Deaths Harry Shaw former coal miner 63
Death notices: Harry Shaw of RFD 7 died at 4 15 a m Tuesday at University Hospital Knoxville Tennessee at 63. Graveside rites 8 00 p m Thursday at DeSoto cemetery DeSoto Tennessee with Rev Thomas Harper officiating. Body lies in state Bluford Funeral Home after 6 p m today. Born November 19 1904 in DeSoto son of John Calvin and Maud Shaw. Survivors include son Charles E Shaw three daughters Betty Ostby Shirley Phillips Dora Thomas five brothers Frank Bill Floyd Eugene John and four sisters Opal Hogland Muriel Towers June Hopper Mary Clark.
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Harry Shaw
RFD
University Hospital
Knoxville
Tenn
DeSoto Cemetery
DeSoto
Thomas Harper
Bluford Funeral Home
John Calvin
Maud (Wood) Shaw
Betty Ostby
Shirley Phillips
Muskegon
Mich
Dora Thomas
Lansing
Frank
Bill
Mt. Vernon
Floyd
Eugene
Benton
John
Alton
Opal Hogland
Muriel Towers
June Hopper
Mary Clark
No Favorite Son For Percy
Senator Charles H. Percy announces he will not push as Illinois favorite son at the Republican National Convention. In a letter to Victor Smith he says delegates have chosen candidates and he will urge them to vote for their chosen candidate. Observers expect Nixon to lead Illinois delegates.
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Washington
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Illinois
Percy
Victor Smith
Illinois Republican Central Committee
Ilinois
Richard M. Nixon
Ogilvie Wins Illinois Governor Race Over Altorfer
Scott Ogilvie defeated Eats Altorfer by about 9 points in a Cook County driven win. Ogilvie carried DuPage Lake McHenry Will and several upstate counties while Altorfer won Sangamon and Rock Island. Final turnout was low with roughly 600,000 votes per party. Stratton and Sutton trailed with 7 and 5 percent respectively.
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Scott Ogilvie
Altorfer
William Stratton
Chicago
S. Thomas Sutton
Elmhurst
Stratton
Sutton
Ogilvie
Cook County
Democratic Organization
DuPage
Lake
McHenry
Will
Coles
Kane, Ogle
Winnebago
Sangamon
Rock Island
Peoria
Illinois
Downstate
Dwight Green
Charles H. Percy
U.S. Senate
W Berlin Asks Help to Preserve Access to Berlin
West Berlin Mayor Klaus Schuetz urged the United States Britain and France to state their legal position and guarantee access to Berlin after East Germany announced travel restrictions requiring passports and visas for West Germans traveling to West Berlin. He rejected forcing actions and called for protective powers to respond.
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Bonn
Klaus Schuetz
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
East Germany
Berlin
Schuetz
West Germany
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients and Discharges
A hospital list from Jefferson Memorial shows admitted individuals including Mark Thomason, Hattie Cornstable, Laura Prather, Laura Abrams, and others. Discharged patients include Barbara Hodges and baby, Laura Rodatz and baby, Scott Edward, and several more names with addresses.
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Mark Thomason
Lamar
Hattie Cornstable
Fairfield Road
Laura Prather
Wescott
Laura Abrams
Centralia
Barbara Hodges
Baby
Mary Jane
Macedonia
Ronald Hall
McLeansboro
Nancy Hartlerode
Wayne Ci
Laura Rodatz
Scott Edward
Cisne
Jefferson County Election Results Highlight Ogilvie Victory
Jefferson County voters show strong support for Ogilvie with multiple races listed. Republican and Democrat candidates across attorney general supreme court clerk appellate court clerk and congressional races receive tallies, while delegates and state offices display party splits. notable figures include William J. Scott Francis S. Lorenz Louise Emerson and Einar V. Dyhrkopp among others.
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Chael J. Howlett
William J. Scott
Francis S. Lorenz
Louise Emerson
Earle Benjamin Searcy
Justin Taft
Fannie G. Jones
David F. Mallett
James R. McLaughlin
Congress
Val Oshel
Kenneth J. Gray
James G. Gallett
George B. Schoening
Ralph Dunn
Clarence E. Brehm
Dee L. Rodd
Bob Henneberger
Einar V. Dyhrkopp
James LaVern Sanders
George McClure
Robert Hunter
Pat Rodd
David L. Stanley
Theodore van Winkle
E. E. Curtis
Eugenia Handler
Robert P. Griffin
Frank F. Bleyer
Ben C. Blades
Robert §. Redfern
Jerry B. Gott
Ewin Lietz
Frank H. Walker
George Tinsley
John R . Richardson
Varnell Rebekah Lodge Set Meeting In I O C F Hall
The regular meeting of Varnell Rebekah Lodge will be held in the I O C F hall Thursday evening June 13 at 8 00 o clock. Mary Gilbert N G Naomi R Bogan Secy.
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge
I. 0. C. F. Hall
Mary Gilbert
N. G
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec
Hog market prices drop at Mt Vernon
Markets Mt Vernon hog market prices paid until 12 30 p m today were down 50c The top was 19 75 20 00 and 20 50 for 200 to 250 lb meat type hogs Sows were 13 50 and 16 50 Boars were 11 00 and 13 00 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day's prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon quotes for regional grains list Wheat at 1.17 Soybeans at 2.57 and Shelled corn at 1.08 as of this morning showing market values and price points for local farmers.
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Mt. Vernon
St. Louis Produce Prices Listed
St Louis Produce notes consumer eggs by grade and size with price ranges for large medium and small plus wholesale standards. Hens and broilers prices are given in weight and percentage terms. The report outlines typical market quotes for area traders.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Market Notes
Chicago AP reports Mercantile Exchange quotes for butter with scores AA 66 92 A 66 90 B 6342 39 C 6044 and cars 90 B 44 389 C 62. Eggs grade A whites 3530, mediums 27, standards 26. The brief pricing snapshot lists various quality grades and lot numbers from the Chicago market.
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Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Prices At National Stockyards Reported
AP estimates for Thursday list cattle 1500 head and calves 100 with steers 950 to 1200 pounds at 26.00 to 27.00, heifers 800 to 950 pounds at 25.00 to 25.75, choice vealers 31.00 to 36.00, and calves 21.00 to 24.00. Hogs 7,000 head with barrows and gilts 25 to 1.00 per hundredweight, 200 to 220 pounds at 21.00 to 21.75, sows 300 to 350 pounds at 17.00 to 17.75. Sheep 250 lambs choice 80 to 100 pounds at 26.00. Total value around 28,000.
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National
Lambs Choice
Chicago Grain price notes and soybeans listed
Chicago grain prices show Wheat No 2 hard 1.37n and No 2 soft red 1.31n, Corn No 2 yellow 1.17, No 3 yellow 1.1345, No 4 yellow 1.11, Oats No 2 heavy white 79n, Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.72n, Soybean oil 8.00n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Exchanges Close For Backlog Crisis
Wall Street faced an unprecedented closure across the New York, American, and regional exchanges and the over‑the‑counter market to clear a backlog of paperwork from a period of heavy trading. Closures will recur on June 19 and 26 and end on July 5. Trading volume surged on the NYSE and American Exchange, with April and May averages far above 1967 levels.
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New York
Becaus Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Library invites patrons to take out extra books
Mt. Vernon Public Library invites patrons to borrow extra books to cover the vacation shutdown from June 17 to June 29. Books checked out now are due Monday July 1.
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Mt. Vernon Public
Rome and Rio built on different numbers of hills
The World Almanac notes Rome sits on seven hills while Rio de Janeiro rests on about 365 hills and peaks. Corcovado, or Hunchback Mountain, rises 2,330 feet above the South Atlantic.
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Rome
Rio de Janeiro
Corcovado
Weather Report for Mt Vernon and Region
Mt Vernon Tuesday high 92 low 62. Rainfall to date 1968 17.56 in. One year ago high 91 low unknown. Five years ago high 83 low 58. Ten years ago high unknown. Thursday sunrise 4 30 sunset 7 30 CST. Southern Illinois temperatures will average 2 to 6 degrees above normals. Warmer Friday and Saturday then cooler Sunday and Monday. Normal highs 83 to 89. Normal lows 62 to 68. Precipitation total one fourth to three fourths inch mostly in showers or thunderstorms late Saturday through Sunday.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Illinois Weather Outlook From The Associated Press
The forecast calls for pleasant weather in Illinois with brief thundershowers possible in the Chicago area. Humidity drops ease after days of heat as temperatures run 74 to 80, cooling into the 50s tonight. Thursday should be fair with little change, Southern Illinois mild today and tonight. Highs in the 80s with night drops to the 50s and 60s. Chicago area 70s.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Chicago
Mercury
Chicago Hikes School Taxes
Chicago voters approve a 15 cent school tax referendum by a tight margin 224267 in favor 206542 against increasing property tax to 2.01 per 100 value. Revenue funds teacher raises and restoring cuts while opposition formed to bus plan. In Albuquerque, police ruled out vegetarians as burglars stole 2080 pounds of meat.
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Chicago
Greater Northwest Civic Association
James F. Redmond
Redmond
Remond
Albuquerque
N.M
Civilians Dead As Viet Cong Rockets Hit Saigon Base
Saigon Tan Son Nhut air base suffered a rocket attack killing 30 civilians and wounding 24 others, including four children, while damage also hit planes and a helicopter. Allied reports counted 121 North Vietnamese killed in two Batlles near the DMZ.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Paris
Johnson
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Khe Sanh
Gio Linh
U S Protest Saigon Attacks At Peace Talks
In Paris AP reports U S Ambassador Harriman lodged a strong protest over Viet Cong rocket attacks on Saigon during peace talks with North Vietnam. He insisted the actions are terrorism against civilians and denied any intent of retaliation while talks remain deadlocked on de escalation. Le Duc Tho attended the session with Xuan Thuy as Hanoi Radio cited.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Saigon
Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
le Duc Tho
Communist Party
Hanoi
Vote Tables Chicago Returns Lead Republican Nomination
AP dispatch reports precinct by precinct results for statewide offices in Chicago and Downstate. Republican governor leads in 10,677 precincts, auditor results show 19,001 precincts reporting, Secretary of State at 9,990 precincts, with Downstate Cook County precinct totals listed. Individual names and exact tallies include Carpentier and others as part of clerical vote summaries.
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Chicago
Auditor of Public Accounts
Downstate
Cook Co
Carpentier
Supreme Court
Nixon Wins 27 Illinois Delegates In Primary
Nixon captured 27 Illinois delegates with expectations of more at large. Abner Mikva benefited from party support as he won easily. Dirksen, 72, secured renomination by crushing Roy Johnson by nearly 500,000 votes. Ogilvie, 44, led with 48 percent, while Altorfer showed strength downstate but trailed. No official presidential preference existed. write-ins included Nixon and McCarthy among others.
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O'Hara
Democratic Party
Abner Mikva
Dirksen
Roy Johnson
Calumet City
Ogilvie
Cook County
John Henry Altorfer
Peoria
Tlinois
Nixon
McCarthy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
D.mass
Robert F. Kennedy
Samuel H. Shapiro
Otto Kerner
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
William G. Clark
Circuit Court fines driver for following too closely
Earl D. Brown of Little Rock Arkansas was fined ten dollars on a charge of following too closely in a circuit court session.
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Earl D. Brown
Little Rock
Arkansas
Abernathy Seeks Broad Food Aid and Welfare Reforms
Washington AP Abernathy leads Poor People’s Campaign with a priority list aiming to expand free food stamps and school lunches, extend emergency food distribution, and boost antipoverty programs. He urges Congress to pass jobs legislation, housing aid, and universal welfare standards while calling for reforms in health, education, and land ownership questions.
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Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
Citizens Board of Inquiry
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Congress
State Department
Departments of Justice and Interior
Southwest
Myers Family Updates From Vietnam Return Parade
The text notes two Myers brothers en route to Vietnam aboard ships including the U S S Intrepid and that Specialist James Myers stationed near Dong Ha reports no complaints. It mentions addresses, family, and marriage details of Pfc James W Myers and the English war bride Mrs Lilian Berry Myers, with birth notes for Paul and two younger brothers after the family’s postwar move to America.
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Raymond
Vietnam
U.S.S
Calif
A. A. Raymond S. Myers
U.S. S
Paul
England
America
Snakes Behind the Counter At Jacksonville Bar
A cigarette machine at a Jacksonville bar failed for days until service man Cecil Phillips opened it and found a three foot bull snake coiled inside.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Cecil Phillips
Rockefeller pledges Western summit if elected president
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller outlines foreign policy aimed at creating an Atlantic partnership. He calls for closer U.S. cooperation with Western Europe, giving NATO command to a European, and expanding talks with the Soviet Union and China. Security sweep accompanies California visit as he seeks delegates pledged to Reagan and to gain support on later ballots.
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Los Angeles
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
New Yorker
California
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
United States
Europe
Supreme Command of
NATO
Secret Service
New York
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
China
Warsaw
Reagan
Nixon
Births in Opdyke and at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs James Wilson RFD 1 Opdyke welcomed a daughter at 5 19 p m yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds 13 4 ounces Mr and Mrs Andy Scott 1206 North 13th Street welcomed a son at 5 35 p m at Hospital weighing nine pounds one ounce Mr and Mrs Warry Waller 517 Meadow Brook welcomed a daughter at 12 20 p m Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing five pounds 15 ounces
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James Wilson
RFD
Opdyke
Good Samaritan Hospital
Andy Scott
North 13Th Street
Warry Waller
Meadow Brook
East Hickory Hill Church Centennial Celebration
East Hickory Hill Church observes its centennial with a basket dinner at noon and afternoon services at 1 30. The membership roll is called and Special music by the Christianaires Quartet precedes a sermon by the oldest living pastor J C Greer assisted by H H Mayberry.
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Christianaires Quartet
J. C. Greer
H. H. Mayberry
Ky quits as head of South Vietnam self defense body
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky resigns as head of the People's Self Defense Committee, signaling Thieu's consolidation of power. Ky, largely inactive, hands control to the government and cites a capable new regime.
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Thieu
Nguyen Ngo Loan
National Police
le Nguyen Khang
3Rd Military Corps
van van Cua
Saigon
U.S
Turncoat Nelson Rescued After Fleeing Cuba to U S
William Henry Nelson, who defected to Cuba in 1963, was picked up on a raft by the Coast Guard near Key West. He was detained by the FBI for questioning after admitting disgust with the United States and recounting five years in Cuba working as a laborer and field hand. Cuban refugees with him were sent to immigration authorities. Nelson is charged with stealing a 48 foot shrimp boat worth $18,000 in 1963, destroyed in Cuba, with Monroe County preparing to arrest him.
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Key West
Fla
William Henry Nelson
Cuba
U.S. Coast Guard
Nelson
U.S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
FBI
Florida Straits
Monroe County
Man Uses Torch Ignites Bird Nest, Causes Fire
Cincinnati police say Earl Adams Jr. attempted to remove paint with a propane torch. A bird nest ignited and fell through the roof space, prompting firefighters to extinguish a blaze causing about $2,000 in damage.
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Cincinnati
Earl Adams Jr
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