Death of Rev Heber Burge Led Centralia Clergy
The Rev. Heber Burge 73 of Centralia died Wednesday night at Fireside Nursing Home. Retired Methodist minister and member of the Southern Illinois Methodist Conference. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Saturday at First Methodist Church Centralia with Rev R A Lippman and Verne Barnett officiating. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Survived by wife Mabel, sons Reves and Fletcher, daughters Phyllis Filkerson and Mrs Robert Burkhart, nine grandchildren, four great grandchildren.
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Heber Burge
Centralia
Fireside
Southern Uhnois Methodist Conference
First Methodist Church
R. A. Lippman
Verne Barnett
Burge
Mabel Burge
Reves Burge
Albuquerque
N.M
Fletcher Burge
Columbia
Phyllis Filkerson
Freeport
Robert Burkhart
Rocky River
Ohio
Sarah L Jordan Dies at 89. Rites Saturday
Mrs. Sarah L. Jordan of 906 Sub 24th Street died 7:15 pm Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital at 89 years 6 months 20 days. Funeral 1:30 pm Saturday at Myers Chapel Rev Allen England. Burial East Hickory Hill cemetery. Body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 4:00 pm Friday. Born November 11 1876 Vermillion County daughter of J. C. and Margaret Mozier. Married J L Jordan October 10 1906 Bluford. he died May 1928. Survivors include several nieces and nephews such as Margaret McThompson of Mt. Vernon.
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Sarah L. Jordan
Sub
24Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Allen England
East Hickory Hill Cemetery
Jordan
Vermillion’ County
J. C
Margaret Mozier
Bluford
J. L. Jordan
Margaret McThompson
Mt. Vernon
Luther Stephens of Ashley Dies and Rites Planned
Luther M. Stephens 72 of Ashley died at 9 15 p m Tuesday in Stites Nursing Home LaPorte Ind He was a retired mail carrier Services set for 2 00 p m Saturday at Kringer Funeral Home Ashley with Rev Evan House officiating Burial will be in Liberty cemetery near Ashley He was born July 12 1893 in Ashley son of Chaney and Mary Agnes Clark Stephens Married Alta H Creel April 20 1920 in Jefferson County She survives along with a daughter Inez Fern Tucker of LaPorte and four grandchildren He was a member of White Swan Baptist Church Richview World War One veteran American Legion Nashville Rural Letter Carriers Association ICCF Lodge and Rebekah Lodge Ashley.
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Luther M. Stephens
Ashley
Stites
LaPorte
Ind
Stephens
Kringer Funeral Home
Rev
Evan House
Liberty Cemetery
Kringer
American Legion
Nashville
State
Ational Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
1.C.C.F. Lodge
Rebekah Lodge
Hospital Notes Addmitteds and Discharges List
Hospital notes show patients admitted in Hopkinsville Kentucky and nearby towns. Names include Alfred Lane, Lils M Gorham, Abel, and many more. Discharged: Mrs Carolyn Wnappier and baby, Maurice Eldo Estes, Ruth Pilson, Thelma Hefner, William Prince, Leota Rainey, Catherine Bangert, Sheila Ann True, and others.
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Carolyn Wnappier
Pilly Joe
South 23Rd Fleet
Maurice Eldo Estes
Opdyke Rata
Mary Joe Thomas
McLeansboro
Giaf
Champ
Good Samaritan
Murry Green
Watsonville
Wturel Harper
Bonnie
Frances Winton Thompson
South
Chaves Hefner
College
Wiliam Prince
Bluford
Mildred Adams
North
Thelma Hefner
Ronald Kuntuman
Texico
Mishael Peacock
Vernon Ogden
Urbandale
Joseph Kohut
Leota Rainey
Catherine Bangert
Ashley
Sheila Ann True
Weather Update for Mt Vernon and Illinois
The Mt Vernon area reports a 74 high and 49 low with 16.4 inches of rainfall for the year through now. Across Illinois showers threaten to end the dry spell and cool spell as temperatures rise to the 70s and low 80s in the north and around 80 in the south with overnight lows in the 40s.
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MT. Vernon
Associated Press
Ilinois
Illinois
Mercury
O'Hare International
Chicago
Mt Vernon seeks junkyard screening prompt action
A Mt Vernon chamber push for junkyard screening accompanied indictments by the grand jury of four junkyard property owners. Other cases include Jerry Taylor 15 on burglary and car theft Walter Young 18 on aggravated battery Walter Sledge re indicted for theft by deception in a bank loan David Miller possession of a motor vehicle with a falsified identity Donald Fuller 21 on burglary Bernard Doni on burglary Norman Rainey 17 on burglary Taft Haynes Jefferson county not indicted on involuntary manslaughter in a case arising from an argument that led to a man's death
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Mt. Vernon
Donald S. Fuller
RED
Wandlawn
Bernard Doni
Jefferson County
Norman FE. Rainey
Sol Herbert
Taft Haynes
Birth Announcement for Woodlawn Couple's Son
Mr and Mrs Paul Hurt of Woodlawn are the parents of a son born at 9 50 Wednesday morning in Good Samaritan hospital. He weighed seven pounds three and a half ounces.
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Paul Hurt
Woodlawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
World War I Conventions To Be Held Here Saturday
District 3 of the Veterans of World War I and its auxiliary plan annual meetings at the Legion Hall and courthouse with at least 150 delegates expected. Mt. Vernon hosts with Ray Zoeller of Salem as district commander and John M. Stevens of Mt. Vernon as senior vice commander. Meetings begin 10 a.m. with greetings and program review followed by a carry-in dinner. Business sessions start 3:30 p.m. at the courthouse and Legion Hall, with Ralph J. Ruskin arranging delegate parking.
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Legion Hall
King City Barracks No. 102
Ladies Auxiliary
Mt. Vernon
Salem
Centralia
McLeansboro
Carri
Flora
Fairfield
Olney
Lawrenceville
Mt. Carmel
Albion
Ray Zoeller
John M. Stevens
W. D. Lssac
Mt. Vernon Barracks
Lois Weingartner
Ralph J. Ruskin
Indonesians End War On Malaysia
Deputy Premier Tunku Abdul Razak announced that Indonesia has accepted Malaysia as a sovereign state and peace is achieved between the two nations. Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta will exchange missions to work out the peace agreement details reached in Bangkok between Razak and Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Adam Malik.
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Malaysia
Tunku Abdul Razak
Indonesia
Razak
Jakarta
Adam Malik
Bangkok
Eight Men In Races For Legislature
Jefferson county seeks eight candidates for the 58th House District with Roy Taylor campaigning across seven counties. The reapportioned district includes Jefferson Franklin Hamilton Wayne Suline Marion and White.
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Jefferson County
Roy Taylor
Jefferson
Franklin
Hamilton
Wayne
Suline
Marion
White
Machine Shop Trainees Near Finish Of Training
The second class of machine shop operators trained under the Manpower Development Act will finish 36 weeks of shop classwork Friday. Eight trainees are expected to obtain jobs after interviews with large firms. nine started, with others dropping out for employment. A new 36 week course starts Monday at old Fairfield Road, with up to 15 trainees. Eligibility requires unemployment or being underemployed, head of household, two years work experience, and at least eighth grade education for shop math and blueprint reading. Applications are at the State Employment Office, 225 South 9th Street.
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Joseph P. Bradigan
State
Vocational Department of
Mt. Vernon Township High School
State Employment Service
Bradigan
Old Fairfield Road
Jefferson County Highway Department
South 9Th Street
Surveyor 1 Sends Back Pictures From Moon Landing
Officials reported no further images expected until 11:30 p.m. Goldstone received the data as tracking stations in Canberra Madrid and Johannesburg checked surveyors. Televised scenes from the Surveyor craft showed a leg and lunar terrain in early frames with improving clarity as more than 600 line images arrived.
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Goldstone
Canberra
Madrid
Johannesburg
Bird
Surveyor
Soviet Union
Hog market prices in Mt Vernon slide after morning trade
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were down 25 cents with top hogs at 2 7 per 200 220 lb. weights. Sows 300 lb and over 19 25 down, sows 300 lb 19 75 down. Boars 15 00 and 15 50. After 12 30 p m prices will use next day levels.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon market reports show soybeans at 3.07 per bushel, shell corn 1.28, ear corn 1.26. These price quotes reflect the day’s trading in the local grain market.
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Mt. Vernon
Market prices for eggs and live poultry in St. Louis
AP report lists egg grades and weights with consumer grades A large 28-31 cents A medium 24-2 What appears to be price data for eggs and live poultry including hens broilers and fryers is partially garbled with entries like too few to test price and unpriced wholesale grades
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ST. Louis
Livestock prices from National Stockyards report
AP estimates for Friday list hogs at 5,500 head, cattle 200, calves 50, and sheep 100. Barrows and gilts 190-240 pounds priced 25.75 to 26.75, sows 650 pounds 18.00 to 21.25. Cattle 900, calves 200, steers 23.50 to 25.50, heifers 22.50 to 25.00, vealers 26.00 to 30.00. Sheep 150, spring lambs 2.50 to 27.00, good lambs 24.50 to 25.50, shorn ewes 4.00 to 7.00.
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National Stockyards
Chicago Produce Prices Report From Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange notices butter wholesale prices up by percentage with varied scores and grades. Egg wholesale buying prices hold steady with A whites grades and mixed, standards and dirties cited. checks noted.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Grain futures and cash grain prices in Chicago
AP report lists cash grain values in Chicago Wheat No 2 hard 1.7336n No 2 red 1.7156n Corn No 1 yellow 130 No 2 yellow 1.29%n No 3 yellow 1.27 44-29 Oats No 2 heavy white 74 Sin Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.19 Sn Soybean oil 11.18n.
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Chicago
Wall Street gains amid steady trading on news and tech
The Wall Street market opened with moderate gains as investors bet on no tax increase and rising machine tool orders due to the Vietnam effort. The Surveyor moon landing buoyed sentiment while profits were taken later. AP index rose to 320.2, Dow hit 84.63, with gains led by aerospace, color TV, electronics, and airlines.
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Moon
Its
Associated Press
Dow Jones
90 000 Dozen Eggs Burned In City Fire
In Chesterfield a suburban chicken farm fire destroyed an estimated 90 000 dozen eggs. Firemen saved a nearby coop but damages to Chesterfield Farms Storage plant may reach 50 000 dollars.
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ST. Louis
Chesterfield
Ward
Chesterfield Farms
Balaguer Wins Dominican Election Over Bosch
In Santo Domingo conservative Joaquín Balaguer claimed a smashing victory over former President Juan Bosch amid jubilation at Balaguer headquarters. Bosch failed to win any area in his base, while third candidate Rafael F. Bonelly trailed.
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Piscepid L. Ryan
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Juan Bosch
Jose A. Quesada
Reform Party
Bosch
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Balaguer
Rafael Trujillo
Trujillo
U.S
Rafael F. Bonelly
Luna 10 ship out of power in moon orbit
Moscow AP reports the Soviet Luna 10 unmanned spacecraft has run out of power and ceased sending data to Earth. It entered a close moon orbit on April 3 and remained in radio contact until May 30, logging 219 transmissions. NASA-like scientist notes include weak lunar magnetism and sparse gravitational irregularities.
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Moscow
Earth
Tass
Soviet Academy of Scientists
Moon
Lincoln's First Letter From 1818 Reveals Early Grief
Nine year old Abraham Lincoln wrote his first letter in 1818 asking a circuit riding preacher to officiate at his mother’s funeral, showing early knowledge of loss and faith.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
U.S. War Dead Rise, North Viet Nam Raids Intensify
AP dispatch details U.S. air raids on North Vietnam for a third day, marking 254 pilots shot down total with one rescued. Casualties include 87 Americans killed, 605 wounded in the week ending May 28, plus 1,705 killed since Jan 1, as allies report 1,178 enemy dead and 197 captured. Local Mt. Vernon zoning dispute delays highway permits amid court challenge to a new ordinance. Marie Benoist and D. M. Rutherford dispute legality, with a stipulation avoiding injunctions.
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Mt. Vernon
Marie Benoist
D. M. Rutherford
West Broadway
Salem Road
Charles E. Jones
Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
United States
Motorcycle Upset $85,000 Suit Is Filed Here After Accident
A motorcycle accident on May 20 on Brownsville Road led to an $85,000 damage suit filed by Jack Cates and his father Cyril against Frito Lay Co Harold Harvey Presley Cummings and Linken Auto Supply Co. Jack seeks $75,000 for injuries and Cyril $10,000 for medical costs and son’s injuries. The complaint alleges a southbound truck forced Cates’ bike onto the east shoulder after passing a parked truck, causing a hole and a crash that left Jack with fractures, a concussion, and facial lacerations. Plaintiffs pursue a jury trial.
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Jack Cates
Lamar
Cyril Cates
Frito- Lay Co., Inc
Harold Harvey
Presley Cummings
Linken
Auto Supply Co
Cates
Brownsville
Linken Auto Supply
Frito-Lay
Young Cates
Three Die in West Side Chicago Apartment Fire
A mother Wanda Banks 22 and her two children Stanley 3 and Yvonne 2 perished in a West Side Chicago apartment fire on Wednesday. A neighbor said Mrs Banks saved her 4-year-old son Vincent before reentering the blaze to rescue the others, losing her life.
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Chicago
West Side
Wanda Banks
Stanley
Yvonne
Traffic fines listed in circuit court docket
Circuit Court fines include Ivan E. Brock Carmel $10 for failure to yield right of way Boyce Dunivan Newport Ark $15 for improper passing Thomas E. Hare 210 North Ltd $10 for speeding The report records these assessed penalties in the circuit court session.
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Ivan E. Brock
Carmel
Boyce Dunivan
Newport, Ark
Thomas E. Hare
210 North Ltd
Mount Vernon Guardsmen To Camp At Camp McCoy
Mt Vernon national guardsmen head to two week summer training at Camp McCoy Wisconsin on June 25 joining about 11 000 Illinois National Guard troops. Southern Illinois units from the 33rd Infantry Division include Cairo Carbondale East St Louis Lawrenceville Salem and West Frankfort. Governor Otto Kerner will be honored July 2 at Governor's Day program.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois National Guard Army
Camp McCoy
Wis
Southern Illinois
33Rd Infantry Division
Cairo
Carbondale
East St. Louis
Lawrenceville
Salem
West Frankfort
Otto Kerner
Oestreichs divorce suit seeks custodian custody and support
Marjorie Oestreich filed for divorce from William J. Oestreich in circuit court alleging cruelty. She seeks custody of their minor child, child support, and division of property. The couple married January 29, 1949 and separated January 5, 1966.
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Marjorie Oestreich
William J. Oestreich
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