Deaths H. E. Gallagher Of Olney Dies Rites Saturday
Howard E. Gallagher of Olney dies at home at 2 00 p.m. Wednesday aged 65 with survivors including wife Maxine Lacey Gallagher a stepson and stepdaughter and a sister. A World War I veteran and Elm Street Christian Church member, funeral services are set for Saturday at Rainey Summers Funeral Home.
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Howard E. Gallagher
Olney
Maxine M. (Lacey) Gallagher
Mt. Vernon
Edna Mae Jennings
John Edward
Edna Gallagher
Mr. Galher
Maxine Lacey
Vernon
Phyllis
Ate
Ramsey
Eddie Lacey
Waltonville
the Campbell
Bertha Reed
Gallagher
American Legion
Ile
Elm Street Christian Church
Rainey-Summers Funeral Home
Rites Tomorrow For Man Who Fell Off J C Bridge
Paul L Kaiser 43 of Edgewood will be buried Friday at 2 00 p m in Edgewood Methodist Church after dying from a 40 foot fall at Skillet Fork bridge north of Bluford on May 21 He was a foreman with Illinois Central and was directing piling when the accident occurred He died Tuesday at Illinois Central Hospital after being flown to Chicago by ambulance plane.
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Edgewood
Ill
Paul L
Kaiser
Skillet Fork
Bluford
Illinois Central Hospital
Methodist
Illinois Central Bridge
Chicago
William C Fry Rites Saturday At Neal Memorial
Funeral services for William C. Fry, 56, of Salem Road, will be held Saturday at 2:00 pm at Neal Memorial Chapel in Louisville Til. The Rev Larry Doggett will afficiliate and burial will be in Orchard Hill cemetery. The body will be in state at Neal Funeral Home in Louisville where friends may call any time. Fry was a local employee of Kingwood Oil Co. and died Wednesday night.
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William, C. Fry
Salem Road
Neal
Louisville
Til
Larry Doggett
Orchard Hill
Mr. Fry
Kingwood Oil Co
The General To Spend Four Days In Southern Illinois
The General steam locomotive, famed for the Andrews Raid, will tour Southern Illinois June 17 to 20. After starting April 4 in Kennesaw Georgia, the engine travels oil powered, visiting East St. Louis Belleville Nashville Mount Vernon MacLeansboro Carmi and Mount Vernon Indiana along Louisville and Nashville tracks.
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Illinois
Kennesaw
James J. Andrews
Big Shanty
Chattanooga
Tenn
Graysville
East St. Louis
Belleville
Nashville
Mount Vernon
MacLeansboro
Carmi
Ind
Chemical Plant Waste Kills Fish in Two Streams
Illinois conservation officials ordered a Monday report on fish deaths in Crao Orchard Creek and Big Muddy River, traced to a private chemical plant reservoir. Warden Glen Smith reported chemicals linked to the plant. the company denied overflow caused by heavy rain.
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Carbondale
API
Ilinois Conservation Department
Glen Smith
Jackson County
State Sanitary Water Board
Crao
Orchard Creek
Big Mudoy
Carlone
Meetings Day for Veterans and OES Club
Gold Stripe Chapter No v8 Disabled American Veterans meets at the American Legion Hall on Monday June 4 at 7 30 p.m. Election of officers for the next year will be held. All members invited. OES Past Matrons Club meets in the Masonic Temple dining room Monday June 4 at 7 30 p.m. Grace Fenton Naomi Bogan hostesses Ruth Farthing president Naomi R Bogan secretary.
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American Legion Hall
Victor A. Hundley
Adj.Treas
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Grace Fenton
Naomi Bogan
Detailed Weather Report MT VERNON ILLINOIS THURSDAY WEATHER
Illinois and national weather roundup with temperatures in the seventies to low eighties. MT VERNON reports highs in mid eighties and rainfall to date at 17.51 inches. Forecasts indicate near normal northern temperatures and warmer southern area with evening lows in the fifties to sixties and chances of showers.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois
Associated Press
Quincy
Springfield
Weather Bureau
Springfield l
Moline
Rockford
Vana
Tlinois
Births in Tripoli and Waste City families announce new arrivals
St. and Mrs. Jack Fleckenstein of Tripoli Libya welcomed a son named David John born May 1 in a Tripoli hospital weighing seven pounds two ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Francis Fleckenstein Belle Rive and Mr and Mrs John Vohikamip Carlile. A baby boy was also born to Mr and Mrs Robert Shreve Red 2 Waste City at 7 56 o clock Thursday night in Good Samaritan hospital.
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Jack Fleckenstein
Tripoli
Libya
David John
Francis Fleckenstein
Belle Rive
John Vohikamip
Carlile
Robert Shreve
Red 2
Waste City
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Institutions
Jefferson Memorial admits Freda Shaw Blu efond Carolyn Shreve RED 2 Wayne City Karen Joy Young William Payne Belle Rive. Discharged Stanford Hill Dix. Good Samaritan admits Jessie O Bryant Ther lon Eskew Kathleen Kenney De Wayne Upton Gladys Cole Hazel Mooney Carol Ann Craft Alice Reese Bonnie Wagner. Discharged Theodore Hamilton Velma Rexroat Sarah Wilson Kathleen Antolik Emma York Herbert McKitrick.
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Jefferson Memorial
Freda Shaw
Bluefond
Carolyn Shreve
RED
Wayne City
Karen Joy Young
William Payne
Belle Rive
Stanford Hill
Dix
Good Samaritan
Jessie O’bryant
Therlon Eskew
Kathleen Kenney
de ‘Wayne Upton
Gladys Cole
Hazel Mooney
Carol Ann Craft
Alice Reese
Bonnie Wagner
Theodore Hamilton
Velma Rexroat
Sarah Wilson
Kathleen Antolik
Emma York
Herbert McKitrick
Yank Wounded Four Viet Namese Killed Near Tho Son
A U S Sgt was wounded slightly and four Vietnamese soldiers were killed near Tho Son, 130 miles southwest of Saigon, with fifteen Vietnamese soldiers injured. Officials said the explosion likely stemmed from a defective stove, though a grenade possibility remained. The American sergeant, an adviser with a Vietnamese self defense unit, was unnamed and expected to resume duty soon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tho Son
Tourism Plans Discussed for Mt Vernon Area
Local and state leaders met at Security Bank to map tourism growth in Mt Vernon. Participants included Mt Vernon fourteenth committee members, city officials, garden club leaders, ministers, and the Board of Economy development, with consultant Sprague urging a dedicated local tourism program aligned with state and national efforts.
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Mt. Vernon
sSecurity Bank
Mtt. Vernon Fourtein Committee
R. V. Havestud
Il. A. Dearinger
Chatrineit
K. TE Klein
Se le Taslov
Mt. Vernon Garden CIA By the Reverend Robert FL K Frestuc of the Mt. Vernon
Vern Boned
Agriculture
Melvin Cochrane l
Charles L. Tasdor
Operation Greater It
Vernon
Ivan T. Cox
Marvin Powers
Areh Whitlock
West Awaster
Lynn Spraite
Board of Economy Develope ‘Ment
State of Timers
Sprague
Wirien
Alcaret Pliner
Tne
Ozark
Shawnee Hills
Southern Winds Recreational Council
Southern Hingis University
Southern Hiner Inc
Board of
Keanamite Development
Wilnoie
Ilinois
Hilnois
Rend Lake
Pinnacle
Snow
Seven Mile Lakes
Illinois
Ad Jeeny
Ife
Showboat Goldenrod Burns on St Louis Levee
The show boat Goldenrod burned heavily early today on the St Louis riverfront. It was moored at the foot of Poplar Street on the Mississippi and its roof was destroyed. The vessel had performed melodramas for years with audiences hissing the villain and cheering the hero.
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St. Louis
Goldenrod
Mississippi
Poplar Street
Eo O
Stnd
Wholesale Food Prices Decline Reported by Dun & Bradstreet
New York AP reports wholesale food prices continued to slide to the lowest level since January 6, 1960. Dun & Bradstreet Inc. index dropped to 3.74, comparing with January 1960 levels and last week’s figure, reflecting changes across 31 commonly used food items.
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New York
Dun & Brad Street Inc
Turkish jet crash at air show kills five, injures hundred
An air show in Eskişehir marking the Turkish air force anniversary ended in disaster when a U.S.-built F-100 Sabre jet crashed and exploded. Authorities reported five dead and about 100 wounded, with reports suggesting as many as six fatalities including the pilot. Blood donors were urged to donate at local hospitals.
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Eskesehir
Turkey
Eichmann Dies Defiant on Gallows
Eichmann spoke his last words to officials and newsmen declaring faith in God. He praised Germany Argentina and Austria and greeted his wife and friends before cremation was planned. Kidnapped in Argentina, he was captured by Israeli commandos and executed two years after his capture ending a global manhunt. Public reaction varied with some Jews urging sparing him while others pressed for death.
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Eichmann
Germany
Argentina
Austria
Hichmann
Fljichmann
Vera
Adolf Eichmann
Argentine
Israel
Reactions Abroad To Eichmann Execution
Western newspapers reported mixed reactions with Bonn silent officially while West Germans largely approved the execution. Citizens noted Eichmann deserved his fate yet debated capital punishment. Argentina tightened embassy guards amid resentment over the raid that abducted Eichmann from Argentina. Anti Semitic incidents rose and the Soviet Union linked the news to a propaganda attack on postwar West Germany.
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Bonn
Israel
Eichmann
Robert Muench
Josef Wendel
West Germany
Argentina
Wichmann
Rial
Soviet Union
Reichmann
Boy Drowns at Lake Decatur in Decatur
AP reports 14 year old Mike England of Decatur drowned at Lake Decatur on Thursday. Police say he went to the lake to meet friends, who later recovered his body.
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Decatur
Til
Mike England
Lake Decatur
Kennedy seeks ten Communist party members to register
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy petitions the Subversive Activities Control Board to compel ten named Communist party members to register. The action targets leaders including William L Patterson Betty Gannett Tormey and Louis Weinstock of New York City and others in California and Seattle. Each has 20 days to reply. If required to register, penalties include up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Lima of Oakland opposes the move, calling the 1950 act a dragnet.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Moscow
Kennedy
William L. Patterson
New York
Betty Gannett Tormey
William Albertson
New York Party Committee
Brooklyn
Arnold Samuel Johnson
Miriam Friedlander
Louis Weinstock
New York City
Albert J. Lima
Oakland
Calif
Northern California
Roscoe Quincy Proctor
Berkeley
North California
Dorothy Healey
Los Angeles
Southern California
Burt Gale Nelson
Seattle
Northwest
Northwest District Chairman. Mrs. Tormey
Weinstock
Lima
Retailers Of 3 Counties To Meet June 14
Joseph T. Meek president of IRMA announces a June 14 meeting of retailers from Marion Jefferson and Wayne Counties at Green Hills Country Club Mt. Vernon The event titled Revolution in Retailing will cover legislative operating personnel and public relations challenges in the three county area Faye McCall serves as Mt Vernon meeting chairman and Joe Winfrey handles Mt Vernon arrangements urging early RSVP
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Joseph T. Meek
Ilinois Retail Merchants Association
Marion
Jefferson
Wayne Counties
Green Hills Country Club
Mt. Vernon
Meek
IRMA
Illinois
Faye McCall
Centralia
Joe Winfrey
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Rise for Hogs and Sows
Prices paid on the local live stock market rose by 15 cents. The ton for 190 to 220 lb hogs was 15.80. Sows at 300 weight and down brought 13.50, while sows 300 pounds and over were 13.00, down. Boars were 8.25 and 9.25.
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MT. Vernon
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Listed for Wheat Soybeans and Corn
Mt Vernon market notes show Wheat at 1.99 Soybeans at 2.38 and Corn at 1.09 quoted this afternoon in Mt Vernon. Local traders track price shifts across the three commodities as the market moves.
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MT. Vernon
Chicago Prices Mixed on Butter Eggs at Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter steady with various grade prices listed. Eggs unsettled with wholesale buying prices unchanged and deterioration noted in some grades.
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Chicago
Chicago Merccantile Exchange
Wall Street Skids After Broad Market Retreat
Wall Street trading eased late in the afternoon with irregularly lower prices as profits were taken on the big prior rebound. Volume around 6 million shares vs 10.71 million the day before. many large names fell from fractions to over a point with some growth stocks taking larger losses. Du Pont and Texaco led gains late, while Polaroid, Xerox, IBM and Litton posted notable drops.
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ED Morse
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Polaroid
Xerox
IBM
Litton Industries
AT & T and Jones and Laughlin
U.S. Steel
International Harvester
Zenith
Merck
du Pont
Texaco
Pfizer
Ford
Goodrich
Montgomery Ward
Boeing
Liggett & Myers
General Electric
Eastman Kodak
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Grain market report from Chicago on commodity prices
ChicagoAP reports no wheat sales and mixed grain quotes. Corn No 2 yellow 1.17 percent and No 5 yellow 1.072, oats extra heavy white 72 percent, soybeans No 1 yellow 2.52, soybean oil 82n. Barley ranges given: making choice 1.35 to 1.55n, feed 1.04 to 1.25n.
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Chicago
Livestock market results at National Stockyards
AP report from National Stockyards summarizes hog prices across weight classes with No 1 2 and No 2 3 categories, cattle and veal values, slaughter steer and calf figures, and sheep data. Notable ranges include hogs at 11.00 to 16.33 per cwt and vealers at 21.00 to 30.00, alongside lambs and ewe prices.
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Til
USDA
Egg and poultry price list from St Louis market
St Louis market report lists egg grades by size and quality, including consumer grades A large 23-25 cents, A medium 19-20, A small 15-16, B large 21-22, and wholesale standards 71-23. Hens priced by weight heavy 12-13, light over 5 pounds 9-10, under 5 pounds 7-8, and commercial broilers and fryers 16-16 1/2 cents.
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ST. Louis
Drop State Fair To Save Money
Springfield AP reports Illinois lawmakers consider eliminating the century old State Fair to reduce expenditures. Rep John C Parkhurst chairs the subcommittee and calls the fair perhaps no longer necessary. Albert J Cross notes the event is seen as a sacred cow amid high costs. The legislature funded 2 961 210 for the current two year period.
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Springfield
John C. Parkhurst
Apeoria
Parkhurst
Albert J. Cross
Illinois Agricultural Association
Cross
Pipeline Capable of Moving 25 Million Gallons Daily
A single pipeline spanning half the nation can transport 25 million gallons of liquid per day.
Goodman Swings It For Reds
Benny Goodman’s band energized a Moscow crowd of about 5,000 with Meadowlands and Mississippi River sludge. Khrushchev attended opening night, easing tensions, as Joya Sherrill impressed by singing Katusha in Russian. Encores lasted 25 minutes and a playful whistling moment drew cheers.
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George Syvertsen
Moscow
Benny Goodman
Meadowlands
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Evgeny Yevtushenko
Goodman
United States
Joya Sherrill
Lagain
Recess in Arms Talks Stalls to Summer Break
In Geneva the Western powers and the Soviet Union agreed to a summer recess for the disarmament talks. The 17 nation conference will pause in mid June and reconvene July 16. The move followed a nonaligned push and featured statements from Charles Stelle and Zorin arguing over U.S. and Soviet positions on nuclear weapons and foreign military bases.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Brazil
Burma
Ethiopia
India
Mexico
Nigeria
Sweden
United Arab Republic
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
E. L
Stelle
Zorin
Iowa and Illinois Farm Bureaus Plan Merger
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Farm Bureau delegates moved toward merging its wholesale farm supply company with Illinois Farm Bureau. The merger proposal will go to shareholders for final action this summer. The combined service businesses distribute plant food feed petroleum products and other supplies with over 100 million in sales last year.
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DES Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Illinois Farm Bureau
Iowa Federation
Iowa
Rusk Plans Trip To See Allied Chiefs
Secretary of State Dean Rusk plans a late month European trip to meet allied leaders including Chancellor Adenauer and possibly President de Gaulle and Prime Minister Macmillan. He aims to discuss Berlin settlement talks, Western European unity, and U.S. opposition to a French nuclear force, while defending Atlantic alliance integrity and free-world solidarity.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Dean Rusk
Europe
Atlantic Alliance
Conrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
Rusk
Adenauer
Berlin
United States
de Gaulle
Herve Alphand
Alphand
Paris-Washington
France
U.S
Task
Britain
Rusky
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Explosion at Orbassano kills seven in factory blast
An explosion at a two story chemical factory in Orbassano near Turin killed seven people and injured 11. The plant, located in an industrial town of about 7,000, produced chemicals for foundries.
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Turin
Italy
Orbassano
Joy Foundries
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Operation Greater Mt. Vernon
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