Deaths John E Batts Mt. Vernon Illinois
John E Batts of Salem Road died at 8 30 pm Monday at the Knights of Pythias Home in Lafayette Indiana Funeral services will be at Morton Johnson Funeral Home in Benton with Rev Everett LeMay officiating Burial in the Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery at Benton Friends may call 6 pm to 9 pm Wednesday Son of Alexander and Mary Jane Batts he married Agnes Walker who preceded him in death He was a World War I veteran and a member of the First Baptist Church of Thompsonville Survivors include a son John W Batts of Billings Montana two daughters Jane Bridge of Lafayette Ind and Mary Lou Stolleis of Marshall five grandchildren four step grandchildren one step great grandchild and two sisters Elsie Ice of West Frankfort and Beulah Murphy of Chicago
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Salem Road
Knights F Pythias
Lafayétte
Ind
Morton
Elsie Ice
West Frankfort
Beulah Murphy
Chicago
Mrs Cora Johnson dies at 71 in Mt. Vernon
Cora Beatrice Johnson 71 of 2617 Cherry St. Mt. Vernon died 5:58 p.m. Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Born May 1, 1905 in Jefferson County she married Robert W. Johnson on March 4 1922 in Mt. Vernon who survives. Funeral Thursday 1:30 p.m. Hughey Pulley Funeral Home Rev Loy Shaw officiating burial Hams Grove cemetery. Visitation after 6 p.m. Wednesday. Survived by husband four sons Thomas P Jimmy Jerry Michael Wayne all Mt. Vernon two daughters Norma Meek and Donna Sue McGuire Mt. Vernon 20 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren two sisters Mae Manley Verne Williams. Preceded by parents four sons one daughter one brother Clifford.
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Cora Beatrice Johnson
Cherry St
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jefferson County
Thomas and
Vina (Piercy) Sheldon
Mt. Vernon
Robert W. Johnson
Church of God
Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home
Death notice for John W Throgmorton of Kansas City Missouri
Relatives receive word of the death last week of John W Throgmorton 52 formerly of Mt Vernon born December 30 1923 son of Reed and the late. He attended Mt Vernon public schools worked at Mammoth Department Store then served in the Navy in 1942 since 1949 employed as a custodian for Kansas City schools married Billie Betterson in 1947 Oral services Wednesday at 3 pm Floral Hills Chapel Kansas City burial in Floral Hills cemetery Survived by wife Billie five sisters Reeda Slusher Maxine Rogers Doris Cole Evelyn Tracy Velma Vallowe and a brother Virgil Throgmorton He was preceded in death by parents a brother and two sisters.
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Ward
John W. Throgmorton
Kansas City
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Throgmorton
Reed Throgmorton
Mammoth Department Store
Navy
Billie Betterson
Floral Hills Chapel
Floral Hills Cemetery
Throgmorton
Billie
Virgil Throgmorton
Vernon
Reeda Slusher
Maxine Rogers
Bonnie
Doris Cole
Evelyn Tracy
Velma Vallowe
Close Two Schools In Pulaski County
MOUNDS Ill AP two Pulaski County elementary schools were ordered closed for failing state health safety and fire codes. The Meridian Board of Education voted to shut one school in Mounds and another in Mounds City with a combined enrollment of about 400. An architect estimated 800000 needed to bring buildings up to standards built in 1888 and 1919 Pupils will attend the remaining Mounds elementary school possibly on a split schedule. Local referendums for financing the district 30 percent share of the cost failed in 1971 and 1975.
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Mounds, Ill
Pulaski County
Meridian Board of Education
Mounds
Mounds City
Cairo Contractor Dies in Marion Prison
Vancil a 55 year old Cairo contractor serving a two year sentence for Capitol renovation bid rigging died of an apparent heart attack at Marion Federal Penitentiary. He and Mike Vogt allegedly profited 1.6 million with Paul Powell tied to irregularities.
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Marion, Ill
Cairo
Marion Federal Penitentiary
C. E. Fenton
Vancil
Institution Hospital
Petersburg
Mike H. Vogt
Paul Powell
U.S. District Court
Harrington Wood
Springfield
Vancil-Vogt
Capitol
Vogt
Surgery Today For Gov Walker
Gov Daniel Walker underwent gallbladder removal surgery at Highland Park Hospital after suffering chronic cholecystitis Papa Last said he had two bouts of acute pain, the latest in Florida.
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Highland Park, Ill
Daniel Walker
Highland Park Hospital
Jules Last
Walker
Florida
Market Prices and Livestock Summary From MT Vernon ME and St Louis
MT VERNON ME daily prices show soybeans at 5.75 and wheat 3.31, corn 2.88. Chicago AP reports Wheat No 2 hard winter 3.61 and No 2 soft red 3.56, Corn No 2 yellow 3.10, oats 1.75. Eggs consumer grades A Large 44-59 cents, A Medium 37-55, A Small 26-48, B Large 39-54. wholesale A Large 35-40, Standard 25-40, Medium 25-27. National Stockyards hogs 5,000 head with 1-3 butchers 200-240 lb at 1.25, US 1-3 sows 300-600 lb 42.5-43.5. cattle 1,500 head with slaughter steers 50-1.00 lower, cows steady. lambs 52-54. Estimated Wednesday receipts: 4,000 hogs, 700 cattle, 100 sheep.
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MT. Vernon
ME. Vernon
Chicago
ST. Louis
Markets swing up as bargain hunting steadies Dow
New York trading opened after a fire drill with the Dow Jones 30 up about a point as gainers edged losers on NYSE stocks. The session followed a big drop and a spring low, with volume light and the composite index down slightly.
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NEW York
NYSE
Housing Agency budget OK’d. takeovers eyed in Mt Vernon
Executive Director Lou Ann Dorothy reports the Jefferson County Housing Agency 1976 77 budget of 228 650 will be approved by the Chicago HUD office once a signature card arrives. A city Mt Vernon takeover dispute looms as commissioners debate a possible Chicago briefing. They authorize staff to hire independent engineers and architects to inspect the 42nd Street elderly housing project and seek HUD aid for reconstructing a vandalized recreation center.
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Jefferson County Housing Agency
Chicago
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Lou Ann Dorothy
Dorothy
Mt. Vernon
Kendrick
David Loar
Loar
42Nd Street
Wilson, Hodge and Groh
Board of Commissioners
Fairgrounds
Mt Vernon Weather Summary
Mt Vernon reports Monday high 85 low 60 with 7:00 am reading 60 rainfall to date 11.97 inches for 1976. One year ago today high 87 low 41 and five years ago today high 85 low 61. Ten years ago today high 77 low 58. Wednesday sunrise 5 31 sunset 8 19 DST. Rend Lake water level at main dam 405.00 feet above mean sea level.
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MT. Vernon
Rend Lake
Weather Outlook With Heat and Thunderstorm Risk
The forecast calls for hot conditions with 90s highs and 60s to 70s lows. Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday bring a chance of thunderstorms in the northern areas. Cooler on Sunday in the north, with lower 70s lows Friday and mid 60s to lower 70s highs Saturday. North region cooler, south hotter into the 90s.
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Suntay
Two Men Sentenced For Dix Burglary In Circuit Court
Edward R. West and Charles R. Ek were sentenced Monday in circuit court to one to three years each after negotiated guilty pleas to burglary for the Byars Auto and Truck Repair Service break in Dix. Arrested November 4 1975, they had earlier pleas withdrawn and later resentenced with credit for 214 days. A third suspect William Lee Drennan, 26, Tracey California, remains jailed.
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Byars Auto and Truck Repair Service
Dix
Edward R. West
Sedro Wooley
Washington
Charles R. Ek
Park Forest
Jefferson County
Vandalia
William Lee Drennan
Tracey
Calif
Yates Plans Retirement Life and Golf in Mt Vernon
Over the past three years James Yates and wife Marjorie plan retirement travel and golf. They took a college golf class last spring and anticipate more golf. He might work part time in business and was approached to teach business at RLC. They will stay in Mt Vernon and remain active in the Lions Club and First United Methodist Church. Their children are Roger Yates, a Berkley High School teacher-coach, and Peggy Yates, a Sangamon County special education teacher.
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Yates
Marjorie
RLC
Mt. Vernon
State highway plan excludes Jefferson County for season
State road program announces its largest season yet with major projects nationwide. No Jefferson County work is listed. the nearest project is 9.62 miles of Route 14 resurfacing from the Hamilton-Franklin line to Route 460 in McLeansboro, costing about $894,000.
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Jefferson
Mt. Vernon
Hamilton County
Hamilton
Franklin County
McLeansboro
Flag Day 21 Day Salute Begins Monday At Chamber
A 21 day salute to Honor America begins Monday June 14 at 3 pm with a Flag Day program at the Greater Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Flag Pole on Second Street between Main and Broadway. The chamber seeks a large display with county military groups present.
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America
Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
Second Street
Main
Broadway
Chamber City County
Bob Hawn
American Legion Post 141
Old Glory
Art Samford
The
Amvets
Jim King
City Council backs park court project and annexations
The council approved a $21,284 contract with Jax Asphalt to lay basketball courts in five city parks with double courts at Fairgrounds and City Park and single courts at the others, excluding poles and backboards. Rain slowed park pool and Jaycee Lake starts. attendance reached 300 and 160. Annexations include King on East Street and Glenn on White Street Lieben good Road. First readings on Poston Grant Street annexation and Benton Road zoning from B-2 to I. Neighbors accept industrial rezoning. Perry property at 803 N 8th St zoned R-3.
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Jax Asphalt
Mt. Vernon
City Park
Optimist
Janken
Park Pool
Jaycee Lake
King
East Street
Glenn
White Street
Liebengood Road
Poston
Grant Street
Lowell Holloway
York Street
Herbert
Marion Perry
N. 8Th St
Perry
Doy Hines
Benton Road
Menard Escapee Captured Quickly
Charles Hunt a 39 year old Norris City man serving 26 years for theft escaped from Menard State Correctional Center during transport. About 20 guards and local officers hunted him. he was captured at 4 05 a.m. four miles away after stumbling into a guard post.
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Menard
Menard State
Charles Hunt
Norris City
Micheal Fair
Hunt
Alleged stock fraud probes widen in Illinois and Indiana
Wayne county investigators pursue alleged stock fraud tied to First National Management and its Indiana scheme. Mayberry reports $700000 to over $1,000,000 raised since last October as Illinois officials order the firm to stop selling stock. New officers and consultants reorganize the firm while former leaders are ousted. Victims names are being withheld at investigators’ request.
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Wayne County
Mayberry
Springfield
Sangamon County
First National Management
Howlett
First National Management Company
Illinois Farmers Marketing Association
IFMA
McLeansboro
Shelton
Indiana
Kill Quick Tax Collection Opposition Sparks Bipartisan Critique
Businesses and legislators across parties criticized Walker and the tax measures. They warned the plan would harm Illinois economic climate and argue the governor uses funds for a future budget. Analysts predicted a 95 million windfall for fiscal 1977 if enacted. Rep Jack Beaupre called it a last chance to avoid a tax hike.
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Walker
Jack Beaupre
Bourbonnais
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