Walter Smith Dies at 89 in Nursing Home
Kuneral services set for Walter Smith at 2 30 am Thursday at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev. Partridge officiating. Burial in Old Shiloh Cemetery. Body lies in state at Puley Funeral Home after 4 p m today. Mr. Smith, 89, died Monday at Letzekorn Nursing Home with several cousins as survivors.
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Walter ‘Smith
Pulley
Ross Partridge
Old Shiloh
Puley
Mr. Smith
Letzekorn
Mrs. Anna Ward Funeral Today At Ina Church
Mrs. Anna Tallulah Ward 83 died at home in Ina Tuesday. Funeral services were held at Missionary Baptist Church with Rev John Maulding officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill cemetery Townley Ala. Survived by husband Cicero Ward a son Paul King Rome Ga a daughter Anna Pickett Elco VA three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services follow in Jasper Ala Thursday at 3 00 p m.
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Anna Tallulah Ward
Missionary Baptist Church
Ina
John Maulding
Jasper
Ala
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Townley
Walker County
James H
Martha (Adam) Sides
Cicero Ward
Paul King
Rome
Anna Pickett
Elco
Susie Piercy Dies At 90 In Mt Vernon Area
Susie Piercy died at 9 30 p m Tuesday at her home on RFD 2 Mt Vernon at age 90 years eight months and one day She leaves 228 descendants Funeral services will be held at 2 00 p m Friday at Boyd Chris t church with Rev Ed Zim Paste officiating Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery The body will lie in state at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix after 4 00 Be mm Thursday Survivors include one son Walter Piercy of Mt Vernon eight daughters Ida Carpenter Lillie Marlow Lena Carpenter Ada Harvey Fay Champ Nellie Germann Margaret Wegmann May Harvey all of Woodlawn and Geneva Ul
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Susie Piercy
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Piercy
Boyd Chris
Ed Zim
Osborn Funeral
Dix
Boyd
William and
Ann (Gardner) Fier
Henry J. Piercy
Denin
Walter Piercy
Ida Carpenter
Lillie Marlow
Lena Carpenter
Ada Harvey
Fay Champ
Nellie Germann
Margaret Wegmann
Woodlawn
May Harvey
Geneva
Grudge basketball game tonight between troopers and police
A grudge game is set for 7:00 tonight at Mt. Vernon junior high gym. The state troopers face the local police department in a free admission charity tilt.
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Mt. Vernon Junior High
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
Admitted: Curtis Bobbs Os born, Mrs Tabitha Lydia Rankins, Mrs Effe Mae Austin of Dix, Mrs Ruby Ann Lowery, Patricia Nell Moore of ix, Mrs Betty Jean Draper of Vane City. Discharged: Mrs Thelma Louise Lauris, Mrs Lena Maurine Helverson, Mrs Sarah Edna Smith, Mrs Corda Mae Ruger.
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Jefferson
Curtis Bobbs Osborn
Tabitha Lydia Rankins
Effe Mae Austin
Dix
Ruby Ann Lowery
Patricia Nell Moore
Betty Jean Draper
Vane City
Thelma Louise Lauris
Lena Maurine Helverson
Sarah Edna Smith
Corda Mae Ruger
Good Samaritan Admitted and Discharged Names
Good Samaritan list of admitted and discharged residents includes Earl Herbert Dare Jr Susan Esmon Zelma Eileen Dudley Peggy Sides George George Edward Jenkins Minnie Marie Rightnowar admitted. Discharges include Mary Evelyn Strickland Mary Ruth Smith Marilyn Sue Becherer Opal Voyles James H. Clark Hattie Marie Stratton Deloris Enoya Moore Bernice M. Lee Jerry Bob Williams Ruth Marie Hulbert Bessie Arnold Mrs Jean Helen Burk and baby Michael Wayne Sanna Evelyn.
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Good Samaritan
Earl Herbert Dare, Jr
Susan Esmon
Zelma Eileen Dudley
Peggy Sides
George George Edward Jenkins
Minnie Marie Rightnowar
Mary Evelyn Strickland
Mary Ruth Smith
Marilyn Sue Becherer
Opal Voyles
James H. Clark
Hattie Marie Stratton
Deloris Enoya Moore
Bernice M. Lee
Jerry Bob Williams
Ruth Marie Hulbert
Bessie Arnold
Jean Helen Burk
Michael Wayne
Sanna Evelyn
Births in Jefferson Memorial Hospital newborns listed
Mr and Mrs Gary Carl Low ery of RFD 4 Mr Vernon are the parents of a son born at 6 25 this morning in Jefferson Memorial hospital. He weighed seven pounds three ounces and has been named Mar Steven. Mrs Ros was born to Mr and ton Chalon Austin of Tae at Pane o'clock last night weighing six pounds fifteen ounces.
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Gary Carl Lowery
RFD
Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mar Steven
Ros
Ton Chalon Austin
Pane O
Meetings: the event details remain unclear
The readable portions indicate a meeting event but lack date, time, place, and agenda. No further identifiable entities or concrete facts are available in the fragment.
Pleads Guilty Of Intent To Murder
Carmi Illinois AP Don Phelps a 2 year old parolee from a California penitentiary pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder in White County Circuit Court Judge Roy O Gulley sentenced him to three to six years at Menard State Penitentiary Police Chief Bill Sharp and a passerby restrained Phelps on a Carmi street Feb 23 as he headed to a former employer shop with a sawed off shotgun Phelps threatened Sharp and claimed revenge on his former employer and an employee of the store He had been fired from the job Phelps will be returned to California after serving his Menard term He previously served time for armed robbery at San Quentin Penitentiary
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Carmi
Don Phelps
California
Menard State Penitentiary
Roy O. Gulley
White County
Bill Sharp
Phelps
Sharp
Menard
San Quentin
Two Acre Grass Fire Near Waltonville Road
Mt. Vernon rural firemen controlled a grass fire yesterday afternoon that burned over two acres near the Cities Service bulk plant on Waltonville Road. Fire officials reported no property damage.
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Mt. Vernon
Cities Service
Waltonville Road
Markets Mt. Vernon Hogs Prices Unchanged on Market
Mt Vernon livestock market reports steady hog values with top at 17.25 per hundredweight for 190 to 210 pound hogs. Sows traded around 16.00 for 300 pounds and boars ranged from 10.50 to 11.50.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices in Mt Vernon Market
Mt Vernon prices reported for grains after market close show Wheat at 1.91, Soybeans at 2.77, and Corn at 1.06 per bushel. Original listing notes prices as apharted in Mt Vernon this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Prices Show Mixed Market Signals
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter prices near steady with wholesale buying prices down about 1percent. Grades A whites fetch 39 cents, mixed 38, mediums 35, standards 35 to 44, dirties 34, with 70 percent or better grades noted. Eggs remain steady with wholesale prices unchanged across grades.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock prices posted at National Stockyards Illinois
USDA report shows hogs 9,500 head with mixed grades and weights 100 to 300 pounds. cattle 2,500 head and calves 300 with varied grades from utility to high choice, vealers up to 36 dollars. sheep 1,200 head with good to prime wooled lambs at 17 to 18 dollars and ewes down to 6 dollars.
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National Stockyards
USDA
U.S
Chicago Poultry Wholesale Prices Unchanged
Chicago market roundup reports wholesale buying prices for live poultry. Plymouth Rock fryers listed at 1944 204, White Rock fryers at 2012 2114, and roasters at 26 2714 with no change.
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Chicago
USDA
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Egg and liver poultry price report from St Louis
St Louis AP market notes list wholesale and consumer egg grades with ranges for large extras and A categories. Prices show AA large and A extra large 35-37 cents per dozen and A medium 31-33 cents, with other prices unchanged.
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ST. Louis
Wall Street gains and losses hold steady amid profit taking
Wall Street in late trading showed a mixed session with about 4.9 million shares traded, uneven moves across leaders and many issues slipping on profit taking. National Dairy, NAFT, Texas Instruments dipped while some high grade investments fell, and a few carriers rose slightly amid a broad consolidation.
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New York
NAFT
National Dairy
Texas Struments
American Machine Foundry and Armour
McVey Heads Special Gifts Phase of Cancer Crusade
Earl McVey, Mt. Vernon businessman, is named Special Gifts chairman for the American Cancer Society 1961 Crusade in Jefferson county. He will contact Mt. Vernon businessmen capable of substantial support. The McVeys, with five children, moved to Mt. Vernon in 1954 from Mt. Pleasant Michigan, and run Illinois Lease Operating. Mrs. McVey has led Girl Scouts and serves as treasurer of the Federated Woman's Civic Club.
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Earl McVey
Mt. Vernon
Special Gifts
American Cancer Society
Jefferson County
McVey
Ione
Mt.Pleasant
Michigan
Gordon Oil Company
McVeys
Illinois Lease Operating, Inc
Mt. Veron
Ferris Institute
Big Rapids
France
Germany
U. S. Infantry
Illinois Oil and Gas Association
How Midwest Senators Voted
Washington AP reports how Midwest senators voted as a Senate amendment to remove direct Treasury financing for $300 million loan funds was rejected 45 to none. Illinois Dirksen for, Douglas against. Hickenlooper and Miller for. Wisconsin Wiley for, Proxmire against. Indiana Capehart for, Hartke against.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Tlinois—Dirksen
Douglas
Iona Hickenlooper
Miller
Wisconsin
Wiley
Proxmire
Ieee — 2
Symington
Indiana — Capehart
Hartke
Otto named chief engineer at Mallory Electro Magnetic Co
William C. Otto appointed chief engineer of Mallory Electro Magnetic Co in Du Quoin Illinois, a division of P R Mallory Co. The appointment announced today by Kenneth Sch Mallory, general manager.
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DU Quoin
William C. Otto
Mallory Electro. Magnetic Co
P. R. Mallory Co
Kenneth
Mrs Clyde Lee Leaves Hospital After Accident
Mrs. Clyde Lee of 818 Pace was released from Good Samaritan Hospital this morning after being treated since the Monday afternoon accident on the public square. The brief notice confirms she was struck by a car and hospitalized for several days.
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Clyde Lee
Pace
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lee
Commonwealth members back South Africa despite apartheid denouncement
Ten independent Commonwealth partners issued a joint statement affirming willingness to stay in the organization while denouncing apartheid. Verwoerd refused to accept the declaration on behalf of the Commonwealth, underscoring ongoing debate over South Africa's status after its shift from monarchy to republic.
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South Africa
Commonwealth
Verwoerd
Kennedy Plan Would Let President Direct Farm Aid
Kennedy proposes Congress grant the President, via the secretary of agriculture, authority to use existing agricultural supports including compensatory and direct payments, crop loans, purchases, and other tools. Farm groups would implement programs with a two thirds vote of involved growers, while Congress could veto within a 60 day limit if the plan misfits national policy or overspends.
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Congress
Kennedy
Secretary of Agriculture
Kennedy outlines school aid and defense contract boosts
President Kennedy calls for passage of school aid and aims to raise defense contracts to small firms from 16 percent to at least 10 percent more. He notes a national medical conference on heart disease and cancer set for April at the White House. Kennedy signals highway funding depends on Congress and defends administration programs despite opposition from powerful interest groups. He cites Gallup showing 75 percent support for higher minimum wage and urges progress by year end. A government labor management conference is planned for March 21 to improve competitiveness of American industry abroad, with Eisenhower potentially available for assignments if helpful.
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Kennedy
White House
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congress
Gallup
Europe
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robbery at Du Quoin Kroger Nets $309 in Sacks
A gunman in a black suit and gloves robbed a Du Quoin Kroger Tuesday night, fleeing on foot with money sacks totaling 309 dollars after Henry Hodges, store manager, refused his demand for receipts. cashier Pam Seifert, 17, assisted and the suspect followed Hodges while the crime unfolded.
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DU Quoin
James Hodges
Hodges
Kroger
Pam Seifert
Elvis Hubcaps Recovered From Girl's Wall in Nashville
Nashville police recovered two hubcaps from Elvis Presley’s car that had been taken last Saturday night while it was parked at a Nashville recording studio. The hubcaps were found on a girl’s wall in a bedroom, police said. Two other hubcaps remained missing.
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Nashville, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Presley
Nashville
Mt Vernon Students Dine With Their Bosses
The eleventh annual employer employee banquet of Mt Vernon Township High School vocational training students drew about 130 attendees at L N Cafe. Students host their employers, with on the job training across office, distributive education, and diversified occupations, reflecting school programs unique in southern Illinois.
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Mt. “Vernon Township
Ogie Ellis
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon Township High School
L. & N. Cafe
Charles Wagner
Robert Noel
Edwin C. Gieselman
Arthur Milward
Illinois
Sheri Boyd
Rodney Crawford
Bill Leitz
Philip Baird
Board of Vocational Education
Springfield
Howard Jones
Ellis
Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Firemen Make Three Runs Here
Mr Vernon firemen were called to three incidents yesterday. At 3:00 p m a gas leak caused a minor explosion at George Hicks home 1d17 Castleton. At 7:00 p m a neon sign shorted at Park Inn 14th and Broadway. At 8:30 p m railroad ties burned at Missouri Pacific Railroad Cherry street.
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George Hicks
Castleton
Park Inn
14Th and Broadway
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Cherry Street
Married Wrong Number Los Angeles Divorce Story
Los Angeles AP reports telephone operator Marcella Wain Scott, 30, won a divorce from accountant Lester Wain Scott, 40, on the testimony that she married a wrong number. The case highlights a quirky dispute over a mistaken marriage claim and its legal implications.
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Los Angeles
Marcella Wainscott
Lester Wainscott
Five Day Forecast for Southern and Northern Illinois
Southern Illinois will see 8 to 12 degrees above normal with a brief weekend cool spell. Normal highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s to 40s. Rain chances 0.50 to 1 inch from intermittent showers. Northern Illinois expects highs around 41 to 48 and lows 2% to 30. A warming trend Thursday and Friday, then colder Sunday and Monday. Rain totals near one inch Friday to Saturday.
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Southern
Illinois
Northern
Illinois Weather III Sunny Skies Favor North Part
The forecast shows sunny skies and mild temperatures in northern Illinois while southern areas expect cloudiness with possible showers tonight and Thursday. Readings range from the mid 40s to 50s statewide, with a high near 60 in the far south. Night temperatures predicted in the 30s and 40s.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Cars Collide At 15th And Casey
Two elderly men collided at 15th and Casey yesterday with no injuries. Drivers Irl R. Jenkins, 79, of 511 South 15th, and Bert E. Lampkin, 75, of 2414 Casey Avenue, each sustained more than $100 in damage. Lampkin was fined $5 for failure to yield right of way.
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15Th
Casey
Irl R. Jenkins
South 15Th
Bert E. Lampkin
Casey Avenue
Lampkin
Illinois Oil Production Off
Daily average domestic production of crude oil and condensate averaged 7,364,675 barrels, up 113,225 from the prior week, per the Oil and Gas Journal. Illinois showed the biggest weekly loss, down 4,300 barrels to 208,400.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oil and Gas Journal
Illinois
JP Court Bills Clear Committee in Springfield
Springfield AP The House Judiciary Committee cleared bills to raise JP rooms to state standards, place JPs under the state court administrator, and allow boards to fund regular JP office hours. Other measures would equalize JP salaries, move JPs within counties to handle workloads, and permit a constable to appoint an assistant. The committee also approved repealing the 60 day cooling off for divorce and allowing immediate notice or filing. A separate bill would let divorcing parties live together during suit to seek reconciliation. The Senate panel backed restricting alcohol to 21 for young women. the Wales tourism note echoes Roman era echoes.
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Springfield
Tillnouse House Judiciary Committee
Robert McClory
Blake Bluff
Senate
Jps
Judicial Advisory Council
House
Judiciary
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate License and Miscellany Committee
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