Death of Olin Piercy in Pennsylvania vacation death
Olin Piercy 48 of Normal Illinois died Wednesday in Pennsylvan ia during a vacation. Death attributed to an apparent heart attack. He is survived by wife Mary and daughters Nancy and Sally of Normal. Also survived by mother Mrs Burt Hubb of Bloomington father Harry Piercy and brother Wayne Piercy both of Mount Vernon and sister Mrs Wilma Walden of Welden Illinois. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Vernon
Olin Piercy
Normal
Pennsylvania
Piercy
Mr. Vernon
Mary Piercy
Nancy
Sally
Burt Hubb
Bloomington
Harry Piercy
Wayne Piercy
Mt. Vernon
Wilma Walden
Welden
William Payne Dies at 60 Two Funerals Held
William Payne age 60 died at 4 30 am Wednesday at his Belle Rive home from an apparent heart attack. Funeral services set for 10 00 am Friday at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren, with a 2 00 pm Saturday service at Vinyard Funeral Home Festus Mo. Burial in Festus. Born April 20 1920 in Wayne City to John and Emma Payne. Survived by wife Julia Dotsom and three sons Billy Gene Charles and Cecil Payne. four sisters Estella Wilkey Belle Rive Nellie Blake Brownsville Wis Jewell Rhodes Jacksonville Fla Bessie Nequiest of ?. four grandchildren.
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Wiliam Payne
Belle. Rive
Gholson
Dahlgren
Vinyard Funeral Home
Festus
Mr. Payne
Wayne City
John
Emma
Newman) Payne
Oregon, T
Julia Dotsom
Billy Gene Payne
U. S. Air Force
Charles and
Cecil Payne
East St. Louis
Estella Wilkey
Belle Rive
Nellie Blake
Brownsville
Wis
Jewell Rhodes
Jacksonville, Fla
Bessie Nequiest
Death of C L Boone at 59 Rites Saturday
C L Boone 59 died at 1 45 am today at his Mt Vernon home. Funeral services are set for 2 30 pm Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Rev Ross Partridge officiating. Burial follows at the adjoining cemetery. He was born April 12 1903 in Mt Vernon to Charles and Lulu Boone. Surviving are his wife Sylvia Mullinax a son Lester V Boone a daughter Mrs Tom Allen a sister Mrs Edith Sanders a stepsister Mrs C Jd Badger a brother Jesse H Boone and six grandchildren.
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Charles Lester Boone
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Ross Partridge
Osborn
Dix
Charles
Lulu
Vaughn) Boone
Texico
Sylvia Mullinax
Lester V. Boone
Tom Allen
Edith Sanders
C. Jd. Badger
Jesse H. Boone
East Moline
Leva Fairchild Dies At Age 49 Rites Saturday
Leva Fairchild 49 of Route 4 Mt. Vernon died at 1 30 pm Wednesday from an apparent heart attack. Funeral services will be 3 30 pm Saturday at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev. Philbert Beppler officiating. Burial in Bethel Memorial cemetery. She was born March 2 1913 in Jefferson county to Frank and Eva Smith. She married Ed Fairchild January 17 1933. he survives along with one foster son Donald Gulley of Chicago and foster daughter Thelma Jean Pauley of Chicago, brother Oscar Smith of Mitchell SD, and sister Beulah Shelton of Opdyke. Preceded by parents and a brother.
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Leva Smith Fairchild
Route 4
Mt. Vernon
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Philbert Beppler
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Fairchild
Jefferson County
Frank
Eva (Fields) Smith
Ed Fairchild
Donald Gulley
Chicago
Thelma Jean Pauley
Oscar Smith
Mitchell, S.D
Beulah Shelton
Opdyke
Hospital Notes and Discharges Across Jefferson Memorial
At Jefferson Memorial Hospital Michael Joe Best was admitted. Discharges include Mildred Boswell of Iuka Ronald Fleener. Good Samaritan Hospital admits Theresa Dawn Elllis Anna LaVerne McDon ald James Richard Littrell Senie Long Nell Yearwood Sophia Schumm Melvin Eugene Clinton Herschel Dean Spruell Jeffrey Allan Parker Mary F. Moss William Paul Allen La Verne Canter Charles Leonard Ledbetter Mary Lou Goldman. Discharges include Marel Violet Allen Catherine Pauline Bos sey Patricia Ann Schumm Melvin Eugene Clinton Sam Jehn Allen Neal Mrs Janet Irene Dudley and baby Tammy Sue Allen Gayle Gaskill Josephine Ann Holtman palsy Bell Taylor and baby Deborah Ann Diene Seiden stricker Helen Maxine Brow der Mrs Mary Magdeline Dixon and baby Tamara Raye.
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Good Samaritan
Theresa Dawn Elllis
Anna LaVerne McDonald
James Richard Littrell
Senie Long
Nell Yearwood
Sophia Schumm
Melvin Eugene Clinton
Herschel Dean Spruell
Jeffrey Allan Parker
Mary F. Moss
William Paul Allen
la Verne Canter
Charles Leonard Ledbetter
Mary Lou Goldman
Marel Violet Allen
Catherine ‘Pauline Bossey
Patricia Ann Schumm
Sam Jehn Allen Neal
Janet Irene Dudley
Tammy Sue
Allen Gayle Gaskill
Josephine Ann Holtman
Palsy Bell Taylor
Deborah Ann
Diene Seidenstricker
Helen Maxine Browder
Mary Magdeline Dixon
Tamara Raye
Markets Hold Steady On Local Livestock Market
Prices were unchanged on the local livestock market today with top at 18.10 for 190 to 220 pounds hogs. Sows ranged at 15.25 for 300 pounds. Weight down sows 300 pounds and over at 14.75. Boars sold at 8.30 and 9.50.
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt. Vernon reported afternoon price quotes for commodity grain with Wheat at 1.91, Soybeans at 2.36, and Corn at 1.05.
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Mt. Vernon
Egg and poultry price listings from St. Louis AP report
In St. Louis, AP reports egg and live poultry price ranges with consumer grades and wholesale figures. Eggs by size and grade include large at 29.30, medium 23-25, small 16-17, with various wholesale and farm run prices. hen weights and broiler prices also listed.
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ST. Louis
Livestock prices at National Stockyards Ill detailed by class
USDA market report from National Stockyards lists hogs and cattle trading ranges by category. Hogs include various weight grades from 150 to 300 pounds with prices mainly between 12.75 and 19.10 per hundredweight, sows and boars shown with multiple weight bands, and cattle and calves with mix of good, choice, and utility sales. Sheep and lambs noted with spring and old crop prices.
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National Stockyards
Ill
USDA
Chicago Produce Prices Steady At Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter prices steady with 93 score AA 57.14, 92 A 50.4, 90 B 55, 89 C 53 percent. Eggs also steady with whites grades and mixed grades listed, including 70 percent or better grade A at 27.12, mixed at 26, mediums 24, standards 24.14, dirties 21, checks 20.13.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Associated Press
Albany
Louisville
Ear Arts
iMemphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Wall Street Advances On Mixed Trading Activity
Wall Street edged higher late in the day as gains in many blue chips outweighed some declines. Volume was about 3.1 million shares, with GM advancing modestly after a secondary offering and Chrysler surging on profit news but failing to hold the gains. IBM and Eastman Kodak led gains, while Twentieth Century-Fox fell on Zanuck’s election and a director’s resignation.
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ED Morse
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Motors
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Youngstown Sheet
Bethlehem
du Pont
International Nickel
Grumman
Eastman Kodak
Merck
Polaroid
IBM
Xerox
Simmons
Hll
Twentieth Century-Fox
Darryl Zanuck
Texaco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Public Service Electric & Gas
Montgomery Ward
Chicago Grain prices and futures snapshot
Chicago market summary lists Wheat No 1 Ted at 2.1442, Corn No 3 yellow at 1.124 percent, Oats No 1 extra heavy white at 66 percent, No 2 extra heavy white at 66 percent, sample grade extra heavy white at 614, Soybeans No 3 yellow at 2.56, Soybean oil 8éb, Barley making choice at 1.93 to 1.40n, feed 93 to 1.12n.
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Chicago
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs William Gilbert of 1711 South 14th Street are the parents of a son born at 11 56 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds 7 1 2 ounces.
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William Gilbert
South 14Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Finkbine seeks court permit to abort three month pregnancy
Arizona television star Sherri Finkbine and her husband sue for court permission to terminate her pregnancy amid fears a drug she took early on caused fetal malformations. The suit in Maricopa County Superior Court names Finkbine, her husband, and Good Samaritan Hospital as plaintiffs, with Ronan and Pickrell as defendants. Civil hearing hoped by Friday.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Robert L. Finkbine
Scottsdale
Good Samaritan Hospital
Nsed
Maricopa County
Arizona
County Atty
Charles N. Ronan
Arizona Atty
Robert Pickrell
R. C. Stanford
Ronan
Pickrell
United States
Europe
Weather rundown for Mt Vernon and Illinois regions
Mt Vernon reports a high of 89 and low of 37 with rainfall to date at 28.03 inches and notable sunshine times sunrise 4 53 and sunset 7 19. Illinois temperatures fell from 99 to 51 in Vandalia with 49s in Bloomington Peoria and Chicago seeing a 53 reading in Belleville.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois
Associated Press
Canada
Vandalia
Moline
Peoria
Chicago
Belleville
Glamour drought in Hollywood as TV shifts image
Hollywood Today reports Betty Furness warning that audiences want glamour but TV offers only middle class image driven by sponsors. Foreign stars remain distant and unreal, while TV leans on soap opera Queens like Lucille Ball and Loretta Young. Lack of glamour blamed on TV, sponsor-driven image, and economic limits.
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Hollywood
Betty Furness
Betty
Joan Crawford
Barbara Stanwyck
Brigitte Bardot
Gina Lollobrigida
Sophia Loren
Anita Ekberg
Melina Mercouri
Nancy Kwan
Madison Avenue
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn
Lucille Ball
Shirley Booth
Loretta Young
Marjorie Lord
Berlin talks fail as new test round looms
JFK and Rusk map Berlin moves show hopes for East West accords fading after Geneva talks with Gromyko yield no formula or understanding. Prospects for a test ban treaty remain slim as the United States winds up Pacific weapons tests and the Soviet Union signals a new round may begin soon.
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Berlin
Geneva
United States
Central Pacific
Youth Injured Near Bonnie
Melvin E. Clinton, 17, of Tha, was injured in an accident on state route 37 about three miles south of Bonnie. Troopers said Clinton apparently fell asleep at the wheel and the car went off the road. He was released this morning from Good Samaritan.
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Melvin E. Clinton
Tha
Bonnie
Clinton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hijack Load Of Clothing
Chicago AP report says a truck driver, Leroy Cohn aged 35, was kidnapped by two gunmen who hijacked a load valued at 300000 dollars of clothing. He was released unharmed in Villa Park after the hijack on 38th Street and Ashland Avenue. The half empty truck was later recovered at 227 West 87th Street.
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Chicago
Leroy Cohn
38Th St
Ashland Ave
Villa Park
87Th St
Cohn
Ben Bella Captures 2 Cities in Algerian Faction Clash
Rebels loyal to Ben Bella seize control in Algiers and Constantine as fighting spreads. Krim and Boudiaf vow resistance from Kabylie with 3,000 to 10,000 fighters backed by Mohand Ould Hadj’s guerillas. Ben Bella’s 45,000 strong National Liberation Army sits poised amid crisis. France pledges protection for its citizens and property in Algeria.
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Ben Bella
Kabylie
Algiers
Constantine Falls
Constantine
Ben Khedda
Mediterranean
Bone
Tizi Ouzou
Belkacem Krim
Mohammed Boudiaf
Col
Mohand Ould Hadj
Green
Ould Hadj
Boudiaf
Algeria
Krim
National Liberation
Tunisia
Morocco
France
Louis Joxe
Double life claim shakes NC GOP leader amid blood program warning
North Carolina Republican State chairman William E. Cobb admitted a double life after investigations by The Charlotte Observer and The Roanoke Times. Cobb, 40, said he would resign as GOP state senator candidate, while a Roanoke home supported a common-law partner and two children. Meanwhile Jefferson County faces potential elimination of its Red Cross Blood Program due to underproduction, with 1,089 pints donated against a 1,375 pint yearly quota.
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Charlotte
N.C
William E. Cobb
North Carolina
Ilashing
Charlotte Observer
Roanoke
Times
Cobb
Morganton
Observer
C. A
Pete) McKnight
GOP
Senate
Dapper
Yale
W. Edward Cobb
Linda
Associated Press
Jefferson County
Red Cross
St. Louis
Bob Hendrickson
Lawrence S. Neville
Hendrickson
Mt. Vernon
Williamson County
Edie Adams buys California Racquet Club in court deal
LOS ANGELES AP Actress Edie Adams widow of Ernie Kovacs pays 25000 cash and assumes 1949395 in mortgages to take sole title to the California Racquet Club a 4acre suburban Palms property. Kovacs estate once valued at 2.1 million but claims exceed assets per court records.
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Los Angeles
Edie Adams
Ernie Kovacs
Miss Adams
California
Russell Miller Joins the U S Air Force
Russell C. Miller Jr. 18, son of Russell C. Miller Sr. of Elgin Illinois, has enlisted in the U S Air Force and is in a five week basic course at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas. He will later attend a technical school in Administrative career fields, possibly Accounting and Finance. Local recruiter S/Sgt Ed Bailie notes all fields open to qualified applicants and invites inquiries at Mt. Vernon City Hall Room 210 Tuesdays 1 to 3 30 PM or via Centralia Office 117142 North Locust.
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Russell C. Miller Jr
Russell C. Miller Sr
Elgin
Illinois
U.S. Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Ed Bailie
Air Force
Millers
Mt. V
Russell
Baille
Mt. Vernon
Centralia
North Locust
Boys Race Cars At 100 Mile Speed Duel Ends In Charges
In Carbondale Illinois Larry Basler 18 and Dennis Renshaw 16 faced reckless driving charges after police said their cars ran side by side at nearly 100 mph a third car joined in Bill Maurizio a state trooper drove the third car and witnessed the event.
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Carbondale
Larry Basler
Dennis Renshaw
Basler
Renshaw
Bill Maurizio
Admitted Cherry Bomb Incident in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon police said a young man confessed to damaging property with cherry bombs. He was with two others when a cherry bomb was tossed on a porch and another placed in a mailbox in north Mt Vernon. No charges yet. he will report to Chief John Felt today.
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Mt. Vernon
North iMt. Vernon
John Felt
Theft Reported From Rural Texico Area Home
Theft of two kiddie banks and a 21 jewel pocket watch reported to the sheriff. Occurred at the S. C. Hill home near Texico yesterday. Thieves dumped dresser drawers on the floor but took only the banks and the watch.
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Texico
Sheriff's Office
S. C. Hill
Bridge Tourney For Charity Here
A duplicate bridge tournament to aid paralysis charities is set for 1:30 p.m. July 28 at the Elks Club in Mt. Vernon. Proceeds go to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Institute of Logos, benefiting from the American Contract Bridge League Charity Program. J. W. McCord of Herrin will direct. Mrs. Glenn E. Moore heads arrangements. event open to the public. tax-deductible entry fees.
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Southern Illnois
Mt. Vernonike Club
American Contract Bridge League
Elks Club
National
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Institute of Logonedics
ACBL
Glenn E. Moore
J. W. McCord
Herrin
Separate Maintenance Suit Filed Between Kleinas
Jacqueline Kleina filed suit for separate maintenance against James E. Kleina in circuit court today alleging cruelty. The couple married July 7 and separated July 16.
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Jacqueline Kleina
James E. Kleina
Pol
Vernon Woman Arrested After Apartment Fire
Laura Lee Meredith of Vernon was arrested after firefighters were sent to 1216 Lamar at 1 30 am. Firemen said she was smoking in bed and a mattress caught fire, destroying the mattress though the house remained unharmed. She was charged with being drunk.
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Act
Vernon
Lamar
Laura Lee Meredith
Trespassing Charge Filed Against Earl D Jamison
Earl D Jamison a local businessman pleads innocent to a trespass charge brought by Dr and Mrs Kenneth A Peart of 2917 Jamison Boulevard Jamison posted 400 bond and trial set for August 8 by Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock Pearts allege he entered their home without permission while they were away Jamison owns the house and was showing it to a prospective buyer city officials said
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Earl D. Jamison
Nessman
Kenneth A. Peart
Jamison Boulevard
Jamison
Shereman Bullock
Pearts
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