Death notice for Betty Ruth Stevenson Flora resident
Betty Ruth Stevenson age 45 of 112 Washington Street Flora died at 1 30 a m today. Born November 22 1919 in Benton she was daughter of Charles and Ferne Leonard married November 15 1939 to Jeri B Stevenson who survives. Also survived by mother Mrs C L Leonard of Bonnie daughter Cheryl Leslie Bonnie sisters Mrs James Glasco Bonnie and Mrs R L Strattan St Louis niece Elizabeth Glasco. Member of the Central Church of Christ at Flora. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Flora.
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Washington Street
Flora
Mt. Vernon
Stevenson
Benton
Charles and
Ferne Leonard
Jeri B. Stevenson
C. L. Leonard
Bonnie
Cheryl Leslie
James Glasco
R. L. Strattan
St. Louis
Elizabeth Glasco
Central Church of Christ At
R A Bennett Dies Funeral At Whittington
Ray Arthur Bennett 61 of RFD i, Inc, died at 12 08 pm Wednesday in Franklin County Hospital Benton Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Saturday at Johnston Funeral Home Whittington with Rev Jack Ketteman officiating Burial in Franklin cemetery body lies in state at Johnston Funeral Home Friends may call any time He was born May 2 1904 in Franklin county son of T C and Roas Jones Bennett He was preceded in death by his parents four sisters and is survived by four brothers W W Bennett Benton Evan and Raymond Bennett Ina and Tommie Bennett Arlington Tex
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Ray Arthur Bennett
RFD i, Inc
Franklin County
Benton
Johnston Funeral Home
Whittington
Jack Ketteman
Franklin Cemetery
Mr. Bennett
T. C. and
Roas (Jones) Bennett
W. W. Bennett
Evan and
Raymond Bennett
Ina
Tommie Bennett
Arlington, Tex
Dr Beverly Moore of Benton Dies at 81
Dr Beverly Moore of Benton dies at Franklin Hospital Benton age 81. He was a nationally known orthopedic surgeon and founded Moore Hospital after WWI service. Funeral set Saturday at First Baptist Church Benton, with memorial fund at Franklin Hospital. Survived by wife Julia and son Dr John B Moore of Benton.
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Benton
John Beverly Moore
Franklin Hospital
First Baptist Church
J. B. Moore
Moore
Benton Hospital
Zeigler Hospital
Army Medical Corps
Moore Hospital
Julia
John B. Moore
Laura Tackwell Dies At Ewing Aged 83
Laura Tackwell 83 of Ewing died Wednesday afternoon in Franklin County Hospital Benton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Born July 4, 1881 in Ewing she was daughter of Dan and Elizabeth King. She married George Tackwell in 1899 who died in 1961. Survived by daughters Madeline Mooneyham Benton and Aileen O Connor Chicago. sisters Jessie David Ewing and Mattie Moore Cape Girardeau Mo.. eight grandchildren and several great grandchildren. She was a member of Ewing Methodist church.
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Ewing
Franklin County Hospital
Benton
Johnston
Whittington
Tackwell
Dan and
Elizabeth (Brown) King
George Tackwell
Madeline Mooneyham
Aileen O'Connor
Chicago
Michael Kozielek Dies in Ashley Area
Michael Kozielek, 86, died at 3 10 a.m. today at his home near Ashley. Hogan Funeral Home in Ashley is handling arrangements. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Michael Kozielek
Ashley
Hogan Funeral
Medically Unfit Drivers On Road
CHICAGO AP The Public Safety Committee of the Illinois State Medical Society urges physicians to tell medically unfit patients not to drive The chair Dr Julius M Kowalski of Princeton notes Illinois had 22 traffic fatalities during the Memorial Day holiday Curious drivers with abnormal conditions may have contributed to these deaths and warrants medical guidance.
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Chicago
Public Safety Committee
Clinois State Medical Society
Julius M. Kowalski
Princeton
Wlinois
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Hit Market Bench
Mt. Vernon quotes show wheat 1.23, soybeans 2.76, shell corn 1.36, ear corn 1.33 this afternoon highlighting farm commodity levels.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Today
Prices paid until 12 30 p m were 75c higher with top at 23 00 for 200 to 220 lb hogs. Sows up to 19 25 for 30 weight down 19 00 for 300 lb plus. Boars up 1 00 to 13 0 and 13 50. After 12 30 p m prices based on next day values.
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Market Summary
Chicago Mercantile Exchange quotes show butter steady with grade AA 93 score and large volume 5815. Other grades 92 3835 90 568% 89 56% credits. Eggs steady with grade A whites 2813 mixed 2842 mediums 24 standards 2 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Grain quotes from Chicago market report
Chicago grain prices list wheat and oat futures with No 2 red wheat at 1.48 and No 2 hard at 1.45. Oats No 2 yellow at 1.37 and No 4 yellow at 1.325. Oats No 2 heavy white at 75. Soybeans No 1 yellow at 3.94 and soybean oil at 10.00.
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Chicago
Eggs and poultry price ranges from St Louis report
St Louis AP data lists eggs with consumer grades A large 25 27 A medium 20 21 A small 16 17 B large 2 24 wholesale 23 24 unclassified 21 22 and checks 16 17. Poultry hens heavy 13 14 light over 5 lb 9 10 under 5 lb 5 and broilers and fryers 19 21.
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St. Louis
Livestock Receipts at National Stockyards Illinois Prices
AP reports Thursday receipts at National Stockyards measured hogs 5,000 cattle 300 calves 100 sheep 50. Hog prices ranged 23.50 to 24.25 for 200 to 260 pound barrows and gilts, sows 18.50 to 20.75. Cattle included 1,000 good and choice steer prices 23.50 to 26.00, heifers 23.00 to 25.00, cows 14.00 to 16.00, vealers 22.00 to 30.00. Sheep had 100 head with spring lambs 26.50 to 27.50 and other ranges pending.
Wall Street shares slide after early rally fades
Wall Street activity cooled as selling returned late in the session. Volume reached about 7.2 million shares with most major stocks slipping from fractions to over a point, led by DuPont down more than four points and IBM off about three.
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New York
DuPont
Union Carbide
Douglas Aircraft
American Brake Shoe
Jewel Tea
Louisville
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Rend Lake College meeting eyed expansion potential
Dr Rawlinson announced a definite Rend Lake College meeting continued from Page One. He stated surrounding counties could provide about 1 758 students and a tax base of 254 million dollars. The survey is a preliminary study not yet including nine counties proposed by Rend Lake authorities.
Wasp Compared to Bee as Solitary Insect Britannica Noted
Britannica states the wasp is solitary unlike the social bee, highlighting a key difference in insect behavior. The observation appears in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, underscoring taxonomy and social structure among stinging insects.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Weather Summary For MT. VERNON And Nearby
Weather data shows Wednesday high 87 and low 67 with rainfall for 1965 to date totaling 12.59 inches. Historical comparisons list highs and lows for the past years and times for Friday sunrise at 4:31 and sunset at 1:28 PM CST.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois Weather Outlook Mixed Skies Across State
The Weather Bureau reported varied conditions across Illinois with Southern Illinois seeing partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers, highs in the 30s, and nights in the 60s. Northeastern Illinois enjoyed fair weather while west central Illinois faced overcast skies and afternoon thunder showers, with northern Illinois highs reaching 75 to 84. The forecast calls for more cloudiness and possible showers through Friday in the south, widely scattered showers tonight and Friday in the north and central regions, and nighttime lows in the 60s statewide.
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Chicago
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Ilinois
Wagner Says He Won't Seek Third Term As Mayor
New York AP reports Mayor Robert F. Wagner, the only Democrat to serve three four year terms, announced at a noon news conference he will not run again. He said he will end his service as mayor on January 1, 1966.
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Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Wagner
Peter Lawford
Lawford
Pat
John F. Kennedy
Beverly Hill
Calif
Santa Monica
West Coast
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted
Admitted lists Victor Walker Or pha Mae Pierce of Bonnie William J Hartley of Lesser anne Mae Willmore of Norris MILY Discharged Mrs Marjorie Woodard and baby John Ed ward Neal Rowe Admitted Russell Lay Ellen Louise Mannen Stella Ruth Richardson Ya Bernice Brown Edith Hester Morlan Carolyn Fay Dagg Mary Elizabeth Por ter Ora Fay McGinnie Ethel Maxey James Randal Mill er Harvey Underwood Wayne Statts James Alan Keele Quentin M Lacey Discharged Marietta June Dapp Bobby Gene Carter Fern M Wickstrom Stanley Taskey Charles Edward Hicks Virginia Lee McDuffie
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Ellen Louise Mannen
Stella Ruth Richardson
Ya Bernice Brown
Edith Hester Morlan
Carolyn Fay Dagg
Mary Elizabeth Porter
Ora Fay McGinnie
Ethel
Maxey
James Randal Miller
Harvey Underwood
Wayne Statts
James Alan Keele
Quentin M. Lacey
Marietta
June Dapp
Bobby Gene Carter
Fern M. Wickstrom
Stanley Taskey
Charles Edward Hicks
Virginia Lee McDuffie
Anchorage Began as Tent Town During Alaska Railroad Build
Anchorage, Alaska emerged as a tent town amid the construction of the Alaska railroad spanning from Seward to Fairbanks, marking its early development as a frontier settlement.
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Alaska
Seward
Fairbanks
Pioneer Trail Opens in Piatt County Montana Lincoln Debates on Trail
In Piatt County near Monticello a fifty mile Pioneer Trail highlights Lincoln lore and local history. The private project features 45 attractions including Millionaires Row Slab Town the hanging tree at Lizard Creek Allerton Park and a Buddhist temple in a historic circuit.
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Millionaires Row
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Slabtown
Lizard Creek
Allerton Park
GOP Rejects Senate Remap in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD IL AP Republican leaders call Democratic plan for Senate district reapportionment unacceptable arguing it concentrates 21 districts in Chicago 9 in Cook County suburbs and 28 downstate Democrats say their proposal is workable but Arrington insists Republicans submitted the only constitutional plan for both Senate and House reapportionment
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Ill
Illinois
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
GOP
Chicago
Cook County
Thomas A. McGloon
McGloon
Arrington
Senate
House
Gemini 4 astronauts fly home to cheers
Gemini 4 astronauts return to a wave of hero welcomes after their spaceflight. They anticipate six days of parades and visits including President Johnson in Texas, a Chicago ticker tape parade, and a Michigan alma mater ceremony, as questions follow them everywhere. Yuri Gagarin sent a congratulatory telegram praising the historic flight and urging space efforts for humanity.
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Chicago
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White
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Powell Ties Union Bill To Civil Rights
In Washington the House Education and Labor Committee advanced a measure to strike state bans on the union shop but tied passage to stronger Negro employment protections under the 1964 civil rights law. Chairman Powell said he would use a pocket veto until enforcement provisions of FEPC are tightened.
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House Education and Labor Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Attempt to Suck Yanks Into Battle at Dong Xoai
Fighters and helicopters guided by parachute flares engaged Viet Cong throughout the night to drive them from a main Vietnamese Viet Cong complex near Dong Xoai Phuoc Long Province. Reports said a U S Air Force B 52 and a single engine aircraft were shot down as about 500 reinforcements were flown in by helicopter after dawn. Weather disrupted air and helicopter operations later.
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Dong Xoai
Phuoc Long
India seizes oil stocks to curb hoarding nationwide
New Delhi India government announced it has assumed power to seize stocks of all oil refineries and distributors to stop hoarding amid oil shortages. A spokesman stressed the move aims to stabilize supply and prices across the country.
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New Delhi
India
Four people fined in circuit court yesterday
Four individuals appeared in circuit court and were fined for various offenses. Felix J. Campbell of Dix paid $20 for speeding, John M. Boyd of 1806 Highland paid $15 for too fast for conditions, Marian Page was fined $10 for disturbance, and Richard Page was fined for disturbance.
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Dix
John M. Boyd
Highland
Marian Page
Richard Page
Republican Unity Behind Bliss Urged
GOP leaders pledge support for Ray Bliss to unify the party for 1966 and 1968 White House bids. Eisenhower Nixon Scranton and others speak at Bliss salute in Ohio. Goldwater not invited, event raises $1 million via $100 dinners. Reagan, Ford, Percy also featured alongside Bliss and Eisenhower.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
White House
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William W. Scranton
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Eisenhower
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Canton
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Eisenhower criticizes space program spending after Gemini success
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said he is displeased with the U.S. space program and believes too much money is being spent on it. Speaking at a Republican dinner in Cleveland honoring Ray Bliss, he added that if that is the way they want it he will still pay his taxes.
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Eisenhower
Ray C. Bliss
Five Miners Die in Mexican Cave-in at San Pedro
Five miners were killed and thirteen injured after a cave-in at a mining site in the central Mexican town of San Pedro to de Los Banos. Authorities described the incident as a tragic mining disaster with rescue efforts ongoing.
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Mexico
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de Los Banos
Dr Rogers Graduates in Philadelphia Friday
William H. Rogers of Mt Vernon is in the Jefferson Medical College graduating class in Philadelphia with degrees to be conferred Friday June 11. He will intern at Pennsylvania Hospital and is a 1961 Illinois graduate with a biology degree.
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Mt. Vernon
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Philadelphia
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18Th Street
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State Tuberculosis Hospital
Mt. Vernon High School
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity
Jefferson
Chi Psi
Illinois
Jef
Three Anti Castro Cubans Freed After Bazooka Case
A New York State Supreme Court justice dismissed indictments against Ignacio Novo Julio Carlos Perez and Guilermo Novo for firing a bazooka at the United Nations. The judge ruled confessions inadmissible for lack of counsel, citing constitutional right to counsel. The shell fired from Queens on December 11 fell short of the UN during a speech by Maj Ernesto Guevara.
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Supreme Court
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East River
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Fidel Castro
United Nations General Assembly
Divorces Sought In Two Petitions In Circuit Court
Two divorces are requested in circuit court. Wilma Keele accuses cruelty against James Keele, married April 22, 1958, separated June 6, 1965. She seeks custody and support for four children. Vale Hopkins seeks divorce from Diana Hopkins on grounds of desertion. They married September 6, 1958, separated May 1964. Custody proposed to alternate by school year.
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James Willis Keele
Way Cleared For Petitions Of Delinquency
In circuit court four Mt. Vernon youths had criminal charges dismissed to permit petitions of delinquency. Three boys, linked to burglary and theft in a string of burglaries tied to Jerry Taylor, 14, of Cleveland, 907. Powell, 16, of 1317 N Mth, faced counts of aggravated assault and liquor possession. he was accused of threatening another youth with a knife and carrying whisky. Also dismissed was a resisting or obstructing a peace officer charge against Truman Dale Baker, arrested Friday night in the Brass Key parking lot on South uth.
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Cleveland
Gary W. Powell
N. Mth
J. Rex Taylor
Powell
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Baker
Brass Key
South Uth
Tire safety bill prompts tire load warnings on new cars
Washington AP Sen Gaylord Nelson questioned major automakers about steps to warn buyers that tires on new cars may be overloaded. He cited Senate Commerce Committee testimony and FTC findings that some new cars ship with tires inadequate for their designed load.
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Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Senate Commerce
Federal Trade Commission
Tshombe Returns From West Africa and Europe Tour
Premier Moise Tshombe arrived in Leopoldville after a two week international swing that included discussions with French President Charles de Gaulle and meetings with West African leaders.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Moise Tshombe
West Africa
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Carrier Boy Hurt In Car Bike Collision
Allen Fowler aged 13 son of Norman and Mrs Fowler of 424 Forest suffered a minor left leg injury when his bicycle collided with a car in the 100 block of North 6th. Carolyn Ellingsworth 24 of 911 Taylor drove southbound and said she did not see the bike. Another carrier boy, Ronnie Fleener 12, rode on the handlebars and was not hurt. Jefferson Memorial Hospital treated the injury.
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Norman Fowler
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Young Fowler F
Register- News
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Who Started That Johnson Illness Rumor
New York Stock Exchange probes the origin of a rumor claiming President Johnson suffered a heart attack. The Dow Jones 30 industrials slid 9.21 to 879.84 as spread of the unfounded report shook markets before recovering later. The 60-stock average fell 3.2 to 320.5, its yearly low.
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New York Stock Exchange
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Tulsa Boy Is Spelling Champ
Michael Kerpan Jr., a 12 year old Tulsa Boy Scout, won the 38th National Spelling Bee after 17 rounds among 70 competitors. Judy Marie Guarr of Topeka finished second. top prize includes 1000 dollars, a New York trip, and a TV appearance on Ed Sullivan.
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Michael Kerpan Jr
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Okla
Ife
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Kan
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New York
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Judy
Cars Collide In Maple and 8th Intersection
Samuel E. Todd aged 42 of 1008 S. 13th and Karen Ellis aged 17 of Route 7 were drivers in a two car collision around 11 30 a m yesterday at Maple and 8th authorities said.
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Samuel E. Todd
S. 13Th
Karen Ellis
Route 7
Maple
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