Deaths Fern Hazel Pulliam 68 Flora native dies in Decatur
Fern Hazel Pulliam 68 of Flora died at Macon County Hospital Decatur while visiting her daughter. A former Mt. Vernon resident and retired high school teacher she was born at Anna and married to Mr. Pulliam in 1919 at Christopher. Survived by husband two sons Paul and Charles one daughter Dorothy six grandchildren four sisters and four brothers. Funeral 1:30 pm Saturday Branson Funeral Home Flora conducted by Rev. Williard Ballard with burial in Mt. Vernon Oakwood Cemetery.
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Flora
Macon County Hospital
Decatur
Mt. Vernon
Charles
Farmington
Dorothy Davis
Ruth Erwing
Bloomington
Ind
Ethel Lynn
Homewood, Jr
Martha Hughes
Carbondale
Maude Farmer
Christopher
Ernest
Gail
Chicago
Webb and
Avery
Miami
Branson Funeral Home
Williard Ballard
Flora First Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Arthur Byard Dies at 61. Funeral Sunday in Mt. Vernon
Arthur McKinley Byard of RFD 2 Mt. Vernon died at 1 00 a m today at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 61 years nine months Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Sunday at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Chapel with Rev Kenneth Key officiating Burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery Body lies in state at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Home after 4 00 pm Saturday He was born Nov 1 1902 in Jefferson County to William and Lillian Seward Byard married Alma Milliner in 1931 in Salem who survives Also surviving daughter Mrs Mildred Tindle of Troy two brothers Forrest and Virgil Byard two sisters Astle and Margart Byard Mt Vernon and three grandchildren
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Arthur McKinley Byard
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley-Gutzler Funeral
Kenneth Key
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Pulley - Gutzler
Mr. Byard
Jefferson County
William
Lillian (Seward
Salem
Alma Milliner
Mildred Tindle
Troy, T
Forrest
Virgil Byard
Astle
Margart Byard
Mattie Ryder Dies At Age 89 Funeral Here
Mrs. Mattie Ryder of Cahokia Sr formerly Mt. Vernon resident died at 4 05 am in Centerville Hospital at age 89 years four months funeral at Kassly Funeral Home Cahokia 2 pm Sunday then body to Mt. Vernon for 2 pm Monday service at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Home Rev Herbert J Wilson officiating burial in Oakwood cemetery body may be viewed 7 to 9 pm Sunday survivors include son Harl E Ryder Mt Vernon daughter Ferne Rachels Cahokia and two grandchildren born Jefferson County March 31 1876 Frank Ryder her husband preceded in death in 1945.
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Mattie Ryder
Cahokia
Mt. Vernon
Centerville Hospital
Kassly Funeral
Pulley-Gutzler
Herbert J. Wilson
Missing Mt Vernon Girl Is Located In St Louis
A 13 year old girl, Martha Louise Womack, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Womack of Ashley Road, was reported missing from her Mt Vernon home yesterday morning. Relatives in St Louis called about 9 30 p m last night saying she was there. She was brought back to Mt Vernon early this morning.
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Mt. Vernon
St. Loui
Martha Louise Womack
Carl Womack
Ashley Road
Arrest Man For Firing Gun In Local Tavern
Mt. Vernon police arrested 32 year old Robert Lee Boswell after he fired a 38 caliber bullet into the ceiling of the Top-O-Town tavern at 331 South Tenth Street around 11 p.m. He was found near the scene with the pistol in his belt and jailed on charges of discharging a firearm within the city and carrying a concealed weapon.
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Mt. Vernon
Robert Lee Boswell
South Tenth Street
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Listed
Jefferson Memorial admits Sandra Kay Thompson Hester Pearl Myers of Kell Rosemary Hirons. Good Samaritan admits Laura Magdaline Trout Rocco Anthony Greco Wilma Fern Lowry Claud El ler Tommy Robert Bernard Arthur Lee Puckett James Brian Lewis Tincy Sanders. Discharged: Mrs Carolyn Sue Phillips and baby Brent Ellison Mrs Linda Sue Schlottman and baby Tracy Lee James William Frances Sylvia Ann Pogue Gerilyn Viola Turner Joan Margaret White Ida Eveline Winkler Laura Ellen Fuller.
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Sandra Kay Thompson
Hester Pearl Myers
Kell
Rosemary Hirons
Good Samaritan
Laura Magdaline Trout
Rocco Anthony Greco
Wilma Fern Lowry
Claud Eller
Tommy Robert Bernard
Arthur Lee Puckett
James Brian Lewis
Tincy Sanders
Carolyn Sue Phillips
Brent Ellison
Linda Sue Schlottman
Tracy Lee
James William Frances
Sylvia Ann Pogue
Gerilyn Viola Turner
Joan Margaret White
Ida Eveline Winkler
Laura Ellen Fuller
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted at Market
Mt Vernon prices quoted after noon show Wheat at 1.27 Soybeans at 2.38 and Corn at 1.17 per bushel. Local traders noted normal activity with steady demand across grain crops.
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Mt. Vernon
Local live stock market prices ease with hogs and sows down
Prices paid on the local live stock market were down 15¢ The top was 16.25 for 190 to 220 lb hogs Sows were 13.75 for 300 weight down sows 300 weight and over 13.50 down Boars were 7.50 and 8.50.
St Louis Produce Prices and Poultry Grades
St Louis reports live poultry and egg grades with consumer and wholesale standards. Hens heavy and light weights listed with price ranges, broilers and fryers priced per pound, and various unclassified and checks categories included.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Prices Steady at Merc Exchange
Chicago market notes butter prices steady and wholesale buys unchanged. Egg buying prices largely unchanged to higher with mixed grades and whites improving. Measures show grade A whites around 32 percent and various grades cited with assorted percentages while dirties remain unquoted.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Prices Report From National Stockyards
Hogs fell about five percent across the board with 190-260 lb barrows and gilts at 16.50 to 17.25. Cattle and calves numbers limited with cows 10.50 to 14.00 and bulls 15.00 to 17.00. Vealers steady to good, and sheep market weak with spring lambs 22.00 to 24.75 and ewes 4.00 to 6.50.
Grain Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago grain quotes show Wheat No 1 red at 1.45, No 2 red 1.4414, No 2 hard 152, Corn No 2 yellow 1.233%4n. Oats list No 1 extra heavy white 675g, No 1 heavy white 67%%4, No 2 heavy white 67%. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.54%4n, Soybean oil 854n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Gains Amid Steel Shares In Mixed Trading
Wall Street ended the session modestly higher as steels and select blue chips lifted the market. Volume was about 43 million shares, with U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel up around a point, Mack Trucks impacted by a government challenge, Xerox near top volume, and Calgon and Westinghouse advancing in uneven trading.
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U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Justice Department
Mack Trucks
Mack
Xerox
Steel
Calgon
Westinghouse Electric
Douglas
Phelps Dodge
Montgomery Ward
American Stock Exchange
Government seals moldy peanuts from food use
The government will allow only high quality peanuts to be processed and sold for food use under a program to protect consumers from a mold found in damaged peanuts. The action follows research showing afla toxin production by the mold, linked to harmed turkeys fed moldy peanut meal, though no human health hazard is yet evidenced.
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Washington
Department
Motorcycle Victim and Injured Rider in Monmouth Crash
In Monmouth Illinois on U S 34 a motorcycle crash killed 21 year old Or ville E Smock Jr a passenger. The rider Roger E Miller 22 also from Monmouth sustained injuries in the accident.
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Monmouth, Ill
Orville E. Smock Jr
Monmouth
U.S
Smock
Roger E. Miller
Furniture trade forecast jumps to 3.45 billion in 1964
The National Association of Furniture Manufacturers said the industry may reach 3.45 billion dollars in 1964 as six month showing points to growth. Orders through June were up 15 percent from 1963 and shipments surpassed prior records.
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Chicago
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Weather report for Illinois with 1960s style data
Weather details show high temperatures in the 80s to low 90s across Illinois and southern areas with a few thunderstorms. The five day forecast calls for temperatures 2 to 8 degrees above normal with limited rain, normal highs 84 to 90 and lows 66 to 72, and precipitation under one tenth inch.
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Illinois
Vandalia
Rockford
Weather Bureau
Divorce suit seeks custody and support for child
Lillie Hill filed for divorce from Isaac Hill in circuit court citing cruelty. They married April 16, 186 and separated March 18, 1944. She seeks custody of their one minor child, plus support and court costs.
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Lillie Hill
Isaac Hill
Dod Catcher Wins Dog at San Bernardino Raffle
In San Bernardino California Fred Albrecht a dog catcher bought the last Elks Club charity fund raffle ticket and won a prize a pedigreed six week old Brittany spaniel. Albrecht knows a lot about dogs.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Fred Albrecht
Elks Club
Albrecht
Albion Hosts Lord Mayor Event In Historic County Fair
Albion will host a Lord Mayor event with pageant in Albion West Salem and Bone Gap. The county, named for Ninian Edwards, traces early Illinois history from 1809. Crawford Lawrence Wayne and Wabash counties were later carved from it. The Albion area preserves a transplanted English atmosphere and 650 British immigrants by 1819. The county fair starts August 8 and runs to August 14 with a historical pageant and Shakespearean works.
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West Salem
Bone Gap
Ninian Edwards
Ilinois
Illinois
Crawford
Lawrence
Wayne
Wabash
Six Teens Injured In Green Lake Carnival Ride Collapse
Six teenagers were injured when a six inch main shaft snapped on a paratroop ride at Green Lake County Junior Fair. The ride had not started and dropped riders up to 20 feet. Injured were taken to Ripon Hospital in good condition with back neck and leg injuries.
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Green Lake
Wis
John Nyhind
Iid
Green Lake County
Ripon Hospital
Start Rochester Riot Investigation
Rochester grand jury hears detailed police report on weekend rioting and racial strife. More than 200 people expected to be indicted as the investigation enters its fifth day with police and National Guard on standby in affected areas. One person died and about 350 injured in the melee as Chief Lombard commends officers for restraint.
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Police Bureau
William Lombard
National Guard
SONS ACT TO PROTECT MOCO WATER
Washington reports GOP nominee Barry Goldwater on vacation after press plans were canceled His trip included a private two engine plane arrival and notes he will join his wife in Newport Beach for three days The Bohemian Grove description notes its exclusivity and guarded access as a club for San Francisco journalists
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Vaca
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Newport Beach
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Johnson bars Bobby as running mate at convention
President Johnson, ahead of the Democratic convention opening August 24 in Atlantic City, NJ, barred cabinet members and other White House access officials from consideration as running mates. Dean Rusk and Orville Freeman were among those notified. An AP poll showed Humphrey as the delegate favorite for vice president with 341 first choice votes to the attorney general's 230.
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Johnson
White House
Dean Rusk
Orville L. Freeman
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Child dies when truck overturns in Bond County town
AP reports 11 year old Ted Bandy of Bond County town was killed Thursday when a pickup truck overturned on a rural road. He was riding on the truck bed. Local authorities investigated the wreck and identified contributing factors as road conditions and speed.
Poverty Hill Ski Center Files for Bankruptcy
Poverty Hill, a ski center near Rochester, New York, filed for bankruptcy in federal court. The Buffalo company that opened the center last fall lists debts of 401,613 dollars and assets of 32,750 dollars.
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Rochester, N.Y
New York
Buffalo Corporation
Russians to Fire Rockets Into Pacific Area Test
The Soviet Union announced a five month space program beginning Aug 4 with rocket launches into central Pacific areas south southwest of Hawaii. Tass said ships and planes should keep 75 miles from impact zones from noon to midnight daily. Special navy vessels will monitor the rocket tests and data collection for space studies.
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Soviet Union
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Mt V Turns To Park District To Fund Center Study
Mt Vernon activists pursue a community center at the old post office with plan to create a park district for ongoing maintenance. Discussions cover off street parking, raising 2000 to 2800 dollars yearly, and renovation funding as city officials await federal sale approval. General Radiator expands facilities and payroll as local growth continues.
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Fern Watson
Citizens Committee
John Manion
General Services Administration
Grand Avenue
Vaught _ street
Malcolm Henning
Chromalloy Corporation
Henning
South 12Th Street
General Radiator
Mt. Vernon
Circuit Court Fines Lean Toward Reckless Driving Cases
Fines in circuit court include Mont G. Murry twenty dollars for following too close and William A. Robinson of Chicago twenty five dollars for reckless driving.
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William A. Robinson
Chicago
South Viet Nam accuses North Viet Nam of Cai Be attack
South Viet Nam charged to the International Control Commission that Red Chinese advisors directed regulars from Communist North Viet Nam in an attack on Cai Be in the Mekong delta. Raiders killed 16 women and 24 children and wounded 40 others. About 40 troops were killed or wounded. Another ambush killed 8 soldiers and wounded 14 near Saigon.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
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Cai Be
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Canada
Poland
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North Viet Nam
Red China
Thieves Break Into Edge Stock Yards on Route 37
A break-in at Edge Stock Yards south of Mt Vernon was reported to the sheriff. The office door was pried open and three vending machines damaged. About $10 was taken from a soft drink machine. losses from the cigarette and candy machines were undetermined.
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Quail Release Sunday At Dix Sportsman Club
The annual quail release will be held at the Dix Sportsman's club this Sunday from 8 a m until noon. Each member is asked to bring his own container. The quail pens are located two and one half miles west of Dix. Approximately 1 600 game birds will be released.
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Dix
Marriage Licenses Listed for Four Couples
Alfred W. Pflasterer aged 24 of Walnut Hill and Jeanette Kay Douthit aged 19 of Dix obtain a marriage license. Dean R. Rubitschung aged 22 of Pine River Minnesota and Roberta L. Barr aged 22 of 1121 South 18th Street also receive licenses. John Jones aged 23 of 613 South 22nd Street and Mildred A. Baker aged 26 of Mount Vernon obtain licenses.
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Walnut Hill
Jeanette Kay Douthit
Dix
Dean R. Rubitschung
Pine River
Minn
Roberta L. Barr
South 18Th Street
John Jones
South 22Nd Street
Mildred A. Baker
Mt. Vernon
Former Brain Truster Landis Found Dead at Home Pool
James M. Landis aged 64 adviser to three presidents and Harvard Law dean from 1937 to 1946 was found dead in his swimming pool at his Harrison New York home on a Thursday night. An autopsy was ordered. He faced a recent misdemeanor tax filing conviction and had served a short prison term. Landis helped write the Securities Act of 1933 and chaired the SEC before returning to Harvard. He later led the Civil Aeronautics Board under President Truman.
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James M. Landis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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GOP Summit Planned in Hershey Pennsylvania
Washington AP reports Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater invited governors and gubernatorial nominees to a GOP summit in Hershey Pennsylvania on August 12. Former President Eisenhower and former Vice President Nixon are said to attend, with Pennsylvania Governor Scranton hosting.
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Goldwater
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Richard M. Nixon
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William W. Scranton
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Kennedy calls VP prospects slightly unlikely
Atty General Robert F. Kennedy gave a clipped answer on Democratic vice presidential chances, calling them slight. The remark followed by further news when President Johnson dropped Kennedy and others from consideration, despite Kennedy's high profile in preference polls.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Heroine Dies At Switchboard In Hotel Fire
OTTAWA AP Addie McCormick 64 a Bell supervisor died staying at her hotel switchboard to warn guests as Beacon Arms Hotel fire swept a 12 story building. Her son Donald was among firemen. two others died and at least 17 were injured. Many escaped via fire ladders or catwalks to an adjacent office building. Cause of fire undetermined. McCormick had worked for Bell for over two decades before 1958 arrival. Her body found beside a still plugged switchboard with jacks indicating calls were in progress when smoke overwhelmed her.
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Addie MeCormick
Beacon Arms
Donald
McCormick
Bell Telephone Co
Phil Horwitz
Amoke
Smuggle Heroin In From Mexico Warns U S Official
Deputy U S Narcotics Commissioner George H. Gaffney told the Senate Permanent Investigations Committee that Mexican poppy growing could pose a major problem if unchecked. He noted that about one fifth of heroin entering the United States comes from Mexico despite authorities' efforts.
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U.S
George H. Gaffney
Senate
United States
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Senate Permanent Investigations Committee
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Life Rough In Chicago On Hill Billies
AP report from Chicago describes Appalachian migrants facing urban adjustment shocks. Migrants in a five by one mile district struggle with high rents up to 85 dollars weekly, crowded apartments, and overcrowding as welfare costs rise. Dewey notes relocations clear a path to city life while enforcement in the county court house district targets loitering.
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Mark Narris
Chicago
Three Fires In Area Yesterday
Three fires occurred yesterday in the Mt. Vernon area. A fire at the Stewart Grain Elevator on Benton Road around 4 30 p m caused minor damage. A rural department was called at 1 15 p m for a grass fire on the Tom Puckett place burning an acre but causing no damage. A small blaze in a barrel at 2225 the street was reported to Mt. Vernon fire at about 9 p m and quickly extinguished.
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Stewart
Benton Road
Tom Puckett Place
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