Deaths Christine Czajkowski 72 in Ashley Illinois
Mrs Christine Czajkowski 72 of RFD Ashley died 11 45 am Tuesday at Memorial Hospital Pinckneyville Funeral services set 9 00 am Friday at St Michael s Radom Rev John Terepka officiating Burial in St Michael s cemetery Body lies in state Hogan Funeral Home Ashley calls after 7 00 pm today Rosary recited at 8 30 pm Thursday She was born December 9 1801 in Belleville daughter of Louis and Anna Thurs Schrode Married to Frank E Czajkowski surviving daughter Joseph Pfeiffer of Chicago Five sisters Amelia Frey Waukesha Cath erine Normoyle Louise Pittlekal Martha Gahan Lillian Reel of California Preceded in death by a son Ernest in 1957.
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Christine Czajkowski
RFD 1
Ashley
Memorial Hospital
Pinckneyville
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Radom
John Terepka
St. Michael's Cemetery
Hogan Funeral Home
Czajkowski
Belleville
Louis
Anna (Thurs) Schrode
Frank E. Czajkowski
Joseph Pfeiffer
Chicago
Amelia Frey
Waukesha
Wis
Catherine Normoyle
Louise Pittlekal
Martha Gahan
Lillian Reel
California
Ernest
Velma Smith Dies After Illness at Jefferson Memorial
Velma Roth Smith of 2900 Casey Avenue died at 7 30 AM in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending. The body is at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Home. She was married to John H. Smith who died in 1948. The couple formerly operated Peerless Cleaners in the city.
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Velma (Roth) Smith
Casey Avenue
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Pulley-Gutzler Funeral Home
John H. Smith
Girl from Russ School Battles Police In Newark
Hul lah Clark, 17, who studied in Moscow during 1961 62, was arrested after allegedly trying to free her younger brothers from a police car as they were picked up for throwing firecrackers. Her brothers, 9 and 14, were also charged with juvenile delinquency. Clark had previously studied in the Soviet Union after Khrushchev offered free schooling following complaints about Jim Crow education.
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Newark
Hullah Clark
Soviet Union
Miss Clark
Clark
Moscow
William Clark
Khrushchev
United Nations
New York
Dog Custody Is Divorce Issue in Kentucky
In Lexington, Ky an eight year old Dalmatian named Rorscharch will split summers between Thomas E. and Bessie Hager Masters with monthly alternation and visitation while their divorce proceeds. Masters cites a block doghouse with a picture window at Nicholasville home and Mrs Masters proposes Maine Chance Farm near Lexington. Judge Nolan Carter ordered alternating custody until final decree, then will decide ownership or consider halving the dog.
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Lexington
Rorscharch
Thomas E
Bessie Hager Masters
Masters
Nicholasville
Madame Nhu Barred From Entering United States
Paris AP Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu asked President Johnson to override the State Department and let her visit the United States to speak at a July 7 event in Flushing New York after officials refused her visa under a law barring visitors whose activities could prejudice public interest or welfare.
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Paris
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Johnson
State Department
United States
South Viet Nam
Nhu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
Internal Security
Conservative Party Club
Flushing
N.Y
Presidents in the White House except George Washington
The text notes all U S presidents have lived in the White House except George Washington. It adds historians sometimes identify Rameses II as the Exodus pharaoh, presenting two historical assertion options.
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United States
White House
George Washington
Rameses II
The
Mt Vernon Weather Snapshot for Tuesday
Detailed weather report for Mt Vernon notes a Tuesday high of 92 and low of 64 with year to date rainfall of 23.76 inches. Comparisons show last year’s highs and lows 90/62, five years ago 89/69, and ten years ago 92/63. Thursday's sun times are sunrise at 4:32 and sunset at 7:33 CST.
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MT. Vernon
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
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Buffalo
Chicago
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Five Day Forecast For Southern Illinois Temperatures Near Normal
Southern Illinois temperatures will average near or slightly below normal with a warmer day Thursday and cooler Friday and Saturday. Normal lows range from the upper 80s in the north to around 90 in the south. mid 60s in the north to about 70 in the south for normal lows. Precipitation will be light with scattered showers about the weekend. Illinois weather in Chicago was sunny and pleasant with a shift toward normal highs in the 80s to 90s and readings in the middle 90s along the Ohio Valley earlier in the week. The Weather Bureau forecast near normal temperatures through the weekend.
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Illinois
Illinois Weather
Chicago
Ilinois
Ohio Valley
Minor Fire And One False Alarm In Mt. Vernon
A telephone cable cut by construction workers caused a false alarm for Mt. Vernon firemen. Fire crews rushed to Letzekorn Nursing Home at 1890 Broadway, then to M. L. Bledsoe’s home at 501 south 15th Street where a pot boiled dry and smoke was reported but no damage occurred.
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Mt. Vernon
Letzekorn
Broadway
M. L. Bledsoe
South 15Th Street
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Admitted at Jefferson Memorial Roberta Hawkins of Wayne City. Discharged Dean Reynolds. Good Samaritan admitted Adolfo Tosetti Harry Shields Charles Ernest Morgan Myrna Doris Cummings Robert Vernon Braddy Ronald Gary Bushong Robert Kevin Tate. Discharged Lynn Ann Nite Stella Marie Gibbs Mrs. Geraldine Faye Irvin and baby Lisa Ann Michael Frank Chornak Leona Nora Buckham James Olen Eater James Robert Eidson Ruth Ann Dare Mary Jane Hanagan Jimmie Ray Lowery Delbert Wickstrom Ed Robert Staley Ellen Mary Yon Lee Ellsworth Allen Sara Taylor Diane Kaye Wright Opal Maggie Van Hoorebeke Dotty Mae Corsno Gus Duane James A. Brown Mildred Verne Lacey.
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Jefferson Memorial
Roberta Hawkins
Wayne City
Dean Reynolds
Good Samaritan
Adolfo Tosetti
Harry Shields
Charles Ernest Morgan
Myrna Doris Cummings
Robert Vernon Braddy
Ronald Gary Bushong
Robert Kevin Tate
Lynn Ann Nite
Stella Marie Gibbs
Geraldine Faye Irvin
Lisa Ann
Michael Frank Chornak
Leona Nora Buckham
James Olen Eater
James Robert Eidson
Ruth Ann Dare
Mary Jane Hanagan
Jimmie Ray Lowery
Delbert T. Wickstrom
Ed Robert Staley
Ellen Mary Yon
Lee Ellsworth Allen
Sara Taylor
Diane Kaye Wright
Opal Maggie van Hoorebeke
Dotty Mae Corsno
Gus Duane
James A. Brown
Mildred Verne Lacey
Meetings Varnell Rebekah Lodge June 25
The regular meeting of Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296 will be held in the IOOF hall Thursday evening June 25 at 8 00 o clock Edna Woodward NG Naomi R Bogan Secy
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
C.F
Edna Woodward
N.G
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec’y
Amvets to Meet Tonight at 7 39 Club Rooms
The Amvets will hold a meeting at 7 39 tonight in the club rooms with Francis Swinnen serving as adjutant.
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Amvets
Francis Swinnen
Adj
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Steady on Local Market
Prices were unchanged on the Mt Vernon livestock market with hogs topping at 16.25 for 190 to 220 pound animals. Sows 300 pounds and under brought 12.75, sows over 300 pounds 12.50, down. Boars sold for 8.00 and 9.00.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon markets show coffee prices for crops with Wheat at 1.25 Soybeans at 2.34 and Corn at 1.20 in a brief local price report.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce and Egg Prices Steady in Markets
Chicago AP report notes butter and eggs unchanged in wholesale buying prices with multiple grade and category figures. Live poultry prices also steady to four lower, listing roasters, special fed White Rock fryers and barred rock fryers with specific cents per pound ranges.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago
USDA
Livestock Receipts and Prices From National Stockyards
Estimated Thursday receipts at National Stockyards NJ include hogs 6500 cattle 900 calves 150 sheep 250. Hog prices 190 to 240 pounds 12.00 to 25. Meats 300 to 650 pounds sows 12.00 to 25. Cattle 3000 calves 150 steers steady to 50 lower good to choice steers 19.50 to 23.75 heifers 19.00 to 22.50 cows 12.30 to 14.50 good to prime lambs 19.00 to 23.50 sheep 600 lambs mostly 30 lower ewes steady to 50 higher.
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National Stockyards
Egg and poultry price ranges in St Louis market
St Louis AP reports egg and live poultry price ranges with consumer grades A large 29 31 A medium 23 25 A small 18 20 B large 25 26 wholesale grades 24 25 unclassified 22 24 checks 16 1s hens heavy 12 13 light over 5 lb 78 under 5 lb 559 brood ers and fryers 16 17.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain market report snapshot
Chicago AP notes corn No 1 yellow at 1.2743 and No 2 yellow at 1.272. wheat No 2 red at 1.46. oats No 2 heavy white at Gin. soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.53 and soy bean oil at 8.18.
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Chicago
Wall Street Stocks Rally Late On Rails and Tobacco News
Wall Street moved higher late in the session as rail shares rose and cigarette stocks fell on FTC labeling news. Du Pont led with a solid gain, American Telephone rose on a split offering, and Rock Island and Pennsylvania Railroads posted advances. Oil, motors, retail, and electronics mixed, while IBM and Xeorx gained about a point. Dow Jones noon averages: Industrials 826.68 up 3.98. Rails 210.16 up 1.46. Utilities 142.36 up 0.45. Stocks 293.56 up 1.49.
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NEW York
du Pont
American Telephone
Rock Island Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Federal Trade Commission
Liggett & Myers
Reynolds Tobacco
American Tobacco
IBM
Xeorx
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Train Cuts Off Arms And Legs
In Los Angeles a 13 year old boy leaped between cars on a slow train, slipped, and was fatally maimed by wheels. Walter Felder survived briefly after surgeons battled to save him. His mother Ann McGruder expressed hope for recovery.
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Los Angeles
Lois Walsh
Walter Felder
Walter
Ann McGruder
Dag
Fireworks blast on barge kills two and injures others
Explosion on a towing barge deck ignited shells killing Anthony Amato aged 60 from Secaucus New Jersey and Anthony De Francisco 40 from Sparkill New York. Four other men were rescued with one treated for burns and released. Nearby an armory blast wounded nineteen National Guard Reservists.
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Anthony Amato
Secaucus
N.J
Anthony de Francisco
Sparkill
N.Y
Manhattan
National Guard
Atheist Fleeing Baltimore Moves Family to Hawaii
A Baltimore couple flees with their daughter to Hawaii to escape custody and Jewish rites, following a contempt citation served at the Murray home. A melee erupted as police attempted to enforce the order. Police beatings were alleged, with a crowd shouting threats. Most of the Murray family remains jailed on bond, charged with assaulting officers. Prosecutors and bondsmen seek return to Maryland, aided by FBI if needed. Robert London says bonds totaling 8750 were posted and FBI help may be requested.
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Murray
Maryland
FBI
Robert London
Baltimore
LBJ Seeks Congress Action Before Democratic Convention
President Johnson urges Congress to act on mass transportation wilderness preservation area redevelopment education aid securities act amendments water pollution control foreign aid hospital construction food stamp extension pay raises debt limit extension taxes coffee agreement highway construction investment taxes antipoverty medical assistance Appalachian rehabilitation housing nurse training immigration reform land conservation juvenile delinquency surplus food sales water resources research ahead of Atlantic City convention.
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Atlantic City
Johnson
Congress
Appalachian
4-H Fun Festival in Mt Vernon Friday
Jefferson County 4-H members perform at the annual Share-the-Fun Festival at Mt. Vernon High School Auditorium at 7 30 p m Friday. Acts include dramatic musical and dance numbers by county clubs under local leaders with open admission. Judges will choose a winning club to advance to the state festival at the Illinois State Fair Springfield.
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Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon High School
Couniry
Jim
Illinois
Springfield
Percy Attacks Dem Spending Downstate Campaign Speech
Charles Percy Republican nominee for Illinois governor blasted Gov Otto Kerner for broken promises and government extravagance in Salem addressing about 3000 at the Soldiers and Sailors Reunion. He cited a budget $100000 overrun and 14000 new state employees and pressed for faster mental health facility construction and state responsibility.
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Salem
Charles Percy
Iinois
Otto Kerner
Percy
Soldiers and Sailors
Kerner
Ilinois
Washington
Springfield
Uncommitted Says Arends Uncommitted Says Arends
Rep Leslie Arends of Illinois says delegates at the Republican National Convention are completely uncommitted and that he plans to vote for Barry Goldwater. He notes delegates will meet the candidates, question them, and then vote as they see fit.
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Washington
Leslie C. Arends
R-Ill
Witneis
Arends
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Rifles Stolen From Mississippi National Guard Armory
Covington County law enforcement and federal agents investigate the burglary of a local National Guard armory in Collins Mississippi. Forty one rifles and about 1000 rounds of ammunition were reported missing after a late Saturday break in at the Covington County facility.
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Collins, Miss
National Guard
Covington
Mississippi
Wallace keynote shocks some delegates at Jaycee gathering
Gov George C Wallace delivered the keynote address at the Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Dallas as about 7 500 delegates stood for a standing ovation while Connecticut and Massachusetts delegations voiced opposition. He attacked the Supreme Court and federal courts calling recent rulings a judicial oligarchy and criticized the civil rights bill as a federal penal code.
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Tom Johnson
Dallas
Tex
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Massachusetts
Alabama
George C. Wallace
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wallace
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Robert E. Joyce
West Haven
Conn
U.S. Supreme Court
George
High Court
Concrete Truck Drivers Strike in East St. Louis
East St. Louis based Teamsters Local 729 members began a strike Tuesday at 14 building material firms across East St. Louis Collinsville Columbia and Waterloo. The walkout follows breakdown of wage talks after the old contract expired May 1. The firms offered a 3 cent an hour rise over three years far below the union demand. Wages under the old contract were 3.10 dollars per hour.
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East ST. Louis
East Side
Teamsters Local 729
Collinsville
Columbia
Waterloo
Joseph Gonzales
Gonzales
Burned car linked to missing Mississippi trio
Three civil rights workers Schwerner Cheney and Goodman vanished after leaving Philadelphia. Their burned station wagon was found with FBI scientists to study it. National figures voiced concern while volunteers and organizations reacted, pledging aid and guarding search efforts in Meridian and Washington.
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Schwerner
Meridian
Cheney
Goodman
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Oxford
Ohio
Washington
Steve Bingham
Arthur Winstead
D-Miss
Johnson
White House
George Reedy
Robert Goodman
Nathan Schwerner
New York
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Germany
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Commission On Religion and Race
Unitarian-Universalist Association
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Schwerner and
Chaney
Farmer
Meridian Police
Roosevelt SIU Get Job Projects
Roosevelt University of Chicago and Southern Illinois University join a crash training program to train semi professional counselor aides and youth advisers to address a critical shortage. Courses begin July 13 and run to September 15, open to graduates with sociology education or social work experience.
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Washington
Southern Ilinois University
Roosevelt University of Chicago
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
De Gaulle Welcomes Prince Norodom Siha nouk in Paris
French President Charles de Gaulle welcomed Cambodia’s chief of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk for a three day state visit. The ceremony underscored diplomatic ties as Paris prepared for discussions on regional issues and cultural exchanges.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Ozark Unveils Revised Flight Schedule for Mt Vernon
Ozark Airlines announces new schedule through Mt Vernon airport. Flights 300 306 301 311 operate with St Louis Chicago paths via Mattoon Bloomington Decatur Champaign and Mattoon. Saturday only flights 632 631 connect St Louis Chicago with Mt Vernon stopping at multiple towns.
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Ozark Airlines
Mt. Vernon
Bob Moorhaus
Ozark
St. Louis
Mt. Verenon
Chicago
Mattoon
Bloomington
Decatur
Flight 301
Champaign
Flight 311
Virginians Yield Vote On School Funds In Prince Edward
Prince Edward County officials in Farmville Virginia voted 4-2 to appropriate 189000 for public school operation this fall plus state funds to educate about 1600 Negro students. White private schools receive 375000 in tuition grants if Judge Lewis lifts the injunction. Taxes were raised to fund the plan.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
County Board of Supervisors
Oren R. Lewis
U.S. Supreme Court
Board of Supervisors
Prince Edward
Lewis
Sergeant York Pneumonia Leaves Hero On Critical List
World War I hero Sgt Alvin York has been placed on the critical list at Veterans Hospital in Nashville due to pneumonia in his right lung. A hospital spokesman said his blood pressure has fallen, possibly from a blood clot or a bloodstream infection. York, a Medal of Honor recipient, was expected to possibly return home to Pall Mall, Tennessee, before the pneumonia developed. He arrived June 19 after a recurrence of internal bleeding.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alvin York
Veterans Hospital
York
Tiny
Pall Mall
Tenn
Here
Space Flights on Centrifuge at Downey Facility
Downey California scientists are building the world’s largest centrifuge, a 150 foot rotating arm with two capsules that can hold four men for 30 days. Each capsule carries two men, equipment, and provisions to study human reactions to prolonged rotation for future space living and work.
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Downey
Calif
Cemetery Work Day at Old Simmons Town
Community volunteers sought for work at Old Simmons Town Cemetery on June 27 at 8 am. Labor and financial support needed. Donations directed to Fern_Woodrome, Myrtle_Hanes, Rolla_Myers, Texico.
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Old Simmons Town Cemetery
Fern Woodrome
Myrtle Hanes
Rolla Myers
Texico
Local births reported from Wayne City and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Robert Hawkins of Wayne City welcomed a daughter Victoria Lynn born at 3 46 PM in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing 6 pounds 6 ounces. Mr and Mrs Jim O Burnett 1313 South 18th Street had a son at 2 07 PM in Good Samaritan hospital weighing 9 pounds 12.5 ounces. Mr and Mrs Jerry Langa 808 South 24th Street had a son at 4 45 PM in Good Samaritan hospital weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. Mr and Mrs Robert J Preston of Edwards California welcomed a daughter born this morning in a hospital there weighing eight pounds named Mary Emily. Grandparents are J C Butts and Paul Preston of Boulder Colorado, with V P Cannon of Mt Vernon as great grandfather and others named accordingly.
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Robert C. Hawkins
Wayne City
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Victoria Lynn
Jim O. Burnett
South 18Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jerry Langa
South 24Th Street
Robert J. Preston
Edwards
Calif
Mary Emily
J. C. Butts
Paul Preston
Traffic fines listed in circuit court actions
William C. Ryan paid 10 dollars for speeding Edward Harris of Little Rock Arkansas paid 810 dollars for speeding Barbara A. Donoho paid 10 dollars for failure to yield right of way Bonnie Story of Coloma Wisconsin paid 11 dollars for speeding and 20 dollars for driving with an expired license James Bivens of Chattanooga Tennessee paid 10 dollars for illegal lane usage John J. Brown paid 10 dollars for driving too fast for conditions
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William C. Ryan
Edward Harris
Little Rock
Ark
Barbara A. Donoho
Bonnie Story
Coloma Wis
James Bivens
Chattanooga
Tenn
John J. Brown
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