Death of Doctor Karpouzi in Greece at 78
Mrs. Nick Hassakis of 832 Pace was notified of the death of her brother Dr. Constantino Karpouzi in Paleros Greece. He died June 3 at age 78 after years as the village doctor in his hometown. Survivors include one brother and two sisters in Greece. his parents and one sister are deceased.
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Nick Hassakis
Pace
Constantaine Karpouzi
Paleros
Zaverda
Greece
Karpouzi
Hassakis
Rites Thursday For Mrs. Bowman
Funeral services for Caldonia Mildred Lee Bowman will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Corinthian Baptist Church with Rev. William Fuqua officiating. Burial follows at Oakwood cemetery. The body lies in state at the church from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday. She died Monday at her home, and is survived by three sons, a brother, three sisters, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, after predeceasing her husband Dennis Bowman and a daughter Bernice.
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Caldonia Mildred Lee Bowman
Corinthian Baptist Church
William Fuqua
Oakwood Cemetery
Albert D. Tate
Ft. Gulick
Canal Zone
John Frank Bowman
Chicago
Ernest
Duke) Bowman
Mt. Vernon
Frank Fowler
Macon
Miss
Cornelia Smith
St. Louis
Fannie Lee Clark
Ray Jones
Brighton
Aleadanertes
Larthace Miller
Indianapolis
Ind
Dennis Bowman
Bernice
Hasnital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharges
A list from Jefferson Memorial shows admitted patients Wandalee Peper Eugene Gill James Arnold Earl Shouse Robert Pasley Moss Pigg Clara Egbert Lorene Quarterman and others. Discharged include Pearl Adams Steve Smith Tommy Ashby Robert Stull Hazel Millenbine Rose Tucker Ralph Rollinson and family. Good Samaritan Admitted includes Oscar Lee Leroy Ruffner Justine Carlton Frank Witges Everett Venters Thelma Shelton Carrie Jones Marilyn Burns Everett Howell Dennis White Peggy Sides Katie Wood Witt Chambers Eugene Chrisman. Discharged list includes Elizabeth McLaughlin Lois Johnson Doris Merriman Clyde Hodges Minnie Flanagan Loris Firebaugh Ruth Lankford Roy Brush and Louise Micr.
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Jefferson Memorial
Wandalee Peper
Eugene Gill
Belle Rive
James Thomas Arnold
Earl Boyd Shouse
Bluford
Robert G. Pasley
Moss Herbert Pigg
Clara Belle Egbert
Lorene Quarterman
Pearl Adams
Steve Smith
Tommy Ashby
Robert Stull
Hazel Millenbine
Rose Tucker
Ralph Rollinson
Donald Halfacre
Robert Taylor
Eva Buchanan
Rita Anna
Good Samaritan
Oscar Lee
Leroy Leonard Ruffner
Justine Carlton
Frank Emil Witges
Edgar Coleman Venters, Jr
Thelma Mary Shelton
Carrie Fay Jones
Marilyn Jean Burns
Everett Sherman Howell
Dennis Ray White
Peggy Sides
Katie Wood
Witt C. Chambers
Eugene Chrisman
Elizabeth Wilhemia McLaughlin
Lois Jean Johnson
Doris Ann Merriman
Clyde Hodges
Minnie Pearl Flanagan
Loris Virginia Firebaugh
Ruth Eloise Lankford
Roy Brush
Louise Micr
Births in two area hospitals announce newborn daughters
Mr and Mrs Karl Martin of 728 South 19th Street welcome a daughter born at 8 15 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds. Mr and Mrs Richard W W Hawkes of 18 North Highland East announce a daughter born at 12 30 Sunday afternoon in St Marys Hospital at Centralia weighing six pounds 14 ounces named Julie Nancy.
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Karl Martin
South 19Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Richard WW. Hawkes
North Highland East
St. Mary's Hospital
Centralia
Julie Nancy
Power outage hits Ashley and Woodlawn areas west of Mt Vernon
About 1500 REA customers lost power for over three hours last night in Ashley and Woodlawn and western Jefferson County after an Illinois Power Co pole carrying high voltage lines burned down at Ashley around 8 p.m. Utilities crews worked to restore service.
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REA
Ashley
Woodlawn
Jefferson County
Illinois Power Company
Amvets to Elect Officers at June Meeting
The Amvets will meet Wednesday evening June 12 at 7 30 in the club rooms. Officers will be elected and all members are urged to attend. Charles Howard Com.
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Amvets
Charles Howard
Mt Vernon Weather Report and Illinois Briefs
Mt Vernon area reports Monday high 94 low 78 with rainfall ending 7:00 a.m. Tuesday. Illinois conditions show cool sunny weather statewide after a wind rain night as a Canadian cold front ends a heat wave.
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MT. Vernon
Smoke damage at two county homes fire runs told
Jefferson County rural firefighters made five runs yesterday reporting two blazes causing smoke damage to homes. At 11:35 a.m. a one acre grass fire burned near Bob Green on Tolle Road. At 3:21 p.m. Leo Payne’s home on Fairfield Road had an utility room fire with smoke throughout the house. A refrigerator fire at Lloyd Brown’s Mt. Vernon Route 5 home leaked gas and caused smoke damage. A large burning tree endangered the Clark residence on Mt. Vernon Route 1 at 6:50 p.m. and a rubbish fire near City Service bulk plant on Route 148 at 7:10 p.m. Two killed and a third missing in a Waldenmere Hotel fire in Livingston Manor. Five others injured.
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Jefferson County
Bob Green
Tolle Road
Leo Payne
Fairfield Road
Lloyd Brown
Mt. Vernon
Clark
City Service
Hog market prices rise on local live stock market
Prices paid on the local hog market were up 25 cents. The top price reached 16.75 for hogs weighing 190 to 220 pounds. Sows sold at 13.75 for 300 pounds and under, 13.25 for sows over 300 pounds. Boars ranged from 9.50 to 8.50.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quoted prices show Wheat at 1.72 Soybeans at 2.51 Corn at 1.24 for today’s market. Prices reflect local trading in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Report
National Stockyards cattle and hog report lists hogs at 9,000 head with several weight classes from 150 to over 350 pounds and sows 275 to 500 pounds. Cattle totals around 3,500 with steers 900 to 1,000 pounds at 23.25, other classes 21.00 to 29.00, cows 14.50 to 16.00, bulls 17.00 to 119.50, calves 19.00 to 25.00. Sheep 500 with no lamb market.
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USDA
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Prices Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange wholesale butter prices are about steady with mostly unchanged to slightly lower quotes across grades. Egg prices hold, with whites Grade A and other grades showing mixtures around the 28 to 42 percent ranges and standard items listed.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and live poultry prices from St Louis market
St Louis market reports eggs by consumer grades and sizes with A large A medium A small and wholesale prices. Hens heavy and light weights are listed with per dozen and per pound figures. Commercial broilers and fryers show price ranges.
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ST. Louis
Grain market report from Chicago
Chicago grain prices show no wheat or soybean sales. Corn futures quotes for No 2 yellow at 1.272-30, No 3 yellow at 1.28, No 4 yellow at 1.23-2712, sample grade yellow 4.244.253. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 73%4. Soybean oil price 9 a.
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Chicago
Wall Street edges higher in choppy trading
Irregular stock market held a slight upside edge in moderate volume around 4.3 million shares. Du Pont bounced about 3 points while Radio Corp and Allied Chemical plus U S Gypsum Johns Manville and American Smelting posted modest gains. Crown-Zellerbach fell 43 to 53 on a 14,000 share block.
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New York
du Pont
Radio Corp
Allied Chemical
U.S. Gypsum
Johns Manville
American
Ford
IBM
U.S
Zenith
Sperry Rand
Martin-Marietta
Sperry
Crown-Zellerback
American Stock Exchange
Mt Vernon Girl Scouts Fight to Preserve Local Independence
This article marks the Golden and Silver anniversaries of Mt. Vernon Girl Scouts and details a battle to resist absorption into the 21 county Shagbark Council. It notes charter revocation, local leaders’ appeals to the National Board, and concerns over loss of local control, property, and funding.
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Tull W. Morgan
Mt. Vernon
iShagbark
Herrin
National
Shagbark
United Fund
Girl Scout Little House
Congress
Mrs. Webster Shapes Girl Scout Outreach Across Regions VIII
Mrs. Webster, council adviser in Region VIII, with decades in Girl Scouting from Waterbury Conn to national staff since 1943, directs camps and serves in multiple professional and civic groups. She met Mt. Vernon committees to discuss future plans and answered questions.
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Webster
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Waterbury
Conn
Great Lakes
North Central States
Business and Professional Women's Club
D.A.R
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
National Association of Girl Scout Executives
Marshilltown
Kirby Webster
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Girl Scout
Mt. Vernon
Bright yellow bullfrog spotted by youths at Casey Fork Creek
Carl Galiher aged 14 of 210 Opdyke and Russell Echols aged 11 of 14 Opdyke caught a yellow bullfrog yesterday afternoon under the old Route 15 bridge in Casey Fork Creek. The frog is bright yellow with black legs.
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Carl Galiher
Opdyke
Russell Lee Echols
Casey Fork Creek
Route 15
Mt Vernon Girl Scouts Council's Two Decades of Service
The article notes that organizations like Campfire Girls helped spawn an independent movement shared by thousands nationwide. It previews a forthcoming history of the Mt. Vernon Girl Scout Council's twenty five years of service.
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Campfire Girls
Mt. Vernon
Mt V Firemen Battle Four Alarms In Town
Lightning sparked alarms at G C Murphy and Denzer Electric but caused no damage. At 8 37 pm lightning struck TV towers at Melvin Kane 510 North and Fred Holland 916 North scorching sets and slight interior damage. At 10 45 pm Wielt Apartments 700 Main reported trash fire started by janitor burning hot ashes.
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G. C. Murphy
Denzer Electric Company
Melvin Kane
North Street
Fred Holland
Wielt
Main
Boxoffice notes six passes for Fox Midwest employees
Boxoffice reports in its current edition that six passes were awarded to 25 year employees of Fox Midwest Theatres in Mt. Vernon. Manager H M Burnett gave passes to Bert Helverson Keith Helverson Leon Koch John Ramp and Ralph Pavitt, and Burnett kept one for himself.
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Fox Midwest Theatres
Mt. Vernon
Boxoffice
National Film Week
H. M. Burnett
Bert
Keith Helverson
Leon Koch
John Ramp
Ralph Pavitt
Burnett
Marriage Licenses Granted in Mt Vernon and Belle Rive
Roger Dean Tennyson, 26, of Belle Rive, and Juanita YaVonne Border, 23, of Mt. Vernon, obtained a marriage license. Jerry L. Johnson, 18, of Woodlawn, and Sharon Meadows, 18, of Mt. Vernon, also secured licenses.
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Roger Dean Tennyson
Belle Rive
Juanita YaVonne Border
Mt. Vernon
Jerry L. Johnson
Woodlawn
Sharon Meadows
Wallace Defies Court at Alabama Campus Standoff
Gov. Wallace blocks Vivian Malone and James Hood from registering as federal officials demand compliance. A tense convoy arrives with guards, helicopters, and U.S. marshals. Wallace reads a five page statement after Katzenbach presses him to admit no barrier to the students.
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Wallace
Birmingham
National Guard
U.S
U.S. Atty
Macon Weaver
Weaver
Kennedy
Vivian Malone
James A. Hood
Nicholas Katzenbach
James H
Walace
Rifted Acid Liquids Hours After Eating
A Mt. Vernon reader reports relief after meals from stomach gas headaches and nervousness using Sys-Tone. The ad claims the tonic acts quickly, quiets nerves, alleviates gas and belching, and costs only a few cents daily with availability at All Drug Stores in Mt. Vernon and nearby towns.
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Mt. Vernon
Two Drivers Face Traffic Tickets After Mt Vernon Crashes
Two drivers were ticketed after accidents on Mt Vernon streets. Lorraine M. Vaughn, 42, Cen tralia, disobeyed a traffic light when her car hit Beechworth Brumbaugh III, 16, at Tenth and Jordan streets at 8:55 p.m. The Brumbaugh car sustained about 150 dollars in damage. Leonard A. Audt, 37, 100 Castledon avenue, was charged with careless driving after his car struck a telephone pole in the 300 block of South Fourth Street at 9:33 p.m.
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Mt. Vernon
Lorraine M. Vaughn
Centralia
Beechworth Brumbaugh III
Tenth and
Jordan Streets
Brumbaugh
Leonard A. Audt
Castleton Avenue
South Fourth Street
Court Wiretap Bill Sparks Privacy Debate
The superintendent Orlando W. Wilson warns the proposed law would hinder enforcement while Senator Paul Simon backs McCarthy bill to curb indiscriminate eavesdropping and preserve privacy. The Senate sends a $240,000 Champaign County conservation lake appropriation to the House for action.
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Orlando W. Wilson
Wilson
Senate
Paul Simon
Troy
McCarthy
House
Champaign County
Man is sentenced 57 years for shooting at sheriff
Donald King was sentenced in Harrisburg Illinois Circuit Court to 57 years in the state penitentiary after being accused of firing at Sheriff J 34 Thompson who had invited him into his apartment.
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Harrisburg, Ill
Donald King
Thompson
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