Deaths Iva Shirley 76. rites Friday at Myers Chapel
Mrs Iva Mary Shirley of 2514 College Avenue died at 5 05 p m Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 76 years two months and 27 days Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Friday at Myers Chapel burial in Oakwood Cemetery Body lying in state after 4 00 pm Thursday Survivors include husband James Shirley two sons Virgil and Dennis two daughters Mary Willis and Thelma Roback a sister Mrs Clarence Gibbs nine grandchildren two great grandchildren and she was a member of Logan Street Baptist church.
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Iva Mary Shirley
College Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Belle Rive
Henry and
Isabelle (Sharp) Risley
James Shirley
Virgil
Dennis
Mary Willis
Mt. Vernon
Thelma Roback
Minneapolis
Julian Peeck Dies at 66 in Ashley Community
Julian Lohen Peeck 66, longtime Ashley resident and retired railroad baggage clerk, died Tuesday evening in Centralia. Funeral services set for Friday at Kiin sey Funeral Home and burial in Ashley Cemetery. He was born April 3, 1902, in Ashley. married Mary Hatline in 1922. survived by wife, son Donald, daughter Dolores Jane Crockett, daughter-in-law Maude Peeck, three brothers, one sister, and three grandchildren.
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Julian Lohen Peeck
Ashley
Centralia
Kiinsey
John Nall
Kringer
Peeck
Methodist Church
Henry
Mary Katherine (Thon) Peeck
Mary Hatline
Evansville
Ind
Mr. Peeck
Donald Peeck
Dolores Jane Crockett
Maude Peeck
Dunlap Man Dies Today
Word was received this morning of the death of Morely Herron of Dunlap who died early today in Dunlap at age 70. He was the son of the late Charley Herron of Jefferson county and brother of Will C. Herron of Washburn.
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Morely Herron
Dunlap
Charley Herron
Jefferson County
Will C. Herron
Washburn
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions Full of names
Patients admitted include Ollie Hesler Sandoval Fred G Clark 815 Jordan Eldon Phillips RFD 6 Discharges list many local residents such as Michael Dean Brooks 1021 South Good Samaritan Brenda Stilley 330 Marteeny Mildred Adams 601 North 4th and others across Woodlawn Willis Porter 11 Homestead Louetta Gaethe Woodlawn Stella Pierce and more names with addresses including Belle Rive Dahlgren Ashley and Nashville area listed.
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Jefferson Memorial
Ollie Hesler
Sandoval
Fred G. Clark
Jordan
Eldon Phillips
RFD
Michael Dean Brooks
South
Claude Jones
Good Samaritan
Brenda Stilley
Marteeny
Mildred E. Adams
North
Geneva Haley
Waltonville
Ray Reynolds
Wescott
Richard Clark
Pittsburg
David Flora
South 21St
Willis Porter
Homestead
Louetta Gaethe
Woodlawn
Daisy Davis
McLeansboro
Virgil MM. Perkey
Ashley
Box
Noel French
Vaneta Grant
Taylor
Stella Pierce
Bonnie
Ethel Russel
Streekr
Jack Weary
Beverly
Benard Crandall
Dietrick
Etta Quinn
Jones
Julia Fleckenstein
Dahlgren
Demetris Hassakis
Richview Road
Jeffrey Moore
David Lott
Belle Rive
Alberta Moore
Myra Sargent
Sharon Martin
Deloris
Meredith and
Baby
Andrea
South 15Th
Warren Hasemeier
Nashville
Nona Hall
Main Street
Geverly Moss
Cynthia Baker
Jerry Boldt
Cindy Boldt
Birth announced for Earl Downes family in Woodlawn
Mr and Mrs Earl Downes of RFD 1 Woodlawn welcome a daughter born today at Good Samaritan Hospital She weighed pounds and 14 ounces at birth indicating a healthy arrival in the community family and hospital noted for the record
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Earl Downes
RFD 1
Woodlawn
Good Sameritan Hospital
Trash burning after six halted in Mt Ver area
Fire Chief Sydney Burnette urged compliance with city rules after a trash fire on south 15th street drew smoke into nearby homes. Police reported the blaze was extinguished with no charges, and residents were reminded that trash burning is forbidden after 6:00 p.m.
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South Mt. Vernon
Sydney Burnette
South 15Th Street
Burnette
May Sell College Bonds Sept. 17
The college plans a Sept. 17 bond sale totaling 3.1 million dollars after budget adoption. Board members consider tax anticipation warrants, electrical service bids from Tri-County and CIPS, and a trailer for a campus bookstore. Enrollment has risen to 760 as of July 16, 1968, with 800 expected this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Snyder
Paul Fitch
Robert Kohler
H. C. Speers Co
Chicago
Gust
Musick
Linois Supreme Court
Warren County
Tri - County
Bill Lester
Central
Iinois Public Service Corporation
Herb Downey
Tri- County
Tri County
CIPS
Clinais Congress Com
Snyder
Rend Lake Mobile Home Co
Benton
Mt. Vernon
James Yates
Ted Glass
Council For Arms and Humanities
Bend Lake
Boad
Robert Kruppa
Bonnie
D. C. Fairley Co
Hog market prices at Mt. Vernon after 12:30 p m
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were down 75 cents with top hogs at 20 50 20 75 and 21 00 for 200 to 220 lb meat type hogs Sows ranged 14 00 and 17 50 Boars were 12 50 and 14 00 After 12 30 p m prices will be based on next day’s prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon reports morning grain quotes with Wheat at 1.14 Soybeans 2.56 and Corn 1.06. Prices reflect local market activity for the day.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis Produce Egg and Poultry Grades Standings
St Louis AP report lists consumer grades for eggs and poultry. Eggs show large 32-36, medium 25-29, small 13-18. B large 22-24. wholesale standards 21-22, unclassified 18-19. Hens heavy 11-12, light over 544 lbs 8, under 5% lbs 5, broilers and fryers 29-29.
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ST. Louis
National Stockyards cattle and hogs price estimates
Livestock prices and lot counts from National Stockyards Illinois show Thursday estimates for hogs at 6 000 head and cattle 2 000 plus calves 150 with detailed price ranges across weight classes. Slaughter steers and heifers command high to good grades with vealers and calves priced per quality. Sheep and lambs also listed with ranges for spring slaughter and Wool notes.
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National Stockyards
Ill
U.S
Chicago Produce Prices Mixed on Butter Eggs and Poultry
Chicago report lists butter scores AA 66 and 92 A at 66, 90 B at 64, 89 C at 6044, cars 90-5 percent, eggs grade A whites 39, mediums 32, standards 29 with checks 1844. Live poultry roasters 25-26 percent, special red white rock fryers 21-22 percent.
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Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Chicago Grain price listings report
Chicago market notes show Wheat No 2 hard 1.3934, No 2 soft red 1.30, Corn No 2 yellow 1.12 and No 4 yellow 1.07, Oats No 2 extra heavy white 6742, Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.711, Soybean oil 7.40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Long Distance Strike Averted
Federal mediator Robert E Kennedy announced a tentative three year contract with AT&T and the AFL CIO Communications Workers of America for 24,000 long distance workers in 46 states and DC. Talks pushed past midnight on a wage reopener, averting a strike that could have disrupted TV radio facilities and Teletype equipment at national political conventions. Industry wages averaged 3.61 dollars an hour before the Bell System settlement. The long lines workers earn slightly more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert E. Kennedy
District of Columbia
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
At&t
Bell System
Jong Lines
Murphysboro Radio Sold to Dunn and Adkins Group
Washington AP reports the FCC approved the sale and transfer of license for Murphysboro Illinois WINI from Robert D. and Martha A. Rapp to Ralph A. Dunn James E. Dunn Marion A. Dunn and Dale W. Adkins for 137000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Murphysboro
WINI
Robert D
Martha A. Rapp
Ralph A. Dunn
James E. Dunn
Marion A. Dunn
Dale W. Adkins
Car strikes tree near Carbondale. one dead
Charles M. Green, 21, of Carbondale, was killed early today when his car ran off Route 13 two miles east of Carbondale and struck a tree.
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Carbondale, Ill
Charles M. Green
Carbondale
Route 13
Weather and Five Day Forecast for Mount Vernon and SI
Mount Vernon weather lists a high variable with a low 72 and rainfall to date 19.69 inches. The five day forecast for Southern Illinois predicts near normal temperatures with highs 88 to 94 and lows 65 to 70, with periods of showers and thunderstorms totaling over an inch.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois
Illinois Sees Heat Wave With Scattered Thunderstorms
Temperatures climbed toward the 90s across Illinois with little relief likely. The Weather Bureau forecast possible thundershowers in much of the state but little cooling from rain. Extreme heat and humidity expected Wednesday, though northern counties may see slight relief. Overnight temps ranged from 73 at Vandalia and Dubuque to 81 near Chicago.
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Illinois
Weather Bureau
Vandalia
Dubuque
Chicago
Job Corpsman Dies Of Injuries In Evansville Bus Incident
Charles A. McAllister 17 of Barnesville Ohio died Tuesday at Baptist Hospital Evansville Indiana. The Shawnee National Forest job corps group was en route from a swimming class to the Golconda Civilian Conservation Center when the accident occurred. Center officials are investigating the fatality, the first at the center since it opened in 1965.
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Golconda, Ul
Charles A. McAllister
Barnesville
Ohio
Baptist Hospital
Evansville
Ind
McAllister
Shawnee National Forest
Golconda Civilian Conservation Center
Kidnapper Captured Free Girls In Roanoke Case
A Roanoke man J Howard Davis 50 and Mrs Brwster Freeman 50 were shot and found in a basement house near Roanoke. Three kidnapped girls Ellen Davis 13 Hester Freeman 17 Mathilda Love 13 survived. Mathilda had relatives who died in a Piedmont Airlines jet crash in Hendersonville NC a year earlier. Thompson held without bond for security reasons.
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J. Howard Davis
Roanoke
Br Wster Freeman
Ellen Davis
Hester “Crerry” Freeman
Womaan
Mathilda Love
Roanone
Hester Freeman
Sweden Grants Asylum To Thirteen More Deserters
Sweden welcomed thirteen more U S military deserters for humanitarian reasons. The Swedish Aliens Commission said 107 servicemen have reported to authorities and been allowed to stay, including the 13 new arrivals. Names and birth details were released, including Robert M Beasley born October 29, 1949 in Casey I
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Stockholm
Sweden
U.S
Swedish Aliens Commission
Robert M. Beasley
Casey, I
Squabble on gas tax is settled in Illinois
Chicago politics report highlights a dispute over a gas tax amendment in a budget bill. Governor Shapiro and majority leaders defend the agreement while asserting the amendment expands belt tightening to all executive officers. A $127 million revenue shortfall is projected for the two year period ending June 30. A borrowing plan could force $67 million in cuts, with hearings noting counties and towns could maintain current highway programs if passed.
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Chicago
Shapiro
Arrington
Ted Mors
Mort
Chicago Motor Club
House
Senate
Harris Fawell
Naperville
Otto Kerner
Fawell
Fowell
Pony Association Postpones July Meeting
The Southern Illinois Pony Association has postponed its regular business meeting scheduled for July 25. The postponement is due to the Pony show at Harrisburg Fair, with date to be announced later.
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Southern Illinois Pony Association
Harrisburg
Reds Mass for Attack
Clifford said no plans to request more troops and noted phased U.S. withdrawal could begin in 1969 if Saigon presses for it. He praised the 1st Vietnamese Army Division as comparable to any U.S. unit, operating near the DMZ as envoys warn of no peace before a general offensive. South Vietnam boosts other regions to match the 1st Division.
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Clifford
Nguyen van Thiu
America
da Nang
U.S
Saigon
Paris
United States
Hue
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
North Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Traffic fines in circuit court listed
Circuit Court fines included LeRoy Stewart Route 1 Dix eleven dollars for speeding. Johnnie W Earls Route 2 Waltonville ten dollars for following too closely. Robert C DeBaun 519 Casey ten dollars for defective splash guards on a vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Stewart
Dix
Johnnie W. Earls
Waltonville
Robert C
DeBaun
Casey
McKinney Sentenced to 60 Days in County Jail
Leon McKinney, 23, of 1301 South Ninth Street, was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail after pleading guilty to a battery charge in circuit court yesterday. Judge Alvin Lacy Williams imposed the sentence for a July 4 knife attack on another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon. McKinney
South Ninth Street
Alvin Lacy Williams
McKinney
Talks Show No Progress at 13th Nixon-Hanoï Session
Harriman said no progress was made at the 13th meeting between negotiating teams, released before today’s session ended. The talks, which began May 13, stretched nearly four hours with continued escalation tensions lingering over the bomb halt question.
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Harriman
Illinois Bell raises wage offer to quell Chicago convention strike
Illinois Bell offers higher weekly wages to IBEW workers in a bid to avert moving the Democratic National Convention from Chicago. The company asks FMCS to put the proposal to a member referendum, a step union leaders have rejected before. Daley insists the convention stays in Chicago and city workers may install equipment if needed.
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Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Clyde C. Boylls
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Systems Council
T-4
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Richard J. Daley
Clinois Bell
Robert A. Nickey
Nickey
Illinois Bell
Daley
John M. Bailey
Democratic National Committee
International Amphitheatre
IBEW
Bell
Bailey
Ibew Systems Council
James W. Cook
Three Hurt In Accident North Of Town
Three people were injured in a car-truck crash four miles north of Mt Vernon on a rural road northwest of Smiths Aquarium. Hilda Huntsinger Route 6 Katherine Easley RFD Kell and Linda Buchanan Route 1 Kell were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital for treatment.
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Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hilda Huntsinger
Katherine Easley
RFD
Kell
Linda Buchanan
Smith's Aquarium
Three Hurt In Accidents Here On Mt Vernon Streets
Two collisions on Mt Vernon streets left Sheila D Hale 24 of Fairfield and Bobby Joe Cook 36 of 802 south 22nd with non serious injuries. Hale was charged with disobeying a stop sign and both cars damaged over 3100. A separate crash at 26th and For est involved Leslie L Page 17 and Orba L Humphrey 24 with Page injured yet another vehicle damaged over 100. Humphrey faces a charge of failure to yield right of way.
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Mt. Vernon
Sheila D. Hale
York
Fairfield
Bobby Joe Cook
22Nd
College
Sheila Hale
James Hale
Forest
Leslie L. Page
Orba L. Humphrey
South 17Th Street
Page
Humphrey
Rushing Ray Sent Back to U S for Trial
Rushing Ray will face eight days of further proceedings on charges of entering Britain on a forged Canadian passport and possessing an unlicensed gun. Arrested June 8 at London Airport after a two month worldwide manhunt linked to the Memphis civil rights leader slaying, Ray's British lawyers planned an appeal claiming the case is political and not extraditable. A June 29 hearing was tentatively set. Ray, inclined to profess innocence, has grown restless in Wandsworth Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Memphis
Tenn
Ray
King
Wandsworth
Wild West Rodeo and Harness Racing at Mt Vy Fair
The Mt Vy fair hosts a wild west rodeo this afternoon with harness racing continuing tonight and Thursday. Racing program includes 3-Year-Old Trot Egyptian Colt Stakes $1000 purse and 3-Year-Old Pace Egyptian Overnight Pace $500 purse plus Overnight Trot $500 and Pony Pace. Thursday features Free For All Pace $500, Free For All Trot $500, and Pony Chariot Race $50.
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Va M. Shirley
Julian Peeck
Mt. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Murphysboro Radio
Moline
Peoria
Springfield
Rockford
Quincy
Belleville
Anton
G.P
Midwest Dubuque
Madison
South Bend
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Albuquerque
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Boise
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Ste
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St.p
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jErittsburgh
Rapid City
Richmond
Salt Sk. City
San Fran
Weber
Seattle
Aesageg Censene
Tampa
Brenda Ann Martin
Mt. Vernon State Fair
Nancy Branch
Carla Tinsley
Sheila Smith
Hilliard and Myers
Circuit Court
Hanoi
Delta
Havana
Cuba
Continental Airlines
Columbus
N.M
el Paso
South America
Leo Rise
Charles Vile
Barbara Wadley
Suzanne Lawton
Shelley Moore
Kathleen Dickinson
Eleanor
Beaver
Dartmouth
Convention City
Loyal Order of Moose
Paul Williams Sabra
U. S
Wild West Rodeo
MT. VY. Fair
Marvin
Thrift Special
Marvin Dye
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