Deaths William E. Hampton Funeral Friday
William Earl Hampton 75 of 204 East Randolph McLeansboro dies at Hamilton Memorial Hospital Monday at 4 15 p m Funeral services set for Friday 2 30 p m at Trinity Lutheran Church in McLeansboro with Rev Herbert Halter presiding Friends may call after 3 p m Thursday at Donelson Funeral Home Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery McLeansboro He was born in Benton April 30 1894 son of George and Dinah Hampton married to Edna Kircher He was a member of American Legion Post 106 and Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Wm. E. Hampton
William Earl Hampton
E. Randolph
McLeansboro
Trinity Lutheran Church
Herbert Halter
Donelson Funeral Home
Oddfellows Cemetery
Hampton
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Benton
George
Dinah
Little) Hampton
Edna Kircher
American Legion Post
Rose Hutchcraft Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Hutchcraft 75 of Mace donia will be held at Donelson Funeral Home in McLeansboro Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Estel Murphy presiding. The body lies in state at the funeral home. She died at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro at 5:55 a.m. yesterday. Born December 3, 1893 in Franklin County, she was the daughter of Daniel and Martha Miller. She was married to Amos Hutchcraft, who died in 1961.
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Rose Hutchcraft
Macedonia
Donelson Funeral Home
McLeansboro
Estel Murphy
Hutchcraft
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Daniel and
Martha (Johnson) Miller
Amos Hutchcraft
Daley pushes 550 dollar per pupil school aid plan
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley said Democrats will back the 550 per pupil state school allowance despite a Senate committee’s 3 percent tax compromise. He expected talks with Governor Ogilvie later in the month to preserve the full aid level, noting lawmakers may meet in Springfield to resolve the tax issue. The House had approved 550, but Ogilvie warned it could drop to 520 with rebates cut.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Senate
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Inseead
Daley
Springfield
Illinois House
Atc
Illinois
Panama Limited And Car Collide
In Tuscola Illinois a car driven by 70 year old Glen W Vandebeer of St Louis Missouri collided with the Panama Limited passenger train on Tuesday night. Vandebeer died and no one aboard the train was hurt. He lived at 3142 Lackland St in St Louis.
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Tuscola, Ill
Glen W. Vandebeer
St. Louis
Mninois Central Railroad
Panama Limited
Tuscola
Vandebeer
Lackland St
Expensive prank cleans 69-foot high school smokestack
Madison Wis AP reports a building firm hired to sandblast the lettering "Class of 1969: We're Number One" from Madison East High School's smokestack spent 445 dollars. Earl Powers, superintendent of building maintenance, said he does not know how the painters reached the top but promises to hire them.
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Madison, Wis
Madison East High School
Earl Powers
Quakers Named by Speech of George Fox
The Society of Friends were labeled Quakers after George Fox urged listeners to tremble at the name of the Lord, a magistrate named Justice Gervase Bennett first applied the term.
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Society of Friends
George Fox
Gervase Bennett
Bomb threat grounds American Airlines jet to St Louis
An American Airlines jet from Chicago to Dallas diverted to Lambert Field in St. Louis late Tuesday night after a bomb threat. All 27 passengers and 5 crew members were evacuated while authorities searched the aircraft. no bomb was found.
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ST. Louis
American Airlines
Chicago
Dallas
Lambert- St. Louis Municipal
Bloodmobile to Visit Mt Vernon in June July
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Mt Vernon at the Central Church of Christ on June 30 and July 1. Donor hours run 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Monday and noon to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two-day quota is 100 pints each day.
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Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Central Church of Christ
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial No Admissions
Discharged: Kenneth Peyton from 223 Walnut. Admitted: Dorothy Zagar 2018 Lamar. David Gordon 1425 North 9th. Tallie M. Nunn. Christopher Randy Settle. Susan Settle from Inn. Elliott Eiler 1110 Park Ave. Maurice Moore 1601 South 29th. Todd Thomas 725 Magnolia. Louetta Gaethe Woodlawn. Tracy Dodson Centralia Rd. Pamela King 1409 White. Jewell Thompson 1104 South 13th. J. Marshall Garrison Opdyke. James Duncan Route 5 Mt. Vernon. Esther Rawlings 702 North 12th. Daisy Dalby, Bonnie. Bertha Johnson 1315 South 9th. Brenda Vallowe 306 South 18th. Marie Williams Ina. Iva Malone 1608 South 15th. Phyllis Wilkerson 217 South 6th. James Lee Dix. Mrs. Sue Fitts and baby daughter Angela, Route 1 Mt.. Mrs. Norma Godfrey and baby daughter Lisa Kay, Route 3 Mt. Vernon. Carole Kirk Mobile Alabama. Hazel Memmer Route 5 Mt. Vernon. Walter Green 1132 Wilkins. Amos Russell Benton.
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Maurice Moore
South
Todd Thomas
Magnolia
Louetta Gaethe
Woodlawn
Tracy Dodson
Centralia
Pamela King
White
Jewell Thompson
J. Marshall Garrison
Opdyke
James Duncan
Mt. Vernon
Esther Rawlings
North
Daisy Dalby
Bonnie
Bertha Johnson
Brenda Vallowe
Marie Williams
Ina
Iva Malone
South 15Th
Phyllis Wilkerson
James Lee
Dix
Sue Fitts
Angela
Sue
Norma Godfrey
Lisa Kay
Carole Kirk
Mobile
Ala
Hazel Memmer
Walter Green
Wilkins
Amos Russell
Benton
Births listed for multiple families in Good Samaritan Hospital
Mrs James Davis and Mrs Byron Meade welcome a daughter and a son born June 10 in Good Samaritan Hospital. Sheri Nell weighs seven pounds eight and a half ounces. Scott Bryan weighs seven pounds twelve ounces. Further births include Rhonda Diane, Nancy Lynn, and Russell Lee born June 11 or June 8 in various locations with listed grandparents.
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James Davis
South 7Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sheri Nell
Byron Meade
Harrison
Scott Bryan
Melvin Davidson
South 18Th Street
Rhonda Diane
Michael Stewart
Newbury Park
Calif
Nancy Lynn
Clarence Stewart
Mt. Vernon
Léon Taylor
Milton
Fla
Russell Lee
Jacqueline Riggs
Hazel Riggs
Delmar Taylor
Manatee Legend Basis in Mermaid Tales
The manatee inspired mermaid legends as sailors mistook it for a human fish while distant. Though a mammal, the species lives in water and cannot move on land.
Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Market Reads Today Prices
Prices steady through 12:30 p.m. with U S C A No 1 hogs at 25 50 No 2 at 25 00 No 3 at 24 50 Sows 17 25 and 20 75 Bears 1450 and 15 50 After 12 30 p m prices shift to next day's basis
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U.S.C.A
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon grain prices listed include Wheat 1.14 Soybeans 2.54 and Corn 1.22, with figures noted for the Mt Vernon market.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Butter and Egg Prices Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange listings show wholesale butter prices by grade with scores and percentages, alongside egg prices for grade A whites and egg classes. The report lists scores 93, 92, 90, 89 for butter and 3344 for A whites, plus 25 and 30 for mediums and standards eggs.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and poultry price guide from St Louis market
AP report from St Louis lists consumer egg grades A large 28-32 A medium 21-26 A small 14-19 B large 22-26 with wholesale 21-23 medium 18-20 unclassified 20-21. Hens heavy 12-13 pounds light over 5 percent? lbs 10 under 5 percent 6 broilers and fryers 28.50-28.75.
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ST. Louis
Market report listing Chicago grain prices
Chicago grain prices show No 2 hard red wheat at 1.32 percent, No 2 soft red at 1.28 percent, No 2 yellow corn at 1.30 percent, No 2 extra heavy oats at 6334n, No 1 yellow soybeans at 2.69 percent, and soybean oil at 7.65n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Reels As Tax Talk Darkens Markets
Wall Street fell after hints that wage and price controls could come if the surtax is not extended. The Dow slid to 905.51, the AP 60-Stock average dropped to 322.0, with declines broad across sectors including steels, motors, aircraft and rails. Marine Midland Banks led activity with 99,300 shares, American Telephone fell, and Loew's Theatre warrants traded lower on the Amex.
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New York
Treasury
Kennedy
Congress
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Marine Midland Banks
American Telephone
Loew’s
American Stock Exchange
Amex
Guns Roar Across Suez Canal Again
TEL AVIV AP Israeli and Egyptian guns roared across the Suez Canal Tuesday night killing two Israeli privates aged 18 and wounding seven as mortar and light arms fire hit four waterway positions. Israeli batteries replied. five East Jerusalem Arabs faced trial in Lod on charges of setting fires and grenades in Old Jerusalem with one leader in psychiatric observation.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
East Jerusalem
Lod
Old Jerusalem
Lion gift to President Jackson from Moroccan emperor
Andrew Jackson received an African lion as a gift from the emperor of Morocco. The event highlighted diplomatic exchanges and royal gratitude during Jackson's presidency.
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Andrew Jackson
Morocco
Ex-Nun and Webster College President to Marry New York Executive
Jacqueline Grennan a former nun and Webster College president and Paul J Wexler a New York business executive have secured a marriage license and will wed privately at Grennans home on the Webster campus. Grennan, 42, left the order in 1967 and will reside in Tenafly New Jersey with Wexler, 49, a widow with two children and Orpheum Productions Inc. president.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Jacqueline Grennan
Webster College
Paul Joseph Wexler
New York
Miss Grennan
Jacqueline
Sisters of Loretto
Webster
Wexler
Orpheum Productions Inc
New York City
Tenafly
N.J
Sisters of Loreto
United States
Jean Grennan
Sterling, Il
Sisters of Loretto Order
Notre Dame
Cancel Huge Space Program For Military
Washington AP Defense Dept announces cancellation of the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory program due to federal defense spending pressures. Deputy Secretary Packard cites advances in automated unmanned satellites and expects about 300 million saved this year and 1.5 billion over five years. The program, begun in 1963, planned two-man crews in a 30 day, 72 foot spacecraft with first flight this December, now delayed to mid 1972.
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Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
David Packard
Pentagon
Packard
Lyndon B. Johnson
Beating Nixon's Man Independent Is Mayor of Minneapolis
Charles Stenvig, an independent police detective, defeated City Councilman Dan Cohen 74 748 to 46 739 to win the Minneapolis mayoralty with about 55 percent turnout. Stenvig vows orderly, fair enforcement and will be sworn in July 7 to succeed Arthur Naftalin. Cohen had Nixon and Gov. LeVander endorsements and hoped for high turnout.
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Minneapolis
Stenvig
Arthur Naftalin
University of Minnesota
Cohen
Harold LeVander
Denver Installs Eye in the Sky for Crime Fire Watch
Denver unveils a new TV camera system in a police helicopter with receivers at fire and police stations. The $200000 project enables all night surveillance of high crime areas and rapid response, with helicopters able to reach any point in Denver within two and a half minutes. It will be operational by August 1 after an initial $137000 contract.
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Denver
Colo
Global productivity gaps versus the United States
The report shows Australia New Zealand and Canada run 10 to 20 percent of US output per worker. It notes US industrial production is over twice that of any European nation and more than four times that of the Soviet Union.
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Australia
New Zealand
Canada
U.S
Soviet Union
Cop Cleared In Detroit Killing
An all white jury acquitted 30 year old Ronald August, a suspended white policeman, of murdering 19 year old Aubrey Pollard during Detroit’s 1967 riots. The verdict came after Judge William Beer restricted the panel to first degree murder or not guilty. The murder occurred at the Algiers Motel during the riot.
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Mason Mich
Detroit
Algiers
William Beer
Beer
Ronald August
Aubrey Pollard
Sun Eruption 1946 Largest On Record Belched Gas Vast Reach
National Geographic reports a 1946 solar eruption as the largest on record, ejecting about a billion tons of gas to roughly a million miles spaceward, reshaping understanding of solar events and their reach.
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National Geographic
Acquit Cops In Beating Of Reporter
In Chicago three police officers were acquitted of beating John O Linstead a Chicago Daily News reporter during DNC disorder. Sergeant George Jurich patrolmen Vincent D Amico and Edward Becht were cleared in U S District Court after a trial that featured testimony from a deputy chief and several reporters.
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Chicago
Democratic National
U.S. District Court
Broadcasting Company
George Jurich
Vincent D’amico
Edward Becht
John O. Linstead
Chicago Daily News
Near North Side
George Crowley
Robert Lynsky
Lynsky
Lincoln Park
Jeff Kamen
National Broadcasting Co
Linstead
Becht
Kamen
Wreck on IC Near Decatur Disrupts Local Route
Four teen cars of an Illinois Central freight derailed near Decatur tearing up 1,000 feet of track and blocking the village road. No injuries reported but debris clearance will take days as phone service is disrupted and railroad officials investigate why the coal cars derailed through Heman in Macon County.
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HEMAN
Illinois Central
Decatur
Macon County
U S ship did not receive message before crash details emerge
McLemore of Vallejo Calif says night order to Evans was to wake for changes of station not speed shifts. Australian Navy says Evans ordered to switch from screening position near Melbourne to plane guard behind her. He did not know of any pending duty change when he went to sleep. later he learned he was not the designated plane guard.
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Evans
McLemore
Vallejo
Calif
Australian Navy Department
Melbourne
Benefit Ice Cream Social At Good Sam
A benefit ice cream social and lawn party will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. tomorrow on the grounds of Good Samaritan Hospital. The site lies west of the new convent and chapel. Proceeds will buy equipment for the hospital’s coronary care unit.
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Good Sam
Good Samaritan Hospital
Library invites patrons to borrow extra books
The Mt. Vernon Public Library invites patrons to borrow an extra supply of books to cover the vacation shutdown from June 16 to June 28. Books checked out now are due Monday, June 30.
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Mt. Vernon Public
Mt Vernon Chamber Seeks 1969 State Road Maps
Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce has requested 50 state highway departments to supply their 1969 road maps. Alabama Louisiana Oklahoma West Virginia Wisconsin have replied, while Michigan provided only one map for in state and out of state use. The chamber maintains maps for public access in its tourist department.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Attackers Use Flame Throwers In Night Assaults
American forces faced intensified strikes as North Vietnamese units pressed to relieve pressure near Tammy. Eight enemy dead were counted and a wounded captive taken, while U.S. forces reported one killed and seven wounded. Meanwhile B52s bombed positions along the Cambodian and Laotian borders near Dak To and Tay Ninh, with over 1,500 tons dropped.
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196Th Brigade
U.S
Dak
Saigon
Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Dak To
Fined $75 On Gun Charge After Car Crash
Kenneth Bergman, 20, of Urbana, Illinois, pleaded guilty in circuit court to unlawful use of weapons and was fined $75 plus costs. Two related charges possession of a loaded firearm and failure to possess a firearm owner's identification card were dismissed. Bergman and three others were injured when their car overturned south of Dix. officers found a gun and a blackjack in the vehicle.
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Dix
Kenneth Bergman
Urbana
Ill
Bergman
Varnell Rebekah Lodge Meets June 12
The regular meeting of Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296 is set for Thursday evening June 12 at 8 00 in the IOOF hall. Mary Modlin is Noble Grand and Naomi R Bogan is secretary. The Mildred Sherrod Federation Club also meets June 12 at 7 30 p.m. at 509 Herbert home of Mrs Bessie Armstrong.
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
C.F
Mary Modlin
N. G
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec’y
Mildred Sherrod
Grant Divorce In Court Here
Brenda Darlene Lawrence and Marc Elliott Lawrence had a divorce granted in circuit court here yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Darlene Lawrence
Marc Elliott Lawrence
Theft Reported: Bicycle Taken From Little League Field
Mark Stables of 700 North St reports a blue Sting-Ray bicycle stolen yesterday at 3 40 p m while parked at the Little League baseball field. Local authorities were notified of the incident.
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Mark Stables
North St
Radar Here Give 15 Tickets in Mt Vernon Night
Mt Vernon city police used radar last night and issued 15 speeding tickets. Most offenders were in the 1500 blocks of South 12th Street and Perkins Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon City
South 12Th
Perkins Avenue
Auto Fire Destroys Car Interior in Parking Lot
Mt. Vernon firemen answered a call yesterday to a Holman Motors parking lot where an old car’s interior and upholstery were burning. The blaze was reported at 12:11 PM and was confined to the vehicle’s interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Sumons
Holman Motors
Fines in Circuit Court For Multiple Violations
James E. Coachman of Conger paid 10 dollars for following too close. Kathleen Thompson of Wilshire paid 12 dollars for speeding. Dennis H. Williams of Pace paid 10 dollars for speeding. Gary L. Corder of Lamar paid 10 dollars for illegal possession of liquor by a minor. Alfred A. Tate of Casey paid 10 dollars for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Coachman
Conger
Kathleen Thompson
Wil- Shire
Dennis H .Williams
Pace
Gary L. Corder
Lamar
Alfred A. Tate
Casey
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Panama
Quakers
Mt. V
Jefferson Memorial
Kenneth Peyton
Walnut
Good Samaritan
Dorothy Zagar
David Gordon
North 9Th
Tallie M. Nunn
Christopher
Randy Settle
Susan Settle
Elliott Eiler
Park Ave
Nue
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wilee
Betty Canary
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
Nixon
Independent
Mt. V. Chamber
Loyal Order of Moose Dance
Paul Williams
Circuit Court
Marvin
Marvin Dye
W-G Motors
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