Deaths Blanche Bremer Dies At Age 88
Blanche Bremer, age 88, died at 8 25 pm at her home 832 North Street. Funeral 2 00 pm Wednesday at Myers Chapel with Rev Everett Lemay officiating. Burial in Hopewell cemetery. She was born October 2 1873 in Hamilton county to George and Angelina Prince Mitchell. Survived by three daughters Edna Anderson of Moline Illinois Vielean O Block of this city and Mary Ryder of McAllen Texas three grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was a member of Park Avenue Baptist church.
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Blanche Bremer
North Street
Myers Chapel
Everett Lemay
Hopewell Cemetery
Bremer
Hamilton County
Funeral Today for Norman A Buending in Chicago
Funeral services for Norman A Buending were held at Ridge Lutheran church in Chicago at 1:00 pm. Burial followed in Chicago. Buending, 55, died last Thursday in Chicago. A former Mt. Vernon resident, he managed Social Security Offices in the city from 1938 to 1940. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.
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Norman A. Buending
Ridge Lutheran Church
Chicago
Mr. Buending
Mt. Vernon
Julia Campbell Dies Early Sunday Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. Julia Ann Campbell of 9506 Perkins died at 6 55 am Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 65 11 13. Former garment factory employee. Funeral 2 00 pm Tuesday at Myers Chapel with Revs Clodfelder and Harper officiating. Burial Oakwood cemetery. Lying in state at Myers Chapel after 4 00 pm today. Born July 4 1896 in Dahlgren daughter of George W and Martha Rose. Married Claud Campbell Jan 17 1914 in Alt Vernon. Survived by two sons William R Campbell Kirkwood MO and George E Campbell Swansboro NC a sister Mrs Svlassie Grant Springfield W a half sister Mrs Ora Jackson Kokomo Ind and two grandchildren.
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Julia Ann Campbell
Perkins
Good Samaritan
Springfield
Ora Jackson
Kokomo
Ind
Rites Today for Lindsey Fulton
Funeral services for Lindsey Marion Fulton were held at 2:00 p.m. at Pulley Funeral Home with Rev. Ace Summers officiating. Burial followed in West Salem cemetery. He died at 10:05 p.m. Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital at age 3 years 11 months 15 days. Born July 1 1903 in Henderson Kentucky he was the son of Daniel and Lucy Fulton. He was survived by a brother Clarence Fulton and six sisters: Yeshua Robinson Goldie Dean Daisy Braun Lillie Florer Elha Mears and Virginia Browning.
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Windsey
Marion Fulton
Pulley Funeral Home
Ace Summers
West Salem Cemetery
Mr. Fulton
South 10Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Henderson
Daniel and
Lucy
Carlton) Fulton
Clarence Fulton
Evansville
Ind
Yeshua Robinson
Granite City
Goldie Dean
New Haven
Daisy Braun
Welston
Lillie Florer
San Diego
Calif
Elha Mears
Los Angeles
Virginia Browning
Phoenix
Ariz
Ida Summers Dies Sunday in Local Obituary
Mrs Ida Summers of 1505 South 17th Street died Sunday morning at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 77. The funeral was set for Tuesday at Myers Chapel with Rev Thomas Richardson and burial in Hill Cemetery. Born April 13 1885 in Jefferson County she was the daughter of David and Josephine Grimes. She was married to Elmer Summers who died in 1934. Survived by a brother John N Grimes of Twin Falls Idaho. She was a member of Epworth Methodist Church.
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Ida Summers
South 17Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Thomas Harper
Richardson Hill Cemetery
Summers
Jefferson County
David and
Josephine (Conk) Grimes
Elmer Summers
John N. Grimes
Twin Falls
Idaho
Detailed Weather Report MT. VERNON Weekend Forecast
The report notes Saturday high 4 and low 57, Sunday high 88 and low 60 with rainfall to date 20.28 inches. It compares past highs: one year ago 77/67 and five years ago 96/70. Tuesday sunrise 4 31 and sunset 7 32 CDT.
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MT. Vernon
C.D.T
Summer heat eases after warm weekend in Illinois
Illinois experienced 90s in many areas with Chicago hitting 95 on the West Side. Cooler conditions were expected Tuesday with a chance of evening showers as northern counties show slightly above normal readings over the coming week.
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Ilinois
Mercury
Chicago
Belleville
Quincy
Springfield
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Five Day Forecast For Northern Tulnois And Southern Ingles
Northern Tulnois expects temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal with highs 78 to 85 and lows 38 to 63, cooler Tuesday, warmer Thursday or Friday, and a cooler trend Saturday. rainfall totaling 0.5 to 1 inch, showers tonight and mostly Friday or Saturday. Southern Ingles shows near normal temperatures with little change, highs 84 to 89 and lows 63 to 70, and scattered showers totaling about 0.5 inch through the period.
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Tulnois
Ingis
Mt Vernon lodge and Shrine hold June meetings
A Mt Vernon Lode No. 31 AVF AM stated meeting is set for Monday June 18 at 7 30 pm with visiting Brethren welcome. A Citizens Committee for Progress special meeting follows Tuesday June 19 at Morgan Masonry Office 1112 Casey. Mt Vernon Shrine No. 66 White Shrine of Jerusalem also meets Tuesday June 19 at 7 30 pm in the Masonic Temple.
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Mt. Vernon Lode No
Lester J. Williams
James Apgar
Citizens Committee For Progress
Citizen’s Committee For Progress
Morgan Masonry
Casey
White Shrine
Mt. Vernon Shrine
White Shrine of
Carnival worker falls to death from third floor window
Henry E. Pillars, 40, fell to his death today while watching carnival workers set up rides for a street fair from a third floor window in Quincy. Police are investigating the incident as a possible accidental fall at the scene near the preparations for the fair.
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Quincy, Tilap
Henry E. Pillars
Markets Report Shows Mixed Hog Prices Today
Prices on the local live stock market rose modestly with hogs at 190 to 220 pounds topping 17.75. Sows gained to 14.50 for 300 weight down, while sows 300 pounds and over moved to 14.00. Boars sold around 8.50 to 9.50.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon market report lists Wheat at 1.98 per bushel Soybeans at 2.36 and Corn at 1.08 for today’s trading session from Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
National Stockyards Livestock Prices Report
National Stockyards market data shows hogs 8,500 head with varied weights and grades ranging 13.00 to 19.00 per cwt, cattle and calves with steers and heifers trading up to about 25.25 per cwt, feeders and calves in the 20 to 30 range, and sheep at 4.00 to 25.00 per cwt depending on class and quality. The report lists mixed lots and multiple weight brackets for hogs, sows, boars, cows, bulls, steer calves, and lambs with brief ranges for each category.
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National
USDA
Chicago Produce Prices and Poultry Rates Steady
Chicago wholesale markets show unchanged buying prices across produce and poultry. Meat and egg figures list varied grades and quantities with limited shifts, noting 70 percent or better grade A whites and mixed lots in eggs, and live poultry wholesale prices rising modestly for certain roasters and fryers.
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Chicago
Butler
USDA
St Louis Produce St Louis Poultry and Egg Prices
AP report lists eggs by consumer grades and wholesale standards with price ranges for large medium small and farm run categories. Hens heavy and light prices appear with ranges for commercial fryers and troilers noted in the segment.
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St. Louis
Grain market notes from Chicago AP report
Grain quotes from Chicago show no wheat or corn sales listed. Oats prices for No 1 extra heavy white 69.96, No 2 extra heavy white 69. Hairy. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.53 percent, No 2 yellow 2.5284, No 3 yellow 2.501. Soybean oil 84.4 cents per pound. Barley various grades 1.23 to 1.45 per unit. feed 0.98 to 1.15.
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Chicago
Wall Street ends with mixed losses after brisk late rally
Wall Street traded lower late in the afternoon after a brisk recovery trimmed some losses. Volume was about 4.8 million shares, below Friday’s 7.13 million. Major declines included IBM down around 3 points, Polaroid and Litton Industries down a couple points or more, with Sears Roebuck, Woolworth, Pfizer and Eastman Kodak shedding over a point. Du Pont eased about a point while Chrysler held steady and Ford fell about a point. Steels were nearly flat with slight declines.
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ED Morse
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
IBM
Polaroid
Litton Industries
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
Pfizer
Eastman Kodik
du Pont
Chrysler
Ford
SERVICE SALESMEN FOR FARM SUPPLY AREA
A national organization seeks two men ages 25 to 55 to call on farmers and farm shops. Good transportation required. No investment. bondable applicants only. Earnings around 110 weekly plus two weeks paid vacation yearly, life and hospital insurance, profit sharing. Farm or mechanical experience helpful. on the job training provided. Must be self directed for full time work. Personal interview only. See Mr Underwood Emmerson Hotel Mt Varnon Tuesday June 19.
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Lfe
Correction on City Park Pavilion fund auction receipt
Kenneth Randall treasurer reports a correction to receipts from a Friday fund raising auction. It states the $512.15 figure was wrong as the automobile purchase was not completed. The bidder paid $180 and the vehicle was not donated by Brehm Hanna Chevrolet Co. Net receipts cited as $332 153.
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Kenneth Randall
City Park Pavilion Building Fund
City Park Pavilion
Brehm-Hanna Chevrolet, Co
Kenneth A. Randall
Bloodmobile donation totals 210 pints in Mt Vernon year end
A final Bloodmobile visit to Mt Vernon raised 210 pints, with 112 donated on Tuesday and 98 on Wednesday, boosting Jefferson County Red Cross’s annual total to 1,089 pints. The county remained 264 pints shy of the year’s quota. Next Bloodmobile stop is in September in Alt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Barbara Stratton
Jefferson County
Red Cross Chapter
Alt
Vernon
Bayonets Put Down Prison Riot
Prisoners stormed through the kitchen, library, and psychiatric wing as fires broke out. Guards fired on escaping inmates while convicts attempted wall climbs. Quebec provincial police, Canadian mounted police, and the army helped, as firemen battled spreading blazes across four city stations.
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Quebec
Canadian Mounted Police
Army
Market slips after Friday rally profit taking sets in
The market extended lower after Fridays rally as profit taking erased gains. By noon prices on the American Stock Exchange were down in fairly active trading. U.S. government bonds fell while corporate issues were mixed.
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American Stock Exchange
U.S
Library Center Seeks Baby Teeth For Fallout Survey
The Mt. Vernon Public Library promotes Operation Tooth to collect 50 000 baby teeth for strontium 90 analysis to study fallout effects. Sponsored by the Greater St. Louis Citizens Committee for Nuclear Information with dental schools of St. Louis and Washington Universities, the program asks for child name, address, birth date, tooth shed date, and family history details. Parents can bring teeth to the library with forms or mail to Operation Tooth Box 222 St. Louis 5 Missouri.
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Mt. Vernon Public Library
St. Louis
Greater St. Louis
Citizens’ Committee For Nuclear Information
Schools of Dentistry
Washington
Box
St. Louis 5
Missouri
Postal Workers Hold Union Vote in Midwest
Voting among 14 000 U S Post Office employees in Illinois and Michigan to determine their union representation began Saturday. Ballots were mailed by NLRB officials and the two week poll will name ten organizations competing to represent the workers. Donald I Swanson Chicago regional director called it the largest NLRB supervised election.
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Chicago
U.S. Post Office
Ilinois
Michigan
National Labor Relations Board
Donald I. Swanson
Post Office Department
Labor Board
Police Court Fines Reported in Local session
Luther W. Lyons was fined ten dollars and costs by Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock yesterday for intoxication. Traffic fines included Jerry Baldridge five dollars and costs for speeding, Gerald J Morris five dollars and costs for no safety sticker on track, Joseph Wegmann five dollars and costs for operating a motorcycle without license, and William W Hogshead Ashley ten dollars and costs for careless driving.
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Luther W. Lyons
Sherman Bullock
Jerry Baldridge
Gerald J Morris
Joseph ‘Wegmann
William W Hogshead
Ashley
Bomb Hoax At Hospital In MasSac County
An unidentified caller warned of a bomb at Mas sac County Hospital in Metropolis Illinois. Police arrived five minutes before 9 45 a m CDT but found no bomb or signs of an explosive device and could not evacuate the building due to insufficient time.
Births and a drowning reported in Granite City
Mr and Mrs Rance Hickle of RFD 1 Vernon have a son born at 2 00 am in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing five pounds four ounces. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Charles Howe of 603 North Seventh Street at 10 26 pm in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds eight ounces named Sue Ann. Mr and Mrs William Daniels of 226 Opdyke welcome a daughter born at 12 09 pm Sunday in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing nine pounds eight and a half ounces named Karen Sue. Howard Hays 3 of rural Granite City drowned in the Chouteau Slough of the Mississippi River north of Granite City after an asthma attack details from coroner Henry Pieper.
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Rance Hickle
RFD
Mr. Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Charles Howe
North Seventh Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sue Ann
William Daniels
Opdyke
Karen Sue
Granite City, Ill
Howard Hays
Granite City
Chouteau
Mississippi River
Henry Pieper
Pieper
Hays
McCauley Heads Eagles at Illinois Convention
William Mc Cauley of East St Louis was elected president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Illinois at the concluding session of a four day state convention in Alton Illinois. Elected vice presidents were William Hoffman Chicago Ray Cline Rockford and Earl Buhler Granite City Lavon Rami Streator named chaplain. About 600 attended the convention.
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McCauley
Eagles
Alton
Ill
William McCauley
East St. Louis
Order of Eagles
Illinois
William Hoffman
Chicago
Ray Cline
Rockford
Earl Buehler
Granite City
Lavon Rami
Streator
Georgia Ruling To Be Reviewed In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court agreed to review a three judge Atlanta court ruling that Georgia county unit voting in Democratic primaries is unconstitutional. Georgia State Party and Attorney General Eugene Cook appealed the decision which found the system discriminates against urban voters in favor of rural areas. No immediate hearing was granted. issue to be considered in the court's new term starting Oct. 1.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Atlanta
Democratic Party
Eugene Cook
Two Accidents on State Roads Near Mt Vernon
Jefferson county officers investigated two auto accidents Saturday on State highways east and south of Mt Vernon. Wayne Hance, 58, of Toledo Alabama, was injured on Route 15 east of Mt Vernon near the county line when his car skidded on loose gravel and hit a concrete tire, causing a head gash. A panel truck driven by Lester S Bernard, 48, of Route 2 collided with a car driven by Leota M Keef, 39, of Route 4A on Route 37 south at the Davis Road intersection. no injuries were reported and damages were $500 for the truck and $350 for the car.
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Jefferson County
Wayne Hance
Toledo
Route 15
Mt. Vernon
Hance
Lester Sk. Benard
Leota M. Keef
Davis Road
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial Admits List
Jefferson Memorial notes admit Tommy Ashby John William Meadows Versa Nelson Randall McKinley Smith Ida Sandusky Lucy Morgan Ronald Adcock Donald Adcock Sandra Hickle Discharged Lizzie Sigworth Michael Fico Orville Telford Good Samaritan admits Muriel Emma Brown Arthur George Bullock Homer Padgett Odell Turner Dollie White Fields Willian Colvin Verna Mare Veach Amen James Atella Leroy Hunt Ira Minor Herbert Downey Ruth Odell Idra Lee Stelzriede Kenneth Eugene Buchanan Discharged Vernon Coats Mrs Janice Kay Shields and baby David Esque Leroy wing Sadie Curtiss Marian Martin Joan Hall Senry Jackson Walker Theron Charles Eskew Grace Willard Roscoe Wells Wilma Marie Eckhardt Ruth Duncan Odell Turner Clara Lowery Kimmie Buchanan Nellie Ann Waters Leslie Keen
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Jefferson Memorial
Tommy Ashby
John William Meadows
Versa Nelson
Randall McKinley Smith
Ida Sandusky
Lucy Morgan
Ronald Adcock
Donald Adcock
Sandra Hickle
Lizzie Sigworth
Michael Fico
Orville Telford
Good Samaritan
Muriel Emma Brown
Arthur George Bullock
Homer Padgett
Odell Turner
Dollie White Fields
Willian Colvin
Verna Mare Veach
Amen James Atella
Leroy Hunt
Ira Minor
Herbert Downey
Ruth Ode
TWA Strike Looms As Talks Continue In Washington
In Washington AP reports Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg opened peace talks to avert a possible Tuesday strike by TWA flight engineers. The engineers threaten a 2:30 p.m. walkout, while pilots join mediators, and President Kennedy warns to settle without a strike.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Eteran
Trans World Airlines
Goldberg
Air Line Pilots Association
H. S. Dietrich
TWA
Ren Asher Schwartz
Newark
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Flight Engineers
R. A. Brown
United States
Pilots Union
Raisers Of Turkeys Vote On Quotas
Washington AP reports turkey producers vote through Friday in a nationwide marketing control referendum. If two thirds approve, it would inaugurate a country wide marketing order to limit marketed turkeys, not production, aiming for orderly markets and fair prices amid past oversupply. Eligible voters include those marketing over 3600 pounds in 1961 and qualified associations. passage could foreshadow similar orders for other commodities.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
California
City Police Put On Radar Checks
Police in Mt. Vernon conducted speed checks on South Twelfth Street South 26th Street and Perkins Avenue over the weekend. Numerous arrests for speeding were reported as radar points operated by city officers.
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Mt. Vernon
South Twelfth Street
South 26Th Street
Perkins Avenue
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