Deaths of Starr and Beachum mark weekend services in Illinois
John E. Starr 63 of 715 Main St Gulfport Miss died at Gulfport Memorial Hospital. Retired Coca Cola owner, Navy WWII veteran, Moose Lodge member. Funeral Wednesday Myers Chapel burial Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by mother Hallie Starr two sons Michael and Carl L Rusty and two grandchildren. John O Beachum 87 of McLeansboro died at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Retired laborer. Services Tuesday Gholson Funeral Home burial Smith Cemetery. Survived by wife Dorothy two sons Carlton Odus a stepdaughter and multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Carl Starr
Mt. Vernon
Carl E. Starr
Main St
Gulfport Memorial Hospital
Gulfport
Miss
Coca-Cola Company
Myers Chapel
Clyde Funkhouser
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Starr
Alton
Lester E
Hallie Starr
American Legion Post
Moose Lodge
Starr
Vernon
Michael Starr
Belleville
Carl L
Rusty) Starr
Long Beach
John O. Beachum
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Gholson
Denzil Clark
Joe Campbell
Smith Cemetery
Dale
Mr. Beachum
Hamilton County
William
Frances (McKinney) Beachum
Nettie Neirsthemier
Dorothy Frank
Carlton Beachum
Odus Beachum
Oak Forest
Barbara Erwin
Dahlgren
Luther Beachum
William Ellis Beachum
Missouri
Hallie Beachum
Bernie
Obituary for Ted Karcher of McLeansboro
Ted Karcher 65 of McLeansboro died at 5 20 a m Sunday at Jefferson. Retired farmer. Services 10 a m Tuesday at St John s Catholic Propolis with Father Meinrad Dunn. Burial in church cemetery. Rosary 8 p m today at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro. Survived by wife Mary Ann Kiefer and two daughters Darlene Shannon Carbondale and Diane Karcher Jonesboro Ark. Also survived by three brothers George Dahlgren and Joe and John Karcher both of Dahlgren. four sisters Clara Audt Emma Zachman Isabelle Wellen and Olivia Aug. Born October 11 1909 in Hamilton County.
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Ted Karcher
McLeansboro
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
St. John’s Catholic Church
Propolis
Meinrad Dunn
Mr. Karcher
Hamilton County
August and
Mary (Kaufman) Karcher
Ann Kiefer
Karcher
St. John’s Church
Darlene Shannon
Carbondale
Diane Karcher
Jonesboro
Ark
George Karcher
Bloomington
Joe Karcher
John Karcher
Dahlgren
Clara Audt
Emma Zachman
Isabelle Wellen
Olivia Aug
California
Plane Crashes At Aurora Killing Pilot George Luman
A single engine plane crashed during a low pass at Aurora Municipal Airport in Sugar Grove, killing pilot George Luman, 32, of Elburn. Witnesses and Luman’s parents described a loss of control before impact. Kane County Coroner Don Peterson declared him dead at the scene. FAA investigators opened the cause inquiry.
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Aurora, Ill
UPI
Aurora Municipal
Sugar Grove
George Luman
Elburn
Luman
Kane County
Don Peterson
Federal Aviations Administration
Youth Killed In Motorcycle Race In Carlinville
Jeffrey Knipping aged 16 of South Roxanna died after his motorcycle was struck from behind by a 24 year old rider in a moto cross event sanctioned by the American Motorcycle Association in Carlinville Macoupin County coroner said Knipping’s neck snapped back and he suffered a fatal neck injury. The event occurred Sunday during a sanctioned race. Knipping was the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Knipping.
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Carlinville
Jeffrey Knipping
South Roxanna
Macoupin County
Knipping
David Wilson
Delavan
Charles Knipping
American Motorcycle Association
Brezhnev Says He Feels Fine After Polling Visit
Moscow AP reports Leonid Brezhnev, 68, upbeat and active after voting in the Russian parliamentary elections. He joked about his health, moving jauntily with his wife at a polling station in a children's club near his apartment, ending rumors of illness. Indiana optimistic on coal to gas plant. Indiana Lt. Gov. Orr voiced optimism about CoalCon site selection for a $232.2 million project to convert soft coal to liquid fuel and gas at Southwind Maritime Center. Orr said responses to CoalCon questions keep Indiana in consideration, with a decision expected late year and construction unlikely before 1976 or 1977.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Russian Federation
Brezhnev
Indiana
Indianapolis
UPI
Robert Orr
Orr
New York
New Southwind Maritime Center
CoalCon
Rockefeller says Kennedys may have known CIA plots
Rockefeller on Meet the Press says he has no proof the Kennedy brothers knew of CIA assassination plots. He cites amnesia among old officials and inconclusive evidence in his commission’s report while noting White House knowledge of major CIA undertakings remains possible.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Robert
Central Intelligence Agency
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
CIA
NBC
Meet the Press
Kennedy Brothers
Kennedys
Rockefeller Commission
White House
John
Robert Kennedy
Son
Church
Ford
Market Roundup of Grain Eggs Stocks and Prices Mt Vernon to New York
Mt Vernon quoted morning prices show soybeans at 5.00, wheat 2.67, corn 2.72. Chicago reports No 2 hard winter wheat 2.97 and No 2 yellow corn 2.85, soybeans No 1 yellow 5.14. Egg prices listed for consumer and wholesale grades, ready-to-cook broilers 47.50 to 48.25. National Stockyards receipts forecast, hogs 5,000, cattle 2,000, sheep 150. hogs up 1.00 to 1.50. Cattle and market notes on slaughter steers. New York stocks edge higher amid light volume, Dow up fractionally, Jones index at 624.47. weekly decline linked to oil-price fears.
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Mt.vernon
Mt. Vernon
ST. Louis
Chicago
National Stockyards
Ill
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Warner Lambert
Mobil Oil
Getty
du Pont
Dow Jones
NYSE
American Exchange
Mt. Vernon Shrine No 66 Meeting Notice
The Mt. Vernon Shrine No 66 White Shrine of Jerusalem will hold a stated meeting in the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening June 17 at 7 30 p m Arline Dare W H P Naomi R Bogan W S Also the Jefferson County Ladies Democratic Organization will meet Monday evening June 16 at 7 30 p m in the County Board room of the courthouse.
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Mt. Vernon Shrine No
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Arline Dare
W.H.P
Naomi R. Bogan
W.S
Democratic Ladies
Jefferson County Ladies Democratic Organization
Court House
Dump Truck With Raised Bed Hits Overpass On I-64
A dump truck with its bed raised struck the U S Route 51 overpass on I-64 at 4 10 a m. The driver Charles Phelps 57 of Woodlawn was treated at St Marys Hospital in Centuria for head cuts and released. He could not explain how the bed remained elevated and the vehicle overturned, blocking traffic briefly.
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Charles Phelps
Woodlawn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
Phelps
First Readings On Ordinances At City Council Meeting
The Mt. Vernon City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Room at City Hall. On the agenda are two first readings on zoning ordinances and a first reading on an annexation ordinance.
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Mt. Vernon
City Hall
Chicago raid nets $30 million in heroin and cocaine
Chicago police seized about 25 pounds of heroin and two pounds of cocaine in a West Side apartment raid. Thomas Marquez, 36, was charged with illegal possession after officers detected the drugs and found processing materials in coffee cans, foil, and bags. Lt. John Manley led the raid and described the scent that prompted action.
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Chicago
Thomas Marquez
West Side
Ponies Caught After Briarwood Drive Sighting
Centralia police captured two ponies wandering Briarwood Drive early morning hours. Officers Odle and Farmer located the animals near 1700 and 1801 Briarwood, tied them at Homestead Golf Course, and Rabies control officer Ray Kniffen later took them to his home to locate owners. Illinois oil output dips despite more exploration in first five months of 1975. 10,977 barrels versus 11,686 year earlier, with 237 new wells, no new fields, and Crawford, Clay and Lawrence counties most active.
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City
Briarwood Drive
Lonnie Odle
Jerry Farmer
Briarwood
Odle
Farmer
Homestead
Ray Kniffen
Centralia
Illinois
State Geological Survey
Bicentennial Antique Car Show at Outland Airport June 22
The Oldtimers Car Club of Mt. Vernon hosts the third annual Antique Car Show and Flea Market at Outland Airport on June 22. Gates open 8:30 a.m. for the flea market. show exhibits run 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.. vehicle registration 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Admission is free. a $3 showing fee applies. Forty one trophies in 13 classes plus best of show and longest distance trophy. A color TV will be awarded. For details call 244-1190 or 732-6195.
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Outland Airport
Mt. Vernon
The
Oldtimers Car Club of
Oldtimers Car Club
Guerrillas Attack Kfar Yuval Amid Village Siege
A PLO spokesman says the raid on Kfar Yuval was to contest rights, with support claimed from the world as UN General Assembly endorses Palestinian struggle. Four guerrillas crossed the Lebanese frontier, seized a house, and were killed. Israeli villagers and a bus driver protecting the village were wounded or killed. The attackers were linked to the Arab Liberation Front, allied with the PLO.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Kfar’Yuval
U.N. General Assembly
Kfar Yuval
Didia
Yaacov Mordéckai
Mordechai
Israeli Armed Forces
Arab Liberation Front
PLO
Unpaid Days at Unemployment Office Spark Crisis
The Mt. Vernon employment office serving over 70 000 people has three employees and a manager after layoffs. Officials warn there may be no funds to re hire next fiscal year and re hiring depends on federal funding.
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Henderson
Mt. Vernon
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Frank Mankiewicz
Ronald Richard Lacey
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Good Samaritan Hospital
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Patsy Lacey and
the Richard Lacey Family
USDA
Indus
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Leslie C. Elliott
I-64
John Manley
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Dave Henson
Breedwey
State Farm
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
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Charles York
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