Death Notices for Charles Pate
Funeral services for Charles R. Pate set for 1:30 p m Thursday at Myers Chapel officiated by Rev Ace Summers Burial in Bethel Cemetery body in state at Myers Chapel after 4 pm Wednesday calling hours to follow Findlay resident aged 38 died 2:15 am at Jefferson Memorial Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pate
Charles R. Pate
Thurway
Myers Chapel
Ace Summers
Bethel Cemetery
Mr. Pate
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Man Guilty of Possessing Counterfeit Money
Wallace testified in U S District Court that on arrest day he cashed a 890 relief check and visited taverns, likely handling counterfeit coins. Jury found him guilty of possessing 50 cents in bogus money. Judge Tepe blamed the case as wasteful and sentenced him to one hour in U S marshal custody. Court observers estimate prosecution costs between 70 and 32,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
U.S. District Court
Jary
Michael L. Tepe
Walace
U.S
Goreville Man Gets One Year After Judge Ruling
MARION AP A Goreville man, Dowell Craig, 53, pleaded before a county judge and had his sentence adjusted from a suspended penal farm term to a suspended fine and one year in the Vandalia State penal farm. He had previously been charged with driving without a license and had recent trouble tied to a 1956 traffic incident. Clyde Isbell, 31, of Herrin received one year in the penal farm for arson stemming from setting fire to his wife’s clothing as the couple, now separated, faced the case after he pleaded guilty to malicious mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Vandalia
Dowell Craig
Goreville
Craig Ang
Clyde Isbell
Herrin
Sid Ae
Isbell
Birth notices from Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mrs. and Mr. Gerald Wells Gatewood of Beverly Heights welcomed a son named Kevin Todd born at 4:30 PM weighing seven pounds eleven ounces at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. A second birth to Aly. and Mrs. Ditton Cornelius Grahem of Woodlawn occurred at 6:73 AM, weighing seven pounds fourteen ounces.
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Gerald Wells Gatewod
No. 2
Beverly Heights
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Kevin Todd
Deushier
Aly
Ditton Cornelius Grahem
RFD 2
Woodlawn
Jefferon Memorial Hospital
Siltan
Unclear Name List With Family Names Tail in Text
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous individuals including Peggy Sides, Adam Kesiewski, Mrs Peggy Jane Fry, Tammy Jo Chatlayne Marie Tinney, Gary Thomas, Ursula Lavina Catton and others. It reads like a social register or event roster with many names and partial titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yootopep
Bob Mee
Poer Tosh
Ams
Porretta Sid Rapp
Beau
Chace Stiebgel
Dedgren
Mrs. Surley
Doris West
Gary Thomas
Ora Rado Rogers
Ursula Lavina Catton
Turner Boehm Post No 4 Meeting Scheduled
The regular AMVETS Turner Boehm Post No 4 meeting is set for 7 30 tonight at the club rooms with all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets
Turner Boehm
Local livestock market reports price declines observed
Market prices fell today with hogs top at 17.15 for 190 to 710 lb. hogs. Sows ranged around 16.00 for 300 lb reportedly, while boars traded between 10.50 and 11.50.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Pushed by Local Market
Mt Vernon market afternoon quotes show Wheat at 1.86 dollars, Soybeans at 2.81 dollars, and Corn at 1.04 dollars. Local traders note steady activity as prices hold near regional levels.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Market Report From National Stockyards
National Stockyards report shows cattle and hog prices with ranges across weights and grades. Hogs include No 1-2 180-280 lb barrows and gilts around 17.65 to 18.3, while cattle feature 3,300 head with choice steers up to 26.00 and stocker prices listed. Sheep and lambs values appear with good to choice wool lambs at 17.00 to 18.50 and lighter lambs around 13.50 to 16.00.
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National
USDA
U.S
Chicago Butter Prices Flash Across Mercantile Exchange
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports wholesale butter buying prices with varied grades and scores. Prices range from 44 to 124 lower with 60 percent or better grade A whites and mixed lots. Grades AA to C show multiple points with decimal-like figures and percentages attached.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Prices Hold Steady in Wholesale Market
Chicago area poultry market report shows wholesale buying steady with unchanged prices to 1 Jower. Roasters quoted at 26 to 28 percent, white rocks fryers at 21 34 to 22 34. Readings reflect USDA AP dispatch from Chicago.
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Chicago
USDA
Egg and live poultry price report from St Louis
St Louis reporting eggs and live poultry prices across consumer and wholesale grades. AA large and A extra large 34.35, A large 32-33, A medium 30-31, B large 30-31, wholesale large extras 60-79 percent A 33-34, 40-59 percent A 33-31, medium extras 32-32, standards 30-32, farm run 29-30, dirties and checks 25-26. Other prices unchanged.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press Law
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Rapid City
Richmond
Lake City
San Francisco
San Diego
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Wheat and soy sales absent in Chicago cash grain update
Chicago cash grain report shows no sales for wheat or soybeans. Corn prices listed as No 2 yellow 1.14, No 3 yellow 1.11, No 4 yellow 10442-0914, No 5 yellow 102%. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 65. Soybean oil at 127% n. Barley prices include making choice 1.10 1.20 n and feed 93-1.00 n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Clings To Gains In Mixed Afternoon Trade
Wall Street held onto modest gains in a mostly mixed session as volume ran about 3.7 million shares. Industrials were steady with losses outweighing gains among major names such as IBM, Polaroid and AMF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mondass
B&o
U.S. Steel
Eains
Brunswick
AMF
Lionel
Revlon
Vendo
IBM
Polaroid
U.S
Dentist Dies After Second Accident Near St Louis
Dr. Arthur Engel, 43, of Kirkwood, a motorcycle enthusiast, was killed Monday in a car crash while en route home from St Luke's Hospital where he had just been treated for injuries from a prior motorcycle mishap and had a pin removed from his leg.
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St. Louis
Arthur Engel
Kirkwood
St. Luke's Hospital
Velvet cape in Mount St. Mary College embroidery
A 1st century velvet fragment forms part of an embroidered cape in Mount St. Mary College Chesterfield. Britannica notes velvet as one of the oldest textiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Mount St. Mary
Chesterfield
Britannica
Weather Update Illinois Braces for Mixed Spring Rain Snow
The Associated Press reports a spring rain drenched most of Illinois with a winter leftovers in the extreme north and a chance of light snow tonight. Skies should clear first in the south with warmer temperatures to follow. Readings in the 30s and 40s for most of Illinois, far south possibly reaching the 50s.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Big Three Open Test Ban Talks Continue
The Soviet Union signals willingness to discuss a test ban while Western nations press for inspections and reject limited access. American delegate Arthur H. Dean and the British back the Western plan as talks resume after a December recess. The stalemate centers on how often foreign inspectors could visit Soviet sites, with the Soviets opposing more than three annually and Western powers seeking at least twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Arthur H. Dean
City Manager Salary Debated and Liquor Ordinance Read
The council considered city employee pay raises across police and fire departments with proposed monthly scales and longevity pay. A first reading of a liquor ordinance to cap licenses at 32, require reductions to 24 before new licenses can be issued, and bar sales in drug or grocery stores was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Bailey
Raymond Curless
Fire Department
Richard Miller
Police Department
Miller
Virgil Bailey
Omer Connaway
Mt. Vernon Tavern Association
Bailey
Trnosis Cities Water Co
Jon
South 24Th Street
O.R. Buford
Cty
Laos Crisis and SEATO Talks Highlight U S Laos Ties
U S officials weigh limited force options as Laos tensions rise amid SEATO planning in Bangkok. Secretary Rusk attends meetings with McNamara Bowles and Rostow while Gromyko discusses positions with U S officials. A Korea like risk prompts caution on military aid.
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United States
Rusk
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Bangkok
Thailand
Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Chester Bowles
Adm
Amleigh Burke
Naval Operations
J. Graham Parsons
State Department
Far East
Sweden
McGeorge Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
Dean Rusk
California
Perecsity of California
Berkeley
Laos
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Jet fuel contract awarded to Centralia firm
Advance Refining Co of Centralia has won a $378,780 government contract to produce 3 million gallons of jet fuel. The award by the Military Petroleum Supply agency in Washington was made under the SBA cooperative set aside program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Advance Refining Co., Inc
Centralia
Small Business Administration
Military Petroleum Supply Agency
Washington, C
SBA
Mosquitoes Adapt to Mississippi Floodplain Breeding
Floodwaters floodplain mosquitoes lay eggs on stream banks that remain dry until floods rise. Some eggs may wait years before water returns and hatches, allowing persistence through droughts.
Grant Divorce In Court Here
A divorce was granted in circuit court here in a Monday session. Judge Randall S. Quindry presided, while another court session was underway. Dolan Dooley filed for divorce from Edward F. Dooley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolan Dooley
Edward F. Dooley
Mondey
Randall S. Quindry
Tojdley
Ex-Convict Simon Charged in SIU Coed Attack
Simon, a 38 year old Black ex-convict and parolee with prior confinements, has been charged in the reported attack on a Southern Illinois University coed. The 20 year old white student says he confronted her Sunday while she walked home from a friend’s house. She was treated and released. Simon had been released from custody January 11 after a grand jury declined to indict him in a December case involving a Carbondale Black woman. He has been confined in multiple institutions and released from the Lincoln School about a year ago on probation.
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Simon
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Jackson County
Menard State Penitentiary
Illinois Security Hospital
Lincoln School
New Dixon Post Office To Be Air Conditioned
Plans announced for a new air conditioned Dixon Illinois post office building occupying 22 300 square feet at Highland Avenue and Second Street. Bulley and Andrews Chicago will construct and lease to the Post Office Department for at least 20 years with renewal options and an option to purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dixon
Ill
Post Office Department
Highland Avenue
Second Street
Bulley and Andrews
Chicago
Department
Horse And Buggy Laws Repealed In Greenville
The Greenville City Council repealed three older ordinances from the horse and buggy era. One barred blowing a steam whistle within 100 yards of a horse. Another required a motor vehicle to carry two men to assist the driver. A third made it illegal to park a motor vehicle in front of a hitching post.
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Greenville, Yll
Greenville
Trophy Theft Not Burglary Says Chicago Fraternity
University of Chicago fraternity Zeta Beta Tau declined to press burglary and larceny charges against Southern Illinois University students seized as prowlers December 28, 1960. Judge Benjamin Nelson dismissed the case. Suspects named were Stanley Shapiro, Robert Alexenburg, and Thomas Coonan, all 20.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Zeta Beta Tau, d
Southern Iinois University
Benjamin Nelson
Stanley Shapiro
Robert Alexenburg
Thomas Coonan
Lake Shore
Caseyville
Whole World Must Go Red Khrushchev Speech
Premier Khrushchev told Soviet listeners that true happiness comes only when the whole world adopts communism. From Alma Ata he pledged Marxist Leninist unity under one banner, while urging faster industrial and agricultural gains to outpace the United States and offering disarmament talks if the West accepts limits. The West dismissed the proposal as lacking concrete commitments.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Alma Ata
Virgin Land
Kazakhstan
Viet Union
United States
Girl Jumps Into Well to Save Little Sister
Diane Ko odziej, 12, jumped into an open well four feet in diameter to rescue her 2 year old sister Carol when she fell in near their Troy Michigan home. Neighbor Charles Steele, 20, pulled them out as the water was eight feet from the top. Both girls unharmed. Diane said she learned to swim in the Girl Scouts and tried to stay calm while aiding Carol.
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Troy
Mich
Girl Scouts
Diane Koodziej
Diane
Carol
Charles Steele
Most Dependable Newsboy Is Blind
John Ollers, 8, of Kilbourne, remains undeterred in his newspaper route described as the most dependable. He walks eight to 10 miles daily delivering morning and afternoon papers to subscribers behind doors or to waiting readers despite near blindness. He can identify households and keeps a mental list of customers while working with family support at home in Kilbourne.
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John Ollers
Kilbourne
Ted
Marion County
Peoria
Ollers
Haon
Pacifist Group Reaches Illinois on Transcontinental Walk
A group from the Committee for Nonviolent Action arrived in Illinois en route to Moscow. They spoke to about 25 people in Litchfield and slept in Virden churches while planning to picket armed forces bases along the route. Led by Jerry Lehman, some have walked from San Francisco and plan to fly to London before walking across Europe to Russia.
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Litchfield
Illinois
Kremlin
Moscow
Virden
Committee For Nonviolent Action
Igns
Jerry Lehman
Mokena
San Francisco
Atlantic Ocean
London
Europe
Russia
Sport Air Force Base
Belleville
Cop Couldn't Pass The Test
Mercer G. Brown, 36, was arrested on a drunken driving charge after failing a closed eyes nose touching test. In municipal court, the arresting officer demonstrated the test with eyes closed and miss, and the jury found Brown innocent.
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Los Angeles
Mercer G. Brown
Larry Schultze
Schultze
Brown
Television Ownership Reaches Majority in U S Households
A government or industry survey reports that six of every seven U S households own at least one television set, signaling broad reach of broadcast media across the nation.
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U. S
Five Burglaries Admitted Here By Young Boys
Two brothers aged 12 and 14 admitted involvement in five burglaries to Mt. Vernon police. They claimed thefts at Moose Lodge at Eighth and Broadway on March 16 and another cash theft there, plus break ins at Franklin school and Carr’s Fire Service building. Police say $95.66 of the money was recovered and the youths were released to their mother. further charges may follow.
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Mt. Vernon
Moose Lodge
Eighth
Broadway
Franklin School
Carr
Mother Tate
le Wat Feceline
Engine Blown Off Two Jets Land Safely
An explosion tore one engine and 16 feet of wing from a six engine B47 Stratojet bomber during a refueling exercise near Peru Indiana. The bomber and its tanker returned safely to Bunker Hill Air Force Base. The tanker was not damaged and continued refueling training. Capt John W Schwartz and Capt Edwin L Waldo piloted the bomber home with four crew aboard. The Air Force dispatched searchers to southwestern Indiana to locate the missing engine. No cause can be determined until the engine is found.
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Peru
Ind
Bunker
Hill
Air Force Base
Air Force
Indiana
John A. Kinzer
John W. Schwartz
Miami
Ariz
Edwin L. Waldo
Chicago
Indianapolis
Indicted for Brawl Death in Effingham May Trial Date
IN EFFINGHAM IL AP Leo C Lew 30 Wheeler Jasper County manslaughter trial set for May 9 for the death of Virgil Lee Parrott Jr 28 Dieterich head injuries from a New Year’s Eve tavern fight Lewis indicted by Circuit Court Grand Jury free on $5000 bond
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Effingham
Leo C. Lewis
Wheeler
Jasper County
Lewis
Virgil Lee Parrott Jr
Dieterich
Parrott
First U.S. hydroelectric plant built on Fox River rapids
The first U.S. hydroelectric plant was constructed in Wisconsin on the Fox River rapids in 1882, marking a milestone in the nation’s electrification efforts.
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U.S
Wisconsin
Fox River
Appleton
Pleads Guilty Of Perjury In Jefferson County Court
Charles William Mack of Chicago pleaded guilty to a perjury charge in circuit court. Judge Randall H. Quindry placed Mack on four years probation with 120 days in Jefferson county jail. He received credit for prior jail time and will be released in 37 days. A burglary charge was dismissed. Mack was indicted by a Jefferson county grand jury in January for testifying falsely in October 1939 during a burglary trial, claiming he was not the same man jailed in Missouri in 1957.
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Charles William Mack
Chicago
Randall
Quindry Plac
Mack
Jefferson County
Nis
Missouri
Mt. Vernon Streets Damaged By Rough Winter Conditions
City manager Chester Lewis reports Mt. Vernon streets have deteriorated due to a harsh winter with freezing and thawing. Snow and spring rains worsened road conditions. crews have started repairs butwet subsoil slows work. Extensive plans target hard surfaced streets as oil and chip seal season approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. W
Anager Chester Lewis
FBI
Lewis
Mt. Vernon
Fines by Police Magistrate J R Thomas Listed
Fines were assessed for several offenses. John Clark paid 10 dollars and costs for a drunk charge. William C Simpson of East St Louis paid 5 dollars and costs for improper passing in traffic. Jack Oliver paid 15 dollars and costs for a merdine an unvaccinated dog. Cecil S Clark paid 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving. David A Sed it paid 0 dollars and costs for illegal muffler on a car. Leslie M Stieg of Nashville paid 5 dollars and costs for failure to have a safety sticker on a truck. Thomas T Piper paid 10 dollars and costs for failure to have a driver's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Thomas
John Clark
Wiliam C. Simpson
East
St. Louis
Jack Oliver
merDine
Cecil S. Clark
David A.sedit
SIO
Leslie M. Stieg
Nashville
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