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Mt Vernon Register News

Location

Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1961

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Deaths Mrs Mollie E Patterson Waltonville postmaster

Mrs Mollie E Patterson aged 86 by obituary found dead yesterday at her Waltonville home after a heart attack. She served as Waltonville postmaster 16 years retiring in 1950 and attended Hannibal Missouri Business College. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at Waltonville Methodist with Rev Marsh Harpole. burial Knob Prairie Cemetery. She was born November 30 1879 in Irvington Illinois married B R Patterson in 1916, predeceased by husband and parents. Survivors include son Frank Patterson and stepson Everett Patterson plus four grandchildren. Burial preparations at Fry Funeral Home Waltonville with viewing today after 6 a m and morning service on Friday prior to funeral.

Mollie E. Patterson Waltonville Frank Patterson Everett Patterson Mt. Vernon

R W Cunningham Dies Suddenly At Whittington

Ray Walter Cunningham 40 died at 12 30 p m Wednesday at his Whittington home from an apparent heart attack. Funeral at 2 00 p m Saturday at Nazarene Church Whittington. Burial Mt Zion cemetery Thompsonville. Lying in state Johnston Funeral Home Whittington after 6 00 pm today. Born Sept 34 1920 in Thompsonville to George and Anna Cunningham. Survived by wife Ruby Spencer, father George Cunningham, brother Carl Cunningham of Warren Michigan, sisters Alene Wharvy and Ruth Hoit.

Ray Walter Cunningham Whittington Nazarene Church W. T. Johnson Mt. Zion Thompsonville Johnston Funeral Mr. Cunningham George Anna (Wilhite) Cunnningham Ruby Spencer George Cunningham Carl Cunningham Warren, Mich Alene Wharvy Ruth Hoit Champaign

Hendrix Funeral Held in Centralia

Funeral services for the Rev. Arthur W. Hendrix were conducted this afternoon at the First Methodist church in Centralia. The Rev. Hendrix, who received his degree from McKendree College and Drew Theological School, was a faithful Methodist pastor in the Southern Illinois Conference for over 43 years. After retiring in 1958, he made his home in Centralia.

Arthur W. Hendrix First Methodist Church Centralia Hendrix McKendree College Drew Theological School Southern Tinois Conference

Pole Refuses To Go Home Pole Refuses To Go Home

Aniela Wojtowicz, a cook for Bogdan Lewandowski Poland’s UN envoy, defected and sought asylum in the United States. Identified by Msgr Felix F Burant of the anti Communist Polish American Immigration and Relief Committee, she, 37, reportedly decided May 28 after being told to sail back to Poland on a freighter that day.

New York Bogdan Lewandowski Poland United States Felix F. Burant

Births in Mt Vernon area include three new additions

Mr and Mrs David Gerlach of RFD 7 welcomed a son at Godd Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds five ounces named Mark David. Rev and Mrs George Baldridge of Piqua Ohio welcomed a son at 11 30 last night weighing seven pounds to parents Mr and Mrs Charles Goddard and Mr and Mrs Waite of Mt Vernon are grandparents. A daughter named Lesa Renee was born June 6 in St Elizabeths Hospital Danville to Mr and Mrs Larry Drury with grandparents Mr and Mrs Jim Drury and Mr and Mrs Bob Dethrow of Mt Vernon.

David Gerlach RFD Vernon Godd Samaritan Hospital Mark David Phyllis Greenlee Warner Greenlee This City Gerald Gerlach Springfield George Baldridge Piqua Ohio Charles Goddard Waite Larry Drury Danville St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Lesa Renee Jim Drury Bob Dethrow Mt. Vernon

Hospital Notes and Discharges at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan

Admissions list for Jefferson Memorial includes Mrs Mildred Lucille Fleener Miss Loretta Belle Riccett Mrs Leona Murphy and Mrs Ethel Catherine Abel with Miss Ramona Helena Beckman discharged. Good Samaritan adds patients Dorothy Juanita Talbert Homer William Crawford Loma Jewel Chizk Leroy Boone Tindle Frances H Green Lynn Benjamin Bevis Nadine Beulah Rightnowar Delia J Koons Scott Kevin Bevis Lena Elizabeth Minor with multiple discharges including Mary Elizabeth Vaughan Woodrow Wilson Grace Christina Russell Mich Leroy Knappier Eddie Kim Greer Diana Lynn Hamlin Edward Joseph Hertens tein Etha Laan Mary Madaline Webb Maxine Darnel.

Mildred Lucille Fleener Loretta Belle Riccett Leona Murphy Ethel Catherine Abel Ramona Helena Beckman Good Samaritan Dorothy Juanita Talbert Homer William Crawford Loma Jewel Chizk Leroy Boone Tindle Frances H. Green Lynn Benjamin Bevis Nadine Beulah Rightnowar Delia J. Koons Scott Kevin Bevis Lena Elizabeth Minor Mary Elizabeth Vaughan Woodrow Wilson Grace Christina Russell Mich- Leroy Knappier Eddie Kim Greer Diana Lynn Hamlin Edward Joseph Hertesntein Etha Laan Mary Madaline Webb Maxine Darnel

Farmers In France Take Over Town Morlaix

About 4,000 Brittany farmers blocked Morlaix streets with tractors and trucks to protest farm prices. Police moved in with 130 riot officers as the local official fled to safety. The farmers warned of possible violence if demands aren’t met. The unrest follows long standing disputes over distribution and pricing in Brittany and nationwide reforms that have stalled.

Morlaix France Brittany French Interior Ministry Paris Jacques Seron

Illinois Air Reserve Units Set Up At Seven Airports

The Air Force will start July 1 establishing seven reserve recovery units in Illinois as part of 268 nationwide. Each recovery squadron, 19 reservists, will be at Midway Chicago Quad City Moline Greater Peoria Rockford and either Decatur or Champaign. Recovery groups, 40 reservists, will be at O'Hare and Decatur to provide fueling maintenance security and medical support for returning aircraft after an enemy attack.

Washington Air Force Illinois United States Midway Airport Chicago Quad City Moline Greater Peoria Greater Rockford Decatur Municipal University of Ilinois Champaign O'Hare International Airport Decatur

Khrushchev Seeks Paris Accord with U S on Berlin

A lengthy war of words shows Khrushchev predicting no nuclear war, detailing five divisions for a conventional war, and hinting at Soviet support for anti tyrant movements while denying active backing. Kennedy notes frank talks with De Gaulle about a French nuclear capability and defense assurances amid changing NATO dynamics.

Nedy Laos Khrushchev Soviet Union Troika Kennedy China Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle Paris United States France

Filibuster Clash Triggers Trooper Breakup in House

A chaotic scene in the House as a filibuster flare up escalated to a guard response. State troopers arrived, positioning near the speaker and at the chamber entrances while the dispute subsided.

Tavern Owner Slain in Hold Up by Three Men

Granite City Illinois reports Twin Oaks tavern and service station owner Martin Dreno vac, 69, beaten to death during a holdup. Suspects fled across Chain of Rocks Bridge into Missouri in a blue or black over white Chevrolet or Oldsmobile, wallet missing, wife unaware until body found.

Granite City API Twin Oaks Chain of Rocks Missouri Martin Drenovac U.S. Bypass 66 Samuel Drenovac Drenovac St. Louis

Markets Mt. Vernon Hogs Prices Steady

Prices on the local live stock market in Mt. Vernon were unchanged today with top hogs at 16.50 for 190 to 220 pounds, sows at 14.00 for 300 weight, and boars priced between 10.00 and 11.50.

Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon

Mt Vernon market notes show Wheat 1.68 Soybeans 2.73 and Corn 1.06 quoted this afternoon at Mt Vernon with traders watching grain values.

Mt. Vernon

Chicago Produce Butter and Egg Prices Update

Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports steady butter with wholesale prices unchanged. Grade scores 93 AA 60, 92 A, 90 B 5715, 89 C 5, cars 9 B 58, 89 C 561s. Eggs barely steady with wholesale prices unchanged to 1 lower, 70 percent or better grade A whites 3216, mixed 3142, mediums 2915, standards 31, dirties 29, checks 284.

Chicago Chicago Merccantile Exchange

Egg and live poultry prices steady in St Louis

ST. LOUIS AP reports no change in egg and live poultry prices in the market today. Prices remained flat across major grades and sources remained cautious amid steady demand.

ST. Louis

Livestock prices at National Stockyards Illinois sale

AP report from National Stockyards shows hogs trading at 13.00 to 17.50 per 100 pounds with varied loads and weights, while cattle and calves move from 11.00 to 29.00 per hundredweight. Sheep and lambs bring 17.00 to 19.50, with bids reflecting grade and weight distinctions across hogs cattle and lambs.

National Stockyards USDA USS

Chicago Poultry Market Report No Prices Recorded

Chicago poultry market notes no prices reported due to insufficient receipts. The call indicates limited trading activity and unspecified price data across live poultry listings.

Chicago USDA

Cash Grain market report from Chicago AP

No wheat or soybean sales reported. Corn No 5 yellow 1.06 percent. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 704 to 34, No 2 extra heavy white trading. Soybean oil 12 n. Barley making free 1.10 to 1.20 n, feed 82 to 1.00.

Chicago

Wall Street in Moderate Further Losses After Day of Trading

Wall Street markets moved irregularly in moderate dealings late this afternoon with about 3.6 million shares traded. Losses slightly outweighed gains with Dow components like Du Pont and General Motors posting fractional advances, while Bethlehem and Woolworth declined and Consolidated Edison fell. American Stock Exchange prices were mixed as government bonds rose and corporates fell.

du Pont General Motors General Electric Westinghouse U.S. Steel Bethlehem Republic Steel Jones &Laughlin Woolworth Consolidated Edison American Stock Exchange U.S

No Foul Play In Anna Death

An Illinois Welfare official said investigations at Anna State Hospital found no evidence of foul play in 82 year old Arthur Ellis of Murphysboro death. He disappeared from his cottage May 28 and was found at the bottom of a slope. coroner cited heart attack. Department backs hospital policy against patient confinement citing health and cost reasons.

Anna, Til Anna State Hospital Illinois Department For Public Welfare Lowell Sachnoff Francis Gerty Welfare Department Sachnoff Arthur Ellis Murphysboro Ellis

Duke of Kent Weds Commoner in York Cathedral

The Duke of Kent wed Katharine Worsley, a York shire commoner, at Yorkminster before Queen Elizabeth II and foreign royals. The Archbishop of York led the service amid intermittent rain and a hail shower, with 46 TV cameras present. Katharine, 28, is the daughter of Sir William Worsley, a well-to-do Yorkshire squire.

York England Kent Katharine Worsley Britain Yorkminster Elizabeth I William Ramsey Margaret Antony Armstrong-Jones Duke of Kent Yorkshire Sir William Worsley

Bodies found of two Georgia women missing since Memorial Day

The partly unclothed bodies of Althea Ottavio and Patricia Ann Hewett were found Wednesday in palmetto and pine woods southwest of Jacksonville. Investigators say the women, from Valdosta, were throttled with their clothing. They had driven to Jacksonville for a dog race bet memorializing Ottavio’s birthday and Hewett’s birthday. The car was found May 31 on an unpaved road. search intensified after Hewett’s husband arrived.

Jacksonville Fla Georgia Althea Ottavio Patricia Ann Hewett Palmetto and Pine Woods Sheriff's Office Valdosta Lville Jackson

Adlai Receives Caution On Action Against Castro

Adlai E Stevenson, on a goodwill tour of South America for President Kennedy, was warned by Argentine officials that Latin America will not unite for action against Fidel Castro. Buenos Aires officials urged a policy of lie and let live while Stevenson discussed economic aid and avoided force. The visit to Frondizi and other leaders focused on economics, with no commitment to aggressive measures against Cuba.

Buenos Aires Argentina Adlai E. Stevenson U.S Fidel Castro United States U.N South America Kennedy Cuba Stevenson Arturo Frondizi Venezuela Frondizi Adolfo Mugica Romulo Betancourt Dominican Republic Betancourt Organization of American States

Stormy Illinois Weather Strikes Chicago Area

A heavy thunderstorm hit the Chicago region Wednesday night with up to 145 inches of rain in parts of the city and suburbs. Power failures and flooding followed, winds uprooted trees and damaged signs, and a Deerfield lightning strike caused about 1000 dollars in damage. Rainfall varied across the state with widespread showers and highs in the 90s, followed by a calmer forecast for Friday with temperatures reaching the 80s in much of Illinois.

Illinois Chicago Joliet Lightn Deerfield Highland Park Libertyville Midway Airport Schiller Park Chicago Heights Riverdale Chemical Co Belleville Moline Peoria Quincey Rantoul Rockford Springfield Vandalia St. Louis Golconda Cairo Alton Chester Mt. Carmel Carbondale Chicago Weather Bureau

Freedom Riders face jail in Jackson desegregation clashes

Nine more Freedom Riders remain jailed in Jackson Mississippi after failed tries to desegregate airport and bus terminal facilities. Police arrest eight others for breach of peace as riders from St. Louis and Nashville proceed with protests. NAACP leader Roy Wilkins urges lawful change while a white minister involved in rides denies abandoning the movement.

Jackson Miss Mississippi Jackson City St. Louis Delta Nashville Tenn Memphis Municipal Airport Gwendolyn Jenkins Robert Jenkins Ralph Washington Webster Grove Charles Jones Campbell Negro) College City Roy Wilkins National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Freedom Riders Wilkins NAACP Chicago Richard Gleason Mr. Gleason

Mystery abduction near Anderson shocks community

A 17 year old white girl was dragged from a parked car by two or three Black men and abducted to a farmhouse area after her companion Charles Gambrell was slashed. Gambrell and the girl escaped to safety. authorities say the girl was shaken and unable to give a clear account.

Highway 81 Gambrell W. J. Erskine C. M. Ellison Anderson Gambrellibed

Shuman Doubts Farm Bill Vote in Congress

In Louisville for the Farm Bureau Information Conference, American Farm Bureau Federation President Charles B. Shuman said the Kennedy administration would have the omnibus farm bill out of committee if it could secure the votes. He questioned voting on the bill in its current form and warned against a national commodity marketing quota scheme that could regulate major farm producers.

Louisville Farm Bureau

Fourteen Free Cuba In Boat Arrives in Fort Lauderdale

Fourteen men women and a girl identifying as anti Castro underground members arrived in Fort Lauderdale after a three day trip aboard a 23 foot boat. The party refused to identify themselves to avoid reprisals against relatives in Cuba.

Fort Lauderdale Fla Cuba

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