Deaths Champaign Dr Charles M Thompson 86
Dr Charles M Thompson emeritus of Illinois College of Commerce and Business Administration died Friday after a period of declining health. A native of Fairfield he joined the University of Illinois faculty in 1912 and led as dean and economics professor from 1919 to 1943. Survived by son Joseph M Thompson Champaign. Funeral services planned for Monday at Champaign.
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Til
Charles M. Thompson
University
Illinois College of Commerce and Business Administration
Thompson
Carle Memorial Hospital
Fairfield
Joseph M
Benton Woman Dies at 85 in Mount Vernon Area
Mrs. Alice Flore, 85, died Friday night at the home of her daughter Mrs. Essie Mullikin in Benton. Funeral services set for 2:00 p.m. Monday at Mitchell Funeral Home Benton, Rev. Jack Frick officiating. Burial in Shiloh cemetery near Whittington. She was born August 28 1877 in Ewing. Survivors include four sons Arlie Robert Randall and Ernest. two daughters Essie Mullikin and Jessie Upchurch. a stepdaughter Pearl Winemiller. numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Alice Flore
Essie Mullikin
Buchanan
Benton
Mitchell Funeral Home
Jack Frick
Shiloh
Whittington
Mitchell Funeral
Floro
Ewing
Louis
Susan Whittington
Robert Floro
Arlie Floro
Gilbertsville
Randall Floro
Paducah
Ernest Floro
Mt. Vernon
Hospital Notes: Admits and Discharges Across Two Facilities
Jefferson Memorial admitted Evelyn Osborn and Louise Patton. Discharged Ida Mane Meadows Mrs Carolyn Gajewski and baby Timothy David. Good Samaritan admitted Leota Samantha Lampp Emma Ruth Patton James Russell Winn. Discharged Witt C Chambers Murray Patterson Emma Susan Klein Harold A Gilliam Leota Samantha Lampp David Brian Gowler Justine Carlton Oliver Morton Jackson Katie Wood.
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Jefferson Memorial
Evelyn Osborn
Louise Patton
Ida Mane Meadows
Carolyn Gajewski
Timothy David
Good Samaritan
Leota Samantha Lampp
Emma Ruth Patton
James Russell Winn
Witt C. Chambers
Murray Patterson
Emma Susan Klein
Harold A. Gilliam
David Brian Gowler
Justine Carlton
Oliver Morton Jackson
Katie Wood
Birth of Son for Mr and Mrs Hester at Chanute AFB
Mr and Mrs Jerry Hester of St Joseph Illinois welcomed a son at 4 30 PM at Chanute Air Force Base Hospital weighing six pounds one ounce named Scott Philip Grandparents are Clyde Hester and Mrs Glen Rainey of Mt Vernon and Mrs and Mrs Glen Rainey
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St. Joseph, Ll
Chanute Air Force Base Hospital
Scott Philip
Clyde Hester
Glen Rainey
Mt. Vernon
W.W.L. Auxiliary to meet at Legion Hall
The ladies' auxiliary to the King City Barracks Veterans of World War I will meet Tuesday evening June 25 at 7:30 at the American Legion Hall. Summer activities will be planned. All members are urged to attend and women eligible for membership are invited.
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W.W.L
Ladies’ Auxiliary
King City Barracks
American Legion
Legion Post 141 to Install New Officers Monday Meeting
American Legion Jefferson Post 141 members will gather Monday at 8:00 PM at Legion Hall for a members meeting and installation of new officers. Rex Medders, adjutant, notes all members are urged to attend.
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American Legion
Jefferson Post 141
Legion Hall
Rex Medders
Adj
Court Fines Set by Justice Harrow for Reckless Driving
Justice of the peace H. E. Harrow assessed fines on several defendants including Henry A. Thomann of Carbondale Route 2 for failure to have recitation on a trailer, Bobby Lee Lumpking of Centralia Route 3 for speeding 65 in a 50 zone, Joe Slimack of Salem for driving too fast for conditions, and Owen Baggett of Bourbonnais Route 2 for lack of a safe ty on a truck with related costs.
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H. E. Harrow
Justice of the Peace
Henry A. Thomann
Carbondale
Bobby Lee Lumpking
Centralia
Joe Slimack
Salem
Owen Baggett
Bourbonnais
Stepping Up Pressure On Housing Bias
Federal housing officials study how to pressure builders to end discrimination against Negroes and consider broadening Kennedy anti bias housing order to include conventional as well as federal financing. Officials pace is cautious but mass protests show urgency. Regulations on urban renewal due next week. Five complaints filed under section 102. Belair subdivision in Maryland by Levitt named in two.
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W. B. Ragsdale JR
Washington
Kennedy
President
Committee For Equal Opportunity
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Belair
Maryland
William J. Levitt and Sons, Inc
America
March on Washington if civil rights filibuster blocks bill
Police intelligence warns 100,000 Negroes may march on Capitol Hill to demand civil rights legislation. Washington and Capitol Hill police fear violence. President Kennedy cautions against demonstrations. Martin Luther King vows nationwide protest if Southern Democrats filibuster. Civil rights leaders plan strategy meeting in New York.
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Capitol Hill
White House
New York City
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Capitol
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Congress
Martin Luther King
King
Civil Rights Organization
Oil Heir Marries Vanderbilt Widow
Oil heir Edward L Doheny II has married Joyce Annette Vanderbilt, widow of George Vanderbilt. The ceremony followed a Santa Ana license and a Newport Beach home ceremony with Doheny’s uncle C Warren Smith present. Doheny, 46, was recently divorced in Reno from his wife Margaret. Vanderbilt, of Honolulu, was George Vanderbilt’s fourth wife who died June 24, 1961 in a hotel plunge.
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Los Angeles
Edward L. Doheny II
Vernon Barrett
Doheny
Joyce Annette Vanderbilt
George Vanderbilt
Santa Ana
C. Warren Smith
Newport Beach
Calif
Reno
Nev
Doubles and Triples Event Results Highlight Local Meet
The report lists doubles results featuring Javier and St. Louis with 20 points against Pinson, Cincinnati, Cepeda, and San ai ene and Great of St. Louis at 18. Triples show Pinson of Cincinnati with 9 alongside Brock of Chicago and Skinner of Cincinnati.
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St. Louis
Pinson
Cincinnati
Cepeda
San Ai Ene
Great
Brock
Chicago
Skinner
Cincinnat
Brezhnev rises in Soviet leadership at crisis time
Moscow reports Brezhnev at 67 moves toward a potential heir role as he joins the party Secretariat alongside Nikolai Podgorny. Khrushchev remains both party chief and premier, with power centered in the top party leadership. Berlin border moves hinder escapes as Kennedy visits planned. Brazil frees 2,500 squatters after 12 hours hostage drama. police prepared to storm farms near Rio. Tokyo Diet session sees fists fly as ruling party member punches an opposition member during a vote on unemployment measures.
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Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Frol Kozlov
Berlin
Berlin Wall
Duque DE Caxias
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Tokyo
Diet
Hayato Tkeda
Liberal Democratic Party
Daisuke Akita
Social Labor Committee
Illinois House endorses daily recitation of In God We Trust
Springfield AP reports the Illinois House approved a bill allowing teachers to lead pupils in four lines of the national anthem with the line In God is our trust. Rep Brydin declares defiance of the Supreme Court while Rep Mann warns of religious entanglement. Senate action pending. The House also sent to the Senate a plan for future state representative reapportionment voting machinery and separate ballot boxes with a $300 filing fee and 100 candidate cap for the general election.
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Ill
Owlinois House
George Brydin
Prophetstown
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Robert Mann
Chicago
Senate
House
Illinois Weather Sees June 22 Records Faded Soon
Detailed report notes MT VERNON area with Friday high 76 and low 47, rainfall 15.49 inches year to date. Illinois temperatures dipped to June 22 records in Moline 45 and Springfield 47, then warmed to highs in the 70s and 80s across the state as sunshine returned.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois
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Washington
Rantoul
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Illinois Senate acts on payoff pinball ban and more
The Illinois Senate approved bills banning payoff type pinball machines with hidden meters and allowing resale only outside the state. Other measures passed include university law and health course approval, merit system for Cook County Sheriff Police, sales tax on traded merchandise, aid recipient asset filings, Lake Taylorville road funds, and 60 day residency voting for President.
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Ill
Illinois Senate
Otto Kerner
Albert Hachmeister
Chicago
Ilinois
Senate
Southernlinois University
Dentistry
State Board of Higher Education
House
Assembly
Cook County
Sheriff's Police
Richard B. Ogilvie
Lake Taylorville
New York Boy Admits Stabbing Neighbor Girl to Death
A 13-year-old boy admitted stabbing Erica Sayers, 11, to death in her Manhattan apartment, after a dispute over a returned key. The incident was discovered at 1:30 a.m. by her stepfather Kim Halpern, a Times employee. The youth, unnamed due to age, was held for Children's Court as detectives described a struggle and a cord used to strangle the girl.
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Manhattan
Erica Sayers
New Orleans
Kim Philip Halpern
New York Times
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Hyas
Bronx
Children’s Court
East River
Halpern
Eric Sayers
Gabrielle
Mexico
Gabe Bouche
Life Magazine
Ihe
Boys Admit 25 Cent Burglary
Three boys admitted breaking into Thompson's Garage at 1016 Casey Avenue and stealing 25 cents from a refrigerator used for soft drinks. Police turned them over to their parents.
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Thompson
Casey Avenue
Mt Vernon YMCA Approves Camp For Younger Boys
Mt Vernon YMCA board meets at Chamber office on June 19 and approves opening the summer day camp to first to third grade boys, with eligibility for those in first grade this September. The board also forms a committee to establish an Indian Guide and Princess program to pilot in southern Illinois and plans a 1964 United Fund budget for adult recreation classes and district activities. The next meeting is July 19 at 8:00 pm.
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Mt. Vernon
Longhouse
Southern Illinois
Hallie Lewis
Y.M.C.A
Lewis
Y.M.C
United Fund
Ilinois
Mt Vernon Leads 16 Indian Guide Tribes at Little Grassy Campout
The annual Little Grassy Campout for the Indian Guide and Princess Tribes of southern Illinois took place June 8 9 with 252 attendees. Mt. Vernon supplied 130 participants forming 16 tribes, continuing its leading participation.
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Mt.v
Little Grassy
Princess Tribes
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Elects New Longhouse Chief at Event
In Mt. Vernon the 1364 term marked the retiring Longhouse Chief Dr. Jack Letzekorn. Charles Sargent won the position as Longhouse Chief in a general election held by Lite Grassy attendees. The weekend featured swimming fishing canoeing Indian dancing and a water front ceremony with elections and refreshments offered after the ceremony. Sunday included breakfast worship more swimming and crafting and archery activities along with a snake exhibit.
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Jack Letzekorn
Mt. Vernon
Southern Iinois
Charles Sargent
Sargent
Little Grassy
Police Court Fines From Radar Speed Checks
Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock issued fines for speeding violations detected by radar. David J. Holtman paid 3 dollars and costs for 38 mph in a 30 mph zone, Roxie Tennyson of Route 1 McLeansboro paid 2 dollars and costs for 37 mph, Jo Ann Payne paid 1 dollar and costs for 36 mph, Terry Lee Pigg paid 35 dollars and costs for 40 mph in a 30 mph zone.
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Sherman Bullock
David J. Holtman
Roxie Tennyson
McLeansboro
Jo Ann Payne
Terry Lee Pigg
Racing attendance totals in 1962 numbers
Thoroughbred racing drew 37,257,070 fans and harness racing attracted 24,157,382, reflecting strong spectator interest across racing disciplines in 1962.
Stolen bases and pitching leaders for Cincinnati
Stolen bases: Robinson 21 and Pinson 19 for Cincinnati. Pitching record leaders show Maloney 11-2 and O'Toole 13-3. Home runs include H Aaron 20 and Banks 15.
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Cincinnati
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Maloney
O'Toole
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Milwaukee
Banks
Chicago
Rickover to be recalled as Navy seeks continued service
From Washington Today In Washington Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth announced Vice Adm. Hyman Rickover will be recalled to active duty at 64 next winter. He questions whether Rickover will remain as head of the Bureau of Ships nuclear power division after a heart attack two years ago while the navy believes his service remains valuable.
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Fred Korth
Hyman G. Rickover
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House Appropriations Committee
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Pentagon
Kennedy
United States
Robert Gordon Menzies
Australia
State Department
White House
Thomas Jefferson
Montiello
Jefferson
Charlottesville
Arrests From Radar Checks In Mt Vernon Areas
Mt Vernon police conducted radar checks in three town areas and arrested three drivers. A one hour vigil in the 1000 block of Wilshire yielded two arrests. A 45 minute check in the 2400 block of Broadway had no arrests. A 45 minute check in the 600 block of South 24th Street resulted in one arrest. Drivers were given tickets to report before Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock.
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Mt. Vernon
Wilshire
Broadway
South 24Th Street
Sherman Bullock
Fire damages shed at East Side Lumber Co warehouse
A shed and loading dock at the rear of East Side Lumber Co warehouse on Third and Harrison were heavily damaged by a fire that reached the loading dock with slight damage noted. Firemen received the alarm at 3 50 a.m.
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East Side Lumber Co
Third and Harrison
Senate chaplains served as Illinois session opened
Senator Vernon was represented in the Illinois Senate chaplaincy this week with Rev. Eugene Holcomb of the First Baptist church serving Thursday and Friday. Earlier in the week Rev. Everett Lemay of Park Avenue Baptist also served, following invitation from Senate Affairs Committee chairman Senator Paul Broyles.
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Vernon
Illinois Senate
Eugene Holcomb
First Baptist Church
Paul Broyles
Senate
Mr. Holcomb
Everett Lemay
Park Avenue
Flea Circus Founder Seeks Performers in Britain
London AP Miss Pauline Testo who runs a flea circus says fleas are scarce due to health campaigns and warns of a shortage as she prepares for engagements. She needs longer lasting human fleas, is willing to pay about 1.68 dollars a dozen for trained performers to fill several act slots.
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London
Pauline Testo
Miss Testo
Britain
Miss Testa
New Pope Paul VI Opens Ecumenical Council
The new Pope Paul VI, meeting Cardinal Fossati of Turin, received the kiss of peace as the Sistine Choir sang. He named Amleto Cicognani secretary of state and set a June 30 coronation in St. Peter's. President Kennedy aims to visit Rome July 2 for a first audience.
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Turin
Paul
Sistine Choir
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Kennedy
Italy
Rome
United States
Blockade Concepted as WWII Blacklist Trade Barriers
During World War II several authorities viewed the U S use of the blacklist as a form of blockade. The blacklist implicated firms and individuals trading with the enemy and those blacklisted could not buy goods from the United States and Great Britain.
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U. S
United States
Great Britain
GOP Over Barrel Jack C Could Win Negroes, Lose South
Washington AP reports Kennedy civil rights proposals may win Northern Black votes in 1964 to offset Southern GOP losses. If Congress passes substantial parts, Kennedy may be credited. if not, Republicans face spin on their role. GOP gains hinge on nominee perceived as less pro civil rights, with Goldwater favored by some Dixie Republicans for sweeping the South, while eastern Republicans caution that defeating Kennedy requires key populous states.
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Washington
Kennedy
North
Congress
South
GOP
Dixie
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Mississippi
Fat Satz Sues For Dance Injury
LOS ANGELES AP. Fat Satz, 58, a furniture dealer from Long Beach, sues for 253600 damages after a conga line kick at Hotel Flamingo Las Vegas Aug 14 1959 caused left leg injury and later phlebitis. The hotel says no negligence and Satz assumed the risk by joining the line.
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Los Angeles
Benjamin Satz
Satz
Hotel Flamingo
Las Vegas
Long Beach
Calif
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