Deaths Nellie Dickey 83 Wayne City Dies Rites Saturday
Nellie E. Dickey 83 of Wayne City died at 3 30 a m today at Fairfield Memorial Hospital Funeral services are set for 2 p m Saturday at Wayne City Baptist Church with Rev George Wilson officiating Burial will be in Thomason Cemetery Friends may call Richardson Chapel after 4 p m Friday She was born May 11 1883 in Wayne County daughter of John L and Elizabeth Ann Dickey A member of Wayne City Baptist Church Survivors include brother Ralph D Dickey of Bloomington Illinois and sister Melissa E Dickey of Wayne City
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Nellie E. Dickey
Wayne City
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Wayne City Baptist Church
George Wilson
Thomason Cemetery
Richardson Chapel
Miss Dickey
Wayne County
John L
Elizabeth Ann (Reed) Dickey
Buckingham Funeral Today in Tucson
Mt. Vernon resident K A Buckingham age 64 died Tuesday in a Tucson automobile crash where he had lived for years. He was a former all wet completion contractor. Funeral services and burial were to be held in Tucson. Survived by wife Lula Buckingham of 2120 East Silver Street Tucson. He belonged to the Masonic Lodge and Aviad Temple Shrine of East St. Louis.
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Mt. Vernon
K. A. Buckingham
Tucson
Ariz
Lula Buckingham
East Silver Street
Buckingham
Masonic Lodge
East St. Louis
Cleta Mae Bozza Dies in Missouri Funeral At Boyd
Cleta Mae Bozza 63 of Union Missouri died at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday in St Luke's Hospital St Louis. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Boyd Christian Church with Rev Vernell Garren officiating. Burial in Boyd cemetery. Body lies in state at church noon to funeral hour. Born March 8 1903 in Jefferson county she was daughter of Wade and Hattie Meadows. Survived by two sons Orvis Luker Providence RI and Robert Luker Union MO, two brothers John Meadows Mt Vernon and Harry Meadows East St Louis, a sister Isabelle Sargent Dix and eight grandchildren. Preceded in death by four brothers.
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Cleta Mae Bozza
Union Mo
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis
Jefferson County
Boyd Christian Church
Vernell Garren
Boyd Cemetery
Wade
Hattie (Neabuhr) Meadows
Orvis Luker
Providence
Rhode Island
Robert Luker
Union
John Meadows
Mt. Vernon
Harry Meadows
East St. Louis
Isabelle Sargent
Dix
Hospital Notes Admitted and Discharged Names List
Admitted list includes Bernard R Moore Roy E Mannen Mary Jane Clevenger Aline Green and others with addresses in Dix Cherry Opdyke Fairfield and Ashley Discharged names include Edna Ruth Bailey William Jeffrey Gott Jim Beck George Trotter Ruth Evelyn Allen and more with multiple street addresses and towns. The fragmented entry reads like a hospital admission discharge log with many individuals and locations.
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Bernard R. Moore
Dix
Roy E. Mannen
Cherry
T. Morgan
Della M. Jones
Opdyke
Mary Jane Clevenger
Fairfield
Aline Green
Edna Ruth Bailey
William Jeffrey Gott
S. E. Crescent
Harvey C. Thompson
Hickory Grove Manor
Jim Beck
North
George C. Trotter
Viola Vannatta
North 10Th
Ruth Evelyn Allen
Viola Logan
Ashley
Anna Denney
Logan
Russell Bruns, Jr
South
Margaret Warner
Sherry June Taylor
Dewey
William Chester Jones
Vincent Cusamano
Lemon Lane
Janet Pemberton
Airport Road
Curtis Birkhead
Conger
Lucille Daniels
South 16Th
Janda Sue Lowery
Steven Troutt
Lamar
Chloe Lowry
Ewing
Alda Clayton
Dahlgren
Lois “’ Galbreath
Marion
Essie Kirkland
Castleton
Births in Opdyke and Cherry neighborhoods a daughter born
Mr and Mrs Henry Byers of Opdyke welcomed a daughter at 7 55 PM in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds three ounces. Mr and Mrs Jesse Green of 1911 Cherry reported a daughter at 3 07 PM in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing five pounds seven ounces named Veronda Kay.
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Henry Byers
Opdyke
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jesse Green
Cherry
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Veronda Kay
Weather Here And Elsewhere In Mount Vernon
Mt Vernon forecast shows Wednesday high 92 and low 62 with light rainfall totals for the year at 17.45 inches inches. Comparisons note past highs and lows, and sunrise and sunset times for Friday. AP reports temperatures reached 90s in the warm spell with sunny conditions and expected showers in southern Illinois Saturday.
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MT. Vernon
Associated Press
Illinois
Ilinois
CUT DRILL FOR COMBAT RESERVE REACHED MOBILIZATION GOAL
The article reports Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson stating the National Guard Bureau met the mobilization readiness objective. The plan set June 30 as a target for a selected Reserve force able to move to a mobilization station with seven days notice and eight weeks of brigade and division training, enabling nine weeks to deploy to a combat theater.
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Winston P. Wilson
National Guard Bureau
National Guard
Pope Confers On Birth Control Ban
Pope Paul VI met with three birth control commission members as reports say most experts favor changes to the church ban on artificial contraception. The 16 member directing board reviews 57 expert conclusions, with final report due after June 26, and a fall decision anticipated.
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Paul VI
Leo Cardinal Suenens
Belgium
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
Leo Binz
St. Paul, Minn
Paul
Hog market prices slip at Mt Vernon
Markets at Mt Vernon report hog prices down to 25.25 for 200 to 220 lb hogs and sow prices around 19.50 to 19.75 for 300 lb class. Boars sell 14.00 to 15.00. After 12:30 p.m. today, pricing will be based on the next day’s figures.
Egg price report from St. Louis market
St Louis Produce reports consumer egg grades with sizes A large 33 to 36 and A medium 26 to 28 and A small 16 to 18, B large 25 to 28, wholesale grades no prices. Hens broilers and fryers listed at 29 to 29 percent with no other prices given.
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ST. Louis
Market quotes from National Stockyards Illinois Friday
Livestock estimates for Friday from National Stockyards show hogs at 5,500 head and cattle 800 with calves 150. Barrows and gilts 190-250 pounds at 25.25-26.25, sows 17.75-21.50. steers 21.50-24.50, heifers 22.50-24.25, cows 17.00-18.50, calves 22.00-30.00. Sheep at 200 head with spring lambs 21.00-23.50 and ewes 4.00-7.00.
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National Stockyards
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Mt Vernon grain prices show Wheat at 1.71 Soybeans at 3.21 Shell corn at 1.28 Ear corn at 1.26 reported for this afternoon in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Wayne City Grain Prices Recorded by Pillsbury
Pillsbury reports Wayne City grain prices this afternoon with Old Corn at 1.31 Old Beans 3.28 Wheat 1.73 New Beans 2.76 New Corn 1.20.
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Pillsbury
Wayne City
Grain futures prices for Wheat Corn and Soybeans
Chicago grain prices list Wheat No 2 hard 1934 percent Corn No 2 yellow 136 Soybeans No 1 yellow 352 and soy oil 11 40 percent based on ap report Wheat red 189 percent oats No 2 heavy white 769 percent No 4 yellow 139-32 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices Reported For Butter Eggs And Cars
Chicago Mercantile Exchange price listing shows butter grades AA through C with scores from 98 to 89 and values around 66 to 64 percent. Eggs are rated at 70 percent or better for grade A whites and mixed, with various measures around 36 and 29 to 32.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Wall Street edge continues as Dow tops 900 again
The market shows an irregular advance with heavy volume as the Dow Jones average clears 900 for a second time. Investors mix profit taking with reinvestment while aviation and glamor stocks lag, steel and auto shares rise, and Du Pont and Sperry Rand lift the averages. About 40 million people visited U.S. national parks in 1964.
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Dow Jones
Associated Press
du Pont
Sperry Rand
American Stock Exchange
Quakers Affirm Loyalty To Get Five Years' Pay
Barbara and Vernon Elfbrandt signed a loyalty pledge after a five year dispute over Arizona's loyalty oath. The move clears the way for more than 60000 in back pay from Tucson District One and Amphitheater District but legal hurdles may remain. They may need to sue to recover money already withheld to cover loans taken while unpaid. The U S Supreme Court voided the oath as unconstitutional, while the Arizona court stayed its impact, saying only criminal penalties were affected.
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Ariz
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Vernon Elfbrandt
Arizona
U. S. Supreme Court
Elfbrandts
Amphitheater
High Court
Arizona Supreme Court
Fred C. Struckmeyer Jr
Reds Opposing LBJ Reelection Plan For 1968 Alliance
New York AP reports the American Communist party seeks a leftist front to oppose President Johnson's 1968 bid. Gus Hall said cooperation with labor and civil rights groups is needed, with no party label on the presidential candidate. The first national convention since seven years, 700 delegates and observers attended amid anti Communist pickets outside.
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American Communist Party
Johnson
Gus Hall
Hall
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Precocious Peace After Race Riots Unfolds Nearby
Riot scenes erupt along Hammondville Road as squad cars patrol and highway patrol lines form around a small city north of Miami. Officials say race relations had been stable, but violence surprised the 16,000 residents amid a tense, uncertain day.
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Hammondville Road
Miami
Retirement Honoring K P Bell After 43 Years at International Shoe
Kenneth P. Bell, longtime executive who rose from machinist to general manager for quality, was honored at a dinner at the Elks club marking his retirement from International Shoe Company after 43 years of service. Attendees included Mt. Vernon plant officials, Missouri company executives, and Bell family members.
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International Shoe Co
Kenneth P. Bell
R. G. Hardy
Cape Girardeau
Bell
Fred Welsh
Mt. Vernon
A. Virgil Jeffers
Mr. Jeffers
St. Louis
International Shoe Company
Quality
Elks Club
Missouri
International Shoe
Ruth Badgett
Blackberry
Richard
Paducah
Kenneth Jr
James
Salesmen Had Ransacked Home in Decatur Ill
Clark C Cravens returned home to find two well dressed men leaving his house after a sales visit. His wife was not home and several rooms were ransacked. A total of 690 dollars was missing from the premises.
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Decatur, Ir
Clark C. Cravens
Cravens
Prepare Bins For Small Grain Storage
Don Lee Jefferson County Farm Adviser urges thorough bin cleaning before harvest to prevent stored grain insects. Clean ceilings, walls, floors, cracks. vacuum crevasses. spray interior with premium malathion or methoxychlor per gallon water. remove dead insects. seal bins. spray timing one to two weeks before filling. fumigate six to eight weeks after storage if protectant not used.
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Don Lee
Jefferson County
Lee
De Gaulle Visits Novosibirsk On Soviet Tour
French President Charles de Gaulle flies to Novosibirsk with Soviet leader Nikolia Podgorny for a tour of a major scientific and industrial center. The state visit, after three days in Moscow, emphasizes scientific cooperation to foster peaceful Franco Soviet relations.
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Charles de Gaulle
Siberian
Novosibirsk
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de Gaulle
France
Nikolia V. Podgorny
Leningrad
Kiev
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Stalingrad
Two Killed In Auto Accident Near Cisna Park Ill
An early morning crash on Illinois 49 just south of Cisna Park killed driver David L. Clark, 24, and passenger Alice Clark, 21, both of Kankakee. Three other Clark family members from Kankakee were injured, with Terry Clark and Tina Clark cited among the survivors.
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Cissna Park, Ill
Illinois 49
Kankakee
Cissna Park
David L. Clark
Alice Clark
Jerry Clark
Timothy Clark
Iroquois County Hospital
Watseka
Terry Clark
Bears shot in Kansas City area roams outside Ozarks habitat
A second black bear in two days was shot by sheriff's deputies about 30 miles west of downtown Kansas City. Weighing about 170 pounds, the bear wandered from its Ozarks home in Arkansas in search of berries and wild fruit as it roamed the greater Kansas City area.
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Kansas City
Ozarks
Arkansas
Viet Cong Loses 43 In Mo Duc Ground Fight
Government forces report Viet Cong casualties from Mo Duc battle near the coast 300 miles northeast of Saigon. About 30 Viet Cong were killed from air action. Government losses were light.
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Mo Duc
Saigon
Forms Ready Friday Bid for Uplift Equipment
Ogie Ellis county superintendent announced bid forms for Project Uplift equipment will be available at noon Friday. Bids on transportation vehicles clerical equipment office furniture and audio-visual equipment must be on forms from his office and returned by 12 noon July 5 to the basement courthouse office.
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Ogie Ellis
Jefferson County
Ellis
Urban Renewal Report Meeting Monday Night
City holds a 7 p.m. meeting at Mt. Vernon Community College to report on a proposed urban renewal project. City Manager Chester Lewis says property owners and residents in the area between 5th and 8th streets south of the high school and campus are invited for current status details. If approved the project would expand the schools’ campus.
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Mt. Vernon Community College
Chester Lewis
Lewis
Community College
Two Specialists Hired For Jefferson County Uplift Project
Ogie Ellis announces two new hires for the half million dollar Project Uplift in Jefferson County. William A. Sapp becomes language arts and reading specialist from Camp Breckinridge Job Corps Center. Donald Stricklin joins as social studies specialist. Remaining major posts are associate director and graphic arts specialist. The project aims to raise instructional standards county wide with updated materials. Headquarters will be in the courthouse basement after the superintendent’s office moved from the first floor.
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Jefferson County
Ogie Ellis
William A. Sapp
Camp Breckinridge
Elis
Uplift
Miss Jefferson County Beauty Queen Tea Invite
A tea for girls 16 to 22 interested in the Miss Jefferson County queen contest will be held at Mrs. Roy Maxwell’s home in Salem. The winner crowns at the Mt. Vernon State Fair with expenses paid to Springfield for the Illinois County Fair title in January 1967.
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Jefferson County
Roy Maxwell
Salem Road
Mt. Vernon
Maxwell
Comes Merce
Larry Smith
Springfield
Faisal Says His Robes Are Cool
Washington AP report on King Faisal of Saudi Arabia visiting the capital where he remarks robes are cool in the heat. Prince Sultana, his defense minister, quips about desert robes and questions the comfort of the President.
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Washington
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Prince Sultana
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