Deaths Alvin Reece of Bluford
Alvin Reece of Bluford died at Good Samaritan Hospital at 8:35 p.m. Friday. The 75 year old retired farmer is survived by two sons Howard and Floyd of Mr. Vernon, two daughters Marie Rainwater and Mary Drennan, a brother, three sisters, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services are Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Harmony Baptist Church with Rev. Guy Williams and Rev. Roy Beal officiating. burial will be in the church cemetery. The body lies in state at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix after 4:00 p.m. Sunday. He was born September 25, 1890 in Bluford to Oscar and Helena Reece. first married Laura Sumner in 1912, who died March 6, 1957.
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Alvin Reece
Bluford
Good Samaritan Hospital
Reece
Harmony Baptist Church
Guy Williams
Roy Beal
Osborn
Dix
Mr. Reece
Oscar
Helena (Butler) Reece
Harmony
Laura Sumner
Howard
Floyd
Mr. Vernon
Marie Rainwater
Mt. Vernon
Mary Drennan
Lansing, I
Bryan Reece
Lydia Patterson
Anna Ruffner
Wayne City
Lucille Rainwater
Bruford
Eli C. Schmidt Dies Former Woodlawn Resident
Eli C. Schmidt 64 of St. Charles Mo former Woodlawn resident died at 9 30 a m Friday at his home He was a barber Service 1 30 p m Sunday at Myers Chapel with Rev Brandon officiating Burial in L O C F cemetery Woodlawn Friends may call after 4 30 p m today Born March 9 1902 in Woodlawn son of Edward and Minnie Schmidt Survivors include son Charles Schmidt Clinton Mo daughter Mrs Barbara Jones Pleasant Hill Mo and four grandchildren
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Eli C. Schmidt
St. Charles
Woodlawn
Myers Chapel
Brandon
Mr. Schmidt
Edward and
Minnie (Winesburgh) Schmidt
Charles Schmidt
Clinton, Tr
Barbara Jones
Pleasant Hill
Robert Squier Dies At 81 Rites Monday
Robert Harold Squier 81 of 2006 College Mt Vernon died 7 30 am at Good Samaritan Hospital He was a retired salesman for 37 years with Columbia Quarry Co of St Louis Funeral 1 30 pm Monday Myers Chapel Rev Carl Whittington officiating Burial in Memorial Gardens cemetery Body in state after 5 pm Sunday Masonic services 8 pm Sunday at the Chapel Survivors include wife Mabel Sledge two sisters Mrs Bess Raither Chicago and Mrs Marjorie Gordon Paradise Calif one step daughter Mrs Thelma Frazier Chicago one step son Thomas E Sledge Chicago and three grandsons plus one daughter He was a member of A F and A M No 360 Tuscary Lodge St Louis Mo for 59 years.
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Robert Harold Squier
College
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Squier
Columbia Quarry Company
St. Louis
Myers Chapel
Carl Whittington
Memorial Gardens
Mr. Squier
Mabel Sledge
Bess Raither
Chicago
Marjorie Gordon
Paradise
Calif
Thelma Frazier
Thomas E. Sledge
A. F
A. M. No
Tuscary Lodge
Sinatra Says Attacker Unconscious After Hotel Fight
Police report Sinatra 50 said Weissman attacked him in a New York hotel booth while with Martin and Giuliano Rizzo. He claimed the assailant struck him near the eye with a fist or ash tray, a hotel detective intervened, and no charges were filed as the case remains under investigation. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation date noted as context.
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Sinatra
Palm Springs
Martin
Giuliano
Jilly) Rizzo
New York
Weisman
Buddy
F. H. Colford
Farmers Invited to Brownstown Experimental Field Open House
Jefferson county farmers are invited to an open house at the Brownstown Experimental Field near Brownstown Illinois on June 16. Exhibits include wheat yields of 77 bushels per acre last year, high yield varieties, soil pH, fertilizer rates, weed control, corn pests and alfalfa weevil, and crop disease updates. A 7:45 a.m. ride from 814 Harrison is planned to share transport.
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Jefferson County
Brownstown
Don Lee
Pat Johnson
Lee
Harrison
Brownstown Research Center
Southern Illinois
Mt Vernon Weather Summary Card
The Mt Vernon forecast notes Friday will reach 74 with a low of 49. Rainfall to date in 1966 is 17.31 inches. Last year’s high was 89 and low 65. Five years ago the high was 87 and the low is not listed. Ten years ago the high was 92 and the low 84. Sunday sunrise is 4 30 and sunset 7 29. Monday sunrise remains 4 30 and sunset 7 29.
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MT. Vernon
Births and historic note from 1776 spy execution
Mr and Mrs Arnold Burk welcomed a 10 lb 1 oz son at Good Samaritan hospital at 4 26 this morning. John Schafer and wife welcomed an adopted daughter Malissa Ann born May 15. Rodney Lynne born May 31 at Elmhurst Memorial, weighing 7 lb 6 oz. Grandparents listed for each family. Nathan Hale, patriot, was executed as a spy by the British on September 22, 1776.
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Arnold Burk
Brownsville Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
John Schafer
Fairfield Road
Malissa Ann
Elza Breed
Elkville
Rapp Odum
Marion
Len Wagner
Bensenville
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
Rodney Lynne
Frank Kohut
Nason
Jake Wagner
Scheller
Nathan Hale
Salt mined on Hallstatt lake shores for 4000 years
Salt has been mined along Hallstätt lake shores for four millennia, marking Hallstatt as a historic salt mining region with a long continuous extraction tradition.
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Austria
Hallstattersee
New Teachers To Be Hired By School Boards
Mt. Vernon High School and Community College boards meet in the superintendent's office to consider hiring new teachers and library equipment. Reports from Superintendent Ellis Henson and Dean Howard Rawlinson accompany the agenda, with Henson outlining area vocational school approval, summer maintenance, adult education and federal aid projects.
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Community College
Mt. Vernon High School
Community College Board
Ellis Henson
Howard Rawlinson
Henson
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Admissions include Connie Denise Poston Nadine Curlock Charles A Nagreski Lila M Gorham Nora Roberta Morlan Alice Hill Grant Wilburn Hawkins Doris Cummings George Ralph Auxier Tom Timmons Alfred Lane Beulah Stover Tom Crowder Lester Derry Ruth Summers Norma Borum Diane Wright Clarence McFadden Charles C Parker Laura Lee Meredith Ruby J Slaton Burton Roberson Naomi Peddicord Mary Palmer Jane Ellen Flowers Linda Kay Shelton Gerald Michael Smith Betty Decker Phyllis Nichols Alan Wayne Haynes Jake Wallace Rose Marie Hill with numerous discharges listed from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan facilities.
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Nadine Curlock
Dahlgren
Charles A. Nagreski
Cherry Drive
Lila M. Gorham
North 10Th
Nora Roberta Morlan
Fairfield
Alice Hill
Grant Wilburn Hawkins
Dix
Doris Cummings
North 11Th
George Ralph Auxier
Tom Timmons
Alfred Lane
Hopkinsville
Diane Wright
Scheller
Clarence McFadden
Muncie
Ind
Charles C. Parker
Ashley
Laura Lee Meredith
Lamar
Ruby J. Slaton
Mannen
Burton Roberson
South 23Rd
Naomi Peddicord
Wayne City
Mary Palmer
North 12Th
Jane Ellen Flowers
Christopher
Linda Kay Shelton
Opdyke
Gerald Michael Smith
Airport Road
Betty Eugenia Decker
Phyllis Ann Nichols
RFD
Alan Wayne Haynes
American serviceman refused to bear arms is jailed in Vietnam case
Army court martial sentenced Pvt. Adam R. Weber Jr. to one year in prison and reduced him to recruit for refusing to accept and sign a rifle. Weber, a former seminary student from New Orleans, had objected on personal philosophy to killing in Vietnam and offered to serve as a frontline medic.
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Viet Nam
Adam R. Weber Jr
New Orleans
Weber
25Th Infantry Division
Army
White House
Loyola University
United States
SET SANITY HEARING FOR JACK RUBY
The court set a sanity hearing for Jack Ruby with two rival defense teams present. Dallas attorney Phil Burleson leads one group while Jasper lawyer Joe Tonahill, acting per the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, attends as part of Ruby's defense. The judge said he would recognize both Burleson and Tonahill along with other lawyers as Ruby's counsel for the sanity trial.
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Ruby
Phil Burleson
Dallas
Joe Tonahill
Jasper
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas
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Burleson
Tonahill
Boy Killed Crossing Street on Rockford North Side
Anthony Pirello, 7, died after being struck by a car while dashing home from the last day of school on Rockford’s North Side. The driver, James McNabb of Milwaukee, said he could not avoid the collision and was not charged.
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Rockford, Ill
Anthony Pirello
Rockford
James McNabb
Milwaukee
Galbraith Faults Rusk Policy View At Rhode Island College
Former Ambassador John K Galbraith accused Secretary of State Dean Rusk of being terribly misinformed about U S foreign policy during RI College commencement remarks Harvard economist Galbraith cited Rusk's claim that Americans broadly support policy and charged the secretary sits at the center of a vast information network He warned European allies and domestic leaders show waning admiration for Marshal Ky and allied policy and urged greater attention to public opinion by the State Department and government as student and faculty influence rises toward 1970 and 6 7 million students by 1969
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R.I
John XK
Galbraith
Dean Rusk
Rhode Island College
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Rusk
Marshal Ky
Viet Nam
State Department
United States
College and University Communite
Plan Commission to select new officers next Thursday
Mt. Vernon Plan Commission will choose new officers at a regular meeting next Thursday night. Acting chairman J. R. Ansley says committee reports are on the agenda, with offices to be filled including chairman vice chairman and secretary. The meeting starts at 7 30 p.m. in City Hall.
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Mt. Vernon
Nonprofit Landscape in the United States
A survey notes about 975,000 nonprofit organizations nationwide including major groups like the Red Cross and smaller community churches. The figure underscores the sector's breadth across health, faith, education and service.
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United States
The
Red Cross
Community Church
Methodists Conference Criticizes Selfish Clergy Leadership
Bishop Lance Webb addressed about 900 at the 115th Methodist Southern Illinois Conference in Mt. Vernon urging humility and calling out phoniness in ministry. Four pastors retire, scholarships awarded, and meritorious service plaques given as the five day session ends with messages of unity and civil rights support.
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Lance Webb
Springfield
Methodist Southern Illinois Conference
Mt. Vernon
First Methodist Church
Eula B. Sanders
Mason Parish
RFD
Shattuc
Claude
Commodore Grove
Mt. Zion
Marion
Raymond Richardson
Goreville - Buncombe - West Verona
Guy Watson
Hoyleton- North Prairie
Gary Nettleton
James Nettleton
Edwardsville
Alan B. Gill
Southern Illinois
Nettleton
Southern Illinois University
Ebenezer-Saratoga
Carbondale
Carl V. Williams
Harrisburg
Glenn Fisher
St. Elmo
Homer Young
Karnak
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James Meredith
Sermon on Ministry Standards by Bishop Webb at Mt Olney
The 1967 conference session voted to hold meetings at First Methodist Church in Olney. Bishop Webb urged clergymen to resist materialism and false measures of success and offered five tests for true ministry, emphasizing service over ego, sowing to the spirit, and being an instrument of God.
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Olney
Webb
St. Paul
Hell
General Radiator Wins Top Chromalloy Award
General Radiator received the top Chromalloy award at a dinner closing the seminar's first day. Joseph Friedman, chairman and CEO, presented the honor, marking a second consecutive win for General Radiator. Chromalloy Corporation holds an annual seminar to indoctrinate executives from its divisions and subsidiaries, with about sixty five executives present.
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Joseph Friedman
Friedman
Chromallogerican Corporation
Alma downgraded to tropical storm storms Carolina coast
Tropical storm Alma moved along the South Carolina and North Carolina coast bringing gale force winds and heavy rain. The storm caused four inches of rain in Wilmington in six hours and prompted gale warnings from the Virginia capes to Savannah while authorities reported 47 deaths attributed to Alma.
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Wilmington
N.C
Alma
South Carolina-North Carolina
Miami Weather Bureau
Virginia Capes
Savannah
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charleston
Myrtle Beach
Blood Drive Requested In Mac Hayes Name In Mt Vernon
Friends of Mac Hayes of Dix are urged to donate a pint of blood in his name when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Mt. Vernon at the Elks Lodge on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 14 and 15. Hayes, Rome township supervisor, has faced long illness and frequent transfusions and is cared for at home. his wife thanks the Red Cross for ongoing free blood support.
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Mac Hayes
Dix
Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
the Elks Lodge
Hayes
Rome Township
Rader Named Assistant Trust Officer at First National
William F. Rader appointed assistant trust officer at First National Bank and Trust Co in Mt Vernon after a board meeting. A SIU banking graduate, he joined First National in August 1964 with ten years in banking and has served as assistant cashier. He lives with his wife and two children at 906 Wilshire.
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William F. Rader
First National Bank & Trust
Mt. Vernon
Rader
S.I.U. School of Banking
First National
Wilshire
Cars Collide on Highway 37 South of Here
No injuries reported after two cars collided on Highway 37 near the Bakerville bridge around 8:45 p.m. Wilford L. Hulet 62 of Mokena Trill Mary L. Drury 25 of Streator were involved. Harold Werth 23 of Aurora stopped for a pedestrian. the Hulet car stopped but Drury’s could not avoid the impact. Deputy Jack Fairchild provided details. In Mt. Vernon at 10th and Lamar, one driver was cited for no operator license and failure to yield. Robert Lewis 45 of Forest was cited and Mary C. Bunte 22 of Chicago drove the other car.
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Here
Jack Fairchild
Fairchild
Wilford L. Hulet
Mokena
Mary L. Drury
Streatar
Highway 37
Bakerville Bridge
Harold Werth
Aurora
Ill
Theulet
Mary Drury
10Th and
Lamar
Mt. Vernon
Robert Lewis
Forest
Mary C. Bunte
Chicago
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