Deaths Ray Byars 63 Indianapolis obituary
Ray Byars 63 of 1623 South 12th Street died Monday in Indianapolis Indiana. He was a supervisor for Mass American Inc. Funeral services are set for Thursday at Myers Chapel at 2:00 PM with Rev A B Clodfelder officiating. Burial in Mt Zion cemetery. Visitation after 5 PM today at Myers Chapel. Born January 7, 1906 in Salem Illinois to Bert and Iva Tate Byars. Survived by wife Hazel Robertson a daughter Doris Chewining of Tampa and sister Jessie Casada of Chicago. Preceded in death by one grandchild. Member Wesley United Methodist Church and Royal Neighbors of America Lodge.
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Ray Byars
South 12Th Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Mass American, Inc
Myers Chapel
A. B. Clodfelder
Mt. Zion
Mr. Byars
Salem
Bert and
Iva (Tate) Byars
Hazel Robertson
Doris Chewining
Tampa
Fla
Jessie Casada
Chicago
Byars
Wesley United Methodist Church
Royal Neighbors of America Lodge
Robert T Rogers of Robinson dies at 87
Robert Troy Rogers 87 of Robinson former Mt Vernon resident died at Crawford Memorial Hospital at 11 45 p m Tuesday Funeral will be 2 p m Thursday at Hopewell United Methodist Church with Rev Gene Estes officiating Burial will be in church cemetery Friends may call after 7 p m today Body to lie in state at 10 a m Thursday at the church Rogers born March 2 1882 in Mt Vernon son of James Matthew and Alice Hutchinson Rogers He was married to Cora Elizabeth Chestain who died in 1954 Survivors include two daughters Opal Shepherd and Ruth Hazelton both of Robinson one brother Frank Rogers of Mt Vernon three sisters Inez Hayes Alma McCambridge Lela Shanklin of Hopkinsville Ky three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren
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Robert Troy Rogers
Robinson
Mt. Vernon
Crawford Memorial Hospital
Hopewell United Methodist Church
Gene Estes
Church
Buchanan
Mr. Rogers
James Matthew and
Alice (Hutchinson) Rogers
Cora Elizabeth Chestain
Opal Shepherd
Ruth Hazelton
Frank Rogers
Inez Hayes
Alma McCambridge
Mt. ‘Vernon
Lela Shanklin
Hopkinsville, Ky
Rioters’ leaders win call for new Curacao elections
Union chiefs on Curacao persuaded Prime Minister Ciro Kroon to dissolve Parliament. The Netherlands Antilles Parliament backed a vote of confidence and ordered elections within a reasonable time. Immediate elections were rejected. A decree dissolving Parliament would be issued in two or three days with elections within two months.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Caribbean
Ciro Kroon
Netherlands Antilles
Kroon
Two Illinois coal firms face penalties for pollution
The Illinois Sanitary Water Board asked the attorney general to seek penalties against Zeigler Coal and Coke Co for eight days of Marys River pollution, $1,200. Moffat Coal Co was cited for four days of pollution into Brushy Fork from its Murdock mine in Douglas County, with $800 proposed.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
Zeigler Coal and Coke Co
Marys River
Brushy Fork
Embarrass River
Moffat Coal Co
Murdock
Douglas County
Slain Illinois Coeds Picked Up Hitchhiker
Two 19 year old Illinois coeds Elizabeth Perry and Susan Davis were found slain near Egg Harbor Township New Jersey. Police linked a hitchhiker seen with the pair to the deaths. Victims died from knife wounds. Davis was stripped, Perry fully clothed. The pair had vacationed in Ocean City and were en route to Durham North Carolina for graduation events.
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Somers Point
N.J
Albert Hickey
Elizabeth Perry
Susan Davis
Hickey
Garden State Parkway
Egg Harbor Township
Edwin Albano
Miss Davis
Perry
Wesley S. Davis
Camp Hill
Miss Perry
Ray Perry
Excelsior
Ocean City
Davis
Durham
N.C
Duke University
Monticello Junior College
Godfrey
Ill
California Town Has Negro Mayor
Compton, California, elects Douglas Dollarhide as its first Negro mayor in a 5,711 to 4,079 victory over Dr. Walter Tucker. Dollarhide, 46, previously became the city's first Negro councilman and says the office should focus on making Compton a good place to live and work. The outgoing mayor, white, did not seek re election and called Dollarhide conservative.
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Compton
Calif
Douglas Dollarhide
Dollarhide
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Thomas Bradley
Walter Tucker
Melbourne Collision Injures Crew as Destroyer Crashes
Survivors from the carrier Kearsarge head to Subic Bay after a U.S. destroyer collided with the 705 foot Melbourne. The Melbourne, badly damaged, sets course for Singapore for repairs while a sunset memorial service is held aboard the Kearsarge.
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Subic Bay
Philippines
Kearsarge
Cmdr
A. S. McLemore
Melbourne
U.S
Singapore
Sidney
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Voyager
Markets Mt Vernon Hog Market Brief
Markets Mt Vernon hog market until 12 30 p m today prices were down 25c US D A No 1 hogs were 25 50 US D A No 7 hogs were 25 00 US D A No 2 hogs were 24 50 sows were 17 50 and 21 00 boars were 14 50 and 15 50 after 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next days prices
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Us.d.a
U.S.D.A
Mt Vernon Grain Prices From This Morning
Mt Vernon grain prices quoted include Wheat 1.16 Soybeans 2.56 and Corn 1.22 at Mt Vernon this morning.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Marketplace Price Brief
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports wholesale butter prices with grades AA to C and scores. Butter values include 93 score AA 67 percent and 92 A 674 percent, alongside 909 B 6434 and 89 C 6014. Cars 90 B 65 and 89 C 62 round out the butter data. Eggs wholesale buying prices list grade A whites 334, mediums 25, standards 30.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
St Louis Produce Egg and Poultry Prices Listed
St Louis AP reports consumer egg grades A large 28-32 cents, A medium 21-26, A small 14-19, B large 22-26, wholesale grades 22-24, 18-20, unclassified 21-22. Hens heavy 12-13, light 10, under 5 6. Broilers and fryers 38.50-28.75.
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ST. Louis
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Report
AP reports Thursday estimates from National Stockyards showing hogs 7,000, cattle 900, calves 100, and sheep 100 head. Hogs Midwest classes price ranges from 18.75 to 25.75 per cwt, cattle mainly 24.50 to 33.50, vealers 38.00 to 40.00, calves 20.00 to 26.00, and sheep with spring lambs 31.00 to 32.00 and ewes 8.00 to 9.00 per cwt.
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Til
Wall Street gains on hopes of troop withdrawals
Wall Street rose in fairly active trading as hopes grew for an early start on U S troop withdrawals from Vietnam. The Dow edged to 930.97 at noon, up 0.19, with the Dow Jones 60-Stock Average and industry groups showing gains while oils slipped. Canadian Breweries led active lists with a block trade, and Canadian Export rose amid mixed prices on the American exchange.
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NEW York
U.S
South Vietnam
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
London
South Africa
Wabash Valley Seeks Millions for Water Projects
Washington AP reports Frank Kirn of West Fayette Indiana tells a House subcommittee to approve 2,798,600 for Wabash Valley water projects in Illinois and Indiana. About 125 association members attend as Kirn criticizes repeated cuts to valley funding since 1965.
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Washington
House
Wabash Valley
Illinois
Indiana
Frank Kirn
West Fayette
Ind
Wabash Valley Association
Association
Kimn
Congress
Austria sees 4.3 percent rise in new car licenses
Austria's Statistical Office reports 155,480 new car licenses in the previous year, up 4.3 percent from the year before. The rise reflects continued demand for vehicles amid economic activity in Vienna and across the country.
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Austria
Vienna
Statistical Office
Engineers Change Plans Oakley Dam Won't Flood Allerton Park
Illinois officials briefed the House appropriations subcommittee on a compromise for the Oakley Reservoir on the Sangamon River. Gov. Ogilvie said the plan resolves state participation and flooding concerns by adopting non federal responsibilities and new engineering measures that avoid flooding Allerton Park at the University of Illinois. Decatur and the Illinois Division of Waterways helped forge the agreement with conservationists and biologists.
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Washington
Oakley
Sangamon River
Illinois
House Appropriations Subcommittee
William L. Springer
William F. Cellini
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Allerton Park
Springer
University of Illinois
Decatur
State of Illinois
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
A list from Jefferson Memorial shows admissions for Sheila Junaita Wellen and others, and discharges including Alice Lane Smith from Hickory Grove Manor Myrtle Hall 909 South 6th and many more across multiple locations and streets. The roll includes residents and patients such as Gertrude Archer 1806 Highlands, Rena Scrivner Hickory Grove Manor, Olivia Smith 1016 Virginia, Alma Williams 1615 Franklin, and others in communities like Centralia Mt Vernon Dahlgren Fairfield and Wilkins. The long roster spans numerous names and addresses with no explicit medical outcomes detailed in the notes.
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Sheila Junaita Wellen
Dahlgren
Alice Lane Smith
Hickory Grove Manor
Myrtle Hall
South 6Th
Olivia Smith
Virginia
Alma Williams
Franklin
Alice Inman
Centralia
Bertha Johnson
South 9Th
Hazel Memmer
Mt. Vernon
Zola Griffin
Bell
Mary Haynes
White
Norma Barker
Lorraine Gutzler
Main
Walter Green
Welkins
Reinhard Germann
Woodlawns
Jones Harshbarger
Salem Road
Anna Beckley
Caborn
Jackie Meador
Burrell Patterson
Pace
Brenda Kennedy
Robert Michael
South 28Th
Henri Smith
South
Minnie Malone
Logan
Mary Stoltz
Waddle Doyle
Fairfield
Aurea Black
Price Laments Kaskaskia River Fund Reduction
Rep. Melvin Price of Illinois told a House Appropriations subcommittee he cannot accept cutting funds for the Kaskaskia Navigation Project. The 1970 budget would drop from 11 million to 9.377 million, delaying completion to September 1974 and risking higher overall costs from 58 million in 1960 to 80.2 million currently.
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Washington
Melvin Price
D-Ill
Kaskaskia
Kaskaskia River
Illinois
House
Price
Van Thieu Defends Defense Policy in Nationwide Address
President Van Thieu of South Vietnam Reaffirms opposition to unilateral disarmament and argues arms control must serve national policy. He calls for defense spending tied to security needs, warns against peace through weakness, and stresses America’s role as world leader in pursuing a just order.
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Pentagon
America
Mt Vernon Auto Dealers Aid Benton Auto Course Plan
Mt Vernon Automobile Association and Bend Lake College officials will establish an automotive mechanic training course to join the college curriculum in fall. The college leases a Benton building, once a garage, for 300 dollars monthly. A June 18 meeting with Kruppa and local leaders is set for 7 30 p m at the college, with area service reps and Illinois Automotive Trade Association rep Kelly Graham in attendance.
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Mt. Vernon Automobile Association
Bend Lake College
Benton
Chamber of Commerce
The
Automobile Association
Ronald Kruppa
Sion
Chamber
Kruppa
Melvin Bayer
Kelly Graham
Illinois Automotive Trade Association
Springfield
Howard Jones
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Association
Two senators back Burger as model for new Supreme Court appointee
Senators Eastland and Dirksen endorsed Warren E Burger as a model for the next Supreme Court nominee after Burger’s unanimous Judiciary Committee approval. They want a successor with a similar law and order profile to Fortas and Warren, and indicated confirmation could come next Monday with Mansfield noting no opposition. Burger would replace retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren at the end of the term.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burger
Dirksen
Eastland
Nixon
Abe Fortas
Law and Order
Fortas
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Mike Mansfield
Judiciary
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mansfield
Earl Warren
Third mayor in 29 days swears in at Trenton Illinois
Herbert Schlarmann was sworn in as mayor of Trenton Tuesday night becoming the third mayor in 29 days. Previous mayor John Buehler did not run. Anthony Cervanka, sworn May 6 after the April 15 election by one vote, was later overturned by a Clinton County Circuit Court order granting a total recount, leaving Schlarmann the winner by two votes.
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Trenton, Ill
Herbert Schlarmann
Trenton
John Buehler
Anthony Cervanka
Schlarmann
Clinton County
Brown student posts record four year grade average
Brown University graduate Donald E. Krecker 21 Norristown Pa earned a 4.156 average based on one A-minus eight A and 23 A-pluses in 32 courses summa cum laude with a BS in applied mathematics He will attend Stanford for graduate studies and his record may be the highest in modern times.
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Providence
R.I
Brown University
Donald E. Krecker
Norristown
Brown
Stanford University
Krecker
Salute To Labor Dinner Reservations Grow Quickly
Seven business firms and two union locals have booked for the Chamber of Commerce salute to labor dinner on Monday June 16. Made O day with Harry Walter as manager has five reservations. Everett Jones secretary Retail Store Employees Local 912 has ten reservations bringing total to 68. Other bookings include International Shoe Co United Shoe Workers Local 116 A Stan the Tire Man General Radiator Chromalloy American van Gay In carpenters Local 999. Public invited. reservations to be made at the chamber.
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Chamber of Commerce
Harry Walter
Everett Jones
International Shoe Co
United Shoe Workers of America
Stan the Tire Man
General Radiator Co. Chromalloy American, Inc
van Gay, In
Carpenters
Rob Aydt Sr. of Dahlgren Dies at 79
John Robert Rob Aydt Sr., 79, of Dahlgren, died at 8:25 a.m. at home. Funeral plans are incomplete. The body was sent to Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro. Survived by wife Mary Zachman, two sons John Robert Jr. of Decatur and Clyde J. of Dahlgren, daughter Mrs. Jessie Lee Donaldson of Long Beach, California, and six grandchildren.
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John Robert “Rob” Aydt Sr
Dahlgren
Gholson
McLeansboro
Mary M. Zachman
John Robert Aydt Jr
Decatur
Clyde J. Aydt
Jessie Lee Donaldson
Long Beach
Calif
Divorce Suit Is Dismissed In Circuit Court
Linda Dilg and Dwight Dilg faced a divorce suit in circuit court that was dismissed yesterday on the plaintiff's motion. The action was dismissed with no further details given by the court.
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Linda Dilg
Dwight Dilg
Births in Dahlgren and Brownsville area produce two sons
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Albert Wellen of Dahlgren welcomed a son named Dewain Edgar, born at 1 01 PM Tuesday June 3 in Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds four and one half ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Nadolski of Brownsville Road welcomed a son named Walter Joe, born at 9 56 AM Tuesday June 3 in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds five ounces.
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Edgar Albert Wellen
Dahlgren
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Dewain Edgar
Clyde Nadolski
Brownsville Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Walter Joe
Gets Probation And $350 Fine On Girl's Charge
Robert E. Smith, 24, of 1007 Pace, pled guilty in circuit court to contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor girl. He was fined 350 dollars and placed on probation for three years. The rape charge was dismissed after the guilty plea.
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Robert E. Smith
Pace
Smith
Frank H. Walker
Vandals Put Sugar In Car Gas Tank
Vandals poured sugar in the gas tank of a parked car Monday night. Ralph Myles of 1014 Herbert Street reported to police that someone had put sugar in the tank while his car was parked on South Ninth Street.
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Ralph Myles
Herbert Street
South Ninth Street
Traffic fines in circuit court listed for several defendants
Ronald Gene Johnson of Walled Lake Michigan was fined $10 for an illegal muffler. Charles A. Youngblood of Wayne City Illinois was fined $10 for following too close. Joseph Fletcher Jr of Nebo Illinois was fined $10 for driving too fast for conditions. Theresa B Morris of 2517 Cherry was fined $10 for failure to yield right of way. Harl D Gatoway Route 1 Lesser was fined $10 for disobeying a stop sign. Charles F Bailey of Onarga Illinois was fined $10 for illegal lane usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Gene Johnson
Walled Lake
Mich
Charles A. Youngblood
Wayne City
Joseph Fletcher Jr
Nebo
Ill
Theresa B. Morris
Cherry
Harl D. Gatoway
Route 1
Lesser
Charles F. Bailey
Onarga, Ill
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Robert T. Rogers
California
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
Jefferson Memorial
Good Samaritan
Gertrude Archer
Highland
Rena Scrivner
Mt. V
Benton Auto Course
Dunham
Charles W. Jones
Route 7
Everett E. Gray
Castleton
Fourth Street
Broadway
Jones
David A. Whitfield
Texico
Paul E. Artis
South 18Th Street
Oakland
Whitfield
Rob” Aydt Sr
Circuit Court
Bob
Caliente
Bob Williams
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