Deaths Samuel Reynolds 88 of Bonnie
Samuel Reynolds 88 of Bonnie died at 6 50 p m Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital Funeral services set for 2 00 p m Sunday at Fry Funeral Home Waltonville with Rev Marsh Harpole officiating Burial in Abner Cemetery at Nasan will follow the body lying in state after 4 00 p m Saturday Reynolds born August 17 1878 in Jefferson County to James and Laura Lurana Reynolds married Florence Vanatta November 7 1906 He is survived by two sons Harvey Reynolds Dodgeville Wisconsin Roy Reynolds Inn five daughters Mrs James Clark Mrs Lee Quinn both of Mt Vernon Mrs William Balmer St Louis Mrs Glen Beard Bonnie and Betty Reynolds at home 23 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren He was predeceased by four brothers and two sisters
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Samuel Reynolds
Bonnie
Good Samaritan Hospital
Fry Funeral Home
Waltonville
Marsh Harpole
Abner
Nasan
Fry Funeral
Mr. Reynolds
Jefferson County
James
Laura Lurana (McBride) Reynolds
Florence Vanatta
Harvey Reynolds
Dodgeville
Wis
Roy Reynolds
Inn
James Clark
Lee Quinn
Mt. Vernon
William Balmer
St. Louis
Glen Beard
Betty Reynolds
William E. Smith of Texico Dies at 79
William E. Smith 79, a retired farmer of RFD 1 Texico, died at 12:40 a.m. in Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Wells Chapel with Rev. Jack Hargrave. burial in adjoining cemetery. Body lies in state at Bluford Funeral Home after 2:00 p.m. Saturday. 1:00 p.m. Sunday to lie in state at church. Born Nov 1, 1887 in Jefferson County. married Minnie Mae Gilligan Dec 28, 1910. Survived by wife, four sons Arthur Smith Mt. Vernon, Earl Bluford, Kenneth Wayne City, Roy Wayne City. three daughters Elsie Coil Flora, Wilma Jean Potter Bluford, Lorene Donoho Texico. 19 grandchildren. 26 great grandchildren. Preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.
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William E. Smith
RFD
Texico
Good Samaritan Hospital
Wells Chapel
Jack Hargrave
Bluford
Mr. Smith
Jefferson County
Isaac
Mandy
Flora
Wilma Jean Potter
Lorene Donoho
E E Funkhouser Funeral Monday in DeKalb
Funeral services for Earl Eugene Funkhouser were held Monday in DeKalb with burial there He died last Friday in DeKalb after an apparent heart attack He was 30 years old born November 18 1936 in this city son of Elzy and Lillian Davis Funkhouser Survived by daughter Linda Funkhouser of Sycamore brother Ray Funkhouser of Sycamore and sisters Frances Torres of St Anne California and Myrna Nettleton of Belvidere Illinois
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Earl Eugene Funkhouser
DeKalb
Mr. Funkhouser
Sycamore, Jr
Mt. Vernon
Elzy
Lillian
Davis) Funkhouser
Linda Funk
J H Peterson of Woodlawn Dies at 44
James Hugh Peterson, 44, of Woodlawn, died at 4 45 am after a period of ill health. Former Roth Dairy employee, he was born December 1 1922 in Jefferson County. Survived by wife Ruby Jane McMahon, two sons Gary and Oram, mother Beatrice Busby, sister Gean Weise, brother Oram Jack Peterson, and a grandson. Funeral Sunday 2 pm at Pulley Funeral Chapel with burial in Memorial Gardens. calling hours after 4 pm Saturday. He was a member of the Baptist church of Woodlawn.
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James Hugh Peterson
Woodlawn
Mr. Peterson
Roth Dairy
Jefferson County
Arthur and
Beatrice
Laney) Peterson
Ruby Jane McMahan
Peterson
The
Baptist Church of Woodlawn
Beatrice Busby
Quincy
Gary Peterson
Oram Peterson
Peoria, DL
Oram Jack Peterson
Chicago
Gean Weise
Scottsdale
Arizona
Weather Snapshot From MT VERNON: Highs And Lows
MT VERNON forecast shows Thursday high 68 and low 36 with rainfall to date 3.44 inches. Past comparisons note one year ago 63/39, five years ago 49/29, ten years ago 43/18. Saturday sunrise 6:31 and sunset 5:54 CST.
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MT. Vernon
Cleveland Plain Dealer Sold at Record 50 Million
Samuel I. Newhouse buys the Cleveland Plain Dealer for about 50 million dollars, the highest price for a single U.S. newspaper. The deal makes Newhouse’s chain reach two Cleveland papers and totals about 3.3 million in circulation. The 125 year old paper employs about 2,200 and will keep local editorial and staff leadership.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Samuel I. Newhouse
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Newhouse
The
Plain Dealer
Ohio
New Orleans Times-Picayune
New Orleans States
Forest City Publishing Co
Three Cars In Collision Here
Three cars were damaged in an accident at 6 35 p m at Salem Road and Oakland Avenue. Vehicles driven by Melvin D Hoffman 24 Sharon A Nelms 18 and Trava J Campbell 24 were damaged. Campbell was charged with faulty equipment after brakes failed on the Campbell auto.
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Salem Road
Oakland Avenue
Melvin D. Hoffman
Sharon A. Nelms
North Highland East
Trava J. Campbell
Trava Campbell
Weather Outlook Across Illinois Sees Cold Front Return
An arctic high pressure system brings cooler air to Illinois from the Great Lakes. Highs in the north reach the upper 30s to lower 40s with lows near 18 to 28 tonight. Rain and snow chances loom for Saturday especially in the south with 30s to 60s readings earlier. Early temps include 30 at East Dubuque and Peoria, 48 at Metropolis, and mid 30s at Champaign, Quincy, Rockford, Springfield, and Belleville.
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Illinois
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
East Dubuque
Peoria
Metropolis
Champaign
Quincy
Rockford
Springfield
Belleville
Five day forecast for Southern Illinois cools further
Southern Illinois temperatures from Saturday through next Wednesday will run 2 to 11 degrees below normal. Highs range from the mid 40s in central Illinois to the mid 50s in the south, with lows from the 20s north to the upper 30s south. A weekend cooling trend continues into Tuesday with several shower periods and total rainfall of half to three quarters of an inch.
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Southern Illinois
Ilinois
Illinois
Teen Dance At Community Center Tonight
Andy And His Pandas will play for the teen dance at the Community Center tonight from 8 to 11 15 p.m. Coats checked by Teen Center volunteers as a free service. A membership ticket lowers the admission price. All servicemen in uniform admitted free.
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Andy
Pandas
Hospital Notes Imply Broad Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial admitted Lina Aline Clark of Harrisburg. Discharges include Ruth Elizabeth Phillips of 711 south 19th, Silas Edward Brake of 1521 Lam ar, Dennis Raymond Branch with unclear origin, and Good Samaritan patient Mary Louise Pierce of Bluford among many others listed with addresses or towns. The long roster lists numerous individuals and locations, indicating a batch hospital notes extraction.
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Jefferson Memorial
Lina Aline Clark
Harrisburg
Ruth Elizabeth Phillips
South 19Th
Silas Edward Brake
Lamar
Dennis Raymond Branch
Rome Chapter 1014 Order of Eastern Star Meeting Notice
Rome CO E S members will hold a stated meeting Monday evening March 6 at 8 00 in the Masonic Temple at Dix Brothers Night will be observed Marjorie Lloyd WM Sarah Michael Sec
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Rome
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic
Dix
Marjorie Lloyd
W.M
Sarah Michael
Past Matron's Club Meeting At Mt Vernon OES
The Past Matron's Club of Mt. Vernon Chapter No. 23 O E S will meet at the Masonic Temple Monday evening March 6 at 7 30 p m Host cases by Laura Mann Ruth Atkinson and Ida Morgan Laura Mann President Naomi R Bogan Secretary
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Mt. Vernon
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Laura Mann
Ruth Atkinson
Ida Morgan
Market hog prices steady at midday figures
Prices paid through 12 30 p m were unchanged with hogs top at 18 65 per cwt for 200 to 220 lb. sows at 15 75 for 300 lb and up or down to 15 50 for heavier sows. Boars sold 13 00 and 13 50. After 12 30 p m prices shift to next day pricing.
Vernon Grain Prices Quoted at Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon grain prices list soybeans at 2 76 a bushel shell corn 1 35 ear corn 1 33 in Mt Vernon this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis Egg and Poultry Price Listing Report
St Louis AP bulletin lists consumer egg grades large 30-32, medium 25-26, small 18-19, wholesale 24-26, unclassified 22-23, checks 10-12. Hens heavy 13-14, light over 5 lbs 9-10, under 5 lbs no price, broilers and fryers 25-42-25 percent.
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ST. Louis
Grain price report from Chicago market notes
Wheat No. 2 hard 1.80 and No. 2 red 1.78. Corn No. 2 yellow 1.42 43. Oats No. 2 heavy white 0.83 0.79. Soybeans No. 1 yellow 2.91. Soybean oil 10.20.
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Chicago
Livestock price estimates from National Stockyards report
AP notes Monday estimates at National Stockyards showing hogs about 8 000 head and cattle around 4 700 with calves and sheep small offerings. Hogs ranged from 17.00 to 19.85 for 160 to 300 pound barrows and gilts, 15.00 to 17.00 for 300 to 650 pound sows. cattle 150 and calves 50, utilities and commercial cows 16.00 to 18.00, calves steady. dealers quote 27.00 to 28.00 for good to choice. Sheep were 50 head or less, with prices not tested.
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National Stockyards
Chicago Produce Prices Steady at Mercantile Exchange
Chicago AP report notes butter and eggs wholesale buying prices unchanged at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Butter with 93 score AA at 66, 92 A at 66, 90 B at 65, 89 C 11%. Eggs about steady with price details: grade A whites 32, mixed 3114, mediums 29 percent, standards 30, checks 24. Cars 90 B 65 and 89 C 12 percent referenced in the same note.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Wall Street Bears Early After Three-Day Rally
Wall Street opened higher but showed weariness as the AP average of 6 stocks slid to 315.8 at noon, with the Dow Jones industrial average at 847.10 up 0.39. IBM fell 5 points amid news the House antitrust subcommittee would study the computer industry. other computers like Control Data and Sperry Rand advanced on fractions.
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Associated Press
IBM
House Antitrust Subcommittee
Dow Jones
Sperry Rand
du Pont
General Motors
General Foods
General Electric
Liggett & Myers
Swift
Household Finance
New Hampshire
Xerox
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
Raytheon 2
Anaconda
Gulf & Western Industries
Chicago Great Western
American Stock Exchange
Youth Suffered Hand Injury During Auto Repair
Roy Yanez aged 16 of 610 Conger Avenue sustained a severe hand injury while helping repair an automobile. The incident occurred in the 1200 block of South Tenth Street last night.
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Roy Yanez
Conger Avenue
South Tenth Street
Why A Chamber Of Commerce Why Mt Vernon Leads Local Growth
A Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce member drive unfolds on March 17 with the question Why A Chamber of Commerce. John Dillingham, manager of Rudy Patrick Seed division, argues a chamber unites diverse occupations to build a better community and future at Rend Lake, the junior college, airport plans and interstate highways on the horizon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Vernon
Rend Lake
Southern Illinois
Urbana Man Dies At Auto Wheel
A 58-year-old Urbana man, Raymond A. Maxwell, died after losing control of his car at a downtown Urbana intersection. Police said the vehicle veered off the street, struck a tavern front, reversed, knocked over a traffic sign, and finally stopped in the front window of a hardware store.
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Champaign
Urbana
Raymond A. Maxwell
Maxwell
House Approves 4.5 Billion For Vietnam War Effort
The House voted to authorize 4.5 billion dollars for the Vietnam war. Rivers defended the aid saying American troops need weapons regardless of other issues. Rep. Fraser challenged whether political factors of the conflict should weigh as heavily as military needs.
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North Vietnam
Rivers
Vietnam
Donald Fraser
D-Minn
Johnson Kennedy Split Grows Wider on North Vietnam War
Sen. Kennedy urges peace steps while asserting bombing of the North can be halted as a move toward peace without weakening U.S. stance in the South. Sen. Henry M. Jackson outlines Johnson’s position on the air war as minutes after Kennedy’s speech the President’s letter defending the North Vietnam air campaign is released.
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Senate
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Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Johnson
Jackson
North
Vietnam
Student Council Cage Game Pits KXOK All Stars vs Woodrome’s Wonders
The Mt. Vernon Township High School gym hosts a March 21 fundraiser basketball game pitting KXOK radio All Stars against Woodrome’s Wonders, a faculty team, to raise for American Field Service and a scholarship fund. Coach Keith Morris notes the All Stars have played 100+ games for nonprofits, aiming to gross at least 1200 dollars, with Woodrome joking about a possible ten point handicap.
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KXOK
Woodrome
Mt. Vernon Township
St. Louis
Keith Morris
Woodrome’s
American Field Service
A.F.S
Wonder
Archie Woodrome
Johnsons Fly Back To Ranch
President Johnson returns to Texas to reunite with Luci Johnson Nugent who is pregnant with their first grandchild. Luci and her husband live in Austin, planning to have the baby in Texas in mid June. Mrs Johnson confirmed the pregnancy and expressed happiness about the expected grandchild.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Texas
Luci
Nugents
Boy Picked Up In Theft Case At Laird Jewelers
A 14 year-old boy was taken into custody by police Thursday after a watch lighter was stolen at Laird Jewelers on Broadway. Police released the boy to his parents. no warrant had been issued in the case this morning.
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Laird Jewelers
Broadway
Grant Divorce In Circuit Court
A divorce suit filed and granted the same day in circuit court here Thursday ended in Stanton Forrest Cunningham versus Gladys Cunningham. The couple wed February 9, 1966 and separated March 1, 1966. Judge Alvin Lacy Williams presided.
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Stanton Forrest Cunningham
Gladys Cunningham
Bertrand is New Orleans Mystery Man
The piece ties Bertrand to ongoing Kennedy assassination inquiries. It notes Ferrie’s death amid Garrison probes and Shaw’s arrest for alleged conspiracy to murder President John F. Kennedy. FBI had investigated Shaw in 1963 and cleared him. Shaw was in San Francisco on November 22, 1963.
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Garrison
Nicholas’ Chetta
Gerrison
Clay Bertrand
Shaw
John F. Kennedy
International Trade Mart
Ramsey Clark
U.S
FBI
San Francisco
Kennedy
Dallas
Fines after circuit court ruling list four motorists
Fines assessed in circuit court include James T. Hurt of 1105 Belair Drive with $10 for failing to yield right of way Theodore D. Ramsey Route 1 Bonnie $15 for speeding Gary C. Moore Route 3 $5 on a current violation Charlie O Wilkes Decatur $25 for permitting an unauthorized person to drive a vehicle.
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James T. Hurt
Belair Drive
Theodore D. Ramsey
Route 1
Bonnie
Gary C. Moore
Route 3
Charlie O. Wilkes
Decatur
Soviet fishing vessel escorted to Sand Point on charges of fishing rights violation
A Soviet stern ramp trawler seized by the Coast Guard near Chignik Alaska is being escorted to Sand Point for arraignment on charges of violating U S fishing rights. The master faces up to 10000 dollars and one year in jail with possible vessel forfeiture.
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Juneau
Alaska
Coast Guard
U.S
Sand Point
Storis
Chignik
Alaska Peninsula
Speck Judge Loses Case in Chicago Nurses Massacre Trial
The judge in the Speck murder trial delays proceedings to continue jury selection after recess while prosecutors seek jurors open to death penalty. Speck, 25, faces charges tied to the killing of eight student nurses last July in Chicago. Sheriff Koeppel says four appointed jurors are secluded at the Pere Marquette Hotel. panels may watch TV but cannot read newspapers.
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Veniremen
Martin
Speck
Chicago
Willard Koeppel
Pere Marquette
Lawmen Swarm to Mt Vernon Rabbit Dinner
Rob ers urged adoption of the Stop and Frisk bill now in the legislature and to license 16 year old drivers training. Dropouts would wait until 18 for a license. Mayor Joe Martin and State officials spoke at a dinner where Del bert Carlton, an Illinois Police Association official, was introduced as a founder of the first rabbit dinner 16 years ago.
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Roberts
Joe Martin
Frank Walker
Alvin Lacy Williams
Ben Blades
Fairfield
Irvin Warren
Benton
Jim McKenzie
Police and Fire Commission
John Wielt
State Division of Highway
Dedman
Delbert Carlton
Mt. Vernon
Illinois Police Association
Man Jailed After Shooting Incident in Mt Vernon
Richard Spearman, 31, of 524 Forrest Avenue, jailed after a south Mt Vernon shooting. He allegedly fired five times during a dispute at 404 Forrest Avenue and pointed a pistol at Mrs. Beaner Robinson and her husband Eugene Robinson. Police continue investigation.
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Mt. Vernon
Richard Spearman
Forrest Avenue
Spearman
Beaner Robinson
Lamar
Eugene Robinson
Project Uplift Seeks Insurance Bids and Details
Project Uplift is taking bids on various insurance items. Bid forms are available at the Project Uplift office in the courthouse, within the county superintendent of schools Ogie Ellis's office. Bids must be returned by Thursday, March 16.
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Project Uplift
Ogie Ellis
County Superintendent of Schools
VFW To Move Into New Home
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post will relocate to lth and Jordan streets on March 12 after purchasing and remodeling the property. A grand opening is planned for a later date, replacing years of basement quarters at Tenth and Main streets.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Lth
Jordan Streets
VFW
Tenth and
Main Streets
Stolen Checks Cashed Here
Two of seven payroll checks stolen from John Kendricks home at 603 South 12th Street were cashed, Mt. Vernon police said today.
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Mt. Vernon
John Kendricks
South 12Th Street
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