Maude Ruch Dead at 76 Rites Tuesday
Maude Ruch widow of Eddie Ruch died at 3 30 a m Sunday at her home 242 South 15th Street She was 76 years 3 months 24 days old Services will be held Tuesday at 2 p m at Pulley's Funeral Chapel Rev Robert Frey will conduct burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery She was born February 23 1884 in Taylorville Illinois daughter of Joel and Frances Speer She belonged to the Royal Neighbors lodge Survived by son Scott Lantz Glendive Montana daughter Frances Craig Mt Vernon Five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Also her husband died in 1958 and two brothers preceded her Body will lie in state at Pulley Funeral Home after 4 p m today
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Eddie Ruch
South 15Th Street
Pulley’s
Robert Freytag
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Ruch
Taylorville
Joel and
Frances (Search) Speer
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Scott Lantz
Glendive
Mont
Frances Craig
Mt. Vernon
Pulley Funeral
Brother of Mt. Vernon Resident Dies at 87
George W. Paine of Wenatchee Washington died at Deaconess Hospital aged 87. He is survived by his brother Thomas E. Paine of 714 Perkins Avenue Mt. Vernon and several nieces and nephews. He was born in Marion County.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Thomas E. Paine
Perkins Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Paine
Deaconess
Marion County
Lovejoy Award To Lady Editor
Hazel Brennan Smith editor of the Lexington Advertiser in Mississippi won the Elijah Parish Lovejoy award for courage in journalism. For six years she faced pressure groups seeking to destroy her newspaper by boycott and intimidation, and she prevailed on libel appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court. She received the 1960 Lovejoy award at the International Conference of Weekly Newspaper Editors in Giant City State Park near Carbondale.
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Carbondale, Ill
Mississippi
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Hazel Brennan Smith
Lexington Advertiser
CITE DRIVER IN NASHVILLE CAR DEATH
John A. Witt twenty seven of Lincoln drove alone in the third car and was uninjured. Also named were sa and Rose Harmon of Bible Grove and Leslie King of Green town Indiana in the continuation on page two column one.
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Rose Harmon
Bible Grove
Leslie King
Greentown
Ind
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Lincoln
Teen-ager dies in Route One crash near Lawrenceville
A Bridgeport teen, Michael Snider, 18, dies from injuries after a Sunday crash on Route One near Lawrenceville that also killed farmer Lewis Roberts, 44, and left Roberts’ wife seriously injured. Harvey Hobbs, 21, of Bridgeport, the auto driver, is seriously injured after his car struck Roberts’s truck and went into a ditch as the truck overturned.
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Lawrenceville, Sr
Bridgeport
Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville Hospital
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Snider
Harvey Hobbs
Lewis Roberts
Lawrence County
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Roberts
Pedestrian Killed Crossing Highway 40 in East St. Louis
Fairmount race track groom Paul Jasper Miller, 62, of Sarasota Florida was struck while crossing U S Highway 40 in East St. Louis. Illinois State Patrol reports Miller walked into the path of 26 year old Marguerite Ross of St Louis. He died en route to St Marys Hospital East St. Louis.
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U.S. Highway 40
East St. Louis
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Miler
Marguerite Ross
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Admissions list includes Michael Dean Murphy Winnie Davis James Harriman Mary Burton Clara Reeder Frances Maddox Harry Shields Harold Owens and Helen Pigg. Discharges feature Vivian Merriman Alice Terry Fred Cook Letzekorn Ed ward Chamness and others, with many babies named and multiple family entries.
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New Orleans Jazz Concert Riot Sparks Chaos
In New Orleans an all Negro jazz concert ended in a near riot as bricks bottles and debris scorched at police restoring order. About 5 000 people gathered at municipal auditorium. Seven arre sts including rock n roll singer Jackie Wilson faced charges from attempted murder to assaulting officers and inciting a riot.
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Municipal Auditorium
Jackie Wilson
Republicans see little Rockefeller draft strength in New York
Chicago RP dispatch reports Republican national chairman Sen Thruston Morton of Kentucky said outside New York he saw little strength for drafting Nelson Rockefeller as GOP candidate. As the party nears its July 25 convention, Morton spoke after Gov Rockefeller said he would accept a genuine draft. Nixon is favored for acclamation, while Rockefeller did not support Nixon’s nomination and Morton had no further details.
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New York
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Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Cuban Catholics Rally Over Anti US Actions Continued
Raul Castro arrived in Moscow amid talks on economic and military aid as Cuba keeps pressuring for Soviet support. Khrushchev plans a visit, while the United States insists the Monroe Doctrine remains a warning against Communist interference in Latin America. Argentina and Ecuador seek to lift the dispute to the OAS, opposing a UN route per Hoy.
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Mt Vernon Masons Meet July 18 At 7:30 P M
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A M and A M holds stated meeting on Monday July 18 at 7 30 p m W M Taylor R Mabry and James Apgar secretary announce the schedule VFW Auxiliary to meet Tuesday night at 7 30 o clock at the city auditorium
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Taylor R. Mabry
W.M. James Apgar
VFW
Tuesfar
City
Rockefeller Withholds Support in Nixon Nomination
Rockefeller says he will not seek or accept second place and declined Nixon’s nomination invitation. He criticizes Nixon and urges civil rights, defense, and foreign policy actions using social security mechanisms. GOP rivals, including Goldwater, signal a conservative push if a convention fight arises.
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Nixon
New York
Goldwater
Phoenix
Ariz
New Japanese Prime Minister Faces Strikes in Kyushu
A new Japanese prime minister pursues a soft policy of negotiation with Socialists as police brace for clashes with striking workers. About 13,000 police could confront 30,000 to 100,000 workers. Communists and radical students guard Miike Coal Mine in Kyushu amid court injunctions to clear protesters. The scene pits police enforcing order against rebellious factions tied to demonstrations over the U.S Japan security treaty.
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Kyushu
Japan
U.S
Moore heads Eagles in Illinois district election
Merwin Moore of Du Quoin is elected the new tenth district president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Illinois. He succeeds Clyde Poole of Carterville after the annual gathering in Du Quoin on Sunday.
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Eagles DU
Congo Falls Under Congo Crisis Edges Toward UN Aid
Congolese threaten to call in paratroops as patrols roam Leopoldville with rifles and machine guns. Embassy says missionaries stay. 2 Belgian aircraft missing while on a refugee pickup mission. UN force swells to over 2000 with Ethiopian troops arriving. Tshombe warns the UN. Reports say a Polish freighter carried arms but UN aid cargo clarified. Approximately half of 2000 Americans evacuated from the region.
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Leopoldville
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Lukula
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USN
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Moise Tshombe
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Leopoldvile Radio
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T Congo
Illinois Weather Report Sees Cooler Midweek With Warm Weekend
Illinois temperatures run 3 to 5 degrees below normal with highs around 83 to 91 and lows 63 to 72. A slight cooling trend midweek gives way to a warming Friday or Saturday. Precipitation averages a quarter to a half inch with possible heavier sporadic thundershowers early in the week.
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Illinois Weather by the Associated Press
Warm weather in the 80s brought thundershowers across Illinois with readings ranging 80s to 60s at night. Northern Illinois stayed warmer than the south with Chicago and Rockford averaging 74 while Belleville logged 70. Highs included Moline 85 and Rockford 85, with overnight lows near 57 to 68 across several cities.
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Springfield
Lanphier Leaves Convair Job in Defense Policy Fight
Lanphier, once vice president of General Dynamics Convair Division, quit a $50,000-a-year post to challenge defense policies. Now he seeks work, says he is about $30,000 poorer and argues the Eisenhower administration gambles with national safety by not approving more missiles and planes. He resigned amid criticism that his motives were weapon sales driven.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Tom Lanphier
General Dynamics Convair Division
Lanphier
Eisenhower
Convair
Births Bountiful Westbrook Inglett Lankford Chambliss Here
A series of birth notices from Good Samaritan Hospital records the arrival of several babies. Randy Rex Westbrook weighs eight pounds three ounces, Eric Charles Inglett weighs seven pounds six ounces, a Mt. Vernon couple welcomed their son at 10 44 a m, Michael Gale Storment born July 17, Daniel Leroy Chambliss born July 9, and a daughter born to William Eugene Lankford and spouse. Grandparents listed include Willis Chambliss, John Robison, Bertha Chambliss, and others.
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Richview Road
Randy Rex
Good Samaritan Hospital
Charles Inglett
West Covina
Calif
Los Angeles
Eric Charles
Pearl Inglett
Mt. Vernon
Charles [Lbery
Route 3
Ronald G. Storment
Keenes
Michael Gale
Jaycees Seek Candidates For Outstanding Young Farmer
Vernon Jaycees in Jefferson County seek 1960s outstanding young farmer of Illinois. Nominees aged 21 to 34 with at least two thirds income from farming considered for award to be announced at Mt Vernon State Fair on Friday July 22 with winner advancing to state contest.
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Mt. Vernon Public Square
John E. Jacobsen
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Patty Hirons
Bob Beckmeyer
Helen Farghar
LaPorte
Ind
Nixon
Clarence Brehm
the Volunteers
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Mary Sue Schroeder
Petty Manion
Harriett Hirons
Leitzell
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Jaycees
Illinois
Test Aerial Rescue Device Test Aerial Rescue Device
A Navy Neptune bomber will depart for Point Barrow Alaska in about a week to test a new air retriever device for rescuing people from mountains or ice. The system uses a front fork, a helium balloon and nylon line to lift subjects from inaccessible terrain. Invented by Robert Fulton of Connecticut, the device aims to snatch people or equipment aloft via a 300 foot line with no discomfort reported in tests.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctic
Connecticut
Robert Fulton
Tot Electrocuted In Home Tragedy
In St Louis a one year old girl Patricia Ketcherside died after touching a live wire behind the kitchen stove. Insulation on the wire was worn, authorities said. The child was pronounced dead on arrival at city hospital. The incident occurred Sunday night at the parents home of Mr and Mrs Richard Ketcherside.
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Weekend deaths in Japan reach fifty nine by drowning or fall
AP reports fifty nine people were killed over the weekend in Japan from drowning or falls during mountain climbing. Four hikers were reported missing and ten injured. Police say the tally reflects incidents across multiple locales.
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Federal loans for aged housing program starts fast
Housing Administrator Norman P. Mason orders rapid deployment of the new federal direct loan plan for housing the aged. He creates a new HHFA division led by Daniel G. Minto, saying there is a dire need for decent elderly housing and aims to move projects into construction within six months. Congress approved a 20 million dollar test appropriation and requires a report to the next Congress. The program covers 98 percent of rental project costs and loans go to private nonprofit sponsors, typically churches or fraternal groups. Elaborate projects are barred though some may reach two to three million dollars.
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Norman P. Mason
Eisenhower
Mason
Housing and Home Finance Agency
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San Francisco
Federal Housing Administration
Minto
Congress
HHFA
Moscow Claims U S Carrier Blockading Congo River Outlet
Moscow radio asserted a U S aircraft carrier is anchored at the Congo River mouth and dispatching planes inland. It said a U S tanker remained nearby to aid the carrier and charged Washington with aiding Belgian forces in the region.
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Surgeon General Burney Called to Rhode Island on Polio Epidemic
U S surgeon general Dr Leroy E Burney was summoned to Providence to confer with officials on a polio outbreak. Two new cases were reported today, increasing Rhode Island's total.
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Leroy E. Burney
U.S
Rhode Island
Man and Boy Injured in Weekend Mishaps at Local Hospital
Billie M. Strong, 32, was treated at Jefferson Memorial Hospital Saturday night after a power saw mishap lacerated his left hand from wrist to middle finger. Robert J. Albano, 24, of Chicago, was treated and released after cuts to his right wrist when his arm went through storm door glass.
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Billie M. Strong
Robert J. Albano
Chicago
Jefferson Memorial
Decatur Couple Killed In Crash
COLUMBIA Mo AP Mr and Mrs Paul W Pasley of Decatur Illinois were killed when their car driven by Pasley crashed into a bridge abutment on interstate route 70 two miles east of Columbia. Only the Pasley car was involved. Both occupants died at the scene. The concrete bridge structure was cracked top to bottom. No skid marks were observed, state highway patrol reported.
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Columbia, Mo
Paul W. Pasley
Decatur
Ill
Pasley
Columbia
Highway Patrol
East Germany Calls Congo Airlift InterVention on Aggressors
East Germany charged that 24 U.S. Globemaster transports used for the Congo airlift amount to intervention on the side of aggressors. Associated Press and ADN noted the flights transport U.N. troops and food, but the report omitted that detail.
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East Germany
Congo
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I State Police Captain Dies
NEW ATHENS Illinois AP Captain Walter Sauerwein commander of District 11 of the Illinois State Police since 1955 died of lung cancer at his home Sunday night He was 59 Sauerwein promoted to captain last March and served the force since 1941 In recent years he led raids on gambling establishments in the East St Louis area Survivors include his widow Ella two daughters Mrs William Petri and Mrs Jesse Pitchford both of New Athens a brother Roy Sauerwein and a sister Mrs Dora Vonderheid both of Belleville
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District 11
Illinois State Police
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Jesse Pitchford
New Athens
Roy Sauerwein
Dora Vonderheid
Belleville, Il
Wall Street Slips in Quiet Late Trading
The New York market lagged irregularly in dull afternoon action with about 2.2 million shares traded. Losses in speculative favorites and blue chips pulled the industrial average below support. Eastman Kodak, General Electric, Union Carbide, and Air Reduction fell, while Autos were mixed and government bonds showed no clear trend.
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Chicago Poultry Receipts Report Friday
AP dispatch from Chicago shows USDA live poultry receipts Friday at 15,000 with roasters 24 to 25 cents per pound and white rock fryers at 21.25 to 21.75 cents per pound. Special fed white rock fryers quoted 22 to 24.44 cents per pound.
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USDA
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Reported
National Stockyards market report lists cattle, calves, hogs and sheep with price ranges. Barrows and gilts 18.25 to 18.50, 180 to 240 pounds 17.75 to 18.25, sows down to 13.00 14.25 per 100 pounds, boars 10.50 to 12.50. Cattle and calves show good demand with steers 23.50 to 25.25, heifers 22.00 to 25.00, cows 13.00 to 16.50 and bulls 18.00 to 20.00. calves 20.00 to 25.00. Sheep trade slow with 1,700 head.
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Steady on Trading Floor
Chicago Mercantile Exchange round shows butter steady with receipts at 820,000 and wholesale buying prices unchanged to higher, with grades AA to C quoted in the 57% to 55% ranges. Eggs hold firm to higher as receipts total 12,100, wholesale prices steady to up, with white and mixed grades listed around 33 to 34 dollars and 32 to 34 dollars per unit.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and poultry price report from St. Louis
St Louis AP reports prices for eggs and live poultry with consumer grades A large and medium and wholesale grades for large extra and percentages, detailing per cent ranges and grade distinctions for market transparency.
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ST. Louis
Cash Grain Prices Reported for Chicago Market
Wheat No 1 red 1.84 per bushel. Corn No 2 yellow 1.20 to 1.1444 in 2014 1944 No 5 yellow 1.15% Jed. Soybean oil 8.90 to 9.00. Barley choice 1.15 to 1.25, feed 0.85 to 1.02. No oats or soybean sales.
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Chicago
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quotes show Wheat at 1.67 Soybeans 2.00 Corn 1.10. Also notes Candace as an ancient Ethiopian queen name mentioned in Acts.
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Mt. Vernon
Kissing as social game per Bowling Green study
Dr. Brian Sutton-Smith of Bowling Green State University says kissing is increasingly a factor in many games but also largely a matter of chance. He notes this era of tongue-tied dating and that kissing games offer a socially acceptable path to dating with the opposite sex.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Bowling Green State University
Brian Sutton-Smith
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