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Mt Vernon Register News

Location

Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1967

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Mexican octuplets die after birth at Mexico City hospital

Maria Teresa Lopez de Sepulveda 21, mother of octuplets, gave birth Friday night at the 20th of November Hospital. All eight babies, four boys and four girls, died within hours despite efforts to save them. The father Genero Sepulveda Boone, 24, said they expected triplets. An associate noted X-ray readings suggested multiple hearts. The mother was reported in good condition but despondent.

Charles Green Mexico City Mexico China Maria Teresa Lopez de Sepulveda Genero Sepulveda Boone Daniel Boone Enrique Estrada Sahagun Estrada

Wall Street Has Second Heaviest Day

The stock market advanced sharply then fell back on Friday in the second heaviest trading day in New York Stock Exchange history. Volume reached 14.91 million shares, a first-hour record of 5.14 million, with the Dow Jones up 4.35 points to 848.50. The AP 60-stock average rose to 319.3.

NEW York New York Stock Exchange Tory Johnson Associated Press

Svetlana Stalin Arrives in Geneva Under Swiss Escort

Svetlana Allilueva, 42, daughter of Joseph Stalin, arrived in Geneva from Rome amid secrecy with Swiss police escort. Swiss government said she seeks temporary stay and has not been active in politics. Reports of asylum or defection circulated but could not be confirmed.

Geneva Switzerland Svetlana Stalina Joseph Stalin Rome Miss Stalina Moscow New Delhi India Alitalia Airlines Bern Svetlana Allilueva Soviet Union West United States U.S U. S Svetlana Joseph Grigory Morozov Stalin Washington

Fatal Crash On U S Route 460 And Great Lakes Fire

A Great Lakes Naval Training Center fire killed Rear Adm. Howard A. Yeager 61 and two Waves while injuring his wife Mary Jane. The blaze damaged a 15 room house on Lake Michigan. Two other Navy deaths and multiple regional injuries were tied to separate traffic crashes and incidents around Mt Vernon and Dix.

Great Lakes Howard A. Yeager 9Th Naval District Great Lakes Naval Training’ Center Mary Jane Yeager Sth Naval District Richard Fowler U.S. Naval Air Reserve Training Glenview Navel Adm Pacific France U.S.S. Nevada Navy Lake Michigan

Continued notices across pages in historic issue

Fragmentary OCR shows continuation markers indicating content moved between pages and columns. The readable portions reference page and column navigation without providing a complete event, names, or outcomes.

Fatal Accident Near St. Libory

ST. LIBORY Ill AP Carl Hughes 51 of Sparta Alabama was killed and four members of an Eureka Missouri family were injured in a two car crash on Illinois 460 one mile from St. Libory St Clair County deputies said a car driven by Hughes and one driven by Howard Egli 38 of Eureka collided Egli his wife Betty 34 and their two daughters Brenda 14 and Linda 12 were admitted to St Elizabeths Hospital in Belleville All but Brenda are in critical condition Brenda is reported in serious condition.

Mt. Vernon Edna EB. Maier South Drive Granite City Til Henry George Maier Wayne Maier Henan Jr Columbia Holman Good Samaritan Hospital Maier Mills Curve G.A. Flanagan Mt Vernon Robert Pierce Henderson 20Th and-Perkins Brenda Simms Jefferson Memorial Hospital Dix Robert L. Richards Salem Joy Richards Willie J. Roberson South Ivan Wooley Texico Tolle Road David Young College Mike Riley South 15Th April Green Cherry Anna F. Bates Waltonville Dottie J. Palmer Forest ST. Libory, Ill Carl Hughes Sparta Eureka Ilinois St. Libory St. Clair County Hughes Howard Egli Egli Betty Brenda Linda St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Belleville

Car Hits Tree Fatality Near Effingham Illinois

Decatur man Jack Harris aged 35 died after his car left Illinois 33 about eight miles northwest of Effingham Friday night and struck a tree. He was pronounced dead at St Anthony Memorial Hospital Effingham.

Effingham, Ill Jack Harris Decatur Ilinois 33 Effingham Harris St. Anthony Memorial Hospital

Speck Trial In Recess Amid Slow Jury Selection

In Peoria three weeks into Richard Speck murder trial only four jurors were chosen with 172 more prospects evaluated. Judge Paschen recessed as Gerald Getty used peremptory challenges. the case moves toward possible exclusion or seating of jurors despite Chicago prejudice concerns.

Peoria, I Richard Speck Circuit Court Chicago Herbert C. Paschen Gerald Getty Speck Getty Peoria

Mt Vernon Township to Vote on $106 935 Tax Levy

Voters will decide April 4 at 2 00 p m in the supervisors room of the courthouse basement on a total tax levy of 106 935 to run Mt Vernon township for the coming year The town levy is 50 635 and the general relief levy 46 200 The budget calls 50 635 for general town expenditures and 216 000 for relief funds Major items include salaries for town officers 25 870 elections 5 000 town hall expenses 1 370 and assessor expenses 2 640 among others The relief fund covers 129 336 25 for home relief 45 891 28 hospitalization and other line items

Mt. Vernon Court House

Adlai Stevenson Named School In Decatur Illinois

DECATUR Illinois Adlai Stevenson III state treasurer dedicated an elementary school named for his late father the Illinois governor and U N ambassador at a ceremony. He unveiled a case containing his father's eyeglasses a medal and a calendar from when he governed. Stevenson urged a tax increase for education and a rise in basic state aid per pupil for elementary schools from 330 to 400 dollars per year. the 400 figure was agreed with Governor Otto Kerner and lawmakers.

Decatur,.t Adlai F Stevenson Tinois Illinois United Nations Adlai Stevenson GVOV Otto Kerner

Immigrant worker wins record $696,000 settlement

James A. Doolan an Irish immigrant and construction laborer from Kenneyville Illinois received a $696,000 personal injury settlement the largest ever awarded to a living person by an American court. Injured Aug 20 1964 when a one ton platform struck him he now uses a specialized chair steered by his shoulder after months of hospitalization. His wife Sheila aged 23 was present at signing. The couple plan to return to County Cork Ireland after settling affairs.

Chicago James A. Doolan Doolan Case Foundation Co Kenneyville Sheila Doolans County Cork Ireland

FBI recovers $250000 art theft from Hofmann home

FBI agents recover a $250000 collection of paintings including a Renoir and arrest three Massachusetts men after the Dec 2 break in at the home of late abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann in Provincetown. The heist prompted a broad investigation.

Boston Renoir FBI Massachusetts Hans Hofmann Provincetown

Near Waltonville Freemen mine work slated soon

Freeman Coal Co plans two 790 foot shafts near Waltonville to mine metallurgical coal, hiring about 350 workers and producing roughly three billion tons yearly by late 1968. The project follows General Dynamics subsidiary status and prior surface property purchases east of Highway 148. Meanwhile Mary Louise Coil dies after third heart operation at Billings Hospital Chicago at age 8. Funeral at New Home Church with burial in adjoining cemetery.

Mary Louise Coil Billings Hospital Chicago Bob Roberts Hospital New Home Lowery Donald Breeze Bluford Jesse Miller Wayne City Osborn Funeral Dix Mary Louise Good Samaritan Hospital Mt. Vernon Otis and Violet (Rapp) Coil Keenes Young. Coil Rosy Rapp Columbus Ind Freeman Coal Co Waltonville General Dynamics Corp Freeman General Dynamics Frank Nuget Freeman Coal Highway 148 Nugent Register- News Jefferson County Insane Steel Co

U S To Arm Koreans With New Rifles

The Defense Department says it will supply allies in Vietnam with nearly 30 000 M16 rifles. About 16 200 go to South Korea's army and marine units and 12 600 to South Vietnamese airborne and marine forces. Quotas to be filled by end of June.

Washington Defense Department Singapore U. S Vietnam Pentagon Colt Arms Manufacturing Co

Photographer Killed Covering Saigon War Zone

Ronald D. Gallagher, 27, a freelance photographer for Kansas and Missouri newspapers, was killed while covering a unit of the U S 9th Infantry Division in combat about 22 miles south-southwest of Saigon. He was the ninth correspondent killed in the Viet Nam war.

Saigon Ronald D. Gallagher Kansas Missouri U.S. 9Th Infantry Division Gallagher

Plan Hearing On Adding Dubois To Centralia JC

Illinois Junior College Board approved a public hearing to annex Dubois Township in Washington County to the Kaskia Junior College District centered in Centralia. Gerald Smith said some may withdraw support. he did not name them. The action was taken at a regular Chicago board meeting.

Dubois Township Washington County Kaskaskia

Charge Murder At Flora Project

AP reports Jess Enyard, 39, of Louisville Illinois, held in Clay County Jail on charges of murdering Raymond Pierson, 26, who died from shotgun wounds at a St Louis hospital after a Thursday shooting at a Flora Illinois house construction site.

St, Louis Jess Enyard Louisville Ill Clay County Raymond Pierson Pierson St. Louis Flora

Germantown Driver Killed in Illinois 161 Collision

Germantown resident La Verne Norte, 28, was killed when his car collided with a truck on Illinois 161 near Belleville. Truck driver Donald F. Sutter, 38, of Springfield, was uninjured.

Belleville, I Laverne Norte Germantown Illinois 161 Belleville Norte Donald F. Sutter Springfield

Rend Lake farmland up for lease bids 1967

St. Louis district Army Engineer invites bids to lease Rend Lake Reservoir farmland for crops not in price depressing surpluses. Eligible lands include soybeans rye oats and barley with sealed bids due by 10 00 a m CST March 23 1967 at St. Louis or Bend Lake Real Estate Office Mt Vernon Illinois.

St. Louis Edwin R. Decker U. S. ‘Army Engineer Rend Lake Reservoir Secretary of Agriculture U. S. Army Engineer District Olive Street Missouri Bend Lake Broadway Mt. Vernon Ilinois

Bombers Hit Thai Nguyen Steel Plant for Second Day

Thailand based American bombers attacked North Vietnam's largest steel plant for the second day, with 14 flights totaling about 42 planes hammering the Thai Nguyen steel plant 38 miles north of Hanoi. Reported encounters with Communist MIGs occurred but no engagements were noted immediately.

Robert Tuckman Saigon North Vietnam U.S Thai Nguyen Hanoi

Battle near Saigon. U S troops suffer friendly fire casualties

In South Vietnam a battalion of helicopter borne U S infantry clashed with Viet Cong near Saigon. A U S military spokesman said artillery fire accidentally hit own troops, killing four and wounding eight during fierce fighting. Three U S helicopters were hit. four aboard were wounded. The U S Command reported Viet Cong added two rockets to their arsenal. American planes raided near Haiphong and the Thai Nguyen steel plant north of Hanoi, hitting targets crucial to North Vietnamese supply lines. An Air Force Thunderchief mission from Thailand claimed bombs on target. one Thunderchief was lost and the pilot is missing. In Saigon area fighting continued as U S 9th Infantry Division units clashed with Viet Cong forces nearby.

Saigon U.S South Vietnam Thailand Thunders U. S 478Th U. S. 9Th Infantry Division

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