Deaths and funerals of Mrs Mayme Copple at Walnut Hill
Mrs Mayme Olive Copple aged 75 10 months 2 days died at St Marys Hospital Centralia. Funeral Friday 1:30 pm Queen Boggs Chapel Centralia with Rev Verneal Garren officiating. Burial Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery. She lived in Walnut Hill all life born Jefferson County daughter of John Dickinson and Sarah Stover. Survived by son John H Copple three daughters Florasley Evelyn Wiegel and Margaret Musgrave a brother Frank Dickinson and sister Elsie Breeze twelve grandchildren eleven great grandchildren. Member Little Grove Christian church.
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Mayme Olive Copple
RFD
Walnut Hill
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
Queen Boggs Chapel
Verneal Garren
Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery
Copple
Jefferson County
John Horace
Sarah V. (Stover) Dickinson
Mt. Vernon
Birthel
Bert) Copper
John H. Copple
Florasley
Jacksonville
Djl
Evelyn Wiegel
Galesburg
Margaret Musgrave
Phoenix
Ariz
Frank Dickinson
Elsie Breeze
Salem
Little Grove Christian Church
Clyta Crocker Dies at 77 in Jefferson County
Mrs. Clyta Crocker 77 lifelong Jefferson county resident died at 3 am after a lingering illness. Body to Myers Chapel with services at 1 pm Monday officiated by Rev. Don Crocker. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by sister Ethel Darwin, niece Gail Hamilton Bindley and other relatives. Registered nurse active in blood bank and crippled children’s clinic.
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Clyta Crocker
Jefferson County
Myers Chapel
Don Crocker
Oakwood Cemetery
Grover Scott Dies Sudden at 72 in Mt Vernon
Grover Scott Sr. 72, retired boilermaker and longtime veteran affairs worker, died suddenly at 2 15 PM yesterday likely from a heart attack. He lived at 609 South 23rd Street, collapsed near the public square, and died at Good Samaritan Hospital. He served in World War I and held multiple veterans roles, including past commander of King City Barracks and senior vice commander of District 3 USA VFW. Funeral services set for Myers Chapel Saturday at 1 30 PM with military rites at Oakwood Cemetery. He was born December 8 1892 in Cerro Gordo Illinois, married to Bessie L. Lowery, and survived by wife, two sons Grover Jr and Ward L Scott, two sisters Maude Hays and May Lowery, and one grandson. Twin sons died in infancy.
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Grover Scott, Sr
Mr. Vernon
Veterans Affairs
Scott
South 23Rd Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
King City Barracks
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
The
Moose Lodge
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
U.S.A
Shiloh
F. L. Trotter
Oakwood Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mr. Scott
Cerro Gordo
Sylvester W
Anetta (Plunket) Scott
Bessie L. Lowery
Grover Scott, Jr
Ward L. Scott
Mt. Vernon
Maude Hays
May Lowery
Kerr Patterson Funeral Friday
Funeral services for W. Kerr Patterson will be held at the Presbyterian church in Du Quoin at 2 p.m. Friday. Patterson, 74, a former Mr. Vernon resident, died in a Du Quoin hospital Tuesday night. The body lies in state 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Weinburg Funeral Chapel and will be moved to the church Friday morning.
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W. Kerr Patterson
Presbyterian
du- Quoin
Patterson
Vernon
Weinburg
du Quoin
Starlings Run Bluebirds Away in Central Illinois
A team from Eastern Illinois University reports starlings drive bluebirds from Central Illinois nesting sites. Zoology professor Harry Peterka says both species prefer similar sites, but the bluebird is too timid to compete with the starling.
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Charleston
Central
Ilinois
Harry Peterka
Eastern Ilinois University
Snow Strands Illinois Roads Amid Ice and Wrecks
A pair of crashes in Chicago area and across Illinois followed sleet and freezing rain. Rose Randolph injured in a 7:05 p.m. collision at 34th and Broadway. Phillip Rubenacker charged with driving too fast for conditions. John Rose and Marvin Dixon in a separate 8:15 p.m. crash. Rose charged with driving while intoxicated. Statewide snow depths ranged from two to seven inches with slick highways and a looming freeze.
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Rose N. Randolph
North Seventh
34Th
Broadway
Phillip Eugene Rubenacker
Spruce
24Th
John R. Rose
Marvin G. Dixon
Rose
Jackson County
Effingham
Greenville
Ramsey
Edwardsvile
Alton
Chester
Golconda
Cairo
U.S. 5
Salem
Flora
Ottawa
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Illinois
Thornton couple welcome daughter Sarah Elizabeth
Mr and Mrs Roger Thornton of 150 Willow Wood Court Emporium Pa are parents of a daughter born March 1 at Earl Memorial Hospital St Mary Pa. The infant weighed seven pounds two ounces and is named Sarah Elizabeth. The mother is the former Miss Johnson of Mt Vernon. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Snox Johnson of Johnstown Pa, former residents of Emporium.
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Roger Thornton
Willow Wood Court
Emporium
Earl Memorial Hospital
St. Mary
Sarah Elizabeth
Miss Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Snox Johnson
Johnstown
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Admitted at Jefferson Memorial include Dawn Marie Pennington of Murphysboro Lula May Simpson of Fairfield. Discharged: Steven Mullins Jack E. Crouch Pearl Ellis. Good Samaritan admissions list Ellen Lorraine Bigham Grace Pearl McBride Lora Isabel Payne Oscar Lowell Pierce Harmon Thomas Newland Marie Vaught Dora Thompson Robert John Whipple Loretta Mae Chambliss William Stinson Geff Darren Jenkins Kenneth Jerry Fulton. Discharged: Alice Marie Edwards Mrs Brenda Kay Staley and baby Leslie Dawn Betty Ruth Solomon Irma Louise Igo Tony Ellsworth Topovich Stella Jenkins Ward Vesta Elmira Wolfe Mrs Mabel Jean Westbrook and baby Michael Eugene Jane Alyce Phillips Dwight Maxwell Hughey Har shel Tate Barbara Darlene Johnson Edward McCaw David Eugene Crocker Thomas Lee Reckling Mrs Wilma Mae Keele and baby Michael Eugene Mrs Bonnie Creed and baby Bobby Gene Drayton Al Allison Lou Clintes Browdes.
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Jefferson Memorial
Dawn Marie Pennington
Murphysboro
Lula May Simpson
Fairfield
Steven Mullins
Jack E. Crouch
Pearl Ellis
Good Samaritan
Ellen Lorraine Bigham
Grace Pearl McBride
Lora Isabel Payne
Oscar Lowell Pierce
Harmon Thomas Newland
Marie Vaught
Dora Thompson
Robert John Whipple
Loretta Mae Chambliss
William Stinson
Geff Darren Jenkins
Kenneth Jerry Fulton
Alice Marie Edwards
Brenda Kay Staley
Leslie Dawn
Betty Ruth Soloman
Irma Louise Igo
Tony Ellsworth Topovich
Stella Jenkins Ward
Vesta Elmira Wolfe
Mabel Jean Westbrook
Michael Eugene
Jane Alyce Phillips
Dwight Maxwell Hughey
Harshel Tate
Barbara Darlene Johnson
Edward McCaw
David Eugene Crocker
Thomas Lee Reckling
Wilma Mae Keele
Bonnie Creed
Bobby Gene
Drayton
al) Allison
Lou Clintes Browdes
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Update
Prices at Mt Vernon through 12 30 p m today were 50 cents lower with hogs topping at 16 35 for 200 to 220 lb. sows fell to 14 75 for 300 weight and 14 50 for 800 lb and over boars held at 9 50 to 10 00. After 12 30 p m prices will be based on the next day’s figures.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon dealers posted price quotes this afternoon for Wheat at 1.39 Soybeans at 2.87 Shell corn at 1.28 Ear corn at 1.25
Livestock receipts forecast for National Stockyards tomorrow
National Stockyards forecasts show tomorrow's receipts of hogs 4,500 cattle 300 calves 100 sheep 100. Hog offerings include barrows and gilts 16.75 to 17.50 per 100 pounds and sows 300 to 650 pounds at 14.50 to 16.50. Cattle 1,500 calves 150 with good and choice steers 22.00 to 23.75, cows 13.00 to 15.00, vealers 20.00 to 32.00. Sheep 200 with choice and prime wooled lambs 25.00 to 26.00.
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National Stockyards, II
Egg and poultry price ranges from St Louis market
St Louis AP reports egg and live poultry price ranges by grade and weight. Consumer grades show A large 25-26, A medium 23-24, A small 18-19, B large 23-24, wholesale grades standard 22 4%-23, unclassified 21-21%. Hens heavy 17-18, light over 5 lb 10-11, under 5 lb 44%, broilers and fryers 18-19.
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ST. Louis (Ap
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Prices Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes butter wholesale prices steady with scores 93 AA 57 percent 92 A 57 percent 90 B 56 percent 89 C 56 percent and cars 90 B 5714 89 C 57. Eggs show an overall steady trend with wholesale prices unchanged and whites 70 percent or better at 2544 mixed 2514 mediums 2412 standards 24 dirties unquoted checks 2142.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain prices report for wheat corn and soybeans
AP wire notes Chicago market figures for wheat No 2 hard at 1.63 areas No 2 red at 1.53 Corn No 2 yellow 1.31 No 3 yellow 1.25 Oats No 2 heavy white 0.73 Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.04 Soybean oil 12.10 per unit.
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Chicago
Wall Street Ends Mixed After Heavy Volume Session
Wall Street closed irregularly lower amid heavy trading with about 7.4 million shares. Thiokol and Motorola led activity on big demand for color sets while Hupp jumped 25 percent on a coffee roasting breakthrough, and Du Pont, Kennecott, and Baltimore & Ohio fell.
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Thiokol
Motorola
Zenith
Texas Gulf
KLM Airlines
Pan American World Airways
du Pont
Kennecott
Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central
Hupp
Western Union
American Stock Exchange
U.S
No Tourism At Churchill Grove
BLADON England AP reports a town votes to ban tourist services around Sir Winston Churchill’s grave in the churchyard. Councillor Charles French advocates keeping the site simple to avoid overdeveloping the area like Stratford on Avon.
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Bladon
England
Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill
Sir Winston
Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare
Charles French
Weather: Here And Elsewhere Wednesday Forecast
Wednesday will reach 29 degrees with a 21 degree low and light snow from 7:00 a.m. Wednesday to 7:00 a.m. Thursday. Rainfall this year sums to 5.51 inches. Previous years show varying highs and lows including 62/34 last year and 69/38 ten years ago. Friday sunrise is 6:28 and sunset 5:56 CST.
Vandalia and Pana Back Midstate Expressway Plan
Representatives from Vandalia and Pana endorsed a 27.4 mile expressway replacing U S 51 between Rockford area and Mount Vernon. They urged that each community have adequate access to the highway while state officials estimate two years before planning funds become available.
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Vandalia, Til
Vandalia
Pana
Rockford
Mount Vernon
VA to sell over 600 foreclosed Cahokia homes
The Veterans Administration offers more than 600 houses in Cahokia south of East St. Louis, totaling over 6 million dollars in defaulted VA loans. Many homes were built to sell for 10 000 to 11 000 dollars and some have sat empty for over two years. Defaults cite job losses higher taxes faulty septic systems and frequent floods as causes. Cahokia lies along the Mississippi River.
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East ST. Louis ,Ill
Veterans Administration
Cahokia
East St. Louis
Mississippi River
Appalachiabill sent to president with regional commission
A bill creating a regional commission with governors or delegates from 11 states and a presidential appointee would veto commission decisions. Each state must approve any project. The vote tally showed 232 Democrats and 25 Republicans in support, with 56 Democrats and 109 Republicans opposed. The GOP substitute proposed a 995 million price tag and eligibility for about 1,400 counties, gaining eight Democratic votes and losing 44 Republican votes.
Bombers Mistaken Identity and Saigon Bomb Killings
Reports say three U S Navy aircraft returned from a mission after mistaken identity involving a Vietnamese air force commander Brig Gen Nguyen Cao Ky. A terrorist bomb in Saigon killed three Vietnamese and wounded seven including two Americans. Reds control roads. Arnett notes inertia in Binh Dinh. China accuses U S of demanding territory south of the 19th Parallel. Castro urges aid to North Vietnam. Gen Harold K Johnson departs on second South Viet Nam trip.
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U.S. Navy
North
Viet Nam
Saigon
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Binh Dinh
China
United States
U.S
Peking People’s Daily
Democratic Republic of
Hanoi
Johnson Administration
Peking
DRV
State Department
Washington
Johnson
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
U.S. Army
Harold K. Johnson
Pentagon
Pacific
Local Pastors Attend Washington Conference
Three local area pastors Rev. C. C. Taylor Rev. Richard Stoner and Rev. Ross Partridge attended the International Fellowship of the Christian Business Mens' fellowship at the Shoreham Hotel Washington D C. Observers described diverse global participation with embassy and congressional breakfasts drawing foreign representatives and U S dignitaries, while American Welding Supply host Vernon Dalton and his family joined as guests of the event.
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International Fellowship of the Christian Business Mens’ Fellowship
Shoreham
Washington
D.C
C. C. Taylor
Richard Stoner
Ross Partridge
Orient
Europe
Africa
House of Representatives
U. S. Senate
Christian Business Mens’ Fellowship
American Welding Supply
Vernon
J. C. Dalton
Miller files for divorce in circuit court here
Julia Mae Miller filed suit for divorce against Early Miller in circuit court here charging adultery and cruelty. An injunction by Judge Alvin Lacy Williams restrains the defendant from molesting her. The couple married September 4, 1955 and separated September 1, 1963.
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Julia Mae Miller
Early Miller
Alvin Lacy Williams
China Tells Russia Junk Khrushchev Policies
Beijing demands Moscow discard Khrushchev era policies to restore Communist world unity. The People’s Daily says Khrushchevism persists and Moscow-Peking rift endures while disputes over public language at the 19-party conference threaten a prolonged session. Delegations from Australia Brazil and India push for a tougher note. Italy and Britain seek to avoid the topic.
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Tokyo
Peking
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
N. S
Khrushchev
Moscow-Peking
Australia
Brazil
India
Traffic fines in circuit court listed for four individuals
Lawrence F Pollard paid $10 for failure to hold a chauffeur license Chancey Williams of Okeechobee Florida paid $12 for speeding Larry R Heck paid $10 for careless driving Mona J Scofield paid $10 for leaving a driveway without due caution
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Lawrence F. Pollard
Chancey Williams
Okeechobee
Fla
Larry R. Heck
Monna J. Scofield
Chamber Invites Auto Agencies To Meeting
Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce invites ten local auto agencies to a community development meeting on March 9 at 4 p.m. The session will explore economic impact and a potential automobile show as a cooperative promotional project.
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Chamber
Mt. Vernon
Johnson Motor Service
Regency Motors, Inc
Negro Girls Attack Cop Outside Brooklyn School
In Brooklyn a white patrolman was knocked to his knees while breaking up a gang fight outside a Negro school. About 55 girls aged 13 to 15 clashed using sticks bottles and pipes. Fifteen were arrested after reinforcement arrived and the officer received hospital treatment for cuts and bruises.
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New York
Brooklyn
Peter J. Buccino
Interior names first public science sanctuaries
A freak cypress forest in California and a habitat for rare lizards in Colorado are among the initial tracts of land designated as scientific sanctuaries by the Interior Department, marking a new approach to protecting unique ecosystems.
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California
Colorado
Interior Department
Jefferson Officials Attend State Assessor Workshop
Four Jefferson county people were among more than 450 attendees at a three day state workshop in Peoria. Claude Ferguson and Kenneth Randall, with their spouses, represented local officials. Ferguson was the Shiloh Township assessor and Randall serves as a property assessment adviser for the state revenue department. The event, sponsored by the state revenue department and state assessors association, was praised as the best in the workshop series.
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Jefferson County
Peoria
Claude Ferguson
Kenneth Randall
Ferguson
Shiloh
State Revenue Department
State Assessors Association
Randall
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