Deaths Mrs. Lina F. Dixon 86 Ottawa resident
Mrs. James I. Dixon died at Memorial Hospital Ottawa at 12 20 p m Monday age 86 of 1333 Huron street. Funeral at Gladfelter's Chapel Ottawa Thursday 2 p m burial Ottawa body may lie in state at Gladfelter's Funeral Home after 2 p m Wednesday Survivors include husband James I Dixon daughter Mrs George Wagner Ottawa granddaughter and one infant son predeceased siblings and step-siblings listed from Woodlawn Illinois
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James I
Lina F.) Dixon
Huron Street
Ottawa
Ill
Woodlawn
Memorial Hospital
Gladfelter
Dixon
Thomas B
Mary (Austin) Piper
James IL. Dixon
George O. Wagner
C. A. Piper
John Piper
Sally McMillon
William Piper
L W Sproul of Richview Dies Rites Thursday
Louis Wiley Sproul 81 of Richview Illinois died at 11 00 p m Monday in Friendship Manor Nursing Home Nash ville He was a member of Richview Methodist Church The Rev Charles Holloway and Rev Roy Coyle to officiate Burial in Richview Cemetery Hogan Funeral Home Ashley where friends may call after 2 00 p m Wednesday At noon Thursday body to lie in state at the church He was born March 10 1884 in Richview Son of William and Mary Wiley Sproul First married to Ollie Lyons who died 1951 In 1954 he married Marie McDowell who survives Also survived by two daughters Mary Langenfeld Centralia Louise Baldridge Ashley two grandchildren and five great grandchildren
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Louis Wiley Sproul
Richview
Ill
Friendship Manor
Nashville
Richview Methodist Church
Charles Holloway
Roy Coyle
Richview Cemetery
Hogan Funeral Home
Ashley
Sproul
Mar
William and
Mary (Wiley) Sproul
Ollie Lyons
Marie McDowell
Mary Langenfeld
Centralia
Louise Baldridge
Latta Rites Set For Bluford Elder J R Latta Dies At 86
J R Love Latta age 86 died Monday evening at his Bluford home. Retired Mt. Vernon Car Company employee. Funeral 2 PM Thursday Harmony Baptist Church with Rev B S Weinberg officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. In state at Bluford Funeral Home after 3 PM Wednesday. Latta born Jan 24 1873 in Farrington Township to John M and Rebecca Crawford Latta. Survived by wife Lorena Waud Latta, 16 children, sister Lula Clark, 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Preceded by two brothers and two sisters. Member Seventh Day Adventist Church.
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J. BR
Love) Latta
RFD
Bruford
Latta
Mt. Vernon Car Company
Harmony Baptist Church
B. S. Weinberg
Bluford
Farrington Township
John M
Rebecca 3
Crawford) Latta
Marrel W Lorena Waud
Irvie Letta
Batavia
Keith Latta
Gaughter
Marilyn Dixon
Mt Vernon
Lula Clark
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Youth Arrested in Stolen Car On Way to Court
Sidney Ray Behanan, 18, of Nashville, Tenn., was arrested near Mt Vernon in a stolen car. State Trooper Roy Cooley stopped him about a mile south of Mt Vernon. Behanan said he was en route to Chicago to attend court on a car theft case and claimed ownership allowed him to use the car. He was held in Williamson County jail.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Sidney Ray Behanan
Nashville, Tenn
Troper Roy Cooley
Marion
Chicago
Buhhanan
Williamson
Pedestrian Killed at Tracks in Sandwich Ill
Pedestrian Anna Johnson, 63, was killed at railroad tracks in Sandwich Illinois in an AP report. Police and railway officials investigated the incident as authorities examined the scene for details and potential causes.
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Ill
Anna Johnson
Mt. Vernon Hog Market Prices and Trends
Prices paid through 12:30 p.m. today at Mt. Vernon Hog Market show a 250 rise with top hogs at 16.75 for 200 to 220 pounds. Sows ranged from 14.50 to 14.75 for 300 pounds and over, while boars sold at 9.50 to 10.00. After 12:30 p.m. prices will reflect next day's figures.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon markets quoted wheat at 1.37, soybeans 2.80, shell corn 1.28, and ear corn 1.23 this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Grain Market Prices Brief
Chicago reports Wheat No 2 hard about 1.58 to 1.59 per bushel with No 2 red near 1.0. Corn No 2 yellow around 1.34 with Oats No 1 heavy white about 0.72 and No 2 heavy white near 0.72. Soybeans No 1 yellow around 2.92 and Soybean oil near 12.00.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Update from Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter prices steady with many grade indicators and dairy yard figures. Egg prices remain near steady with grade A whites and mixed lots noted, while live poultry wholesale prices show roasters at 27 to 29 cents and specific fryers priced 19 to 22 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Livestock Prices and Estimates From National Stockyards
Livestock data from National Stockyards Illinois shows Wednesday estimates for cattle 2000 head, calves 150, hogs 3500, sheep 200, with hogs strong to mostly 25 higher and barrows gilts 150 to 320 pounds at 15.00 to 17.85. Cattle 3500 head and calves 300, steers 20.75 to 24.75, heifers 18.50 to 23.00, cows 12.50 to 14.50, vealers 19.00 to 30.00, calves 14.00 to 18.00. Sheep 300, wooled lambs 25.50 to 26.00.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Egg and Poultry Prices Report From St Louis
AP listing shows consumer egg grades A large 29 30 A medium 27 A small 02 21 and B large 2 27 plus wholesale standards 24 24 16 and unclassified 22 23. Poultry prices include hens heavy 17 18 light over 5 pounds 11 12 under 5 pounds 4 4 5 and broilers fryers 18 19 34.
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ST. Louis
Wall Street gains mix on airline rebound and rail bids
Moderate trading sees an irregular advance with about 48 million shares. Airlines rally early but retreat on profit taking while Erie Lackawanna jumps to a fresh high. Other gains include Illinois Central Xerox Boeing Reading Hershey Gulf Mobile Am erada and Western Union with mixed bonds and higher government issues. Dow Jones noon averages show slight rises across Industrial Rails Utilities and Stocks.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
American
National Northwest
TWA
United
Pan American
Erie Lackawamma
Births at Mascoutah and Bluford Hospitals
Captain and Mrs J F Fleckenstein of Mascoutah announce a daughter Donna Marie born March 18 at Scott Air Force Base Hospital weighing six pounds five ounces. Grandparents are Francis Fleckenstein Belle Rive and John Wahikamp Carlyle. George Russell of Bluford and Norma Pigg Joliet announce a daughter born 2 05 AM at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds twelve ounces. Norman Pigg Joliet and Ed Wilson are grandparents. William Everett is the name for a son born 6 30 PM Saturday in Joliet hospital weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Grandparents are William Pigg and Ed Wilson.
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J. F. Fleckenstein
Mascoutah
Ill
Scott Air Force Base Hospital
Donna Marie
Francis Fleckenstein
Belle Rive
John Wahikamp
Carlyle
George Russell
RFD 2
Bluford
Good Samaritan Hospital
Norman Pigg
Joliet
William Everett
William Pigg
Ed Wilson
Here And Elsewhere Weather Report For Vernon MI
Monday forecast high 61 and low 53 with rainfall this year totaling 6.60 inches. Compared figures show one year ago high 64 low 47 and five years ago 47 and 17. Ten years ago: 39 and 31. Wednesday sunrise 5 58 and sunset 6 16 CST.
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MY. Vernon
Towboat The Badger Stranded In Ice At Rock Island
The Badger, one of the Mississippi River’s largest towboats, remains stuck in river ice at Rock Island. Powered by two 1,600 horsepower diesel engines, it has been tied up since Thursday with 12 coal barges being towed toward St Paul. Captain Thomas Lum says it is the first delay in two years, as rock island locks lack the power to pull the vessel free.
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Rock Island, MI
Mississippi River
Rock Island
Badger
St. Paul
Minn
Thomas Lum
Rock Island Locks
Two Suits For Divorce Filed In Circuit Court
Two divorce cases were filed Monday in circuit court. Janice Mary Whittington versus Phillip Warren Whittington cites cruelty and adultery and seeks custody of two minor children and alimony. They wed October 21, 1961 and separated November 11, 1964. Garren versus Garren has Mervin D. Garren suing Norma Jean Garren for desertion. married August 2, 1983 and lived together until wart 1, 1961.
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Janice Mary Whittington
Phillip Warren Whittington
Garren
Thief Leaves Beer Bottle At Truck Bumper Theft
Mr. Vernon police investigate a case where a thief stole a bumper from a truck parked at Holman Motors on North Tenth Street. He reportedly drank a beer on site and left the empty bottle as evidence of the crime.
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Mr. Vernon
Holman Motors
North Tenth Streat
Three Elections In Mt Vernon And County Schedule
April is election month in Mt Vernon and Jefferson county with three elections in two weeks. Townships vote on April 6 with clerks assessors auditors and eight supervise rs. School board election on April 10. Mt Vernon city election on April 20 for mayor city clerk treasurer and two councilmen.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Public hearings set on county zoning plan
A series of public hearings across 16 townships will begin this week at 7:30 p.m. to consider zoning districts I-1 I-2 I-3 and residential classes R-1 through R-4. Maps showing boundaries will be on file for public inspection before the hearings through April 9 with sites listed by township and date.
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Bet
Old Union School
Shiloh Road
Grand Prairie School
Grand Prairie Road
Moonship Mission Seeks Live TV From Ranger 9
Pasadena Calif AP Moonbound Ranger 9 aims to provide the first live television closeups of the lunar surface before impact at 9 08 a m The craft altered its course via a brief engine burn to hit Alphonsus crater scientists cautious about confirming success for hours The mission seeks thousands of pictures of a potential future landing site amid hopes the 10 000 foot walls offer shelter from meteorite rain and may reveal hazards near the crater base
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Pasadena
Calif
Alphonsus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Ranger 9
Rangers 7
Lunar
Red Cross First Aid Class Starts Thursday
A standard first aid course begins at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Red Cross office, 226 South Tenth Street. The five session class meets at 1:30 p.m. Thursdays and 1:15 p.m. Tuesdays, taught by Hazel Jones. Night and day sessions were offered, but low turnout for the night class led to combining both into the afternoon course.
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Red Cross
South Tenth Street
Hazel Jones
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial admitted Opal Marie Hauk and Neva Juanita McBride. Discharged Chest Ann Spear man, Geneva Marcella Putney, Audrey Vaughn, Dale Larry Bernard, Henry Eugene Rawls, Barbara Jean Forth, Glen Har old Wells, Harl Clarence Hilliard, Helen Maree Ford. Good Samaritan admitted L Verdeen Wood, Roy Clarence Nordin, Myrtle Leu Henderson, Goldie Mae Chirk, James Aaron Garrison, Clara Barbara Miller, Glenn McCowen, Lena Grace Heggy. Discharged Florence Etta McIntyre, Hazel May Quillman, Donald Edwin Nelson, Ernest Watkins Hails, Mary Ellen Chambliss.
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Jefferson Memorial
Opal Marie Hauk
Neva Juanita McBride
Chest Ann Spearman
Geneva Marcella Putney
Audrey Vaughn
Dale Larry Bernard
Henry Eugene Rawls
Barbara Jean Forth
Glen Harold Wells
Harl Clarence Hilliard
Helen Maree Ford
Good Samaritan
L. Verdeen Wood
Roy Clarence Nordin
Myrtle Leu Henderson
Goldie Mae Chirk
James Aaron Garrison
Clara Barbara Miller
Glenn McCowen
Lena Grace Heggy
Florence Etta McIntyre
Hazel May Quillman
Donald Edwin Nelson
Ernest Watkins Hails
Mary Ellen Chambliss
Beef Cattle Feed Lot Tour Held Friday in Jefferson County
Jefferson County farmers are invited to a beef cattle feed lot tour this Friday at the Paul Piercy farm six miles northwest of Mt. Vernon. The event begins at 12:30 p.m. and features 42 head of yearlings, with University of Illinois extension specialist Dick Carlisle presenting cattle feeding research and a National Stockyards market specialist covering beef grades. A grading demonstration allows attendees to grade and estimate weight and selling price of steers.
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Jefferson County
Paul Piercy
Piercy
Mt. Vernon
Richview Blacktop
Shiloh Township
Don Lae
Jefferson County Agriculture Extension Council and Livestock Committee
Piercy Farm
Dick Carlisle
University of Illinois
GOP Forces Conference On Remap
SPRINGFIELD Ul AP The Illinois Legislature set up a 10 member conference committee to seek agreement on House and Senate redistricting. The move follows the Senate refusing to back down from the Republican remap bill as a GOP member threatened a filibuster in the House. Senate Republicans named Hatch Ozinga and Davis to the panel with Democrats Dougherty and Dixon. Rep John Lewis warned of a broader filibuster to force action on redistricting, using the tactic of reading a minor bill in full.
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Wlineis
House
Senate
Robert F. Hatch
Chicago
Frank M. Ozinga
Evergreen Park
David Davis
Bloomington
Daniel Dougherty
Alan Dixon
Belleville
John Lewis
R-Marshall
Lewis
Molly Brown Parachutes Into Bahama Waters
The piece discusses early Gemini aims and astronaut maneuvering with James A. McDivitt set to emerge from his craft on the next flight in June. It notes Grissom and Young monitoring life support over Africa, reporting systems functioning, and describes planned orbital adjustments and operational specifics.
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James A. McDivitt
Grissom
Young
Africa
Canary Islands
Mercury
Jefferson County Vehicle Registry Totals for 1964
Jefferson County registered 16 134 cars and trucks in 1964 with 12 161 passenger cars and 3 083 trucks and buses. Taxis ambulances numbered 24. trailers and semi trailers 712. motorcycles 145. dealer vehicles 54. State fees totaled 435 534.42, up 5 600.96 from 1963. Hamilton County registered 5 243 vehicles and paid 132 742.68 in fees. Other southern counties listed include Franklin 19 310 vehicles and 433 266.08 in fees Marion 21 111 and 555 876.56 Washington 7 883 and 204 743.47 Wayne 10 680 and 402 White 10 757 and 319 101.36 Williamson 23 775 and ?
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Hamilton Co
Hamilton County
Illinois
Franklin
Marion
Washington
Wayne
White
Williamson
Kerner Named One of Ten Best Dressed Men
Gov Otto Kerner of Illinois tops a list of ten best dressed men of 196, compiled by the Custom for Guild of America. Also honored are U S Senator George Murphy of California actor Hugh O’Brien singer Vic Damone New York manufacturer Harry E Gould Vito Pascucci Kenosha industrialist Robert Cooper Chicago insurance partner Henry Krueger Chicago S&L official Arthur Rubloff Chicago real estate developer and Herbert W Hart Detroit executive.
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Chicago
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Guild of America
Otters
U.S
George Murphy
California
Hugh O'Brien
Vic Damone
Harry E. Gould
New York
Vito Pascucci
Kenosha
Wis
Robert Cooper
Henry Krueger
Chicago Savings and Loan Association
Arthur Rubloff
Herbert W. Hart
Detroit
Summersville Students Exchange With Philippines In Good Will Program
High grade students at Summersville grade school under teacher Jake Knauss will exchange scrapbooks letters recordings and projects with Alayao elementary in Capalonga Camarines Norte Philippines through People-to-People Inc The program aims to foster geography history language and culture interest and international goodwill. The initiative traces back to a 1956 White House conference by General Dwight D Eisenhower.
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Summersville
Philippines
Jake Knauss
Alayao
Capalonga
Camarines Norte
People
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Flu Epidemic Reaches Western Europe and U S
Geneva dispatch reports the flu epidemic spreading from the Soviet Union and eastern Europe to western Europe and the United States. WHO figures show rising cases in Britain Finland Denmark Sweden Switzerland and the United States with confirmations in North Carolina Tennessee and Arkansas. Since Feb 20 eight states and a city reported outbreaks varying from sporadic to widespread.
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Astronauts' Wives Wait in Houston for Return
In Houston Scott 14 and Mark 11 anxiously await their dad as hero A J Foyt looms large. Mrs Grissom saved hundreds of trading stamps while Mrs Young, formerly Barbara White of Savannah, Ga, plans how to pass the wait. The Grissoms’ brown haired daughter and the Navy wife’s biking family with four bicycles highlight a quiet, personal scene.
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Mark
A. J. Foyt
Houston
Grissom
Young
Claude Moore
Mitchell
Ind
Brezhnev Hails Cosmonauts as Viet Nam War Tensions Rise
In Moscow Brezhnev lauded the cosmonauts Leonov and Belyayev after their Voskhod 2 flight as he warned the United States over Vietnam. He promised Soviet aid to North Vietnam and spoke of war threats, while Leonov described the beauty of the USSR during his space voyage.
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Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Red Square
United States
Alexei Leonov
Leonov
Voskhod 2
Red
Caucasus
Sochi
Black Sea
Volga
Urals
Yenisey
Col
Pavel Belyayev
Crowds Pack Florida Beach For Gemini Flight
Cape Kennedy observers and Cocoa Beach residents jammed roads and rooftops to watch the Gemini Titan launch. Vice President Humphrey observed from mission control as Virgil Grissom and John Young prepared for liftoff, while space fans praised the event despite Soviet rivalry and the low-visibility, smokeless Titan ascent.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Outer Space
Florida
America
Cocoa Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Daytona Beach
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Washington
Mission Control
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Soviet Union
Titan
Atlas
Spring May Be 3 Weeks Away
CARBONDALE Illinois AP a climatologist said spring weather for much of Illinois may be at least three weeks away even with extra sunshine Floyd Cunningham director of Southern Illinois University's climatology laboratory said more sun is needed to warm land and water cold by a long winter Temperatures from the lab show 14 of the first 15 days in March below normal February was colder wetter and snowy than normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Illinois
Floyd Cunningham
Southern Ilinois University
Rend Lake Ground Breaking Plans Discussed at SII Meeting
Southern Illinois, Inc. held a meeting at West Frankfort Country Club to discuss Rend Lake ground breaking. Earl D. Jamison of Mt. Vernon, a director, attended. Ground breaking is tentatively set for the first week in June. Other progress items of southern Illinois were reviewed.
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Rend Lake
Southern Ilinois, Inc
West Frankfort Country Club
Earl D. Jamison
Mt. Vernon
SII
Southern Ilinois
Traffic fines from circuit court detailed
Cyril W. Owen of Valparaiso Indiana was fined ten dollars for speeding. William C. Howard from Woodlawn was fined ten dollars for driving without lights. Samuel N. Simpson was fined ten dollars for improper lane usage.
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Cyril W. Owen
Valparaiso
Ind
William C. Howard
Woodlawn
Samuel N. Simpson
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