Doctor Walton of Mt. Vernon Dies at 84
Dr Lester G Walton, 84, a retired Mt Vernon physician and surgeon, died at Good Samaritan Hospital. Born March 3, 1888 in Sedalia Missouri, he is survived by wife Wilma Ramsey and son Lester Walton Jr. Funeral arrangements by Myers Funeral Service. Cremation at Valhalla Crematory in St Louis.
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Lester G. Walton
Hickory Grove Manor
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sedalia
Wilma Ramsey
Walton
Baptist, Church
American Medical Association
Valhalla Crematory
St. Louis
Myers Funeral Service
Obituary for Ronald Keef of Mt Vernon
Ronald Eugene Keef 48 of 711 Magnolia died 1 40 p m Sunday at Veterans Hospital Marion He donated his body to science his remains to Anatomical Demonstrators Association Chicago There was no funeral service Contributions may go to Lebanon church of Mt Vernon He was born July 10 1923 in Mt Vernon son of Alonzo and Mae Ellen Medders Keef He served in the Navy in World War II and was a member of Amvets Survivors include his wife one daughter two stepchildren and two grandchildren
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Ronald Eugene Keef
Magnolia
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Keef
Anatomical Demonstrators Association
Chicago
Lebanon Church
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Keef
Alonzo and
Mae Ellen (Medders) Keef
Amanda Jewell Wells
Amvets
John D. Ryan
Elgin
Rick B. Wells
Florence
Oregon
Stephen Wheeler
Mt Vernon Hog Market and Grain Prices Report
Mt Vernon hog prices show No 1 and No 2 hogs at 25.75 to 26.75, No 26.50, mixed No 2 and No 3 hogs at 25.25 to 25.75, sows 19.00 to 22.00. Mt Vernon grain quotes Wheat 1.25 Soybeans 3.44 Corn 1.07. Chicago grain prices list No 2 hard red 1.46n No 2 soft red 1.482n No 2 yellow 1.264n Oats 0.7634n No 1 yellow soybeans 3.514n Soybean oil 11.25n. St Louis eggs consumer grades and ready to cook prices noted.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
ST. Louis
Miss Alma Newby of Mt. Vernon Dies at 83
Miss Alma Newby 83 of 212 North &th street died at 7 25 a.m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services at Myers Chapel 2:00 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Larry Bailey officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Lying in state after 5:00 p.m. Tuesday. Survived by two sisters Velma Newby and Viola Karch both of Mt Vernon, one nephew Paul Newby of Burbank Illinois, and one great niece Linda Schreier of Oak Lawn Illinois. Born June 13 1889 in Mt Vernon to Will and Ada Gore Newby. Member Retail Clerks Association and mission circles of First Baptist Church.
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Alma L. Newby
North &Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Larry Bailey
Oakwood Cemetery
Miss Newby
Mt. Vernon
Will and
Ada (Gore) Newby
Retail Clerks Association
First Baptist Church
Velma Newby
Viola Karch
Paul Newby
Burbank
Ill
Linda Schreier
Oak Lawn
Humphrey Considers McGovern Tempermence Ahead of 1968
In remarks attributed to Humphrey he says he feels like quitting, and argues for any Democrat against Nixon. He recalls that in 1968 he did not cost the party losses despite losing a race. He adds he would not urge that McGovern harms the party and will tell conservative Democrats McGovern is more temperate than expected.
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Nixon
Humphrey
McGovern
Man Burned In House Fire and Weekend Blazes
This report details a man badly burned in a house fire and notes firefighters mopped up two additional fires over the weekend. One mobile home at 1311 S. 16th Street suffered porch flames from outdoor cooking, causing slight damage. Parkway Sundries at 1900 Perkins Street had window sill damage from a fire of unknown origin.
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Parkway Sundries
S. 16Th Street
Perkins St
Chicago Stock Yards Hog Cattle and Sheep Receipts Report
Estimated Tuesday receipts: hogs 6000 cattle 2000 sheep 200. Hog receipts 7000 head. butchers weak to 25 lower. sows steady, some over 500 lbs 25 higher. Cattle receipts 3000 head. slaughter steers and heifers 75-100, cows and bulls steady. Sheep receipts 400 head. slaughter lambs 1.00-2.00 lower, ewes steady.
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National Stockyards
Ilc
Stock market steadies after five-day slide gains noted
NEW YORK prices rose modestly as trading slowed after five straight declines. The noon Dow stood at 939.49, up 3.04, with advances led by airlines oils chemicals and most motors and steels while utilities weakened. Gulf Oil traded a block of 300,000 shares at 24 percent, up 2. Traders remained cautious amid selective buying in previously depressed issues.
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New York
Gulf Oil
Dow Jones Noon Averages Mixed as Industrials Rise
New York AP stock report shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 939.49 up 5.04, Transport 246.82 up 2.05, Utilities 106.44 down 3.19, and the broader 65-stock index at 319.58 up 64. Strong gains in Industrials and Transports contrast with a drop in Utilities in midday trading.
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New York
Indus
Town Buys Golf Course From Northwestern University
Wilmette voters approve a 4.4 million bond issue to acquire a 14 acre golf course formerly owned by Northwestern University. Weekend tally 5,704 to 785, the largest bond turnout in Wilmette history, surpassing 1971 pool and recreation facility vote totals.
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Wilmettie, II
Northwestern University
Chicago
Flood Strikes Rapid City South Dakota Trapping Residents
Rapid City endures a devastating flood with 500 missing and extensive damage. Water and gas cuts hinder relief as emergency teams from federal agencies deploy. Residents seek shelter with relatives while temporary morgues operate and search parties scour near Rapid Creek for victims and campers hidden by the mud and wreckage.
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Rapid City
Pennington County Health Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Small Business Administration
Office of Economic Opportunity
South Dakota
U.S
Johnstown
Florida
David Heraty
Rapid Creek
Jackson Boulevard
Omaha Street
Roland Stephenson
Civil Defense
Woman Hurt As Jones Street Car Hits Pole
Rosemary Young 27 of 500 N 7th St. remained in satisfactory condition at Good Samaritan Hospital after an auto crash Saturday in which a car driven by Anthony Eugene Sawyer 18 struck a power pole in the 900 block of Jones Street, injuring Young who suffered lacerations and a broken jaw. Sawyer, charged with driving without a license, said pedals were misapplied as he turned. Police also logged three other Mt. Vernon damage crashes, including a Waltonville man injured in a 11:25 a.m. collision with a Diana Squibb car at 12th Main, and a three car 7:09 p.m. Sunday crash at 11th Street and Salem Road involving Mary Likens, William Donoho, and Gerald Peacock with Peacock cited for following too close. An additional 5:36 p.m. Saturday incident at 10th and Jordan Street involved Herman Dunkin and Mildred Toedte, both with major damage. Dunkin cited for disobeying a traffic signal.
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Sawyer
Rosemary Young
Mt. Vernon
Waltonville
Clyde A. Wells
Route 2
Diana D. Squibb
Salem
12Th Main Streets
Wells
11Th Street
Salem Road
Mary F. Likens
William D. Donoho
Texico
Gerald D. Peacock
Peacock
Donoho
Likens
10Th Street
Jordan Street
Herman Dunkin
Patricksburg
Ind
Mildred L. Toedte
S. 22Nd St
Dunkin
Independent State For linois? Wallace Leads AIP Ballot Bid
Champaign Illinois AP the American Independent party named a slate to appear on the November ballot headed by Alabama Gov George C Wallace who seeks the Democratic presidential nomination Petitions totaling about 25000 signatures are needed for ballot access The slate includes Richard Kay for vice president Dakin Williams for US Senate Wendell Kincaid for secretary of state and Blake Yont Edwardsville for comptroller Additional statewide posts Governor Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General were to be named later The party said Wallace was not informed he headed the ticket
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Champaign, Ill
Illinois
American Independent Party
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
State Central Committee For National
Richard Kay
Cleveland
Ohio
William Calley
Dakin Williams
Collinsville
Tennessee Williams
U.S. Senate
Williams
Wendell Kincaid
Park Forest
Blake Yont
Edwardsville
U S May End Boycott Of Vietnam Peace Talks
Paris AP reporting that the chief U S delegate to the Vietnam peace talks returned from Washington and signaled the United States may end its five week boycott. Ambassador William J Porter said President Nixon is keen on reaching a negotiated settlement and that the U S proposals offer a good basis for discussion. He added flexibility in pursuing talks.
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Paris
U.S
Washington
United States
William J. Porter
Orly
Nixon
Porter
Electrically heated homes to reach ten percent by 1972
Frank H. Roby, president of Solu Basic Industries, told electric heating representatives at a convention that ten percent of all U S homes will be heated electrically by the end of 1972.
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United States
Frank H. Roby
Solu Basic Industries
Supreme Court backs private clubs excluding Negroes
The Supreme Court in a 6 to 3 decision upheld the right of private clubs to exclude Black guests. Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote the opinion, ruling Leroy Irvis, a Pennsylvania House leader, could not challenge the Moose Lodge’s all white guest policy since he was only a guest and had not sought membership. The ruling centered on guest exclusion and the 14th Amendment, not membership rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
William H. Rehnquist
Moose Lodge
Harrisburg
Leroy Irvis
Pennsylvania House
Rehnquist
Irvis
Illinois peach crop down sharply in 1972 report
The Illinois peach crop is estimated at 12 million pounds for 1972, down from 26 million last year, due to severe winterkill of flower buds on peach trees according to the State Crop Reporting Service.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois
Mines Drop in North Vietnam Harbors By U S Planes
U S planes drop 1 090 pound mines in North Vietnamese harbors using complex fuses that can be triggered by metal sound or pressure from a passing ship.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Death toll in Northern Ireland violence reaches 368
A British soldier wounded by gunfire died in a Belfast hospital. The death, plus two civilians and a soldier killed Sunday night, brings the three year toll to 368 amid fighting around Ardoyne. Troops faced heavy fire as gunmen opened fire after a youth was shot. The Provisional IRA claimed responsibility for the Londonderry sniper attack.
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Belfast
Solider
Northern Ireland
Ardoyne
Londonderry
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
Five Injured In Mt. Vernon Area Auto Crashes
State police report five people injured in weekend accidents around Mt. Vernon area. Collisions included Ronald W. Arnote and Archie A. Sutton on I-57 near Route 161 with Sutton in fair condition, a three car wreck on Route 460 near Route 127 sending two to Washington County Hospital, and another head-on on I-57 near Route 460 leaving Ina M. Romack in serious condition. Additional crash at Route 15 and Markham Road left Donoho treated at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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DuQuoin
Ronald W. Arnote
Champaign
Archie A. Sutton
S. 16Th St
Sutton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Washington County
Myrlee Weaver
Battle Mountain
Nev
Charles J. Goodin
Mt. Vernon
Thomas J. Majewski
Ashley
Route 127
Goodin
Washington County Hospital
Nashville
Emily Goodin
Virginia Leslie
Redwood
Calif
William B. Hick
Centralia
Royal M. Romack
Lerna
Ill
Romack Auto
Ina M. Romack
Good Samaritan
Alton Firebombs Destroy Furniture Store and Cars
After a weekend of calm violence in Alton two black juveniles allegedly broke a window at Modern Biederman Furniture Store and hurled a gasoline bomb inside destroying the store. Two cars scattered around were also destroyed and a small Black neighborhood food store was set afire but saved. No injuries were reported as firemen doused the ruins and police investigated the incidents.
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Alton
Biederman
Nolice
Ogilvie to host three Ask the Governor TV sessions
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie announced three live television talk ins for his bid for a second term. The first airs Thursday in Southern Illinois on WPSD TV with later broadcasts June 20 in Quincy and June 22 in Chicago. He will answer questions on air, in writing, or by phone if needed.
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Chicago
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ilinois
Dan Walker
Southern Illinois
Wpsd-Tv
Quincy
Ogilvie
Walker
Labor Dispute Settled at Caterpillar Co
In Peoria Illinois AP reports Local 974 of the United Auto Workers and Caterpillar Tractor Co ended a marathon bargaining session with a settlement to avert a walkout set for 12:01 a.m. The joint statement praised mutual satisfaction at resolving disputed issues as negotiations began Saturday and ended Sunday. The potential strike could have affected about 25,000 workers across four plants in Mapleton East Peoria Mossville and Morton.
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Peoria
United Auto Workers
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Caterpillar
Mapleton
East Peoria
Mossville
Morton
Divorce Granted for Anna Morlan in Circuit Court
Anna Christine Morlan was granted a divorce from Billy Morlan in circuit court here Friday. An Alton man was in county jail under $3,000 bond after being arrested Saturday in a forgery case filed Sept. 3, 1971. Ivory Lee Taylor allegedly signed a fraudulent name to a $324.23 retail contract. Billy Joe Hayse, manager of Johnson Motors, is the complainant. Two burglaries and a theft were reported to Mt. Vernon police over the weekend. A resident reported a break in Saturday evening with stolen car keys, a lighter and $13 in cash. Thieves took work gloves, a flashlight and a trouble light from Joe Adcock’s car in the 200 block of South 10th. Sheila Avis reported $30 stolen from her purse at Good Samaritan Hospital. the money was later recovered.
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Alton
Ivory Lee Taylor
Billy Joe Hayse
Johnson Motors
Mt. Vernon
Jim Thomas
Prairie
Joe Adcock
North 5Th
South 10Th
Sheila Avis
Richview Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Shee
Mt Vernon Eastern Star Meeting Scheduled for June 13
The Mt Vernon Chapter No 233 Order of the Eastern Star will hold a stated meeting at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday evening June 13 at 730 pm. The Mt Vernon NAACP chapter meets tonight Monday June 12 at 730 pm at Shiloh Baptist Church Conger Street with a social hour and refreshments to follow.
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Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
National Association For the Advacement of Colored People
Shiloh Baptist Church
Conger Street
Raise Taxes for Social Security Act Contested
Continued on page one recounts proposed Social Security changes including annual cost of living raises if price indices rise 3 percent. Current tax max is 488.00 from 5 percent on 9000 earnings. Next year it rises to 608.59 with 9,000 base and 5.65 percent rate. House-passed bill would raise 1973 tax to 550.90 by increasing taxable earnings to 10200 and rate to 5.4 percent.
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House
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Linois
Supreme Court
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Highlander Laundry
Newby St
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Bluford
Evelyn J. Harris
Villag Grove
Route 15
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Caterpillar Co
Fae Mawal Cee
Register-News
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