Deaths and Funerals John W Mooney of Dix Dies
John W Mooney 63 of Sacramento Calif died Monday at Sacramento County Hospital. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Saturday Osborn Funeral Home Dix with burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. He was born November 4 1904 in Dix. Survived by wife Iva Spears two sons Darrell and Charles Mooney two brothers Raymond and Loyd Mooney three sisters Lilly Starkey Maxine White Helen Mooney one step-brother Curtis Norrix two step-sisters Edith Johnson Rosalie Talbott one aunt Edith Zeigler four grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
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John W. Mooney
Sacramento
Cal
Sacramento County Hospital
Osborn Funeral Home
Dix
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Mr. Mooney
W. A
Art
Hazel (Curty) Mooney
Iva Spears
Nettie Mooney
Darrell
Charles Mooney
Raymond
Loyd Mooney
Lilly Starkey
Cape Girardeau
Maxine White
Mt. Vernon
Helen Mooney
Philip Wilkerson Dies at 97 Funeral Friday
Philip Pib Wilkerson of Benton died at 12 00 pm Wednesday at his home at age 97 Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Friday at Palestine Baptist Church with Rev Willie Toney and Rev Willie Smith officiating Burial in Franklin Cemetery Body lies in state at Johnson Funeral Home Whitngton after 5 00 pm today Born November 9 1894 in Franklin County to Edmond and Mary Bell Luster Wilkerson Married Frances Sadler who survives Also surviving are two sons Hezra and Philip Wilkerson Jr six daughters Joss McLarin Easter Laughland Loretta Hall Patsy Robinson Nadine Hefner and Carrie Roberts a brother Ray Wilkerson a sister Bessie Wilkerson 21 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren
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Phillip
Pib) Wilkerson
Benton
Palestine Baptist Church
Willie Toney
Willie Smith
Franklin Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Whittington
Franklin
Mt. Vernon
Carrie Roberts
Lesser
Ray Wilkerson
Bessie Wilkerson
Centralia Man H J Miller Dies at 80 in St Marys Hospital
Herman Jesse Miller of Centralia died at 4 05 a m today after a long illness. He was born September 9 1887 in Dahlgren and married Alice Clarke in 1915. Survivors include a son and three daughters, two sisters, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He worked as a brakeman on LC RR and in IC RR car shops until retirement in 1958. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Railroad Car Men Local 861 and the Baptist church.
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Herman Jesse Miller
Centralia
St. Mary’s Hospital
Queen Boges
Mr. Miller
Dahlgren
Isaac and
Mary Jane (Warfield) Miller
Alice Clarke
Herman J. Miller
Gales Ferry
Conn
Maxine Curless
Granite City
Marian Deadmond
Maude Vaughn
Mt. Vernon
Miller
Lc.r.r
I.C.R.R
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America
The
Baptist Church
Malone Candy Store Owner Rites Set in Long Beach
Funeral services for Tarl C. Malone born March 22 1886 in Mt Vernon will be at 2 99 p m Saturday at Mattells Funeral Home Long Beach. Burial in Forest Lawn. Survivors include wife Yola daughter Helen Hadley sister Mrs Ratcliffe grandson and two great grandchildren. He operated candy stores in Salt Lake City before moving to Long Beach. He was a member of the First Baptist church of Long Beach.
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Tarl C. Malone
Long Beach
Calif
Mattells Funeral Home
Forest Lawn
Mr. Malone
Mt. Vernon
N. C
Mary Malone
Salt Lake City
Utah
Yola Malone
Long Beach Calif
Helen Hadley
Riverside
Paul Ratcliffe
Malone
First Baptist Church of
Agnes Jones of Mt Vernon Dies at 82 Rites Saturday
Agnes Jones of 104 South 34th died yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a two week illness. Funeral services will be held at Myers Chapel Saturday at 1 30 p m with Revs LeRoy Dude and Gene Foy officiating. Burial in West Salem Cemetery. She was born July 25 1885 in Jefferson County and married Samuel W Jones in 1904. he died in 1944. Survivors include two sons Keith and Wilbur, a brother Charles McLaughlin, a sister Zora Hodge, six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She was a member of West Salem Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by a son, a daughter, and two sisters.
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Agnes Jones
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
LeRoy Dude
Gene Foy
West Salem Cemetery
Myers Funeral Home
Jones
Jefferson County
Granville
Mary E (Dave) McLaughlin
Samuel W. Jones
Keith K. Jones
Kansas City
Kansas
Wilbur D. Jones
Mt. Vernon
Charles McLaughlin
Zora Hodge
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
A list from Jefferson Memorial shows admissions including Claud Jones Frank McKenzie Della Walker Chestine Thompson Bradley K Wilson and Good Samaritan patients Floyd Johnson Roy Summers Leo Zink Lucy Skinner Myrtle Hicks Rosella Mooney Ed Staley Ruth Heiderschett Emma Hawthorne Clarence Brown Dennis Porter Eva Cooper Bertha Peddicord Phillip Hughes Jasper Levin Mary Ann Reynolds Jesse Livingston Max Garrison Eddie Hill Iva Marlow Terence Rapp Margaret Rapp Thomas Veatch Norma Calwell Otto Armstrong Timothy Tobin Sue Simmons Hazel Shenora Geraldine Bushong Harvey Thompson Shirley Keenes Curtis Birkhead Darrell Daniels Sandra Reaney Linda Reaney. Discharges include William Palmer Larry Hart Mrs Virginia Hart and baby Lisa Michelle Mrs Carolyn Houseworth and baby Dale and others listed from Dahlgren Opdyke and surrounding areas.
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Claud Jones
South 4Th Street
Frank McKenzie
Springerton
Della Walker
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Chestine Thompson
Christopher
Bradley K. Wilson
RFD
William Palmer
South 15Th Street
Larry Hart
Dahlgren
Virginia Hart
Lisa Michelle
Carolyn Houseworth
Baby
Dale
Opdyke
Good Samaritan
Floyd Johnson
Bluford
Roy L. Summers
Mannen
Leo Zink
South 25Th Street
Lucy R. Skinner
Myrtle E. Hicks
Salem Road
Rosella M. Mooney
Ed R. Staley
Ruth E. Heiderschett
Harison
Emma Hawthorne
South 6Th Street
Clarence Brown
RED
Dennis Porter
Waltonville
Curtis Birkhead
Conger
Darrell Daniels
Herbert
Sandra Reaney
Linda Reaney
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Marion Reynolds RFD 2 are parents of a son born at 1150 p m Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital The baby weighed five pounds eight and one half ounces Mr and Mrs Ralph Mooney RFD 1 are parents of a daughter born at 808 p m Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital She weighed six pounds fourteen ounces
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Marion Reynolds
RFD
Good Samaritan Hospital
Ralph Mooney
Fines in circuit court set for multiple defendants
Linzie F Richardson Route 1 Belle Rive fined $15 for speeding Rosemary A Harris 404 Orange fined $10 for speeding Harry L Jos lin 214 Casey fined $10 for driving too fast C H Smith Tallullah Louisiana forfeited $25 bond for no reciprocity on a truck Kendall L Smith 122% Opdyke fined $50 for illegal passing ruled guilty after trial.
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Linzie F. Richardson
Route 1
Belle Rive
Rosemary A. Harris
Orange
Harry L. Joslin
Casey
C. H. Smith
Tallullah
Louisiama
Kendall L. Smith
Opdyke
Hog Market Prices Near Mt Vernon After Noon
Market report shows prices paid until 12 30 pm today were 50 cents higher with top quotes at 20 35 20 50 and 20 85 for 200 lb meat type hogs Lows gained 25 cents to 13 75 and 16 75 Boars ranged 11 00 to 13 00 Prices after 12 30 pm will reflect next day figures.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Morning
Mt Vernon grain prices listed for the day include Wheat at 1.13, Soybeans at 2.55, and Shelled corn at 1.08 as quoted this morning. Local traders noted modest activity across the market and steady demand for crops tied to regional harvests.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis Produce Prices Reported by AP
St Louis AP reports consumer grades for eggs with sizes A large 27 to 30 cents, A medium 19 to 22, A small 13 to 15, and B large 21 to 23. Wholesale standards 21 to 23, unclassified 19 to 20. Hens heavy 11 to 12 and light under 54 pounds 8, under 5 percent pounds 4, broilers and fryers 28 to 284.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Mercantile Exchange dairy and car prices report
Chicago AP reports Mercantile Exchange prices for butter eight scores and car grades with various percent figures. Butter scores 93 AA 66 92 A 66 90 B 63 percent 89 C 6044. Cars 90 B 64 percent 89 C 62. Eggs grade A whites 30 percent mediums 2 standards 25 checks 18.
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Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Livestock prices circulating from National Stock Yards market
AP reports Friday livestock estimates for National Stock Yards: hogs 5,500 head, cattle 700, calves 75, sheep 150. U.S. bid ranges include hogs 21.00 to 22.75 per cwt for various weights, cattle 18.00 to 26.15, vealers 28.00 to 34.00, lambs 26.00 to 26.75, and ewes 4.00 to 8.00, with weights and category notes.
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National Stockyards
Grain prices at Chicago floor show modest gains
Chicago AP notes Wheat No 2 hard 1.34 percent higher and No 2 soft red up 1.28 percent. Corn No 2 yellow rises 1.13 percent with grade yellow 1.06. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 0.74 percent. Soybeans No 1 yellow up 2.67 percent and soymeal 7.62.
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Chicago
Wall Street advances in heavy trading after Wednesday halt
The stock market rose in heavy trading following a trading halt, with gains outpacing losses by more than two to one. The Dow Jones industrial average at noon rose to 901.53, while the AP average of 60 stocks gained 1.2 to 340.6 as large blocks traded at higher prices.
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New York
Associated Press
S&l
Great Western Financial
Jeader
Montgomery Ward
Dow Jones
Magnavox
Great American Holdings
Virginia Electric Power
Occidental Petroleum
IBM
Xerox
Public Service Electric & Gas and
du Pont
Southern California Edison
American Smelting
Royal Dutch
Raytheon
Phelps Dodge
American Stock Exchange
J D Degree To D Hassakis
Demetri Hassakis an alumnus of the UI law school has been awarded a J D degree by the University of Tinois. He is identified as a non attorney.
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Demetri Hassakis
Vernon
The
University of Tinois
UI Law School
Weather Report From MT VERNON AND ELSEWHERE
MT VERNON WEATHER reports Wednesday high 89 and low 4 with rainfall to date of 17.84 inches for 1968. Compare with past years showing highs 89 and lows 71 one year ago, 83 and 67 five years ago, and 84 and 63 ten years ago. Friday sunrise 4 32 and sunset 7 32 CST.
Ike Resting Comfortably After Heart Attack
Washington AP reports doctors say former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, remains in the critical period common after a heart attack. He has occasional heartbeat irregularities but no heart failure, and is resting comfortably at Walter Reed Army Hospital after a fifth heart attack since 1955.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Reds massing around Saigon as July attack feared
A U.S. officer warned the Viet Cong plan a major assault on Saigon in July. Sources say enemy forces around Saigon may reach about 34,000 as village guerrillas are reorganized into regiments, signaling hard fighting ahead. Reports also note mysterious “flying lights” over the northern frontier and a U.S. probe into possible Soviet Styx missiles. No evidence confirms Russian missiles to North Vietnam.
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U.S
Saigon
Egypt
Washington
Two Accidents Here Two Hurt and One Driver Cited
Two accidents occurred in Mt. Vernon on Wednesday evening causing two injuries and over $100 damage to each vehicle. Gary Edmison, 18, was cited for careless driving after his car hit Archie L. Jones’s stopped vehicle on Broadway. Doris Jones suffered a minor injury. In a second crash Rosa Fréda Phelps, 43, collided with Rose Massey at 12th and Oakland, then hit a tree after hitting Massey. Phelps was injured but not hospitalized.
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Mt. Vernon
Gary Edmison
North 16Th
Archie L. Jones
Columbia
Jones
Broadway
Doris Jones
Edmison
Rosa Fréda Phelps
South 24Th
Rose M. Massey
RFD
12Th
Oakland
Phelps
Massey Auto
Massey
Rosa Phelps
Fights with McCants end in state murder case
Deputies said McCants fought a posse, wounded a police officer and a boy, then abandoned the child dead with a gunshot to the neck. More than 100 searchers tracked him into a forest where he was captured hours later, critically wounded by police fire. He denied shooting the child, while officials noted the boy may have been hit during the gunfight. McCants had a history of mental illness and multiple hospital commitments since 1964.
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McCants
J. B. O'Conner
Florida State Mental Hospital
Chattaho
Humphrey Rockefeller Clash Over Nixon Strategy
In Cleveland and New York, Humphrey and Rockefeller attacked Nixon and urged rethinking national priorities. McCarthy celebrated New York primary gains as delegates still to be named. Wallace argued party change fails with a Republican win. Gallup shows Wallace leading in five Southern states.
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Humphrey
New York
Rockefeller
Nixon
Cleveland
Hubert Humphrey
McCarthy
N. Y
Eugene J. McCarthy
Democratic State Committee
Stoke
Robert F. Kennedy
Wallace
Florida
George C. Wallace
Jacksonville
Fla
Gallup
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Postpone Local Pilots Meeting
A Mt. Vernon Pilots Association meeting scheduled for this Friday evening has been postponed. Members will be notified when a new date and time are set.
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Mt. Vernon Pilots Association
Nixon and Rockefeller editors target Illinois delegates
Illinois Republicans organize drive to win support for Rockefeller among GOP convention delegates. Elroy Sandquist Jr and Robert A. Ing ersoll announced the campaign at Chicago headquarters, noting no Illinois delegates are legally bound to Nixon. AP poll showed 33 of 48 delegates favored Nixon, 15 uncommitted, with 10 more to be chosen at Springfield convention later this month.
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Illinois
Rockefeller
Elroy
Sandquist Jr
Chicago
Robert A. Ingersoll
Borg-Warner Corp
Richard M. Nixon
Sundquist
Associated Press
Nixon
Springfield
Abernathy Vows Shantytown Stays Amid March on Washington
Thousands gathered on a warm dry day at the Washington Monument for Resurrection City protests led by civil rights figures. Core speakers included Mrs. King who marked her 15th wedding anniversary and urged action to end bombing in Vietnam, while crowds booed Hubert Humphrey and cheered Eugene McCarthy.
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UAW
John
Bobby
Martin
Washington Monument
Resurrection City
Dolores Williams
New York
Potomac River
Mrs. King
Robbery Case McDowell Drops Venue Change Motion
A Cambria man charged with armed robbery of a Mt. Vernon gas station withdrew his request for a venue change. William H. McDowell Jr., 38, had argued publicity in Mt. Vernon and Fairfield could bias jurors. Judge Williams allowed him to represent himself, access police records, and reduced bond to 5,000 as he remains jailed on robbery charges at the Northside Gulf station.
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Mt. Vernon
William H. McDowell, Jr
Cambria
Til
Fairfield
Alvin Lacy Williams
McDowell
Northside
Gulf Station
Thefts Reported Of Pocketbook And Bird Bath
Laura McGehee of 605 Harrison told police at 1 19 p m yesterday a beige pocketbook with her name on it was stolen while she worked at the Greyhound Bus Depot. Charlie W Sammons of 1008 Wilshire Drive reported a bird bath taken from his yard between 10 30 a m Tuesday and Thursday morning while he was away.
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Laura McGehee
Harrison
Polite
Greyhound Bus Depot
Charlie W. Sammons
Wilshire Drive
Sammons
Stolen Cadillac Is Found Here
A Cadillac stolen in Mt. Vernon by joy riders was found abandoned in the southeast section of town yesterday. The car, owned by Jefferson Motors, was taken Monday night from in front of the Alta-Seal office on North Ninth Street. Alta-Seal had installed a windshield and left the car there for pickup. Police were notified Tuesday afternoon. The car was found Wednesday at Gee Street and Castelion Avenue.
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Mt. Vernon
Joy Riders
Jefferson Motors
Alta-Seal
North Ninth Street
Gee Street
Castelion Avenue
PRESIDENT SIGNS CRIME CONTROL BILL
President Johnson signs a crime control bill restricting interstate mail order handgun sales and nonresident sales, and bars possession by felons aliens and others. It also bans employment for rioters and requires Senate confirmation of FBI directors, with gun provisions seen as a diluted version of Johnson’s safe streets plan.
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Senate
FBI
House
Johnson
House Judiciary Committees
Bloodmobile in Mt Vernon Seeks Donor Support
Donors are urged to give next Tuesday and Wednesday June 25 and 26 as the Red Cross bloodmobile visits Mt Vernon at the Elks Lodge. Walk ins welcome from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday and noon to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. The daily quota is 100 pints to supply local hospitals in Jefferson county.
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Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Elks Lodge
Jefferson County
Broadway Actors Strike Ends With 3-Year Pact
Mayor Lindsay announced a settlement ending the three day strike by Actors Equity that had darkened 19 Broadway houses and nine road shows. The contract runs three years with weekly wages of 145, 150, and 155 dollars, pending union approval and no ratification vote required for opening theaters tonight.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Actors Equity
Gracie Mansion
Union
League of New York
Lindsay
Angus Dunoan
David Merrick
Theater Group
Duncan
Equity Council
Theatera
Jefferson County 4 H Day Camp Saturday
The Jefferson county 4H Day Camp will be held Saturday June 22 at the 44 Club Camp Lake West Frankfort. Those riding the bus should be at the Farm Bureau parking lot by 9:30 a.m. About 350 4H boys and girls have reservations. Lunch is cafeteria style at noon with activities like swimming softball volleyball nature hike crafts and party games. Ice cream will be served at 5:00 p.m. before buses depart.
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Jefferson County
Lake West Frankfort
Farm Bureau
Dr Ward to Head Rheumatism Assn
Dr Ward, a Mayo Clinic physician with long service, is named head of the Rheumatism Association. He has held Mayo positions since 1949, directed rheumatic research, and serves on the Mayo Foundation Board of Trustees and Arthritis Foundation board. He resides in Rochester with his wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic Board
Charles W. Mayo
Mayo Foundation Board of Trustees
American College of Physicians
The
Arthritis Foundation
Rochester
Minn
Two Fire Calls One False Alarm In Mt Vernon
Fires reported yesterday afternoon and early today to the Mt Vernon fire department. At 3 08 p m officers were called to 408 South 21st where rubbish in an alley behind the house had ignited grass and a utility pole. No damage. At 420 a m a transport diver saw a fire at Lindell s Cafe corner of 3rd and Broadway. Owners were awake and burning papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
South 21St
Lindell’s
3Rd and Broadway
Two Suits for Divorce Filed in Circuit Court
Two divorce actions were filed in circuit court yesterday. Jack F. Lovin seeks divorce from Barbara J. Lovin on grounds of mental cruelty. they wed February 18, 1968 and separated May 1, 1968. Hazel A. Rice sues Ray Dean Rice for divorce, seeking a property settlement and restoration of her former name Peyton. they married March 8, 1968 and lived together until May 2, 1968.
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Jack F. Lovin
Barbara J. Lovin
Rice
Rice Hazel A. Rice
Ray Dean Rice
Nate
Peyton
Gary Beckel Critically Ill at St Marys Hospital
Gary Beckel former assistant minister at Central Church of Christ in Mt. Vernon is critically ill at St Marys Hospital in Enid Ohio. Central’s pastor Herbert J Wilson has been called to his bedside. Rev Beckel and his wife Jeane lived in Mt Vernon in 1966 and 1967. He is currently assistant minister at Davis Park Christian church in Enid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Beckel
Central Church of Christ
Mt. Vernon
St. Mary’s Hospital
Enid
Ohlo
Central
Herbert J. Wilson
Rev. Beckel
Jeane
Davis Park Christian Church
Injury Lawsuit Settled In Mt Vernon Auto Crash
Glenda Garrison sued Howard Ferguson for injuries from a June 12 1967 car crash in the 300 block of South Tenth Mt Vernon. The $25,000 suit was settled and dismissed in circuit court after both sides announced compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Glenda Garrison
Howard Ferguson
South Tenth Street
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