Deaths: Orville C. Neal 64 in Fox River Grove Illinois
Orville C Neal died at 11 30 am Wednesday at his Fox River Grove Illinois home after a long illness He was a former Mt Vernon resident He will be buried in Fox River Grove Funeral services pending He was born February 28 191 in Du Quoin Illinois He was the husband of Billie Neal survived by two brothers Frank and Harley Neal of Ft Lauderdale Florida and three sisters Mrs Arthur Puckett Mrs Eula Jimerson and Mrs Hazel Johnson all in Illinois
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Orville C. Neal
Fox River Grove
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Neal
du Quoin
John Simeon
Margaret Neal
Billie Neal
Ill
Frank
Harley Neal
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Arthur Puckett
This City
Eula Jimerson
Centralia
Hazel Johnson
Geneva
Flora Decker Dies At 53 In Tuscola Hospital
Flora Decker 53 former Jefferson county resident died at Jarman Hospital Tuscola at 3 30 pm Wednesday Funeral services 2 00 pm Saturday at Waddington Funeral Home Tuscola burial in Tuscola Cemetery She was born November 5 1911 in Jefferson county daughter of William A Beaty and Sarah Webb She married Everett Decker in August 1928 who survives along with a son Everett Decker Jr two daughters Betty Schweighart and Stella Tynes nine grandchildren a brother James Beaty and four sisters Bertha Gould Mary Barr Ada Carr Amanda Capps She was preceded in death by parents a sister and two brothers She was member of a Baptist church at Bourbon.
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Flora Decker
Tuscola
Jarman Hospital
Jefferson County
Waddington Funeral Home
Decker
William A
Sarah (Webb) Beaty
Everett Decker
Everett Decker, Jr
Betty Schweighart
Stella Tynes
Atlanta
James Beaty
Arcola
Bertha Gould
Sadorus
Mary Barr
Champaign
Ada Carr
Ewing
Amanda Capps
Belle Rive
Bourbon
Gale Pickett Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Gale Pickett were held at 1 00 p m Tuesday at Mitchell Funeral Home in Benton. The Rev Ren nie Miller officiated with burial in Kirk cemetery near Inn. Pickett, 63, died Saturday at his Opdyke home after a lingering illness. He worked about 35 years as a state of Illinois barber in Lincoln. Surviving are his wife Mary of Opdyke, daughter Nadine, two brothers Albert Pickett of Tacoma Washington Chalon Pickett of Fort Lauderdale Fla Elmer Pickett of Pontiac Mich and two sisters Mrs Easter Shaw of Akin Tl and Mrs Marie Mughes of Akron Ohio.
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Gale Pickett
Mitchell Funeral Home
Benton
Rennie Miller
Kirk Cemetery
Inn
Pickett
Opdyke
State of Illinois
Lincoln
Mary Pickett
Nadine
Albert Pickett
Births of Three Sons in Local Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Roy Rudolph Woodard at 502 South Fourth Street welcomed a son named John Edward born at 11 00 Wednesday in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing ten pounds five and one half ounces. Mr and Mrs George R Jackson at 1017 South 18th Street welcomed a son named Kenneth Robert born at 618 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds eleven ounces. Mr and Mrs Charles Taylor of 57 SE Crescent Drive welcomed a son born at 449 yesterday afternoon in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds 14 42 ounces.
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Roy Rudolph Woodard
South Fourth Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
John Edward
George R. Jackson
South 18Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Kenneth Robert
Charles Taylor
S.E. Crescent Drive
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial records show admissions including William F Mitchell Evansville and Martha E McKee. Discharges list Mrs Peggy Smith and baby Nolan Maurice, Orpha Rector, Claud Sneed, Janice Sue Sisney. Good Samaritan notes admitted Paula Geraldine Reed and others. discharges include Robert Alan Wielt, Mary Venita Cooper, Recy Rosella Ham, Sharon Elaine Davis.
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Jefferson Memorial
William F. Mitchell
Evansville
Ind
Martha E. McKee
Peggy Smith
Nolan Maurice
Orpha Rector
Claud Sneed
Janice Sue Sisney
Good Samaritan
Paula Geraldine Reed
Clara Barbara Miller
Irene Goddard
Robert Michall
Phyllis Arlene Stallings
Eunicellen Armstrong
Grace Ann Yeskvin
Garnetta Fay Sweat
William Henry Fuqua
Robert Alan Wielt
Robert E. Bullock
Mary Venita Cooper
Recy Rosella Ham
Cherryell Ann Pigg
Marvin Chambliss
Sharon Elaine Davis
Stephen Michael Gibson
Tony Bunney
Maxine Mildred Rogers
Marguerite Elizabeth Hoyt
Georgia Ann Brennecke
Vivian Marshall
Market Hog Prices Steady at Noon With Day-End Note
Prices paid until 12 30 p m were unchanged with 200 to 220 lb hogs at 21 35. Sows weighed 300 pounds down to 18 25 and over 18 00, boars at 12 00 and 12 50. After 12 30 p m prices advance to next day levels.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted Afternoon
Mt Vernon grain prices listed this afternoon with Wheat at 1.23 Soybeans at 2.75 Shell corn at 1.36 Ear corn at 1.33.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Prices on Butter Eggs and Cars
Chicago AP reports Mercantile Exchange trading butter steady with scores AA 3814 92 A Sty 90 B 56% 89 C 56% and cars 9 B 5715 89 C 57% Eggs stable with A whites 2744 mixed 2742 mediums 24 standards 25 and overall market steadiness across grades and items.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Receipts and Prices At National Stockyards
Estimated Friday receipts at National Stockyards are hogs 6000 cattle 300 calves 100 and sheep 100. Hog prices for 200-250 lb barrows and gilts range 21.75 to 22.25 with sows 17.75 to 19.75. Cattle 1500 calves 200 and steers prime 24.00 to 27.50 heifers prime 23.00 to 27.00. Sheep 400 with spring lambs 27.50 to 28.00 and old crop shorn lambs 24.00 to 25.50.
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National Stockyards
Egg and Poultry Prices Listed by St Louis Market
St Louis market listing shows consumer grade eggs with sizes A large 25 27 A medium 20 21 A small 16 17 and B large 23 24. Poultry prices include hens heavy 13 14 light over 5 lb 9 10 under 5 lb 5 and broilers and fryers 19 2014 per hundred or per pound as applicable.
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St. Louis Produce
ST. Louis
Grain Prices Report for Chicago Markets
Chicago grain prices show wheat No 2 hard 1.4634n and No 2 red 1.4336n. Corn sits at No 2 yellow 1.37 and No 3 yellow 1.36. Oats No 2 heavy white 7434n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.89 percent to 80 4n and soybean oil at 10.38a.
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Chicago
Wall Street Turns Mixed After Early Rise On Wednesday
New York stock market gave up an early advance and closed mixed as volume reached about six million shares. Gains and losses were mostly small. IBM fell about four points while several rail stocks rose. General Motors gained, DuPont fell, and Reynolds Tobacco steadied as it moves to acquire Penick & Ford.
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IBM
Chicago Great Western
Chicago & North Western
Rock Island
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
General Motors
Kennecott
DuPont
Penick & Ford
Reynolds
U.S. Treasury
Hatchett charged with burning man in Herrin Illinois
MARION ILL. AP William Hatchett Jr 38 owner of a night club tied to earlier Colp Village Hall bombing was held on $5000 bond for a Wednesday bodily injury charge after Millard Clark 61 Herrin was burned on the arm Friday by a lighter. Hatchett already faces an arson indictment in the Aug 27 Colp bombing that damaged the village hall and destroyed a nearby fire station following a police gambling raid at his club.
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Marion, I
William Hatchett Jr
Hatchett
Millard Clark
Herrin
Colp
Weather update from MT VERNON and Illinois
MT Vernon area reports Wednesday highs near 87 and low 63 with 0.07 inch rainfall overnight. Illinois weather notes cloudy skies across most of the state with showers, thunderstorms, and rainfall totals reaching up to three inches in some southern counties. a farmer was killed by lightning near Hurst and several injuries reported as storms knocked out electricity and telecoms in Carbondale, Vienna, and Golconda.
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Illinois Weather
Chicago
Illinois
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Rockford
Belleville
Wesley Shirley
Hurst
Carbondale
Vienna
Golconda
Marion
Harrisburg
John Endsley Jr
Stormy weather devastates wide area with tornadoes
Storms produced tornadoes from West Texas to Minnesota and the Middle Atlantic. At Hale Center and Cotton Center Texas a farm woman died and a husband was injured as their home collapsed near Cotton Center. About 100 people injured at Hale Center, six in serious condition. the twister struck the business district and damaged homes as National Guardsmen and Army reservists were dispatched from Plainview. A separate lightning strike killed a farm worker near Bowling Green Kentucky. Several funnel clouds were seen west of To...
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Spacecraft to circle Earth 62 times in long duration test
Gemini 4 astronauts McDivitt and White pursue a four day mission to study long duration space living. Medical monitors will watch for mental or physical deterioration while Soviet endurance records and spaceflight contrasts are noted. The program aims toward longer flights and future moon missions with a two week target.
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White
Moon
Cooper
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NASA
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Alexi Leonov
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
George Mueller
Leonov
Storm Belt Spreads Hail Melt Across Central States
A storm belt stretched from Oklahoma through Kansas Nebraska Missouri Illinois Indiana to West Virginia bringing hail melt in many areas as heavy rain drenched the region. The line of storms affected communities southwest of St Louis and south of Omaha with lingering wet conditions across the plains and midwest.
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Peka
Kan
St. Louis
Omaha
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Iinois
Indiana
West Virginia
Child Shot Dead Playing With Pistol at Home
Roger Boyer three years old, son of Clyde and Mrs Boyer, was accidentally killed Wednesday while playing with his brother. Police said the boys were handling a .22 caliber pistol kept in a drawer.
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Washington Park
Roger Boyer
Clyde Boyer
Tucker Jr. Fractures Hip After Fall at Illinois Power Garage
Sumner R. Tucker Jr., 42, was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital then transported to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis for a hip fracture after falling from a truck at the Illinois Power Co. garage Tuesday night. He lives at 42 Normandy and is in room 7228 at Barnes.
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Sumner R. Tucker Jr
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Ilinois Power Co
Tucker
Illinois Power
Good Samaritan Hospital
Normandy
Barnes
DeWitt Leads Statewide Retarded Services Council
DeWitt, a longtime volunteer, completes a two year term as president of the parent sponsored associations council now coordinating educational and welfare services for 40 member units. The convention will gather 300 volunteers and professionals for workshops and a symposium, with Dr. William Sloan presenting on a year long study. The council was appointed by Gov. Kerner to develop long range plans to fight retardation and improve services. its final report is due in July.
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William Sloan
Springfield
Division of
Dept. of Mental Health
State Advisory Council
Kerner
No Silver In Dim es Or Quarters Coinage Plan
The proposal doubles as a Kennedy likeness silver core alloy of 21 percent silver and 19 percent copper, bonded with an outer alloy high in silver and copper. Johnson floated 45 million silver dollars, but the plan was canceled. If authorized, the first year could yield 3.5 billion coins, far above this year's output, with long term aims to meet all coinage needs within three years.
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John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Congress
Acuff To Entertain Troops On USO Tour
Roy Acuff the Grand Ole Opry dean will lead a country music troupe on a United Services Organization tour to entertain U.S. service members in the Dominican Republic. The group departs next week for a one week assignment.
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Nashville, Tenn
Roy Acuff
Grand Ole Opry
United Services Organization
U.S
Dominican Republic
Panic at Mt Vernon High School in Indiana
Hootenanny style Panic event slated for Saturday night at Mt Vernon Township High School Auditorium features acts from The Long Greens Centralia The Yakks The Impacts and other groups with local groups The Deckers and The Deleiays. Sponsorship by Mt Vernon Community Center and Museum Committee with donations to support the Teenage Center project.
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Mt. Vernon Township High School
American Congress of Teenagers
Mt. Vernon
Trad Fleta
The
Deckers
Deleiays
New Christy Minstrels
Gree Backes
Ron Wilson
Speech Department
David Murphy
Enrance Department
Welcome Three New Chamber Members
Three new Chamber of Commerce memberships were reported Thursday by J. Wallace Owen and Robert Thompson. New members Harold L. Budldwyn interior decorator, 1511 Conger Aves, Harold F. Marting manager TravelLodge motel, 750 South 10th St., and Jefferson County Judge Alvin Lacy Williams join Mt. Vernon’s Chamber of Commerce. The president and the Membership Committee chair praised their contribution to the community’s economy and betterment.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. Wallace Owen
Robert Thompson
Harold L. Budldwyn
Conger Aves
Harold F. Marting
South 10Th St
Jefferson County
Alvin Lacy Williams
Chamber
Bill Stetts
Harry Walter
Mt. Vernon
Truck Strikes Pole In Benton Road Utility Crash
Lewis Jerome Nowak a 39 year old from Grand Rapids Michigan was cited for speeding for conditions after his semi trailer jackknifed and struck a utility pole at the C and et crossing in the 2000 block of Benton Road police reported. The impact snapped power lines and the incident occurred as Nowak attempted to stop the truck.
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Lewis Jerome Nowak
Grand Rapids, Mich
C&et
Benton Road
Nowak
Impart
Senator Paul Graham in Critical Condition After Stroke
State Senator Paul I Red Graham, 44, R Mattoon, was reported in critical condition at Mattoon Memorial Hospital after suffering a stroke Sunday night. A hospital spokesman said his condition has been growing worse as he remains hospitalized.
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