Deaths Ralph Shelton longtime Illinois Power supervisor
Ralph Shelton 66 operation superintendent for Illinois Power Co. in Mt. Vernon and Centralia died at 7 00 am Friday at St Marys Hospital Centralia after an extended illness. He lived at 943 E Broadway Centralia born in Johnson County son of John C and Laura Owens Shelton married 1922 in Massac County to Mabel Wymore. Past commander of the American Legion he was member of First Baptist Church Centralia and held multiple lodge and commandery memberships. Navy veteran of World War I, survived by wife a son John H Centralia a daughter Mavalene Barnard Centralia a half sister Lela O Farrell Chicago and three grandchildren. Funeral 2 00 pm Sunday at First Baptist Church Centralia Rev Louis Bean officiating burial Hillcrest Memorial Park. Body lies in state Queen Boggs Funeral Home Centralia after 6 pm today and 11 am to funeral hour Sunday.
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Ralph Shelton
Ilinois Power Co
Mt. Vernon
Centralia
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mr. Shelton
E. Broadway
Johnson County
John C
Laura (Owens) Shelton
Massac County
Mabel Wymore
Lela O'Farrell
Chicago
First Baptist Church
Louis Bean
Hillcrest Memorail Park
Queen- Boggs
C V Bailey 74 Former Resident Dies Yesterday
Clarence Vern Bailey 74 of Golden Gate Til a former Mt. Vernon real estate dealer died at Fairfield Memorial Hospital at 5 25 am yesterday He moved to Golden Gate years ago and was cousin of former Mt Vernon Mayor Virgil T Bailey Funeral at Nales Funeral Home Fairfield at 2 00 pm Sunday Dean Brown and R O Leech officiating Burial in Bethel Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Bailey born April 29 1894 in Jefferson County son of Alonso and Margaret Bailey married to Edna Leech who survives
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Clarence Vern Bailey
Golden Gate, Til
Mt. Vernon
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Mr. Bailey
C.V
Vernon Drea
Golden Gate
Virgil T. Bailey
Nales Funeral Home
Fairfield
Dean Brown
R. O? Leech
Bethel Cemetery
Jefferson County
Alonso
Margaret (Farris) Bailey
Edna Leech
Susie Atkinson dies aged 87 in Mt Vernon funeral set
Susie Frances Atkinson of RFD 4 Mt Vernon died Friday 5:00 p.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital at 87 years four months 14 days. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Monday at Myers Chapel with Rev Loy Shaw officiating. Burial Bethel Cemetery. Survivors include four sons Pearl Roy Forrest and Obbie all of Mt Vernon four daughters Mabel McDonald Lola Johnson Ferne Stull and Hilma Skinner a sister Anna Richards 19 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. She belonged to Blu ford Church of God.
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Susie Frances Atkinson
RFD 4
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Loy Shaw
Bethel Cemetery
Jefferson County
Blythe
Martha (Fyke) Reece
Joseph E. Atkinson
Pearl
Roy
Forrest
Obbie
Mt. Vernon
Mabel McDonald
Lola Johnson
Ferne Stull
Birchwood
Wis
Hilma Skinner
Boulder
Colo
Anna Richards
Grarddchildren
Bluford Church of God
Father and two sons ordained priests in Kansas
John Paul Habiger aged 62 and his two sons John Jr 30 and Henry 26 were ordained priests of the Roman Catholic Benedictine Order by Archbishop Edward Hunkeler at St. Benedicts Abbey in Atchison Kansas. Habiger a widower from Salina and his sons, all graduates of St Benedicts College, completed priesthood studies at Belmont Abbey North Carolina. He said his wife and he believed the survivor would devote life to the Lord. The elder Habiger will baptize his second grandson Maria Therese Andrade born May 29 to his daughter Mrs Luis Andrade in Wichita.
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Habiger
M Habiger
Ryanichild
Maria Therese Andrade
Wichita
Luis Andrade
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions
Admission and discharge list for multiple institutions includes many names and addresses such as Martha E. Melee Ina Clara Shaw 720 Perkins William Burton 910 Wilkins and Fern Mendenhall 1818 south 24th street, Rhodrick Freeman 1409 south 11th street, plus discharges like John Switzer 2824 Beechwood Bridgeton Missouri and Janet Scott Gregory Dale 1206 north 13th street.
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Jefferson Memorial
Martha E. Melee
Herbert
William Burton
Wilkins
Jenning Quinn
Ina
Clara Shaw
Perkins
William Lawrence Sweetin
East Casey
Anna McCoy
North
Fern Mendenhall
South 24Th Street
Rhodrick Freeman
South 11Th Street
William A. Jones
Jordan
Amy Summers
Hinman Place
Curtis Birkhead
South 25Th Street
William Conner
Box
Ashley
Sue Simmons
Ozark
John Switzer
Beechwood
Bridgeton
Danylle Barker
RFD
Salem Hi
James Claud DuBois
13Th Street
Linda Stephenson
Kinmundy
Bernice Keen
Janet Scott
Baby
Gregory Dale
North 13Th Street
Terrence Randolph
South 9Th Street
Shirley Ann Moore
Elaine Lynette
Bell
Ruth Thomason
John Cook
Glen Brownless
Webster Hill Estates
Dorothy Bramitt
Bonnie
Jake Wallace
Sherman Shoemaker
Charles Ryan
Walnut Hill
Nixon campaign scene shifts as rival confronts McCarthy
Asst. Chief Donald Barton said George W. Dehoff of Murfreesboro Tenn had a loaded pistol jammed in his waistband when police removed it from his possession. Wallace spoke of carrying Tennessee and hinted at wins in Illinois and Michigan, while Humphrey and McCarthy traded sharp lines in Montana remarks and a Humphrey message urged calm.
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Donald Barton
George W. Dehoff
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Dehoff
Rutherford County
Barton
Wallace
Tennessee
South
Illinois
Michigan
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Montana
Helena
McCarthy
Weather snapshot for Mt Vernon and region
Friday forecast shows a high of 90 and a low of 56 at Mt Vernon with rainfall to date in 1968 totaling 17.56 inches inches recorded. Historical temps note last year’s high 94 and low 68 and five years ago 85 and 59 with ten years ago 76 and 66. Sunrise and sunset times listed as 4:31 and Teal note for Monday.
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Mt. Vernon
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Tenegee
Ore
Rapid City
Tichmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Washington
Winnipeg
Weather outlook to Sunday with scattered rain events
Cloudy skies and cool weather continue across most of the state through Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms developed in southern Illinois today with potential spread into northern Illinois Sunday. highs range 67 to 90, lows 50s north to 60s south. Heavy rains Friday included Quincy 3.77 inches, Springfield 2.63, Peoria 1.03, and La Harpe 3.55 bringing two day totals to 4.28 inches. warmest spots were Belleville and Vandalia at 93 and 90 respectively.
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Iinois
Millinois
Quincy
Springfield
Peoria
la Harpe
Iowa
Belleville
Vandalia
East Dubuque
Four Accidents In Mt Vernon. Child Hurt In One
Four traffic accidents occurred in Mt. Vernon yesterday. Terry L. Atchison 18 of 1107 Welkins struck William H. Wilson at 11 30 a m causing over 100 dollars damage. Wilson charged with failure to yield right of way. Brubaker 36 of 627 Fairfield Rd sideswiped Kenneth Eskew 27 of 228 Burns at 11 20 p m in the 700 block of Lamar causing over 100 dollars damage to Eskew and 35 to Brubaker. Roy L. Linville 41 of 1021 Tolle Road struck two year old Scott Brown son of Clayton G. Brown at 6 00 p m as the child darted into the road. the boy was not seriously injured. The final crash at 4 17 p m at 12th and Newby involved Charles E. Heiden 30 of Centralia and Oran G. Peterson 19 of Woodlawn with damage to both cars over 50 dollars.
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Mt. Vernon
Terry L. Atchison
Welkins
William H. Wilson
Rt. 2
Lth
Virginia
Wilson
Joseph P. Brubaker
Fairfield Rd
Kenneth W. Eskew
Burns
Lamar
Eskew
Brubaker
Roy L. Linville
Tolle Road
Scott Brown
Casey
Clayton G. Brown
Clayton
12Th
Newby
Charles E. Heiden
Centralia
Oran G. Peterson
Woodlawn
Joel Andrea Reynolds Born By Adoption In Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs John O Reynolds of Indianapolis Ind are the parents of a daughter by adoption May 31. She was born May 23 weighing seven pounds eleven ounces and named Joel Andrea. The Air Force authorized some grounded Fi1A fighter bombers to fly again after a parts change to fix bugs following a May 8 crash at Nellis AFB Nevada. A modified rod installed in tail control assemblies allows return to flight, with more aircraft to be modified and returned to duty.
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John O. Reynolds
Indianapolis
Ind
Joel Andrea
Washington
Air Force
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada
Legion Beauty Contest Committee Meeting Scheduled
An American Legion Beauty Contest committee will meet Monday June 17 at 7 30 p m at the Legion Home Auxiliary members are urged to attend
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American Legion Committee
American Legion
Legion
Spock and three others guilty in draft conspiracy case
The jury found Spock and three co defendants guilty of conspiring to aid Selective Service registrants to refuse or evade duties under the draft. They were fined $10,000 each. Coffin defended the issues as legality and constitutionality of the war and draft, while praising Raskin's acquittal as a First Amendment victory and warning of potential indictments if all five had been convicted.
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Spock
Coffin
Raskin
Evacuations urged for Saigon as allied missions rise
Australia and Japan advised nonessential civilians to leave Saigon while the United States and France did not issue evacuation orders. The Viet Cong shelling Saigon was labeled random and indiscriminate. U.S. air forces conducted 82 missions over North Vietnam's panhandle, with strikes targeting oil storage near Vinh and Mu Gia Pass, plus trucks and bridges aiding enemy troops.
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Saigon
United States
France
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
Vinh
Mu Gia Pass
Swedish Expert Warns Supersonic Planes Overland Noise
Bo K O Lundberg, a Swedish aeronautical researcher, warned at a national noise conference that unthinkable noise levels would result if supersonic airliners fly over land. He cited an acceptable average boom limit of about 0.2 pounds per square foot, about one tenth of expected levels for US and other nations projects. If allowed inland, he said the planes would create intolerable boom carpets.
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Washington
Bo K.O. Lundberg
United States
Lundberg
Supreme Court weighs New York welfare asset seizure case
The Supreme Court is considering but has not decided to take up a case challenging a New York law allowing local welfare departments to seize life insurance benefits and other assets of welfare recipients. Similar statutes exist in 31 other states. Also, defenders of the Khe Sanh outpost were honored at a Flag Day ceremony in the House of Representatives.
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Associated Press
Supreme Court
New York
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
House of Representatives
Labor leader urges business view in union reform
I W Abel, president of the United Steelworkers of America, becomes head of AFL-CIO’s financially ailing Industrial Union Department and calls for a businesslike approach to labor operations. The quote signals a shift toward pragmatism amid economic pressures and union restructuring efforts. The move involves coordination with AFL-CIO leaders and member unions facing financial strain.
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Associated Press
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers of America
Industrial Union Department
Afl-Cio
Weston Project Funds Slashed
Weston Illinois AP officials of the atomic accelerator to be built at Weston said a sharp budget cut may derail the project. The House Appropriations Committee recommended 7.1 million for design and engineering, delaying construction of the world’s largest atom smasher planned for Weston in DuPage County. Dr. Robert R. Wilson and staff of 188 technicians face possible layoffs as morale suffers and project options shrink.
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Weston, Ill
Weston
House Appropriations Committee
Donald Getz
National Accelerator Laboratory
Oak Brook
DuPage County
Chicago
Getz
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Long Island
N.Y
Hopalong Cassidy Star Willem Boyd Undergoes Tumor Surgery
Actor Willem Boyd 73 known for Hopalong Cassidy was in satisfactory condition after tumor removal from a lymph gland. Dr. Carl Lewis said the operation was serious but Boyd is progressing well and will stay at St Vincent's Hospital about a week. He debuted in 1935 and starred in over 50 films plus NBC TV episodes.
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Los Angeles
Willem Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Boyd
Carl Lewis
St. Vincent's Hospital
NBC
Drake Bakery Truck Robberies Hit Two Vans Nearby
In Boston two Drake Bakery trucks two miles apart were robbed nearly at the same time. One driver lost 200 dollars, the other 140 dollars. Police investigate possible link between the incidents.
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Boston
Drake Bakery
Reds Snarl Travel W Germany Asks Help For Berlin
West German leaders urge a serious counterreaction as East Germany tightens overland travel to West Berlin. Kiesinger and Schuetz discuss Western ally action while Pravda backs East German moves. visa rules and passport demands heighten delays and commerce taxes.
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East Germany
Kiesinger
West Berlin
The Doukhobors in Canada Religious Sect
The Doukhobors are a religious sect in Canada noted for their communal traditions and pacifist beliefs. They have faced historical settlement patterns, internal governance, and interactions with Canadian authorities shaping their communities.
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The
Canada
Iceland's name belies warm Gulf Stream aided winters
The World Almanac notes Iceland's nickname misleads about winter temperatures resembling New York City due to Gulf Stream warmth. It adds that Iceland's soil is poor and about 90 percent of national wealth comes from fishing, with glaciers covering a fraction of the land.
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Iceland
New York City
West Side Baptist Church schedule and events
The West Side Baptist Church at 2900 Fischer Lane announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m Estel Meador leads morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon by Pastor Merle Fullerton Evangelistic Service is at 7 30 p m with a pastor s message Vacation Bible School begins Monday night at 6 30 featuring study and activities for children and families.
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West Side Baptist Church
Fischer Lane
Merle Fullerton
Estel Meador
Board OKs Gymnasium at Kaskaskia JC
The Trials Junior College Board approved 18 million dollars in state funds for five junior college construction projects. Waubonsee receives 3.17 million for site work and two buildings, Belleville 3.36 million for a multi phase campus, Kaskaskia 890 thousand for a health and physical education building, Illinois Central 6.06 million for a student center and offices, with remaining utilities funded locally. The Illinois Building Authority will borrow the funds.
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Chicago
Trials Junior College Board
Waubonsee Community College
Aurora
Belleville Junior College
Kaskaskia College
Centralia
Illinois Central College
Peoria
Kenneth Edwards
Illinois Building Authority
Wallace rally in Nashville met by police guarding crowd
Wallace addressed supporters as police and Secret Service kept order in Nashville after demonstrators clashed with cops near the rally. Bill Gregory of Nashville, 25, a volunteer for the NAACP, said the scene showed calls for law and order amid tensions over race and civil rights.
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Bill Gregory
Nashville
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Alabama
Gregory
Wallace
Secret Service
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Hoel Steffen Construction Joins Mt Vernon Chamber
Hoel Steffen Construction Co of Affton Missouri joins Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce. Malcolm Hirons announces. Donald Schubert will represent Hoel Steffen. Projects include additions to Centralia High School and Vandalia First Baptist Church, plus jobs at St Boniface Germantown and Clinton County Jail Carlyle. Opened here May 1967 and reports a favorable community reception.
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Hoel -Steffen Construction Co
Affton
Clindis Ared
North 17Th St
Mt. Vernon
Centralia
1St Baptist Church
Vandalia
Benton Community Bank
St. Boniface School
Germantown
Clinton County
Carlyle
DuQuoin Packing Co
Ramsey Elementa
Airmen’s
Scott Air Force Base
Mascoutah High School
New Baden
Hoel - Steffen
Schubert
Marriage Licenses by Day List for Mt Vernon Area
The notice lists marriage licenses issued Monday through Thursday in the Mt Vernon area. Couples include George Lamp and Kaye Peacock Enfield and Mt Vernon, andWilliam Stanley Smith Kell and Jacqueline Peterson Mt Vernon, among others.
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George Curtis Lamp
Enfield
Kaye Darlene Peacock
Mt. Vernon
Joseph H. Blanton
Decatur
Deanna Kay Cummings
Opdyke
Danny Lee Stephenson
Wayne City
Linda Dawn Jones
Bluford
Thomas F. Pickens
Jana
Bozarth
West Franksfort
Ronald Lee Dye
Sheila’ Lynn Winemiller
William Stanley Smith
Kell
Jacqueline D. Peterson
Parrot George Charms Yards In Little Rock Summer
In Little Rock, a 13 inch gray parrot with a red tail greets neighbors in summer. George, acquired 14 years ago in Africa by Miss Mary Terry, is kept with one wing clipped to prevent flight and is friendly toward visitors.
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Little Rock, Ark
George
Africa
Mary Terry
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Weston Project
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Berlin
Newspaper Enterprise
Aas
Buddy James
W-G
Ford Motor Co
Montclair
Roy Atkinson
Slacks
Board Oks Gymnasium
Kaskaskia JC
Tuesday Bill Parish
Gladys Marshall
Sandoval
Larry Lee Kite
Anita Mayrie Trammell
Jerry Floyd Wilderman
Sheryl Lynn Falchiki
John L. Logan
Virginia Lou Davis
James Arthur Walker
Jowanna Rae James
Robert Lee Richardson
Mary L. Karnes
Billie Ray Wagoner
Geneva Alene Shehorn
Salem
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