James H. Sledge Dies at 87 in Bonnie Area Rites Set
James H. Sledge, farmer and longtime Elk Prairie township school official, died at 87. Born Sept 14, 1873 in Paring township, he married Eva Lena Chilton in 1899. Survived by son Gale and daughter Gladys, both of Bonnie, two grandsons and one great grandson. Services at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Myers Chapel with burial in Harmony cemetery. Body in state after 3:00 p.m. Friday. caller may view. He was a member of First Missionary Baptist Church at Bonnie.
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Gardes
Sledge
Elk Prairie Township
Myers Chapel
Harmony Cemetery
Mr. Sledge
Paring Township
Auasell
Sarah Eliz Meams
Mt. Vernon
Eva Lena Chilton
Gale Sledge
Gladys Sledge
Bonnie
Ms. Sledge
First Missionary Baptist Church
Safe-Cracking Suspect Caught In Colp Tavern
Harrisburg AP report says four St. Louis men sought for a 7350 theft in Stonefort Illinois were pursued by state troopers across four counties. John Lloyd Mitchell 28 was arrested at a Colp tavern after a day long search. Roy Howard Black 27 jailed in St Louis after bail set. others sought include Teving Black and an unnamed brother. The Stonefort grocery theft involved about 7350 in cash bonds and checks.
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Harrisburg
St. Louis
Illinois
Colp
John Lloyd -Mitchell
Mitchell
Stonefort
Ill
Roy Howard Black
Black
Teving
Saline Conty
H. B. Tanner
Saline County
Firemen Respond to Medical Emergency on Second Street
Fire department rushed to 214 South Second Street to administer oxygen to a woman believed to have a heart attack. Nellie Bond, 537, was transported to Jefferson Memorial Hospital for further treatment.
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South Second Street
Mya
Nellie Bond
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Political Storm Over Spy Trial Continues
Western allies tracked Gordon Lonsdale and the Cohen Krogers, a Canadian and his wife, tied to a Soviet spy ring. They received long sentences after relationships with Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and others in a global web. The case spanned Canada Tokyo Singapore Vienna London and New Zealand passports were forged and investigations ordered.
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Gordon
Arnold Lonsdale
America
Scotland Yard
Hely
Morris Cohen
Kroger
Helén
Julius
Ethel Rosettberg
U.S
Mostow
Colf. Abel
Arested
Cohéns-Krogers
World
Canada
Tokyo
Apore
Vienna
London
New Zeeand
New Zealand
England
Selth Holyoake
Lonsdale
Harry F. Houghton
Ethel Gee
Houghton
Miss Gee
Hospital Notes Debra Lap Ada? Madison Memorial
Fragmented medical log lists multiple patient names and possible wards. Entries include Debra Joy Lap of Ki and Mrs Madge Dalhy of Mexxico with several other named individuals connected to admissions and staff notes.
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Detferson
Aeaen
Debra Joy Lapa
Ki Means
Madge Dalhy
Mexxico
Nellie Ah
C. Rollinson
Waite
Mary Wanda Gatewood
Kevin Toad
Ardith
Lucille ‘Graham Baby
Julia
Woodlawn
Bony Benest Beucks
John
Ah Richter
Joseph Je Au Th
Mary
William Jessie F ' Ed Wilson
Bertha Kirkland
Cecil L
Blane
Jean Ferguson
Paul Mal
Barbara Jean Gil Wllinax
Ai i Be
Mt Vernon Markets Hogs Prices Unchanged on Market Day
Mt Vernon livestock market lists prices steady. Top hogs at 17.15 per 100 pounds for 190 to 210 weights. Other hogs at 16.00 for 300 pounds. Boars ranged from 10.50 to 11.50.
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Noted This Afternoon
Mt. Vernon quotes show wheat at 1.88, soybeans at 2.92, and corn at 1.04. These prices reflect local activity this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Hogs and Cattle
National Stockyards report shows hogs 9,000 head with varied weights and grades, prices from 11.00 to 17.50 per hundred pounds for different lots. Cattle and calves listed with ranges for slaughter steers, Holsteins, cows, bulls, stock steers, and calves, plus lambs and ewes values across weight classes and grades.
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National
USDA
Ibs
Chicago Produce Butter Prices Hold Steady Market Listing
Chicago AP reports Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter prices steady at wholesale levels with scores 93 AA 6014, 92 A 604, 90 B 58% and 89 C 57% for various categories. Eyes weak, wholesale buying prices down 1 to 2 with A whites at 34, mixed 33, mediums 31, standards 31, dirties 30, checks 30.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Merecantie Exchange
St Louis Produce Prices for Eggs and Live Poultry
St Louis AP lists egg grades AA large and A extra large 32-34, A large 30-32, A medium 28-30, A small 25-26, B large 28-30. Wholesale large extras 60-79 percent A 32-33, 40-59 percent A 31-32, medium extras 29-30, small extras 24-25. Live poultry old roosters 344-10.
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ST. Louis
Albany
Buquerque
Tlanta
Biemarck
Boston
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Cleveland
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Honolulu
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Ore
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Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Chicago Poultry Live Wholesale Prices Steady
Chicago dispatch from AP notes U S Department of Agriculture reports wholesale buying prices for live poultry unchanged with roasters priced at 26 to 28 cents per pound.
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Chicago
USDA
Cash grain prices and grain quotes from Chatsgo AP report
No wheat oats or soybean futures listed. Corn prices show No 4 yellow 1.0644 109 and No 3 yellow 1.0149 0344 with sample grade 1.05. Soybean oil priced at 13n. Barley options include making choice 1.10 1.20n and feed 93 1.00n.
Wall Street Edges Lower Amid Uncertainty and Daylong Slump
Wall Street drifted to modest losses in late trading as investors waited for Kennedy’s 6 p.m. press conference amid tensions in Laos. Daily volume around 5.5 million shares. sectors including steels, chemicals, autos, rails and oils fell while some lagging issues edged down.
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New York
Kennedy
Republic Steel
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
Revion
Brunswick
AMF
Polaroid
Vendo
New York Central
American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
Commonwealth Edison
Western Union
U.S
Lamberts At Natl Farmers Union Meeting
Mr and Mrs Isaac J Lambert returned from a five day National Farmers Union session in Washington DC where Lambert as Jefferson county Farmers Union president joined about 2500 delegates including 102 voting delegates. They met Senators Douglas and Dirksen and Representative Shipley and observed Congress in action during a convention visit with sightseeing trips.
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Isaac J. Lambert
National Farmers Union
Washington, D. C
Lambert
Jefferson County Farmers Union
Paul Douglas
Everett Dirksen
George Shipley
Congress
Weather report from Associated Press elsewhere
The weather bulletin provides regional conditions with temperature trends and precipitation chances. Forecast highlights include daytime highs, overnight lows, and expected rainfall or snowfall patterns across multiple locales, summarizing active fronts and seasonal shifts.
Illinois Weather Outlook With Cool Winds and Warmer Friday
Rain sprinkled Illinois today as northwest breezes kept readings cool. Friday promised warmer with some sun, while clouds have lingered since spring began Monday. Temperatures ranged in the 40s with some 50s in Egypt. tonight's low expected in the middle 30s with freezing likely in northwest counties.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Egypt
Nixon Receives Car and California Driver License
Richard M. Nixon visited Whittier and obtained a new car and a California driver's license. He took the driving test and is now employed with a Los Angeles law firm.
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Los Angeles
California
Whittier
Nixon
Kennedy to Announce U S Policy on Laos Settlement
The New York Herald Tribune reports Kennedy will rush helicopters and long range aircraft to Laos as part of a settlement effort. Rusk prepares for SEATO talks in Bangkok as U S policy leans toward outside intervention if needed to support the pro Western government. Vice President Johnson says the U S will not permit an armed minority to swallow Laos.
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New York Herald Tribune
Kennedy
Laos
Washington
Rusk
Seato
Dean Rusk
Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
United States
DuQuoin Major Among Six Killed in Plane Crash
Marysville Calif CAP report lists four Air Force airmen and two civilian technicians killed when a four engine C121 cargo plane crashed in a field ten miles north of Marysville during a test. The aircraft was based at McClellan AFB near Sacramento. Major Frederick P Davison of Du Quoin was the pilot.
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Cap
Air Force
Marysville
McClellan Air Force Base
Sacramento
Deal
Frederick P. Davison
du Quoin
Farm aid rules cut acreage and curb surpluses
The plan allows retiring up to 40 percent of corn and sorghum land with first extra 20 percent paid at a higher rate. Government grain sales are authorized to depress prices for nonparticipants. Kennedy says the law aims to raise farm income, secure meat eggs and dairy, cut program costs, and reduce feed grain surpluses while new supports raise prices for corn, oats, barley, rye, sorghum, soybeans, flaxseed, and cottonseed.
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Freeman
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Burke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Kennedy
Kennedy Gromyko secret meeting report draws denial
The New York Post quoted sources claiming President Kennedy met secretly with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to press Laos nonexpansion and warn against Western concessions. White House denies the report and cites no such meeting occurred. The Post account says the dialog touched Berlin, the United Nations, and Dag Hammarskjold.
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New York
New York Post Today
Kennedy
Andrei Gromyko
Laos
Washington
White House
the Post
Let The Russians Hear The Truth Let The Russians Hear The Truth
The United States urged the Kremlin to extend lifting of censorship to all foreign correspondents and their dispatches. Washington welcomed the move but doubted its practical impact, noting continued controls on broadcasts and distribution of foreign publications.
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State Department
Moscow
Soviet Union
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Ars
U C T Elects Officers Here
James Alexander was elected senior counselor of Council 523 United Commercial Travelers at last night’s meeting. New officers include W. B. Porter junior counselor Charles J. Holt past senior counselor Lewis J. Hilliard secretary Robert Shaw conductor William Lee page Roy Hayse sentinel Marion Helfner and C. L. Latin reelected to executive committee. Roy Hayse and C. L. Latin reelected. ten delegates elected for the 65th state convention at Rockford May 1 12 and 13.
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James Alexander
United Commercial Travelers
W. B. Porter
Charles J. Holt
Lewis J. Hilliard
Robert Shaw
William Lee
Page
Roy Hayse
Sentinel
Marion Helfner
C. L. Latin
W. D. Isaac
Illinois
Frank R. Weller
Ilinois
Rockford
Pentagon Secrecy Tied to Laos Crisis and SEATO Moves
SEATO advisers in Bangkok urge continued military planning to resist Communist aggression in Laos as concerns rise over royal Lao Army strength and possible joint Western action. The alliance, including Britain France Australia New Zealand Thailand the Philippines and Pakistan, weighs options should Laos destabilize further.
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Laos
United States
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Philippines
Pakistan
Bangkok
Jacqueline Kennedy's Easter Wardrobe Secret Tour
Mrs John F Kennedy returns to Washington with suitcases labeled do not open until Easter after a New York shopping trip. Designers and sellers kept details under wraps at her suite in the Carlyle Hotel while press aides deflected questions. The First Lady plans an Easter outfit guided by the weather as the family anticipates Palm Beach for the holiday.
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John F. Kennedy
Washington
Olee Cassini
Kennnedy
Carlyle
Pamela Turnme
Mrs. Kennedy
Kennedys
Palm Beach
Bills redraw justice of the peace rules in Illinois
In Springfield the legislature debates shifting JP workloads with House passage of a bill allowing county judge consented JP moves within counties. Senate foe seeks court administrator oversight. Other bills in the series push salary equality, annual reports to the county administrator, and deputy constable appointments.
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Senate
Robert McClory
Lake Bluff
Houge
Supreme Court
House-Senate
Guy
Otto Kerner
Jps
Ep. G. William Horsley
Hunt Kidnaper In Snow Tragedy Stuns Belleville
Belleville Ontario police hunt a kidnapper who bound 10 year old Tommy MacNevin to a tree with a rope and left him to die in the cold. War ren Williamson the boy’s scoutmaster and church elder later died by his own hand after claiming a ransom note named him as go-between. Coroner says death by exposure Monday night. two sets of footprints point to a treacherous path to the tree. The ransom demand of 325000 and a threatening call to Tommys father preceded the grim events.
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Belleville
Ont
Tommy MacNevin
Tommy
Warren Williamson
Williamson
John Pringle
J. Russell Scott
Scott
Atick
Daniel McNevin
Sun
McNevin
Fatal Crash on Highway 37 in West Frankfort
Gene T. Zanzuchi, 52, was killed when two cars collided on Illinois 37 on the north edge of West Frankfort. Louis B. Scott, 40, was seriously injured and taken to Union Hospital in West Frankfort.
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West Frankfort
Til
Gene. T. Zanzuchi
Louis B. Scott
Union Hospital
Illinois 37
Congress OKs Extension Of Pay To Jobless
Washington AP reports a near one billion dollar emergency unemployment benefits extension awaits Kennedy signature to become law. The measure, top priority for tackling recession, will start extra checks after fifteen days and could aid up to three million unemployed over a two year period through 13 weeks of enhanced benefits funded by a federal advance to states and repaid from a future tax increase.
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Washington
Kennedy
Benes
House
Senate
Third Trial Of Finch Tregoff Goes To Jury
A Los Angeles jury of 0 men and 2 women begins deliberations in the third trial of Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff for the July 18 1959 gunshot death of Finch's wife Barbara Jean. The two prior juries failed to reach a verdict and the panel was kept overnight in a hotel. The defendants face murder conspiracy charges with penalties ranging from life imprisonment to death for first degree murder and five years for second degree and conspiracy counts.
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Los Angeles
Finch- Tregoff
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Finch
Miss Tregoff
Farm Mutual Insurance Group Holds Meeting in Mt Vernon
About sixty representatives from farm mutual insurers met in Mt Vernon for a one day regional session of the Illinois Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. The meeting at L N Cafe discussed underwriting problems loss trends and new coverages with 19 companies participating. James Lockhart state association secretary spoke along with presidents of windstorm companies Albert Meyer and R M Johnson and director Henry Wilson. William F Steinmetz of Indianapolis national association official was a guest speaker.
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Farm Mutual Insurance Companies
Mt. Vernon
Illinois Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
Blanche E. Packwood
Robert Lockhart
Fulton
Tllinois
New State Association
Albert Meyer
East St. Louis
Ike Gets Stars Back No Change In Pension
Washington AP Former President Dwight D Eisenhower regains five star general rank as Kennedy pushes legislation. The bill restores the rank he held in the Army but leaves his $25,000 pension and $50,000 expense fund as a former president unchanged.
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Washington
Dwight D. Breen
Army
Kennedy
Eisenhower
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