Deaths Kenneth W. Boswell of Sesser at 48
Kenneth Warren Boswell 48 of Sesser died at 1 00 am Thursday in Franklin County Hospital Benton. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Sesser Baptist Church with Rev Tracy Dees and Rev Wayne Angel officiating Burial in Horse Prairie Cemetery near Sesser. Burial follows viewing at Brayfield Funeral Home. Survived by wife Thelma Walker a son Warren Gale Boswell two daughters Zella Mae Bates Norma Lee Scott brothers Jesse Harvey Howard a sister Mary Alice Ritter three grandchildren. He was an auto salesman with Taylor Motor Co Benton.
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Kenneth Warren Boswell
Sesser
Franklin County
Benton
Baptist Church
Tracy Dees
Wayne Angel
Horse Prairie Cemetery
Brayfield
Mr. Boswell
Scheller
Harvest
Aliia
Eubanks) Boswell
Thelma Walker
Warren Gale Boswell
Zella Mae Bates
Norma Lee Scott
Sleger
Jesse Boswell
Harvey A. Boswell
Chicago
Howard Bo
Elvin Risley 65 Dies. Funeral Set For Sunday
Elvin Risley died at 4 20 a m today at his sister Iva Shirley s home 2514 College. Funeral services will be at 2 00 p m Sunday at Sugar Camp church south of Belle Rive with burial in the adjoining cemetery. The body lies in state at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren after 2 00 p m Saturday. Born June 4 1898 in Belle Rive he was the son of Henry D and Mary Isabel Risley. Survivors include three sisters Iva Shirley Mt Vernon Ethel Melton Mt Vernon and Edith Gibbs North Dakota. Preceded in death by parents and three brothers.
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Elvin Risley
Iva Shirley
College
Sugar’ Camp Church
Belle Rive
Gholson
Dahlgren
Mr. Risley
Henry David
Mary Isabel (Sharp) Risley
Ethel Melton
Mt. Vernon
Edith Gibbs
North Dakota
Double Funeral for Campbells Held in Prophetstown
Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Roland Vernon Campbell will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Methodist church in Prophetstown Illinois. The couple died in a car crash Wednesday near Harvard, Illinois. They were parents of Tom Campbell who is hospitalized in critical condition.
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Roland Vernon Campbell
Methodist Church
Prophetstown
Gardner Funeral Home
Campbell
Harvard
Earl Campbell
Morrison
Iva Milliner
Tom
Pearl Harbor Vets To Meet In Illinois Reunion
ST CHARLES IL AP Survivors of Pearl Harbor to revive memories at first Illinois reunion of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. National president Mark Ferris of Long Beach will speak. About 30 survivors and their wives from Illinois plan to attend a one day meeting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in St Charles.
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ST. Charles
Ill
Pearl Harbor
Illinois
United States
Mark Ferris
Long Beach
Calif
Robert M. Gregg
Aurora
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Births in Richmond and local family announcement
The Rev. and Mrs. James H. McElhaney of Richmond Virginia welcomed a son born June 3 in a Richmond hospital. The mother is Marilyn Guill, and maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Guill of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Puntney of 1106 Oakland welcomed a daughter born at 9 08 last night in Good Samaritan hospital. She weighed seven pounds and is named Robyn Ann.
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James H. McElhaney
Richmond
Marilyn Guill
Robert Guill
Robert Puntney
Oakland
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robyn Ann
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
The Jefferson Memorial hospital admitted Jennell Currie Rob ert Francis Stull Larry Alan Donoho of Bluford Garner Vann. Discharged Goldie Endicott. Good Samaritan admitted Clara Settles Lara Blasche Denny Fula Fern Hazlip Bertha Aline Cash Albert Mataya Nelson Jones Bert B Holman Sr Florence Estes Johnson Kathryn Theresa Bochantin. Discharged Lenna-Elizabeth Jackson Wynona R Hall Greg ory Earl Doyle Iola Champ Wood Mrs Margaret Ann Rich and baby Tonya Ann Peggy Ann Disroe Billy Dwayne Brown Bernice Louise Bowles Barbara Ann Bayer Delia Ruth Royce Annette Genevieve Fahey.
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Jefferson Memorial
Jennell Currie
Robert Francis Stull
Larry Alan Donoho
Bluford
Garner Vann
Goldie Endicott
Good Samaritan
Clara Settles
Lara Blasche Denny
Fula Fern Hazlip
Bertha Aline Cash
Albert Mataya
Nelson Jones
Bert B. Holman, Sr
Florence Estes Johnson
Kathryn Theresa Bochantin
Lenna
Elizabeth Jackson
Wynona R. Hall
Gregory Earl Doyle
Iola Champ Wood
Margaret Ann Rich
Tonya Ann
Peggy Ann Disroe
Billy Dwayne Brown
Bernice Louise Bowles
Barbara Ann Bayer
Delia Ruth Royce
Annette Genevieve Fahey
Sap Flow Reversals Defy Split Yearly Pattern
Some trees show higher moisture in winter, not just fall to spring. Sap movement is variable, with moisture levels sometimes peaking in cold months rather than during the usual growth season.
Markets Report Slck Market Prices Fall
Prices on the local live stock market declined with hogs at 16.75 for 190 to 210 lb top. Sows dropped to 13.75 for 1800 weight down and 13.25 for 300 weight plus. Boars sold at 8.30 and 9.50.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quotes show Wheat at 1.72 Soybeans at 2.49 and Corn at 1.21 this afternoon reflecting grain market levels in the region.
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Mt. Vernon
Market Report from National Stockyards Includes Livestock Quotes
AP USDA cattle hogs and sheep data from National Stockyards shows hogs at 190 to 270 pounds mostly 15.75 to 17.75, sows 13.75 to 15.00, boars around 12.50. Cattle guide lists steers at 23.00 for 1 1250 pounds, cows 14.50 to 16.00, vealers 25.00 to 29.00, calves 19.00 to 25.00. Sheep noted 300 head, light market with a few good spring lambs 2.00 to 23.00.
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USDA
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Steady at Mercantile Market
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter and eggs hold steady in wholesale buying prices. Butter grades AA to B and car grade figures listed with small percentage changes, while eggs maintain 70 percent or better grade A whites and mixed grades with minor shifts.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and poultry price data from St Louis listing
St Louis reporting retail and wholesale egg and poultry prices with consumer grades A large to A small, B grades, standard and unclassified farm run, checks, and hens and broilers price ranges. Includes weights and unit distinctions. reflects market figures from the AP dispatch.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain Market Update Summary
Chicago AP report notes no wheat or soybean sales. Corn No 3 yellow at 1.27, sample grade yellow 1.21. oats No 2 extra heavy white 72 percent. Soybean oil priced at 9n.
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Chicago
Mixed Wall Street session with brisk trading
Wall Street in New York saw irregular but active trading as volume neared Thursday's 4.99 million shares. Major movers included Chrysler under selling pressure, Ford rising over a point, American Motors up fractionally, Studebaker steady, and General Motors easing. Tobacco shares were mostly lower while Sugars showed a ragged recovery. Polaroid jumped over 8 points, Sperry Rand gained, Philips Petroleum and Great Atlantic & Pacific added fractional gains, and Western Union recovered after an initial drop. General Dynamics and American Home Products rose over a point each as bonds supported mixed action.
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New York
Motors
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
Studebaker
General Motors
Philip Morris
Reynolds Tobacco
Liggett & Myers
American Tobacco
Lorillard
Holly
Great Western
Central Aguirre
American
Puerto Rico
Polaroid
Sperry Rand
Philips Petroleum
Great A&p
Western Union
Flat Tops Not Trying To Hide In Electronic Warfare
Russian bomber flyovers of U S carriers are a form of electronic warfare. Navy officials say carriers remain valuable and well defended, with stealth and discipline limiting enemy access.
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U.S
United States
Associated Press
Bem
Washington
Navy
Faast
Adm
William A. Schoech
Naval Operations
Air
U.S. Navy
Schoech
Trials halted for Tinosa to Thresher type A Sub
The Navy suspended builders tests and commissioning of the atomic submarine Tinosa, linked to the lost Thresher, with no new schedule set. The postponement may wait for the Thresher court of inquiry findings. Tinosa is at Portsmouth Navy Yard, where the Thresher was built and overhauled before deep dives.
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Washington
Thresher
Navy
Portsmouth
N.H
New London
Conn
Boston
Iran to Try Riot Leaders in Landmark Trial
Tehran reports Prime Minister Asadullah Alam announced 15 top religious leaders and 50 key agitators will face trial for riots that killed at least 79. He warned mullahs could face death penalties for opposing land reform and women’s emancipation, amid quiet after demonstrations over Khomaini’s arrest.
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Vehran
Iran
Asadullah Alam
Alam
Tehran
Ayatullah Khomaini
White Slain and Seven Negro Youths Held in Racial Tensions
In Clarksville Tennessee authorities hold seven black youths amid ongoing clashes as whites are slain. Reports describe city segregation of all public recreation facilities including pools. A six hour interracial conference in Los Angeles yields commitments to quickly end racial discrimination with potential massive demonstrations if not kept. In Gainesville Florida Negro leaders vow no further demonstrations after talks with the mayor who sets up a bi racial committee. The Virginia Presbyterian Synod and four Methodist conferences adopt resolutions supporting nonviolent demonstrations or opposing discrimination across several southern states.
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Japan
United States
U.S
Sheech
Clarksville
Tenn
Los Angeles
Gainesville
Fla
Presbyterian Synod of Virginia
Methodist
South Georgia
North Carolina
Florida
Kentucky
Baby Smothered in Plastic Bag in Springfield
In Springfield, Illinois, a plastic clothes bag is blamed for the death of six month old James Nance, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Nance. The mother JoAnn Nance says she placed the bag by the crib and on her return found the baby entangled and apparently suffocated as the bag adhered to the infant's face per Coroner W. C. Telford.
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Springfield
API
James Nance
Lee Nance
JoAnn
W. C. Telford
Covington and Mendenhall Attend National Rivers Congress
Charles J. Covington of Mt. Vernon Illinois secretary of Bend Lake Conservancy District and Howard Mendenhall of Benton Illinois manager attend the 50th annual national convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington D C.
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Washington, D.C
Charles J. Covington
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Bend Lake
Weather figures and sunshine hours report
Thursday high 94 and low 64. Yearly rainfall so far 13.73 inches with past comparisons: last year high 85 low 63. five years ago 83 and 53. ten years ago 88 and 65. Saturday sunrise 4 31 and sunset 71 26 CST.
Temperature Outlook for Northern Illinois and Southern Illinois
Northern Illinois temperatures will average about 10 degrees above normal with normal highs 77 to 81 and lows 5 to 60. Little change until turning cooler around Tuesday. Precipitation totals from a half to one inch in scattered thundershowers, increasing Monday. Southern Illinois temperatures will run 2 to 5 degrees above normals, then cooler Sunday. highs 81 to 86, lows 60 to 67. Precipitation from half to three quarters of an inch in scattered thunderstorms, increasing toward Monday or Tuesday.
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Illinois
Trinois
Tuesay
Warm spell continues with 90s across Illinois
Summery weather kept temperatures in the 90s across Illinois with a warm weekend forecast. The Weather Bureau projected little change for Saturday as scattered thundershowers late at night were not expected to cool the heat. Thursday highs reached 95 in Springfield and 94 in Chicago, topping the date record by one degree, with 93 at Quincy and 92 in Belleville, Moline, Rockford, and Vandalia. Lows earlier today hovered near 70 at dawn.
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Illinois
Weather Bureau
Springfield
Chicago
Quincy
Belleville
Moline
Rockford
Vandalia
Youngsters Report Giant Butterfly Sighting at Mt. Vernon
Three young girls from west Mt. Vernon brought a large insect to The Register-News for ID. In a gallon tin, wrapped in plastic, the eight inch winged butterfly resembled a giant peacock moth. Survivors include Pauleta Green and neighbors Anita Echols and Cindy Echols. grandmother Leta Mays noted the find.
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Register-News
Mt. Vernon
Office
Pauleta Green
S. 17Th Street
Leta Mays
Dickie
Pauleta
Anita Marie Echols
Cindy Lou Echols
Tax law studies for IRS agent Ken Smith at Springfield
Internal Revenue Service trainee Kenneth L. Smith of Mount Vernon enrolls in a five week advanced income tax law course at Springfield headquarters. The program trains technical staff with focus on congressional reports regulations rulings and international domestic tax issues. Smith and his wife Joyce reside in Mount Vernon where he has been stationed for two years. He is a Southern Illinois University graduate.
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Internal Revenue
Kenneth L. Smith
Mt. Vernon
Springfield
Internal Revenue Service
Ingenco
Smith
ML. Vernon
Joyce
Southern Ilinois University
Monkey Trial Drama Teacher Fired by Illinois Board
Ruth Ann Johnston, Harlem High School drama teacher, was fired after the Harlem Board of Education voted 6-1 not to renew her contract following the spring rehearsals of Inherit the Wind. The production, linked to the 1925 Scopes trial, faced protests and was deemed controversial.
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Rockford, WI
Ruth Ann Johnnston
Harlem High School
Harlem Board of Education
Rockford
Miss Johnson
John Scopes
Scopes
John A. Rogers
Meanest Vandals Victimize the Blind
In Chicago the blind garden next to the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind was vandalized. Vandals climbed a fence and trampled a one and a half acre herb garden damaging flowering plants and new annuals. Mrs. George L. Brownlee lamented the act as the worst vandalism seen.
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Chicago
Lighthouse For
George L. Brownlee
Strange theft targets water-stage gauge on Route 15
Jefferson county sheriff's office reported theft of a stage gauge from the gauge house on Seven Mile creek Route 15. Officers could not determine the gauge's value or worth at this time.
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Seven Mile Creek
Route 15
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Medical Self-Help Training Program Plan Outlined
A Jefferson county steering committee met in the county courthouse to plan responsibilities for agencies in a proposed 8000-person target set by the Department of Public Health. Members include Dr. K. A. Peart Barbara Stratton Jim McKenzie and Lloyd Morris. The course covers radiation fallout hygiene sanitation fractures infections infant care bleeding shock artificial respiration and baby delivery. There is no charge.
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Jefferson County
Jefferson County Court House
Department of Public Health
K. A. Peart
County Medical Society
Barbara Stratton
Red Cross
Jim McKenzie
City Civilian Defense
Lloyd Morris
County
U.s.public Health Service
American Medical Association
Council On National Security
Committee
Reservations Open for 4-H Lake Camp Day
Jefferson County 4-H members should reserve by June 11 for Camp Day at Lake West Frankfort on Saturday June 15. Buses depart Farm Bureau lot at 12 45 p.m. Bus fee 1.50. Activities include swimming hiking and games with a cookout at 6 p.m. Local delegation returns to Mt Vernon at 8 45 p.m. Private car travelers must also reserve at the local Farm Adviser’s office.
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Jefferson County
4-H Club
Lake West Frankfort
Farm Bureau
Mt.Vernon
Rescue Efforts Continue For Men Buried In Tunnel Collapse
In a Baltimore and Ohio tunnel near Parkersburg West Virginia two men, Arthur Boggs and Harry Nichols, are trapped under tons of rock after a roof collapse. Nine workers were inside when rocks fell, injuring two others. Boggs is alive but in great pain. Nichols is feared dead as rescue attempts proceed amid further cave ins. The tunnel lies about 20 miles east of Parkersburg near Walker on the Wood Wood-Wirt county line. The line is closed for the summer project completion.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Arthur Boggs
Harry Nichols
Baltimore & Ohio
Boggs
Nicholls
Robert Airhart
Walker
Wood-Wirt County
Father Gets Custody Of Boy Who Burned Hotel
In Boston a court awarded custody to Frank Zach of Brooklyn New York, the father of an eight year old boy who lit matches in a hotel room hours before a predawn fire. The blaze killed ten persons and injured twenty six. The court found the boy not delinquent but charged Evelyn Kellerbach the mother with neglect. The decision leaves the boy in his father’s custody while the court weighs responsibility for the tragedy.
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Boston
Frank Zach
Brooklyn
N.Y
Evelyn Kellerbach
Sound of Music
Alabama Guardsmen to go on active duty amid university crisis
About 4,000 Alabama National Guardsmen from the 131st Infantry Division will be placed on active duty for two weeks of summer training starting Sunday. The move coincides with a federal effort to admit three Negro students to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Huntsville. A high administration source said admission will be required and that federal action will follow if needed, with Governor Wallace's actions likely deciding troop use.
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Washington
Alabama National Guardsmen
Thestate University
1 31St Infantry Division
Howard Attends Third Summer Session at Stonier Banking School
John Howard, vice president of Security Bank of Mt. Vernon, returns for his third summer at The Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers New Brunswick. The two week session runs June 10 to 21 with about 1,100 officers from 43 states and abroad.
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John Howard
Security Bank of Mt. Vernon
Stonier Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Howard
American Bankers Association
Hawaii
District of Columbia
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
Stonier Graduate School
A.B.C
Brownstown Ag Tour Set For Tuesday Open House
On Tuesday June 11 the Brownstown research center in Fayette County hosts an open house. University of Illinois agronomists will showcase wheat varieties Reed and Knox 62, land preparation, soil insecticides, slow release nitrogen use on wheat and soybeans, growing without cultivation, and profit ideas from wood lots. The event begins at 9:30 am with continuous tours, lunch provided, and Don Lee urges Jefferson County farmers to attend.
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Brownstown
Fayne County
Pat” Johnson
Don Lee
Jefferson County
Volunteers To Recruit Donors For Blood Bank
Barbara Strattan executive director of the local Red Cross Chapter announced volunteers from Jefferson County and Mt. Vernon organizations will staff blood recruitment tables. The drive supports the Bloodmobile visit to Mt. Vernon on June 24 25 with donor hours noon to five at the Elks Club.
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Barbara Strattan
Red Cross
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Miss Strattan
Elks Club
Cops interrupt gas siphoner at Frank Harlow lot
City police interrupted a gasoline theft at the Frank Harlow truck parking lot on Casey Avenue. Officers had been monitoring the site after earlier siphoned fuel from saddle tanks and stolen items from truck cabs. The suspect fled but left siphoning gear behind.
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Frank Harlow
Casey Avenue
Marriage Licenses Listed for Four Individuals
Gerald Dilbeck aged 19 and Monica Yanez aged 17, both of Mt. Vernon, along with Clifford Nolan Christensen aged 20 of Springfield and Sandra Kaya Wielt aged 18 of Mt. Vernon, are recorded as marriage license applicants.
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Gerald Dilbeck
Monica Yanez
Mt. Vernon
Clifford Nolan Christensen
Springfield
Sandra Kaya Wielt
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