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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
2
Felix Drennan of 309 South 22nd Street died at 9 15 am today at Firmin Desologe Hospital St. Louis aged 72. The body is being returned to Pulley Funeral Chapel where funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.
A hospital notes list patients admitted to Jefferson Memorial and discharged. Admitted include Lawrence Shelton Dahl gren Charles Wilcox Harvey Summers Roy Stivers Carrie Reynolds Silas Ratliff Ida McKinney Mary Ann Bean Maxine Adams Walter Weld Leta Rutherford Lou McNeill Bessie Lyons Glen Francis Walter Stovall Joe Moore Elizabeth Thompson Mary Jones Delma Morgan Mauvelene Bailey Anna Beckley Lee Dunavan Gordon Creel Gustav Reuter Edith Cook William Henson. Discharged include Ida McKinney Mary Ann Bean Maxine Adams Lou McNeill Bessie Lyons Glen Francis Walter Stovall Joe Moore Elizabeth Thompson Mary Jones Delma Morgan Mauvelene Bailey Anna Beckley Lee Dunavan Gustav Reuter Edith Cook William Henson.
Mr and Mrs Richard Tygett of RFD 1 Lesser welcomed a daughter born today at 5 12 am weighing seven pounds seven ounces. Mr and Mrs Tim Henson of 2503 College street welcomed a son born Tuesday at 6 58 pm weighing eight pounds 1334 ounces. Mr and Mrs Charles Witges of RFD 2 Scheller welcomed a daughter born Tuesday at 10 17 pm weighing seven pounds three and a half ounces.
Tokyo AP reports Red China’s official news agency says army surgeons removed a 99 pound benign stomach tumor from a peasant woman last March after studying Mao Tse tung’s teachings. The agency quotes staff praising the mission as a glorious cause and promising success.
In Tuesday contests Kennedy won two states with party slates backing Johnson then Humphrey. Nixon ran unopposed to secure 14 GOP convention votes. New Jersey Democrats favored Gov Hughes’s slate winning about 58 of 82 delegates, with McCarthy taking at least 12. Montana Gov Babcock led 55 to 39 in GOP primary. Alabama's Allen edged Selden for the Democratic Senate nod. Mississippi’s five Democratic reps Whitten Abernethy Griffin Montgomery Colmer won re election bids. Whitten faced no opposition.
Reaction from public figures followed the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles after a victory speech. President Johnson was notified, Vice President Humphrey offered prayers, and Senator McCarthy urged a moment of silent prayer. Leaders like Roy Wilkins and James Farmer condemned political violence and urged nonviolent debate.
Los Angeles County faced a three hour lag as votes from about two million residents remained uncounted after polls closed. The delay stemmed from transporting punched ballot cards to two computer centers, not from the Votomatic system. IBM officials stressed accuracy and noted counting occurs in precincts before central processing.
Washington AP The chief U S trade negotiator Ambassador William M Roth faces more questions from the House Ways and Means Committee on restricting exports to Europe and Japan. Members press him on weight taxes hurting U S cars in Europe and Japanese limits on American goods. Rep James A Burke warns that the footwear import surge may threaten the entire trade program.
Prices paid for meat type hogs at Mt Vernon Through 12 30 pm showed gains of 2 cents with top quotes at 18.75 19.00 and 19.25 for 200 to 220 pound hogs. Lows ranged 12.70 to 15.50, boars 11.00 to 13.00. After 12 30 pm prices will be based on next day figures.
Mt Vernon farmers received prices for grains including Wheat at 1.20 Soybeans at 2.55 and Shelled Corn at 1.08 in early trading.
St Louis report lists consumer grade eggs by size and grade with price ranges for large medium and small, plus wholesale standards and hen, broiler, and fryer weights and price bands. The figures note heavy and light hen weight categories and relate to market pricing.
Chicago market notes show live poultry roasters priced 2414 to 2644 and special red white rock fryers 20 to 214. Mercantile Exchange scores include AA 66 and 92, B 63, C 60, and Cars 90 B 64. Eggs report better grade AA whites 29 and mediums 23 while standards stand at 2444.
Estimates for Thursday show hogs at 6 500 head and cattle at 600 with calves 100 and sheep 50. Hogs steady to higher with 1 1 50 75 higher and weight bands from 29.25 to 21.00 for lighter to mid ranges. Cattle and vealers vary with steers 26 50 to 27 50 around 950 1075 pounds, cows utility 18 00 to 19 50, vealers 27 00 to 36 00. Sheep spring lambs 26 50 to 28 50, ewes 4 00 to 7 00.
Chicago AP grain prices show Wheat No 2 hard 1.28 percent, No 2 soft red 1.32 percent. Corn No 2 yellow 1.15, No 3 yellow 1.12, No 4 yellow 1.10 percent. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 7.9 percent. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.72 percent. Soybean oil at 8.18 percent.
Wall Street trimmed an early loss and moved higher in active trading after the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The Dow fell 0.54 to 916.09 at noon, while the Associated Press average slid 1 to 337.6 as utilities and rails showed mixed moves. Union Tank Car jumped on word of a Litton merger plan. Pan American gained on a large block, with Boeing and several others advancing amid a broad but uneven session.
MT VERNON forecast shows Tuesday high 85 low 58 with year to date rainfall 17.56 inches. Nearby northern Illinois expects highs 76 to 81 and lows 55 to 60 for Thursday to Monday with 0.1 to 0.3 inch rainfall and possible thunderstorms. Southern Illinois should run 5 to 10 degrees above normal with showers and thundershowers totaling about 0.5 to 1 inch.
Frank Irvin, a Mt. Vernoni pilot, escaped injury in an afternoon accident at Benton Airport. His Globeswift sustained heavy damage after a near collision with Bill Allen’s plane on adjacent runways. Irvin swerved to avoid impact, then struck a fence with the landing gear. The aircraft was jointly owned by Irvin and Russell Harrison of Lesser.
State Board awards total projects across Illinois universities including Southern Illinois University Carbondale for a circle and PE building 4 538 213 million plus 2 094 million for admin offices and 3 500 million for Communications IV. Western Illinois University gains physical sciences 4 106 326 million. Eastern Illinois heating plant 715 000. Illinois State University administrative service 1 681 400. Urbana library addition 1 705 005. Western lands stores and parage 363 679.
Mt Vernon residents were reminded today that no trash burning is permitted in the city. Firemen urged compliance during warm weather when fans are used and noted several complaints of after hours burning last night.
An eyewitness describes the Kennedy assassination attempt at a Los Angeles ballroom. He details the crowd, arrival through the corridor, eight shots, the gunman and Kennedy's guards subduing him, and the chaotic aftermath as doctors and police moved in while spectators reacted with fear and grief.
AP dispatch from Paris reports the United States and North Vietnam again failed to resolve their de escalation plan. Harriman accuses Hanoi of 40000 troops in Laos, urging recognition of neutralizing Laos. Thuy denounces U S aggression and hints at other forces in South Vietnam. Meeting set for next Wednesday.
A summary of the Kennedy clan's enduring losses starting in 1941 with Ambassador Kennedy and family hardship over Rosemary. It notes Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. and Kathleen Cavendish deaths, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Eunice Shriver, Jean Smith, and the Skakel women, plus lines on spouses and public roles, all amid a longstanding family tragedy narrative.
A gunman opened fire during a campaign event in Los Angeles wounding Senator Kennedy. He was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital after brain surgery lasting several hours. FBI investigated identity while a man named John Doe was arraigned on murder counts.
Illinois reacts to the Kennedy shooting as leaders condemn violence while Chicago police clash with a gunman. In Carbondale a car curbing traffic led to a passenger firing on officers, wounding a patrolman, a suspect, and a bystander.
Officials at the Grover branch report a 12 cent profit after an audit of a recent bank robbery. The loss totaled $15,128.88. Two men were arrested this week as police recovered a money bag containing $15,129.
Senator Kennedy underwent surgery to remove most of a bullet fragment from the skull after a grazing wound. Aides said no further removal was planned as fragments near the brain stem caused heavy blood loss. The operation was led by doctors from UC Los Angeles and USC Medical School. a Boston-based physician was en route.
Mt Vernon firefighters were called to Jefferson Motors at 820 Jordan yesterday at 1 55 p m for a blaze in the paint shop. Firemen extinguished the fire on arrival and damage was not heavy.
Gerard Sparks a 15 year old from Mt Vernon had probation on a theft conviction extended by one year at a circuit court hearing this week. Sparks was originally placed on probation for two years on May 23 1967 and the extension followed a petition to revoke probation.
Saigon faced a second night of shelling as Viet Cong plans for intermittent attacks were alleged by a captured Cholon cell leader. He reportedly said the VC would strike Saigon May 25 to June 5 and June 15 to 20, while in the central highlands allied forces repelled two ambushes on a 50 truck U.S. convoy near Pleiku, with 2 Americans and 53 North Vietnamese killed.
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