Deaths Willie E. Reese 79 Ina
Willie Edgar Reese 79 of Ina died last night in Franklin Hospital Benton. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Johnston Funeral Home Whittington with Rev. Naaman Conner officiating. Burial in Kirk Cemetery. Calling hours after 3 p.m. today. Born January 1 1887 in Franklin County to John L. and Dick Reese. Widower of Elvira May McGinnies who died January 13 1964. Survived by two sons Ralph Reese Whittington Lloyd Reese Salem two daughters Dorothy and Eva Marie Reese Ina and five grandchildren.
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Willie Edgar Reese
Ina
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Johnston Funeral Home
Whittington
Naaman Conner
Kirk Cemetery
Mr. Reese
Franklin County
John L
Dick (Winemiller) Reese
Elvira May McGin
Mary R Palmer Dies at 71 in Mt Vernon Rites Thursday
Mary Ruth Palmer 71 of 810 North 12th Street died at 1 30 am at Good Samaritan Hospital after a three week illness. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 pm at Myers Chapel with Rev Marsh Harpole officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. She worked in Mt Vernon High School cafeteria and was married to Claude Palmer before his 1941 death. She leaves three sons and three grandchildren.
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Mary Ruth Palmer
North 12Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Marsh Harpole
Oakwood Cemetery
Mt. Vernon
Carl Gockel
Funeral today for Brean Greer in Du Quoin
Brean Red Greer 67 former Perry county slot machine and pinball distributor dies at his Du Quoin farm. Born July 27, 1898 in DuBois he lived in Du Quoin 77 years. Service at Weinberg Funeral Home with Rev John Q Turner. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Indicted 1952 for income tax evasion. sentence reduced request denied. began 3 year term March 22, 1934.
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Weinberg
Duu Quoin
Brean
Red” Greer
Perry County
du Quoin
DuBois
John
Hettie Spenser Greer
Eva Hampton
Greer
Christian Church
The
John Q. Turner
Sunset Memorial Park
Mary Dalton Found Dead In Home Near Here
Mary Dalton of Old Route 15 was found dead in her home shortly before noon. The sheriff reports the death appears due to natural causes. She lived about a half mile east of Summersville School.
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Mary Dalton
Sheriff's Office
Summersville School
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital on July 18
Mr and Mrs Bobby Johnston of Whittington welcomed a baby boy named Jeffrey Lynn born Monday July 18 at 11 14 am weighing seven pounds six ounces. Mr and Mrs Billie Russell of 1707 W Broadway welcomed a baby boy named Bill Courtney born Monday July 18 at 8 20 pm weighing five pounds three ounces.
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Bobby Johnston
Whittington
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jeffrey Lynn
Billie Russell
1707
W. Broadway
Bill Courtney
Weather snapshot for Mt Vernon and vicinity highlights
The Mt Vernon area shows a Monday high of 98 and low around 0 with rainfall measured from 7:00 a.m. Monday to 7:00 a.m. Tuesday at .21 inches. Year comparisons note highs of 83 to 68 yesterday, with sunrise at 4:47 and sunset at 7:23 p.m. CST. Total rainfall for the year reaches 18.79 inches.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois Weather Outlook From Associated Press
Afternoon thundershowers cooled northern Illinois with near 80s and 90s elsewhere. Scattered storms and isolated funnels were expected to move south Monday night, with 56 to 64 in the north and upper 60s to mid 70s in the south tonight. Wednesday looked generally fair and pleasant.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Ilinois
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Discharges include Vera Irene Russell James Davis Emma Whittington Floyd Johnson Ada Stoner and baby Philip Nathaniel Emily Wood and twins Troy and Tawana D'Wayne along with many others. Admissions list Willard Harold Porter Homer Walls Etta Marie Morgan William Ira Greenwalt and more from multiple locations including Mount Vernon and Bluford.
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Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Willard Harold Porter
McLeansboro
Homer Walls
North 5Th
Etta Marie Morgan
William Ira Greenwalt
Keenes
Vera Irene Russell
Bruford
Paul Jeffrey Mays
Mt. Vernon
James Davis
Broadway
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lester Hodge
Harrison
Sadie Catron
Wayne City
Eva Caroselli
Palos Heights
Ilinois
Lela Ethel Miller
Welkins
Myreta Presley
Lesser
Dorothy Gay
Virginia
Dallas Cluck
Perkins
Lela Capps
South
Ollie Irvin
Bonnie
Elsie Pugh
Gladys Waugh
Cordelia Fields
Fisher's Lane
Kay Pennington
Raymond Fleckenstein
Marion
Indiana
Emma Whittington
Bluford
Floyd Johnson
Ada Stoner
Baby
Philip Nathaniel
Emily Wood
Troy D'Wayne
Tawana Dyanne
Mary Russino
E. Casey
George Waters
Isabella
Marilyn Seibert
Crownview
Roger Spangier
Iuka
Mary Fleming
Chicago
Warning leads to arrests for motorists blocking fire trucks
Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Sydney Burnette warned charges will be filed against drivers who fail to keep 300 feet behind fire engines. A Dixon Texaco pump at 10th and Perkins was knocked over and burned after a car collided with it as firefighters rushed to a blaze. the driver fled. No further damage occurred beyond the destroyed pump.
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Mt. Vernon
Sydney Burnette
Burnette
Dixon
Texaco
10Th
Perkins
Dixon Station
Marines Hold Off Red Waves in Vietnam Frontline Action
Marines from the 4th Regiment pressed toward an enemy concentration a few miles south of the frontier. North Vietnamese forces unleashed automatic weapons, small arms, and mortars as Leathernecks withstood the attack.
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4Th Marine Regiment
Ward defends Speck trial amid security concerns
Ward insisted on tight security for John Wayne Speck as authorities continued to build their case after Speck was identified at the murder scene. He noted parallels to Dallas and Oswald while confirming Speck’s attempted suicide claim and ongoing interviews with witnesses as Chicago mourned eight murder victims with multiple funerals.
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Chicago
John Patrick Cody
Gemini 10 Nears Rendezvous As Extra Vihicular Activity Planned
Gemini 10 set a record altitude of 476 miles, surpassing Soviet peers and jolting astronauts with about one G during a powerful engine burn. Collins will perform a stand-up spacewalk around 4:15 p.m. EST, with a 55 minute exterior stroll planned for Wednesday. If fuel holds, a rendezvous with Gemini 8 Agena may occur, though limited propellant challenges complicate docking. Lunney noted reduced maneuvering fuel after the chase, while Cooper cautioned that fuel use is part of learning complex space maneuvers.
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Earth
Navy
Young
Air Force
Maj
Collins
Lunney
Four $1,000 Races Set Wednesday at Pony Show
The annual 4-H pony and horse show opens at 12 30 p.m. with four $1,000 races. At 2 p.m. the world open horse and mule pull offers a $500 purse, with two classes under and over 3,000 pounds. Friday night at 7 the tractor pulling features purses totaling $760 across four classes for tractors up to 4 000, 6 000, 9 000, and 12 000 pounds.
Hog Market Prices Mt Vernon Brief
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were 35 cents higher. Top 24 35 for 200 to 20 lb hogs. Sows 19 5 for 300 weight down, sows 300 weight and over 19 00, down. Boars 12 50 and 13 30. After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon after noon quotations list Wheat at 1.77 Old beans at 3.40 New beans at 3.16 Old shell corn 1.46 Old ear corn 1.44
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Mt. Vernon
Wayne City Grain Prices At Pillsbury Market Wayne City
Wayne City grain prices paid by Pillsbury through Tuesday close include old corn 1.42 old beans 3.43 wheat 1.79 new beans 3.15 new corn 1.32 at the Wayne City market.
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Pillsbury
Wayne City
Grain prices from Chicago cash market report
AP Chicago cash grain prices show Wheat No 2 hard 2.03 percent O4n No 2 red 1.94 percent 5n Corn No 2 yellow 144 percent No 4 yellow 142 Oats No 1 heavy white 79 No 1 heavy white 78 No 2 heavy white 78 percent Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.62 and Soybean oil 13.10n
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Chicago
St Louis Produce Prices Reported
St. Louis AP notes egg and live poultry prices with consumer grades from A large to B large and wholesale grades. Values list ranges for eggs by size and grade and broilers and fryers at 28 to 29 percent.
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ST. Louis
Chicago live poultry and butter prices report
Chicago wholesale prices for live poultry unchanged with roasters at 25 4 to 27 and special red white rock fryers at 21 to 23. Butter percentages show AA 71 percent and other grades. oats and egg grades listed with mixed results. grain and egg grade distribution noted.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Prices At National Stockyards Illinois
Estimated Wednesday receipts include hogs 6000, sheep 400, cattle 2000, calves 150. Hogs fetch 24.00 to 25.25 for barrows and gilts 180 to 250 pounds and 17.00 to 71.50 for sows 270 to 650 pounds. Steers from good to choice range 22.50 to 2.65, heifers good to choice 20.0 to 24.0, sheep 600 head with spring lambs good to choice 21.00 to 23.50, ewes 4.00 to 7.50.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Wall Street Dip After Viet Nam War Cries Report
The Dow fell 8.74 to 879.67 at noon as a French agency report that US pilots would be tried as war criminals by North Viet Nam spooked traders. Broad declines hit steels, motors, chemicals, optics, airlines, and related sectors with Xerox and IBM leading losses.
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New York
Viet Nam
Peking
Associated Press
Xerox
IBM
Eastern Airlines
Eastman Kodak
Zenith
United Air Lines
American Air Lines
New York Central
Polaroid
Mt Vernon Names in Town Pals List
David Allen Barton 19 of Mt Vernon and Linda Lee Cowen 19 of Mt Vernon join Billy Green 18 of Aurora and Cheryl Winfree 18 of Mt Vernon. Glen Shell 4 of Keenes and Alice Mills 19 Mt Vernon address 1300 South 26th. J Lee Ladd 25 Edwardsville and Latha Kay Webb 22 Mt Vernon on Mt Vernon Mt Vernon list.
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David Allen Barton
Benton
Linda Lee Cowen
North 8Th
Mt. Vernon
Billy Green
Aurora
Cheryl Winfree
Groves
Glen Shell
Keenes
Alice Mills
South
J. Lee Ladd
Edwardsville
Latha Kay Webb
Benstom Road
Plan Systematic Hunt Plans to Tackle Dogs Attacking Cattle
Farmers in western Jefferson county blame packs of dogs for cattle disappearances in Grand Prairie and Casner townships. They say they will shoulder rifles and shotguns to rid the area of the dogs after a deputy sheriff reported a missing seven month Angus calf at J. L. Peeck's home.
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Jefferson County
J. L. Peeck
Peeck
Grand Prairie
Casner
Orville Telford
Five Cited In Mt Vernon Mishaps Injuring Two
Five persons were charged with traffic offenses and two people suffered minor injuries in five Mt Vernon accidents yesterday. Vehicles collided at South 10th and 7th Street Broad way and 13th Street 11th and Broadway and 10th and Harrison 10th and Vaught. Damages exceeded $100 in most crashes.
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Mt. Vernon
South 10Th
Valle D. Boden
Shelbyville
Ronald E. Isaac
Route 2
Richard
Huston
North 11Th
Boden
Jack E. Callaway
Round Lake
Ill
Sydney T. Burnette
South 19Th
Broadway
13Th
Callaway
11Th
Jake Stowers
South 22Nd
Louis Whipple
Sandoval
Whipple
Juanita French
Route 7
Melvin Lynn Morgan
Springfield
10Th
Harrison
Morgan
Wescott
Melvin Taylor
New Oil Pool and Six Extensions Reported in June
Boundary lines show the only Champaign County production to date while Illinois June activity totals 101 tests. Of these, 43 wells produced oil and 58 were dry, with seven abandoned holes reworked into oil wells. The St Louis dolomite drive continues, notably in Richland and Jasper counties, as the No 1 Wilson in Richland County yielded 100 barrels daily after acid treatment. the well traces to a 1955 dry hole depth of 4610 feet. Illinois June oil production estimated at 4 757 000 barrels.
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Champaign County
Jasper County
St. Louis
Newton
Richland County
Wilson
Section
Perry Falk
Girl Killed in Rural De Kalb Truck Crash
An Earlville High School sophomore Joyce Packinham, 16, of Earlville, died Monday when the pickup she rode in left a rural road south of De Kalb, police said. The accident shocked the community and authorities investigated the cause.
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DE Kalb
Earlville High School
Joyce Packinham
Earlville
Business district planner hired here
The Mt. Vernon city council hired a Chicago firm to prepare a downtown CBD project plan including a preliminary layout and budget. The move aims to curb sprawl into shopping centers and bolster the central business district despite prior delays with a St. Louis firm. The council also annexed 60 acres along Richview Road, approved a nine street Lions Club barbecue, and adopted an ordinance to curb abandoned vehicles while ordering a review of railroad crossings.
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Elkins
Chicago Company
Mt. Vernon
Central Business District
General Planning and Resource Consultants
St. Louis
Gerwin Rohrbach
Plan Commission
Finn
Joe Martin
Chicago
Shapiro and Associates
Rohrbach
Richview Road
27Th Street
Kenneth F. Cark
Lawrence E. Hall
Dorothy Woodworth
OK Lions
Lions Club
Lions
Ninth Street
Main
Broadway
James P. Burke
Vern Bond
Bill Steffy
Sydney Burnette
Bob Poisall
Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow Burnette
State awards contracts for upstate I-57 work in Illinois
Illinois highway department allocates four contracts for Interstate 57 projects near Cham pign Thomasboro Arcola and Mt Vernon. The Standard Paving Co. gets 324275 for a grade separation north of Champaign. Culberson Construction Co. receives 240633 for a township road grade separation south of Thomasboro. Dwight Shoemaker Bridge Co. lands 280269 for a Thomasboro area triple box culvert and approaches. Howell Asphalt Co. earns 140387 for a four mile south Arcola grade separation.
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The
State Highway Department
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Champaign
Standard Paving Co
Chicago
Thomasboro
Champaign County
Culberson Construction Co
Pana
Dwight Shoemaker Bridge Co
Urbana
Arcola
Coles County
Howell Asphalt Co
Mattoon
Thefts Of Tire And Hams Reported In Mt Vernon
Two thefts and one vandalism were reported to Mt. Vernon police. Ben Elliott of the Mt. Vernon Bus Station said three hams were taken from an unlocked storeroom. Roy E Hoyt reported a tire taken from his car. Bill Baker said garage windows were broken.
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Mt. Vernon
Ben Elliott
Roy E. Hoyt
Salem Road
Bill Baker
Saelm Road
Mt Vernon Chamber Seeks 14000 Sq Ft Warehouse Space
The Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce asks Mt Vernon and Jefferson County residents for warehouse space of at least 14 000 square feet with railroad siding for a St Louis manufacturing firm. A firm rep will be back Friday. contact the Chamber and note railway crossings at Harrison Jordan and Casey for signals. Gerald Metcalf charcoal plant air pollution complaint spurs council action. Additionally the council adjourns actions on Jaycee Lake motors and a street name change, approves a 20 year cabin lease, and grants Mt Vernon Day afternoon off for city workers.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Harrison
Jordan
Casey
Gerald Metcalf
Springfield
Chester Lewis
Jaycee Lake
Dogwood Point, Inc
Newby Street
Plaza Lane
Tenth Street
Shawnee
Burnette
France resumes atmospheric nuclear tests in Pacific
AP reports France continued its atmospheric nuclear testing program in the Pacific, with another atomic blast announced by the Defense Ministry as the country presses ahead despite international concerns.
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Paris
France
Cific
Defense Ministry
Driver Hammers Head In Roadside Dispute
Deputies investigated a Walnut Hill Road incident near the Jefferson Marion line where a truck driver struck another motorist with a hammer during an argument. The injured driver left the scene with blood on his head and no charges were filed.
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Sheriff's Ofefice
Walnut Hill
Jefferson and
Marion Counties
One Killed Nine Hurt In Two Car Crash North Of Chester
A two car crash on Route 3 in Randolph County near Ellis Grove killed Joseph Sundrup 65 of Chester and seriously injured his sister Emerenta Sundrup 78 who rode with him. Nine others were injured eight from Mississippi and Gary Indiana.
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Randolph County
Ellis Grove
Chester
Joseph Sundrup
Emerenta Sundrup
Mississippi
Gary
Ind
Eight People Fined in Circuit Court
Eight individuals faced fines in Circuit Court. Billy C. Green received two counts illegal transportation of liquor and minor possession of liquor, each $10. Others fined include Susie L. Jamison for speeding, Bert B. Grossland for failure to yield, Charlotte K. Bruzon for disobeying a traffic signal, Nelson Rex Bravard and Gary Wayne Connell for intoxication, William J. Vestal for speeding, and Cecil Johnson for disturbance.
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Billy C. Green
Keenes
Susie L. Jamison
Kankakee
Bert B. Grossland
South 18Th
Charlotte K. Bruzon
Mt. Vernon
Nelson Rex Bravard
South 10Th Street
Gary Wayne Connell
Opdyke
William J. Vestal
Louisville
Cecil Johnson
Perkins
Denver Holiday Rocky Mountain Trip For Woodmen Winners
On Denver holiday state manager and Mrs Jack Overstreet have won an all expense paid Rocky Mountain Holiday in Denver Colorado. As national winners in a 10 month Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society contest the Overstrees will spend four days in the Mile High City. Winners from across the nation headquarter at the Hilton Hotel and tour Denver area sights.
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Jack Overstreet
ePar St
Vernon
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Colorado
Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
Overstreet
Mile High
Hilton Hotel
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