Deaths Mrs Oritta Graves of Norris City
Mrs Oritta Graves of Norris City died at 12 30 this morning in White County Hospital Carmi. Funeral services will be held at 2 00 p m Monday at Plainview church near Omaha Illinois with burial in Plainview cemetery. Body in state at Turner's Funeral Home Norris City after 11 00 a m Sunday. She was preceded in death by husband George Willis Graves and one son. Survived by five daughters Jacksonville Mrs Joe Edwards Fairfield Mrs Harrison Pettigrew and Mt Vernon Mrs Raymond Harlow Mrs Arthur Savage and Mrs Luther Medlin 13 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oritta Graves
Norris City
White County
Carmi
Plainview Church
Omaha
Illnoiis
Puniel
Plainview
Cemery
Turner
George Willis Graves
Joe Edwards
Jacksonville
Harrison Pettigrew
Fairfield
Raymond Harlow
Arthur Savage
Luther Medlin
Mt. Vernon
A H Alexander Dies At 80 Funeral Sunday
Arthur H Alexander 80 of Route 1 Mt Vernon died at 10 am Friday at Mt Vernon TB Hospital. Retired coal miner at Orient No 1 West Frankfort, formerly Franklin county resident, lived in Jefferson county 12 years. Funeral Sunday 2 pm Freeman Funeral Chapel Benton with burial in Masons and ICCF cemetery. Survived by wife Pauline Scott plus four sons Archie James John Eugene and three daughters Wanda Garrison Ruby Harris Margaret Shepherd.
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Arthur H. Alexander
Route 1
Mt. Vernon
Alexander
Orient N. 1
West Frankfort
Bentn Road
U.M.W
Franklin County
Jefferson County
Freeman Funeral
Benton
William Bond
Masons
I.C.C.F
Freeman
Geneva Eubanks
Pauline Scott
Archie
James
Ewing
John
Eugene
South Carolina
Wande Garrison
West City
Ruby Harris
Margaret Shepherd
Fallout rises this year from Russian tests
John Barbour reports that due to last year's Soviet nuclear tests there will be higher fallout in the current year. The Federal Radiation Council says American exposure remains too small to worry about and will not alter diets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barbour
Washington
Federal Radiation Council
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharged
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions Cordelia Fields and Alice Rebecca Echols. Discharges include Ida Mae Baker and others. At Good Samaritan, multiple patients admitted: Elnora Samp son, Opal Mae York, Alma Irene Ross, Phyllis Henry, Nancy Wilt, Edith Wooden, William Stroud, Gale White, Irene Derry, Rebecca Lowery, Mehl Derry, Kevin Schutte, Randy Bean, Mary Ziarnek, Kathleen Braddy. Discharges include Virginia Gregory, Ben Dona, Charles Sulcer, Mabel Heil, Mehl Derry, Viola Stroud, Mollie Hinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elnora Juanita Sampson
Opal Mae York
Alma Irene Ross
Phyllis Earlene Henry
Nancy Louise Wilt
Edith Pearl Wooden
William Jessie Stroud
Gale Kenneth White
Irene Derry
Rebecca Lynne Lowery
Mehl Allen Derry
Kevin Mark Schutte
Randy Ray Bean
Mary Jo Ziarnek
Kathleen Marie Braddy
Virginia Hattie Gregory
Ben Dona
Charles Spencer Sulcer
Mabel Josephine Heil
Viola Ophelia Stroud
Mollie Hinners
Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs Claude Echols
Mr and Mrs Claude JL Echols of 404 South 17th Street are the parents of a daughter born at 7:24 this morning in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. The baby weighs five pounds twelve ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude JL. Echols
South 17Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
DAV Chapter 28 Meeting Notice
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 28 will meet Monday June 3 at 7 50 PM at the American Legion hall. Election of new officers will be held and other matters of importance will be discussed. All members are urged to attend. Victor A. Hundley adj treas
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D.A.V
American Legion Hall
Victor A. Hundley
Adj-Treas
Stated Meeting at Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 June 3
A. F. A. M. Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 holds a stated meeting Monday June 3 at 7 30 pm. Work in the Second Degree. All members urged to attend visiting brethren welcome Kip Carpenter W M James Apgar Becy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Kip Carpenter
W.M. James Apgar
Becy
Mt Vernon Weather Report Highs and Rainfall Data
The report lists Friday forecast with a high of 82 and a low of 60, and rainfall to date of 13.73 inches in 1963. It compares past years noting highs and lows for a 10 year span and provides Sunday and Monday sunrises and sunsets in CST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Meredith Education Fund created for underprivileged students
New York AP James H Meredith the first Black student to attend the University of Mississippi says a fund in his name will provide loans and gifts to college and high school students. Ole Miss professors are among donors and Meredith plans to devote energy to expanding access to education. He contributed the first $1000 and received 12 checks at a dinner honoring him where Mayor Wagner likened his effort to bold achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James H
Meredith
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss
Robert F. Wagner
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Olson Sues Northwest and Boeing for 1.3 Million
Fred C. Olson Jr., father of two Rockford children among 43 fatalities after a jet crash into the Florida Everglades, sues Northwest Airlines and Boeing Aircraft Corp in U.S. District Court. He claims negligence in maintenance and operation and hazardous weather conditions, while Boeing is accused of design negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rockford
Florida Everglades
Fred C. Olson Jr
U.S
Northwest Airlines, Inc
Boeing Aircraft Corp
Olson
Northwest
Boeing Aircraft
Mexican Socialist Leader Seeks Unified Party
Vicente Lombardo Toledano announces his Popular Socialist party has finalized absorbing the Worker-Farmer party and plans to invite the Mexican Communist party to join, aiming to form the sole labor party in Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menico City
Mexico
Worker-Farmer Party
Vicente Lombardo Toledano
Popular Socialist Party
Mexican Communist Party
Mrs Alma Dalby Retires After 33 Years At Shoe Co
Mrs Alma Dalby retires after 33 plus years with International Shoe Company. Joined in July 1929 as a cutout stitcher, she later worked in stitching counter pockets gauge row and front quarter linings. Lives with husband Robert on Route 1 Bonnie. Active in Free Will Baptist church of Nasan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Dalby
International Shoe Company
Dalby
Robert
Route 1
Bonnie
Free Will Baptist Church
Nasan
Cargo Ship Marooned in Chicago Still Blocked by Labor Strike
A Canadian freighter the Howard L. Shaw has sat stranded for 40 days in the Calumet River near Continental Grain Co. elevators as a labor dispute between the Seafarers International Union and the Canadian Maritime Union, with Grain Elevator Workers Union backing the SIU, prompts contempt proceedings and a pending hearing. The 450 foot vessel, owned by Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., arrived April 22 to load grain for Canada and has cost about $3,000 daily in idle costs. Crew of 27, led by Captain John Brennan, pass time with cards, reading and TV while awaiting a federal decision.
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Chicago
Howard L. Shaw
United States
Calumet River
Continental Grain Co
John Brennan
Thorold
Ont
Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd
Seafarers International Union
Canadian Maritime Union
Interunion
Kennedy
Lester B. Pearson
Hyannis Port
Mass
Canada
Continental
SIU
Howard L.shaw
U.S
U.S. District Court
Eo Linear
Paul Nohara
Port Colborne
CMU
Welland Canal
Nohara
New Conquest of Mt McKinley by Six Guides
TALKEETNA ALASKA AP The mile high almost vertical least buttress of North America's highest mountain has been conquered for the first time by six mountain guides. They reached the summit May 25 and reported no frostbite though one climber had heat exhaustion. Climbers were Warren Blesser Pete Lev Fred Wright Al Reed Jed Williamson Rod Newcomb and pilot Don Sheldon aided by Ruth Glacier base camp conditions and a bush pilot flight from Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talkeetna
Alaska
North America
Mt. McKinley
Mary Carey
Talkeet
Fairbanks News-Miner
Warren Blesser
Middlebury
Conn
Ruth Glacier
Blesser
Pete Lev
Boulder
Colo
Fullerton
Calif
Fred Wright
Burbank
Don Sheldon
Fairbanks
al Reed
Lakewood
Jed Williamson
Pawling
N. Y
Rod Newcomb
Jackson, Wyo
Power Line Burn On Ferris Wheel Near Chicago
A suburban Chicago youth, 15 year old Robert Petit of Blue Island, was severely burned by a 4,000 volt power line while riding a carnival ferris wheel Friday night. He was reported in fair condition at Christ Community Hospital with burns on his hands arms and thighs. a fire chief said the wire was only a few inches from the ferris wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert Petit
Blue Island
Christ Community Hospital
George Harr
Eubank Manor
Elevator Fire at Joy Elevator and Seed Co Causes $100,000 Damage
Joy Elevator and Seed Co. suffered about $100,000 in damage in a Friday fire that destroyed the south half of the building while firemen saved the north half containing grain. The company, run by L. W. Marrow and W. G. Marrow, lost all machinery but grain remained intact. Cause undetermined. Damage estimate given by a company spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy
Nww
Joy Elevator and Seed Co
L. W. Marrow
W. G. Marrow
Cuban Rebels Shift Strategy From Raids to Inside Cuba
Five allied anti-Castro groups led by the big five announced a shift from hit-and-run raids to actions inside Cuba. The Second National Front of Escambray Alpha 66 People’s Revolutionary Movement 30th of November Revolutionary Movement and Anti Communist Liberation Front said they will concentrate people in various areas and infiltrate Castro’s armed forces, stopping attacks on foreign vessels. The March attack on the Soviet ship Baku triggered the U.S. clampdown on hit-and-run raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Tarara
Havana
Second National Front of
Escambray
Alpha 66
People’s Revolutionary Movement
Revolutionary Movement
Fidel Castro
Baku
U.S
Two Killed In Highway Crash Near Savanna Illinois
Two autos collided on a curve on Illinois 80 south of Savanna Friday night, killing elderly Riverview Illinois couple Arthur Pape 81 and Mable 75. Lendwich Sandvich of DeSoto Wisconsin, driver of the other car, 20, was charged with improper lane usage and suffered minor injuries. Authorities said the Pape vehicle’s right side was sheared off. Riverview is a small community south of Savanna.
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Savanna, II
Ilinois
Savanna
Riverview
Ill
Arthur Pape
Mable
Lendwich Sandvich
DeSoto
Wis
Sandych
First Hurricane Names For Atlantic Storms Arlene Listed
Miami AP reports the hurricane season runs June 15 to November with Air Force and Navy recon aircraft on standby. Names set for Atlantic storms include Arlene Beaulah Cinda Debra Edith Flora Ginny Irene Janice Kristy Laura Margo Nona Orchid Portia Rachael Sandra Terese Verna Wallis.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Air Force
Navy
Atlantic
Arlene
Beaulah
Cinda
Debra
Edith
Flora
Ginny
Hannah
Irene
Janice
Kristy
Laura
Margo
Nona
Orchid
Portia
Rachael
Sandra
Terese
Verna
Wallis
U.S. Troops Headed to Thailand for SEATO Drills
Honolulu dispatch reports 25th Division troops began depart Friday for Thailand to participate in SEATO maneuvers June 11 19. By week’s end 2000 soldiers from the 5th Infantry and Brigade Task Force Headquarters will be airlifted by Military Air Transport Service for the exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
25Th Division
Thailand
Sth
Military Air Transport Service
Bandit Captured on Busy Pittsburgh Street
Two men grabbed a robber on a crowded downtown Pittsburgh street. They restrained Gerald Winkle, 29, an ex convict, after he pushed a tavernkeeper to the sidewalk and fled with a bank deposit envelope. Passers by hailed a policeman who took Winkle into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Gerald Winkle
Winkie
Winkle
Motorist killed in Lemont area crash near Chicago
Police identified the victim as Robert Kline, 34, of Colonial Village near Lemont. His car plunged down a 20 foot embankment and buried in a soft earth mound on Illinois 4A southwest of Chicago, leaving only the rear end visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemont
Il. i
Robert Kline
Colonial Village
Illinois 4A
Chicago
Pope Rallying After Deepcoma and Peritonitis Crisis
Pope John Paul II regains consciousness after a four hour coma and shows signs of awareness as doctors describe pain from a stomach tumor and peritonitis. Cardinal Cento, Dr. Gasbarrini, and Archbishop Dell'Acqua attend bedside amid Vatican updates and continuous prayers from around the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinando Cardinal Cento
Cardinal Cento
Antonio Gasbarrini
Bologna
Vatican
Angelo Dell’Acqua
Vatican Radio
Holy Father
St.Peter’s Palace
Pope John
St. Peter's Square
Critic's Choice at Granada Draws 400 Marchers in Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi an intense civil rights protest led to the arrest of more than 400 marchers many teenagers. NAACP official Roy T Wilkins condemned police tactics as Nazism while Medgar Evers urged continued civil disobedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Allen Thompson
Medgar Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Evers
Gro
Roy T. Wilkins
New York
NAACP
State Fair
Farish Street Baptist Church
Willie Ludden
Atlanta
Ludden
Brinkley High School
James Spencer
Bennie Oliver
Memphis Norman
Norman
Tougaloo College
Oliver
U S Researcher Heads Cancer Serum to Rome for Pope
Dr Sergio de Carvalho of Rand Development Corp arrives in Rome carrying an anticancer serum named neoglobulin said to arrest cancer. He met Dr Pietro Valdoni and may meet Vatican physicians with 100 cc aboard a jet. Some serum reportedly administered to Pope John XXIII but illness advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Sergio de Carvalho
Cleveland
Ohio
Rand Development Corp
John XXIII
Fiumicino
Pietro Valdoni
de Carvalho
Vatican Palace
Vatican
Carlo Nervi
Regina Elena Institute
Nervi
Vatican One
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Miami Herald
Henry James Rand III
Rand Corporation
Osterville
Mass
Herald
Rand
Auto Stripped On Richview Road
Kenneth Hicks reported to the sheriff's office that his car, parked on Richview Road while he fished in a creek west of Mt. Vernon, was stripped of items valued at $220. He provided his address at 1426 North 11th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hicks
North 11Th Street
Sheriff’s Office
Mt. Vernon
Hicks
Richview
Police Court: Thieves fined after curb tackle chaos
In a police court session, Timothy Clark was fined $5 and costs by Police Magistrate Sher for stealing a new spare tire and wheel, four hub caps, mirrors from the front, fenders, a bumper jack, a tackle box, tools, fishing gear, and a box of costs. Bullock faced charges of reckless driving or boxing a curb without due caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Clark
Shertools
Man Bullock
Reav
Urban Renewal For Lake Jaycee Proposed Here
Mt. Vernon city councilmen will be asked next Monday night to explore an urban renewal act to improve recreation facilities at Lake Jaycee formerly Heil Lake. Manager Chester Lewis said future plans for the area developed for recreation by the Jaycees will be discussed. Under urban renewal the city would receive federal financial help. Also on the agenda are lake patrol concessions boat launch area improvements and long range development plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Lake Jaycee
Heil Lake
Chester Lewis
Jaycees
Lake Patrol
Sues for 113 Dollars After 1959 Accident
A $113.74 damage suit arising from a car truck collision at 24th and Forrest in 1959 was filed in circuit court. Plaintiff Carl Leffler, owner of the truck, sues Charles Junior Marcum, driver of the car, for damage to the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
24Th
Forrest
Carl Leffler
Charles Junior Marcum
Miss Jessie Hill Stricken With Two Strokes in Critical Condition
Miss Jessie Hill, retired Mt. Vernon schoolteacher, lies in Good Samaritan Hospital in critical condition after two strokes. She is not allowed visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Hill
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan
Marriage Licenses Granted in McLeansboro and Surrounding Areas
Clyde Richard Smith age 22 of Route 2 McLeansboro wed Er nestine Lindsey 18 of 2023 Rich view Road. Arthur Ralph Ziarnek 23 Scheller and Mary Ann Patterson 20 Waltonville. Larry Dean Clark 18 1502 south 12th and Arlyne Kathryn Brenden 17 Opdyke.
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Clyde Richard Smith
McLeansboro
Ernestine Lindsey
Richview
Arthur Ralph Ziarnek
Scheller
Mary Ann Patternson
Waltonville
Larry Dean Clark
South 12Th
Arlyne Kathryn Brenden
Opdyke
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A. H. Alexander
Jefferson Memorial
Cordelia Fields
Alice Rebecca Echols
Ida Mae Baker
A. F
A. M
Associated Press
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Albuquerque
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Denver
Des Moines
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Helena
Indianapolis
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Tluinois
Belleville
Moline
Peoria
Rantoul
Quincy
Springfield
Vandalia
Sues Airline
Shoe Co
Illinois
Urbana
May Jo
DeWitt
Mt. Vernon Kiwanis Club
Southern Illinois
Alfred Pfaff
Broadway
Salem
Russell R. Rohmann
Arthur Ave
Brookfield
Ernest Dybala
S. Mozart
June B. McNally
Blackstone Ave
William Mack
Danet
Wallace
Jungjohan
Monroe
Lansing
Edward Eagle
Asbury
Evansston
Wade Fehr
W. Florence
Vincent P. Farrell
S. 16Th St
Herrin
Eagle
Swift and Co
Lincoln Parents Association, Inc
Kerner
Fehr
Central West
Peoria Assn
Farrell
New Southern Regional
Egyptian Assn
Carbondale
William Conway
Shoppers Mart
Toyland
Midwest
JOE Martin Insurance Agency
Main Street
Stan
Stan Koziara
Frank Johns
Hastings
Florida
St. Augustine
U. S
Centralia
Granada
Bob Hope
Lucille Ball
Warner Bros
Granada Théatre
Marilyn Maxwell
Rip Torn
Jessie Royce Landis
John Dehner
Jim Backus
Ira Levin
Richview Road
Miss Jessie Hill
Game Farm
United States Post Office
E. K. Elfgen
Alton
Jerome Building Company
Michael Chernick
Mich
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