Deaths E A Hora 79 Dies Funeral In Arkansas
E A Hora 79 of Mountain Home Ark died at 7 00 am Thursday in a local hospital He was the brother of Mrs Fred Lipps and Mrs Ruth Royce Survived by wife Hazel Galbraith of Mt Vernon a son Larry Hora of Omaha Neb two daughters Miss Shirley Hora of Rock Island and Phyllis Hora at home and one grandchild Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Saturday at Memorial Funeral Home Mountain Home Burial in Mountain Home
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F. A. Hora
Mountain Home
Ark
Fred Lipps
Ruth Royce
Wyon
Sturday
Memorial Funeral Home
Hora
Hazel Galbraith
Mt. Vernon
Larry Hora
Omaha
Neb
Shirley Hora
Rock Island
Phyllis Hora
Ore
Bill Requiring Gun Ownership Permit Clears Senate
SPRINGFIELD Ul AP Three bills require licensing of gun owners and go to Gov Otto Kerner. The Senate cleared them. permits would bar felons narcotics addicts recent mental patients under 18 and the mentally retarded. A state permit would be needed to buy or possess a gun with penalties up to one year in prison and 1000 dollars.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Senate
Kerner
Recreation Bonds Sent to Governor for Vote
SPRINGFIELD AP The Illinois House endorsed a Senate amendment and sent a $100 million recreational bond issue to Gov Otto Kerner. The bill would raise cigarette taxes one cent per pack to finance the program if voters approve it in 1968. Another bill sent to Kerner would lift the ban on use of medal-studded tires on highways.
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Springfield
Sinois House
Senate
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharged Items
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan. Names include Gerald Smith Georgiana Willmore Mildred Means Carrol Casada Judith White Wayne York Lomer Carlson Floyd Rollinson Gertrude Bozorth Larry Mendenall Gregory Riley Dwight House Arlena Williams Peggy Keller Walter Waite Donna Garrison Mr Ethel Bullard Emaline Bates Mrs Shirley Anselment and baby Terrance Eugene Bernie Shell Clarence Shane Otto Laswell Mrs Mary Dixon and baby Barbara Owens and baby Larry Lee Virginia Bell Mary Porter Cathryn Eddington S Dyer Campbell among others with various addresses.
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Good Samaritan
Gertrude Bozorth
Oak Jana
Larry Mendenall
Old Union Road
Gregory Wayne Riley
Dix
Dwight Gene House
South 27Th
Arlena Williams
Lamar
Peggy Keller
Murray
Walter Charles Waite
North Street
Donna Garrison
Clarendon Hills
Ethel Bullard
Fairfield Road
Emaline Bates
Ina
Shirley Ann Anselment
Terrance Eugene
Bernie Shell
RFD
Clarence Shane
Park Avenue
Otto Laswell
South 12Th
Mary Magdelene Dixon
Steven Todd
Woodlawn
Barbara Jean Owens
Larry Lee
Virginia Bell
Bluford
Mary Porter
Jones
Cathryn Eddington
Lovan
S. Dyer Campbell
Bluford unit to meet on July 3 at city hall
The Bluford unit No. 144 of the N A R V R E will hold its regular meeting Monday July 3 at 1 30 p m in Bluford Illinois city hall. All nonmembers are invited to attend to learn about pending congressional legislation to increase benefits for retired employees their wives and survivors. L M Marlow pres Co W Cisne sec
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Bluford
N.A.R.V.R.E
City Hall
Congress
L. M. Marlow, Pres. Co. W. Cisne Sec
Weather and rainfall details for Thursday to Friday
Thursday highs reach 84 and a low of 66 with .11 inches of rainfall expected from 7:00 a.m. Thursday to 7:00 a.m. Friday. Year to date rainfall stands at 18.94 inches inches, with historical highs and lows noted for past years and sunrise at 4:34 a.m. CST.
Girl Soldier Is Miss Israel
A 19 year old army member from Tel Aviv Batya Kabiri was chosen as Miss Israel in Jerusalem. She has light brown hair green eyes and measurements 36 24 36 weighing 121 pounds and 5 ft 8 in. Teddy Kolick crowned her. Israel’s representative to an international contest at Long Beach California later this year.
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Jerusalem
Miss
Israel
Batya Kabiri
Tel Aviv
Teddy Kolick
Long Beach
Calif
Wayne County Student Killed in Urbana Motorcycle Collision
Billy Leon Smith aged 18 of Mount Erie Wayne County a student at the University of Illinois was fatally hurt Thursday in a collision between his motorcycle and an automobile at a street intersection in Urbana.
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Urbana
Billy Leon Smith
Mount Erie
Wayne County
University of Illinois
Queen Elizabeth II Visits Expo 67 Tour
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Canada for the 100th birthday celebration and begins a six day tour. She will stay in Ottawa through Sunday then travel by royal yacht to Expo 67 in Montreal while technically avoiding Quebec City. About 60,000 people greet the royal motorcade along the route.
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Ottawa
Elizabeth II
Canada
Elizabeth
London
Montreal
Quebec
Espo
St. Lawrence River
Prohibitionists Nominate Munn for 1968 Presidency
E Harold Munn of Hillsdale Michigan was nominated as the Prohibition party candidate for the 1968 presidential race. He secured the nomination on the second ballot at the party's 25th convention described as a revival. Rev Rolland E Fisher of Topeka received the vice presidential nomination as delegates marched singing patriotic hymns.
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Detroit
E. Harold Munn
Hillsdale
Mich
Prohibition Party
Munn
Rolland E. Fisher
Topeka
Wican
Convict Youth in 2 Murders Continues Trial Testimony
The Illinois State Crime Lab testified all slugs came from the same gun but no weapon was found. Seymour Friedman, Williams' chief attorney, warned the jury that a conviction would leave a lasting national echo and questioned the possibility of an innocent man being convicted.
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Illinois State Crime Laboratory
Seymour Friedman
New York
Williams
Friedman
Tug of War Over Jayne's Last Rites
New Orleans reports a funeral dispute brewing over Jayne Mansfield after a fatal highway crash. Estranged husband Matt Cimber rushed in to plan the service while ex-husband Mickey Hargitay and relatives arrived, with coroner directives delaying release of her body. Children remain hospitalized as the family contemplates private ceremonies and travel plans.
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New Orleans
Jayne Mansfield
Matt Cimber
Mickey Hargitay
Miss Mansfield
Hargitay
Harry L. Peers
Dallas
Tex
Nicholas Chetla
Orleans Parish
Post Office Plans Fee for Change of Address Service
Washington AP The Post Office Department facing a $1.2 billion annual operating deficit announced a plan to charge a fee starting July 4 for forwarding change of address requests. The service will be available only when a person has moved and left a forwarding address at the previous post office, and the move is tied to new freedom of information laws taking effect July 4.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Financial Red
Thursay
Ti Screw
Mt Vernon Grain Prices This Morning
Markets in Mt. Vernon quoted wheat at 1.32 soybeans 2.69 and shell corn 1.35 this morning.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Report
Prices paid until 32:30 p.m. were up 0.50. Top quotes reached 22.00 and 2.5 per 200 to 220 lb meat hogs. Sows 18.50 for 300 lb, sows 300 lb and over 18.00. Board hogs 12.50 to 13.00. After 12:30 p.m. today, prices based on next day’s bids.
St Louis Produce Prices Reported by AP
The St Louis wholesale and consumer egg and poultry grades are listed with size classes and weight ranges. The report cites consumer grades A and B for large medium small eggs, standard wholesale ranges, and hen and broiler weights.
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ST. Louis
Cash Grain Prices Reported in Chicago
Wheat No 2 hard 1.75 and 5/8 cents per bushel No 2 red 1.50 and 5/8 cents Corn No 2 yellow 1.36 and 5/8 cents Oats No 2 heavy white 76 and 3/4 cents Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.87 and 8/10 cents Soybean oil 9.40 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Illinois
Livestock market tallies for Monday at National Stockyards Illinois show cattle 4,500 calves 150 hogs 8,000 sheep 600. Hogs 200-250 pounds 22.00 to 23.50, sows 300-600 pounds 17.00 to 17.50. Cattle 200 calves 50 cows utility 17.00 to 18.50, dealers good to choice 25.00 to 32.00. Sheep 150 with no price trend, spring slaughter lambs 25.00 to 26.00 for choice to prime.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Chicago Produce Market Report Summary
Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes on butter scores AA 66 and 92 A with 89 C 59 percent. Egg grades show 75 percent or better and various weights. Listings include 74, 24, 1974, 60 percent figures and a mix of terms like grace and mediums.
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Wall Street opens ahead as blue chips edge higher
Wall Street edged into positive territory as selective gains among blue chips limited advance before a long weekend. Investors weighed tariff cuts, potential tax increases, and an unsure economic upturn while the Dow rose 0.3 to 862.29 and the AP average gained 0.2 to 323.4 amid mixed sector moves.
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Associated Press
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International Harvester
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Xerox
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Illinois Senate OKs $30 Million Weston Land Purchase
The Illinois Senate approved a 41 to 6 vote on Thursday night for a $30 million appropriation to acquire land near Weston for the federal government's atomic accelerator project.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
Weston
Maj Lawrence May Be First Negro Spaceman
CHICAGO AP The Sun Times reported Maj Robert H Lawrence Jr of Chicago is to be named the nation s first Negro spaceman. Stationed at Edwards AFB California he would join four military spacemen to total 16 in a military astronaut program alongside 12 civil NASA astronauts.
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Sun- Times
Robert H. Lawrence Jr
Lawrence
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Los Angeles
Sun-Times
National Aeoonautics and Space Administration
Bradley University
Peoria
West Germany
United States
Ohio State University
Barbara
Tracy
Emmit Wilson Named New Member of Fire Board
Emmit Wilson, resident of Summersville, is appointed to Jefferson County Fire Protection District to replace retired John Davidson. Davidson, longtime board president, leaves a vacancy effective immediately. Other reappointments include Billy Joe Hayse and Melcher C. Davis. A new board president will be chosen at a July 14 meeting. Judges Randall S. Quindry Roy O. Gulley and Charles S. Jones made the appointments.
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Emmit Wilson
Summersville
Jefferson County
Wilson
John Davidson
Davidson
Ashley Road
Billy Joe Hayse
Route 7
Melcher C. Davis
Davis
Hayse
Randall S. Quindry
Judiciary Circuit
Roy O. Gulley
Charles S. Jones
Kosygin Leaves Cuba After Talks With Castro
Premier Alexei Kosygin left Havana after meetings with Fidel Castro and will stop in Paris to confer with Charles de Gaulle. Castro gave a large farewell with a 21 gun salute as thousands lined the road, contrasting the subdued arrival on Monday. An unofficial source said the talks yielded good results and a plain understanding.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Castro
Kosygin
Congress Opens 16 Day Vacation With Backlog Ahead
Washington AP reports Congress begins a 16 day recess with Capitol quiet and tourists, leaving unfinished work awaiting reassembly after July 4. When back, expect debates on riots Social Security rail strike poverty crime education civil rights foreign aid appropriations redistricting election reform and taxes.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office To Close Tuesday
Regular holiday schedules will be observed by the Mt. Vernon post offices on Tuesday, July 4. There will be no regular window or delivery services. Mail will be picked up from deposit points on holiday schedules, and special delivery will be provided. Post office lobbies will be open for access to lock boxes, deposit of mail and purchase of stamps from machines.
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Mt. Vernon
Arcola Names D A Wood New Elementary Principal
D A Wood of Mt. Vernon has been appointed principal of Arcola elementary school in Illinois. The 750 student K–8 district with 30 teachers is in a unit district. Wood, previously at Casey Junior High, holds degrees from McKendree and SIU and has NSF and Who's Who affiliations. His wife Bette and children Jeffrey and Julie accompany the appointment.
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New Arcola
D. A. Wood
Magnolia
Arcola
Illinois
Wood
Mt. Vernon City
Casey Junior High School
McKendree College
Southern Illinois University
National Science Foundation
Macalester College
St. Paul
Mimn
The
Junior High School Association of Illinois
Bette
Mt. Vernon Community College
Jeffrey
Julie
Senate approves gun owner registration and housing measure
Senate action includes a bill requiring registration of gun owners by the State Public Safety Department and passage of an open housing measure aimed at protecting sellers in real estate deals. Also sent to the House are bills on school funding, truth in lending, building bids, and expanding assistant county school superintendent posts in Cook County.
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Senate
State Public Safety Department
House
Bush
Cook County
Ed Sullivan Honored In Jefferson County Drive
Ed Sullivan named honorary chief of the Good Samaritan Hospital drive in Jefferson County. The Mt. Vernon Cable TV founder visited amid fanfare while Chamber of Commerce officials praised his support for the hospital expansion, a four story wing and renovations to consolidate services. Campaign leadership includes George R. Heidenreich as campaign chair and Guy Wood Jr as major gifts chair, with a deadline through August 29.
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General Hospital
Staten Island
Sullivan
Mt. Vernon
Sullivan Cable TV
Chamber of Commere
John Dillingham
Ed Sullivan
Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson County
Good Samaritan Hospital
George R. Heidenreich
Guy Wood, Jr
Major Gifts
Alford Gets 1200 Dollar Raise as School Chief
The school board approved a 1200 raise for Alford, while discussing cost factors for replacing his position. Wood resigns for an administrative post in another district, Reynolds joins Illinois CID. Life Safety Code work faces 12000 to 14000 cost range with possible 71000 total if West Salem not included.
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Alford
Wood
Reynolds
Ilinois Criminal Investigation Department
General Radiator
YMCA
Noel Davis
Davis
West Salem
Council plans bonds for industrial park project
The council debates selling bonds to fund an industrial park as a new lake treatment plan requires chlorination to prevent lake contamination. Bids for a street sweeper, street paint marker, and motorized hand roller are reviewed for upcoming council action. A July 13 meeting is proposed to study elderly public housing sites with the Public Housing Authority of Jefferson County.
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Public Housing Authority
Jefferson County
Young Brothers Arrested in Mt V Thefts
Two brothers aged 10 and 14 were arrested on theft charges after purses were stolen from Letzekorn Nursing Home and King City Savings & Loan. Police linked the youths to multiple thefts reported earlier in the week. Affected residents include Mrs Mabel Lisenby and Sherry Hayes, with $3 and ID papers or small sums missing. The boys were released to their parents.
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Letzekorn
Mabel Lisenby
Castleton
King City Savings & Loan
Sherry Hayes
Grant
Dorothy L. Jones
Jefferson
Dorothy Jones
Like Wet Feathers A Smelly Night In Mt. Vernon
A foul odor described as wet chicken feathers spread across Mt. Vernon's Northeast area to the Homestead golf course last night. Police investigated but could not determine a cause. Power Co. said there was no gas leak. residents attributed the smell to atmospheric conditions, with many closing windows and doors.
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Mt. Vernon
Homestead
Diineis Power Co
Dance Tonight At The Place May Be The Last
After four months of operation The Place may hold its last dance tonight if turnout is low. The teen center reports expenses outweigh last six weeks receipts and appeals to Mt. Vernon youths to attend tonight’s dance to keep The Place open for summer and the coming school year.
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Mt. Vernon
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