Deaths and Funerals Rev Gilbert Walden 90
The Rev. Gilbert Walden 90 died Monday in Hamilton Memorial Hospital McLeansboro. Funeral services at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church McLeansboro with Rev Harry Garrett officiating. Burial in Oddfellows Cemetery. Body lies in state at Donelson Funeral Home after 2:00 p.m. Tuesday. Born Oct 22 1877 in White County, he married Lula Hensley Aug 29 1906. she preceded him. Survived by son Este Walden and daughters Vineta Rogers and Vera Gillison, plus three sisters and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons.
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Gilbert Walden
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
McLeansboro
First Baptist Church
Harry Garrett
Oddfellows Cemetery
Donelson
Walden
White County
Ephram
Loudica
Emmerson) Walden
Lula Hensley
Este
Vineta Rogers
Rantoul
Ill
Vera Gillison
Fairfield
Iva Green
Meeker
Okla
Flossie York
East St. Louis
Bessie Garrison
Moe- Leansboro
Jimmy Brockman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wendell Walden
Evansville
Ind
Clyde Hutchison Former Mt. Vernon Resident Dies After Crash
Clyde M. Hutchison 74 a former Mt. Vernon resident died at 7 00 p m yesterday from injuries suffered in an auto crash on state route 13 three miles west of Marion He was taken to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Marion He was a retired tire shop operator World War I veteran Apostolic church member and husband of Hazel Duncan He survived by two daughters a sister nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral arrangements at Wilson Funeral Home Marion with burial in Oakwood cemetery Mt Vernon
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Clyde M. Hutchison
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Hutchison
Marion
Veterans Administration Hospital
William R
Elizabeth
Miller) Hutchison
Hutchison
France
Apostolic Church of
Hazel Duncan
David
Hilda) Raither
Sunnyvale
Calif
Carlton
Tony Bertich Dead Former Motel Owner Dies at 78
Anton Tony Bertich longtime Mt Vernon area motel owner died at 6 00 pm Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital He was 78 born December 9 1889 in Austria survived by wife Lena Firness a Mt Vernon daughter Helen Lummel a grandson and a great grandson Also survived by sister in law Mrs Charles Bertich East St Louis Friends may call Pulley Funeral Home and body to lie in state at Witt Mortuary St Louis with viewing hour 3 00 to 10 00 pm Wednesday continuing Thursday morning funeral service listed
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Anton “Tony” Bertich
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bertich
Normandy Heights
Pulley Funeral Home
Witt
Gravois Avenue
St. Louis
Witt Mortuary
Austria
Lena Firness
The
Moose Lodge
Joe
Helen ) Lummel
Charles Bertich
East St. Louis
Circuit Court Fines From Local Case List
Circuit Court fines include Mickey D. McDonald at 501 Marteeny with 10 dollars for going the wrong way on a one way street. John W. Ward of 204 Burns paid 20 dollars for lacking an operator's license. Henry S. Marlow, R.R. 6, 10 dollars for speeding. William H. Wilson, Rt.2, 10 dollars for failure to yield at an intersection. Richard A. Aut, Ashley, 10 dollars for following too closely.
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Circuit
Mickey D. McDonald
Marteeny
John W. Ward
Burns
Henry S. Marlow
R.R
William H. Wilson
Rt.2
Richard A. Aut
Ashley
Esther Spurlock 72 Dies After Morning Illness
Esther Ann Spurlock died at 3 15 am at Good Samaritan Hospital at age 72. She lived with her daughter Mrs Harry Culli of Rt 4. Funeral at Inn Methodist Church Thursday at 2 pm with burial in Kirk Cemetery Ina. She was born April 17 1896 in Missouri to Jacob and Jenny Wayland. Survived by two daughters, four sisters, four grandchildren. Burial arrangements at Ina Funeral Home. She was widow of Bernie L Spurlock who died May 3 1968.
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Esther Ann Spurlock
Good Samaritan Hospital
Harry Culli
Rt. 4
The
Inn Methodist Church
Kirk Cemetery
Ina
Spurlock
Missouri
Jacob and
Enny (Witt) Wayland
Bernie L. Spurlock
Harry Johnston
Mt. Vernon
Bruce Cate
Jonas Thatcher
Belle Rive
Clarence Presley
Ovid Sullivan
Ocala
Florida
Spur
Poor People Protest At Agriculture Building In Washington
About 30 demonstrators joined 150 campaigners outside the Agriculture Department in Washington. They pounded a metal barrel with sticks and refused to stop after a request from Asst. Secretary Joseph Robertson. Freeman’s secretary denied access to the secretary due to no appointment. Top campaign leaders were reportedly in seclusion with aides unsure of the command post’s location after leaving a Negro-owned motel.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Asst
Joseph M. Robertson
Robertson
Broadway strike closes stage shows continues from page one
Broadway theater workers walkout halts performances as dismayed audiences seek refunds or exchanges. Equity seeks higher minimum pay to 200 a week and shorter contracts while preserving chorus runs and foreign actors’ appearances, with 15 000 members but only about 500 affected. talks at City Hall fail to yield quick resolution.
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Equity
Ralph Bellamy
City Hall
Robert Sweet
Vincent D. McDonnell
State Mediation Board
New York
Merrick
League of New York Theaters
Welfare rolls swell after Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana
New Orleans AP reports State Welfare Director Garland Bonin says up to 42000 additional children must be added to Louisiana welfare rolls after the Supreme Court barred denying aid to children whose mothers have extramarital relations. Bonin calls for legislative funding to cover the rise.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
Garland Bonin
High Court
Alabama
Bonin
Hog Market Prices Down At Mt. Vernon Today
Markets Mt. Vernon reports prices paid until 12 30 p m were down 2c with top quotations at 20 00 and 20 25 for 200 to 220 lb meat type hogs. Boars ranged 11 00 to 13 00 and some figures noted 13 50 and 16 50. After 12 30 p m prices will shift to next day pricing.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported In Mt Vernon Morning
Mt Vernon issued grain price quotes noting Wheat at 1.13 Soybeans at 2.37 and Shelled corn at 1.0 this morning, reflecting local trading values in the area.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis Produce Prices From Consumer and Wholesale Grades
St Louis Produce reports egg grades A large 27 to 32 cents, A medium 19 to 24, A small 13 to 15, B large 22 to 24. wholesale standard 21 to 23, unclassified 19 to 20. Hens heavy 13, light over 5 34 pounds 9, under 5 34 4, broilers and fryers 28 to 28 14.
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ST. Louis
Poultry Lot Listings From Chicago Produce Trade
Chicago AP USDA live poultry listings show roosters 2544 26 and special red white rock fryers 2042 22, indicating market identifiers and stock categories. Listings reflect assorted live birds and fryer varieties in the Chicago trade records.
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Chicago
Livestock prices at National Stockyards Illinois
National Stockyards Illinois AP reports Wednesday estimates: hogs 6,500 cattle 1,500 calves 160 sheep 200. Hogs 9,900 with barrows and gilts 50 cents lower. 1-200-230 lb hogs 20.75-21.25. 2-3 249-325 lb hogs 18.00-26.00. Cattle 4,000 with steers 950-1270 lb 26.00-27.00. heifers 875-475 lb 25.75-26.00. cows 18.50-20.00. vealers 27.00-35.00. calves 19.00-24.00. Sheep 700 with lambs 80-100 lb 26.00-27.50. ewes 4.00-7.50.
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National Stockyards
Chicago Grain prices freehand report
Chicago AP notes wheat and corn prices across grades with figures for No 2 hard wheat 1.35 per bushel No 2 soft red 1.2384 No 2 yellow corn 1.154 and No 4 yellow 1.05 to 1.08 Oats No 2 extra heavy white 75/4 Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.704 Soybean oil 7.65 per unit
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Chicago
Wall Street Rallies Moderately After Three Day Drop
Wall Street rose solidly at midday after a three day decline with about 150 issues rising versus falling on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow at noon stood at 904.36, up 0.91, while the Associated Press average gained 0.7 to 340.3 as utilities and industrials edged higher.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Sperry Rand
Texas Gulf
Sperry
Occidental Petroleum
Pan American
Hooker Chemical
Cerro Corp
International Packer
Nerox
IBM
Penn Central
Owens-Illinois
Boeing
Zenith
American Smelting
Semling
Pfizer
American Telephone
American Stock Exchange
Weather Report From Mt Vernon and Illinois
Weather notes show Monday high 81 low 62 in Mt Vernon with 17.84 inches of rainfall year to date in 1968. Illinois saw thunderstorms from a Great Lakes low and a widespread rain band across the Midwest with more storms tonight and cooler air tomorrow. Highs today reached 80s and 70s statewide.
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Mt. Vernon
Associated Press
Tlinois
Great Lakes
Midwest
Ohio
Illinois
Divorce Suit Filed Here For Miner Couple
Shirley Ann Miner files for divorce in circuit court here against Floyd Eugene Miner. They married September 11, 1965 and separated December 14, 1965. Plaintiff seeks custody of one minor child and alimony citing desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Ann Miner
Circuit Court
Floyd Eugene Miner
Plan to Annex Surrounded Area on West Broadway
City council discussed annexing surrounding areas on West Broadway and ensuring elderly residents receive low rent housing. They also accepted a petition to stop dumping lumber near Harrison Street, planned a sidewalk on Tenth Street, amended peddler license fees to 50 dollars per year, and rezoned trailer parks to trailer coach park zones.
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Congress
Harrison Street
East Side Lumber Co
Tenth Street
Births in local hospitals honor three newborns
Mr and Mrs Gary Flora of old North th Mt Vernon welcome a daughter born Monday June 17 at 6 02 pm at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds six and one quarter ounces. Mr and Mrs Thomas Gabe Hart of Dahlgren welcome a daughter born Monday June 17 at 12 16 pm at Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds 15 ounces named Leesa Michele. Mr and Mrs David House worth of Opdyke welcome a son born Monday June 17 at 3 39 pm at Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds 1 and one half ounces named Jeffrey Dale.
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Gary Flora
Old North &Th
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Thomas Gabe Hart
Dahlgren
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Leesa Michele
David Houseworth
Opdyke
Jeffrey Dale
Ex-Mayor Hanes Defends Ray In King's Assassination Case
Arthur J. Hanes, Birmingham's 1963 mayor amid racial clashes and a critic of civil rights tactics, plans to travel to England to discuss defending James Earl Ray for the King assassination. Hanes notes Ray may have funds for fees and recalls his own controversial stance on race and politics fostering the accusations of a Communist plot.
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Birmingham
Ala
Arthur J. Hanes
Martin Luther King Jr
Eugene “Bull” Connor
Viola Liuzzo
Hayneville
Hanes
King
England
Memphis
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Sneyd
Ray
Jefferson County Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
Washington
Alabama
University of Alabama
Holdouts End Battle In Suburb Near Saigon Crisis
Vietnamese Marines surrounded holdouts near a pagoda north of Saigon. North Vietnamese soldiers surrendered in groups over an hour amid loudspeaker broadcasts. Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Minh warned of further Viet Cong attacks but doubted 100 round daily rocket threats. U.S. and allied vessels reported aerial activity and shelling near the DMZ. a 50 foot Swift boat was sunk.
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Gia Dinh
South Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen van Minh
Minh
Mekong
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Boston
Alr
Hobart
Clarke calls home from Formosa to Browns ville Mt Vernon family
Mr and Mrs James Clarke of Brownsville Road Mt Vernon were happy as their son Sp Larry W Clarke called from Taiwan Formosa at 1130 p m on rest and relaxation leave from Vietnam duty He said he was fine and enjoying his leave and sent regards to friends in the states Address for letters is Sp4 Larry W Clarke US 56581259 Co B 1 46 Inf 198th Bde APO San Francisco Calif 96219
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clarke
Brownsville Road
Mt. Vernon
Larry W. Clarke
Taiwan
Formosa
Vietnam
States
Co. B
APO
San Francisco
Calif
Mt Vernon school board agenda outlines budget, grants and staffing
Mt Vernon Illinois board actions include urban renewal completion by July 15 and budget approval by August. J Learned Mt Vernon High received 1523 from state basketball receipts. 1968-69 annual report and state aid claim filed. Title I funds cutback proposed to 59268.35 dollars. Vocational center costs per student set at 262.49 with 80 to 140 enrollment. Cafeteria operation remains deficit. Supreme Court ruling covers non certificated staff under FLSA. district staff unaffected. 444 adults enrolled in adult ed at cost 3137.40 dollars. Athletics committee approved 1968-69 coaching with one change. 30 IBM typewriters approved for new business department training. Summer school helped 11 graduates. dropout rate 82 students from 5 percent of enrollment, lower than national figures.
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Board of Education
J. Learned
Mt. Vernon High
Area Secondary Vocational
United States Supreme Court
Mt. Vernon Township
Ferrel Wiman
Scott Gill
IBM Electric
Mt. Vernon High School
Hospital Notes List Admits and Discharges in Mt Vernon Area
The hospital notes show admissions including Matilda Gausman Wayne Ci Estella Carlton William Hubert Palmer Carolyn Houseworth and others at various streets and towns. A long discharge list includes Greta C Nordin Edna Schuster James Andrew Ferguson Rita Eilene Vaught and many more from Mount Vernon Mt. Vernon area West Frankfort and neighboring communities.
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Estella Carlton
William Hubert Palmer
Carolyn Houseworth
Opdyke
Benjamin Jackson
Larry Ray Heck
Greta C. Nordin
Elizabeth Alice Mopengham
Wilkins
Edna Schuster
James Andrew Ferguson
Woodlawn
Rita Eilene Vaught
Salem
City Wins Permit for New County Landfill
City officials announce a permit approval for a landfill expansion. City manager cites confusion over an injunction suit between state agencies. Mayor Joe Martin suggests local residents outside town may seek harassment concerns but supports locating the landfill on city-owned land in the same area.
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Lewis
Joe Martin
Scalded Worker Dies in Belleville Brewing Co Incident
Stanley C. Hurst aged 48 of Swansea died from burns after a steam line broke at Curling Brewing Co in Belleville. Police said he and coworkers were closing a valve when the break occurred.
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Belleville, Ul
Stanley C. Hurst
Swansea
Curling Brewing Co
Belleville
Hurst
McCarthy campaigns in New York primary stand against Humphrey
McCarthy challenged Humphrey to make private doubts about the Vietnam war public at a Harlem rally as New York primary voting began. Nixon urged Johnson to sign the anticrime bill while Rockefeller pressed delegates in Washington. Romney met with Michigan convention delegates. Wallace campaigned in Richmond promoting Southern Power.
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Associated Press
Eugene J. McCarthy
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
McCarthy
Harlem
White House
Bill Moyers
Humphrey
Johnson
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Capitol Hill
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Nixon
GOP
Adam Clayton Powell
U.S
House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Jacob K. Javits
Joseph Y. Resnick
Eugene H. Nickerson
Paul O’dwyer
Congress
George Wallace
Richmond
Peter N. Kyros
Maine
Horace Hildreth Jr
Gary Merrill
David L. Graham
Michigan
George Romney
Extradition Hearing Set for Ray on June 27
Ray's British attorney appeared as the extradition hearing began with a two minute session. U.S. lawyers said Ray is wanted for murder in Memphis on April 4 and for escaping a Missouri prison while serving an armed robbery sentence. Documentary evidence had been produced and a fingerprint expert would testify. Ray, arrested June 8 at London airport on a forged passport and an unlicensed gun, remains in custody at Wandsworth Prison while investigators reconstruct his movements. Under the 1931 treaty, extradition proceeds only for charges specified, risking no prosecution on the murder without separate extradition.
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Ray
U.S
Dr. King
Memphis
Missouri
London
Milton
Wandsworth
Scotland Yard
Britain
United States
Smoking and health notes touch on quitters and risks
A medical talk notes quitting cigarettes may pose hazards for patients with serious illnesses. Separate report discusses a quarterly injectable hormonal contraceptive MDA, used with no pregnancies in 216 women over three years, while monthly progestin and estrogen injections show effectiveness but side effects persist. Neither method is likely to be available without further FDA testing.
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Cohen
Edward Tyler
Family Planning Center
Los Angeles
Tyler
Food and Drug Administration
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West Oak
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East Elm
Maxine McClinton
Highland View
Vicky Flora
North 8Th
Lula Miller
Wescott
William Pemberton
Anna
Edward Hertenstein
Sa‘em Road
Tom Mygatt
Lesser
Jack Newell
South 15Th
Susie Norman
Forrest Ave
Terence J. Rapp
Margaret Mary Rapp
Hazel Owens
Charles Andraski
Castle
Tine Miller
John Runyon
Hazel Shehorn
Fairfield Road
Ethel Swaney
Jess Springfield
Cherry
Mary Bannister
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Jule Laird
South 17Th
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Julie Rapp
Bluford
Leroy Hunt
Jordan
Robert Dual
Nick Petsaivas
Main
Edgar Overturf
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Wayne City
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Erwin Leitz
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George Williamson
Bell
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Donald E. Reid
Bob
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