Blanche Hyde Dies Services Here Thursday
Blanche Hyde of 1111 North Street Mt. Vernon died at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral at 3 p.m. Thursday Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev. J. G. Parsons officiating. Burial Bethal Memorial Cemetery. Born June 27 1897 daughter of G G and Cora Dalby. Survived by daughter Vivian Merriman father Gabe Dalby four brothers Krekel Edward Glen and Robert Dalby two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Her husband and a sister and her mother preceded her in death.
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North Street
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley Funeral
J. G. Parsons
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Hyde
G. G
Cora (Fisher) Dalby
Clarence W. Hyde
South
Barney Wheeler Dies at 3 a.m. in Hamilton County
Ralph Wheeler, 3, died at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Dale Pentecostal Church with Revs. Irvin and Clark. Burial in Bigby Cemetery. Survived by Hallie Gholson wife, two sons Ralph Norman and Paul Owain, daughter Dorothy Ballard, four brothers, three sisters, and 15 grandchildren. Burial at McLeansboro area. call at Gholson Funeral Home. Born January 31, 1910 in Hamilton County to Hiram and Emma Wheeler.
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Minnie Duncan
McLeansboro
Minnie Eva Duncan
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Gholson
Paul Irvin
Henry Irvin
Duncan
Hamilton County
James
Mary
Laws) Holland
William Bowers
Fred Duncan
Pentecostal Church
James Bowers
Evansville
Ind
Charles Bowers
John Bowers
Dale
Archie Bowers
Hinckley
Joe F. Bowers
Fay Hook
Halstead
Kan
Fern Hook
Sylvia
Anna Cheshier
Wichita
Myrl Donley
Manteno
Ill
Dee Gunter
Aliene True
Oroville
Calif
Charlie Holland
Willie Holland
Benton
Martha Thompson
Mulkeytown
Margrett Larrye
Harrisburg
Barney Ralph Wheeler
Broughton
Pentecostal
Denzi
Clark
Bigby Cemetery
Hiram and
Emma (St. Clair) Wheeler
Hallie Gholson
Ralph Norman Wheeler
Paul Owain Wheeler
Dorothy Ballard
Sheridan Wheeler
Lawrence Wheeler
Joliet
Arthur Wheeler
Hiram Wheeler Jr
Peoria
Ruth Mayberry
Eliza Meeks
Pleasant Plains
Benita Smith
Effingham
Charles Carroll Rites Thursday In Mt. Vernon
Funeral services for Charles Ray Carroll 31 will be held Thursday at 2 00 p m at Myers Chapel with burial in East Hickory Hill cemetery Friends may call after 4 00 p m Wednesday He formerly lived in Mt Vernon and died yesterday at St Louis County Hospital from injuries in an automobile accident He resided at 4324 St Cecelia in St Ann Missouri He was an inspector for Wagner Electric in St Louis He was born July 6 1985 in Opdyke the son of James W Carroll Sr and Anna Mae Askew Carroll Survivors include his father James W Carroll Jr of Joliet Ill two sons Dean and Stephen at home and two brothers James W Carroll Sr of Joliet Ill and David E Carroll of Florida.
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Charles Ray Carroll
Myers Chapel
East Hickory Hill
Carroll
Mt. Vernon
St. Louis County Hospital
St. Cecelia
St. Ann
Wagner Electric
St Louis
Opdyke
James W. Carroll
Anna Mae (Askew) Carroll
Joliet, I
Dean
Stephen
Joliet, Sr
David E. Carroll
Florida
Walter Waier of Ashley Dies at 78
Walter John Waier 78 of Ashley died at 12 15 am at Alton State Hospital. Services will be 9 am Thursday at St Michael's church Radom with Rev Stanley Ksycki officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Rosary 8 30 pm Wednesday at Kringer Funeral Home. Born July 19 1888 in Ashley son of John and Josephine Waier. Survived by three sons Edward Ashley Louis Florissant Mo Albert McLeansboro, three daughters Marie St Louis Anna Nashville Theresa Pinckneyville, 15 grandchildren five great grandchildren a brother Frank Ashley two sisters Helen Radom Wanda Radom.
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Mary Elisabeth Cloyd
South Ath Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Ace Summers
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Cloyd
McLeansboro
Walter John Waier
Ashley
Alton State Hospital
St. Michael’s Church
Radom
Stanley Ksycki
Kringer
Mr. Water
John
Josephine
Stanka) Waler
JoAnna Jamawski
Edward Waier
Louis Wailer
Florissant
Albert Waier
Marie Winka
St. Louis
Anna Dalman
Nashville
Rooms Remodeled At Ashley High
Ashley High School completed remodeling and repainting of three classrooms and the library. Principal Kenneth Phillips announced today that other summer maintenance projects are underway as part of the school's program.
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Ashley
Ashley High School
Kenneth Phillips
Phillips
High School Raises Lunch Cost Five Cents
College Nashville Tennessee to teach English in Community College John Bone break finishing masters at Southern Illinois University to teach biology in Community College Janice Medlin a beginning teacher from SIU to teach social studies in the high school Henson said at least six more teachers will be needed this year than last to lower pupil teacher ratio through a federal aid program.
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Body College
Nashville
Tenn
John Bonebreak
Southern Illinois University
Janice Medlin
SIU
Henson
Earhart flier mystery linked to wartime island killings
The report notes a survivor described as the flier Amelia Earhart died from dysentery and a companion was beheaded by a Samurai sword after a Japanese island incident. Two ex Marines, Everett Henson Jr. and Billy Burks, reportedly found remains on the island and were told to recall Earhart when asking a supervising officer what they might be seeking.
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Register
U.S
Everett Henson Jr
Sacramento
Calif
Billy Burks
Texas
Amelia Earhare
Weather Highlights From MT VERNON and IL AP Brief
MT VERNON high 92 low 6 with 19.10 inches rainfall for 1966 to date. Illinois heat held across Springfield and Rockford with 95 degree readings. Rain chances linger Tuesday across central to northern and southern districts with scattered thundershowers.
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MT. Vernon
C.S.T
Illinois
Associated Press
Springfield
Rockford
Trinois
Two Women Slain In Indiana At Lake Tippecanoe
In Warsaw, Indiana a bride of one month and her 17 year old sister were stabbed and beaten to death in a lake cottage. Police say the killer showered, disposed bloody clothing, and fled. Bodies of Marilee Wolf and Gayle Gaunt found six miles northeast of Warsaw. Steven Wolf, 30, Marion, Indiana, is sought for questioning.
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Ind
Lake
Marilee Wolf
Gayle Gaunt
Lake Tippecanoe
Here
Wilson Acts to Take Over Steel Mills
Air strikes echoed across Saigon as Allied forces targeted guerrilla strongholds near Nha Be oil dumps and other probable Viet Cong sites. A U S military spokesman said the operations aimed to keep the enemy off balance as Viet Cong used hit and run tactics on small government outposts near Saigon. Heavy artillery rattled windows in the capital during near dawn bombardments.
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Nha Be
U.S
U. S
England May Drop Binding Precedent Rule
London British House of Lords abandons the binding force of precedent in certain cases to make English law more flexible and up to date. Lord Gardiner says the Lords will depart from prior decisions when it appears right, while lower courts remain bound by precedent. Likely wide impact on Commonwealth and possibly the United States. Gardiner also pursues modernization of the legal code.
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House of Lords
Britain
Court of Last Resort
Lord Gardiner
British Commonwealth
United States
Lords
Gardiner
Wheat reserves dip to 14 year low in survey
Washington AP reports government survey shows wheat reserves at the lowest level in 14 years and corn reserves at a 10 year low. Wheat stored on July 1 totaled 536 million bushels, 14 million less than forecast and about a third below last year.
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Washington
Oreville L. Freeman
They Don’t Buckle Their Seat Belts Says Government
Washington AP report notes Public Health Service survey of 1,850 Oakland drivers shows 28 percent own vehicles with seat belts. Among belt users, two thirds wear them on highways, one third in city driving, with belt use projected to save about 5,000 lives annually nationwide.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Oakland
Calif
Hospital Notes and Patient Movements
A hospital ledger lists admissions and discharges across multiple wards. Admitted: John H Robbins Ashley Bertha Bumpus Wills Jacqueline Sue Waller 1920 south 8th Howard Hollenbeck LeRoy McDuffie James Michael Cantrell Bess Hunter Cyrilla Ingle Rosie Smith Dottie Rapp Alicia Keller Bernice Keen Charles Book Edward Thomas Wallace III Flossie Eller Edward Champ Linda Sampson Walter Rice Celia Ashmann Ira Baldwin Rev Allen Fairchild Myrtle Bender Grace Yeorgin Mildred Coleman Grace Williamson Samuel Kelly James Cantrell Mae Cohen. Discharged: Jerome B Gholson McLeans boro Good Samaritan. plus numerous others including LeRoy McDuffie 2710 Mannen 2716 Logan 615 Lamar 811 Lamar 316 Caborn 1928 Casey 1217 north 5th 602 south 29th 1113 Warren 1110 Bell 232 Walnut 1610 Pace.
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Howard Hollenbeck
South 11Th
LeRoy McDuffie
Mannen
James Michael Cantrell
South
Bess Hunter
Casey
Cyrilla Ingle
Rosie Smith
Lamar
Dottie Rapp
Fishers Lane
Alicia Keller
Bonnie
Bernice Keen
Charles Book
Carrollton
Edward Thomas Wallace, III
Logan
Flossie Eller
North
Edward Champ
Woodlawn
Linda Sampson
Walter Rice
Caborn
Celia Ashmann
Ira Baldwin
Allen Fairchild
Jones
Myrtle Bender
Warren
Grace Yeorgin
North 6Th
Mildred Coleman
Maple
Grace Williamson
Bell
Samuel Kelly
Walnut
James Cantrell
Mae Cohen
Pace
Births in Dahlgren and Vernon announce two daughters
Mr and Mrs Larry Murphy Route 2 Dahlgren welcomed a baby girl Monday at 3 35 p.m. in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds fifteen ounces named Debra Ann. Mr and Mrs David Capps Route 3 Mr Vernon welcomed a baby girl Monday at 5 10 p.m. in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds six ounces named Sandra Lynn.
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Larry Murphy
Route 2
Dahlgren
Good Samaritan Hospital
Debra Ann
David Capps
Route 3
Vernon
Sandra Lynn
Hog market prices in Mt. Vernon steady at 25.00 top
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today unchanged with hog top at 25.00 for 200 to 220 pound hogs Sows 19 75 for 300 pounds down and 19 25 for 300 pounds and over Boars 12 50 and 13 50 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day’s prices
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Mt Vernon prices quoted today show wheat at 1.74, old beans 3.2, new beans 3.13, shell corn 1.45, and ear corn 1.43.</s>
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Mt. Vernon
Wayne City Grain Prices at Pillsbury Market
Prices paid at Wayne City by Pillsbury up to closing Tuesday show Old Corn 1.43 Old Beans 3.38 Wheat 1.70 New Beans 3.14 New Corn 1.33.現
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Pillsbury
Wayne City
Cash Grain Chicago Prices Reported by AP
Wheat No 2 hard 1.9n No 2 red 1.88%n. Corn No 2 yellow 1.45%n. Oats No 2 heavy white 755s-7646n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.51%4n. Soybean oil 12.78n.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices Signal Shifts in Dairy and Poultry
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Butter and Eggs prices show mixed readings with AA and A grades around 71 percent. wholesale live poultry prices hold steady, roasters quoted at 25.14 to 28.44 cents per pound, red white rock fryers noted within 20.44 to 22.44 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Livestock quotes at National Stockyards amid midweek bids
AP estimates for Wednesday show hogs at 6,500 head, cattle 2,500, calves 1,590 and sheep 500. Hog prices range 25.25 to 26.00 for 200-250 lb barrows and gilts, up to 16.50 to 21.50 for 650 lb sows. Cattle range 24.00 to 25.35 for choice steers, veal at 21.00 to 23.00. sheep 21.00 to 23.50 for good to choice spring lambs, ewes 3.50 to 7.50.
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National Stockyards
Mmn
St Louis Produce Prices Introductory Egg and Poultry Grades
St Louis AP reports eggs and live poultry price ranges and grades. It lists consumer grades A large 41-48 A medium 28-30 A small 16-18 B large 21-33 wholesale standard 32-34 unclassified 24-25 checks no hens heavy 13 light over 5 lb 10 under 5 lb 8 broilers and fryers 28 to 2 percent.
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ST. Louis
Wall Street Slight Rise as Tech and Airlines Lead Rally
Wall Street gained early today but the market retreated from Monday’s dip. Leaders in aircraft electronics and airlines rallied with United Aircraft Boeing Zenith Raytheon Pan Am United Air Lines and Eastern Air Lines rising more than a point. The AP 60 stock average rose .9 to 309.1 and the Dow gained 4.24 to 857.07 as birth control drug makers rose on Vatican reports. Goodrich fell about a point while U.S. Rubber slid.
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New York Dow Jones Noon Averages Report
New York AP reports Dow Jones noon averages with 30 Industrial up 4.24 at 857.07, 20 Rails up to 221.83, utilities at 132.72 down 0.64. Market movers include mixed gains and declines across sectors.
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New York
Indus
Seven candidates vie in Arkansas Democratic gubernatorial primary
Little Rock Arkansas voters pick a Democratic nominee to face Republican Winthrop Rockefeller in November. Holt leads the field but no one exceeds 25 percent, setting up potential runoffs amid debates over Faubus machine ties and party unity. Polls open 8 am to 6 30 pm CST with other races nationwide in focus.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus
Frank Holt
Supreme Court
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Jim Johnson
Conway
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Dale Alford
Sam Boyce
Newport
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Kenneth Sulcer
Osceola
Gus McMillan
Sheridan
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Arsenal duo held as $2900 cash found with car arsenal
Davenport AP report says two men George Sotak and Alton Franks are held on bonds totaling 25000 after police found 2900 in cash, masks, and an M 1 carbine in Sotak s car. Peoria police seek to question them in a murder case while federal custody is likely.
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George Sotak
Springfield
Alton Franks
Houston Tex
Sotak
Peoria
Galesburg
Keokuk
Iowa
Texas
Franks
Lee County
Child killed in Gibson City wagon crash
An infant child died when a family station wagon overturned on Illinois 9 near Gibson City. The driver, the mother Joan, 33, was hospitalized with injuries.
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Joan
Thieves Steal Air Conditioner and Diamond Ring
A heat related thefts report lists four incidents including a Chrysler Air Temp unit missing from Humble Oil Co. and a $300 diamond ring stolen from John O. Shelton’s Fairfield Road home. Clyde Lee and family plan to move to Homewood Illinois amid ongoing property transfers.
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Humble Oil Co
John O. Shelton
Fairfield Road
Central Wholesale Liquor Company
Shawnee Street
Bill Price
Thompson Hotel
John H. Felix Dies Witness In Harris Trial
John H. Felix age 80 died in a San Antonio hospital while visiting his daughter Mrs. June Ladzinski. Felix was the second chief prosecution witness in Charles Harris’s murder arson trial over the 1964 killings. Harris, 69, remains jailed at Menard State Penitentiary appealing the convictions.
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Menard State Penitentiary
Quintuplets Shirlene Selina Lawson Near First Birthday
In Auckland New Zealand the Lawson quintuplets Shirlene and Selina will turn one on Wednesday after being born seven weeks early last July 27. Mother Shirley and father Sam Lawson report many birthday greetings arriving from abroad, notably the United States.
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New Zealand
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Shirlene
Selina
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Shirley
Sam Lawson
United States
Denver greenskeeper to retire after 40 years service
83-year-old Ben Conrad, longtime Denver golf greenskeeper, announces plans to retire after more than four decades tending courses. He began his career in his early 40s and has become a fixture at the club, closing a chapter in local golf history.
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Ben Conrad
Conrad
Teacher Study Scholarships Awarded to Fifteen County Students
Fifteen Jefferson county students received student teaching scholarships, announced by County Superintendent Ogie Ellis. Recipients include Mt. Vernon High School graduates Nancy Trotter Jeanne Ann Howie Brenda Pittman Brenda Hyslop Harold Bateman Shirley Hawkins Wayne Marting Barry Dodson Jerry Wilson Carolyn Neal John McGill Ronald DeLaney and Janet Harp plus Woodlawn High graduates Robert Fuller and Mary McNealy all tied to Mt. Vernon institutions.
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Ogie Ellis
Nancy Trotter
Magnolia
Jeanne Ann Howie
Broadway
Brenda Pittman
Jordan
Brenda Hyslop
North 7Th
Harold Gregory Bateman
Richview Road
Shirley Marie Hawkins
Mt. Vernon
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South 10Th
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Robert Fuller
Mary McNealy
Woodlawn High
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Jerry Dale Wilson
North 12Th
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Belle Rive
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Apple
Ronald DeLaney
Wagner Road
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Pace
Mt. Vernon Community College
Tells Women They Are Equal Tells Women They Are Equal
In Atlanta John W. Macy Jr. told the National Business and Professional Women's Clubs convention that outdated attitudes toward women must change. He argued equal employment opportunities are an economic necessity and noted women comprise one third of the labor force and are essential for sustained high economic activity in government and industry. He cited 3,500 promotions to federal jobs paying $10,600 or more in 1964 and 1965.
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U.S. Civil Service Commission
John W. Macy Jr
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Johnson
Circuit Court Fines From Local Docket
Circuit court fines list includes Bobby Joe Stone and James Earl Stone both at 10 dollars for intoxication, George Merchel Jr at 10 dollars for intoxication, all on Opdyke and Route 7 addresses. Traffic fines note Jerry King 10 dollars for loud muffler, Edward L Brown 25 dollars for careless driving on Route 2 Scheller, RogEr L Malone 20 dollars for careless driving, James W Hamlin 10 dollars for careless driving at 404 Broadway.
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Opdyke
James Earl Stone
George Merchel, Jr
Jerry King
South 22Nd
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Scheller
Roger L. Malone
James W. Hamlin
Broadway
Lions Sponsor Gun Safety Class Meets Next Tuesday
Ashley Lions Club sponsors a boys gun safety course with 12 enrollees at the Civic Center. The second session is at 8 p.m. next Tuesday. attendance at the first class is required for eligibility. Co chairs Trevor Letzekorn and Glenn Dale say another full course may follow if interest remains. Kenneth Hart, Carrier Mills Soil Conservation Agent, demonstrated gun safety and showed a film in the first session. A shooting match is planned at Setzekorn's farm after the instruction.
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Ashley Lions Club
Civic Center
Trevor Letzekorn
Glenn Dale
Kenneth Hart
Carrier Mills
Setzekorn
State Salaries Rise Nearly $100 in Five Years
Springfield AP report shows average monthly salaries for merit system state employees rising to 470 dollars from 375 over five years. About 43,000 workers, mainly in Cook and Sangamon counties, average age 45 with men slightly outnumbering women.
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Mt. Vernon Pilots Set Thursday Meeting
The Mt. Vernon Pilots Association will convene at 7 30 p m Thursday at the airport to discuss the next weekend flight.
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Mt. V
Mt. Vernon
Police Help Stranded Traveler With Gas Purchase
Mt. Vernon police assisted a traveler yesterday afternoon after the man walked into the station saying he was broke and needed gas to continue a trip from Los Angeles to Bowling Green. Officers bought the fuel and he left to resume his journey.
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Mt. Vernon
Los Angeles
Calif
Bowling Green
Divorce Decree Is Filed Here in Circuit Court
A divorce decree was filed in circuit court here on Monday in the case Marilyn Jane Wellmaker versus Robert Ed ward Wellmaker.
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Marilyn Jane Wellmaker
Robert Edward Wellmaker
Circuit
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