Death notices for Mrs Lethe Carter in Eldorado
Funeral services are set for 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Rodgers Funeral Home Eldorado with Rev. Allen Reed officiating. Burial follows at Lindale Memorial Gardens Eldorado. The 68 year old widow died at 10:40 p.m. Monday at her home on State Street. She was born November 7 1897 in Eldorado and was daughter of Eli and Alice Ghielson. Survived by four daughters nine grandchildren and three sisters and two brothers.
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Lethe Carter
Rodgers Funeral Home
Eldorado
Allen Reed
Lindale Memorial Gardens
Rodgers Funeral
Carter
State Street
Herschel Mayberry
Mt. Vernon
Eli and
Alice
Reasons) Ghielson
Otis A. Carter
Stanley Carter
City
Roscoe Thaxton
Frank Sutton
Joe Harbison
East St. Louis
Alva Gholson
Elmo Gholson
McLeansboro
Jack Morris
Carl Falk
Charles White
Bill Wills
Newton
Ill
Stella Malin Dies Formerly of Mt. Vernon
Miss Stella Malin age 81 of Macedonia Illinois formerly of Mt. Vernon died Tuesday at Franklin Hospital Benton. Funeral services slated 2 p.m. Thursday Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home Benton with burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at the funeral home. Surviving nieces and nephews include Mrs Herman Summers and Mrs Beulah Heil of Mt. Vernon and Byford Malin of Waltonville along with Alva Alexander a brother-in-law of Macedonia and Buena Malin of Benton.
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Stella Malin
Macedonia, Ill
Mt. Vernon
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Hobbs- Johnson Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hobbs-Johnson Funear
Miss Malin
Herman Summers
Beulah Heil
Vernon and
Byford Malin
Waltonville
Alva Alexander
Macedonia
Jefferson County
Buena Malin
Royce Grocery operator Charles A Royce dies at 77 themes
Charles A Royce a Mt Vernon resident and owner of the Royce Grocery on Ashley Road for 15 years died at 4 40 pm yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital He was 77 years 11 months and 10 days old Funeral services will be Friday at 130 pm Myers Chapel with Dr Don Crocker officiating Burial at Memorial Gardens He lies in state after 4 pm Thursday Survived by wife Ruth Galbraith four daughters 16 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren An infant daughter preceded him in death.
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Charles A. Royce
Route 3
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Don Crocker
Memorial Gardens
Royce
Ashley Road
Madison
Ind
Thomas
Jane Royce
Grace McCarthy
Louisville
Ruth Galbraith
Stanley Reed
Solon Aldridge
Lexington
Curtis Webster
Glen Hassfurder
Meetings and lodge gatherings announced for March 10
The Mildred Sherrod Federated Club will meet March 10 at 8:00 p.m. at Mrs. Emma Fleming’s home. Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296 meets March 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the 10.0.F. hall. Veterans of World War One auxiliary and King City Bar racks members attend the Third District convention March 14 in Olney with a noon carry-in dinner and afternoon sessions.
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Mildred Sherrod
Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
King City Barracks
Veterans of
Auxiliary
Third District
Olney
Kerner Whitten discuss changing Interstate 55
Washington AP Gov Otto Kerner of Illinois and Francis Lorenz met 45 minutes with Commerce Department officials to discuss Interstate 55 changes. Rex Whitton said no decision yet. route would shift funds from US 66 Joliet Lincoln to a La Salle-Peru Lincoln path via Peoria area.
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Washington
Otto Kerner
Ilinois
Commerce Department
Kerner
Illinois Director of Public Works and Builldings
Francis S. Lorenz
Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
Rex M. Whitton
Lorenz
Whitton
Springfield
Chicago
Joliet
Lincoln
la Salle
Peru
Peoria
Boyd
Public Roads Bureau
De Gaulle Plans French Exit From NATO
Paris reports France will leave NATO citing impossible reform, while open to new mutual defense talks with allies. A cabinet spokesman said Paris will act on foreign military bases and discuss outcomes, with statements likely reflecting De Gaulle guidance. Earlier Harlan Cleveland warned the alliance that France seeks control of U.S. troops in France.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
Yvon Bourges
de Gaulle
U.S
Harlan Cleveland
United States
Hospital Notes list admitted and discharged patients
Admission entries include Nina Hazel Goin Dahlgren Larry Ike Mendenhall Old Union Road. Discharges list Coy Irene Johnston RFD 4 Allen Wilson Wayne City Robert Kennedy Wayne City Ted E Wood 15 Beverly Heights with many more names and addresses including Hattie Evelyn Buhler 1902 Perkins Florence Bayer 1515 south 12th David Schooley 223 north 9th Pansy Ziegler 612 Herbert Charles Royce RFD 3 George Jackson 1409 south Vith Allen Fairchild 1241 Jones Ronald Gene Dixon Jr 1004 south 13th Holly Lee Oberman Lockport IL Harold A Johnston RFD 2 Hattie Allen 300 Walnut Shellie Beth Freeman 19 Homestead Charles Lowery 520 Jordan Alice Fallon Kaufman 722 Magnolia Myrtle Fredericks No 6 Southbrook William Paul Allen 620 south 17th Mrs Linda Mae Panzier and baby Lendell Mack Waltonville Geraldine Roberta DeLapor te No 3 Northbrook Aline Talbert Bluford Alice Leone Sexton 423 Johnson Rosemary Johnston RFD 2 Roy Vernon Teal Belle Rive Edrie Alice Kluck 403 Herbert Thelma Mae Thompson Ash ley Virginia Delcle Tyree Neelyville Mo Charlotte Dobrzykowski 90335 south 25th port Tl Beth Ann Webb RFD 1.
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Hattie Evelyn Buhler
Perkins
Florence Bayer
South 12Th
David Schooley
North 9Th
Pansy Ziegler
Herbert
Charles Royce
RFD
George Jackson
South
Allen Fairchild
Jones
Ronald Gene Dixon, Jr
South 13Th
Holly Lee Oberman
Lockport
Harold A. Johnston
Hattie Allen
Walnut
Shellie Beth Freeman
Homestead
Charles Lowery
Jordan
Alice Fallon Kaufman
Magnolia
Myrtle Henrietta Fredericks
Southbrook
William Paul Allen
South 17Th
Linda Mae Panzier
Lendell Mack
Waltonville
Geraldine Roberta DeLaporte
Northbrook
Aline Talbert
Bluford
Alice Leone Sexton
Johnson
Rosemary Johnston
Roy Vernon Teal
Belle
Weather snapshot MT VERNON Tuesday forecast
MT VERNON weather shows a high of 47 and a low of 27 with rainfall totaling 3.90 inches through 1966. Compared values include one year ago 46/21 and five years ago 46/30. Ten year ago saw 65/28. Thursday sunrise at 6 21 and sunset at 6 01 CST.
Weather Outlook For Southern Winds Area Next Week
Temperatures will run about 39 degrees above normal from Thursday through Monday with warm spells Thursday and Friday and a cooler weekend followed by a warming trend Monday. Normal highs range from the upper 40s north to mid 50s south, and lows from the upper 20s north to mid 30s south. Little or no precipitation is expected.
Cloudy Chicago Weather Across Illinois With Mild Temps
Cloudy skies covered the state with no rain forecast. Temperatures rose from the mid 40s to the 60s, morning lows in the 30s. Tonight’s lows expected in the mid 30s to 40s. Thursday to be cloudy and warmer.
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Chicago
Minois
Debtor Tries To Shoot Up The Loan Company
In Chicago a 21 year old man named George Schwartz burst into the Winter and Hirsch Finance Co on the near South Side and fired a shotgun into the ceiling. He grabbed a receptionist and was talked into surrendering after police arrived. He claimed he was mixed up and confused about a $3500 loan balance pursued on his brother in law Vincent Heljleman who cosigned the note. The gunman said the finance firm had threatened to garnish wages and that the loan was tied to a car bought in 1963 for 2200 dollars which the company repossessed in 1964.
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Chicago
George Schwartz
Chica- 80
Chicago Board of Education
Winter & Hirsch Finance Co
Near South Side
Schwartz
Lewis Smith
Winter & Hirsch
Vincent Heljleman
Mother curses Adlai III in money dispute
State Rep. Adlai E Stevenson III testified about offering his mother a $500 monthly income and being cursed and chased from her home as part of a case to appoint an administrator for Ellen Borden Stevenson’s estate. He described past threats and expenditures while noting the estate has shrunk from $400,000 to about $100,000 and now owes around $80,000.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Fines Assessed Clear Circuit Docket Of Old Cases
Old circuit court docket cleared as Judge Charles Jones accepted eight guilty pleas, dismissed four charges, and forfeited bonds for defendants who failed to appear. Most cases date back over two years. Fines ranged from 25 to 100 dollars for offenses including contributing to delinquency of a minor theft forgery and battery. Defendants named include Jimmy Howell Edward Stone Isaiah White Robert Lee Karch Shirley Ann Roeder Earl Ellison Loss and Robert C DeBaun.
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Circuit Court
Charles Jones
Jimmy Howell
Edward Lee Stone
Isaiah White
Robert Lee Karch
Shirley Ann Roeder
Earl Ellison
Robert C. DeBaun
Seven Die In Hunting Party Plane Collision
In Santa Barbara a hunting party bound for an offshore island to hunt wild boar lost seven members when two planes collided during a flight. Victims identified include Las Vegas residents Jack Wheeler, Dr. John Gilbert, Claude Gilbert Casey, two pilots from Santa Paula, and guides Ted Shatt and Gordon Ridge, amid earlier reports from Ventura County authorities.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Ventura County
Jack Leroy Wheeler
John Carroll Gilbert
Claude Gilbert Casey
Las Vegas
Nev
R.L. Wallace
Wally Bassett
Santa Paula
Ted Shatt
Gordon Ridge
Rend Lake Group Elects Gayer as New President
The Rend Lake Association elected Gayer as president. Returning directors James Strain Troy Lager Hosea Lewis Robert Ritchason Durward Newhouse Lawson Payne and Joe Finley were reelected. Evan W. Page of Lesser and Karl Price of Mt. Vernon joined as new directors. The group endorsed a junior college on Rend Lake shores. Retiring president Jamison was praised for leadership and municipal support.
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Jamison
Rend Lake
Birth of daughter to Mr and Mrs Wayne Wagner
Mr and Mrs Wayne Wagner of 109 South 20th Street welcomed a daughter born at 7 30 last night in Good Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds seven ounces.
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Wayne Wagner
South 20Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Belle Rive water plan okayed by town boards
Belle Rive and Dahlgren boards discussed financing for a new water system with Mt Vernon attorney N Y Dowell. They will seek Farm and Home Administration help and consider a grant up to 50 percent of construction. Estimated charges: $5 to $5.50 monthly per customer unless grant reduces the rate. Dahlgren may still use Belle Rive water or remain independent. old reservoir plan dropped by Belle Rive. An application for a federal loan on the old plan had not been acted on.
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N. Y. Dowell
Mt. Vernon
The
Farm & Home Administration
Dowell
Federal Farm & Home Administration
Horton
Belle Rive
Dahlgren
Opdyke
James Kelly
Old Water Commission
McLeansboro
Dahlgren Board
Vernon Market Prices for Soybeans and Corn
Markets with Vernon Grain report Mt. Vernon prices this afternoon. Soybeans quoted at 2.71, shell corn at 1.27, ear corn at 1.25. Heavily focused on grain prices and regional market activity.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Report
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were down 250 with top at 24 8 for 200 to 220 lb hogs Sows down 500 to 23 00 for 300 weight down sows 300 weight and over 22 75 down Boars down 1 00 to 16 50 and 17 00 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day's prices.
Chicago Grain market prices summarized
AP reports Chicago grain quotes with wheat No 2 hard 1.59 and No 2 red 1.62 per bushel, corn No 2 yellow 1.25 to 7, oats No 2 heavy white 76 to 77 percent, No 1 extra heavy white 78 to 15, soybeans No 1 yellow 2.82 and No 2 yellow 2.83, and soybean oil at 11.28.
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Chicago
St Louis eggs and poultry price listings
St Louis market report lists consumer egg grades and weights. Details include A large 4042 A medium 3840 A small 2931 B large 36-38 wholesale grades 36-38 unclassified 30-32 checks 24-26 hens heavy 21-22 light over 5 lb 14-15 under 5 lb 7 broilers and fryers 22-24.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Market Report Highlights Poultry, Butter and Eggs
Chicago AP market notes show live poultry roasters at 28 to 29 cents, red white rock fryers 2242 to 23, butter firm with AA at 93 score and other grades, cars at 90 to 66 percent, eggs steady to firm with 70 percent or better grade A whites at 43. Mixed eggs 42 to 15 and mediums 41, reflecting vegetable and livestock pricing activity in Chicago markets.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Prices Report From National Stockyards Illinois
Estimated receipts for Thursday at National Stockyards include hogs 7500, cattle 1000, calves 150, sheep 200. Hog prices 190-240 lb barrows and gilts 24.75-25.75, 325-350 lb sows 22.25-24.00. Cattle 2500, calves 200, good to choice steers 27.00-28.75, good to choice heifers 24.50-28.00, cows 17.50-19.50, good to choice vealers 28.00-37.00. Sheep 400, lambs 28.00-28.50 in the choice to prime range, shorn lambs 26.50.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Wall Street Opens With Cautious Rally On Mixed Readings
In New York the stock market shows a moder ate cautious rally at noon with gains in copper tobacco rails motors and drugs while glamour stocks in televisions electronics aerospace and airlines fade. The Dow up 3.01 at 922.99 and the AP average 1.5 higher at 345.2 as unemployment hits a 12 year low stirring debate on tax boosts and restraining measures. Simmons Co. slips ½ point to 33 on a 47,800 share block. Trading active on the American Stock Exchange with bonds mostly steady.
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New York
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Simmons Co
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Johnson urges laws to curb interstate gun sales
President Lyndon B. Johnson calls for new laws to fight crime by stopping blind mail order and out of state gun sales. He argues there is no need to curtail hunting or marksmanship rights but emphasizes tightened controls on purchases from unknown buyers.
Firemen Find No Gas Leakage Disturbance at 1005 South 24th
Mt. Vernon firemen were called to the Winton Thompson home at 1005 South 24th Street at 8 10 p m yesterday to investigate an odor of gas. No gas leakage was found.
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Mt. Vernon
Winton Thompson
South 24Th
Public TV CATV Debate Splits Lawmakers and Industry
Washington AP reports experts clash over CATV growth. Lindow warns CATV threatens local stations by carrying distant signals and reducing local audiences. Ford argues CATV boosts variety and competition without harming local TV, opposing pay TV. Paernow urges legislation to protect public access to programs.
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Washington
Community Antenna Television
CATV
Lester W. Lindow
Association of Maximum Service Telecasters
Frederick W. Ford
Federal Communications Commission
National Community Television Association, Inc
Lindow
Ford
FCC
Leon N. Paernow
Community Cablecasting Corp
Congress
Probe Report Of Gunfire Here At 10:15 P M
Police investigated a report of gunfire near 14th and Con ger but found no evidence of shots. They theorized the sounds came from an automobile back fire as several residents reported hearing sharp noises.
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Mt. Vernon
14Th and
Conger
U S Cable Rules Take Effect April Eighteen
FCC announces new CATV regulations will take effect April 18 for most of the nations 1650 systems and set scheduling, nonduplication, and access rules. The order details local station carriage, eight day notice for blackout requests, and hearings after March 17 for top market entries.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Robert T. Bartley
Congress
Commission
Trucker Cited In Mishap Here
Mt. Vernon police cited John Paul Kazwell a 46 year old Constantine Michigan driver for an improper left turn after a collision at Broadway and 13th about 5 24 p m. The crash damaged a car driven by James Jones 25 of Salem and a truck.
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Mt. Vernon
John Paul Kazwell
Constantine
Mich
Kazwell
James Jones
Salem
Broadway
Marion Seeks Referendum for Four-County Junior College
The State Junior College Board is asked to authorize a referendum on creating a four county regional junior college in Marion. About 1,300 signatures were filed Tuesday, covering parts of Williamson, Franklin, Jackson, and Perry counties.
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Marion, Tr
State Junior College Board
Marion
Williamson
Franklin
Jackson
Perry
Circuit Court Traffic Fines Listed for Speeding
In circuit court Hosea R. Wise of Macedonia was fined 14 dollars for speeding while Barney Taylor of Benton was fined 10 dollars for speeding.
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Hosea R. Wise
Macedonia
Barney Taylor
Benton
Prince Philip Leaves for North American Charity Tour
Prince Philip husband of Queen Elizabeth II begins a 10000 mile charity tour in North America after arriving from Nassau Bahamas. He aims to raise up to a million dollars for children’s charities with stops in Houston Los Angeles Chicago New York Toronto and Ottawa following a Caribbean trip with the Queen.
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Miami
Fila
Prince Philip
England
Elizabeth I
London
Nassau
Jamaica
Houston
Tex
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Toronto
Ottawa
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