Deaths Jury F. Smith Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Jury Francis Smith 706 Columbia will be held Thursday at 1 50 p m at Myers Chapel The Rev Bayne Wilson will officiate and burial will be in the Masonic and Odd Fellows cemetery at Benton The body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 6 00 p m today Smith 70 died suddenly yesterday He retired in 1965 after a career with United States Gypsum Company He was born April 12 1897 in DeKalb County NL and was a Mt Vernon resident 30 years He married Anna Fay Eskew June 26 1937 in St Louis She survives Also surviving are a brother Charles J Smith Birmingham Ala and a sister Mrs Tom Rose Aline Okla He was preceded in death by two brothers and his parents.
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Benton
Myers Chapel
Smith
Vernon
City of
Mt. Vernon
United States Gypsum Company
Mr. Smith
DeKalb
County
William
Lizzie Smith
St. Louis
Anna Fay Eskew
U. S. Signal Corps
V.F.W. the American Legion
The
Elks Lodge
Moose
Pickerill Baby Dies At Home In Ina
Phillip Montgomery Pickerell Jr two month old son of Mr and Mrs Phillip Pickerell died early this morning at the family home in Ina The infant born March 24 1967 in Benton is survived by parents a sister Sherry Lorraine grandparents Mrs Bessie Pickerell Ina Mr and Mrs James Newberry Walier great grandmother Mrs Bessie Newberry Valier and the funeral home has Ina Funeral Home handling arrangements
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Phillip Pickerell
Ina
Benton
Phillip
Barbara (Newberry) Pickerell
Sherry Lorraine
Bessie Pickerell
James Newberry
Walier
Bessie Newberry
Valier
Mariner 5 Blasts Off For Venus
Spacecraft systems activated and solar panels deployed as Mariner 5 begins Venus flyby preparations. The $35 million probe aims to measure hydrogen and oxygen in the upper atmosphere to infer temperature and density, while tracking atmospheric conditions to assess Venusian habitability. A Soviet Venus 4 mission is also reported as in transit with no direct camera aboard Mariner 5.
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Sur
Venus
Mariner
U.S
Venus 4
Mt Vernon Weather Outlook Tuesday High 92
Weather report notes Tuesday with a high of 92 and a low of 65 for Mt Vernon. Rainfall to date in 1967 stands at 16.93 inches for the area. Historical highs include 84 in the prior year and 89 ten years ago, with sunrise at 4:30 and sunset at 7:30 CST.
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MT. Vernon
Temperature Outlook for Southern Illinois Through Monday
Southern Illinois temperatures are forecast to run 5 to 10 degrees above normal from Thursday through Monday with continued warmth. Normal highs reach 83 to 90 and lows from 2 to 70. Showers are expected to be scattered, totaling about one tenth inch in the extreme southeast to over one inch in the west.
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Illinois
Illinois Weather Forecast Lingers With Humid Heat
The Illinois forecast remains steady with continued warmth and humidity through Thursday. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are possible at night in the north and a lighter chance in the south. Highs are expected in the 80s and 90s, matching Tuesday’s warmth.
Grant Divorce In Court Here
A divorce petition in the case Larry Dean Clark versus Arlyne Kathryn Clark was granted during a circuit court session here yesterday.
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Larry Dean Clark
Arlyne Kathryn Clark
Circuit Court
Traffic Fines Set in Circuit Court
Marie Snow of 1107 South 24th was fined 15 dollars for speeding. Gale R. Pasley of Route 4 paid 10 dollars for driving too fast for conditions. Barbara Peoples of 1113 Jones paid 20 dollars for improper vehicle registration and 20 dollars for lacking a valid driver's license. Kenneth E. Warner of 500 North 7th was fined 11 dollars for speeding.
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Marie Snow
South 24Th
Gale R. Pasley
Route 4
Barbara Peoples
Jones
Kenneth E. Warner
500
N. 7Th
Birth of son to Mr and Mrs Gerald Swaney
Mr and Mrs Gerald Swaney of 320 Spruce welcomed a son born at 7:16 yesterday morning in Good Samaritan Hospital. The baby weighed nine pounds four ounces and was named Jeffrey Lowell.
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Gerald Swaney
Spruce
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jeffrey Lowell
Headstart Begins Next Monday in Jefferson County
The Headstart program for pre school children in Jefferson County starts next Monday June 19. Fred Hicks rural director announced first day bus schedules from Belle Rive Opdyke Farrington Inn Bonnie Dodds McClellan schools with morning and afternoon departures. Parents should ride or drive children for the first day as schedules are explained. The rural Headstart will be at Bluford and Bethel grade schools with no buses to Bluford and Bethel next Monday, and return trips planned. The program aims to improve health understanding and experiences with parental social service involvement.
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Jefferson County
Fred Hicks
Belle Rive
Opdyke
Farrington
Inn
Bonnie
Dodds
McClellan
Hicks
Bluford
Bethel
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted in Morning Market
Mt Vernon farmers received current price figures for grains this morning with Wheat at 1.37 Soybeans at 2.72 Shell corn at 1.35.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis Produce Eggs and Poultry Prices Listed
AP notes consumer grades for eggs and weights for hens and broilers. Prices show large, medium, small eggs in varied ranges and wholesale standards, with hens over and under 5 pounds and broilers listed at 24 to 25 cents.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Market Notes Butter and Eggs Steady
Chicago Mercantile Exchange price list shows butter steady with AA 66 and A 66, B 63, C 59 percent. Eggs steady with Grade A whites 27, mixed 264, mediums 21, standards 334. Live poultry roasters 27 to 29 and special fed white rock fryers 19 per unit.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Prices From Stockyards Report
Livestock prices for Thursday at Stockyards, Tl: cattle 2,000. calves 150. steers 25.50 to 33.50. heifers 22.50 to 25.00. cows 17.00 to 18.50. bulls 21.50 to 23.50. good calves 26.00 to 32.00. Hogs 6,000 head with 1 to 2 weights 200 to 270 pounds 21.23 to 21.60. sows 16.19. lambs 28.00 to 27.50. sheep 300 head. spring lambs 28.00 to 27.50. shorn ewes 5.00 to 6.50.
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National
Cash Grain Prices Bid at Chicago Markets
Wheat No 2 hard 1.62 percent No 2 red 1.54 percent Corn No 2 yellow 1.36 percent Oats No 2 heavy white 773 cents Soy beans No 1 yellow 2.89 percent Soybean oil 9.92 cents per pound?
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Chicago
Wall Street dips after six straight advances
New York stocks slipped in early afternoon trading as the Dow Jones industrial average fell 3.17 to 882.80 at noon. Losses came from blue chips while some names such as Mission Development and Mission Corp. advanced on merger news with Getty Oil. Airlines faced weakness from a large mutual fund order and tax-related timing in convertible bonds.
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Mission Corp
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Getty Oil
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Polaroid
Xerox
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IBM
American Stock Exchange
Royal Neighbors Meet Thursday at I.O.C.F. Temple
The Royal Neighbors of America 64 will gather Thursday evening June 15 at 7 30 at the I O C F Temple. Golda Jennings serves as Oracle and Effie Marlow as recorded.
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Oracle
Effie Marlow
Hospital Notes Discharges and Admissions
The hospital log lists discharges including Steven Duane Throgmorton from Mt. Vernon and Ruth Gammon from south 9th plus multiple admissions such as Charles Webb at 110644 south 10th. others include Laura Lee Meredith and Phoebe Bailey among many names and addresses across towns.
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Charles Webb
South
Ruth Gammon
Riley Johnson
South Johnson
Edna Woodward
Forest
Greta ‘Greer
RFD
Jean Donnelly
Pace
Beulah Bell
North
Lillian Richmond
Crownview
Susie Fern Garrison
Oakland
Phoebe Bailey
Wayne City
North 14Th
Debra Beard
Opdyke
Jake Wallace
Welkins
Marion County names Brinkerhoff as assistant superintendent
Frank Brinkerhoff of Salem is named assistant county superintendent of schools in Marion County by superintendent-elect Harold Bookhout. He takes office August 7 with wife Donna Richardson and three children. A 1957 Southern Illinois University graduate, he taught in Salem grade schools since 1960, earned a 1965 SIU master’s, and has been principal at Oak Park school since 1965.
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Salem
Marion County
Harold Bookhout
Brinkerhoff
Donna Richardson
Mt. Vernon
Brad
Bruce
Beth Ann
Southern Illinoi University
SIU
Oak Park School
Cong Raids On Mekong Villages Continue
The report notes seven infiltration route hits in Quang Tri in three days as U S air units carried out 97 missions over North Vietnam on Tuesday with fair weather. North Vietnamese air force engaged, MIG activity seen but no dogfights. Kep base raid marks third since Saturday, with 16 MIGs destroyed or damaged in total. Railroad yards at Kep also struck. 15 to 20 boxcars damaged or destroyed including a tank car, smoke rising 3,000 feet.
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Reds Demand Israel Concede War Gains
Report outlines Arabs seeking assembly results and a unified stance. Israel administers West Bank territory as a separate entity with Jerusalem kept under Israeli control. Aimed to create limited autonomy with currency, posts, and travel restrictions for Arabs. Jordan calls for an immediate Arab summit in Khartoum with Egypt's Nasser likely to attend.
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Enti
Jerusalem
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Khartoum
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Night and day flag flying at Mt Suribachi site reveal landmark status
Mt Suribachi on Iwo Jima, famed for the WWII Marine flag raising, is among the rare places where authorities grant continuous permission to fly the U S flag.
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Marine Corps
Iwo Jima
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City Seeks Building Inspector After Death
Mt. Vernon begins search for a building inspector to replace Jury Smith who died of a heart attack at age 70. City Manager Chester Lewis cites heavy current building activity and calls for quick replacement. Job offers $1,500 yearly. applications available at the city clerk’s office.
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Jury Smith
Chester Lewis
Smith
U.S. Gypsum Co
Humphrey To Resume Duties After Hospital Stay
Vice President Hubert H Humphrey planned to resume normal duties including a cabinet meeting today one day after leaving Bethesda Naval Hospital where he had surgery Saturday. He said he felt fine but not as peppy as before and would rest later at his home in Waverly Minnesota.
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Hubert H Humphrey
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Humphrey
Waverly
Minn
Torpedoed American ship reaches Malta
VALETTA Malta AP The torpedoed U S Navy ship Liberty arrives at Malta Harbor under her own power with an 11 000 ton hull scarred by a torpedo hit and shell damage Twenty four of the crew are presumed dead nine bodies and most seriously wounded are being treated aboard the carrier Enterprise A Navy court of inquiry will decide interviews and the attack is being treated as an accident by Israel
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Malta
Liberty
Mediterranean
Ranatetre
Ameren
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Riots Spread as National Guards Move Into Cincinnati Area
Rioting in Cincinnati's Avondale and other Black neighborhoods prompted Mayor Walton to request National Guardsmen after shootings and dozens of arrests. Guardsmen with fixed bayonets and Jeeps patrolled early morning streets amid alarms and injuries. Concurrent unrest linked to Stokely Carmichael and Rap Brown drew protests in Montgomery and Brooklyn confrontations, while a mixed-race Warren Michigan home faced threats and vandalism.
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Bachrach
James A. Rhodes
Avondale
Stokely Carmichael
Rap Brown
Carmichael
Montgomery
State Capitol
Prattville
New York
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Warren
Mich
Corado Bailey
Bailey
Divorce Filing Alleges Desertion in Local Circuit Court
Mary Elizabeth Lawrence filed a divorce suit against El don Lee Lawrence in the circuit court yesterday charging desertion. The couple married May 21, 1946 and lived together until March 16, 1964, according to the complaint.
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Mary Elizabeth Lawrence
Eldon Lee Lawrence
Hit And Run Accident Here
Mt. Vernon police investigated two accidents yesterday one involving a car that failed to stop after sideswiping another at 12th and Main Dorothy L Stringer 50 of 901 North street said her car was sideswiped about 10 40 a m by a vehicle that did not stop Damage estimated at 4 to the Stringer car Julie L Wright 23 of 406 North 9th street and Virginia Rixmann 55 Route 4 Mt Vernon were driving cars in an accident about 11 25 a m at North and 15th streets Damage estimated at more than 100 to each vehicle
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12Th and
Main
Dorothy L. Stringer
North Street
Stringer
Julie L. Wright
9Th Street
Virginia Rixmann
15Th Streets
Watts district calm after night of fire and rocks
Ruby, is white. Calm returned to the predominantly Negro Watts district of Los Angeles after a night in which 500 Negroes threw rocks and bottles at firemen fighting a $35,000 blaze.
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Ruby
Watts
Los Angeles
8 Foot Skillet For Big Omelet At Versailles Poultry Days
At Versailles Ohio the Poultry Days festival plans an enormous omelet cooked in an 8 foot 8 inch skillet over a large charcoal fire. Chairman Ralph Strome and workers will mix ninety dozen eggs four gallons of milk two gallons of oil and seasonings for the July event.
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Versailles
Ohio
Ralph Strome
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