Apollo 11 return marks end of lunar voyage
Arm strong Aldrin and Collins scrubbed suits with a sodium hypochlorite disinfectant after collecting lunar rocks on the moon. They televised a final message thanking everyone on earth and praising science, while wives awaited their spouses' return. NASA scientists debated the moonquake data as rocks head to quarantine.
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Hatleberg
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Earth
Armtrong
Agency
Saturn
Columbia
Eagle
Lunar
Moon
Nixon
Joan Aldrin
Manned Spacecraft Center
NASA
Houston
Miss Illinois Contest Is On
In Aurora Illinois preliminary round talent and swim suit competitions of the Miss Illinois pageant are under way. Deb Gorey 19 from Springfield won the talent piano medley competition while Gay Damery 21 of Niantic contends for Miss Lincolnland. Gorey attends Western Illinois University and is sponsored by the Macomb Jaycees. The pageant is sponsored by the Aurora Jaycees with 41 contestants in total.
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Aurora, Ill
Mss Macomb
Miss Lincolnland
Me Macomb
Deborah Kay Gorey
Springfield
Miss Gorey
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Macomb Jaycees
Aurora Jaycees
Lincolnland
Gay Damery
Niantic
St. John’s School of Nursing
Miss Lincolns
Judy Ford
Belvidere
Deaths Ernest E Floro 69 Benton Illinois Power Co retiree
Ernest E Floro 69 of 2104 Logan street died 11 20 a m yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital a retired truck driver for Illinois Power Co Funeral services set for 1 30 a m Saturday at Myers Chapel Clyde Funkhouser officiating burial Bethel Memorial Cemetery body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 5 p m Friday Survivors include wife Yutha Pelhank a daughter Patricia Ann Maehl three sons Jack Fioro Gene Floro two sisters three brothers and six grandchildren
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Ernest E. Floro
Logan Street
Illinois Power Co
Good Samaritan Hospital
Floro
Power Company
Myers Chapel
Clyde Funkhouser
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Flora
Franklin County
Robert W
Alice (Whittington) Foro
Marion
Yutha Pelhank
First United Methodist Church
Elks Lodge
Benton
At Ted's Party Probe Continues After Accident
Edgar town police pursued further clues after the party incident. Miss Newberg told Worcester Gazette nothing tied the men to knowledge of the accident, and Gargan ferried the four girls to Vine Yard while they learned of the event Saturday morning.
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Edgartown
Miss Newberg
Worcester Gazette
Gargan
Vineyard
The
New York News
Hog market prices rise at Mt. Vernon sale
Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Market prices paid until 12:30 p.m. today were up 25 cents. U.S.C.A. No. 1 hogs were 26.50 No. 2 hogs were 26.00. No. 3 hogs were 25.50. Sows were 18.50 and 22.50. Boars were 14.50 and 15.50. After 12:30 p.m. today prices will be based on next day's prices.
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U.S.C.A
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon reported morning grain quotes with wheat at 1.13, soybeans 2.52, and corn 1.25. Local traders watched price levels as markets opened.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock prices at National Stockyards Illinois report
National Stockyards Illinois Friday estimates show hogs 4 500 cattle 250 calves 50 sheep 100. Hogs 5 000 buyers bid up 25 higher with 1 3 196 260 lb at 25.75 27.00 and sows 22.50 24.00. Cattle 800 calves 75 steers 28.00 29.00 900 1 050 lb. Heifers 26.00 27.50 cows 19.50 21.00, vealers 33.00 34.00. Sheep 100 spring lambs 26.00 29.50 ewes 8.00 9.00.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Chicago Produce price report from Mercantile Exchange
AP report from Chicago shows wholesale butter bids by grade and level, eggs price breaks for whites mediums standards, and grain quotes for wheat corn oats soybeans and soybean oil, with No 2 soft red wheat around 1.30 and soybeans near 2.71 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
St Louis Produce Egg and poultry price guide
The St Louis market lists consumer egg grades and prices by size and grade. Prices cover A large to A small, A medium, B large, wholesale standard and medium eggs, and hens, with weights and ranges for broilers and fryers.
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ST. Louis
Wall Street gains slimly as late bargain hunting lifts market
The Dow at noon rose 1.29 to 829.24 as gains edged losses in thin trading. Apollo related names moved mixed with Grumman unchanged, McDonnell Douglas up, and North American Rockwell down. IBM slipped 2 as Trans World Airlines fell and GM faced lower quarterly results. Oil and other sectors showed mixed moves amid a cautious market tone.
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New York
Dow Jones
Grumman Aircraft
McDonnell Douglas
Rockwell
Associated Press
Motors
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
General Motors
Trans World Airlines
Royal Dutch Petroleum
Standard Oil of
California
Texaco
Occidental Petroleum
Natomas
IBM
American Stock Exchange
Our Seasons Nursing
Buttes Gas & Oil
Transcontinental Investing
Dow Jones Noon Averages Show Moderate Gains
New York AP reports Dow Jones noon figures with the 30 Industrials at 829.24, up 1.29. 20 Rails at 199.34, up 0.93. Utilities at 119.28, down 0.06. and 65 Stocks at 281.76, up 0.62.
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New York
Briton Trades 2 Spies For 3 Held By Russia
London AP report describes Gerald Brooke returning to Britain after a four year Soviet imprisonment. He was released in exchange for two Britons held on drug charges and Soviet spies Morris and Lola Cohen. The exchange followed 11 weeks of negotiations. The Cohen couple, American citizens Peter and Helen Kroger, face 20 year sentences.
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Brooke
London
Britain
Morris
Lola Cohen
Russia
Cohens
Peter
Helen Kroger
NTS
Soviet Union
Michael Parsons
Anthony Peter Derek Lorraine
Afghanistan
Arrests swell as Springfield sit-in expands
In Springfield Illinois protesters demand action on economic and social issues outside the governor's office. By Wednesday night 31 protesters were jailed in Sangamon County, with 67 arrested Tuesday and 14 more Wednesday after Gov Ogilvie vowed no more protests. All faced disorderly conduct charges. some refused bond. Two Roman Catholic priests among the Wednesday arrestees joined 21 arraigned Tuesday who chose jail over posting bond.
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Springfield
Cairo
Sangamon County
Richard B. Ogilvie
August Caylor
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admission List
Admitted: Charles Howard Hale 1601 Lam ar Lindsey Gill Hickory View. Discharged: Jacqueline Woods 1920 S 8th Asa Knowles Bonnie Max William Clark David D Bennet Mrs Gloria Janette Rainey and baby son Mark David Route 4 Mrs Karen June Throgmorton and baby Angela Fay Route 5 Edward Hertenstein 1001 Salem Road Virginia Magbee 712 Jordan Mark Barnard Wayne City John Swain Ashley Fred Jones 819 North 4th Phyllis McGinley 1807 Frank ling Apt B Jack Gaudill Waltonville Road Roy Garrison 1507 Cherry Mary Garrison Keenes Aaron Lomax Fulton Ky Mary Johnson 204 South 17th Discharged Guy Edward Lesser Mary Petersen Opdyke Debra Gant 1113 South 15th Billy Fatheree Route 7 Patricia Long 7 Crownview Alva Flanagan 1101 Gilbert Elizabeth Coffel Scheller Janet Burke West Frankfort Mrs Joan Humphrey and baby
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Jefferson Memorial
Charles Howard Hale
Lamar
Lindsey Gill
Hickory View
Jacqueline Woods
Asa Knowles
Bonnie
Max William Clark
David D. Bennet
Gloria Janette Rainey
Mark David
Good Samaritan Hospital
Edward Hertenstein
Salem Road
Virginia Magbee
Jordan
Mark Barnard
Wayne City
John Swain
Ashley
Fred Jones
North 4Th
Phyllis McGinley
Lesser
Mary Petersen
Opdyke
Debra Gant
South 15Th
Billy Fatheree
Patricia Long
Crownview
Alva Flanagan
Gilbert
Elizabeth Coffel
Scheller
Janet Burke
West Frankfort
Joan Humphrey
Deaths rise during Viet battle lull
AP reports U S battlefield deaths rose 23 percent last week to 182 while enemy casualties fell to 2,203. South Vietnamese losses totaled 295, with a six week lull underway. B52 raids continued as small unit contacts and kidnappings in North Vietnam drew attention.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Local Names Linked to Route 7 and Bluford Area
A list of residents including Stephanie Elaine, Route 7, and Steve McKinnes of Bluford, with Betty Lemay at 313 Spruce, Betty Richardson of Bluford, Rosella Howell, Hickory View, and Opal Bateman, Hickory Grove.
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Stephanie Elaine
Route 7
Steve McKinnes
Bluford
Betty Lemay
Spruce
Betty Richardson
Rosella Howell
Hickory View
Opal Bateman
Hickory Grove
YMCA Day Camp Opens Monday At Jaycee Lake
The Mt. Vernon YMCA Day Camp begins Monday for boys ages 8 to 12 at Jaycee Lake. Camp runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for two weeks with hiking fishing nature study crafts and swimming. An overnight campout caps the final weekend. Enrollment capped at 20, per director James Adams.
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Jaycee Lake
Y.M.C.A
Mt. Vernon Y
NINE EGYPTIAN MIGS DOWNED IN FIGHTING ACROSS MIDEAST
In Cairo and Amman reports say nine Egyptian MIG jets were shot down during clashes with Israeli forces near the canal and over Maqar area 42 miles northeast of Amman with no Israeli casualties reported. Egyptian President Nasser vowed to liberate Arab lands and condemned U.S. and British support for Israel on the revolution’s 17th anniversary.
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United Nations
Middle East
Farouk
Chamber Group Tours Bank in Bank of Illinois Visit
Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce Personnel Management club toured the Bank of Illinois to view a highly developed computerized operation. David Bayer outlined banking computer use. Ronald Aissie assisted. Attendees included executives from Siegler Heater, Centralia Container, and others with plans for Aug. 12 tours at Oslen Magnetic and a Ramada Inn dinner.
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Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce
Bank of Illinois
David Bayer
Bayer
Ronald Aissie
Flaming Pit
Siegler Heater
Centralia
Centralia Container
General Radiator Co
Mode O’ Day
Oslen Magnetic, Inc
Shapiro Bros. of Illinois
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Fredericks
General Radiator
Donald Walls
Olesa Magnetic, Inc
Ramada Inn
Birth for Mr. and Mrs. James Yates
Mr. and Mrs. James Yates of 1108 Douglas welcomed a son at 10 22 Wednesday morning July 23 in Good Samaritan Hospital. The infant weighed seven pounds two ounces.
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James Yates
Douglas
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt Vernon Lodge to Hold Fourth Degree West of 1969 Event
Mt Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M conducts four Third Degrees on Saturday July 26 1969 starting at 2 30 p m followed by dinner at 6 p m Bob Fulford W M and Byron Weld Secretary invite members to attend
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
A.F
A.M
Bob Fulford
W.M
Byron Weld
Sec’y
Nixon Seated With Moon Mission Team On Hornet
President Nixon watched the Apollo 8 crew settle in a quarantined cocoon aboard the Hornet after splashdown plans. He spoke by intercom to Armstrong Aldrin and Collins and promised to wave to their wives through a chamber window while en route on a 25 000 mile world tour.
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Armstrong
Aldrin
Michael Collins
Pacific
Nixon
Air Force One
Washington
Senators
Redskins
Frank Borman
Thomas Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Guam
Honolulu
Fines in circuit court list multiple speeding and related charges
Circuit court records show numerous defendants with fines and minimal jail time for speeding careless driving improper lane usage and related offenses. Names include Glen Carter Arthur Klaviter Roy Wollitz Francis Ferguson Jr William Lintzenich Irvin Sechrest Harry Payne Barbara Wilson Dick Powell J A Hale Ivory Gammons Truman Hart Gary James Eddie James Jr Richard Ossig Richard Porter Walter Garrison Dennis Sapper Charley Allen and others with charges of speeding driving too fast for conditions careless driving and related infractions.
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Glen Dwight Carter
Route 1
Bluford
Arthur Klaviter
Harvey
Roy E. Wollitz
South Tenth
Francis J. Ferguson Jr
San Antonio
Texas
William V. Lintzenich
Evansville
McLeansboro
Gary D. James
South 13Th Street
Eddie L. James, Jr
South 18Th
Richard P. Ossig
South 24Th Street
Richard Porter
Cleveland
Walter P. Garrison
Westcott
Dennis W. Sapper
Charley E. Allen
Bonnie
Elgin Youth Killed in Motorcycle-Truck Collision
Albert L. Schendel, 18, of Hoffman Estates, was killed in a collision between his motorcycle and a truck at the intersection of Illinois 58 and 59 near Elgin on Tuesday. Transport details note the fatal crash occurred in Kane County as emergency squads responded to the scene.
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Elgin, Ir
Albert L. Schendel
Hoffman Esates
Illinois
Elgin
Police Report Two Vandalism Incidents In City
City police reported two vandalism cases. A 16 year old boy was caught Wednesday evening after breaking a lock on an L and N Railroad switch box. settlement reached between the boy and railroad officials. Early today a city owned truck was vandalized with springs and wires missing in the north part of town. residents reported seeing youths nearby Wednesday evening.
Divorces Granted Here in Circuit Court Session
Two divorces were granted in circuit court here yesterday. Divorces granted were De lori es Steele vs. Emmerson Benny J. Goddard. Evelyn F. Steele Goddard vs. Hit and Run. A car parked at the tuberculosis sanitarium parking lot was damaged in excess of $100 by a hit and run driver Wednesday afternoon, police reported today. The parked car was owned by Betty Nalewajka, Sandoval.
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Delories Steele
Emmerson
Benny J. Goddard
Steele
Evelyn F. Goddard
Hit and Run
Betty Nalewajka
Sandoval
Two Suits for Divorce Filed in Circuit Court
Two divorces filed yesterday in circuit court include Edward E. Cook vs Jennie L. Cook for desertion in a marriage begun March 27 1949 and separated October 15 1966. Betty Boesche accuses Edward Boesche of mental cruelty seeking custody of three minors and child support. marriage began December 18 1965.
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Edward E. Cook
Jennie L. Cook
Boesche
Betty Boesche
Edward Boesche
Tools Stolen From Bluford Home Worth $200
Barbara Woodworth reported to the sheriff that $200 worth of tools were stolen from her Route 1 Bluford residence. The tax box containing the tools was also reported as taken by officers.
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Barbara Woodworth
Sheriff's Office
Route 1
Bluford
Man Arrested In Morals Case
Gene K. Randall, 26, of Belle Rive, held on morals charges involving boys. He faces one warrant for deviate sexual assault and another for attempt to commit sexual assault. Bond set at 3000 dollars on each charge.
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Gene K. Randall
RFC
Belle Rive
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Charles A. Berry
Ted
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
By David Lancashire
Haggard
Gerald Brooke
Karen June Throgmorton
Angela Fay
Route 5
South Vietnam
Hoi An
da Nang
North Vietnam
YMCA
Chamber Group Tours Bank
A. M
Circuit Court
Marvin
Marvin Dye
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