Deaths Mrs Virginia Sullivan 65 of Ocala Fla
Mrs Virginia Bertha Sullivan 65 of Ocala Florida died in a hospital there. A former Jefferson County resident born June 24 1904 she was married to Oviad C Sullivan on September 3 1921 at Ina. Funeral Monday at 2 pm Ina Funeral Home Rev A B Clodfelder burial Hope Cemetery. She leaves a son Jordan three sisters and two grandchildren.
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Virginia Bertha Sullivan
Ocala
Fla
Jeferson County
Ina
A. B. Clodfelder
Hope Cemetery
Inn
Sullivan
Jefferson County
Jacob
Anna (Pennywitt) Wayland
Oviad C. Sullivan
Spring Garden Church
Jordan
Clarence Presley
Jonas Thatcher
Belle Rive
Bruce Cates
Vernon
State Grant for Jeffer son County Mental Health Center
A $25,000 state grant was approved for the Community Mental Health Center of Jefferson County in Mt. Vernon. The grant, announced by John F. Briggs acting director of the Illinois Department of Mental Health, covers the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
John F. Briggs
Illinois Department of Mental Health
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharged Patients
A hospital notes list admissions and discharges across facilities. Names include John Sledge Bluford Ona Sledge Bluford Flossie Knox Woodlawn Norma Crash Wayne City Velma Faye Yerike 1911 Cherry May E Troutt Route 2 Elenora Duckworth Mill ShoalsCharles Talbert Centralia Clarence Board 620 Oak Edward Harrison 1018 South 28rd Leta Thompson 700 Main Bertha Lynn Belle Rive Ruth Pilson 707 Kensington Donna Sandy 204 South 2nd Belinda Johnson 312 Pine Ethel Jackson Route 7 Donna Anderson 17 Crown view JoAnn Groves 1913 Casey James Sobecki McLeansboro William B. Taylor 1409 South 12th Chris Langdon 416 North 6th Discharged Gary Daniels 517 Meadow brook Ethel Tennyson Dahlgren Jane Schwenninger Opdyke Edwin Porter Carpentersville Angela Rubenacher Dahlgren Ollie Hatchett Benton Linus Schuster Dahlgren Edna Bassett Hickory Grove Marilyn McPheeters Route 6 Mrs Helen Cooper and baby Laura Elaine Route 6 Mrs Carol Davis and baby Michelle Leann 816 Oakland Vonnie Hofer and baby Tawaini Sue Clarksville Tenn Julia Webb 1105 South 24th Faye Rightnower 11 Sunset Dr Angela Jones 1713 Airport Rd Jame Claxton Route 5 Aaron Lomax Fulton Ky Mary Wright 824 Apricot 23rd Karen Johnson Wayne City
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Jefferson Memorial
John Sledge
Bluford
Ona Sledge
Flossie Knox
Woodlawn
Norma Crash
Wayne City
Velma Faye Yerike
Cherry
May E. Troutt
Elenora Duckworth
Mill Shoals
Good Samaritan
Charles Talbert
Centralia
Clarence
Kensington
Donna Sandy
South 2Nd
Belinda Johnson
Pine
Ethel Jackson
Donna Anderson
Crownview
JoAnn Groves
Casey
James Sobecki
McLeansboro
William B. Taylor
South 12Th
Chris Langdon
North 6Th
Gary Daniels
Meadowbrook
Ethel Tennyson
Dahlgren
Jane Schwenninger
Opdyke
Edwin Porter
Carpentersville
Angela
Carol Davis
Michelle Leann
Oakland
Vonnie Hofer
Tawaini Sue
Clarksville
Tenn
Julia Webb
South 24Th
Faye Rightnower
Sunset
Angela Jones
Airport
Jame Claxton
Aaron Lomax
Fulton
Mary Wright
Edward Harrison
South 23Rd
Karen Johnson
Births in McLeansboro Nashville and Wayne City
Mr and Mrs Linus Rubenacker of McLeansboro welcomed a daughter at 3 20 am Thursday July 24 at Good Samaritan Hospital she weighed six pounds thirteen ounces Mr and Mrs Herman Aydt of Nashville welcomed a son at 8 46 pm Thursday July 24 at Good Samaritan Hospital he weighed six pounds seven ounces Mr and Mrs Joseph Edward Crash of Wayne City welcomed a son at 1 16 pm Thursday July 24 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital he weighed nine pounds eight and a half ounces
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Linus Rubenacker
McLeansboro
Good Samaritan Hospital
Herman Aydt
Nashville
Joseph Edward Crash
Wayn City
Jeferson Memorial Hospital
Nixon Says Allies Must Do More For Themselves
President Nixon urged Asian allies to assume greater military responsibility so the United States will avoid future Vietnam era entanglements. He spoke after welcoming Apollo 11 crew to Hornet and outlined plans for Asia stops including the Philippines Indonesia Thailand India Pakistan and Romania. He stressed postwar policy should be prepared now while keeping treaty commitments and reducing military aid and personnel to prevent creeping involvement.
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Agana
Guam
Nixon
America
United States
Hornet
Hawaii
U.S
Pacific
Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
India
Pakistan
Romania
Asia
Girl Missing In Area Where 7 Were Slain
YPSILANTI MICH AP State Police issue statewide teletype for EMU coed Karen Beineman missing from her dormitory since Wednesday afternoon. The 18 year old from Grand Rapids was last seen leaving her dormitory around 12 30 pm. Seven young women have been murdered in the past two years. Her roommate reported the missing after she missed a 7 pm class and the 11 pm freshman curfew.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Eastern Michigan University
Karen Sue Beineman
Grand Rapids
Ypsilanti
Summer School Students Watch Apollo 11 Splashdown
Mt. Vernon high school students and teachers interrupted algebra class to watch the Apollo 11 splashdown on a student TV. Don DeWitt brought a television to class to not miss the historic moment as astronauts returned.
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Mt. Vernon High School
Don DeWitt
Jackie Robinson Speaks at Lenson NAACP Festival Night
A crowd of 50 heard Jackie Robinson speak at the opening of a three night summer festival in Likeiston Missouri. Organized by Scott County NAACP, the event charged seven dollars per ticket. Robinson criticized paying for speech in needy areas and swapped speaking with Andrew Hatcher. Julian Bond was set for Saturday.
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Likeston
Jackie Robinson
Scott County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robinson
Andrew Hatcher
Kennedy
Georgia
Julian Bond
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Update
Prices paid at Mt Vernon until 12 30 p m were down 50 cents U S C A No 1 hogs brought 26 00 No 2 hogs 25 50 No 3 hogs 25 00 Sows 18 50 to 22 50 Boars 14 50 to 15 50 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on the next day's figures
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Mt. Vernon
U.S.C.A
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon reports morning grain prices with Wheat at 1.11 Soybeans at 2.52 and Corn at 1.25 per bushel. The figures reflect local market rates and may vary by supplier.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago market quotes for grain, dairy and beans
Chicago wholesale prices list butter and eggs by grade with percentages, plus grain futures for Wheat No 2 hard yellow No 2 soft red Corn No 2 yellow Oats No 2 extra heavy white sample grade and Soybeans No 1 yellow Soybean oil quoted. Prices include various grades and percentages across dairy and grain products.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
St Louis Produce Egg and poultry price list
AP report from St Louis lists consumer egg grades A large A medium and A small with price ranges from 42 to 47 cents for large eggs and 15 to 20 for small. Wholesale brackets include standard 25 to 27 cents and broilers at 28.50 to 29.25 cents per pound. Hens and weight classes appear with 12 to 10 cents for heavy to light and under five percent weight 6 cents.
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ST. Louis
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Illinois Report
National Stockyards Illinois reports Monday estimates for hogs cattle calves sheep with hogs at 4 500 head barrows and gilts weak to 25 lower weight ranges 190 to 240 pounds at 25 50 to 26 75 sows 22 50 to 24 25 boars 19 75 to 22 25 cattle 250 head calves 50 head cows utility 19 50 to 21 bulls 22 50 to 25 50 vealers 33 00 to 36 00 bulls 22 50 to 25 50 calves 24 00 to 23 00 sheep 100 head choice lambs 28 00 to 30 00 per 85 to 100 pounds
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National Stockyards
Ill
Wall Street slips as market opens weak after early gain
Wall Street opened with a small gain but soon declined amid investor concern over the economy. The Dow Jones average fell 3.59 to 822.84 at noon. The 60-stock average dropped 0.7 percent with industrials down 1.3 percent and rails off 0.5 percent. Anaconda led downside, off 3.0 percent after a large 216,600 share block traded weighed on its price. American Smelting also moved lower on a 98,200 share block.
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New York
Associated Press
Anaconda
U.S
IBM
American Stock Exchange
Mt Vernon Lodge to Hold 4 Third Degrees Saturday
Mt Vernon Lodge No 81 A F and A M will hold four Third Degree ceremonies on Saturday July 26 1969 starting at 2:30 pm with a dinner at 6:00 pm W M Bob Fulford and Secy Byron Weld invite members and others to attend.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
A.F
A.M
Bob Fulford
W.M
Byron Weld
Sec’y
Kennedy admits guilt in Chappaquiddick case
Edgartown Police Chief Dominick Arena testified Kennedy admitted driving the car and that the crash occurred after 11 15 p m on Friday. The prosecutor noted Kennedy’s confession as the judge pressed for details and potential legal defenses.
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Kennedy
Boyle
Walter D. Steele
Edgartown
Dominick J. Arena
Arena
Chappaquiddick Island
Ted Kennedy Convicted Four Times in Late 1950s
Albemarle County records show Senator Edward M Kennedy was convicted of traffic offenses while a University of Virginia law student. He faced speeding at 65 mph in a 55 zone in March 1957, reckless driving and a separate speeding conviction in June 1958, a license suspension, and a 1959 failure to stop at a traffic light.
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Charlottesville
Edward M. Kennedy
Albemarle County
Kennedy
University of Virginia
Kennedy Case Leaves Court With Suspended Sentence
In a Barnstable courtroom, Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and is sentenced to two months with suspension offered if accepted. Prosecution and defense favor no jail. The incident centers on the Beatrice Kopechne case andKennedy's delay in reporting the crash on Cape Cod.
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Steele
Kennedy
Barnstable House
Albion Teacher Seeks 55th District Con Con Nomination
Henry Carter Hendren Jr of Albion is a vocational agriculture teacher and farmer on Rt. 4 Albion. Immediate past president of the Southeastern Division of the Illinois Education Association, he has 16 years at Edwards County High School. Four candidates will be nominated in the Sept. 23 primary for the ten county district with two to be elected Nov. 18 for the December convening.
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Albion
Henry Carter Hendren, Jr
Rt. 4
Illinois Education Association
Hendren
Edwards County
The
Baptist Church
Hold Man On Check Charge Voyle Hardesty Held in Jail
Voyle Hardesty, 63, Dahlgren, is being held on deceptive practice charges after a warrant linked him to cashing a $27.28 worthless check at a local shoe store. Bond was set at $1,000.
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Voyle Hardesty
Dahlgren
Moon Germs Contaminate Space Men Return Visit
President Nixon witnessed the Apollo 11 splashdown 950 miles southwest of Hawaii. Astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins wore isolation garb aboard the carrier MQF before entering a Lunar Receiving Laboratory quarantine. Nixon invited the crew to a state dinner in Los Angeles on Aug. 13, and the men agreed to any request.
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Sian
Hawaii
Hornet
MQF
Air Force
Ellington Air Force Base
The
Space Center
Nixon
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Los Angeles
Mt. Vernon Doctor Hospital Patient
Dr Edwin S Wood an Mt Vernon ophthalmologist who fell seriously ill while on vacation was slightly improved today He remains a patient at Parkview Plymouth Indiana and will observe his 57th birthday next Tuesday July 29 Friends may send birthday cards to Parkview Hospital Plymouth ----------
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Edwin S. Wood
Mt. Vernon
Wood
Plymouth
Ind
Parkview Hospital
Prowler Rips Window Screen at Beal Home
Police were alerted Thursday after a prowler ripped a bathroom window screen at Clifford Beal's home on College Street during Wednesday night. Mrs Beal heard and saw a tall young man in a white shirt near the window. children also reported noises in the night.
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Clifford Beal
College
New Motel Project Planned in Harrisburg Area
A one story adjoining building will house the motel office lobby and banquet and dining rooms. The banquet hall will seat 300, dining 150, and the 65 seat cocktail lounge Man Of War will echo a Spanish galleon motif. Parking for 197 cars. Pool facilities include a 25 by 99 foot pool and a 10 by 15 foot wading pool. The motel will employ 85 to 110 people and be built of poured concrete and steel. Architects are William Bond Jr and Associates of Memphis. Owners include J Cecil Sullivan William Franks and James N Walker of Harrisburg. Walker operates a Ft Lauderdale unit. four men recently sold a Holiday Inn in Bloomington. They also own another Holiday Inn near Kentucky Dam in Gilbertsville. Pat Sullivan is president of Midland Development Co Inc of Harrisburg.
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Sullivan
J. Cecil Sullivan
William Franks
James N. Walker
Harrisburg
Walker
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Bloomington
Ind
Kentucky Dam
Gilbertsville
Pat Sullivan
Midland Development Co., Inc
Hold Boy 16 Coroner's Jury Returns Homicide Verdict
A 16 year old Jefferson County boy bound over to the grand jury after an inquest. Rodger Dale Halliburton of Opdyke is held in county jail on $50,000 bond for the July 17 shooting death of his father William Halliburton, age 42, at their home. The coroner's jury, led by John Richardson, returned a homicide verdict and urged grand jury action.
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Jefferson County
Rodger Dale Halliburton
Route 1
Opdyke
William Halliburton
John Richardson
Young Halliburton
Stereo Stolen From Car In Burger Chef Lot
Police investigated a theft from a car parked on the Burger Chef lot on South 10th Street. A stereo phonograph valued at 65 dollars was taken from Mary Lou Goforth’s car, located on Fairfield Road.
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Burger Chef
South 10Th Street
Mary Lou Goforth
Fairfield Rd
Sharon Adams sails solo Pacific crossing to San Diego
Sharon Sies Adams, a 39 year old California housewife, became the first woman to sail solo across the Pacific. She piloted her 31 foot ketch into San Diego Harbor at 9 02 a m after a 6 000 mile voyage from Yokohama Japan. Her 74 day journey endured seven gales and 20 foot waves.
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San Diego
Calif
Sharon Sies Adams
Pacific Ocean
California
Yokohama
Japan
Justices Accused Of Impropriety Scrutinized In Isaacs Case
Two Illinois justices Solfisburg and Klingbiel faced examination after about 2000 pages of testimony in a commission probing alleged impropriety linked to the dismissal of criminal charges against Isaacs. The case involves stock interests and a $1 million envelope company contract during Isaacs tenure as revenue director.
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Commission
Solfisburg
Klingbiel
Isaacs
Klingbel
Skolnick
Sherman Skolnick
Chicago
High Court
Civic Center Bank
Isaac
Perbohner
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Virginia Sullivan
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
Indus
A. M
Ted
Joan
Stephen Smith
John Driscoll
Kennedys
Massachusetts
Clark
Squaw Island
Hyannis Port
Cape Cod
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
John I. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
World Bank
Theodore C. Sorensen
Burke Marshall
Richard Goodwin
Paul Markham
Miss Kopechne
Henry H. Hendren, Jr
Nelson McCormick
St. Barbara’s Church Shelter
Marvin
Air Conditioned Ltd
Marvin Dye
Roy Atkinson
Prics
Mt. Vernon Doctor Hospital
Sharon
Eagle’s Lodge
Holtman
Eagle's — Jefferson Memorial Building Fund
Charles Crowder
Harry Harper
Jerry Joles
Leoknappier
Gertrude Riley
Lenora Peterson
Busay Bread
John Shelton
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