Deaths O J Smith of Dahlgren Dies Rites Saturday
Olen James Smith 74 died at home in Dahlgren. Funeral services at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Creek Baptist Church with Rev Kenneth Holland officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Body lies in state at Gholson Funeral Home. Born November 24 1889 in Jefferson County, son of Charles and Hattie Gilman Smith. Survived by Lena Allen wife, two sons Charles of near McLeansboro and Mack of Williamston Michigan, three brothers Albert Norris both of Lane Tr., George of Mansfield, three sisters Mayme McCammon Butler, Laura Roach Mobile Alabama, Flo Fornwall Forsythe, Christine Lanter Marion, one daughter predeceased.
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Olen James Smith
Bienes
Dahigre
Creek Baptist Church
Kenneth Holland
Gholson
Dahlgren
Mr. Smith
Jefferson County
Charles
Hattie Gilman Smith
Lena Allen
Charles Smith
McLeansboro
Mack Smith
Williamston
Mich
Albert Smith
Norris Smith
Lane, Tr
George Smith
Mansfield
Ill
Mayme McCammon
Butler
Laura Roach
Mobile
Ala
Flo Fornwall
Rites Saturday For Infant Son Philip Dean Mitchell
Infant Philip Dean Mitchell son of Buford E. and Shirley Preston Mitchell of Mt Vernon died en route to Good Samaritan Hospital. Graveside service 11:00 am Saturday at Oakwood Cemetery officiated by Rev. Eugene Holcomb. Myers Chapel to host calling after 4:00 pm today. Born April 25 in Mt Vernon. Survived by parents, four siblings Buford Jr, David Allen, Terry Lee, Rebecca Sue, Kathleen, and Sandra Kay all at home.
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Buford E. Mitchell
RFD
Mt Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Oakwood Cemetery
Eugene Holcomb
Myers Chapel
Mt. Vernon
Buford
Shirley
Preston) Mitchell
Buford, Jr
David Allen
Terry Lee
Rebecca Sue
Kathleen
Sandra Kay
C D Harris Dies At 81 Rites Sunday In Dix
Clarence Dale Harris 81 died at 6 00 am at a niece s home in Dix Funeral services set for 230 pm Sunday at Osborn Funeral Home Dix Rev Rosemary Harris officiating Burial in Union Chapel cemetery Friends may call after 400 pm Saturday Harris born March 14 1883 in Aledo IL son of W C and Elnora Harris Married first Helen Moore who died 1930 later Pose Basden who died 1962 Survived by three stepsons Rolland Basden Tamπι, II Lyman Basden Evensville Ind John Basden Centralia two stepdaughters Loretta Hawkins Webster Grove Mo Alice Budrow Manchester Mo one brother Willem FR Harris Mt Vernon and five other stepchildren Hughey Ralston Dora Perlston Gano Ralston Nellie Ralston Margaret Moore Wegman Parents or siblings noted He was a member of Union Chapel Methodist Church
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Clarence Dale Harris
Viola Minor
RFD
Vernon
Osborn Funeral Home
Dix
Rosemary Harris
Union Chapel
Osborn Funeral
Mr. Harris
Aledo
W. C
Elnora
Hank) Harris
Helen Moore
Pose Basden
Rolland Basden
Tampies
Lyman Basden
Evensville
Ind
John Basden
Centralia
Loretta Hawkins
Webster Grove
Alice Budrow
Manchester
Willem FR. Harris
Mt Vernon
Hughey Ralston
Dora Perlston
Gano Ralston
Nellie Ralston
Margaret Moore Wegman
Harris
Union Chapel Methodist Churen
Pickets Admit Food To Struck TB Hospital
BELLEVILLE West Virginia AP Operations at Pleasant View Sanatorium resumed after food and medical supplies reached tuberculosis patients in St. Clair County. Local 149 pickets relaxed as truckers delivered aid. 19 patients remained, with about 33 discharged due to shortages. State's Attorney John Kearns Jr. urged relaxation of picket fines. Local 149 agreed following the suggestion. The strike stems from a contract dispute for five operating engineers family members.
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Belleville
Peasant View
St. Clair County
Leslie Kombrink
Pleasant View
Kombrink
Atty
John Kearns Jr
A. J. Golsch
Golsch
Karns
Youth Council NAACP Plans Nonviolent Civil Rights Demonstration
The Youth Council branch of the Jefferson County NAACP will participate in a nonviolent civil rights demonstration on Saturday June 13 at 1:00 p.m. in Springfield Illinois. Stella Stokes serves as president and Rev L T Nash as advisor.
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Jefferson County
N.A.A.C.P
Springfield
Ilinois
Stella Stokes
Rev
L. T. Nash
Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Market Prices Update
The Mt. Vernon hog market reports paid on the local live market up 25 cents. Top price reached 16.00 for 1% to S22, with sow prices at 15.00 for 300 pounds and 309 pounds and over 228, down. Boars listed as 0 and 9.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon officials reported commodity quotes in the afternoon session with Wheat at 1 29 Soybeans at 2 55 and Corn at 2 20.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Butter Prices Steady at Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter wholesale prices unchanged or slightly higher. Grades 93 score AA 572 and 2A SM 9.5 percent. 89 CMY. MB S45.8. Demand remains firm with buyers maintaining bids.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and poultry grading report in St Louis
AP summary lists consumer grades for eggs and live poultry in St Louis with various size and weight categories. Entries include large, medium, small egg sizes and hen weights, plus checks and fryers classifications.
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ST. Louis
Livestock Prices Steady at National Stockyards Texas Market
National Stockyards TI AP reports hogs at 5,000 head with steady tone. barrows and gilts 13.35 to 17.00, sows 12.00 to 13.75. Cattle sequence includes calves, steers 71.00, heifers 20.90, choice vealers 35.00, calves 20.00. Sheep 50 with no test.
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National
Chicago Grain Prices Reported in API Events
Chicago grain prices show Wheat No 2 red 14in. at 1.27, Corn No 1 yellow 1.27, No 2 yellow 1.77, Oats No 2 heavy white 6.14 to 6.66, No 2 extra heavy mixed 6.2 to 6.2, No 1 extra heavy white 6.5, Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.50, Soybean price 8.23.
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Chicago
Wall Street Falls After Three Days of Advances
Wall Street slipped in late trading after three days of gains as volume reached about 3.7 million shares. Major losses were fractional with Sperry Rand down over one point and Texas Gulf Sulphur up about a point on light turnover. Polaroid and IBM rose while American Telephone fell about two. Dow Jones noon averages showed declines across the board with spirits subdued and bonds little changed.
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Texas Gulf
Polaroid
IBM
American Telephone
du Pont
U.S. Gypsum
General Motors
Ford
U.S. Steel
American Cyanamid
Kennecott
International Nickel and Radio Corp
General Precision
Honeywell
Pure Oil
Rubbermaid
Shell Oil and Southern Co
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Coaching Club American Oaks Feature Race At Aqueduct
The 100000 added Coaching Club American Oaks for 3 year old fillies runs at Aqueduct this Saturday. A wide open field of 12 to 14 includes Castle Forbes Scerce Face The Facts Just Fancy That Bold Queen Miss Cavandish Petite Rouge Nashubah Ironshire Match Point Road To Romance and Capricious Miss. Manuel Yeaza will ride Face The Facts, aiming to repeat Perry silks victory after Lamb Chop in 1963.
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Associated Press
United States
Coaching Club
Aqueduct
Castle Forbes
W. Haggin Perry
Lamb Chop
Seeree
CCAQ
Wildlife roadkills in Illinois high on highways
Illinois conservation director William T Lodge notes high highway wildlife deaths from a 5 000 mile survey across northern and central regions. Counts include raccoons mink skunks squirrels rabbits opossums pheasants and deer with fawning and breeding seasons producing peak losses. Drivers should slow near deer crossing signs and use low beams at night to reduce accidents.
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William T. Lodge
Illinois Department of Conservation
Lodge
Ilinois
Illinois
Swede Gets Life As Spy For Russia
Col. Stig Wennerstrom of the Swedish air force was sentenced to life in prison for spying for the Soviet Union. The peacetime ruling follows his 14 years of espionage in Moscow, Washington, and Stockholm and targets NATO. He faces parole eligibility after 10 years.
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Sweden
Stig Wennerstrom
Swedish
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Soviet Union
Khruchev
Wennerstrom
Tage Erlander
Khrushchev
Moscow
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Erhard in Washington for Talks on German Reunification
The United States states the Federal Republic of Germany is the legitimate German government and seeks reunification of all Germans. US specialists say a treaty within similar limits is unlikely to alarm, but a peace accord granting East Germany full sovereignty over Berlin routes would be serious. Allies insist on unimpeded access to Berlin and no unilateral Soviet action.
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Britain
France
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Hammurabi’s leap year tax decree for Ellul month
A historical note explains Hammurabi used the sixth month Ellul in a leap year cycle and ordered an extra round of taxes due on the second of Ellul. The snippet frames the ancient tax timing as part of Mesopotamian revenue practice and links Ellul to a revised calendar adjustment.
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Hammurabi
Ellul
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Admitted: Mae Smith, Shirley A Metcalf of Odin St. Discharged: Mrs. Rose Bahrns and baby, Robert Dean, Mrs. Thelma Price and baby, Deanna Marie, Perry Sexton, Gladys Woolridge. Admitted: Evan Ernest Kelley, Irma Ruby Bechtel, Leonard Lyman Pasley, Geraldine Evelyn Osborn, Anna Mae Harvey. Discharged: Janie Carroll Sample, Jennie Rollinson, Wayne Barton Rollison, Mrs. Lois Jean Johnson and baby. Kelley Jean, Nelson Eugene Whitlow, Myrtle Stein, James William Rapp, Edith Owen James, Mrs. Ruth Ann Dare and baby, Thomas Jarrell Jr.
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Jefferson Memorial
Mae Smith
Shirley A. Metcalf
Odin, St
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Robert Dean
Thelma Price
Deanna Marie
Perry Sexton
Gladys Woolridge
Evan Ernest Kelley
Irma Ruby Bechtel
Leonard Lyman Pasley
Geraldine Evelyn Osborn
Anna Mae Harvey
Janie Carroll Sample
Jennie Rollinson
Wayne Barton Rollison
Lois Jean Johnson
Kelley Jean
Nelson Eugene Whitlow
Myrtle Stein
James William Rapp
Edith Owen James
Ruth Ann Dare
Thomas Jarrell, Jr
Circuit Court Fines For Intoxication and Traffic
Fines in the circuit court included John M. Jordan and James William Francis each for intoxication at $25. Traffic fines listed Clarence E. Van Hoorebeke Lesser ten dollars for missing proper ID on a truck Ephraim Thomas Fast St Louis 510 for improper passing and Patricia Greenwalt £106 for operating a vehicle without a drivers license.
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John M. Jordan
James William Francis
Clarence E. van Hoorebeke
Ephraim Thomas
St. Louis
Patricia Greenwalt
Weather Report Mt. Vernon Thurdays High and Rainfall
Mt Vernon forecast shows Thursday high 89 and low 61 with rainfall data 21.76 inches year to date. Previous year highs reached 90 with lows near 67. Ten year trend notes high 94 and low 67. sunrise at 4:30 and sunset at 7:30 CST.
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MT. Vernon
Arco High
Weather forecast for Illinois cools after rain
Chicago reports another round of rain with temperatures in the 80s and 50s to 70s overnight. The Weather Bureau predicts the rainfall ends Saturday as skies stay partly cloudy. Five day outlook shows temperatures a bit above normal in northern Illinois and near normal in the south with periodic showers. Early readings ranged from Rockford to Belleville at 71.
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Illinois
Weather Bureau
Rockford
Belleville
Five Day Forecast Souther Illinois Temperatures
Five day outlook for Southern Illinois shows near normal temperatures with a cooler weekend. Normal highs run from the low 80s north to upper 80s south, and lows from the low 60s north to upper 60s south. Precipitation expected at 1 to 2 inches as showers or thundershowers Saturday and then Monday or Tuesday.
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Illinois
Three Jefferson County Teens Released on Bonds
Three Jefferson county youths charged with breaking into Green Hills Country Club and stealing liquor beer and cigars last Tuesday night were released on bonds after questioning. The suspects are Gary Allen Lipe 17 George Mercher Jr 16 and Robert Leroy Keef 15. Each was released on five thousand dollar bonds.
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Jefferson County
Green Hills Country Club
Gary Allen Lipe
George Mercher Jr
Robert Leroy Keef
Cook County Board to begin meetings with prayers
The Cook County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved starting each meeting with a prayer. Commissioner Gerald Dolezal said the board lacks invocations. clergy from all faiths will give the prayers. The item was introduced Thursday with broad support. The report also recalls a 17th century story of Jahangir and Kashmir as a separate mention.
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Chicago
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Geald Dolezal
Scrip In Place Of Coins Illegal
Washington AP Treasury says it is illegal for a private firm to issue certificates to circulate as money. Jewel Tea Co of Chicago planned 1 5 and 10 cent denominations for demonstrations if coin shortage worsens. Treasury warns against creating obligations under $1 intended to substitute for US currency.
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Jewel Tea Co
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Gop
Two Church Groups Back Birth Control in Illinois
Illinois religious conferences favor birth-control information distribution by welfare agencies. United Church of Christ and Rock River Conference endorse government aid for planned parenthood and population control to poorer nations, while opposing school segregation and Bible reading in public schools.
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Illinois Conference
United Church of Christ
Normal
Ill
Rock River Conference
The
Methodist Church
Chicago
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Iinois
Church of Christ
Becker
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Donald S. Bourne
Sycamore
Methodist Conference
Lexington Conference
Newborn babies can see better than thought
A Los Angeles team reports that infants averaging one to two days old show visual acuity at least 20 150, with some possibly higher. The study of 39 full term babies used canopy tracking of eye movements and electrical recording. nine reached 20 130 vision.
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Los Angeles
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Margaret H. Jones
Richard A. Rawson
Barry Steele
Marvin Rose
Patrick Aiu
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Franklin Co ADC rolls cut by welfare reform efforts
Franklin County Illinois reports a sharp drop in Aid to Dependent Children spending and caseload since 1962. December aid totaled 19,546 compared with 85,249 in May 1962, while general assistance fell from 1,539 recipients to 1,356 over 19 months through job retraining and improved family management.
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King Jailed in St Augustine and Rio Tinto
Dr Martin Luther King Jr and fellow integration readers were brought to the St Johns County Courthouse for arraignment on charges tied to attempts to eat in a segregated restaurant King and Ralph Abernathy remained in jail amid safety concerns Sheriff Davis said no location for the leaders was provided as a grand jury convened to review racial disturbances in St Augustine The judge urged jurors to fear nothing and King indicated he might post bond and return to St Augustine by Tuesday
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ST. Augustine
Fla
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Boston University
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L. O. Davis
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Former Union Official Slain in Kansas City Bowling Alley
Floyd R. Hayes, former president of Teamsters Local 41 and former secretary treasurer of Teamsters Council No. 56, was killed by a shotgun blast while walking to his car with his wife Myra Hayes in her 50s, who was lightly wounded. A witness said a car pulled up, a man fired once, and then the assailant fled.
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Teamsters Union
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Teamsters Local 41
Teamsters Council No. 56
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Hayes
Raft Taken From Jaycee Lake Reported Theft
Richard Martin of Mt. Eveon R5 reported a theft of a green fiberglass raft from Jaycee Lake in Jefferson County. The raft measured six by four feet.
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Richard Martin
Mt. eVnion
R. 5
Jefferson County
Jaycee Lake
Trash fire in Dobbs Bargain Town truck
A trash fire started at 10:00 a.m. yesterday in the bed of a truck driven by Ed Fair child of Dodds Township. The truck, parked at Dobbs Bargain Town, 1600 South Tenth Street, caused no damage to the vehicle.
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Dodds Township
Dobbs Bargain Town
1600
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Accident Rate Highest Among 2 Year Old Boys
A year long study in Rockland County New York finds 2 year old boys have the highest accidental injury rate among children with 179 per 1000 injuries, 73 percent above other groups. Falls caused 8 percent of injuries. Researchers Dr Donald G Dickson Dr Edward R Schlesinger Janice R Westaby and Lisel Lowen of New York City report in the American Journal of Diseases of Children.
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Rockland County
New York
Donald G. Dickson
Edward R. Schlesinger
Janice R. Westaby
M.P.H
Lisel Lowen
New York City
American Medical Association
Starts 4 Months At State Farm
Sheriff Dewey Barton delivered John A. Mc Carthy to begin a four month sentence at State Farm after he pleaded guilty in circuit court to disorderly conduct. Mc Carthy, 66, of 1109 Jordan, was sentenced Tuesday in the same case.
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John A. McCarthy
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