Deaths John C Dunbar Dies in Alton Area
John C. Dunbar 77 of East Alton died at 4 30 p m Tuesday in St Anthony s Hospital Alton formerly of Jefferson county He will be buried in Alton cemetery with funeral services Friday at Smith s Funeral Home Wood River He lay in state after 4 00 p m Thursday Survived by wife Clarissa Rhodes a half brother Walton Kirk and half sister Mrs Verner Pigg both of Mt Vernon He was born March 24 1889 in Ina and belonged to the First Christian church of Wood River
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John C. Dunbar
East Alton
St. Anthony's Hospital
Alton
Jefferson County
Smith's Funeral
Wood River
Alton Cemetery
Mr. Dunbar
Ina
Clarissa Rhodes
Walton Kirk
Verner Pigg
Mt. Vernon
Dunbar
First Christian Church of
Naoma Green Dies at 82 in Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Naoma Green aged 82 of 604 Oak died at 8:10 a.m. in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be at Pulley Funeral Chapel at 2:00 p.m. Friday with Herbert Wilson officiating. burial in Donoho Prairie Cemetery near Kell. She was born Sept. 20, 1883 in Mate Genia to George and Theola Kern, married to E. A. Green who survives, and left two sons James E. Green and Louis D. Green, three daughters Opal Hauk Iris Maynor and Mary Witherly, three brothers Alfred Logan and Walter Kern, nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She was a member of the Central Church of Christ.
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Naoma Green
Oak
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Herbert Wilson
Donoho Prairie Cemetery
Kell
Pulley Funeral Home
Green
Mate- Génia
George and
Theola (Simmons) Kern
E. A. Green
James E. Green
RFD 7
Louis D. Green
Ft. Collins
Colo
Opal ,Hauk
Iris Maynor
Mary Witherly
Centralia
Alfred Kern
Paw Paw
Ill
Logan Kern
Benton
Walter Kern
Texico
The
Central Church of Christ
Olive Cockrum Dies Leaves 70 Descendants
Olive Haskill Cockrum of Sesser died at Good Samaritan Hospital. She leaves 70 descendants and funeral services were held at Brayfield Funeral Home with Rev. Euell Gulley officiating. Burial in Maple Hill cemetery. She was born October 12 1676 in Kansas. Survived by husband James Henry Cockrum and three sons, two daughters, 20 grandchildren, 43 great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren, and three sisters.
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Olive Haskill Cockrum
Sesser
Good Samaritan Hospital
Brayfield Funeral Home
Euell Gulley
Maple Hill Cemetery
Cockrum
Kansas
Avid
Mariam
Howard
Maude Elkins
Walier
Belle Pruitt
Valeria Moses
Spokane
Wash
Ina Benander
Valleyford
Meeting notices from Jefferson Lodge and Rebekah Lodge
Jefferson Lodge No 368 Opdyke holds a special meeting Friday June 10 at 7 00 pm to work in the third degree with visiting Brethren welcome led by Charles Partridge W M and Dean Shaw Sec y 69 members of Mildred Sher tod Federated Club meet Thursday June 9 at 8 00 pm at the home of Mrs Northern Grooms 1108 Conger Laura Cheatham president Varnell Rebekah Lodge No 296 meets Thursday June 9 at 8 00 pm in I O O F hall with District Association No 25 officers as guests and dessert to be shared Ann Ruddick N G Naomi R Bogan Sec y
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Jefferson Lodge
Opdyke
Charles Partridge
W. M
Dean Shaw
Sec’y
Mildred Shertod
Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
Rebekah District Association No
Drowning of 18-year-old in Illinois gravel pit near Waukegan
WAUKEGAN Illinois AP John Moore 18 of Winthrop Harbor drowned Tuesday while swimming in a gravel pit two miles north of Waukegan near Illinois Beach State Port.
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Waukegan, Ill
John Moore
Winthrop Harbor
Waukegan
Ilinois Beach State Port
Marchers Continue In Mississippi Marches
Major civil rights leaders press Merediths walk through Mississippi amid a shotgun attack on him. Gov. Paul Johnson pledges police protection and National Guard if needed while Aubrey Norvell faces bond. Chicago volunteers join, MLK predicts rising turnout as Meredith resumes toward Jackson.
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Harnando
Miss
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Jackson
Meredith
Aubrey J. Norvell
Memphis
Chicago
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Johnson
National Guard
Air Force
University of Mississippi
Hernando
Defects Found in 2108 of 4645 Illinois Cars
A voluntary Illinois safety check of 4645 vehicles shows 2108 defective in one or more features. The program has run four weeks and continues through Aug 21 with checks in 14 cities completed so far.
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Springfield
Illinois
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Admission and discharge list from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan hospitals includes Tom Timmons Cynthia Ann Galloway Etta Marie Morgan Doris Cummings Catherine Reynolds and others. Patients reside across Dahlgren Whit tington Inn Keynes Kell Waltonville Refugio Tex and nearby areas with multiple addresses and guardians listed.
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Tom Timmons
Dahlgren
Cynthia Ann Galloway
Whittington
Etta Marie Morgan
Inn
Doris Cummings
North 11Th
Catherine Reynolds
Herbert
Charles E. Garrison
South Johnson
Claude Allan Coil
Keynes
Isaac Lambert
RFD
Myrtle Hall
Logan
Ernest Roy Lewis
College
Terry Bruce Sadders
Douglas
Wilhemene Purdue
Kell
Good Samaritan
MT VERNON WEATHER REPORT AND FIVE DAY FORECAST
MT VERNON area showery period ends with Tuesday high 81 low 63 and 0.01 inch rainfall from Tuesday 7 am to Wednesday 7 am. Year to date rainfall 16.98 inches. Normal highs 82 to 88 and lows 60 to 68. Five day forecast calls for near normal temperatures with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
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MT. Vernon
Rzibyl
Southern
Illinois
Illinois Weather Brings Heavy Showers Across State
The Associated Press reports showers and thundershowers across Illinois with locally heavy rainfall in the south. Humidity could reach 90 percent there as cooler nights push lows into the 60s, while northern areas see scattered showers moving east at 20 miles per hour. Thebes reports hail and Cairo nearly an inch of rain in an hour amid funnel cloud sightings.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Ilinois
Thebes
Cairo
Jury rules for defendant in damage suit
The circuit court jury of nine women and three men deliberated an hour to return a verdict in favor of Mona Knox. Patricia Sue Lacey sought 330,000 from Knox and was ordered to pay the defendant's costs. Judge Charles E. Jones presided over the McLeansboro court. The incident stemmed from an accident on January 27, 1964 on Woodlawn Road north of Woodlawn.
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Patricia Sue Lacey
Mona Knox
John Jacobsen
Vernon
William P. Crain
Centralia
Charles E. Jones
McLeansboro
Woodlawn Road
Woodlawn
Eastland Wins 4-1 Margin in Mississippi Primary
Sen. James O. Eastland and four Democratic congressmen won decisive primary victories. Negro turnout rose to near 20 percent of 675,000 eligible voters, but the Negro-backed ticket received about 12 percent. Contests included Reps Abernethy Whitten Williams and Colmer winning easily, with a runoff possible in Montgomery’s 4th District.
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James Saggus Jackson
Miss
James O. Eastland
Eastland
Thomas Abernethy
Jamie Whitten
John Bell Willams
William Colmer
G. V. Montgomery
Meridian
J. O. Hollis
Carthage
Clinton Collier
Philadelphia
Freedom Democratic Party
James H. Meredith
Methodists Approve 982357 Budget With Pension Increase
Methodists vote to raise the pension by 30 000 in the year starting June 1 1966 boosting annual pension for retirees to 1 800 after 30 years service and adding 6 per service year for others The study by Dr Hubert Hurley urges a dynamic ministry and better education of ministers with funds allocated to McKendree College Wesley Foundation Garrett Theological Seminary and Edwardsville campus of SIU along with Children s Home Mt Vernon Lawrenceville Home and Alton Memorial Hospital
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Southern Illinois
Maurice Winn
Vernon
Winn
Hubert Hurley
Carbondale
Hurley
Methodists
McKendree College
Wesley Foundation
Garrett Theological Seminary
Religious Council
Edwardsville
Southern Ilinois University
Mt. V
Mt. Vernon
Methodist
Lawrenceville
Alton Memorial Hospital
Cuban hurricane evacuations ahead of Havana winds
The storm reached Havana with 117 mile per hour winds while Alma still 250 miles away near Miami. Winds buffeted Tavernier on Key Largo with 50 mph gusts as squalls affected Miami. Officials evacuated tens of thousands of Cubans to a safer path before the hurricane struck the island's western portion.
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Alma
Miami
Tavernier
Key Largo
Havana
Radic
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Markets at Mt Vernon list soybeans at 3.07 per unit, shell corn 1.28, ear corn 1.25, reflecting local commodity values as trading closes today. The brief price card records grain values for soybeans and two corn varieties in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices After 12:30 PM Down
Prices paid at Mt Vernon Hog Market fell by about a percent through 12:30 PM. Top hogs at 200 to 90 pounds reached 24.35 dollars. Sows around 300 pounds and over were near 19.00, boars at 15.00 to 15.90. After 12:30 PM prices will be based on next day’s figures.
St Louis Produce Grades Listed For Eggs And Poultry
St Louis listing outlines consumer grades for eggs with size classes large medium and small and wholesale grades for poultry. The AP notice cites standard grading categories without quotations.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Prices Steady to Higher on Live Poultry
Chicago wholesale poultry prices show little change to a rise. Live poultry buyers report roasters at 26 1/4 to 28 1/2 cents per pound, special red white rock fryers at 21 to 23, a few heavy hens around 24, with overall market steady to 14 cents higher in spots.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange dairy and egg grade scores
Chicago AP report notes butter grade scores with AA and A ratings and percentages and a 90 B 65% tier, 89 C 63% figures. Mentions eggs with 60 percent or better, grade A whites 30 percent, mixed 30 age mediums 2614 standards.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock prices bid at National Stockyards market
AP reports estimates for Thursday at National Stockyards New Jersey with hogs 6,000 head cattle 900 calves 100 sheep 200. Hogs 5,000 barrows and gilts 190 to 240 pounds 24.50 to 25.50 sows 280 to 260 pounds 17.00 to 20.25. Cattle 1,700 calves 100 good to prime steers 23.00 to 25.50 wood to choice heifers 22.00 to 24.25 cows 17.50 to 20.00 vealers 26.00 to 36.00. Sheep 200 good to prime spring lambs 24.00 to 26.00 ewes 4.00 to 7.00.
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National Stockyards
Grain futures report from Chicago auction slips
AP brief notes no wheat oats or soybean sales. Corn No 2 yellow报价 at 1.30, Soybean oll 11.00.
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Chicago
Wall Street Advances. Airlines Lead Moderate Market Push
Wall Street gained modestly as airlines and aerospace issues rose while coppers and electronics advanced. The Dow stood at 79.23, up 1.90, with the AP average down 0.3 to 315.50. Trading was light and focus remained on a lengthy base-building period before a summer rally.
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New York
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Lily Tulip
Texas Eastern Transmission
American Stock Exchange
Landscaping and road contracts awarded in Illinois counties
Springfield awarded contracts for Wayne and Washington counties road projects and Interstate 57 landscaping. Mt. Carmel Sand and Gravel got 64,690 for 2.64 miles of cement base near Wayne City. Bituminous Fuel and Oil of Collinsville received 192,453 for 1.49 miles of concrete on gravel near Caspars. Federal Landscaping of Harrisburg earned 366,752 for landscaping on 7.77 and 10.81 miles of I 57 north of Benton and 7.92 miles north of Johnston City toward Marion.
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Springfield
Wayne
Washington
Benton
Mt. Carmel
Harrisburg
Johnston City
Marion
Ervin says Meredith shooting won’t rush civil rights bill
Sen Sam J Ervin Jr says the ambush shooting of James Meredith will not hasten hearings on the administration civil rights bill. He notes the bill has many pot entialities and that a constitutional amendment may be needed for federal crimes against private citizens. The debate centers on open housing provisions and a separate bill path amid Meredith’s shooting.
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John Chadwick Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
James H. Meredith
North Carolina
Nicholas Katgenbach
Ervin
House Republcan
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
House
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Senate
Meredith
Mississippi
Katzenbach
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Yanks Wipe Out N Vietnam Battalion in Central Highlands
U S and Vietnamese air forces intensified the air war against North Vietnam with 70 multiplane missions versus 55 the day before. Air strikes targeted supply lines and coastal targets. one ship hit near Haiphong. An Air Force F105 was downed but the pilot survived. Curfew in Saigon trimmed to 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. amid easing tensions.
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Central Highlands
U.S
Navy
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Dong Hai
North
South China Sea
Saigon
Three Hurt In Accidents Today In Rainstorm
Three people were injured in Mt. Vernon area crashes during a rainstorm. Hildegarde Fehrmann, 48, of Franeville suffered a neck injury when a car driven by her husband, Walter, overturned on Route 460. She was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital. Fehrmann was charged with driving too fast for conditions. A second collision on Route 37 at Interstate 57 damaged Becky Martin’s car and lightly damaged George Lennon’s, with both drivers charged for driving too fast for conditions. A third three car crash on south Tenth Street injured Ellen Atteberry and Dana Ewing, while Donald Wood sustained a finger injury.
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Mt. Vernon
Hildegarde Fehrmann
Franeville
Ind
Walter
Good Samaritan Hospital
Fehrmann
Jack Willis
Becky Martin
Waltonville
George P. Lennon
Park Forest
South Tenth Street
Ellen L. Atteberry
Effingham
Dana Ewing
Cairo
Donald Wood
Pana
Ewing
Wood
Theft of tires and rims leads to brother's charge
A warrant charges Walter E. Ingram with stealing two automobile tires and rims from his brother Richard Jim Ingram's home in northwest Jefferson county. Walter Ingram is held in Centralia City jail on a traffic charge, authorities said today. The theft was reported to the sheriff's office last night.
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Walter E. Ingram
Richard Jim Ingram
Walter Ingram
Centralia City
Jefferson County
Richard James Ingram
Two Accidents Here Tuesday
Two incidents occurred Tuesday involving five vehicles. At 9:55 p.m. in the 500 block of Conger, James P. Steffy and Dee A. Ford’s cars were struck by a truck driven by Jerry A. Webb who was cited for driving too fast for conditions. In a 2:20 p.m. incident on South Tenth Street, John P. Cave and Zelman York’s cars collided. Cave was charged with following too close.
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Conger
James P. Steffy
Hillcrest
Dee A. Ford
South 23Rd
Jerry A. Webb
South 24Th
Steffy
Webb
South Tenth Street
John P. Cave
South 25Th Street
Zelman
York
McLeansboro
Cave
Giant XB70A bomber crashes near Barstow desert
A giant XB70A research bomber wrecked in the desert near Edwards Air Force Base California. Air Force officials said one or possibly both crew members may have survived. A helicopter reported a man in a green flight suit near the ejection capsule. identity uncertain between Al White and Maj. Carl S. Crass.
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Air Force
Carl S. Crass
Coeds Float Mississippi on a Raft Continues
A group of 16 coeds travel by raft down the Mississippi with planned nightly camps on Army cots and camp stoves. Navigator Cooper, retired captain, expects 950 miles in 10 to 12 days at eight to nine miles per hour, with a stop at Greenville, Mississippi, to visit Pulitzer winner Hodding Carter. Carter is uncle to Vicki Derby of New Orleans.
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Caruthersville
Memphis
Cooper
Mississippi
Chicago
New Orleans
Greenville
Miss
Hodding Carter
Delta Democrat
Carter
Vicki Derby
Miss Neild
Hoffa Moves To Block Gibbons Bid For Union Power
Washington AP Hoffa seeks to block Harold Gibbons from winning executive vice president at the July 4 Teamsters convention in Miami Beach. Hoffa hopes Detroit VP Frank Fitzsimmons will assume the presidency if Hoffa goes to prison. Gibbons faces a constitutional change to prevent running for both offices, with Roy Williams waiting to replace him if he loses.
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James R. Hoffa
Harold Gibbons
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Gibbons
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Central States Highway Drivers Council
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Teamsters
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Ohio
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Fred Roberto
William Presser
Gordon Conklin
St. Paul
Local Officials To Attend Civil Defense Session At Scott Field
Jefferson county Civil Defense leaders will attend an all day meeting at Scott Air Base to improve cooperation with county and military agencies in disaster response. State CD director Donovan Vance will lead the session. Erwin Lietz heads the county CD program and will be accompanied by other county officials.
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Scott Field
Jefferson County
Scott Air Base
Erwin Lietz
Donovan Vance
Katherine Langa Granted Divorce in Circuit Court
Katherine Langa was granted a divorce from Joseph A. Langa in a circuit court decree. The ruling restored the plaintiff's name to Katherine L. Sanders, reflecting the legal name change.
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Katherine L. Langa
Joseph A. Langa
Katherine L. Sanders
Circuit Court Fines Three Traffic Offenders
Three persons were fined in Circuit Court. Paul D. Smith of 417 South 19th faced careless driving charges with a $15 penalty, Thomas Eugene Smith of Saraland Alabama was fined $10 for speeding, and Harold W. W. Holman of 28 Harrison was fined $100 for driving while intoxicated.
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Paul D. Smith
South 19Th
Thomas Eugene Smith
Saraland
Ala
Harold W.W. Holman
Harrison
The Less You Learn From Mistakes
The saying warns that avoiding lessons from errors leads to repeating them. It emphasizes learning as a corrective process to reduce future failures and improve decisions.
Firemen On Strike In Atlanta
About 60 of Atlanta's 728 firemen walked out over wages and hours, rejecting a mayor’s plea to return. The city obtained a court injunction ordering return to work and prohibiting mass resignations. Fire protection was covered by remaining crew, police drafted for duty, and air traffic continued normally. The dispute centers on a 60-hour week, overtime pay, and a proposed $100 monthly raise, with base pay at $1.55 and top pay at $1.91 per hour.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Ivan Allen Jr
Fulton County Superior Court
Virlyn Moore
Martin
Farmer fined for selling seven infected hogs
Ezra Pool, a Hamilton County farmer, was fined $50 after pleading guilty to selling seven hogs infected with rhinitis on May 2 in Jefferson County. State's Attorney Lawrence Starman said the transaction occurred as Pool appeared before Magistrate Deneen Matthews. Rhinitis is a disease that stunts hog growth.
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Ezra Pool
Hamilton County
Lawrence Starman
Jefferson County
Pool
Deneen Matthews
University crackdown at Carbondale suspends students
Police confiscated 120 student IDs after a party raid scare that began in Woody Hall and spread to Neely Hall and dorms. Fifteen students were arrested on a recommendation to suspend 29 more, with minor property damage and no injuries. Associate dean Ralph Prusek warned the conduct endangers life and shambles the campus. suspensions may be appealed through Student Affairs. Names of the suspended were not released.
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Woody Hall
Neely Hall
University City
Ralph E. Prusek
Student Afairs
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