonia.
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Cora Butler
Hickory Grove Manor
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home
Benton
Bobby Logan
Macedonia
Ill
Hobbs - Johnson
Death of Julia Mann Bloodworth Mother of Ashley Resident
Julia Mann Bloodworth 78 of Anna Illinois mother of Mrs W J McCoy of Ashley died at 5 45 am Friday in Union County Hospital Anna Burial planned for 2 30 pm Sunday at McGinnis Cemetery Crain Norris Funeral Home Anna Rev Harold Miles to officiate Funeral home times noted
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Julia Mann Bloodworth
Anna
Ill
W. J. McCoy
Ashley
Union County Hospital
Crain-Norris Funeral
Harold Miles
McGinnis
Crain-Norris Funeral Home
Strike Continues Supplemental Airlines Flying Major Routes
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized 18 supplemental airlines to fly nearly 100 routes of the five struck carriers to ease air traffic jams. Negotiations between union and management show no near settlement. they resume today as supplementals begin accepting reservations on major coast to coast routes.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
The notice lists admissions at Jefferson Memorial including Ruby Myrl Hines of Ewing Illinois and Ethel Henson of Good Samaritan along with several others. Discharges include Jesse Ellis Keenes Illinois Johnny Risley and Curtis Phillips among many names and addresses across Illinois Indiana and related towns.
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Jefferson Memorial
Ruby Myrl Hines
Ewing, Ulinois
Jesse Edward Ellis
Keenes
Iiinois
Johnny Logan Risley
South
Curtis Albert Phillips
Belle Rive
Illinois
Good Samaritan
Ethel Henson
Edna Winfree
Salem Road
Ernest Frankie Cook
Ernest Franklin Cook
Berry Wayne Wielt
Charles Gossage
Leslie Mannen
Oakland Ave
Judith Ann Kennedy
Crownview
Clarence McFadden
Massie
Indiana
Oscar Lee Brown
Leona Lovan
South 19Th
Vesta Gaddis
Ashley
Ilinois
Floyd Johnson
Bluford
Ilinoi
Martha Yandell
South End
Carol Parks
Anna Schmidt
Ashley Road
Mary Ann Rollberg
Maureen Ann
College
Sylvia Howard
Highland View
Cecil Walker
Brookport
James Boldrey
Opdyke
Alice Striplin
South 16Th
Esther Spotanski
DuBois
Births in Geneseo and Mt Vernon celebrate new arrivals
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Holtz of 901 Airport Road welcomed a baby girl Teresa Ann at 9:29 a.m. July 14 at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds one ounce. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Capps of Geneseo welcomed Marjorie Ann at 7:00 a.m. in Hammond-Henry Hospital weighing five pounds thirteen ounces. Grandparents include Ray Capps of Geneseo and Newell Sanders of Woodlawn with great Ray Capps of Mt Vernon listed.
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Thomas Holtz
Airport Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Teresa Ann
Lee Capps
Geneseo
Ilinois
Hammond-Henry Hospital
Marjorie Ann
Ray Capps
Illinois
Newell Sanders
Woodlawn
Mt. Vernon
Driver Cited After Mt Vernon Collision at Lith and Main
Mt Vernon police cited Juanita M Wetzel 45 for failure to yield in a two car crash at Lith and Main streets around 9 am. Wanda L Avery 21 of Opdyke sustained over 100 dollars in damage as bumper scrapes on Wetzel vehicle were noted.
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Mt. Vernon
Juanita M. Wetzel
College
Wanda L. Avery
Opdyke
Juanita Wetzel
Avery Auto
Wetzel
Mt Vernon Pilots to fly to Kentucky Lake Sunday
The Mt Vernon Pilots Association plans a group flight Sunday morning from Mt Vernon Airport at 9 30 a m to the Gilbertsville dam area with swimming and golfing facilities. The return flight is in the afternoon with French Lick Indiana as the alternate destination.
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Mt. Vernon
Service Man In Jail Here
Steven E. Strothers an 18 year old from Mt. Carmel was held in the city jail this morning as an AWOL serviceman from Chanute Air Force Base Police said Strothers was questioned as a hitchhiker and admitted he was AWOL
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Steven E. Strothers
Mt. Carmel
Chanute Air Force Base
Strothers
Mt Vernon lands secured for meat plant site
More than eight acres were bought for 10 000 dollars with 106 subscribers including 300 from Van Gay Inc. The meat firm will use just over three acres, while about five acres remain for future expansion. Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce holds the acreage, bought to satisfy the firm.
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van Gay, Inc. Management
Uncle Charlie’s
Mt. Vernon
Bombers Hit North Vietnam and Saigon War News
Reports from South and North Vietnam detail US and allied air sorties, enemy casualties, and operations. Marine sweep Operation Macon targets Da Nang paddies. El Paso 2 ends with thousands of enemy kills and large quantities seized. Hanoi radio cites strikes on Haiphong and Ha Long Bay, while Cairo says the US seeks help with American prisoners.
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da Nang
South Viet Nam
U. S
U. S. Command
Saigon
U. S. 1St Infantry Division
Radio Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
U.S
Haiphong
United States
Ha Long Bay
Cairo
al Ahram
Egypt
Hanoi
25 Years With Phone Co. man marks long service
Harry W. Shields of Mt. Vernon celebrates 25 years with Illinois Bell. A native of Mt. Vernon, he began as a lineman and became a splicer, installer, and communications serviceman since 1952. He’s a member of AMVETS and the Elks and enjoys golf and fishing.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Township
Centralia
Shields
Amvets
the Elks
Threats and trials loom as war exposes brutal acts
Edward Kennedy denounces threats as barbaric and against war laws. He cites assurances from Secretary Rusk that Viet Cong and North Vietnamese prisoners are treated justly under Red Cross supervision. Communist dispatches from Hanoi hint trials could begin July 20 or August 4, but no official confirmation from the U S or North Vietnam exists.
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Edward Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Saigon
Red Cross
Hanoi
United States
North Viet Nam
Rubbish and Grass Fires Put Out by Mt Vernon Firefighters
Mt Vernon firemen answered two calls yesterday, a rubbish blaze at 1111 South 26th and a grass and weed fire at the rear of 3208 Central. No property damage occurred, and residents reported seeing boys playing with matches.
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Mt. Vernon
South 26Th
Central
Two Autos Collide South of Mt. Vernon
A Texas motorist was cited for failure to yield right of way after her car collided with a vehicle driven by Bob Johnson, 26, of Mt. Vernon, about 12:30 p m yesterday on Highway 37 a half mile south of Mt. Vernon. Stella Fant, 62, of Avinger, Texas, received the citation. Damage was minor and no injuries were reported.
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Texas
Bobby Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Stella Fant
Avinger
Tex
Mt Vernon Weather Outlook Friday High 93
Here and Elsewhere report shows Mt Vernon Friday forecast of a high 93 and a low 71 with total rainfall to date 18.37 inches in 1966. It notes past years and provides Sunday and Monday sunrises and sunsets in CST.
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MT. Vernon
Humphrey Picks Up A Hitchhiker
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey gave a ride to a stranded airman at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth Texas after he could not find a commercial flight home to Shawano Wisconsin. Private Thomas Paterick of Fort Wolters Texas joined the VP for the trip to Minneapolis. Paterick will depart for Viet Nam on returning from leave.
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Harriman
Voice of America
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Hanoi
U.S
Viet Nam
Aiken
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Huberth. Humphrey
Fort Worth
Tex
Humphrey
Texas Christian University
Moscow
Johnson
Mansfield
Frank Church
Idaho
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
J.W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert Kennedy
Fort Wort
Canadian Air Brings Relief After Extreme Heat Wave
Heat wave relief arrives as Canadian air pushes southward cooling highs below 100. In St Louis heat deaths reach 145, Tennessee reports fatalities, and Oklahoma rainfall drops temperatures by 30 degrees in minutes. Tornado clouds spotted in Missouri Georgia Kansas. severe storms disrupt Atlanta Montgomery with injuries and widespread outages. Early temps range from 44 in New Hampshire to 98 in California.
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Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Texas
Missouri
Georgia
Kansas
Carolinas
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Lebanon
N.H
Blythe
Calif
Car crash claims life of 1 in Lake Zurich area
William Cooley age 1 was killed when his car overturned on U S 12 south of Lake Zurich early today. He resided at 480 Eton Drive Barrington Illinois.
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Lake Zurich
William Cooley
U.S. 12
Cooley
Eton Drive
Barrington
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Mt. V
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Ines Ocungay Mt. V
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Airport Rd
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Harry W. Shields
S. 20Th
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