Florsheim to Take Over International Shoe Plant
Florsheim Shoe Company plans to operate the Mt. Vernon plant vacated by International Shoe, with production of women’s shoes to begin after contract amendments with the union. About 350 workers at the facility may face some lay-offs during the transition. Superintendent J F Welsh announced the move at a Security Bank meeting, prompting local officials to praise the development as welcome news for the Mt Vernon area.
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Florsheim Shoe Company
International Shoe Company
International Shoe Plant
West Perkins Avenue
Richard Heider
J. F. Welsh
Heider
Chicago
Register-News
Florsheim
Welsh
Security Bank and Trust Co
Chamber of Commerce
Mt Vernon
J. Marvin Powers
Security Bank
Kenneth Olson
Joe Bocchiardi
Chamber
Rolland Lewis
Bob Poisall
Powers
Poisall
International
Olson
International Shoe
MT. V
Florsheim Shoe Co
Delo
Mars ice cap edges seen in Mariner 6 photos
Mars-bound Mariner 6 sent long shot images from 771000 to 450000 miles altitude showing a ragged southern polar cap edge. Ground crews noted possible mountains or craters, with guidance for tonight’s closer transmissions to reveal more.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 6
Earth
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bracy Grocery to Close After 1947 McLeansboro Run
Bracy Grocery on the south side of McLeansboro public square will go out of business this week with Saturday as the final day. The store has operated here since 1947, with a McLeansboro Bracy location dating to 1929 before later passing to Limerick Grocery and then Koger.
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Mcleansboro
Bracy Grocery
Limerick Grocery
Koger
Moon landing shown in color footage of Eagle at Moon
AP reports seven minutes of color film from the Apollo 11 lunar landing broadcast to viewers. The footage captured Armstrong and Aldrin descending the ladder and Armstrong's first footprint, as the craft touched down at the lunar surface amid dust. Color stills and live coverage complemented the black and white telecast.
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Neil A. Armstrong
Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Earth
Moon
Income Tax Takes Effect This Friday in Illinois
The Illinois income tax, set to start August 1, will tax wages earned in July for many workers. State revenue director George E. Mahin instructed employers to deduct federal tax from August paychecks, causing some employees to pay taxes on July earnings while others miss July taxation depending on payday schedules.
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Chicago
Illinois
George E. Mahin
Judge Alvin Lacy Williams Suffers Heart Attack
Judge Alvin Lacy Williams of 2126 Richview Road, an associate circuit judge, suffered a heart attack this morning. He was under intensive care at Good Samaritan Hospital with a condition described as serious but not critical.
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Alvin Lacy Williams
Richview Road
Williams
Good Samaritan
Youth electrocuted trimming tree near Oreana farm
Ralph Durkhart aged 20 from Petersburg was killed Tuesday when a high voltage line fell on the tree he was trimming on a farm near Oreana Illinois AP reports the accident occurred while he worked on the treetop the line touched the tree and the fatal shock ended his life in a rural Illinois setting with no further details available
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Oreana, Ill
Ralph Durkhart
Petersburg
Oreana
Ward Store Manager Resigns to Join Singer Company
Don Margolin, manager of the Montgomery Ward store in Mt. Vernon, announced resignation to take a position with The Singer Company in New York City. He will lead a New York store starting August 4 after joining Montgomery Ward in June 1968. Margolin is a New Jersey native with 54 years at the firm. Assistant manager is James Butler.
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Mt. Vernon
New Cross Rippy Realty Opens in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce announced a new business venture, Cross Rippy Realty Agency, at 2719 Broadway. Partners John Cross and Bill Rippy are local residents with backgrounds in realty and banking. Continuous family ties and local residence anchor the venture.
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Cross- Rippy Realty Agency
Broadway
Mt. Vernon
Nixon visits Saigon base as he seeks peace terms
President Nixon flew to Saigon becoming the first U S president to visit South Vietnam's capital and to a combat base in Di An. He declared no further peace concessions while urging the other side to sit down. He and Thieu discussed troop withdrawals and pace of peace talks amid a lull in fighting. Mrs Nixon toured a field hospital and an orphanage as part of the trip.
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Nixon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
di An
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
White House
Thieu
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Bangkok
Thailand
Asia
Independence Palace
Washington
Paris
Palace
D An
Big Long Binh
Creighton W. Abrams
Hanoi
You can't judge a man by his company says wife’s kin
A quip appears on page 2 column 5 noting that appearances can mislead and the man’s in law connections may reflect character rather than his actions. The line hints at social commentary within the column.
Fist-Shaking Farmers Surround Sen Dirksen
Washington AP. Capitol police removed Sen Everett Dirksen from a protest by about 200 farmers from Illinois who surrounded him after he left the Senate chamber. They demanded full parity in farm prices and greater farmer input in policy. Dirksen said he backs a bill to take up to 10 million acres of farmland out of production within five years, met with loud No s. He refused to take the grain or a raised par money request, urging charity instead.
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Capitol
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Illinois
Dirksen
Senate
American Farm Bureau Federation
Capital
New Jersey Avenue
Ilinois
Rfk Stadium
Capitol Hill
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