Death Notice Florence Johnson of Mt. Vernon
Florence Lillian Johnson 49 died at home on Mt. Vernon Route 6 yesterday at 3 30 pm. She was born February 27 1916 in Mt Vernon and married Alfred V. Johnson on December 20 1939 who survives. Services will be held Saturday at 2 pm at Hopewell Methodist Church with burial in Hopewell Cemetery.
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Florence Lillian Johnson
Alfred V. Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Johnson
G. B
Hattie (Wilson) Hayes
Alfred Johnson
Hopewell Methodist Church
Glenda Marie
Otis Hayes
John Hayes
Abilene
Texas
Jim Hayes
Belleville
Freida Hayes
Bell Rites Set For Mt. Vernon Grocer Joe Bell
Funeral services for Joe Bailey Bell 58 owner of Bell Grocery on Waltonville Road will be Saturday at 2:00 pm at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev. W. W. Winters officiating. Burial follows at South Hickory Hill cemetery. Body lies in state at Pulley Funeral Home after 2:00 pm Friday viewing for friends. Died suddenly Tuesday evening while vacationing with family at Bee Springs Lodge in Benton Kentucky.
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Joe B. Bell
Joe Bailey Bell
Route 1
Mt. Vernon
Pulley Funeral Chapel
W. W. Winters
Hickory Hill Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Mr. Bell
Bell Grocery
Waltonville Road
Bee Springs Lodge
Benton
Caamano cites U S genocide as Dominican fighting escalates
Caamano told a news conference casualties rose in the rebel sector with 26 dead and over 75 wounded. An OAS spokesman said U S troops held 280 prisoners as lines expanded four blocks from the international corridor during Tuesday’s fighting. American officials blamed anti U S demonstrations for the outbreak and a 14th of June Movement speaker urged liquidation of Yankee imperialists.
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Caamano
U.S
OAS
Commonwealth Leaders Open Peace Talks on Viet Nam
London AP reports leaders of 21 Commonwealth nations opening their 4th assembly with peace talks on Viet Nam. Delegates adopt the agenda and Britain’s Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart is to start with a detailed accounting of Britain’s Vietnam settlement efforts.
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London
British Commonwealth
Assembly of Commonwealth
Michael Stewart
Britain
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Jefferson Memorial admitted Roy C Green Charles Fred Purcell Glenda Mae Halloway of Benton Discharged Mary Ann Trotter Lowell Leon Trotter Virginia Craig Donald Eugene Miller Patricia Ann Leitzell Good Samaritan admitted Jean Cox Margaret Jane Stockett Marjorie June Wooden Clark Dean Michels Dominic E Redlesiwski Necy Jane Temple Danny Ray Burn Lewis Givens Ora McDonald Discharged Dennis Henry Carnes Goldie Laura Craddock Harold Lee Rector Irene Goddard Mildred Evelyn Sutton Dorothy Irene Johnston Joyce Marie Downes Nayda Lee Brown Mary Kathryn Newell Mrs Pamela Carol Lane and baby Tracey Ray Mary Elizabeth Porter Treva Mae Jones Robert Richard Green
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Jefferson Memorial
Roy C. Green
Charles Fred Purcell
Glenda Mae Halloway
Benton
Mary Ann Trotter
Lowell Leon Trotter
Virginia Craig
Donald Eugene Miller
Patricia Ann Leitzell
Good Samaritan
Jean Cox
Margaret Jane Stockett
Marjorie June Wooden
Clark Dean Michels
Dominic E. Redlesiwski
Necy Jane Temple
Danny Rayburn Lewis
Givens Ora McDonald
Dennis Henry Carnes
Goldie Laura Craddock
Harold Lee Rector
Irene Goddard
Mildred Evelyn Sutton
Dorothy Irene Johnston
Joyce Marie Downes
Nayda Lee Brown
Mary Kathryn Newell
Pamela Carol Lane
Tracey Ray
Mary Elizabeth Porter
Treva Mae Jones
Robert Richard Green
Markers Mt. Vernon Hog Market Prices Today
Market prices at Mt. Vernon show hogs 25 cents higher by 12:30 p.m. top price 24.75 for 200 to 220 pound hogs. Sows weighed 300 pounds and under 20.25, over 300 pounds 20.00, down. Boars fetched 13.50 to 14.00. After 12:30 p.m. prices will reflect next day’s basis.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted In Mt Vernon After Noon
Market quotes from Mt Vernon show wheat at 1.28, soybeans 2.87, shell corn 1.36, ear corn 1.33. Prices reflect current trading at local grain market.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis poultry and egg price totals
AP report from St Louis lists egg and poultry price ranges by grade and weight. It covers consumer grades A large B 30 A medium 22 24 A small 18 2 B large 33 25 wholesale grades standard B 25 unclassified 27 22 checks 16 17 hens heavy 12 14 light over 5 T 10 under 5 lb 5 broilers and fryers 19 20.
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ST. Louis
Chicago produce market notes on butter eggs and grades
CME butter held steady with quoted grades AA 5814 92 A 5844 90 B 56 percent 89 C 56 percent. Eggs remained firm with A whites 31 percent, mixed 3144, mediums 3, standards 27 percent. Various car grades 9 B 51 percent and 89 C 5T percent are listed.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Receipts and Prices From National Stockyards
Estimated receipts for Thursday at National Stock Yards include hogs 5,000 cattle 30 calves 100 and sheep 50. Hog prices range 24.75 to 27.50 for barrows and gilts, sows 20 to 22, cattle and calves show mixed grades with steers 24.50 to 26.25 and heifers 23.50 to 26.00, cows 14 to 16, lambs 22 to 26 with ewes 3.50 to 7.00.
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National
Grain prices report Chicago market update
Chicago grain prices list wheat No 2 hard 1.46 and No 2 red 1.43 Corn No 2 yellow 1.35 Oats No 2 heavy white 7445 Soy beans No 1 yellow 2.944 Soy bean price 80 cents per bushel readout from AP Chicago.
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Chicago
Wall Street Gains Extend Third Day In Mixed Rally
Wall Street edged higher into a third straight rally as active trading saw gains in blue chips like U.S. Steel and Standard Oil of New Jersey. The market displayed uneven strength with notable advances and some declines, while trading volume was around 5.1 million shares. Dow Jones noon averages show the 30 Industrials up 5.50, rails up 0.51, broader 65 Stocks up 1.39.
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Goodrich
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du Pont
Eastman Kodak
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Control Data
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Litton Industries
Hercules
Western Air Lines
Universal Oil Products
American Commercial Lines
Atlantic Refining
Schenley
Kaiser Aluminum
Capital City Broadcasting
Dura Corp
General Aniline & Film
International Minerals
Indus
May start excise cuts Saturday
The article outlines phased reductions to the 10 percent excise tax starting May 15 with gradual steps to 7 percent, 6 percent next January, 4 percent in 1967, 2 percent in 1968, and 1 percent in 1969 and beyond. Telephone service levy would also be phased out, dropping to 3 percent January 1 and then continuing cuts to zero by January 1, 1969.
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Wero
State Convention Next Week Amvets Of Illinois Heading For Mt. Vernon
Amvets of Illinois head to Mt Vernon for their 20th annual state convention starting June 24 and running through June 27. Mt Vernon hosts include Amvets Post No 4 with 600 to 750 expected attendees and state officials such as Secretary of State Paul Powell and state Superintendent Ray Page. A Miss Illinois Amvet contest and joint Amvet Auxiliary sessions are planned with a full four days of events and elections for state offices.
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Ilinois
King City
Arnold Haak
Lincoln, IL
Mt. Vernon
Paul Powell
Ray Page
State Department of Public Instruction
Amvers
Deloris Howard
Huntman
Lester Williamson
Ray Lewis
Robert Shafter
Clarence Pearson
John McLaren
Robert K. Thompson
Francis Swinnen
James McKenzie
Art Waite
Sam Phillips
Dorothy M. Huntman
Lucille Gravitt
Myrta Misker
Laverne Isaac
Bertha Pearson
Jefferson County
American Legion
G. G. Purcell
J. W. Walker and Sons
Ninth and Broadway
Purcell
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Here and Elsewhere MT. VERNON Weather Update
The MT VERNON area reports a Wednesday high of 81 and low of 57 with rainfall year to date at 12.91 inches. Comparison shows one year ago high 79 low 69, five years ago high 87 low 49, and ten years ago high 84 low 58. Friday sunrise is 4 31 and sunset 7 31 CST.
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Honor Astronauts At White House
President Johnson praised NASA spacemen James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White in a White House rose garden ceremony. He awarded Exceptional Service medals, noting their achievements and the Apollo program edged the United States closer to Russia in manned space flight.
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America
Johnson
United States
Russia
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Edward H. White
White House
Planes Ships Not Troops In Viet Goldwater Plan
Barry Goldwater urged the United States to quit sending ground troops to Vietnam at a Young Republican convention in Miami Beach. He proposed Asians supply ground forces, while the US should use air and sea power and withdraw the promise not to bomb Hanoi. He also called for a U S naval blockade of Cuba.
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Miami Beach
Fla
United States
Viet Nam
Barry Goldwater
U.S. Viet Nam
Goldwater
Hanoi
Cuba
Boy Loses His Second Appendix in Detroit
DETROIT AP Seven year old Robert Lee Carroll returned home after his second appendix removal. He first had an appendix taken out two months earlier, then again on June 4 in a second operation. Surgeon Dr. James R. Lloyd called the case comparatively rare and noted duplication of intestinal parts can occur.
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Detroit
Robert Lee Carroll
James R. Lloyd
Flood floods Denver bridges as South Platte crests twice
The South Platte flood washes out Union Pacific tracks at the north yard. Passengers taken to buses and hotels as crests hit Denver and suburbs, with the second surge about 15 feet high near Waterston. Evacuations saved residents, but a downtown blackout followed.
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South Platte
Denver
Littleton
Colorado Highway Patrol
Waterton
Prairie
Globeville
William Compton Dies After Fall at Grain Elevator
William Compton, 22, of Allerton, was fatally injured Wednesday in a fall at the grain elevator where he worked to help pay college expenses. He was due to graduate Saturday.
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Homer
William Compton
Allerton
Two Injured In Accident Near Mt. Vernon
Two Mt. Vernon residents were injured when a car left Moose Club Road, struck a tree, and required treatment at Good Samaritan Hospital. Rob ert W. Kaehler, 27, of 1126 North 4th, and Albert Beach, of 223 South 4th, were treated and released. Deputy Roy Hall noted the 10:35 p.m. incident.
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Mt. Vernon
Here
Roy Hall
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert W. Kaehler
North 4Th
Albert Beach
South 4Th
Hall
Moose Club Road
Mt Vernon Chamber Forms Good Will Ambassadors
The Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce will meet on Wednesday June 23 at 4 00 p m in the chamber conference room. Chairman Marion Heifner announced the group to promote the chamber s objectives and engage residents in economic progress with constructive criticism and local booster work.
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Chamber Office
Good Will Ambassadors of
Mt. V
Mt. Vernon
Bill Steffy
The
Chamber
Heifner
Good Will Ambassadors
Area
Mt. Vernon and Area
Auto Crash Damages Two Cars At Eighth And Harrison
At 9 30 last night two cars were damaged in a collision at Eighth and Harrison. Bert Clark of 312 North Sixth struck a parked car owned by Bennie Fryar at 729 Harrison. Clark blamed temporary blindness from oncoming headlights. About 75 dollars damage to each vehicle. Clark charged with no license.
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Harrison
Bert Clark
North Sixth
Bennie Fryar
Clark
Astronomy: the oldest of the physical sciences
Astronomy is generally considered the oldest branch of the physical sciences, tracing its roots to early stargazing and celestial observation. It lays the groundwork for physics, chemistry, and other disciplines by studying celestial bodies, cosmic phenomena, and the structure of the universe.
Burglars Loot DeWitt Lumber Co. Tools and Cash Taken
Thieves broke into the De Witt Lumber Co. before daylight and took a small sum of money, tools, and a transistor radio set. They entered through a window, pried a soda machine, and tried the safe with a tire iron but failed. An electric razor was also stolen. the razor was recovered nearby. The burglary is estimated to have occurred around 2:00 AM, with a resident reporting three youths seen in an alley nearby.
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DeWitt Lumber Co
Henry's Story On Forced Ride Not Verified
PRESCOTT Arizona A 19 year old Tom Henry son of Mr and Mrs Lester Henry was found unconscious along a Prescott area road He reported being forced to accompany two men from Los Angeles on a desert ride to Prescott He said he was beaten and suffered temporary blindness He was moved to a navy hospital and is recovering at Port Hueneme Naval Station Oxnard California
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Ariz
Vernon
California
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Lester
Bus) Henry
Harrison
Los Angeles
Herry
Navy
Port Hueneme Naval Station
Oxnard
Cal
Henry
Two Mt. Vernon residents fined probation in circuit court
William Bolling of 409 Bell Street Mt. Vernon received six months probation for no valid registration. James A. Lipe of Route 7 Mt. Vernon was fined $10 for disturbance by fighting. Clyde L. Nichols of R. R. 1 Dahlgren was fined $10 for intoxication.
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William Bolling
Bell Street
Mt. Vernon
James A. Lipe
Clyde LL. Nichols
Dahlgren
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