Deaths H R Brechtefeld of Dahlgren Dies
Herman R. Brechtefeld 67 of near Dahlgren died Friday at Good Samaritan hospital. Funeral Sunday at 2:00 pm at Dahlgren Baptist church with Rev. Kenneth Holland and Rev. Rudolph pching officiating. Burial in Opdyke cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, two sisters, eight grandchildren. Memorials to Cancer Research Fund and Bowen Cottage School for Retarded Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman R. Brechtefeld
Dahlgren
Good Samaritan Ospital
Dahlgren Baptist Church
Kenneth Holland
Rudolph Pching
Opdyke
Gholson
Mr. Brechtefeld
Brophlye N. Y
Rudolph A Bauillie
Rohlphin
Phing
Victor Hundley Funeral Monday Service for World War I veteran
Funeral services for Victor A shirley Hundley will be held Monday at 9 00 a m at Van Natta Funeral Home Carbondale burial at Oakland Home He lived at 36 South Ninth Street and was found dead yesterday He was active in veterans affairs serving as adjutant and treasurer of the local D A V Survived by daughter Mrs Mary Ellen Belden of Racine Wisconsin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Ashirley
van Natta
Carbondale
Oakland
Hundley
Undley
Vernon
South Ninth Street
Veterans Affairs
D.A.V
Mary Ellen ‘Belden
Racine
Wis
Child Hit By Car On Westcott
A four year old boy was injured yesterday in Mt. Vernon after darting from between two parked cars on Westcott near Ninth street and was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital. Separate crashes on South Tenth Street across Perkins and in the Taco Villa Drive In lot caused about $100 and $80 in damage respectively to cars driven by Lindell A. Book Earl H. McNeil Louis D. Galloway and Lucien J Woodall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Martin Zedalis Jr
Opdyke
Paul Turner
Westcott
Ninth Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
South Tenth
Perkins
Yesteray
Lindell A. Book
Ina
Earl H. McNeil
Eenth Street
McNeil
Tenth Street
Louis D. Galloway
Benton
Lucien J. Woodall
South 2Rd Street
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial reports admissions for Walter Pitchford and multiple discharges including Dessie Payne Vada Tudor Marjorie Folsom Mrs Lora Rhodes and baby Donna Renee Good Samaritan lists admissions for James William Frances Geraldine Rogers Scott Catherine Bell Oleta C Page Martha Eldora Morgan Gaston Edward Williams Witt C Chambers Jimmie Lee Wells Robert D Buoy Becky Sue Crowley and discharges for Norma L Brieseacher and baby Terrea LaVin Ella Fay Brake and baby Wanda Leann Sandara Kay Pace and baby Bradley Duane Delores Ann Stallons and baby David Lee Scott Martin Alexander Harley Eugene Morlan Deanna Lynn Champ Jewell Opaline Thompson.
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Jefferson Memorial
Walter Pitchford
Dessie Payne
Vada Tudor
Marjorie Folsom
Lora Rhodes
Donna Renee
Good Samaritan
James William Frances
Geraldine Rogers Scott
Catherine Bell
Oleta C. Page
Martha Eldora Morgan
Gaston Edward Williams
Witt C. Chambers
Jimmie Lee Wells
Robert D. Buoy
Becky Sue Crowley
Norma L. Brieseacher
Terrea LaVin
Ella Fay Brake
Wanda Leann
Sandara Kay Pace
Bradley Duane
Delores Ann Stallons
David Lee
Scott Martin Alexander
Harley Eugene Morlan
Deanna Lynn Champ
Jewell Opaline Thompson
Mt Vernon Lodge meets for Third Degree July 25
A special meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M is set for 7 30 p m Saturday July 25 with Third Degree work and refreshments. Lee Adams W M Bryon D Wild Secy. American Legion Jefferson Post 141 to meet at the action hall at 8 00 o'clock Monday evening Rex Medders Adj.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Jefferson Post 141
Ction Hall
Rex Medders
Adj
Johnson outlines high road campaign strategy
President Johnson defends a civilian controlled nuclear weapon authority, condemns violence, unveils the SR71 aircraft for global reconnaissance, rejects De Gaulle’s four power talks, and notes a record $6 billion in U.S. farm exports for the year ending July 30. He asserts no US plan for a wider war and denies intentions to dominate Europe. The remarks address Goldwater’s positions on nukes and street violence.
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Goldwater
Nortlantic Treaty Organization
Johnson
United States
Ohnson
Viet Nam
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
de Gaulle
Laos
Winners Crowned in Mt Vernon 4-H Livestock Show
A list of Jefferson County 4-H members winning major prizes at the Mt Vernon State Fair two day livestock show. Winners include Ruth Ann Atkinson champion Holstein Marina Eubanks champion Guernsey Debby Breeze champion Brown Swiss Lee Newell champion Jersey Bob Kiselewski champion Hereford steer Monty Pearson champion Hereford ram Billy Hanes champion Angus Charles Kash champion Shorthorn Gordon Rhine champion Red Poll Tony Draege champion Santa Gertrudis Joe Norris champion Suffolk ram Roger Herriman champion Hampshire ewe Ramblers champion Hampshire ram Danny Morgan champion Duroc gilt David Whipple champion Duroc barrow Virginia Morgan champion Hampshire gilt Steve Danner champion Poland China gilt Ralph Karch champion Poland China sow Kent Lankford champion Berkshire gilt Charles Neal champion crossbred gilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Ruth Ann Atkinson
Camp Ground
Golden Rule
Holstein
Marina Eubanks
Hams Grove
Sunnysiders
Guernsey
Debby Breeze
Prairie Schooners
Lee Newell
Waltonville Pups
Jersey
Monty Pearson
Waltonville Bulldogs
Hereford Sual
Hereford All
Billy Hanes
Centerfield Ramblers
Angus
Charles Kash
Gordon Rhine
Long Prairie Wranglers
Tony Draege
Santa Gertrudis
Suffolk
Danny Morgan
Waltonville
Duroc
David Whipple
Belle Rive Prairie Wranglers
Duroc Barrow
Virginia Morgan
Hickory Hill Rangers
Hampshire
Steve Danner
Poland
China
Ralph Karch
Kent Lankford
Berkshire
Charles Neal
Pickets Demand Chicago Slums Cleanup Drive
In Chicago, 50 to 75 CORE pickets protested slum housing in front of City Hall using dead rats and boxes of “ghetto grass” to demand hiring 250 unemployed slum residents for cleanup. Mayor Daley cited rat abatement efforts and a $230,000 allocation, while protesters pressed for frequent garbage collections, stricter building code enforcement, rent strikes, job training, and small owner subsidies.
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Chicago
Congress of Racial Equality
Richard J. Daley
West Side
Daley
Ray Simon
Simon
City Hall
St Louis Officers Attacked by About 20 Rooming-House Residents
Patro lman Julius Garcia was injured when he and another officer confronted a disruptive roomer at a rooming house. As they moved the man to custody, his 17 year old wife attacked them. Vaughn summoned aid. upon return, Garcia was being beaten and kicked by about 20 African American residents. Police arrived and quieted the disturbance.
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ST. Louis
Julius Garcia
Garcia
Carrl Vaughn
Vaughn
Two Girls Charged With Car Theft in Centralia
Judy Hall, 15, and Alice Youngblood, 18, were charged yesterday with taking a car without owner’s consent and wrecking it later in Centralia. The 1963 Chevrolet belonged to George Brieseacher of Route 3 and was reported taken from a parking area near the Good Samaritan yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Vernon
Centralia
Judy Hall
South Th Street
Alice Youngblood
South 19Th Street
George Brieseacher
Route 3
Good Samaritan Ospital
Union Station Power Failure Impacts Downtown KC
A 13,200 volt transmission loop failed causing seven downtown buildings to lose power and Union Station to go dark for over two hours on Friday night. Trains remained operational owing to emergency power to operate track switches.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Jury weighs Hoffa verdict in Sun Valley scheme trial
A 13 week trial with over 16 000 pages of transcript and 114 government witnesses center on Sun Valley Inc a retirement community near Orlando Florida prosecutors say codefendants conspired to secure loans from the pension fund to help Hoffa amid a 1958 project failure and追回 Local 299 funds The named codefendants include Benjamin Cranow Calvin Kavens Zachary Strate Jr Abe Weinblatt Samuel Hyman and George Burris
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U.S
Sun Valley, Inc
Orlando
Fla
Hoffa
299
Detroit
Florida National Bank
Sun Valley
Pension Fund
Local 299
Benjamin Cranow
Minneapolis
Romania Premier Maurer Seeks Open Trade Door In Paris
Premier Ion Gheorghe Maurer travels to Paris to press for Western trade access and nuclear reactor deals as Romania shifts from Soviet pressure. Talks with Georges Pompidou and possibly Charles de Gaulle aim to boost French influence in Bucharest while exploring ties over China and shared strategic interests.
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Hans Benedict
Vienna
Austria
Ion-Gheorghe Maurer
Romania
Kremlin
Paris
Binday
Charles de Gaulle
Maurer
Georges Pompidou
de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Moscow
China
Stalin
Yugoslavia
Communist
United States
U.S
Britain
Edward du Crann
Bucharest
GATT
Barain
Alexander Birladeanu
United Sates
France
Peking
Soviet Union
Mt Vernon Weather Forecast Detail
Detailed weather report for Mt Vernon notes Friday high 96 and low 71 with rainfall totaling 2.4 inches year to date. It compares current highs and lows with last year five and ten years ago and lists Sunday sunrise at 4 52 and Monday sunrise 4 53 with sunset 7 19 CST.
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MT. Vernon
C.S.T
Illinois Weather Update From Chicago to Vandalia
Illinois faced cooler air in the north while the south endured heat and humidity. Thunderstorms swept the state with highs in the high 80s north and high 90s south, with Vandalia reaching 99 degrees. Buffalo Grove logged 2.0 inches of rain in three hours, and O'Hare reported 0.90 inches.
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Illinois
Chicago
Vandalia
Midway
Rockford
Buffalo Grove
O'Hare International
Marriage Licenses Listed for Multiple Couples
Richard A. Burwell aged 21 of 1600 Logan and Linda S. Rich 19 of Route 6, Paul E. Bruns 32 of Mattoon and Janice Randolph 36 of Maroon, Ray Clayton Hudspeth 48 of Ann Arbor Michigan and Dolly Helm 49 of Centralia, Ronald Shook 21 of Centralia and Sandra Louise Moss 18 of Centralia.
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Richard A. Burwell
Logan
Linda S. Rich
Route
Paul E. Bruns
Mattoon
Janice Randolph
Maroon
Ray Clayton Hudspeth
Ann Arbor
Mich
Dolly Helm
Centralia
Ronald Shook
Sandra Louise Moss
County farm committee elections tally in Jefferson County
Jefferson County voters elected 48 farmers to serve one year as farm program committee members. Delegates were chosen in each township to meet July 30 at the ASCS county office to select a county ASC Committee. List provides township by township names of elected chairmen, delegates, and alternates.
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Jefferson County
ABC
ASCS
ASC
Waltonville
J. H. Norris
Tony Dreas
Ashley
Steve Buretta
John Colgrave
Casner
Frank Hartman
Robert Kay
Willis Ferguson
Carl Dirschauer
RFD
Woodlawn
Albert Draege
Richview
Dodds
H. G. Clifton
Marvin Richardson
John Modlin
Roy Willmore
Moores Prairie
Silas R. Ratliff
Harry Lankford
Lawrence W. Rapp
Dwight Sinks
Huel Cross
Belle Rive
MT. Vernon
Kelly Harlow
Lyman Pasley
George Mulch
Angus Harlow
Johnnie Smith
Pendleton
Dale Leech
Lindsay Gill
Opdyke
Marvin Scott
Curt Cook
Charles Williams
Births in Good Samaritan and St Marys Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Manuel V Berry of 700 Forest welcome a daughter born at 7 32 am in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds three ounces. Mr and Mrs Archie Ethe ridge Jr of 531 south Cherry Centralia greet a son born at 8 15 am in St Marys Hospital Centralia weighing seven pounds six ounces named Gregory Allen. They are former Mt Vernon residents.
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Manuel V. Berry
Forest
Good Samaritan Hospital
Archie Etheridge, Jr
South Cherry
Centralia
St. Mary's Hospital
Gregory Allen
Mt. Vernon
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Victor Hundley
Mack's Restaurant
Broadway
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Cajon Pass
Baratow Freeway
LBJ
Joe Martin
Bob Kiselewski
Sheep Division
Rent Aul Co
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Green Hills Country Club
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Milwaukee
St.p
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New York
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City
Omaha
Peers
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Emn
Main Street
AAS
Farmers of County
Bonnie
Billy R. Hoyse
Inn
Morris Stewart
Carl Milliken
Henry Bullock
Weber
Ralph Snodsmith
Glen Catron
Keith Latta
Bluford
Thos. E. Sammons
Henry Downey
Francis Furniture
Dewey Dial
Park Ave
Lyle
Folke
Lyle Wood
Parra
Stan
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