Death of Mt. Vernon police chief James L. Johnson
James Landon Johnson long time Mt. Vernon police chief in 1917 18 died at 1 45 this morning at 317 Main street aged 88 years two months 24 days after a long illness A veteran of the Spanish American War he was a retired telegrapher for the Illinois Central and C & E I railroads and once a Mt Vernon car shops shipping clerk Funeral services set for Monday 2 00 pm at Myers Chapel with Rev Benjamin Anderson officiating burial in Oakwood cemetery He was born November 16 1873 in Jefferson county and lived his life in the community He was married twice first to Julie Schuchman who died in 1924 and then on April 9 1927 to Stella C Westcott who survives Also surviving are his daughter Mrs Berthmitt four sons two step sons a brother seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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James Landon Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Main Street
Johnson
Myers Chapel
Benjamin Anderson
Oakwood Cemetery
Illinois Central
J. Cyril Begg
Mr. Johnson
Jefferson County
Green
Frances (Wright) Johnson
Julie Schuchman
Stella C. Westcott
Epworth
James L. Johnson
Brighton, Colo
O. Knox Johnson
Johnstown
Herman Westcott
Tacoma
Wasa
Emery Westcott
Chicago, Ill
Stephen Johnson
Gering
Nebraska
No Pictures Says Caroline Kennedy Refuses Photos
Caroline Kennedy told a photographer not to take pictures as she and her father arrived in Palm Beach. The girl, seated in the back seat, insisted No pictures after landing with President John F. Kennedy. The photographer continued snapping despite her objection. The children planned a visit to their grandfather Joseph P. Kennedy.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Caroline Kennedy
Kennedy
Caroline
John
Joseph P. Kennedy
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial admitted Mrs Ida Pauline Hall. Discharged Mrs Cosie St Clair of Bonnie. Good Samaritan admitted Kenneth Thomas Mills Jacqueline LaLamadier Jerome Francis LaLamondier Richard Calvin McGehee Logan J Tolley Lois Shoemaker. Discharged Don Harold Fergu son Myrtle Thomas Layton Meadows Brown Victor Struckle Goldie May Chirk Claude Harold Witzel Mrs Wilhemenia May Mc Daniel and baby Diane Leigh Linda Elizabeth Kash Glenn Edward Willis Silas Edgar Brookman Wallace William Byars Claude Edwin Schoch.
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Good Samaritan
Kenneth Thomas Mills
Jacqueline LaLamadier
Jerome Francis LaLamondier
Richard Calvin McGehee
Logan J. Tolley
Lois Shoemaker
Don Harold Ferguson
Myrtle Thomas
Layton Meadows Brown
Victor Struckle
Goldie May Chirk
Claude Harold Witzel
Wilhemenia May McDaniel
Diane Leigh
Linda Elizabeth Kash
Glenn Edward Willis
Silas Edgar Brookman
Wallace William Byars
Claude Edwin Schoch
Meetings of Rebekah and Masonic Lodges March 12
Rebekah Lodge 292 meets 7 30 PM Monday in I C C F Temple with Edith Jones teaching a school of instruction. American Legion Jefferson Post 141 meets 1 AM Monday at the Legion Hall. Mt Vernon Lodge 31 AF and AM holds a special 7 30 PM meeting with 3rd degree work. Visiting brethren welcome. Lester L Williams W M James Apgar Sec.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
Lester L. Williams
W.M. James Apgar
Auto-Lite, UAW reach three-year contract in stalled strike
The Electric Autolite Co and United Auto Workers agreed to a three-year pact that halted a planned 5,000 worker strike across 11 plants, including one in Illinois. The settlement signed Friday covers wage gains and improved pensions, supplemental employment, and insurance benefits after the old contract expired March 1. Autolite operates plants in Woodstock Illinois, Oklahoma City, Bay City, Niagara Falls, Syracuse, Toledo, Fostoria, Atlanta, Oakland, Vincennes, and Hazelton.
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Detroit
Mich
Electric Autolite Co
United Auto Workers
Illinois
Electric Autolite
Woodstock
Ill
Oklahoma City
Okla
Bay City, Mich
Niagara Falls
Syracuse
N.Y
Toledo
Fostoria
Ohio
Atlanta, Ga
Oakland, Calif
Vincennes, Ind
Hazelton, Pa
Red Chinese shelling of Quemoy island attack reported
(AP) Chinese Communists lobbed 38 shells at Quemoy Island on Friday in a two hour attack. Chinese Nationalist defense ministry said Chen Lee li, 33, of Anwu village Quemoy, was seriously wounded.
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Taipet
Formosa
Uemoy Islands
Defense Ministry
Chen Lee-li
Anwu
Quemoy
Sheriff Sale Notice in Mt Vernon Illinois 1962
By virtue of a Writ of Execution from Jefferson County Court Illinois in favor of James Ranmar doing business as Standard Tire Co against Roy M Fitts and Wilma Fitts a public sale will be held March 31 1962 at 1 30 PM for cash. Lot numbers 55 56 and 66 in Sam Caseys Oak Grove Addition Mt Vernon Illinois. Dated March 2 1962 Mt Vernon Sheriff Robert Ruddick Kirk Musick Attorneys at Law First National Bank Building Mt Vernon Illinois Chestnut 20705 3-17.
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Jefferson County
Illinois
James Ranmar
Standard Tire Co
Roy M. Fitts
Wilma Fitts
Sam Casey
Oak Grove
Mt. Vernon
Robert Ruddick
Kirk & Musick Attorneys At
First National Bank
Chestnut
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Association Annual Meeting
Notice to all members that the annual meeting will be held Tuesday March 13 1962 at 7 30 P M at 909 Shawnee Street Mt Vernon Illinois. Omar Browning president signs the notice dated March 3 1962.
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Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Association
Shawnee Street
Mt. Vernon
State of Illinois
Omar Browning
Notice Sale of Real Estate in Jefferson County Illinois
By order of the County Court of Jefferson County Illinois in probate Frank H Walker administrator of Etta May Haynes deceased will sell at public vendue on April 14 1962 at 1 00 pm The sale site is The South Door of the Court House Building Mt Vernon Illinois The property is part of Lot 16 Carroll Holts Third Subdivision Mt Vernon cash terms subject to taxes The administrator announces attorney Frank H Walker 100142 Broadway Mt Vernon Illinois 3 24
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Jefferson County
Illinois
Frank H. Walker
Etta May Haynes
Court House
Mt. Vernon
Said
Carroll
Holts
Jefferson
Ilinois
Broadway P
1962 Feed Grain Program Outlined by County Official
Jefferson County ASC chairman Mr. Parker Pierce outlined the 1962 feed grain program. Sign-up is under way with eligibility requires filing intentions by March 30, diverting at least 20 percent of the farm feed grain base, establishing diverted acres to approved conservation use, maintaining normal conserving crop acreage, and planting within the farm’s barley base. Cooperators receive per acre payments and price support to their farm’s normal production. non cooperators lose price support. Contact Mt Vernon ASCS for details.
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Parker Pierce
Jefferson County
ASC
Pierce
Mt. Vernon
Ascs Office
New Storm Moves Over the Rockies
Cold air spread across the nation during the night pushing temperatures below freezing in the Rockies and north of a line from the upper Mississippi Valley to the North Atlantic coast. Readings mostly in the 30s and 40s in the southern two thirds with 50s and 60s from Texas across the Gulf States.
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Oklahoma
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
North
Atlantic Coast
Texas
Gulf States
31st Death In Mine Disaster at Sachsen Mine
HEESSEN Germany AP an other miner died today bringing to 31 the death toll from Friday's coal mine disaster. Mining authorities said six miners were released from hospitals after treatment for light injuries from the firedamp explosion 3000 feet underground in the Sachsen mine.
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Heessen
Germany
Sachsen
Hub Cap Theft Reports Increase in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon police report ongoing hub cap thefts this week with two incidents on Friday. Ansel Owens of 1911 Cherry records four caps missing from his car while Orval Shurtz of 422 South 15th reports a single hub cap stolen from his vehicle.
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Mt. Vernon
Ansel Owens
Cherry
Orval Shurtz
South 15Th
Liz Crooner Spotted With Fisher Amid Romance Rumors
Burton repudiated the statement. The Los Angeles Herald Examiner reported Fisher left his wife in Rome and traveled to Spain over the alleged romance. He rushed back to Rome when Miss Taylor was hospitalized for food poisoning, later seen at a night club on her 30th birthday.
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Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Fisher
Rome
Spain
Miss Taylor
Liz
Eddie
Nicky Hilton
Michael Wilding
Michael Todd
Kennedy Rusk meet on final nuclear test ban push
President Kennedy convened Rusk and top aides including Foster Johnson McCone Lemnitzer for a White House strategy session. Rusk told Senate Foreign Relations Committee that progress on inspections won’t end atmospheric nuclear tests, as Kennedy warns tests could proceed next month without a Soviet treaty.
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Kennedy
Rusk
Disarmament Agency
William C. Foster
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jather
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
U.S
Soviet Union
Jacqueline Kennedy Visits Rome On Way To India
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in Rome for a 33 hour layover en route to India and Pakistan. She met President Gronchi at the Quirinal Palace, then to Ambassador Reinhardt’s villa, will attend Mass at the North American College and be received by Pope John XXIII.
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Jacqueline [Kennédy
America
India
Pakistan
Giovanni Gronchi
Quirinal Palace
Kennedy
Gronchi
New York
Leonardo da Vinci
U.S
Lee Radziwell
Secret Service
Frederick Reinhardt
Count Guerino Roberti
Foreign Ministry
Renato Salaris
Weger Hearing Set On Starved Rock Murder Appeal
Illinois Supreme Court scheduled March 14 for Chester O Weger to appeal his conviction and life sentence for the murder of Lillian Oetting at Starved Rock State Park. The date marks the second anniversary of the slayings of Mrs Oetting and two Riverside residents, Mrs Frances Murphy and Mrs Mildred Lindquist, who were bludgeoned in a park canyon. Weger, once a lodge dishwasher, has been indicted for Murphy and Lindquist murders but awaits trial.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Chester O. Weger
Lillian Getting
Starved Rock State Park
Oetting
Riverside
Ill
Frances Murphy
Mildred Lindquist
Park
First Negro police hired in Athens Georgia
Athens Georgia first Negro officers join city police force as patrolmen to police Negro areas, announced by Police Chief E. E. Hardy. Their hiring marks a historic step for the University of Georgia city in the segregated era.
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First Negro Police
Athens
Georgia
University of Georgia
E. E. Hardy
Unemployment Benefits Rise in Illinois Last Week
Chicago AP reports initial claims for unemployment rose 8.9 percent last week to 161,971 from 148,765. The Illinois Labor Department released the figures on Thursday, reflecting increased jobless filings across the state.
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Chicago
Illinois Labor Department
Weather report with temperatures and sun times
Detailed weather report notes Friday high 43 and low 36 with rainfall to date 7.02 inches. Includes past comparisons: one year ago high 52 low 42 and five years ago high 63 low 51. Provides sunrise and sunset times for Sunday and Monday: 6:19 6:02 and 6:17 6:03 respectively.
Illinois Weather Outlook Weekend Rain Snow Mix
The Associated Press reports a weekend of rain and snow across Illinois with cloudy skies and little temperature change in the north. Snow mixed with rain is forecast for western areas this afternoon and tonight, spreading statewide. The south may see afternoon rain and thunderstorms with intermittent rain tonight and Sunday, followed by colder conditions Sunday. Highs in the north range from 37 to 41, lows in the 30s, while the south should reach the 40s and 50s.
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Associated Press
Tlinois
Illinois
Illinois U President warns against spring campus shenanigans
University of Illinois President David Dodds Henry warned undergraduates to avoid water fights and related antics on campus. Letters dated Tuesday threaten immediate dismissal for participation or remaining near such activity, stating there is no place for mobs at the university or students who contribute to them.
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Champaign
University of Illinois
David Dodds Henry
Wise
Henry
Kennedy plans yacht cruise and speech at Miami dinner
President Kennedy will cruise Honey Fitz then speak at a Democratic $100 a plate dinner in Miami Beach expected to raise about $300000 for Sen. George Smathers. Police prepared for potential protests by Cuban refugees but warned arrests for disturbances. Kennedy also visited his father in Palm Beach before returning to the yacht dock.
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Fla
Kennedy
Honey Fitz
George A. Smathers
Smathers
Senate
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U.S
Harriett E. Young
Biscayne Bay
Palm Beach
Joseph P. Kennedy
Lamberts Return From Washington Hearings on Bill H.R. 10010
Isaac J. Lambert and Mrs. Lambert, Jefferson County Farmers Union leaders, returned from Washington where they attended Congressional hearings on Agricultural Bill H.R. 10010. They reported both pro and con views were pressed at hearings March 7 and 8.
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Isaac J. Lambert
Jefferson County Farmers Union
School Bus Driver Held In Tot Death
West Chicago police say 22-year-old David L. Kapp of Wheaton failed to stop after his bus struck and killed six-year-old Jeri Lynn Hall as she was getting off. He faces involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene charges and was held on $11,000 bond.
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West Chicago
David L. Kapp
Wheaton
Jeri Lynn Hall
Bernard Gallimore
Michael
Gallimore
Kapp
Gary
Chicago
DuPage County
Shipwrecked Sailors Land in Miami After Ocean Terror
Rugged sailors rescued from a battered ship reported a harrowing ordeal. Thirty three men were saved from the Liberian molasses tanker Gem after it split off the Carolina coast. Survivors arrived aboard the destroyer Stribling at Mayport, while the Victoria saved seven more at New York. The Gem's chief engineer and a pumpman described the ship cracking and a night of fear.
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Miami
Fla
Aldoi Compasarano
Willeh Armans
Tartu
Estonia
Victoria
Incres Line
Auto Testers To Meet Monday In Salem
The local Society of Automotive Testers will meet at 7 30 p m Monday March 12 at Brehm Hanna Chevrolet on Salem Road Virgil Kroger of St Louis Chevrolet Division will present on 1962 updates featuring the Chevy II Alva Wilson secretary invites all Jefferson county garage mechanics to attend.
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Society of Automotive Testers
Brehm-Hanna Chevrolet Co
Salem Road
Virgil Kroger
St. Louis
Chevrolet
General Motors
Alva Wilson
Jefferson County
Divorce suit filed by Wayne Atchison against Juanita Atchison
Wayne Lee Atchison filed for divorce in circuit court on a Friday charging adultery. They married January 21, 1961 and separated August 28, 1961, per the complaint.
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Wayne Lee Atchison
Juanita Yvonne Atchison
Speeding Fine for 40 in a 30 Zone at Police Court
Max L. Tittle was fined five dollars and costs by Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock on a charge of speeding 40 miles per hour in a 30 mile zone.
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Max L. Tittle
Sherman Bullock
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