Deaths Eva Milner Ina Illinois 76
Mrs Eva Milner of Ina died at 9 05 p m Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital at age 76 Funeral services 2 00 p m Sunday at Ina Funeral Home Rev Russell Smith officiating Burial in Ewing cemetery Body lies in state at Inn Funeral Home after 6 00 p m today Survivors Gale Blanton Raymond Blanton Maxie Milner five brothers Charlie Hayse Raymond Hayse Walter Hayse Carl Hayse Byron Hayse one sister Dorothy Woodrow five grandchildren eight great grandchildren Member of Ina Methodist church
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Eva Milner
Ina
Good Soeniaigritan
Russell Smith
Ewing
Inn Funeral
Milner
Norman N
Carl Hayse
Byron Hayse
Mt. Vernon
Dorothy Woodrow
Barnhill, Sr
Ina Methodist Church
Alby Pritchard of Collinsville Dies at 77
Alby Pritchard TT of 708 W Johnson Collinsville Illinois died at 603 am Friday at his home He was an ironworker and well known in Mt. Vernon Funeral services at 130 pm Monday at Herbert A Kassly Funeral Home Collinsville Burial will be in Collinsville Survivors include wife Gladys Hanly Pritchard one son Donald Pritchard of Syracuse NY two sisters Mrs James Brandon East St Louis and Mrs John Joseph Pass a Grill Fla He was a member of Local 392 Ironworkers of East St Louis
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Alby P. Pritchard
W. Johnson
Collinsville
Til
Mt. Vernon
Herbert A. Kassly
Herbert A. Kassley
Gladys Hanly Pritchard
Donald Pritchard
Syracuse
N. Y
James Brandon
East St. Louis
John Joseph
Pass A Grill
Flaile
East &T. Laaits
Jasper Bennett of Dahlgren Dies at 70
Jasper Bennett 70 of Dahlgren died at 10 10 a m Friday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Gholson Funeral Home in Dahlgren with Rev Carroll Phillips officiating Burial will be in Mt Nebo Cemetery Friends may call after 2 p m today He was born July 1 1898 in Hamilton County son of George Sherman and Mary D Bennett He was married to Fern Kinler who survives He leaves two sons Donald Bennett of Dahlgren and Sherman Bennett of Arecibo Puerto Rico one daughter Neva Rogers of San Antonio Texas and five grandchildren He was a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of St Louis
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Jasper Bennett
Dahlgren
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Ghobson Funeral Home
Carroll Phillips
Mt. Nebo
Gholson
Mr. Bennett
Hamilton County
George Sherman
Mary D. (Huffstutter) Bennett
Fern Klinker
Donald Bennett
Dahlien
Sherman Bennett
Arecibo
Puerto Rico
Neva Rogers
San Antonio
Tex
Tabernacle Baptist Church of
Otto H. Brown Dies at 77. Funeral Monday
Otto H. Brown 77 of 509 Harrison died at 2:30 a.m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital. A retired railway clerk for the C and E I, he served 50 years with the railroad and was cashier at Mt. Vernon station. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Logan Street Baptist Church with Rev. Frank L. Trotter officiating. Burial in Bethel cemetery. In state at Myers Chapel after 5 p.m. Sunday. body to lie in state at the church from noon Monday until funeral hour. Born August 26, 1891 in Jasper County Illinois, son of William H. and Malinda Koontz Brown. First marriage to Dessie Caldwell, who died in 1925. In 1929 married to Mae Treat, who survives, along with one son Rev. Otto J. Brown of Evansville, Ind., two daughters LaVerne Huhsicker of San Diego, California and Selma Brown of Chicago, two stepdaughters Zenia Miller of Chicago and Evelyn Smith of West Frankfort, one brother Rev. T. Brown of Petersburg, Illinois, and one sister Mrs. Alice Postle of Sidney, Illinois.
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Otto H. Brown
Harrison
Good Samaritan Hospital
C. and E.I
Mt. Vernon
Logan Street Baptist Church
Frank L. Trotter
Bethel Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mr. Brown
Jasper County
Illinois
William H
Malinda (Koontz) Brown
Dessie Caldwell
Mae
Alice Postle
Sidney, Ill
Bomb hoax clears Chicago Loop plaza in dud device
In Chicago Loop police evacuated Civic Center Plaza after a box with a timing device, battery, and percussion cap was found. The box, seen by two electricians near a plaza fountain, contained no explosives and was dismantled for testing.
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Chicago
Civic Center Plaza
Loop
Plaza
Car Overturns East of Town Injuring Two Murphysboro Men
Two Murphysboro brothers, Carrol D. Stevens 28 and George E. Stevens 22, were injured when their car lost control on Route 15 three miles east of Mt. Vernon and overturned after hitting a bridge abutment. Both were hospitalized in satisfactory condition at Jefferson Memorial Hospital after the 2:50 AM crash.
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Murphysboro
Mt. Vernon
Carrol D. Stevens
George E. Stevens
Litton
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted
Noma Faye Compton Route 1 Mt. Vernon Benjamin Lomax Route 1 Mt. Vernon Ray Ellis Smith 309 South Mth Virginia A Wheeler 1000 George Carroll Dean Stevens Mur physboro George Edward Stevens Mur Rebecca Mehrhoff Cedar City Mo Discharged: John F Burkett Wayne City John Biggerstaff McLeansboro Anna Grimes Belle Rive Mark Schlosser 1621 North Lith Al Nunmaker Route 7 Mt Garfield Barton 310 North Hattie Detwiler Opdyke Angie Gilligan Bluford Mark Hutthcraft 1417144 N 10th Gloria England 425 Mar teeny Gale E Allen 603 North 7th bs Anthony Thomas 1125 South th Debra Helpingstein Texico Clyde Roney 223 North 9th Becky Johnson 420 South 17th Toni Reese 325 North &th Lula F Miller 924 Wescott Vesta Wilson Route 3 Mt Bernard Klevorn 17 Oakland David Williamson Hickory Grove Manor Hubie Brown 407 North 7th Loretta Linville 1021 Tolle Road
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Noma Faye Compton
Mt. Vernon
Benjamin Lomax
Ray Ellis Smith
Virginia A. Wheeler
George
Carroll Dean Stevens
Murphysboro
George Edward Stevens
Rebecca Mehrhoff
Cedar City
John F. Burkett
Wayne City
John Biggerstaff
McLeansboro
Anna Grimes
Belle Rive
Mark Schlosser
al Nunmaker
Garfield Barton
Hattie Detwiler
Opdyke
Angie Gilligan
Bluford
Mark Hutthcraft
Gloria England
Marteeny
Gale E. Allen
Anthony Thomas
Debra Helpingstein
Texico
Clyde
Roney
North
Becky Johnson
Toni Reese
Lula F. Miller
Wescott
Vesta Wilson
Bernard Klevorn
Oakland
David Williamson
Hickory Grove Manor
Hubie Brown
Loretta Linville
Tolle Road
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Earl Allery Opdyke
Mr and Mrs Earl Allery of Opdyke welcomed a son born at 10 25 Friday morning March 14 in good Samaritan Hospital. The baby weighed eight pounds six ounces.
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Earl Allery
Opdyke
Good Samaritan Hospital
Church Schedule and Revival Preparation Text
Sunday schedule lists 9 30 Sunday School 10 30 Morning Worship seven 30 evening service with nursery care provided Wednesday supper and fellowship and groups meet Thursday visitation night in preparation for revival Saturday prayer services for revival
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Kenneth Sandusky
Training Union
Richard Burgin
Brotherhood
Grandfather Remembered As Union Railway Clerk Member
A brief obituary note recalls a man who lived with his five grandchildren and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. No further details are provided about dates or places.
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the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Independent Oil Producers hail Farm Bureau price hike
The Independent Oil Producers and Land Owners Association praised Farm Bureau Oil Company for an extra five cents per barrel raise on Illinois Basin crude. The new price of 3.26 dollars per barrel for 40 degree gravity and above takes effect next Monday at 7:00 am, with differential adjustments by gravity degree. Association urged other buyers to follow suit to bolster local independent producers and land owners.
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Independent Oil Producers and Land Owners Association
Illinois Basin
Farm Buureau Oil Company
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Indiana Farm Bureau Co- Op
Alfred A. Kiltz
Farm Bureau Oil Company
Tri-State
Ioploa
McKeithan
Farm Bureau Oil Company, Inc
Tri-State, Inc
Indiana
Ilinois
Kentucky
Ashland Oil & Refining Company
Ship Petroleum Company
Tenor Wounds Rival In Jealousy Scene At La Fenice
In Venice at La Fenice Opera House tenor Gastone Limarilli stabbed stage rival Aldo Proiti in the back during Francesca da Rimini. Proiti, in bed with his stage wife Paulo, was wounded in the final scene. A doctor gave two stitches after curtain fall.
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Venice
Italy
Gastone Limarilli
la Fenice Opera House
Limarilli
Cianciotto
Aldo Proiti
Protti
Paulo
Car Stolen Then Recovered Overnight
A 1985 Plymouth was reported stolen from behind Herschel House worth of 2100 Logan after 10:30 last night. Police recovered the vehicle within an hour at 20th and Cherry after 6:31 a.m. theft report.
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Herschel Houseworth
Logan
20Th
Cherry
First Illinois Legionnaire recalls early American Legion
Mt. Vernon resident known as P.R. recalls charter days of Jefferson Post 141, joining 51 founders in fall 1919. He helped organize the post, served as its commander in 1924-25, and has been a service officer for seven years. Richards recounts World War Veterans card theft and his early Paris GI meetings.
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Paris
Richards
Jefferson County
Charley Marlow
Belle Rive
Charley
States
Marlow
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Ilinois
Loyal Order of Moose
American Légion
St. Louis
American Legion
Salem
France
Mt. Vernon
P.R
Ina
Jefferson Post 141
Mt. ‘Vernon
Post
Neil Pavey
Legion
P. R
Jefferson Post
Rome Chapter 1014 Order of Eastern Star Meeting
The Rome Chapter 1014 Order of Eastern Star will hold a regular stated meeting on Monday March 17 at 8 00 p m at the Dix Masonic Temple Dix Illinois Myrtle Malone W M Sarah Michaels Sec, agenda includes standard business and officers reports.
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Rome
Order of Eastern Star
Dix
Masonic Temple
Dix ,Ill
Myrtle Malone
W.M
Sarah ‘Michaels
Nixon weighs Middle East and budget at news conference
Nixon defended his Vietnam policy and revised missile defense plan while touching on the Middle East, the 10 percent income tax surcharge, and the budget. He said defense spending may shrink by about 246 billion and urged quiet diplomacy over public declarations to urge allies to share costs. A statement is expected next Monday or Tuesday as campus disorders prompt scrutiny of student arrests in San Francisco linked to federal funds.
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Johnson
North Vietnam
Nixon
Fulbright
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Middle East
Johnson Administration
America
Atlantic Alliance
United States
San Francisco
Phonograph Gun And Stereo Stolen At Woolworths
A .22 caliber Colt automatic, a car stereo, and an AM FM radio phonograph combination were stolen from Woolworth Department Store in Plaza Shopping Center. The theft occurred between Monday and Friday and was reported to local authorities at 2 09 p.m. yesterday.
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Woolworth Department
Plaza
President faces early debate on defense and missiles
As hearings loom, President eyes approval while Defense Secretary Laird testifies on defense funds and disarmament policy. The Sentinel program, started by the Johnson era, sought 5.5 billion for nuclear missiles near 15 cities to deter a Chinese attack, drawing critics who warn of provocation and accidental nuclear detonation risk.
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Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Disarmament Subcommittee
Johnson
King's Widow Okayed Ray's Guilty Plea
MEMPHIS Tenn AP The plan for James Earl Ray to plead guilty to killing Dr Martin Luther King Jr in exchange for a 99 year sentence emerged from lengthy guarded talks. The decision was supported by prosecutor and defense, Kalina Coretta King U S Attorney General Ramsey Clark and Governor Ellington as well. Mrs King testified she believed Ray acted alone and said the plea cannot end the search for others involved. Information suggests Ray initially favored trial but accepted 99 years on presented evidence.
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Memphis
Ray
Brehm Wells In Wyoming Muddy Formation Discovery
E Brehm of Mt Vernon reports a Cretaceous Muddy sand discovery in Campbell county Wyoming. The No 1 U S Government Muddy section, drilled by C E Brehm and U S Mining Smelting Refining Co, reached 7,400 to 7,434 feet. The well gasified surface in 12 minutes, yielding 3,430 feet of off 45 gravity. Bottomhole pressure measured 1,756 pounds on a 320 acre lease two miles SE of Recluse Field.
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Co. E. Brehm
Mt. ‘Vernon
Campbell County
Wyoming
C. E. Brehm
U.S. Mining, Smelting’ & Refining Company
U.S
Marriage Licenses March Fourteen Readied
Marriage Licenses March 14 list multiple couples with spouses from McLeansboro Mt Vernon Fairfield Geff Carrier Mills Harrisburg Thompsonville and other towns. Entries include George F Jones with Marsha Bean, James F Viers with Lila Davis, Ronald O Daniell with Peggy Hicks, Stephen Shaw with Jane Shannon, Howard Cantrell with Violet Cantrell, Larry Hayes with Tawan na Fitzjerrells, George Locke with Linda Eastin, Jerry Wheatley with Martha Martin, Melvin Ray Minor with Patricia Ann Harlow, Stephan Padget with Donna Buchanan.
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George F. Jones
Lesser
Marsha Bean
Bonnie
James F. Viers
Lila
T. Davis
McLeansboro
Ronald L. O’daniell
Woodlawn
Peggy
Lee Hicks
Mt. Vernon
March Stephen. F. Shaw
Jane Shannon
Howard Cantrell
Violet Cantrell
Thompsonville
Larry S. Hayes
Tawanna Fitzjerrells
George Locke
Fairfield
Linda Eastin
Geff
Jerry Wheatley
Martha Martin
Melvin Ray Minor
Patricia Ann Harlow
Woman Lifts Car To Save Child
In Liverpool Betty Doherty 35 lifted a car to free four year old Carmel Graham trapped beneath. The car front corner rose from ground as bystanders helped. Carmel spent two weeks in hospital with head injuries and is now home. Frank Graham praises Doherty and the rescuer. Vauxhall Motors weighs the car at about 500 pounds.
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Liverpool
England
Betty Doherty
Carmel Grahm
Frank Graham
$15,000 Holdup At Lyons Illinois Bank
Two masked gunmen robbed Bank of Lyons winning $15,000 as a hidden movie camera recorded the crime. FBI agents study footage for clues while bank president Theofil T Bulat notes the alarm triggered Lyons police station siren and camera. The robbers fled in a stolen car later found two blocks away.
Crime Fighter Still In Game
CHICAGO AP Charles Siragusa former executive director of the Witness Crime Investigating Commission demonstrated that he has not given up on his war on crime by nabbing a youth who allegedly stole a woman's purse containing 680 dollars. Siragusa 55 now vice president of a printing company saw the youth being chased by several people. Siragusa jumped out of his car grabbed the youth and held him until police arrived. The youth was identified as Charles Wayle 20. The purse was taken from Ruth Carter while she was having lunch at a restaurant.
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Chicago
Charles Siragusa
Witness Crime Investigating Commission
Siragusa
Charles Wayle
Ruth Carter
Settlement Reached in Tina Gracia Railroad Case
In Brighton Colorado the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad agreed to pay Tina Gracia 75000 after her right arm was severed in an accident and later reattached. Tina then three was injured when she was thrown from her mother's car in 1965 as a train collision occurred.
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Brighton, Colo
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Tina Gracia
Tina
James Delaney
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Alby Pritchard
Jefferson Memorial
Good Samaritan
Second Baptist Church
South 34Th Street
Clifford, D Burney
Clarence Benard
St. Patrick’s Day
Jim Gresham
Burdette McVey
Robbie Atchison
Lois Hansen
L&n
Wiliam Edmison
East Side Lumber Co
Lawrence
Frank Thompson
Spector Freight System, Inc
Farm Bureau Ups
Independents
Hail Oil Co
MT. V
Park Avenue
Bob
Montclair
Bob Williams
Motos
Woolworth’s
King
Brehm
Stephan R. Padget
Carrier Mills
Donna Buchanan
Harrisburg
Illinois Bank
Main ‘Street
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