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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1968
Page
7
Doris Hancock 70 of Marshall was fatally injured when her car collided with a Norfolk and Western freight train at the Ridge Farm crossing in Vermillion County. The crossing has flashing lights, state police said.
The Wayne City column reports a well attended Olive Branch church singing convention. names include Lowell and Elmer Shelton, Gladys Thomason, Carolyn Singleterry, Denise Lynn born June 3 at St. Marys in Centralia. Family visits at Shelton and Thomason homes. Russell Ballard Jr. on leave from Ft Benning, to Oakland then Vietnam. Local farming hampered by heavy May rain. Margaret Rubenacker died, daughter of Schill family. Visitors from Mt Vernon and Perry Mo. passings include Lillie Aug funeral set at Richardson. Anis Riggs admitted to Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Wm Otis Allen discharged from hospital. Gladys Thomason mentioned.
Canaries are used in mining to detect toxic gases before human workers enter. These birds, more sensitive to gas, serve as early warning by dying or showing distress if hazardous air is present.
Woodlawn residents share family trips and visits across Arkansas Missouri and Kansas. Mr and Mrs Bill Maze and children take a two week vacation in Arkansas. Mrs Warren Kinison returns from Mt Vernon wintering. Several others visit relatives in Kansas Belleville Mt Vernon Dixon Ashley and Lake of Egypt during the period. Cor. Mary Jaco reports.
An act passed in 1862 permitted postage stamps to be used as money, allowing stamps to function as a form of currency or payment in lieu of coins or banknotes.
A note mentions one woman in 200 may have some color vision deficiency, yet it does not fully explain the unusual color combinations seen at the shopping center.
Ancient writers dubbed the cedar of Lebanon the tree of God for its sacred wood used in temple roof beams and revered as a divine material in ancient structures.
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