Deaths Lilly Matthews August 83 in Wayne City
Lilly Matthews Aug of Wayne City died at Grayville Nursing Home at 3:00 a.m. age 83. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Richardson Funeral Chapel Wayne City with Rev H H Mayberry officiating. Burial in Wesley Chapel Cemetery. She born July 10 1884 in Wayne County daughter of Jacob and Susan Showmaker. Survived by two sons Naomi Crash and Eva Webber, three daughters, two stepsons, a stepdaughter, 17 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Member Arrington Prairie Baptist Church.
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Lilly Matthews
Wayne City
Grayville Nursing Home
Richardson Funeral Chapel
H. H. Mayberry
Wesley Chapel
Wayne County
Jacob
Susan (Taylor
Joseph H. Gay
S. F. Matthews
Sammy M
Warren Matthews
Fairfield
Naomi Crash
Cviia
Dertha Matthews
Eva Webber
Roscoe Matthews
Pawnee
Ordie Matthews
Ollie Loyd
Springfield
Aug
Arrington Prairie Baptist Church
Parley Smith of McLeansboro Funeral Thursday
Parley Smith 76 died Monday night at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Donelson Funeral Home in McLeansboro with Rev. Gordon Downs and Rev. Ralph Harrellson officiating. Burial in Hebron Cemetery. Friends may call after 6:00 p.m. today at the funeral home. Born May 2 1892 in Hamilton County to John and Polymara Smith. Survived by Ella Ethel Essary his wife, daughters Monett and Fern Smith of McLeansboro and Ruby Williamson of Cottage Hills, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Member of Bible Baptist Church.
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Parley Smith
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Donelson Funeral Home
Gordon Downs
Ralph Harrellson
Hebron
Hamilton County
John
Polymara (Brown) Smith
Ella Ethel Essary
Monett Smith
Fern Smith
Ruby Williamson
Cottage Hills
Ill
Bible Baptist Church
Irish Lake Monster Sighted Near Achill Sound
Reports from County Mayo describe a 1 foot tall creature with a kangaroo jump and a sheeplike head seen by several Irish witnesses near Glendarry Lake. Eyewitnesses include teetotalers and drinkers who consider sobriety or non drinking, while locals fear the prehistorical life rumor deepens.
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Glendarry Lake
Achill Sound
Quote defends Arnheiter emblem at Habse hearing
Rear Adm. Daniel V. Gallery defended Lt. Cmdr. Marcus A. Arnheiter during a special Habse hearing. He criticized officers who he said should have beards and been shaving at the White House while questioning the ship managment and leadership decisions aboard the destroyer.
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White House
Daniel V. Gallery
Cmdr
Marcus A
Arnheiter
Sweethearts Reunited In Viet Hospital
Edwardsville soldier James Hasse and Barbara Blair of Alton, both in the Army, reunite in Vietnam where Blair serves as a nurse. Hasse, 21, plans six more months in Vietnam before returning home on furlough. They intend to marry in April.
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Edwardsville
Ill
James Hasse
Barbara Blair
Alton
Army
Flower
Vietnam
Hasse
Barbara
Southern Illinois University
Army Nurse Corps
St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing
Mekong
Edmund Hasse
Miss Blair
Edward Blair
Hospital Notes and Court Fines Highlight Local Updates
Admitted and discharged lists from various hospitals include Harold Beal Opdyke Helen Hardy Scheller Elizabeth Movenghan and others with multiple addresses. Fines in circuit court yesterday totaled 12 names and amounts from 10 to 40 dollars for speeding no valid license careless driving and liquor violations.
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Jefferson Memorial
Harold Beal
Opdyke
Helen Hardy
Scheller
Elizabeth Movenghan
Wilkins
Howard P. Kunkle
Chicago
Walter E. Bravard
Barbara L. Castie
Stanley
Douglas K. Newell
Ricky K. Thrailkill
S. 9Th
Ronnie Stewart
Herbert
Ella F. Hail
Cherry St
Frank J. Phee
Centralia
Markets Mt Vernon Hog Prices Hold Steady At 12 30
Prices paid for hogs up to 12 30 pm showed no change with top quotes of 20.25 20.50 and 20.75 for 220 lb meat type hogs and lows at 13.50 and 16.50 Boars ranged 11.00 and 13.00 After 12 30 pm prices will reflect next day's pricing basis for Mt Vernon market reports
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Noted for Morning Trade
Mt Vernon market reports show wheat at 1.17, soybeans at 2.57, and shelled corn at 1.08 for the morning session. Poultry and other grains not listed. Prices reflect local trading in Mt Vernon today.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis Produce Prices by Grade and Class
AP report lists consumer egg grades A large 27 to 32 cents per dozen A medium 19 to 24 A small 13 to 15 B large 22 to 24 while wholesale standards run 20 to 22 hens heavy 13 light over 5 percent iese 9 under 51 percent iese 4 broilers and fryers 27 14 to 27 percent.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Market Reports Butter Eggs and Poultry Prices
Chicago Mercantile Exchange quote shows butter at 93 score AA 66 and 92 A 66 with other grades. Eggs graded A whites 35 44 cents and mediums 27, standards 26. Live poultry roasters 24 44 to 26 14 cents, special red white rock fryers 20 to 21 42 cents.
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Mercantile Exchange
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Livestock prices at National Stockyards await steady demand
Estimates for Wednesday in National Stockyards Illinois list hogs at 6500 head with barrows and gilts 200-230 pounds at 21.50 to 22.25, 240-350 pounds at 17.75 to 20.50, sows 300-450 pounds at 16.50 to 17.75. Cattle and calves show varied values with steers 1 075 pounds at 27.00, heifers 875-925 pounds at 25.75 to 26.00, cows 18.50 to 20.00, vealers 27.00-36.00, calves 19.00-24.00. Sheep totaling 300 head with spring lambs 80-100 pounds at 26.00-28.00 and ewes 4.00-7.50.
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National Stockyards
Chicago Grain price rundown
Chicago AP reports grain prices with Wheat No 2 hard at 1.3514n and No 2 soft red at 1.294n. Corn No 2 yellow 1.16, Oats No 2 extra heavy white at 1. In, Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.724n, Soybean oil 7.98n.
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Chicago
Wall Street advances at noon amid market closings eyed
Wall Street rose in active trading as the Dow averages moved up about 5.71 points to 919.09 at noon. The Associated Press index gained 1.8 to 343.4 with industrials up 3.3 and rails up 0.9. Brokers cited expected market closures midweek for paperwork relief.
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NEW York
NEW York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Great American Holding
General Development
Taft Broadcasting
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Chrysler
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du Pont
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Xerox
American Stock Exchange
Sue Ann Payne Sues For Divorce In Circuit Court
Sue Ann Payne files a divorce suit against James Ray Payne in circuit court. Married January 17, 1947 and separated June 9, 1968. Complaint cites mental cruelty and seeks custody of two minor children, a property settlement, and child support.
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Sue Ann Payne
James Ray Payne
Weather and political day in Illinois790
Light scattered rains helped ease heat as Illinois voters went to the polls for a primary. Thunderstorms in southern Illinois increased humidity and gusty winds. Police reported sighting a possible funnel near Oswego while the Chicago Weather Bureau noted no radar activity. Temperatures ranged in the 80s and 90s with overnight lows 58 to 70. Wednesday forecast is mostly sunny and cooler.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Oswego
Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
The
Weather Bureau
Eye Great Civic Center For Mt Y
City leaders discuss plans for a new civic center funded by profits from selling the old post office at 11th and Main. Flora, Woodrow Burnette, Russell Laur, and City Manager Chester Lewis weigh options as no decisions will be made until plans are unveiled to the public.
Tornado Watches in 10 States Across Plains to Great Lakes
Severe weather lashed the central U S with tornado watches issued in ten states from the plains to the Great Lakes. A tornado hit Solon Springs Wisconsin causing power outages and material damage. Two injured in Madison mobile home wreck. Hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph reported across Texas Nebraska Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas with no major injuries.
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Associated Press
Plains
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Solon Springs
Superior
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Wis
Emporia
Kan
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Kansas City
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Ixonia
Milwaukee
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Nebraska
Ilinois
Iowa
Grand Island
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ray’s alleged helpers and extradition timeline emerge
Reports question whether Ray had accomplices while in custody and map his travel from the United States to Canada, London, and Lisbon. Extradition hinges on evidence and possible appeals to the High Court and House of Lords.
Millionaire and Wife Face Weapons Trial Delay
Fresno the weapon trial of millionaire William Thoresen II and his wife Louise began Monday but was postponed as new juror panels are chosen. The spouses face federal indictments for possessing a large arsenal. Attorney John Flynn noted most of the 165 jurors were from Fresno County, urging wider county representation. Judge Goodwin had moved the trial from Chicago due to prejudicial publicity amid the Kennedy assassination aftermath.
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Fresno
Calif
William Thoresen IE
Louise
Bea
Thoresen
John Flynn
Farlier
Robert F. Kennedy
William Goodwin
Sanate
Chicago
Births at Bell Street and Second Street Homes
Mr and Mrs Henry Moore of 516 Bell Street welcomed a daughter born today at 7 04 am weighing five pounds seven and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Harlen Palmer of 311 Second Street welcomed a daughter born Monday at 7 11 pm weighing ten pounds one and a half ounces.
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Henry Moore
Bell Street
Harlen Palmer
Second Street
Britain on the prison break charge
If returned to the United States, the Tennessee murder case is to take precedence over the Missouri charge and a federal count that Ray conspired to violate Dr. King’s civil rights. Police tie Ray to a Montreal rooming house alias Galt, while another report cites a fat man delivering an envelope May 2 after Ray paid 345 dollars for a London flight. RCMP say the delivery man may not know Ray and is being traced with no clear identification yet.
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Ray
High Court
House of Lords
King
Memphis
Tenn
United States
Canada
London
Lisbon
Toronto
Ramon George Sneyd
Paul Bridgman
Toronto Board of Education
Eric Starvo Galt
Eric St. Vincent Galt
St. V
Galt
Florida
Missouri
Britain
Tennessee
Dr. King
Montreal
FBI
Eric S. Galt
Yee Sun Loo
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Jefferson county 4-H speaker and library closure announced
Jim Lipe former assistant farm adviser will speak at the 4-H Federation meeting on Thursday June 13 at 8 00 p m in the Farm Bureau auditorium describing Vietnam conditions with slides. Mt Vernon Public Library will close June 17 for two weeks for staff vacations with no due dates during the period and extended borrowing and no limits on items during the shutdown.
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Jim Lipe
Jefferson County
South Vietnam
4-H Federation
Farm Bureau
Lipe
Vietnnam
U.S
Vietnam
Mt. Vernon Public Library
Mildred Metcalf
Two Charged With Burglary Of Mt Vernon Home
Two young men were arrested by city police and charged with breaking into the home of Jerry Trotter at 1006 Conger Avenue on June 7. Clifford Dean Curtis, 22, of 1417 North Tenth Street, and Larry Wayne Green, 20, of Waltonville, were charged with burglary, bonds set at $5,000 each, and jailed. Items taken included $46, a transistor radio and three coon hunting trophies.
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Mt. Vernon
Clifford Dean
Curtis
North
Tenth St
Larry Wayne Green
Waltonville
Jerry Trotter
Conger Avenue
Ethel and 4 Children Visit Grave in Cambodia Note
Ethel and four children visit a grave as flowers are laid by Russian students. Two U.S. soldiers captured in the Mekong Delta May 2 were released Monday by Cambodia in an act of homage to Sen. Kennedy. The prisoners, Pfc Jerry A. Tester of Boone North Carolina and Spec 4 Ronald J. Lehrmann of Mangum Oklahoma, had guarded a tug in a border area and were turned over to the Australian Embassy, which represents U.S. interests since 1965.
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U.S
Mekong Delta
Cambodia
Prince Nordom Sihanouk
Sen. Kennedy
Pfc
Jerry A. Tester
Boone
N. C
Spec
Ronald J. Lehrmann
Mangum
Oklo
South Vietnam
Tug
Sihanouk
Illinoisans Vote in Primary Today
Mayor Wes Olson of Quincy challenges for renomination while Roy C. Johnson opposes U S Dirksen in a token race. No statewide Democratic contests. In Chicago Abner Mikva challenges Rep Barratt O Hara, and in the South Side Dawson seeks a 14th term against Alderman Sammy Rayner. Three of twelve Democratic incumbents face primary rivals. no Republican opposition.
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Wes Olson
Quincy
Roy C. Johnson
U.S
Everett M Dirksen
GOP
Chicago
Abner J. Mikva
Barratt O'Hara
Mikva
South Side
William L. Dawson
A.A
Sammy” Rayner
Dawson
Humor Wrong Feature At Zoo Lions Roar Declares Movie Interest
Two drunken men stumble into a zoo enclosure and halt before the lion. The lion roars, one man urges to leave while the other volunteers to stay for the movie, defusing tension with a bizarre gag.
Paris Student Riots Rise After Tragic Deaths
Paris Latin Quarter erupts as students clash with riot police after the death of 17 year old Gilles Tautin in Meulan during an attempt to flee gendarmes. 26 hurt as 22 demonstrators arrested. unrest mirrors arrest and wage tensions as gold soars amid franc instability.
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Lyon
Rene Lacroix
Philippe Matteron
Paris
Gilles Tautin
Seine
Meulan
Tautin
Jacques Sauvageot
National Students’ Union
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Meu- Jan
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Roy J. Stivers
South 21St Street
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East Main
Emma Walls
Hickory Grove Manor
Good Samaritan
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Jones
Andrew Dixon
Essie Shields
South 12Th Street
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Walnut
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South 2Th
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Harrison
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RFD
Pinckneyville
Barbara McKay
Park Avenue
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South 20Th Street
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Bell
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Lowrey Nursing Home
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Harrisburg
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Switzer
Princeton
Cora Palmer
South 2Nd Street
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Keenes
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13Th Street
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Bluford
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Thomas Clark
Glenda Chesney
South 29Th Street
Aan Taylor
Dale Chamness
White St
Jerry Hutchison
Granite City
Sydney Burnette
19Th Street
Alford Rarick
Northbrook
Leta Rutherford
North Mth Street
Zuleman Payne
Vivian Bradley
Cherry
Ollie Agnes Starkey
7Th Street
Lisa Minor
South 24Th Street
Harold Johnston
College
Mary Ann Page
North 12Th Street
James Butler
Mt. Carmel
Circuit Court
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Chicago Grain
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Bow Street Court
England
James Earl Ray
World Almanac
Filippo Brunelleschi
Newspaper Enterprise Asst
Eastern Insurance Company
Johnny Pettit
Mt. V. Home
Ethel
Bill
W-G
Ford Motor Co
Montclair
Bill Kniffen
Pune
Pulley Funeral Home
Main St
Donald E, Reid
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