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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1973
Page
1
No. 1 and No. 2 hogs 200 to 220 lb sold 36.50 to 37.00 with No. 1 at 37.50. Mixed No. 1 and No. 3 210 to 240 lb ranged 36.00 to 36.50. Sows trended 28.00 to 31.00.
Mt Vernon markets list morning quotes for wheat at 2.47 and corn at 2.33. Chicago AP reports No 2 soft red wheat at 2.74 and No 2 yellow corn at 2.48, with oats at 96 4 and soybeans at 11.35. Butter steady with 1933 scores. eggs prices vary by grade and issue days.
Estimated Friday receipts include 4 000 hogs 1 000 cattle and 75 sheep with hogs steady to weak and sows up to 25 cents. Cattle offering light monitoring slaughter readiness with cows down 1 to 2 dollars and vealers 58 to 65 dollars. New York markets opened higher but mixed sentiment and light volume persist as investors await Watergate hearing developments and inflation data from the Labor Department showing May price gains.
The House Agriculture Committee tentatively approved a broad farm bill 28-4, with Secretary Butz opposing proposals to guarantee prices above Nixon admin targets. The measure, similar to a Senate version, would shift to a target price system for cotton wheat and feed grains, potentially eliminating subsidies while linking payments to cost changes. The bill also proposes lowering the subsidy cap from 55,000 to 37,500 per crop, with a Senate bill setting limits at 20,000.
Health leaders from Region V in Southern Illinois plan the second annual Comprehensive Health Planning meeting at the Ramada Inn Mt. Vernon on Monday night June 25. Sam McVay will turn over leadership to Dr Charles Jannings as the group selects officers for next year. The conference aims to improve regional health planning with a $2 registration fee covering the conference and included dinner.
New York AP reports stock market noon figures with the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 882.15, down 2.56 points. The transport index rests at 158.39, down 2.56, utilities at 103.91, down 0.74, and the broader 65-stock index at 270.94, down 1.07.
Union County Sheriff Elmer C. Kelley announced his resignation effective June 15 citing lack of cooperation from county officials over seven months. The move followed the dismissal of two aggravated battery cases. Kelley criticized conditions that he said undermine taxpayer-funded law enforcement.
Illinois extended outlook calls for mostly sunny cool Saturday with lows in the upper 40s to upper 50s and highs around 80s. Sunday to Monday bring partly cloudy warmer conditions with 60s nights and highs in the upper 80s to near 90 south. Board of Directors meets at 4 p.m. open to the public followed by dinner and meeting at 6 30 p.m. Call CH PSI office in Carbondale 5492161 for reservation.
Sugar Camp Missionary Baptist Church near Mt Vernon announces its annual Homecoming for Sunday June 24 with a 10 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a.m. worship led by Rev. Ron Reynolds, a noon basket dinner, and 1:30 p.m. sessions featuring the Prospector's Quartet and Rev. Robert Lance Christopher. The church, organized in 1842, has undergone remodels in 1921 1967 and this year including a new cry room and steeple.
A car driven by 19 year old Melvin G. Quarterman of Dix hit and killed a horse owned by Chaney Walden six miles north of Mt Vern last night on Route 37. Quarterman suffered minor injuries and was treated at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. The horse, part of Walden’s stable of about 40, had wandered onto the roadway. Walden had recently lost another racing horse in a barn fire last August. value not reported. The car had minor damage.
The Mt. Vernon Kiwanis Club meets at 7 pm at the L N Cafe with Mayor Rolland Lewis as the keynote speaker.
Illinois Bell customers in the Harmony area will notice faster direct dialing for long distance calls starting Thursday June. Automatic number identification equipment will be added in the Harmony office, eliminating the operator on the line to ask for the caller’s number. The change applies to one and two party lines with numbers beginning 755 and will improve billing and save caller time.
Evangelist Bill Rice will address worshippers at 9 30 a m Sunday at Victory Valley Baptist Church 800 Fairfield Road He has a long public ministry including work with mission boards editing The Branding Iron a radio program and authoring books and songs He and his wife Cathy also aid the deaf and founded the Cumberwood Christian Retreat Ken Gray will speak at 3 p m Sunday.
A public hearing at 7 tonight at the First Methodist church invites residents to discuss Interaction. Jefferson County Comprehensive Services staff will lead the session to encourage public discussion of the Youth Services program and the role Interaction should play in the community per JCCS Director Walt Wildman.
Union Local 1754 of the American Federation of State County Municipal Employees sues to reinstate four civil service women fired from a sanitarium. They seek reinstatement and $100,000 in damages each, alleging violations of the Civil Service Code and the Illinois Personnel Code. The four had good to excellent evaluations and a Department of Public Health certification recommendation. Picketing occurred for over two weeks after the terminations, and the case, dismissed in Sangamon County, was revived by the State Supreme Court for trial in Springfield.
Skylab 1 astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz wrap up a 28 day stay by deactivating the lab and packing film tapes for transfer to the Apollo ferry ship. They aim to beat 412 miles of orbit as they anticipate the Skylab 2 visit beginning July 27 for a 56 day stay.
Walker seeks a Democrat led Legislature in 1974 amid a bitter speakership feud. Senate changes Blair sales tax relief from two cents on food and drugs to a half cent overall, sending bill back to the House. Walker finally meets Democrats but exits with mixed accounts of what happened and hopes for passage.
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