Space Walk Delights and Hatch Trouble At Houston
Gemini 4 astronauts McDivitt and White completed a historic space walk with White outside the capsule for eight minutes longer than planned. White faced hatch closure difficulty, delaying equipment jettison. President Johnson watched as mission control and families at mission control celebrated the milestone in Houston.
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Johnson
White
Mission Control
Houston
Buddy
United States
Charles Berry
Berry
Houston Mission Control
Ground Control
Air Force
Kraft
Mission Control Headquarters
NASA
Weather Snapshot for Mt Vernon and Nearby Areas
Mt Vernon area reports Thursday high 87 low 69 with rainfall to date 11.93 inches. Archive compares to last year 78/60 and five years ago 91/65. Ten years ago 86/62. Saturday sunrise 4 32 and sunset 7 26 CST.
Illinois Weather Turns Warm With 70s Across State
Illinois warmed after a chilly start as readings rose into the 70s and 80s in many areas. Fair skies prevailed though forecasters warned of evening thunderstorms into tonight and Saturday, with Chicago Lakefront peaking at 58 and St Louis area hitting 85. Overnight lows included Rockford 2 and Belleville 65.
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Chicago
Illinois
St. Louis
Rockford
Belleville
Five Day Forecast for Southern Illinois Temperatures
Five day outlook for Southern Illinois notes temperatures near or slightly below normal from Saturday through Wednesday. Normal highs range from about 80 in the north to the mid 80s in the south with lows from around 60 to the mid 60s. Rainfall totals from one to two inches expected during several showers and thunderstorms.
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Illinois
Doctors in U S Rise to 284271 Licenced Physicians
Chicago AP reports the nation’s licensed doctor count edged up to 284,271 at the start of the year despite fewer new entrants than in 1963. The American Medical Association notes 17,911 new licences this past year versus 8,283 in 1963.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Astronauts Describe View of Cape Kennedy from Orbit
On an orbiting mission astronauts McDivitt and White report glimpses of California, Florida, and the Cape Kennedy complex. White notes a clear view from top to bottom and even sees the launch area as they maneuver the craft, with remarks about the sea coast and coastlines.
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McDivitt
White
California
Florida
Cape
Kennedy
Hog Market Prices in Mt Vernon at 12:30pm
Markets report state that prices remained unchanged with top hogs at 21.33 for 200 to 220 lb. pigs. Sows ranged around 18.25 for 300 lb, with 300 lb and over at 18.00, while boars traded at 12.0 to 12.50. After 12:30 pm, prices will reflect the next trading day.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Listed for Wheat and Corn
Mt Vernon market notes show wheat at 1.23 soybeans 2.78 shell corn 1.36 ear corn 1.33 quoted this afternoon. Prices reflect local trading in Mt Vernon.
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MT. Vernon
Chicago Grain Market Prices Report
Chicago AP notes grain prices with wheat No 2 red at 1.43 per ton and No 2 hard at 1.46. Corn No 2 yellow 1.37. Oats No 2 heavy white 4. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.97. Soybean oil 10.50.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Illinois
At National Stockyards Illinois, Monday estimates include hogs 8 000 cattle 5 000 calves 300 sheep 500. Hogs 5 500 barrows and gilts 200 250 lbs 21.50 22.25 sows 300 650 lbs 17.50 19.50 cattle 300 calves 100 cows 13.00 16.00 choice dealers 19.00 28.00 sheep 100 no price test. Spring lambs 27.00 shorn 3.50 6.50.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Egg and live poultry prices in St. Louis bulletin
AP report lists consumer grades for eggs and live poultry in St. Louis. Eggs vary by size and grade with A large 25 27 cents, A medium 20 71, A small 16 17, B large 23 24, wholesale and unclassified ranges. Hens heavy 13 14, light over 5 lb 9 10, under 5 lb 5, broilers and fryers 19 20.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Market Update
Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes butter steady with 93 score AA 58percent 92 A 5842 90 B 56percent 89 C 56percent and car grades 90 B 57percent 89 C 57percent Eggs steady with 70 percent or better grade A whites 27percent mixed 27 44 mediums 24 standards 2percent dirties unquoted checks 21'2.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Market Holds Ground In Slow Week Trading In New York
The stock market steadied in quiet late trading with volume around 4.6 million shares. Dow Jones Industrials hovered near 900, with gains and losses mostly fractional as major groups showed little leadership. Briggs & Stratton led volume on a 39,900 share block, while IBM and Xerox rose about 4 points each and Delta Airlines gained about 1.5. American Smelting fell about 2 on coin-silver content news. Dow noon totals: Industrials 900.60 up 1.38, Rails 200.01 down 0.41, Utilities 157.96 up 0.15, Stocks 309.83 up 0.16.
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New York
Briggs & Stratton
U.S. Steel
General Motors
American Telephone
IBM
Xerox
DuPont
Schering
Jim Walters
Storer Broadcasting
Worthington
Johnson
U.S
Zenith
American Bosch Arma
Chicago Great Western
Gamble-Skogmo
Howard Johnson
KLM Airlines
United Artists
Delta Airlines
Halliburton
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Indus
Two Black Anguss Calve On Wilbur Haley Farm
Pendleton Barbara Woodson and Princess Erica black angus heifers in Wilbur Haley stock farm registered herd Bluford Route 2 born March 6 1963. This week both heifers each gave birth to bull calves sired by the same bull. Newest herd members named Bobby Joe Wood son ang Black Prince Erica.
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Pendleton
Barbara Woodson
Princess Erica
Wilbur Haley Stock Farm
Bluford Route
Bobby Joe Woodson
Ang
Prince Erica
Street Spat Draws Crowd Near Granada Theatre
A young couple argued on North 9th street by the Granada theatre this morning. Police sent two squad cars and a wrecker to the scene as bystanders gathered. Officers said no charges were filed.
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North 9Th Street
Granada Theatre
Joliet Blaze Destroys Downtown Businesses
A downtown Joliet fire destroyed the Bertnik and Greenberg buildings with an estimated 355000 in damage. All city firefighters battled the two hour blaze starting in a residential garage behind the storefronts. Ludden's Floor Covering Shop Lighthouse Restaurant and Chalk N Cue Billiard Parlor were ruined with seven residents evacuated and left homeless. No injuries reported. Fire marshal investigation underway.
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Joliet
Bertnik
Greenberg
Ludden
Two Killed in U.S. 40 Crash Near Greenville Ill
An Albuquerque boy died after a crash that killed his mother Nina Starzynski 45 and injured seven others on U.S. 40 near Greenville Illinois about 50 miles east of St. Louis. John Starzynski 17 died later at St. Luke's Hospital. Severn Starzynski 47 and two other children were in fair condition at Atlanta Hospital. The Kornberg party from Long Island and Philadelphia occupants were in satisfactory condition. State police said the Kornberg car crossed the center line.
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ST. Louis
Albuquerque
N.M
John Starzynski
St. Luke's Hospital
Nina Starzynski
U.S. 40
Greenville
Ill
Severn Starzynski
Legislators Consider Mileage Increase Bill in Illinois
In Springfield, Rep. Toby Barry proposes raising legislators mileage allowances from 10 to 15 cents. The bill would pay for one round trip weekly between lawmakers homes and Springfield and limit payment to miles actually traveled.
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Springfield
Illinois
Toby Barry
D-Ladd
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Admit list includes Marie Campbell Rebba Waller Clara Sefried Hattie Jamerson from Dahlgren Springerton Il Discharged: Edward M Jones William F Mitchell. Good Samaritan Admitted: Elva Fulford Harold James BurwellRetta Estes Martha L Womack Jessie William Stroud Ruth Mae Wright Leora Cameron Roger Lee Glasco Anna Elvira Jones Discharged: Dessie Chaney Joseph Alan Bourque Peark Sanford Hutchison Golden S&S Wallace Clifford Dale Ackley Rosalind Price McWhorter Edwin McWhorter Jack Carl Blake Hattie Evelyn Buhler Eliott Eiler Fern Maxine Page Phyllis Arlene Stallings Maude Martin Miller
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Harold James Burwell
Retta H. Estes
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Ruth Mae Wright
Leora Cameron
Roger Lee Glasco
Anna Elvira Jones
Dessie Chaney
Joseph Alan Bourque
Peark Sanford Hutchison
Golden S&s. Wallace
Clifford Dale Ackley
Rosalind Price McWhorter
Edwin McWhorter
Jack Carl Blake
Hattie Evelyn Buhler
Eliott Eiler
Fern Maxine Page
Phyllis
Arlene Stallings
Maude Martin Miller
Johnson speaks on peace and orders Marines withdrew
President Johnson told a Chicago Democratic dinner audience that the Soviet Union should withdraw support for aggression and join in a search for peace. He announced the withdrawal of 2,100 Marines from the Dominican Republic and noted his daughter Luci accompanied him. A 14 year-old Vernon boy, Jerry Taylor, faced a delinquency petition after admitting four burglaries. Police tie five burglaries to the youth, detailing liquor, camera, and valuables stolen from local businesses.
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Chicago
Johnson
Soviet Union
United States
Cook County
United States of America
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Washington
Luci
Vernon
J. Rex Taylor
Circuit
Alvin Lacey Williams
Jerry Taylor
Cleveland
Perkins
Fred Dedman
Krebs Drug Store
S. 10Th
Home Beverage Delivery
S. 12Th
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Ranklin
Chicago Snags Remap Talks
SPRINGFIELD Illinois Repuplican leaders stated Chicago can claim 21 House districts under 1960 census figures, denying Democratic push for 22. Sen. W Russell Arrington said GOP caucuses oppose bills on annual safety car inspections and regional license plate centers and plan to amend the junior college master plan so the state pays half the cost.
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Springfield
Thornton Burgess Enters Coma at Age 91
In Hampden Massachusetts AP reports famed children's author Thornton W. Burgess, creator of Peter Rabbit and other Old Briar Patch characters, slipped into a coma at 91. Burgess retired five years ago after a prolific career producing about 15 000 stories and books selling over 7 million copies.
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Thornton W. Burgess
Peter Rabitt
Old Briar Patch
Burgess
Birth for Mr and Mrs George Ward in Pico Rivera
Mr and Mrs George Ward of 720 Eglise avenue Pico Rivera Calif welcomed a son weighing eight pounds three and one half ounces born May 25 in a local hospital. The boy is named Robert George. Grandparents are Oscar Invin Decatur and Rachel Ward Salem formerly Mt Vernon residents.
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George Ward
Eglise Avenue
Pico Rivera
Calif
Robert George
Mt. Vernon
Oscar Invin
Decatur
Rachel Ward
Salem
Street Corner Holdup Unnoticed at Busy Intersection
Kansas City police investigated an $11,200 armed holdup at a busy intersection. James T. Smith, a supermarket owner, and manager Gerald Ervin were returning from a bank withdrawal when two cars boxed their vehicle. Two robbers approached with revolvers and escaped in the front car. the rear car used in the ruse had been stolen.
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Kansas City
James T. Smith
Gerald Ervin
Smith
Circuit Court Fines in Traffic Offenses Reported
Two Mt. Vernon residents faced fines for traffic offenses in circuit court. William H. Padgett paid 10 for following too closely, Douglas Hughes paid 2 for no registration. Wednesday fines included Lafayette A. Lusby 100 for drunken driving with two days suspended jail, Arthur D. Highfill 10 for no registration, Jerry D. Wilt 10 for speeding, Defern W. Barrette 50 for illegal liquor transport, Lester W. Black 200 for drunken driving with two days suspended jail, James W. Wesner 10 for speeding, Luther Graves Jr. 20 for speeding, John P. Jacob 10 for passing in a no passing zone, Forest F. Fuller 11 for speeding, and Black again 50 for illegal liquor transport.
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Mt. Vernon
Douglas Hughes
Lafayette A. Lusby
Woodlawn
Arthur D. Highfill
21St Street
Jerry D. Wilt
Wilshire
Defern W. Barrette
Herrin
Lester W. Black
Ashley
James W. Wesner
Robinson
Luther Graves Jr
Elkhart
Ind
Poverty meetings weigh county merger in Illinois
A series of meetings will begin Tuesday in Albion to discuss forming a committee to handle antipoverty programs under the Economic Opportunity Act. The proposed panel would unite White Wayne Wabash Edwards and Hamilton counties to coordinate poverty relief efforts.
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Albion, Ill
White
Wayne
Wabash
Edwards
Hamilton
Crew To Begin Painting Lane Markers Today
City crews will paint Mt. Vernon lane markers with a white plastic coating that dries in 15 to 30 minutes. Police will direct traffic while workers apply the coating on streets around the square and at Salem and Oakland. Plastic coating is new to Mt. Vernon and is expected to last two to three years.
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Mt. Vernon
Chester Lewis
Lewis
Salem
Oakland
Drivers Cited In 3 Mishaps In Mt. Vernon
Three drivers faced traffic charges after three Mt. Vernon collisions. James G. Hilliard, Helen Mescher, and Steven Mescher were injured minorly in the 11th and Jordan crash while George Whelley cited for illegal lane use in a separate wreck. John Boyd charged with speeding after his car hit a parked vehicle on Mannen. Gerrord Dempsey was in the parked car.
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Mt. Vernon
James G. Hilliard
Geff
Helen A. Mescher
South 17Th
Jordan
Steven Mescher
Ruth Mescher
Helen Mescher
George Allen Whelley
Nashville
Mannen
Gerrord A. Dempsey
Two Divorces Filed in Circuit Court
Two divorce petitions were filed in circuit court. Calvin Disroe seeks a divorce from Lee Bertha Disroe on grounds of desertion. they married December 22, 1961 and separated October 18, 1963. Mary Alice Warren seeks a divorce from George O. Warren on grounds of cruelty. they married January 20, 1964 and separated April 10, 1965.
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Calvin Disroe
Lee Bertha Disroe
Mary Alice Warren
George O. Warren
Past Matron's Club Mt Vernon OES Meeting
The Past Matron's Club of Mt Vernon Chapter No 233 OES meets at the Masonic Temple on Monday June 7 at 730 pm. Hostesses Grace Fenton and Naomi Bogan. Nelle Thomas serves as president with Naomi R Bogan as secretary.
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Mt. Vernon
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Grace Fenton
Naomi Bogan
Vickers Hospital To Be Closed Soon
McLeansboro and surrounding areas report that Vickers Memorial Hospital will close within thirty days after Dr. Joseph Vickers opened it in 1914 serving Hamilton County. The decision follows lengthy deliberation, ending the facility’s 15 years as the county’s sole hospital.
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Mcleansboro
Vickers
Space Capsule Lands In Tree At Fort Hood
A NASA team tested a land landing system with a 24 ton Gemini model. The capsule carrying $700,000 in instruments landed in trees after drop from 11,500 feet as radio control proved less accurate than hoped. Project engineer Lee Norman said instrument analysis would follow to determine the cause.
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FT. Hood. Tex
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lee Norman
Norman
Home Ransacked in Russell Melton Residence Incident
Sheriff Dewey Barton said the home of Russell Melton at WoL S Utth was entered last night and ransacked. Tables, chairs and lamps were overturned during the break in.
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Dewey
Barton
Russell Melton
Wol S. Utth
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