Funeral services for W L Baltzell Mt Vernon
Funeral services for W L Baltzell 85 of 821 Lamar will be at 2 00 p m Friday at Ina Funeral Home with Rev Oran Kersh and Rev Melvin Cathout officiating Burial in Hope cemetery near Ina The body lies in state after 4 00 p m today He died Wednesday morning at Good Samaritan Hospital Born May 00 1887 in Illinois son of Sterlin and Zita Harris Baltzell Married in 1910 to Dora Nance survivors include wife Dora Mt Vernon one son Byford Ina one daughter Thelma Anderson Mt Vernon one half brother Ross Baltzell Madison Wis three grandchildren six great grandchildren Preceded in death by parents and two sons
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W. L. Baltzell
Lamar
Ina
Oran Kersh
Melvin Cathout
Hope Cemetery
Baltzell
Good Samaritan Hospital
Illinois
Sterlin
Zita
Harris) Baltzell
Dora Nance
New Hope Freewill Baptisl Church
Brotherhood of Carmen
Ross Baltzell
Madison, Wisc
Flora Adams Centralia obituary
Flora Adams 75 of Centralia died at 4 15 this morning in St Marys Hospital Centralia Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 30 p m in Queen Boggs Chapel Centralia Burial in Elmwood cemetery Rev B Beaty officiating Friends may call 6 to 9 p m tomorrow or Saturday before services Born November 26 1896 she was daughter of William and Alice Eller In 1930 she married Charles W Adams who preceded her in death 20 years ago She was a member of Central City United Methodist church Survived by two daughters Mrs Maxine Black and Mrs Betty Nuxoll and a stepdaughter Mrs Juanita Rylander of Centralia
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Flora M. Adams
Centralia
St. Mary's Hospital
Queen Boggs Chapel
Elmwood Cemetery
B. Beaty
Friends Tay
Adams
William and
Alice Tinsley Eller
Charles W. Adams
Central City United Methodist Church
Anna Shehorn dies at 80 in Norris City
Mrs. Anna Shehorn 80 of Norris City formerly of Mt. Vernon died at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday at Carmi Hospital with services at Powell Church near Norris City. Burial in Powell cemetery. Survived by sons Rev Glen Utley Lawrence Aud Dan Aud and daughters Mary Nichols Betty Whipple and five sisters. Funeral arrangements at Campbell Funeral Home Norris City.
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Anna Shehorn
Norris City
Mt. Vernon
Carmi Hospital
Carmi
Powell Church
Powell Cemetery
Campbell Funeral
Shehorn
Steve Shehorn
Glen Utley
Granite City
Ill
Lawrence Aud
Dan Aud
Flutchinson
Kansas
Mary Nichols
Denver
Cole
Betty Whipple
Hampton
Frontier Rendezvous at Fort de Chartres This Weekend
Historic Fort de Chartres hosts the Third Annual Rendezvous on June 17 and 18 with leather garb voyageurs tassel caps kilts bagpipers and feathered locals. The event preserves French fur trade era traditions including canoe races musket contests crafts songs dancing and ox cart tours in Prairie du Rocher Illinois.
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Fort de Chartres
Mississippi River
Prairie du Rocher
North America
Illinois
Mississippi
la Guianne Singers
Mt Vernon hog market and grain prices reported
Market hogs ranged 26.00 to 27.25 with No 1 at 27.25 while mixed 220 to 240 lb hogs sold 26.00 to 26.50 and sows 19.00 to 22.00. Local prices show wheat 1.26 soybeans 3.29 corn 1.17. Chicago grain quotes list wheat 1.50 rising, corn 1.24, soybeans 3.45. St Louis eggs quoted by grade with ready to cook broilers 27 to 27.75 for this week's delivery.
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ST. Louis
Butter and eggs wholesale prices steady in Chicago market
Chicago reports wholesale butter prices unchanged with AA 93 score at 67.708, AA 92 at 67.708, and B 90 at 69.708. Eggs are issued only on Wednesdays and Fridays, per USDA notes.
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Chicago
USDA
National Stockyards Receipts and Prices For Friday
Estimated Friday receipts include 4,000 hogs 100 cattle and 25 sheep with hogs 4,500 head and prices rising up to 28.25 for US 1-3 200-230 lb butchers and 28.50 for US 1-3 205-210 lb No.1 hogs. Cattle receipts 800 head with slaughter steers 950-1150 lb at 34.00-36.75 and cows 23.00-25.50. Sheep not tested. Bulls 29-32, heifers 31.50-35.00, heifer mixes 34.00-35.00, weights and cuts shown.
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National Stockyards
Ll. (Ap
Stocks Move Higher but With Lethargic Gain in New York
Prices rose modestly in a subdued session as the noon Dow Jones average gained 3.47 to 950.26. Volume was moderate with better performance in aircraft, metals, and most oil stocks while gains uneven across sectors amid peace hopes and high level visits.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Hanoi
Nikolai Podgorny
Soviet Union
Henry A. Kissinger
Red China
Indus
Kennedy Democrats to Hear Welfare Rights Platform Plans
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Rep. Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas will join Democrats at Saturday hearings before the party platform committee. They will discuss welfare and rights, with another session on opportunities and political power. The regional hearing covers Missouri Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Indiana.
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ST. Louis
Edward M.kennedy
Massachusetts
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Kennedy
Missouri
Iinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Valuations mailed to 14 Jefferson County townships
Supervisor Bill Moore announces 1972 property valuations mailed to 14 rural townships in Jefferson County with most values up, some unchanged or reduced. Unimproved land set at 50 per acre and improved land at 115 per acre, county wide farm land average 92 to 94 per acre. Developments to equalize aims to remove 1971 multiplier, though some owners may see higher or lower taxes depending on past assessments.
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Jefferson County
Bill Moore
Moore
Mt. Vernon
Shiloh
Mt Vernon Police Briefs and Local Incidents
Firefighters responded to a couch and rug fire at William Nance’s home on 1100 S 26th St causing smoke damage. downtown unit assisted. A burglary and two vandalism cases were reported. stereo and seven tapes valued at $112 stolen from a locked car near The Inn Crowd. Eggs thrown at a home on S 25th St. two tires slashed near the city square. A shoplifting incident occurred at 3-D discount store. two suspects fled. A loose pony escaped near Park Plaza Shopping Center and was captured on the high school field. Two youths aged 12 and 15 were arrested for parking meter and purse thefts. petitions to be filed.
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West Side
William Nance
S. 26Th St
Mt. Vernon
Vicky Miller
Fairfield Road
S. 10Th St
Cecile Savage
S. 25Th St
Rex Shoot
Marion
Park Plaza
Clint Smith
Jamison Blvd
Merle “Happy” Williamson
Jefferson County
Willie Hawthorne
Sheila Avis
Richview Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Rule d Innocent of Kidnaping at Benton
Cheatham testified Briggs used a home made knife to threaten and gain control at a state weigh station south of Marion. U S Attorney Hess said Briggs intended to kidnap to flee to St Louis, not Peoria. Briggs claimed scratches came from Cheatham's movements during the return to the truck.
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St. Louis
Peoria
Briggs
Cheatham
U.S
Frederick Hess
Marion
Hess
Cheat
One-Car Crash Sends Teen to Hospital in Mt Vernon
A single vehicle crash at the Taylor Avenue and 10th Street intersection at 12:40 a.m. sent Gregorio Garcia, 18, of Lawrence Motel, to Good Samaritan Hospital in serious condition. Esteban Cantu, 30, Route 3 Edinburg Texas, drove the car. Cantu was treated and released. Police say the northbound car hit Daniel's Hill wall. Cantu was charged with careless driving.
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Taylor Avenue
10Th Street
Mt Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gregorio Garcia
Lawrence Motel
Esteban
Cantu
Route 3
Edinburg
Tex
Good Samaritan
Daniel’s Hill
Shayle B. Hensley
S. 28Th St
Charles Belmont, Jr
Bluford
Benton Road
Welfare Budget Up In Illinois
Springfield, Ill. AP reports the Illinois Senate sent a $1.506 billion Public Aid Department budget for fiscal 1978 to the House, about $257 million more than fiscal 1972. Gov Ogilvie’s $7.4 billion state agency plan drew broad support with six dissenters, amid criticism that federal action is needed to curb rising welfare costs. Senator Carroll cited unemployment and in-migration as factors, while Senator Green called the rise astronomical yet unavoidable.
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Springfield
Ill
Public Aid Department
Illinois Senate
House
East St. Louis Boy Drowns In Motel Pool
Ned Harris, 14, of East St. Louis, died in a Dallas motel pool after attending Explo 72 events. His sister Linda, 24, witnessed his drowning in the deep end and could not pull him out. Campus Crusade head Bill Bright expressed shock. Harris’s mother was notified and the body to be flown home.
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Dallas
Tex
Ned Harris
East St. Louis
Elizabeth Harris
Linda
Harris
Bill Bright
Campus
Crusade For Christ International
Bright
Miss Harris
Baker St
Jobless Benefits Exhaust as Illinois Exhausts Extended Aid
Illinois extended unemployment benefits totaling 22.9 million dollars have been paid to 47,700 workers from January 2 to May 31. Labor director Barney J. Grabiec announced the run off this week as regular compensation expired. Belmont was charged with making an improper left turn.
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Chicago
Barney J. Grabiec
Illinois
Damage
Belmont
Demolition Permit Issued for Church Expansion site
The First United Methodist Church received a demolition permit on Wednesday to raze a residence and the Stan the Tire Man building at 12th Street and Broadway Avenue. The church intends to use the cleared lots in its ongoing facility expansion.
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First United Methodist Church
Stan the Tire Man
12Th Street
Broadway Avenue
Motor fuel allocations for Mt. Vernon area listed
May allocations of motor fuel tax funds total 58 331 for Mt. Vernon city the county and townships plus downstate counties and several area cities. County share 20 482 township districts 38 874 Mt Vernon 13 974 with Cook county 2 825 755 and total downstate 3 082 641. Other area counties Franklin 20 464 Hamilton 5 721 Marion 24 253 Wayne 13 987 and cities Benton 5 975 Carbondale 19 952 Centralia 13 307 Fairfield 5 156 Mc Leansboro 2 299 Salem 5 410 West Frankfort 7 742.
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Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Department of Transportation
William F. Cellini
Springfield
Downstate
Cook County
Franklin County
Hamilton County
Marion County
Wayne County
Benton
Carbondale
Centralia
Fairfield
McLeansboro
Salem
West Frankfort
Alton council tries to ease Black unrest over fire dept hiring
The Alton Illinois City Council met with Black residents to address alleged discriminatory hiring for the Fire Department. Police report a firebomb damaged a $3 million furniture store, and about 7,000 of the city’s 44,000 residents are Black, with sporadic protests after a June 5 curfew arrest of a Black juvenile. NAACP representative James Sanders said Black applicants were told there would be no vacancies for two years, despite job notices. The department currently has six firefighters, all white, and Alderman Timmermiere said a concentrated effort is underway to recruit Black firefighters.
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Alton
Ill
James Sanders
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Maitland Timmermiere
Edmison fired as Mt. V. school chief in shuffle
The Mt. Vernon board dismissed Superintendent Edmison at month end and named Merlin Hodge to Casey Jr. High principal duties while Horace Mann principal Hodge moves to Casey. Jerry Clemens becomes Mann principal as Edmison’s replacement is prepared. The panel also appointed an IMRF agent and approved Title I III proposals.
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Phyllis Ellis
Virginia Benedict
Peggy Sue Anderson
Steven Yearwood
Helena Dunn
Brenda Wilson
Gary Samford
Kay Pigg
Marilyn Taylor
Lewis Hilliard
IMRF
Edmigan and Woodward
Vernie Bender
S. 18Th St
Casey Jr. High
Hilliard
Edmison
Merlin Hodge
Horace Mann
Jerry Clemens
Casey
Hodge
Mann
Mt Vernon Jaycees Press On With Christmas Display
After a 8-7 county board vote against funding, Mt. Vernon Jaycees say the annual Christmas display will continue this year with costs around 6 to 8 thousand dollars. City and private support are sought as donors, with expectations of a leaner program than last year and a hope the project survives beyond this season if the public supports it.
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Mt. Vernon
King City
Jaycees
Jim Wheeler
Snodsmith
Wheeler
Illinois Senate OKs 1.69 Billion Roads Budget for 1973
A unanimous Illinois Senate sent to the House a 1.69 billion dollar transportation appropriation for fiscal 1973, larger than 1972 by 190 million. The measure, part of Gov. Ogilvie’s 7.4 billion overall budget, drew scrutiny from budget chief Sen. Terry Bruce who warned House members to review two items, including 250 thousand dollars from motor fuel tax funds for Northeastern Illinois Planning Agency planning. He called the planning use an improper raid on motor fuel tax money.
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General Assembly
Richard B. Ogilvie
Stae
John W. Carroll
Legislative Advisory Commission On Public Aid
Springfield
Ill
Illinois Senate
House
State Department of Transportation
Senate
Transportation
Public Aid Department
Transportation Department
Terry Bruce
D-Olney
Bruce
Northeastern Illinois Planning Agency
Planning Agency
$21 Million Sought in Peoria Plane Crash Suit
The widows of 10 victims in the Chicago and Southern Airlines crash near Peoria filed an amended suit in Cook County Circuit Court. The $21 million claim adds three new defendants Peoria Municipal Airport Authority Central Light Co and Commonwealth Edison Co. They allege airport closure during construction inadequate instrument landing aids and faulting utility lines on approach plus failures to install warning equipment. The amended suit retains the airline aircraft maker and a California firm that modified the Beech craft among the original defendants.
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Chicago
Chicago and
Southern Airlines
Peoria
Cook County
Peoria Municipal
Central Light Co
Commonwealth Edison Co
California
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