Deaths: E K Swain of Bluford 62
E K Swain 62 of Bluford dies at Good Samaritan Hospital. He worked as a car man for Illinois Central Railroad. Funeral set for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Bluford Funeral Home with Rev. Paul E. Danner Sr. and Rev. L C Irby officiating. Burial in East Hickory Hill cemetery. Body lies in state after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. Born July 18, 1901 in Chico Texas to Charles Albert and Hattie Grahm Swain. Married Mamie Viola Green May 21, 1928. survived by wife, son Larry Dean Swain, two daughters Madeline Smith and Linda Way Hulbert, two sisters Edna Faye Wood and Dexter Kelley, and his parents predeceased by a son Jackie Lee, an infant daughter, a brother Travis Swain and a sister Lee Nita Swain.
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E. K. Swain
Bluford
Good Samaritan Hospital
Illinois Central Railroad
Bluford Funeral Home
Paul E. Danner
L. C. Irby
East Hickory Hill
Swain
Chico
Tex
Charles Albert
Hattie (Grahm) Swain
Mamie Viola Green
Larry Dean Swain
Madeline Smith
Annapolis
Linda Way Hulbert
Edwardsville, Til
Edna Faye Wood
Dexter Kelley
Mt. Vernon
Jackie Lee
Travis Swain
Lee Nita Swain
Infant Dies in Mt Vernon Two Months Old
Kevin Lee Short, infant son of Mr and Mrs Robert Short of 1425 Ninth Street, died at 7 55 am Sunday en route to Good Samaritan Hospital. Born March 27 1964 in Mt Vernon he was two months ten days old. Graveside services 11 am Tuesday at Memorial Gardens officiated by Rev Everett Lemay. Body in state at Myers Chapel after 5 pm today. Survived by parents a sister and a brother in Mt Vernon grandparents and great grandmother also listed.
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Kevin Lee Short
Robert Short
North Ninth Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Memorial Gardens
Everett Lemay
Myers Chapel
Mt. Vernon
Robert
Avis (Harrison) Short
Lillian Ann
Robert Eugene
Thomas A. Short
Halton Harrison
Lillie Fleener
Risley Rites Held At Bonnie
Funeral services for John Logan Risley 80 of Bonnie were held at 1 00 am at the Bonnie Baptist church with Rev Elmer Tice officiating Burial followed in Kirk cemetery He died Saturday morning in Good Samaritan Hospital Born April 7 1884 in Franklin county he was the son of Henry and Cora Risley Survivors include three sons Roy of Kankakee Raymond and Jeff of Mt Vernon a daughter Mary M Strain of Bonnie three brothers Tom of Sullivan Oscar of Sesser Lawrence of Macedonia three sisters Lillie Huffstutler of Macedonia Maggie Brown of Sesser and Ella Ozie of Rock Island 12 great grandchildren 15 grandchildren He was preceded in death by his wife a daughter and a son.
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John Logan Risley
Baptist Church
Bonnie
Elmer Tice
Burla
Kirk Cemetery
Mr. Risley
Good Samaritan Hospital
Franklin County
Qrenry
Cora (Purnell) Risey
Roy Risley
Kankakee
Raymond
Jeff Risley
Mt. Vernon
Mary M. Strain
Tom Risley
Sullvan
Oscar Risley
Sesser
Lawrence Risley
Macedonia
Lille Huffstutler
Maggie Brown
Ella Ozie
Rock Island
Inl
Risley
Hospital Notes and Admissions at Jefferson Memorial
The Jefferson Memorial lists admissions including Thelma Price Ella Lane Mary Lynn Kirkwood Cecil Coy Webb Dor othy May Mare Josele C. Lambert Sandra Risley. Discharges include Karen S. Jenkins Clara Regenhardt Mabel Louise Goddard Rita Jijut Tony Bac anich Johnny M. Singleterry Una Smith and baby Tony Edward L. R. Osborn of Dix. Good Samaritan notes admissions Edward Lee Stone Jerry Dale Kurtz Nita Bernice Valentine Fern Opal Sledge Eva Christian Steich Arthur Orrick Theresa Jean Easley Myrtle Stein Carl Oscar Blades Don nie Wayne Sharp Wayne William Piercy Nelson Chambliss. Discharges include Richard Lee Miller Sanford Hutchison Mattie Minor Minnie Augusta Bechtel Robert Martin Bechtel Ronald Edward Mann Lily Maude Adams Cathy Eileen Miller Lawrence Barker Ronald Wayne Gibbs Trula Ranea Mays Mary Margaret Jones Mary M. Compton Lulu R. Knollhoff George Ray Bourland Naomi Faye Adomat Ruby Evangeline Ferguson Osa Pearl Simpson David Ray Lemon Harvey Eugene Morlan Russell Gene Roeder.
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Jefferson Memorial
Thelma Price
Ella Lane
Mary Lynn Kirkwood
Cecil Coy Webb
Lockport
Ill
Dorothy May Mare
Josele C. Lambert
Sandra Risley
Karen S. Jenkins
Clara Regenhardt
Mabel Louise Goddard
Rita Jijut
Tony Bacanich
Johnny M. Singleterry
Una Smith
Tony Edward
L. R. Osborn
Dix
Good Samaritan
Edward Lee Stone
Jerry Dale Kurtz
Nita Bernice Valentine
Fern Opal
Birth Announcement for Thomas Jerrell Dare in Cuba Missouri
Mr and Mrs Thomas J Dare of Cuba Missouri welcomed a son born at 437 this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital He weighed seven pounds nine ounces and has been named Thomas Jerrell
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Thomas J. Dare
Cuba
Good Samaritan Hospital
Thomas Jerrell
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Hold Steady
Markets report from Mt. Vernon show hog prices unchanged with the bid at 15.35 for 190 to 220 pound hogs. Sows sold at 12.75 for 300 pounds and down, 12.50 for 300 pounds and over, with boars at 7.50 and 8.50.
Mt Vernon Grain and National Stockyards Prices and Receipts
Mt Vernon market quotes Wheat 1.37 Soybeans 2.36 Corn 1.20. National Stockyards AP report shows Tuesday receipts: Hogs 7 500 cattle 3 000 calves 200 sheep 350. Hogs 10 000 steady to 25 lower 180 240 lb barrows and gilts. Sows 300 650. Cattle 6 000 calves 250 fully steady good and choice steers 18.00 20.75 good and choice heifers 17.50 19.50 cows 11.00 14.00 vealers steady, good and choice vealers 18.00. Sheep 725 choice and prime 22.00 24.00 ewes 4.00.
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Behay
Chicago dairy and poultry prices hold steady in uneven dairy notes
Chicago Mercantile Exchange shows butter and eggs holding steady with slight changes in grade A whites and mixed eggs. Live poultry wholesale prices also unchanged to 42 lower with roosters and red white rock fryers listed at specific regional figures.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
St Louis Produce Prices From City Market Report
Louis market data lists egg consumer grades A large 27 to 28 cents A medium 21 to 23 A small 16 to 18 B large 24 to 25 standard 23 to 24 unclassified 22 to 23 hens heavy 12 to 13 light over five pounds 7 to 8 under five pounds 5 9 13 broilers and fryers 16 to 17.
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S, Louis T
Chicago Grain prices in latest market report
Chicago AP reports grain futures with wheat No 2 red around 1.57 to 1.59 percent, corn No 1 yellow about 1.26 to 1.28 percent, No 2 yellow near 1.26 percent and No 3 yellow about 1.26 percent. Oats No 2 heavy white 65 to 66 percent, No 2 extra heavy white 65 to 66 percent. Soybeans No 1 yellow around 2.51 and soybean oil at 8.25.
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Chicago
Texas Gulf Sulphur Falls On Canadian Lawsuit News
Wall Street slipped in late trading as Texas Gulf Sulphur tumbled over six points after reports two Canadian mining firms sued, claiming Ontario land ownership tied to a large mineral deposit. Market volume totaled about 4 million shares with mixed action elsewhere.
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New York
Texas Gulf
Ontario
Texas Pu
Consolidated Edison
Polaroid
U.S
du Pont
Texaco
American
American Stock Exchange
Christine Keeler Is Out Of Jail
Christine Keeler, 22, the red haired prostitute who once shook the British government, was released from Holloway Prison after serving six months of a nine month sentence for perjury and conspiring to obstruct justice. The case tied to the Profumo affair led to political upheaval and the resignation of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
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London
Christine Keeler
Holloway
Aloysius
Lucky) Gordon
Christine
John D. Profumo
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Mt Vernon Weather Summary and Extremes
Detailed weather report shows Saturday and Sunday highs 85 and 85 with lows 62 65. Rainfall since 1964 totals 21.76 inches. Past year high 98 low 70. years ago high 88 low 63. eleven years ago high 84. Tuesday sunrise 4 31 CST sunset 7 28.
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MT. Vernon
Belleville
Boise
Boston
Seeeery
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Soteeme
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
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St.p
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New York
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Omaha
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Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ore
Rapid City
Dee
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Five Day Weather Forecast Temperatures Near Normal
Temperatures are expected to average near the normal high of 80 and normal low of 59 from Tuesday through Saturday. Turning cooler late Tuesday or Wednesday and warmer Friday or Saturday. Precipitation will total around three quarters of an inch in showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday and again about Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
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Frida
Chicago Weather: Warm Humid Day With T-Storm Threat
Chicago area experienced warm humid conditions with temperatures in the high 80s and thunderstorms forming in the afternoon and evening. The Weather Bureau forecasts continued muggy weather into Tuesday with more thunderstorms, while night temperatures dip into the 50s and 60s and conditions remain mostly dry across the state.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Governors to speak at Lawrenceville Vincennes airport dedication
Governors Otto Kerner of Illinois and Matthew Welsh of Indiana will speak at the dedication of the Lawrenceville Vincennes airport. The facility, operated jointly by the two states since earlier this year under a bi state agreement, evolved from the former George Field, a World War I training center.
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Lawrenceville, Ill
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Matthew Welsh
Indiana
Lawrenceville-Vincennes, Ind
Wabash River
George Field
Catholic Protest March in Saigon
Catholics protest in Saigon outside the cathedral as demonstrators claim Kennedy Square was dishonored by renaming the site in honor of the late president. They criticize Lodge and Cabot Ledge, accusing U S figures of exploiting Buddhist repression to topple Diem and push a personal agenda.
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John F. Kennedy
Saigon
Kennedy
Diem
Lodge
County Nursing Home Debate Divides Jefferson Co
Jefferson county supervisors debated a proposed county nursing home amid citizen support and skeptical views. Opponents cited tax burden and private facilities expanding in Fairfield Nashville and Lawrenceville while advocates highlighted care needs and public aid support for low income seniors.
Warren Spends Three Hours With Killer Jack Ruby
Dallas AP reports Chief Justice Earl Warren spent over three hours with Jack Ruby in Dallas County jail. Ruby denied any link to Lee Harvey Oswald and any conspiracy in Kennedy assassination. Warren Commission members accompanied tour of key sites linked to the case.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Earl Warren
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Warren
Ruby
United States
Warren Commission
Texas School Book Depository
Kennedy
Oswald
Texas Theater
J. D. Tippitt
Tippit
J. Lee Rankin
Commission
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
Cuba
Bombed Negro Church Reopens in Birmingham
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham reopened a year after the September 15 1963 bombing that killed four girls and injured nineteen. The rebuilt church, funded by gifts over 200000 dollars worldwide, featured a sermon by Rev H O Hester and led prayers by Rev John H Cross. Fourteen members were baptized and Sunday School resumed in the basement.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
H. O. Hester
Montgomery
John H. Cross
Community weighs county nursing home plan in vote push
In Springfield and East St Louis areas neighbors discuss funding a county nursing home. Mrs. Oscar Grooms notes local Negro residents are willing to share tax costs. Rev W M Fuqua urges the board to let the people decide. Supervisors seek a legal opinion on whether the board can call an election before acting.
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Springfield
East St. Louis
Oscar Grooms
W. M. Fuqua
Two Illinoisans Die In Smokies Plane Crash
WATERVILLE NC AP bodies found in wreckage atop Mt Sterling in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Identified as W C Bowsman 44 and his mother Margaret W Bowsman 87 of Elgin Illinois. Plane gas shortage caused plunge. Last heard 11:01 am Saturday from Columbia SC tower. The pair had visited Leesburg GA and planned Knoxville as stop with Columbia as alternate. Reported witnesses heard plane in difficulty about noon Saturday.
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Waterville
N.C
Elgin
Mt. Sterling
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
W.C. Bowsman
Margaret W. Bowsman
Bowsman
Columbia
S.C
J.H. Bowsman
Leesburg
Knoxville
Tenn
Catholics Told Travel In Groups By Day In New York
New York church leaders urge Brooklyn and Queens Catholics to travel in groups and by daylight to avoid street and subway violence. They advise keeping church meetings and family events during daylight and afternoons, even on weekends.
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N.Y
New York
Brooklyn
Queens
Drag Racer Kills Cop's Son in Chicago Shooting
Chicago police charged 18 year old Henry Waldman of Oak Park with murder after a feud at a drag race on a North Side street left Michael Phelan, also 18, dead and Harry Reeder, 17, wounded. Waldman said he drew a gun and fired two shots.
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Chicago
Henry Waldman
Oak Park
Michael Phelan
Harry P. Reeder
Forest Park
Henry Hartman
Waldman
Phelan
Reeder
Woldman
Traffic Fines In Circuit Court Listed
Fines assessed include Jimmy D. Howell fined $10 for faulty brakes and Ray D. Sussick of Evansville Indiana fined $10 for improper passing in circuit court records.
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Jimmy D. Howell
Ray D. Sussick
Evansville
Ind
Mt Vernon Eastern Star Meeting Notice
A stated meeting of Mt. Vernon Chapter No. 233, Order of the Eastern Star, will be held in the Masonic Temple on Tuesday evening, June 9, at 7 30. Myra Murray, W M. Naomi R. Bogan, Sec’y.
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Eastern Star
Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Myra Murray
W. M
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec'y
Brownstown Field Tour Aims For June Open House
Jefferson County farmers are invited to a Thursday open house at the Brownstown Experimental Field in Fayette County. Tours begin at 9:30 a.m. with stops on wheat varieties fertilization weed control herbicides and tillage demonstrations. A group departs 8:15 a.m. from 814 Harrison Mt Vernon and lunch is provided by a local church.
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Jefferson County
Brownstown
Don Lee
Harrison
Mt. Vernon
Fayette County
Local Welfare Group To Meet In Jefferson County
Ross Wimberly chairman of the Jefferson County Welfare Services Committee has called a meeting for this evening at the L N Restaurant at 7 30. Guest speaker will be Mark Peterman assistant supervisor of Literacy Training from the Springfield office of the State Department of Public Aid. Elmer G Gentle superintendent of the local Public Aid office announced All members urged to attend this meeting as several other items of business are to be transacted. Welfare Services Committee members listed include Ross Wimberly Ruth Allen Rev Lester Breeze C Dale Carpenter E C Champ Vaughn N Chaney John A Kirk Donald O Lee Rev Everett Lemay John L Stables Jay B Stringer Charles W Waite Alden Walker and Miss Mildred Warren.
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Ed Marlin
Shiloh Township
Citizens Committee
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Nashville
Lawrenceville
Hickory Manor
Mt. Vernon
Marlin
Melvin
Moble
Washington, Ill
Illinois Nursing Home Association
Charles W. Waite
Hickory Grove Manor
Department of Public Health
Moehle
Hill-Burton
Jeferson County
Alan Anderson
Anna State Hospital
Elmer Gentle
Jefferson County Department of Public Aid
Gentle
Arnold Ross
Ross Wimberly
Jefferson County Welfare Services Committee
Mark Peterman
Springfield
State Department of Public Aid
Elmer G. Gentle
Public Aid
Welfare Services Committee
Ruth Allen
Lester Breeze
C. Dale Carpenter
E. C. Champ
Vaughn N. Chaney
John A. Kirk
Donald O. Lee
Everett Lemay
John L. Stables
Jay B. Stringer
Alden Walker
Mildred Warren
Four Weekend Traffic Crashes in Mt. Vernon Area
Four traffic accidents occurred in the Mt. Vernon area last weekend. Albert C. Ansorge and Patricia Greenwalt were in a Saturday collision on Tenth Street at Conger Avenue, with Greenwalt charged for driving without a license and about $100 damage. Sunday incidents involved Larry D. Bluffen and Joseph J. Sculley at Westcott and Tenth, minor damage to Sculley, Bluffen cited for driving without a license. A Mayer Presley crash on Oneain Street caused minor damage to both cars, with Presley charged for an improper right turn. Stanley Kiselweski, 122 Dewey Avenue, had a tire blowout and crash into a bridge abutment on Route 460, charged with reckless driving.
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Mt. Vernon
Albert C. Ansorge
Patricia Greenwalt
Tenth Street
Conger Avenue
Greenwalt
Westcott
Tenth Streets
Larry D. Bliffen
Westcott Street
Joseph J. Sculley
Kensington Avenue
Scully
Bliffen
Rollie Mayer, Jr
Clarkston, Mich
Myreta J. Presley
Et One
Ain Streets
Myretasley
Stanley F
Brother of Mt V Resident Hurt In Car Accident
Relatives reported 18 year old David Manson of Malta Bend Missouri was critically injured in a car crash last night in Kansas City Missouri. He was admitted to Research Hospital. David is the brother of 20 year old Larry Manson serving in the U S Navy aboard the USS Markab based in San Francisco. He is a nephew of Mr and Mrs James Barker of 720 Opdyke Avenue.
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David Manson
Malta Bend
Kansas City
Research Hospital
Hat City
David
Larry Manson
Opdyke Avenue
U. S. Navy
San Francisco
Calif
James Barker
Aluminum Co Strikes Tuesday in Five States
The Aluminum Workers International Union announced a planned strike Tuesday at seven ALCOA plants across Iowa Indiana Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania and New York to support a two week walkout. Eddie Stahl, union president, said the decision was made at a Sunday meeting of local unions. The plants affected include Davenport Iowa Lafayette and Yanktonetown Ind East St. Louis Ill Chillicothe Ohio Lancaster and Cressona Pa.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Aluminum Co. of America
Aluminum Workers International Union
Sympa
ALCOA
Massona
Eddie Stahl
Aluminum Workers Union
Davenport
Iowa
Lafayette
Yankeetown
Ind
East St. Louis
Ill
Chillicothe
Ohio
Lancaster
Cressona
Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Attends Four Day Fire College
Mt. Vernon fire chief Sydney Burnette left for Champaign Illinois to attend a four day fire college for state fire officers. Instructors include Paul Partridge former Mt. Vernon fire chief and University extension staff member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Burnette
Mt. Vernon
Champaign
University of Illinois
Paul Partridge
Train blocks Flora Highway in Illinois incident
A Baltimore and Ohio freight locomotive slipped off rails today blocking U S 50 in midtown Flora. There were no injuries reported as police detour traffic while the engine was lifted back onto the track.
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Flora, Ill
Baltimore and Ohio
U.S. 50
Flora
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