Deaths and Funerals Lincoln G Ford 80 Mt Vernon
Lincoln G Ford 80 died at home on RFD 4 Mt Vernon Saturday. Funeral at Camp Ground Baptist Church at 1 50 pm with Rev Ross Partridge officiating. Burial in Williams Cemetery. Survived by wife Ethel, two daughters, two sisters, three brothers, a half brother, seven grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Body lay in Myers Chapel and church hours. Born May 1885 in Mt Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln G. Ford
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Camp Ground Baptist Church
Ross Partridge
Willams Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mr. Ford
Mr. Vernon
William
Rosella
Bradford) Ford
Ethel Shelton
Cecil Meador
Delia LeMar
Roselle
Ill
Grace Hart
Berthawnson
Calif
Harry Ford
Mrs. Weydert Dies in Tennessee at 55
Gussie Weydert of RFD 2 Buchanan Tennessee died at 5 pm Monday at her sister Marie Peyton's home following a long illness. She was 55 years old. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Ridgway Funeral Home Paris with burial at New Liberty Cemetery near Paris. Born November 15 1909 in Crider Kentucky she was the daughter of Robert Jessie and Mary Elizabeth Williamson. She was married to Donald Weydert who survives along with sisters Margery Williams Vernon Marie Peyton and Eva Williams. She was a Catholic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alps
Gussie Weydert
RFD
Buchanan
Tennn
Marie Peyton
Dewey
Pulley Funeral
Ridgway Funeral Home
Paris
Tenn
New Liberty Cemetery
Mrs. Weydert
Crider
Robert Jessie
Mary Elizabeth Williamson
Donald Weydert
Margery Williams
Vernon
This City
Eva Williams
Alton
Weydert
RFD 1 Sesser man H A Cook dies at 73
H A Cook 73 of RFD 1 Sesser died Sunday in Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral at 2 00 p m Wednesday at Horse Prairie Baptist Church with Rev Wayne Thomas officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Body lies in state at Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser after 4 00 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Cook
RFD
Sesser
Good Samaritan Hospital
Horse Prairie Baptist Church
Wayne Thomas
Brayfield
Lesser
Mr. Cook
Franklin County
Jasper
Nettie May (Allen) Cook
Mabel Kelley
Nettie May Cook
Carlyle Cook
Tamaroa
Nettie Wooters
Lyle Cook
Benton
Lillian Lowe
Cook
Mrs Ed Moore Dies At 74 In Marlow Funeral Set
Mrs Lucy Ellen Moore 74 of 1220 South 2nd died at 7 35 am Sunday at her home. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at Marlow General Baptist Church with Rev Dwight Rogers and Rev James Clark officiating. Myers Chapel will receive friends after 4 pm Tuesday. Born December 6 1890 in Jefferson County she married Ed Moore April 1 1907 in St Louis. Survived by four daughters Vivian Mildred Mary and Vera plus one sister Sarah Fleener and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Ellen Moore
South 2Rd
Marlow General Baptist Church
Dwight Rogers
James Clark
Myers Chapel
Moore
Jefferson County
John E
Mary Margaret (Louis) Jenkins
St. Louis
Ed Moore
Vivian Shelton
Mildred Shelton
Mary Strickland
Mt. Vernon
Vera Smith
Granite City
Sarah Fleener
Pekin
Former Mt. V. Pastor Dies
The Rev. Daniel Heitmeyer, 90, died last night at his Dixon Kentucky home. He served as pastor of the First Baptist church in Mt. Vernon in 1955 and 1956. Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Tapp Funeral Home in Dixon with burial in Dixon Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Holcomb
Daniel Heitmeyer
Dixon, Ky
First Baptist Church
Tapp Funeral Home
Dixon
Dixon Center
Della M. Sandy Dies Leaves 70 Descendants
Della M. Sandy died at Letzekorn Nursing Home at 11 50 am Sunday. She leaves 70 descendants including four sons, two daughters, 25 grandchildren, and 39 great grandchildren. Funeral at Myers Chapel 2 00 pm Wednesday with Rev Wayne York officiating. Burial in New Home cemetery. She was born April 2 1879 in Jefferson county to Frank and Matilda Davis. Married Elmer Sandy January 21 1897. he died March 15 1933. Survived by four sons William Sandy Roy Sandy Rufus Sandy Milburn Sandy. two daughters Stella Byars Aline York. a brother Fred Davis. 25 grandchildren. 39 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della May Sandy
Letzekorn
Broadway
Myers Chapel
Wayne York
New Home Cemetery
Sandy
Jefferson County
Frank
Matilda
Scott) Davis
Bluford
Elmer Sandy
William §. Sandy
This City
Roy Sandy
Bay City, Mich
Rufus Sandy
Salem
Milburn Sandy
Opdyke
Stella Byars
Centralia
Death of Dock Toler Reported in Oak Park
Mrs. Lillian Gatewood of 701 North Twelfth learned her son Dock Toler, 41, died of a heart attack Sunday at his Oak Park home. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Oak Park Arm Funeral Home. Survived by wife Sue and two daughters at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Gatewood
North Twelfth
Dock Toler
Oak Park
the Arm Funeral Home
Mrs Anna Medley Dies At 87 In Springfield
Mrs Anna Medley 87 a former Camp Ground resident died Monday at her home 1514 East Jefferson Springfield. Funeral arrangements set for 1:30 p m Wednesday at Vance Funeral Home Springfield with burial in the city. Survivors include son Marrie Medley of Springfield and daughter Miss Marie Medley at home.
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Anna Medley
Camp Ground
East Jefferson
Springfield
Vance
Marrie] Medley
Miss Marie Medley
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List For Jefferson Memorial
The Jefferson Memorial records show multiple admissions including Janice Sue Sisney Vera Ellen Cunningham Karen Kay Hayes Peggy Dean Smith William L. Dulaney of Wayne City and Opal Lucille Mc Million of Woodlawn. Discharges include Elnora J. Sampson George Ralph Auxier and Deceit Harold True among others. A second admission period lists Golden S. Wallace Ethel Pollard Vivian Marshall Hay Pearl Sanford Hutchison Louis Darwin Minor Lorene Inez Nays and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Janice Sue Sisney
Vera Ellen Cunningham
Karen Kay Hayes
Peggy Dean Smith
William L. Dulaney
Wayne City
Opal Lucille McMillion
Woodlawn
Elnora J. Sampson
George Ralph Auxier
Harold True
Clifford D. Kern
Kenneth Peyton
Carolyn Sue Randall
Golden S. Wallace
Ethel Pollard
Vivian Marshall Hay
Pearl Sanford Hutchison
Louis Darwin Minor
Lorene Inez Nays
Cecil Clyde Stinson
Charles Troy Jones
Glenda Lee Garrison
Joseph Alan Bourque
Marvin Chambliss
Elliott Franklin Eiler
Ada Louise Diehl
Clifford Dale Ackley
Jane Kell King
Robert West Lewis
Robert Wielt
Cherryel Ann Pigg
Eva Earle Watson
Vera Ruth Crider
Betty Jane Wilkins
William Hobart Palmer
Jess Lee Harrison
Ruth Evelyn Connelly
Olin Johnston
Mildred Anne Jones
Natalie Andonnette
Ruby Ann Williams
Eleanor Fay Hicks
Walter Simpson Rice
Robert Lee Edwards
Donald Roy Huntman
Jesse Montgomery
Helen Theresa Eaves
Michael Roy
Annie Lee Edwards
Florence Lillian Johnson
Elmer Marshall Boler
Jack
Jane Hoyt
Geraldine Osborn
Donald Lee Lampp
Hog market prices at Mt Vernon rundown
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were 500 higher with top at 21 25 for 200 to 220 lb hogs Sows weighed 300 lb and under 18 00 and 300 lb plus 17 75 down Boars 11 50 to 12 00 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day prices
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Mt Vernon traders quoted Wheat at 1.24 Soybeans 2.73 Shell corn 1.35 Ear corn 1.32 for today’s market in Mt Vernon with activity centered on grain prices and buyers seeking deals.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago commodity prices hold steady across poultry butter and eggs
AP reports at Chicago markets wholesale prices for live poultry unchanged to 14 cents lower with roasters 25 to 27 cents, special fed white rock fryers 20 to 21 cents. Butter on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange steady with 93 score AA at 58.14 and 92 A at 58.12, eggs steady with whites 27.12 to 21.12 and other grades 24 to 25, while checks at 21 percent.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and poultry prices listed by St Louis market
St Louis AP lists consumer grade eggs with A large 4-27 A mediums 20-21 A small 16-17 and B large 23-24 wholesale standards 23-24 unclassified 2115-2245, plus poultry hens heavy 13-14 fight over 5 lb 9-10 under 4 lb 5 broilers and fryers 19-21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chicago Grain Market Prices Mixed on Wheat Corn and Soybeans
Chicago AP reports grain price quotes with Wheat No 2 red at 34 and three quarters cents per bushel and No 2 hard at 137 cents. Corn No 2 yellow at 137 and No 3 yellow at 135.35 to 136. Soybeans No 1 yellow 288 to 8314 cents and No 2 yellow 285.34. Soybean oil at 1015 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Livestock Receipts Forecast at National Stockyards
Estimated receipts for tomorrow from National Stockyards include hogs 7,500 cattle 2,500 calves 200 sheep 200. Hogs 7,300 barrows and gilts 200-250 lb 21.75-22.23 sows 300-625 lb 17.90-19.50. Cattle 5,000 calves 300 good and choice steers 23.00-27.00 good and choice heifers 23.25 6.75 cows 14.50-16.50 vealers good and choice 20.00-29.00. Sheep 400 ewes steady, spring lambs 97.00 28.00, ewes 3.50-6.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockyards
Wall Street mixed as gains fade before Memorial Weekend
Stocks opened modestly higher but drifted lower after the first hour as the market moved on an irregular downbeat. The Associated Press industrial average slipped 0.3 to 335.5 while the Dow fell 2.32 to 915.72. Utilities and oils showed strength, while motors, steels, and drugs lagged. Spiegel traded heavily on merger talk with Beneficial Finance.
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New York
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Aluminium Ltd
Alcoa
Reynolds Metals
Spiegel
Chicago
Beneficial Finance
Beneficial
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Crosses To Be Down Thursday Decoration Day Cemetery
The crosses on the Decoration Day cemetery display at the courthouse lawn will be removed Thursday. The American Legion committee asks anyone who wants to save decorations placed at the crosses to remove them before Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decoration Day
American Legion Committee
Weather Update From MT VERNON And Storm Outlook
MT VERNON forecast shows Saturday 70/39 Sunday 90/52 Monday 91/52 with rains Sunday to Tuesday totaling .01 inch. Year to date rainfall 11.35 inches. Chicago area reports scattered thunderstorms, warm humid air, highs in the 80s, lows 55 in Grant Park, 57 at O'Hare, 60 in Moline, 62 in Peoria, with more showers expected Wednesday.
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MT. Vernon
Chicago
Illinois
Grant Park
O'Hare International
Moline
Peoria
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Saessearer
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Ned
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Selma to Push School Integration and Voter Drive
In Selma Alabama civil rights actions continue as Negro demonstrators vow to fill streets for school integration and boycotts of white merchants. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr announced a Southwide voter registration drive aimed at doubling Negro voters after a federal voting law passage. King visited Selma Monday night joining protests over arrests of 2 pickets. total detainees since Saturday reached 132. Rev L L Anderson warned of a day and night vigil in West Selma, while King urged readiness to picket despite safety chief Baker’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Rev. L. L. Anderson
Close Library For Inventory
The Public Library will be closed Wednesday for annual inventory.
Negotiations Continue Over Dominican Palace Security
In Santo Domingo the OAS plans further talks to extend the security zone around the National Palace as Gen Antonio Imbert Barrera vows no foreign control. Rebel Col Francisco Caamano Deno says boundaries will cover the palace while demanding only a token junta presence to prevent a junta base for an assault on the insurgent stronghold downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Antonio Imbert Barrera
OAS
Imbert
Junta
Francisco Caamano Deno
Heavy losses in South Viet Nam war continued
report notes a division sized force in Quang Ngai Province with estimates of one to two regiments. Chu Lai airfield opens as jets land after a ceremony. US pilots claim air victories near Hanoi while MIGs escape. China claims right to intervene as Beijing denounces US buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quang Ngai
U.S
Chu Lai
da Nang
U.S. Marine Corps
Philippines
John D. Noble
Holden
North Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Hanoi
Miltary
Viet Nam
China
Peking People’s Daily
Cal Berkeley student rescued after 36 hours in Utah cave
James Dowling 24 of Connerville Indiana was trapped for 36 hours in a 1170 foot deep Utah Wasatch cave. He hung on a rope for over two hours and was jammed on a collapsing ladder. Rescuers pulled him free and he was taken to St Marks Hospital in critical condition. Dowling and two companions John Wood and Paul Gerhard both from Bladensburg Maryland were geology doctorates students at UC Berkeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Benniti
Salt Lake City
Utah
University of California
Wasatch Mountains
James Dowling
Connersville
Ind
St. Marks Hospital
Dowling
John Wood
Paul Gerhard
Bladensburg
Neff's Canyon
New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
Mt. Olympus
Wood
Gerhard
Donald Sims
Edward Anderson
LaVell Burnham
Gary Carlson
University of California At Berkeley
Births in Mt Vernon and Wayne City families
Mr and Mrs Robert Fleener of RFD 3 Mt Vernon welcomed a daughter Lisa Mae born Saturday afternoon at Good Samaritan weighing seven pounds. Mr and Mrs Minfred Smith of Wayne City welcomed a son Nolan Maurice born Sunday night at Jefferson Memorial weighing seven pounds 13 ounces. Mr and Mrs Robbie Eugene Hayes of RFD 5 Mt Vernon welcomed a daughter Sharon Ranne born Sunday morning at Good Samaritan weighing seven pounds six and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Jimmie Paul Sulcer of Norfolk Virginia welcomed a daughter Linda Ann born May 13 in a Norfolk hospital weighing five pounds six ounces. grandmother Dorothy Sulcer of this city listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fleener
RFD 3
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lisa Mae
Minfred Smith
Wayne City
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Nolan Maurice
Robbie Eugene Hayes
RFD 5
Vernon
Sharon Ranne
Jimmie Paul Sulcer
Norfolk
Linda Ann
Dorothy Sulcer
GOP Policy Committee In Session
Washington AP The Republican Policy Coordinating Committee meets to update the 1964 platform and assess President Johnson's program. Leaders expect debates on federal spending tax policy and Taft Hartley Act repeal while backing Viet Nam policy and intervention in the Dominican Republic.Former Eisenhower and other ex nominees plan to attend. June 28-29 NCC meeting set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Policy Coordinating Committee
Johnson
Ray C. Bliss
Coordinating Group
GOP
Coordinating Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Richard M. Nixon
Barry M. Goldwater
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
House
Congress
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
U S urges NATO bomb policy study proposal
Paris AP The United States proposed a four to five nation NATO committee to study nuclear policy and procedures to give allies a bigger voice in decisions. McNamara urged quick meetings and hot lines to expand allied participation in planning and crisis consultation. The plan seeks greater nuclear participation alongside debates over multilateral force and Atlantic options.
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Paris
United States
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
America
Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
Defense Stars of
North Atlantic Traty Organization
U.S
France
West
McNamara
Charles de Gaulle
Scientists Chase Eclipse of Sun in Transpacific Flight
In a NASA airborne observatory chase, 30 scientists aboard a modified jet intercept a total solar eclipse 2,110 miles southeast of Hilo. The mission, cited as highly successful, yielded 13 experiments and precise timing over water from New Zealand to Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilo
Hawaii
Pacific
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Michel Bader
NASA
Ames Research Center
New Zealand
Peru
Thefts Reported To Police Here
Three thefts were reported to Mt. Vernon police Sunday and Monday. Paul Marlow said his car at a Salem Road service station lost a RPM tachometer. Susan Waller said an electric empty stone was taken from an outbuilding during a two week absence. Norma Crenshaw reported a purse stolen from her car at 10th and Janes with some contents recovered near 1400 South 10th Street. a billfold and papers were missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Paul Marlow
Salem Road
Susan Waller
21St Street
Norma Crenshaw
St. Morris
Janes
South 10Th Street
Suit Settled Out Of Court In Mt Vernon Traffic Crash
A $15000 damage suit from a traffic collision in Mt. Vernon dated April 19, 1964, has been compromised and settled out of court per an order filed in the circuit clerk's office. Arthur Hamilton sought damages from James L Rasmussen for alleged severe and permanent injuries claiming Rasmussen was careless and negligent in the collision on 10th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Arthur Hamilton
James L. Rasmussen
Hamilton
10Th Street
Rasmussen
Bruford Man Is Accused Of Resisting Police Outside Brass Key
A Bruford man Truman Dale Parker is accused of resisting a police officer outside the Brass Key on South 10th street last Friday night as officers tried to arrest Tommy Carol Johnston of Wayne City for intoxication and resisting arrest. Ronald Dale Williams of Route 1 Bluford faces a similar charge. Johnston and Williams were charged after the incident. Parker’s charge followed on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruford
South 10Th Street
Truman Dale Paker
Tommy Carol Johnston
Wayne City
Johnston
Ronald Dale Willias
Route 1
Bluford
Williams
Baker
Rites Today For Wilbert Connell
Funeral services for Wilbert Connell were held at 11 00 a m at Myers Chapel with Rev William Nelms officiating Burial planned in Bethel Cemetery Connell 57 of 1016 South Seventh Street died 1130 a m Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital He was born January 18 1908 in Golconda son of William and Myra Wagner Connell On March 17 1934 he married Virginia Jennings who survives Also surviving are his parents two sons William Lee Connell of Elgin Gary Wayne Connell at home four daughters Betty Smith of St Louis Linda Sullivan of Clio Patricia Reeves of Elgin Phyllis Ann Connell at home and seven grandchildren He was a television serviceman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbert Connell
Myers Chapel
William Nelms
Bethel Cemetery
Mr. Connell
South Seventh Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Golconda
William
Myra
Wagner) Connell
Virginia Jennings
William Connell
Herrin
William Lee Connell
Elgin
Gary Wayne Connell
Betty Smith
St. Louis
Linda Sullivan
Clio
Mich
Patricia Reeves
Phyllis Ann Connell
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Marlow Church
Mt. V
Della M. Sandy
Samaritan
Mt. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Belleville
Hanes
Eevee Peoria
Quincy
Rockford
Vandalia Oo
Terete Nee
Chicago Midway
Chicago Grant Park
Midwest Dubuque
Madison
Paducah Mescoen Os
South Bend
Court House
Delo
Browns Chapel Ame
Public Safety
Wilson Baker
Domingo
S. Viet Nam
By Jack Bell
Republican House Policy Committee
Hat
Lyle
Lyle Wood
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