Deaths Samuel White Of Wayne City Dies At 60
Samuel S. White, 60, of Wayne City, died at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Hallmark Nursing Home in Kankakee. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Richardson Chapel, Wayne City, with Rev. H. H. Mayberry officiating. Burial in Pin Oak Cemetery. Visitation after 5:00 p.m. today. White was a timber worker, born December 2, 1905, in Wayne County, son of Joseph D. and Nancy (Palfreeman) White. Survived by one son Samuel S. White Jr. of Kankakee, two sisters Stella Brown of Sims and Laura Snearly of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and four grandchildren.
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Samuel S. White
Wayne City
Hallmark
Kankakee
Richardson Chapel
H.H. Mayberry
Pin Oak Cemetery
White
Wayne County
Joseph D
Nancy (Palfreeman) White
Samuel S. White, Jr
Stella Brown
Sims
Laura Snearly
Ann Harbor
Mich
Miss Ella Drake Dies at 70 in McLeansboro
Miss Ella Drake 70 of 206 West Jefferson McLeansboro died 9 05 p m Thursday at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. Funeral at 11 00 a m Sunday Antioch Baptist Church near McLeansboro with Rev Carroll Phillips officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro will receive friends after 2 00 p m Saturday. Born September 1895 in Hamilton County, daughter of William L Drake and Elizabeth Barker. Survived by brother Lester Drake of RFD 2 McLeansboro and two sisters Mrs Alta Gass and Mrs Bazelee Harrelson of Macedonia.
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Ella Drake
West Jefferson
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Hamilton County
William L. and
Elizabeth (Barker) Drake
Lester Drake
RFD 2
Alta Gass
Bazelee Harrelson
Macedonia
John F Shipman Dies At 70 At Home In Mt Vernon
John Francis Shipman 70 died at 8:45 p m at his home 726 South 23rd Street from a heart attack. He was a retired Good Samaritan Hospital employee and WWI veteran. Survived by wife Rose Rynski two daughters LaVerne Smalley and Rosemary Jackson and brother Joseph Shipman. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. He was born December 22 1895 in St Louis Missouri.
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John Francis Shipman
South 23Rd Street
St. Louis
Rose Rynski
Shipman
American Legion
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Pete
LaVerne) Smalley
David
Rosemary) Jackson
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Discharged Edith B Coeckrum
Discharges and admissions listed for Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan. Names include Edith B Coeckrum and Deloris Meredith with baby, plus multiple admitted or noted patients across Hickory Grove Manor and other local facilities.
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Edith B. Coeckrum
South 25Th
Deloris Meredith
Willie B. Jyr
South
Mt Vernon Past Matrons Club to Meet at Masonic Temple
The Past Matrons' Club of Mt. Vernon Chapter O E S will convene in the dining room of the Masonic Temple Monday evening June 6 at 7 30 p m Grace Fenton and Naomi Bogan will be hostesses Gladys Rogs Pros Naomi Bogan Seoy
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Mt. Vernon
O. E
Masonic Temple
Grace Fenton
Naomi Bogan
Gladys Rogs
Seoy
Vernon Weather Ahead Of Weekend In MI And IL
Friday's high in Vernon Michigan reaches 87 with a 59 low as showers drift across southern Illinois. Rainfall since Thursday totals .06 inches, 16.40 inches for the year to date. The forecast calls for more showers in northern Illinois tonight and Saturday with sunrise at 4 32 and sunset at 4 24 CST.
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Vernon
Associated Press
Illinois
Five Day Forecast for Southern Illinois Temperatures
Southern Illinois temperatures will run 2 to 8 degrees above normal Saturday through Wednesday. Normal highs are 80 to 87 with lows 58 to 64. No significant change in temperature expected. Precipitation averages 0.25 to 0.75 inches as showers are scattered across the period.
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Ilinois
Road work begins on arm of Bend Lake project
The Boyd Brothers firm holds a 375000 contract to widen grade base and resurface a road over Bend Lake arm, with two bridges totaling about 150000 in contracts. Bridges span Casey Fork Creek area and eastern overflow, about 200 feet each. Road near Emmersonville to cross a lake arm and approach Inland Coal Mine site, 70 feet wide, one section raising up to 15 feet. Existing road north of the Casey Fork dam was flooded when a dam gate was dropped during a spring rain.
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Old Wells School
Boyd Brothers
Trotter
Casey Fork
Emmersonville
Two Residents Fined in Circuit Court for Traffic and Intoxication
In Circuit Court here Variey E. Mayberry of Route 2 Waltonville received a $10 fine for disobeying a stop sign. Marcel Wittaker of Chicago was fined $10 for intoxication in a separate case.
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Variey E. Mayberry
Waltonville
Marcel Wittaker
Chicago
Hog Market Prices at Mt Vernon Down After Noon
Markets Mt Vernon Hog Market reports prices paid until 12 30 pm were down 50c. Top price 25 25 for 200 to 220 lb hogs. Sows down 25c to 19 30 for 300 weight down, sows 300 weight and over 19 00 down. Boars were 15 00 and 15 50. After 12 30 pm prices will be based on next day’s prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon market reports show soybeans at 3.07 per bushel with shell corn at 1.28 and ear corn at 1.26, as quoted in this afternoon’s trading.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Market Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes butter steady to firm with AA 65 percent, A 64 percent, B 64 percent, and C 44 percent readings. cars at 65 percent and 64 percent. Eggs steady with 60 percent or better. grade A whites at 44 percent, mixed at 30 percent, mediums 26 percent, standards 28 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock prices at National Stockyards report Monday
AP dispatch from National Stockyards shows Monday estimates of 8,500 hogs, 5,000 cattle, 150 calves, 300 sheep. Hogs at 25.50 to 26.50 for 190-240 lb barrows and gilts. sows 17.00 to 20.50 for 280-650 lb. Cattle 18.00 to 20.50 for utility and commercial. 26.00 to 36.00 for good and choice dealers. Calves at 50 cents. steers and heifers too scarce for price test. sheep 50 head offered not enough for price test.
St Louis Produce Egg Grades Released
St Louis AP reports consumer grade eggs listed by size and grade. Large eggs range 28 to 31 for consumer A, medium 24 to 26, small 16 to 18, while large wholesale A grades 25 to 26. No quotations are provided for poultry.
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ST. Louis
Cash Grain Market Prices Report Chicago AP
Wheat No 2 hard around 1.71 and 1/4. No 2 red near 1.69 and 1/4. Corn No 2 yellow about 1.27 and 30 percent. No 3 yellow 1.27 and No 4 yellow 1.25. Oats No 2 heavy white around 74.5. Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.20 and No 3 yellow 3.15. Soybean oil 11.15.
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Chicago
Wall Street mixed early as autos slide amid holiday cutbacks
Wall Street rose and fell in a slow early afternoon session led by steels chemicals and rubbers with mixed auto stocks as production for the Memorial Day week drops. The Dow at noon advanced 2.12 to 884.85 as the AP index stood at 319.2 down .2, with rails and utilities dipping. 150,000 shares of International Mining traded as the day’s largest block.
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New York
Associated Press
Dow Jones
American Stock Exchange
Births in McLeansboro and nearby towns this week
Mr and Mrs Franklin Karcher of Wayne City welcomed a daughter Sara Ann born Sunday May 29 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital McLeansboro weighing eight pounds seven and a half ounces. Grandparents Linus Kiefer Belle Rive Bertha Karcher Dahlgren and Ronnie Hutchison Nos Six Circle Drive. Lisa Suzanne born 7 50 am yesterday at Good Samaritan weighing seven pounds. Timothy Scott born 10 51 am yesterday at Good Samaritan weighing seven pounds one ounce. Robert Brent born 3 07 am today at Good Samaritan weighing seven pounds fifteen and a half ounces. General notes list more births at the same hospital with several families named.
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Franklin Karcher
Wayne City
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
McLeansboro
Sara Ann
Linus Kiefer
Belle Rive
Bertha Karcher
Dahlgren
Ronnie Hutchison
No. Six
Circle Drive
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lisa Suzanne
James Spiller
Nasan
Timothy Scott
William Fulford
South 19Th Street
Robert Brent
Plans for 50 unit elderly housing here move forward
The council may hear a preliminary resolution for a 50 unit elderly housing project at its June meeting as city officials push for federal funds. Also reported a $19,500 motor fuel tax refund from a widening project will bolster funds for Perkins Avenue and South 12th Street improvements. The panel eyed renaming a Newby Avenue segment to Plaza Lane near Mt Vernon Plaza Shopping Center and discussed crossing signals for Southern Railway crossings with two recent accidents. Police cars and a scooter for meters were brief topics, with bids to be sought after vehicle specifications are finalized.
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Kenneth Setzekorn
Letzekorn
Perkins Avenue
12Th Street
Perkins
20Th
24Th Street
Setzekorn
Fisher's Lane
Jones
Shawnee
Tenth Street
Plaza Lane
Mt. Vernon Plaza
George Purdy
Montgomery Ward
Malcolm Kern
Kroger
Burnette
Southern Railway
East Mt. Vernon
Casey Avenue
Opdyke Avenue
Harrison Street
Kenneth Letzekorn
Casey
Opdyke
Harrison
Dinois Commerce Commission
Chester Lewis
Self immolation shocks Da Nang Buddhist unrest
In Da Nang a 26 year old Buddhist nun Thich Na Dieu Dinh burned herself to death in a pagoda courtyard amid a wave of anti government self sacrifice by extremists. The act underscores militant opposition to a Ky regime truce and follows the resignation of the Buddhist Institute head Tam Chau.
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South Viet Nam
da Nang
Thich Na Dieu Dinh
Johnson
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Buddhist Institute
Thich
Tam Chau
Buddhist Church
Buddha
Institute
Hai Lac
Hue
U. N
United Nations
U.N
New York
U Thant
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United States
Thant
Security
Income Tax Man Forgot His Own
Memory Smith of Myrtle Beach was sentenced by U S District Judge Charles Simons to four years in prison for failing to file federal income tax returns for 1960 through 1963. The judge suspended the balance of the sentence after Smith serves three months in prison.
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Columbia
S.C
U.S
Charles Simons
Memory Smith
Myrtle Beach
Smith
August Draft Call Doubled as Nations Heights Army Needs Rise
The Defense Department seeks a August draft call of 32 600 men, more than twice June and 5 100 above July, to support Viet Nam requirements. All August notices are for the Army. Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force sought no men. The year’s high draft call was 38 280 in January with 8 900 for Marines.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Marines
Gorrell Wins Two-Year State Junior College Scholarship
William Theodore Gorrell of Brownsville Road has been awarded a two year scholarship under the state junior college program. Gorrell, a Mt. Vernon Community College student, is completing his two years of junior college study this year as announced by Ogle Elis county superintendent of schools.
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William Theodore Gorrell
Brownsville Road
Orten
Tod Ogle Elis
Gorrell
Mt. Vernon Community College
Powder Plant Blast Kills Five Near McArthur Ohio
MCARTHUR Ohio AP At least five people were reported killed today in an explosion at the Austin Powder Co plant near McArthur. The plant employs about 200 and manufactures dynamite powder. Officials said first reports indicated five fatalities and access to the grounds was restricted due to danger of further blasts. Sheriff's deputies were on the scene and Ohio Highway Patrol officers were not yet admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Ohio
Austin Powder Co
Here
Ohio Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Deputies
Mt Vernon Vocational Center plan outlined
The plan sets half day schedules for junior and senior vocational students from four county high schools at the Mt Vernon center. Woodlawn Waltonville and Bluford students remain in their home schools for non vocational work and receive diplomas from those schools. The center will initially offer drafting auto mechanics machine shop electricity and building trades with three class hours daily and 540 class hours per year.
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Mt. Vernon
Woodlawn
Waltonville
Bluford
Webber
Jones
Ellis Henson
Mt. Vernon High School
Mt. Vernon High
Ogie Ellis
Degrees for 62 at Mt V College
Continued from page one. Names listed include Lana Kay Haun Larry Lee Kite Aldine LaLamondier Carol Ann Lee Henry Hower Dolores Ann Lowry Patricia Jean McCleary John Robert McGill George McPheeters James Asher Melton Cheryl Diane Miller Carolyn Sue Patterson James Curtis Pettit Don Arlene Phillips Joseph Oliver Plemon Teresa Fern Puntmmey Gordon Rhine Charles Edward Skelton Brenda Sue Skidmore Karen Sue Slater Ronald Lee Smith John Henry Sturtevant Eugene Lawrence Szperra Carla Rae Winsel John Calvin Wall Jerry Dale Wilson Opdyke Loretta Poole Pinckneyville Edgar Gene Caupert Scheller Robert Eugene Ratajczyk Texico Kenneth Wayne Richardson Sherry Ann Simmons Wayne City Mary Charlene Frazier Jerry D Hall David Lao Rost diesel ah.
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Lana Kay Haun
Larry Lee Kite
Aldine LaLamondier
Carol Ann Lee Henry Hower
Dolores Ann Lowry Patricia Jean McCleary John Robert McGill
George McPheeters James Asher Melton
Cheryl Diane Miller
Gordon Rhine Charles Edward Skelton
Brenda Sue Skidmore
Karen Sue Slater
Ronald Lee Smith
John Henry Sturtevant Eugene Lawrence Szperra
Carla Rae Winsel John Calvin Wall
Gemini 9 To Land Monday Morning
The Gemini 9 mission ends with a planned Atlantic splashdown Monday at 9 50 a m EDT. Navy Lt Cmdr Eugene A Cernan and Air Force Lt Col Thomas P Stafford ride the capsule to the ocean and are rescued by the carrier Wasp with ships and aircraft on alert worldwide across several zones.
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Fla
Defense Department
Bermuda
Azores
Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Atlantic Ocean
Wasp
Wilson
Africa
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Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
Astronauts Launch On Third Try In Gemini Mission
Gemini 9 crew Stafford and Cernan launched on the third attempt aboard Titan, riding a 9:39 a.m. EDT lift. A chase to rendezvous with a target satellite spanned about 75,000 miles, with the shroud condition determining docking readiness and potential mission adjustments. The crew reported excitement as the spacecraft reached orbit and prepared for tests despite earlier comms glitches.
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Stafford
Cernan
Western Pacific
Marea
Space Union
Agena
Apollo
Moon
Earth
Air Force
Navy
Pad 19
Waltonville Village Board Meets Monday at 7:30 PM
Waltonville town board schedules a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. next Monday in the Village Hall to discuss routine items and a loan decision from the Federal Home Administration for a water system. The plan would connect Mt. Vernon water to Waltonville, serving homes along the route.
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Waltonville
Federal Home Administration
Mt. Vernon
Sheriff Probes Vandalism Cases Near Mt Vernon and Opdyke
Two vandalism cases were reported to the sheriff's office yesterday. Hubert Harrell said windows were broken on the south and east sides of his home southeast of Opdyke. George Beck reported four windows shot out at a building he owns on Ola Highway 15 east of Mt. Vernon, likely with a pellet gun.
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Sheriff's Office
Hubert Harrell
Opdyke
George Beck
Ola Highway 15
Mt. Vernon
Library Closes For Two Weeks
The Mt. Vernon Public Library closes at 6 p.m. Saturday for two weeks by order of the library board to coordinate staff vacations. Librarian Mildred Metcalf urged patrons to borrow more books today and Saturday for reading during the June 6 18 period. Books will be issued for longer periods with no due dates until June 20 and afterward.
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Mt. Vernon Public Library
Library Board
Mildred Metcalf
Seat Belts Praised In Mt Vernon Car Crashes
Two crashes on Highway 37 near Mt Vernon reported with no injuries. A car leaving control hit bridge railings near Casey Fork Creek, about 6:20 am, causing nearly $1000 damage. Seat belts cited by Janice A. Caspar, 9, and James Caspar. At 6:30 am another collision north of Mt Vernon involved I D Tripp, 19, Cobden, and Emmett Secrest, 52, Karnak, with one driver sleeping. A separate citation for careless driving issued to William Lemons, 18, of 1315 North 12th, after a 5:08 pm collision at 10th and Maple with Charles Hall, 35, of 2611 College. damage over $100.
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Highway 37
Mt. Vernon
Claude Flanagan
Janice A. Caspar
Champaign
Casey Fork Creek
Flanagan
Casper
James
I. D. Tripp
Cobden
Emmett Secrest
Karnak
10Th
Maple
William J. Lemons
North 12Th
Charles R. Hall
College
Thefts Reported In Waltonville And Mt. Vernon
A Mt. Vernon man reported items stolen from his pickup including a 20 foot log chain four hubcaps and a cigarette lighter while parked at home. Deputies said rotors were removed from four tractors southeast of Waltonville with three farmers named Harold Davis Donald Gee and Knox Hirons affected.
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Mt. Vernon
Waltonville
E. L. Burton
East Perkins
Roy Hall
Wattonville
Harold Davis
Donald Gee
Knox Hirons
Billy Graham Crusade Attendance Drops in London Meeting
London AP report shows 15,500 attendees at the second Billy Graham British crusade meeting, down from 18,038 opening night. The Graham organization says 734 people came forward for decisions for Christ, up from 447 the previous night.
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London
Billy Graham
Graham
Underground nuclear test at Nevada site yields low to mid range
For the second day in a row the Atomic Energy Commission detonated a weapons related underground nuclear device at its Nevada test site. Today's blast was low to intermediate yield estimated between 20 000 and 200 000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
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