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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1972
Page
1
A. Phillips 82 of 710 Harrison St dies at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral at Central Church of Christ Sunday at 2 p.m. with burial in Old Shiloh cemetery. Miloshewski 58 of rural Scheller dies at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral at St. Barbara’s Catholic Church Monday at 9 a.m. burial in church cemetery. Both bodies lie in state. viewings and services detailed.
Helen Russell 50 of 40 Jordan Street Mt. Vernon died at Good Samaritan Hospital. Born March 24 1922 she was a daughter of Henry and Myrtle Cochran. She was a housewife married July 21 1970 to Ermon Russell. Funeral Monday 1 30 p m Myers Chapel Rev John Hurt. Burial Bethel cemetery.
Olen Rawls 72 of Princeton Indiana and former Dahlgren resident died at 8 am Tuesday at his home. Funeral services were held 10 am Thursday at Kendall Funeral Home with burial at Maple Hill Cemetery near Princeton. Survived by wife Ellen Turner, son Richard Rawls of Princeton, daughter Shirley Kohlmeyer of Francisco, two sisters Alma Parkhill Ona Payton, four grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents James and Abbigail Cook Rawls.
A hijacker fled Lambert Field after a car rammed a fence and crashed into a plane. He then moved to a replacement craft with a small crew and one passenger, directing it toward Fort Worth before returning to St Louis. Police offered no explanation for the movement. The driver of the hit car, David J. Hanley, was seriously injured and hospitalized after the crash.
Edwardsville Illinois Madison County grand jury indicted ten people in connection with a wave of arson during racial trouble in Alton. One indictment charges Tommy Taylor, Patrick Williams, Gary Williamson and Leroy Watson with arson for a garage fire.
Hospital notes list admitted patients Connie Metheney Raymond York Charles Browning at McLeansboro and other local towns with discharges including Floyd Johnson Bichie Newcomb and Charles Fearn. Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial sections show visiting hours and listed patients on maternity floors and in various wards across the region.
Mr and Mrs Jack Rutherford of 2 Cottonwood welcomed a son named Shawn Lee weighing seven pounds seven and one fourth ounces born at 11 05 Friday morning June 23. The mother is Aud rey Mae McCabe. Mr and Mrs William Donoho of Route 1 Texico welcomed a daughter Tammy Marie born at 7 40 Friday morning June 23 weighing seven pounds five and a half ounces. Mother is Tomye Lynn Mitchell. Mr and Mrs Bill Morgan of 910 South 24th Street welcomed a son born at 12 12 this morning June 4 weighing ten pounds three fourths ounces. Mother is Karei Gowler.
On June 1 three indictments were suppressed pending arrests of six other persons in connection with fires at three other locations. The action reflects ongoing investigations by authorities into a coordinated set of arson incidents.
King City retailers announce a weekly customer appreciation drawing starting Friday June 10. Free tickets are distributed by participating merchants and dropped in a hopper for a 9 30 p m public drawing on the parking lot off the Bank of Illinois near South 11th Street. First prize is 100 with 25 for second if not present, plus ongoing merchandise awards.
Chicago Police Superintendent James B. Conlisk states he will not resign even if four officers under FBI and Internal Affairs inquiry are indicted for murder. The sergeant, two investigators, and a patrolman are under questioning related to the six black businessmen killed after being found shot in the head along the South Branch Chicago River or the Sanitary and Ship Canal.
About 40 Indians at Camp Logan near Zion Illinois received a one week extension to vacate the Illinois National Guard site after previously being ordered to leave by Judge Lloyd Van Deusen. Gov Ogilvie had allowed barracks use through March 1. A separate Chicago case cites Judge Maurice Pompey issuing an arrest warrant for George Moon in a stolen luxury car ring linked to football players including John Brockington.
President Nixon pledged renewed efforts for a tougher antibusing ban as he signed a $21.3 billion education bill. He criticized the provision as inadequate and warned he would veto a separate antibusing measure. The law funds education at all levels and creates grants for undergraduates along with new research and veteran benefits.
Challengers to Mayor Daley and 68 uncommitted delegates pressed to finish selecting an alternate slate for the Democratic National Convention. A federal judge ruled he lacked jurisdiction to bar Daley supporters from the caucus, which disrupted Thursday night meetings. Jackson and Singer alleged violence and threats, with accusations of Gestapo tactics and Klan comparisons, as they prepared to defend the challengers’ 51 delegates already chosen.
City firemen responded to a salvage yard fire at Shapiro Brothers of Timois Inc. at 510 S 6th St around 10 30 p.m. Friday. Early morning police reports cited a crash at 12 35 a.m. on 17th St injuring Pat Estes’s parked car and major damage to both vehicles.
Receipts totaled 467 cattle 19 calves 307 hogs and 9 sheep. Slaughter steers 30.00 to 39.00 and heifers 28.90 to 36.50. Cows 18.50 to 27.00 veals 37.75 to 40.00 bulls 27.10 to 33.00. Feeder cattle ranges include steers over 550 lbs 30.75 to 147.00 and calves 93.75 to 52.00. heifer calves 33.50 to 99.50. hogs barrows and gilts 27.00 to 28.20 sows 22.30 to 23.60. slaughter lambs 28.40.
Mt Vernon Lodge 31 A F and A M holds a first degree meeting Monday June 26 at the lodge with Charles Mill W M and Byron Weld Secy. King City Barracks No 102 VFW calls an important meeting at the Legion hall Tuesday June 27 with a 12:00 noon lunch and 1:30 p.m. business session and officer installation led by A E Baird Commander.
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