Death of Ashley resident Frederick W. Martin observed
Funeral services for 78 year old Frederick Wilkerson Martin will be held at 900 p.m. Saturday at Hogan Funeral Home in Ashley with Rev. Lowell Pugh officiating. Burial will be in Ashley cemetery. The body lies in state at Hogan Funeral Home with calling after 7:00 p.m. today. Mr. Martin died at 11:00 p.m. Tuesday in Barnes Hospital, St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Wilkerson Martin
Hogan Funeral Home
Ashley
Lowell Pugh
Ashley Cemetery
Mr. Martin
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Kennedy signs bill funding interstate highway completion
President Kennedy signed a law aimed at finishing the interstate system by 1972. The ceremony drew senators and representatives. The measure adds 11.7 billion for the program financed by a continuation of the 4 cent gasoline tax, other highway taxes, and a redirected 5 percent truck and bus excise tax. It also extends two years of billboard bans and increases taxes on trucks tires inner tubes and tread rubber.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
General Treasury
Highway Fund
What Happened To 2 FBI BumS In Cincinnati
Two FBI agents dressed as bums loitered in Cincinnati and asked for money from a camel panhandler. The man told two different agents sob stories, first getting a dime, then twenty cents as he played them against each other. Ed Mason, special agent in charge, described the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, Ohio
FBI
Cincinnati
Ed Mason
Sailors from Illinois killed in Alabama traffic accident
Fairhope Alabama two sailors were struck and killed by a car on Wednesday. Gerald E. Van Midsworth 21 of Canton Illinois and Arles D. King 20 of Uniontown Pennsylvania died as pedestrians along the highway. Police said the men were walking when the crash happened. Middlesworth resided on Route 5 in Canton.
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Fairhope
Ala
Canton
Imi
Gerald E. van Mid- Aiesworth
Arles D. King
Uniontown
Middlesworth
Rt. 5
Hit Four Times By One Bullet in Wyoming
John Kastner, 35, was wounded four times by a single bullet while fishing near Laramie. The .44 caliber pistol dropped on a rock discharged, striking his calf, grazing his thigh, nicking his wrist, and hitting his upper arm. He is hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Laramie
Wyo
John Kastner
Kastner
Hospital Notes Sefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Sefferson Memorial records show admissions for Mrs. Dorothy Louise Piper and Mrs. Louise Delores Johnson of Belle Rive. Discharges include Mrs. Martha P. Thomson, George Robert Morgan, and Mrs. Martha Opal Ellis. Good Samaritan lists admitted patients Lory Albert Van Horn and others. discharges Eveline Sylvia Hall and several named patients.
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Sefferson Memorial
Dorothy Louise Piper
Louise Delores Johnson
Belle Rive
Martha P. Thomson
George Robert Morgan
Martha Opal Ellis
Good Samaritan
Lory Albert van Horn
Robert Leonard Salisbury
Dianne Kay McCormick
Celia G. Bellessa
Elizabeth Ellen Hutsel
Eveline Sylvia Hall
Wren
Jeffrey Stephen Staley
Frances Lee Miller
Willa Edward McDonald
Montana Dilbeck
Donna Jane Strain
Bonita Gale
Boys Steal Watermelons From Truck Near Mt Vernon
Two youths stole watermelons from a loaded truck headed through Mt Vernon after midnight. Police reported the theft occurred when the truck halted at a traffic light. Officers recovered the melons and questioned the youths.
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Mt. Vernon
Ned
Markets Mt Vernon Hogs Price Report
Prices on the local live stock market were 150 higher with hogs at a top of 17.50 for 190 to 220 pounds. Sows brought 14.50 for 300 pound hogs and boars were 10.00 to 00.
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Til
USDA
Arte OO
Bae Utili
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted After Market Close
Mt Vernon posted grain prices after hours with Wheat at 1.72 per bushel Soybeans at 2.49 and Corn at 1.00 per bushel. Local buyers and traders noted steady demand across crops as markets closed.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Price Report from Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago wholesale prices hold steady across butter and whites with no change in bids. Grades and categories list multiple value points including AA A B C classifications and whites, mixed, mediums, standards with percentages and dollar figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Receipts Report No Prices
Chicago poultry prices are not reported due to insufficient receipts as gathered by the AP via USDA sources. No bids or quotations are available for live poultry at this time, leaving market observers without current price data from Chicago markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Poultry
Chicago
USDA
Eggs and Live Poultry Prices Steady
St Louis market report notes eggs and live poultry prices unchanged from Wednesday’s figures. AP report shows steady levels across the board with no movement in requests or price adjustments listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Grain Prices Patchy Markets Reported in Chicago
AP wires from Chicago note no wheat or soybean sales and mixed corn bids No 2 yellow at 72 percent moisture with extra heavy white 72 and barley trading around 1.10 to 1.20 for feed around 90.
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Chicago
Wall Street ends indecisive amid mixed stock moves
The New York market drifted late afternoon with small price changes and about 2.5 million shares traded. Steels rails and utilities rose slightly, chemicals fell, and major movers included Texaco and Standard Oil (Indiana) lifting the oil group while Du Pont and Union Carbide dipped. U.S. Steel led gains among industrials as utilities and rails held modestly higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texaco
Standard Oil
Indiana
Easy Oil
du Pont
Union Carbide
U.S
Fruehaul
U.S. Steel
Commonwealth Edison
American Stock Exchange
Israel and China May Get Bombs
CHICAGO AP Possession of nuclear bombs by more countries raises risk of war unless controls are adopted. State Department official said Wednesday Edwin M Wright, a world situation analyst, predicted Communist China will have the bomb in two to three years and Israel will also obtain one. Wright spoke at a news conference before addressing a conference sponsored by Civil Defense Mobilization.
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Chicago
State Department
Edwin M. Wright
China
Israel
Wright
Births in Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan hospitals
Mr and Mrs Henry David Johnson of RFD 2 Belle Rive welcomed a daughter at 10 40 this morning in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing seven pounds one ounce. Mr and Mrs Nelson McCormick of RFD 2 Woodlawn had a son at 2 31 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds eight ounces named Johnny. Mr and Mrs Dale Z Belleston welcomed a son at 6 17 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds.
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Henry David Johnson
RFD 2
Belle Rive
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Sor
Nelson McCormick
Woodlawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Johnny Ean
Dale Z. Bellesan
Illinois Weather Ahead: Heat Wave Persists Across Cities
The Associated Press reports moist heat across Illinois with highs near 90 and above. Temperatures peaked at 96 in Moline, 94 in Chicago, and 93 in Peoria, Springfield, and Rockford, with 91 in Vandalia and Quincy as a warm spell continues into Friday.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Weather Across Cities Shows Clear Skies and Warm Temps
Daily readings list city by city conditions with mostly clear skies and high temperatures. Notable values include Phoenix 105, San Diego 76, Seattle 70, New York 72, Chicago 64, Los Angeles 79, Portland 68, Denver 93, Dallas 91, Boston 65, San Francisco 62, and Miami 84. A few locations report clouds or rain. Temperatures and conditions vary across the country with peaks around 105 in Phoenix and 102 in Salt Lake City.
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Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Des Marines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Seattle
Washington
Belleville
Moline
Peoria
Rantoul
Rock
Springfield
Vandalia
Dentures Found In Yard In Louisville
Ernest Viel found an upper denture while mowing his yard in Louisville Kentucky. He placed the dentures in a jar hung on a stick outside his house with a sign saying Jost. No inquiries have been made and Viel continues to wait for a matching statement.
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Louisville
Ernest Viel
Viel
Illinois Senate Overrules Committee On Measures For Budget And Health
The Senate advanced bills creating an Illinois industrial authority with 2 million for industry, approving a hotel tax of 3 percent yielding about 14 million for the two-year budget. It backed a revenue bill to seize unclaimed deposits, approved a new mental health department with $75 million for hospital construction, and allowed private care payments up to 81 monthly for mentally deficient youths. Other moves included voting reforms for presidential residence proof, criminal law updates after 75 years, school district annexation rules, state contract preferences for in-state merchants, and professional bonds scrutiny.
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Senate
Illinois
House
Goveror
Kerner
Kernet
Robert Cherry
Chicago
Lincoln
Dixon
Mnols Etloregeneral
Tax Workshop Attended By Local Officials
Three Jefferson county men attended a Department of Revenue workshop at Giant City State Park yesterday. Attendees were William L. Moore Roy H. Holt and Kenneth A. Randall. Morning talks covered duties of assessing officials exemptions and farm assessments with state officials presenting law summaries and value comparisons. The afternoon session featured a panel discussion with Randall honored for state service and plans to improve local assessment practices.
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Jefferson County
Department of Revenue
Giant City State Park
William L. Moore
Board of Review
Roy H. Holt
Jefferson County Board of Review
Kenneth A. Randall
E. L. Maynard
Chicago
Gene Burgoff
A. N. Nelson
Property Tax Division
Allen Garber
Illinois
Supreme Court
Leeds
Warren Goddell
Eview
Randall
County Treasurers Association
National Association of
County Treasurers and Finance Officers
National Association
Southern Illinois
Governor Kerner Pivots On Tax Hike And Appointments
Governor Kerner expressed skepticism about a 1 percent city sales tax and noted university budget cuts. He discussed replacing Oliver Keller as youth commission chair, naming John A. Troike as commission chairman while Keller remains on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois
Kerner
Southern Illinois University
Oliver J. Keller
Youth Commission
Sheridan State Training School
Keller
John A. Troike
Chicago
Commission
35 40 Year Mortgages Approved Expanded FHA Plan
The article explains mortgage terms shifting to 35 40 year aims, raising ceilings to 25 000 for single homes and easing down payments under FHA. It details 3 percent on first 15000 10 percent on next 3000 and 25 percent on the remainder with land sales to developers in renewal areas for middle income housing. It notes criticism that projects deliver housing only for the wealthy or the poor.
Home Talent Singing Program on Grand Ave
The Lively Stone Missionary Society sponsors a home talent singing program at 3 00 p m Sunday July 2 in the Masonic Temple 502 Grand Avenue. The Mt Vernon Chorus Royal Travelers Guiding Lights Edwards Sisters and Willing Workers perform with Evelyn Vann president and Hattie Stovall chairman inviting public attendance.
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Lively Stone Missionary Society
Masonic Temple
Grand Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Fire damages storage shed on Route 5
Rural firemen controlled a blaze at 7 30 last night in a storage shed at the home of Cloyd Bolerjack on Route 5. Firemen estimated damage at about $25.
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Cloyd Bolerjack
Route 5
Child Killed At Centralia
CENTRALIA AP A little girl died when a car rolled from a driveway and struck Rhonda Newborn 22 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Newborn. The family was moving into 1403 Marion Street and had parked the car to carry items. Three year old brother Eugene was playing in the car when the emergency brake apparently released.
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Centralia
Rhonda Newborn
Roy Newborn
Marion Street
Euegen
Rhonda
Press Agent Dream Echoes In Elephant Tie Up
AP reports Burlington New Jersey scene where truck driver William Fanning from Baton Rouge paused with five elephants of Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers Circus at Sit n Sip tavern. Elephants misbehaved as townsfolk alerted police. Hunt Brothers Circus provided hay and Burlington fire department furnished water for the animals.
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Burlington, NJ
William Fanning
Fanning
Baton Rouge
Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus
Philadelphia
Newington
Conn
Sit
Sip
Rt. 130
Hunt Brothers Circus
Florence
Burlington Fire Department
Thief Frightened Off Mt V Vernon Trailer Break-in
Police report a burglary attempt at 1403 South 26th Street Mt Vernon as a man tried to enter a trailer at about 3:00 AM. The resident, Mr Trem miler, was away. a neighbor saw the suspect flee after being yelled at. Window and screen damage occurred but no entry was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon House
South 26Th Street
Mr. Tremmiler
Mt Vernon Police Pistol Team Places 16th in State
The Mt. Vernon police pistol team finished 16th among 31 Illinois departments at a state shoot in Waukegan Illinois scoring 1853 points. Members Harold Albright 515 Art Phillips 477 Jack Fairchild 443 Richard Miller 418 with Dale Farley 375 as alternate. Last year they placed 11th in the P B A sponsored event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Waukegan
Ill
Illinois
Harold Albright
Art Phillips
Jack Fairchild
Richard Miller
Dale Farley
Police Benevolent and Protective Association
Fire destroys couch at Casey Real Estate office
A fire at Casey Real Estate, 826 Main Street, destroyed a couch and caused water damage to the office. Firefighters controlled the blaze by 6 47 a.m. No injuries reported.
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Casey Real Estate
Main Street
Boy Scout Man New Youth Chief
John A. Troike of Chicago named new chairman of the Youth Commission replacing Dale of Streator. Otto Kerner Jr announced the appointment, with Keller remaining on the commission. Keller had chaired since January last year amid controversy over handling at Sheridan Resort.
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Springfield
John A. Troike
Chicago
J. Keller Jr
Ete Youth Commission
Otto Kerner
Keller
Legislative
Clarence Farber
Sheridan
Farber
Troike
Well Dale
Dale
Exac Keler
Marilyn Monroe Hospitalized Again in New York
Actress Marilyn Monroe was taken by ambulance from her Manhattan apartment to Polyclinic Hospital suffering from a mild intestinal disorder. Accompanied by second husband Joe DiMaggio, she has been hospitalized for the fourth time in five months amid her marriages and separations.
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New York
Marilyn Monroe
Manhattan
Polyclinic Hospital
Joe DiMaggio
Arthur Miller
Miller
Miss Monroe
Polyclinic
Bottles Cuts His Tax Debt
Chicago AP report says Ralph Bottles Capone, ex gang figure and brother of Al Capone, reduced his back tax debt to 195 715 after a 15 000 payment delivered by Capone's attorney to Judge Joseph Sam Perry. The judge ordered another 2 000 due by July 6. Capone, who lives in Mercer Wisconsin, had previously owed 210 715 with penalties and interest. he claimed about 20 000 on June 19 but could not pay the full amount.
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Chicago
Ralph
Bottles
Capone
Joseph Sam Perry
U.S. District Court
al Capone
Mercer
Wis
King Tut Curse Strikes Again as Lord Westbury Dies
London AP reports the fourth British family member linked to the Tutankhamun relics died unexpectedly, Lord Westbury passing in Geneva at 46 after involvement in the 1923 excavation. His father Capt Richard Bethell also died suddenly at 46. No cause given.
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London
Lord Westbury
Geneva
Switzerland
Capt
Richard Bethell
Bethell
Tuthamen
Appeal West Frankfort Case To Court Here
An attorney for two West Frankfort councilmen facing recall says an appeal will be filed Saturday to reverse a ruling approving the recall election. Loren Lewis of Benton says filing in the Appellate Court in Mount Vernon and posting a $1,000 bond will delay the election. Recall petitions against councilmen Paul Rice and Burton Melvin were approved June 17 by Franklin County Judge Webb Johnson, who ordered the council to set an election date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
West Frank- Irselty
Loren Lewis
Benton Seaid
Appellate Court
Mount Vernon
Paul Rice
Burton Melvin
Franklin County
Webb Johnson
Kennedy pushes omnibus bill and debt ceiling extension
Congress rushes Kennedy measures before recess as House clears omnibus aiding domestic agenda. Temporary debt ceiling raised to 298 billion, with Senate voice vote and broad space program funding authorizations moving to the House.
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Kennedy
House
Senate
Census says widows outnumber widowers three to one
Washington report from the Census Bureau on Wednesday shows widows exceed widowers in the United States by more than three to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Castro Killer Gets 20 Years In U S Trial
Francisco Molina known as the Hook, a former Cuban army soldier, was sentenced to 20 years to life for second degree murder in the 9 year old Magdalena Urdaneta’s death during gunfire between pro and anti Castro groups in a New York West Side restaurant. The case drew attention as Castro sought to trade a Cuban invasion leader for Molina.
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New York
Francisco
the Hook
Molina
Fidel Castro
Castro
Magdalena Urdaneta
West Side
Newark
Gloria Hecht Wins Divorce After Wide Range of Quarrels
Gloria Hecht, wife of producer Harold Hecht, was granted a divorce in Santa Monica after testimony detailing clashes over many issues including meals and the TV antenna. The proceedings highlighted ongoing marital strife with the couple cited as having argued about everything from fried veal cutlets to the TV antenna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Harold Hecht
Gloria
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Wall Street
New Illinois Agriculture Association Building
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Arthur Michael Ramsey
St. Augustine
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Ramsey
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Lewis Canteberry
Grand Ave
Mt. V House
Mt. V. Police
Edson’s
Conoco Station
Broadway
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King Tut
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Pop Beene
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Rey Orbison
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Temptation
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Raindreper
Dee Clark
Big Gees
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Peseoored
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Ring of Fire
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Wonda Jackson
Hello
Walla
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Chubby Checkers
Jack
Barry Schweid
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Manuel Artime
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Mit
Vernon
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