Deaths Maude Elizabeth Perry Griffey 80
Mrs Maude Elizabeth Perry Griffey 80 of 801 south 21st Street died at 11 30 a m Tuesday at her daughter s home Mrs James McLaughlin Funeral services 3 00 p m Friday at Pulley-Gutzler Funeral Home Rev A B Clodfelder officiating Burial in Oakwood Cemetery Body lies in state after 1 00 p m Thursday Survivors include four daughters Mrs Don Stewart Anna Mrs James McLaughlin Mt Vernon and Mrs Warren Waite Mt Vernon and Mrs Marion Elliston Nacogdoches Tex one brother Frank Reid Centr a lia five grandchildren and four great grandchildren She was preceded in death by a sister Mrs Griffey and was a Wesley Methodist church member
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Maude Elizabeth Perry Griffey
South 21St Street
James McLaughlin
Pul Jey-Gutzler Funeral Home
A. B. Clodfelder
Oakwood Cemetery
Pulley-Gutzler Funeral Home
Jefferson County
Robert
Mary (Campbell) Reed
John Perry
Sy Griffey
Don Stewart
Anna
Warren Waite
Mt. Vernon
Marion Ellis
Johnsons Sell Former Home In Washington
Washington AP report notes President and Mrs. Johnson sold their former home The Elms in Washington to Miami businessman Luther B. Smith. Smith, a major stockholder in aircraft firms, chairs Aerodex, heads Brass Heavy Equipment in Harrisburg and Baltimore, and bought the house as a surprise for his wife. Price not disclosed but believed around $200,000.
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Johnson
The
Elms
Miami, Fla
Washington Post
Luther B. Smith
American Security Corp
Smith
Miami
Reno
Neb
Aerodexies
Brass Heavy Oron Pment Company
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Salinger Seeks California Senate Ballot Fix in Court
Pierre Salinger asked the California Supreme Court to compel placement on the June primary ballot after Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan rejected his Democratic candidacy. Salinger, who has not lived in California since 1955 and is registered in Virginia, questions partisan influence in the decision as he faces Len Clair Engle and Comptroller Anderson.
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San Francisco
Pierre Salinger
California
Salinger
State Supreme Court
Frank M. Jordan
Jordan
Virginia
Len. Clair Engle
Alan Nston
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial admits Ida Lou Anderson Silas Brake. Discharges include Bertha Willis Sherman Roberts Deloris Ward Louise Crash Olivia Karch. Good Samarian admits Helen Antoinette Arnaud Lenty Loren Keele John Vipka Tommy James Williams Zella M Young. Discharged: Mrs Mona Jean Coats and baby David Jona than Mrs Darlene Kay Bown and baby Nolan Glen Jr Thomas Eugene Ellis Robert Lee Simmons James Carl Patton Kris Edwin Strothmann Tracy Ann Bradford Daniel Sylvester Johnson Clara Angline McKenzie Douglas Gene Sweetin Teresa Rosann Buttrum Ruby G Panzier George Allen Pace Otto Laswell Mrs Barbara Jean Johnson and baby David Gene.
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Jefferson Memorial
Ida Lou Anderson
Silas Brake
Bertha Willis
Sherman Roberts
Deloris Ward
Louise Crash
Olivia Karch
Good Samarian
Helen Antoinette Arnaud
Lenty Loren Keele
John Vipka
Tommy James Williams
Zella M. Young
Mona Jean Coats
David Jonathan
Darlene Kay Bown
Nolan Glen, Jr
Thomas Eugene Ellis
Robert Lee Simmons
James Carl Patton
Kris Edwin Strothmann
Tracy Ann Bradford
Daniel Sylvester Johnson
Clara Angline McKenzie
Douglas Gene Sweetin
Teresa Rosann Buttrum
Ruby G. Panzier
George Allen Pace
Otto Laswell
Barbara Jean Johnson
David Gene
Amvets and Rebekah Lodge Schedule Notices
The Amvets meet at 7 30 tonight in the club rooms with members urged to attend. A Rebekah Lodge event is planned for March 26 at Varnell hall with Naom R Bogan serving as secretary and Fiaches Swinnen as adjutant.
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Mvets the
Amvets
Fiaches Swinnen
Adj
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Steady
Mt Vernon hog market reports no change in prices with top at 14.10 for 190 to 220 pound hogs. Sows rose 25 cents to 12.50 for 300 weight down, sow 300 weight and over at 12.25, down. Boars ranged 7.50 and 8.50.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted In Mt Vernon
Prices listed in Mt Vernon this afternoon show Wheat at 1.92, Soybeans at 2.49, Corn at 1.168, reflecting market quotes in the region.
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Mt. Vernon
Grain futures show mixed prices on soy and corn
Chicago wheat and oats sales paused as corn futures edge higher with No 2 yellow at 1.23 percent and No 3 at 1.19 percent. No 4 yellow remains at 1.184 with soybeans off at 8.05 cents.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Reported
Livestock market data from National Stockyards, Tennessee. Hogs about steady with 190 to 260 pound barrows and gilts selling around 14.25 to 85. Sows 290 to 600 pounds priced about 11.75 to 13.50. Cattle and calves about steady with good to choice steers 20 to 22.50, good to choice heifers 19 to 21, vealers 24 to 33. Sheep early sales show good to choice lambs at 19 to 23.00.
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National
St. Louis Produce St. Louis Eggs and Poultry Grades
AP report lists egg grades and live poultry standards in St. Louis. Crowns include large and medium eggs with various weight classes and wholesale grades. Broilers and fryers are noted with price ranges.
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St. Louis
Market Notes on Chicago Produce Prices
Chicago reports wholesale live poultry prices at varying ranges with roasters and fryers listed. Butter remains steady on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange with specific grade scores cited. Eggs hold firm with whites and checks priced, while other categories show minimal changes.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Wall Street sees mixed gains amid steady volume
Trading in New York shares showed a steady rise late in the session as majors like U.S. Steel and Lukens Steel advanced. Savings and loans moved higher after a market-wide uptick, while Lehigh Valley Industries faced heavy selling and a temporary halt to trading before reopening lower.
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U.S. Steel
Lukens Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Republic Steel
Financial Federation
United Financial
Wesco
Charter Financial
Lehigh Valley Industries
Union Carbide
International Telephone
Cerro Corp
Murphy Oil
National Lead
Pure Oil
Reynolds Metals
Bullock's
American Stock Exchange
Negroes renew voter registration drive at Greenwood
In Greenwood Mississippi about 100 people led by Aaron Henry march to the courthouse to renew a voter registration effort. Police and FBI agents monitor as white residents avoid the area following past violence and cross burnings. Several Negroes enter for registration tests amid cautious calm and shuttle service to the courthouse continues.
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Greenwood, Miss
Aaron Henry
FBI
Mississippi River Delta
Weather details with temperatures and rainfall figures
Detailed weather report notes Tuesday high 72 and low 72 with rainfall from 7 00 a m Tuesday to 7 00 a m Wednesday 38 inches. The year 1964 rain to date 11 62 inches compares with five and ten year ago highs and lows, and includes Thursday sunrise 554 CST sunset 618 CST.
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Gore
Five Day Forecast for Illinois Temperatures and Precipitation
Northern Illinois will be about five degrees below normal with unseasonable cold through Friday and warmer weekend, then colder again Monday. Precipitation near half an inch in rain and snow tonight and Thursday, and rain Sunday. Southern Illinois will be four to twelve degrees below normal with highs around 50 north to near 60 south and lows from the low 30s to mid 40s. A slow warming trend is possible late week but colder next week, with precipitation of half to one inch as weekend showers.
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Illinois
Tlinois
Illinois Weather Outlook Aims For Easter Freeze
Freezing rain and hazardous driving conditions covered much of Illinois today while southern locales stayed milder. The Weather Bureau warned of more rain or snow tonight and Friday with temperatures dropping from the 30s to the 20s, though Cairo may hold in the 50s to 60s. The five day forecast calls for below normal highs and a gray Easter ahead, with Moline recording a low of 29 overnight.
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Ilinois
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Store
Belleville
Vandalia
Moline
Governor LBJ keeping hands off continues page one
Reported 74 cases docketed with charges including vandalism dis orderly conduct and possession of firearms. Weapons seized noted and a false bomb threat at a Negro high school spurred rioting with property damage and injuries. bus service to Negro areas was halted. A racial explosion left a Negro woman dead and three others wounded while responders were injured.
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Jacksonville Coach Co
Pall Auto
Professor is New Ruby Head Counsel
Dr Hubert Winston Smith, a UT Law School professor and Jack Ruby’s new chief defense lawyer, will pursue new lines of defense to overturn the death sentence. He entered the case without fee and will seek a new trial on grounds of trial venue and juror bias in Dallas.
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Jack Ruby
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Law Science Institute
Eva Grant
Harvard
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Joe Tonnhill
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Melvin M. Belli
San Francisco
Wallace Campaigns in Wisconsin and Indiana Tour
Alabama Governor George Wallace wrapped up a Wisconsin leg in Green Bay and De Pere, then headed toward Indiana to file for its May 5 primary, aiming to broaden his North campaign. At St Norbert College he urged voters not to let religion dictate choice, amid Catholic press criticism of his segregationist stance.
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Associated Press
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Indiana
Wallace
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Maryland
de Pere
John W. Reynolds
Lyndon B. Johnson
St. Norbert College
Ior
Don Klug
Wheaton
Tom Bembinster
Ikeda TV apology plan after ambush at embassy
Thayer reported the ambassador in excellent spirits joking with nurses as police questioned 19 year old Norikazu Shiotani who stabbed Reischauer. Shiotani faces possible bodily assault or attempted murder charges with a mental-illness history cited. he said the attack aimed to draw attention to Japanese suffering from poor sight.
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Thaniel Thayer
Reischauer
Shiotani
Tories Narrowly Hold Vote On Price Fixing Bill
London AP Britain’s Conservative government survived a close 204 to 203 vote on a bill to end price fixing. Many Conservatives abstained to show disapproval while Labour pressed for resignation over an amendment exemption for drugs and medicine. The bill aims to stop manufacturers from dictating retail prices affecting small shopkeepers ahead of the upcoming general election.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Johnson urges Southern Protestant leaders to back civil rights bill
President Johnson addressed about 150 participants at a Christian leadership seminary sponsored by the Southern Baptist Convention in the Rose Garden. He urged Protestant clergymen to take a progressive stand on civil rights, saying church sermons and clergy examples shape community beliefs and that the South’s power structure attends churches and is on their boards.
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Johnson
South
Christian Leadership Seminary
Southmie Baptist Convention
Lodge Write In Drive Is Halted in Illinois
CHICAGO AP A campaign to get write in votes for Henry Cabot Lodge in the April 14 primary in Illinois was halted. Thomas Balle a 32 year old field engineering manager said there isn t enough time or money to do the work properly. He had reported about 150 volunteers would work for Lodge American ambassador to Vietnam. Only Goldwater and Smith will appear on the Republican ballot. voters may still write in other candidates.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Winois
Aalt
Thomas Balle
Balle
Systems Installations Inc
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Viet Nam
Robert Mullen
Draft Lodge
Sen
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Arizona
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Illinois
Raps Safety Campaigns and Riot Turmoil Across Seoul
In Seoul thousands of students protested Tokyo talks as troops used tear gas to halt a march toward President Park’s hillside residence injuring an army lieutenant and several soldiers. Police later blocked other demonstrations while Premier Choi Doo sun faced student questions about Tokyo. Across the Pacific in Los Angeles the British Columbia highways minister derides safety campaigns as a menace to slow drivers, recounting his own speeding tickets.
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Chung Hee Park
Japan
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Park
Han- Yang University
Choi Doo-sun
Um Min - Yung
Lee Hurak
Lee
Pusan
Taeeu
Korea
Los Angeles
British Columbia
Philip Gaglardi
Gaglardi
Minister of Highways
Grand Duchess Charlotte Abdicates in Luxembourg
Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, after 45 years on the throne, will abdicate in favor of her son Prince Jean early in November. She is 68 and a grandmother. Jean is 43. Prime Minister Pierre Werner announced the message to a packed Chamber of Deputies as plans for retirement were disclosed.
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Charlotte
Prince Jean
Pierre Werner
Chamber of Deputies
Lady World Fliers Delayed by Mechanical Hitches
In Paramaribo mechanics worked on Joan Merriam's plane to repair two inside auxiliary gas tanks and aim for a Thursday takeoff to Natal Brazil as the next leg of her round the world solo flight. In Hamilton Bermuda unfavorable weather forced Jerrie Mack to postpone her departure for the Azores on the next leg of the same mission.
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Surinam
Joan Merriam
Natal
Brazil
Hamilton
Bermuda
Jerrie Mack
Azores
Bradley To Run Grain Exporters
Springfield Illinois AP reports the Illinois Exporters Association formed to market top quality Illinois soybeans and corn abroad. Ralph Bradley, ex agriculture director, resigns as federal consultant to become executive director. Seventy eight members join, dues set at 50 dollars, convention planned after signing a thousand members, aim to seal a deal with a European exporter within 90 days. Governor Kerner attends related conference in Bloomington on foreign marketing.
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Springfield, Jr
Illinois
Ralph Bradley
Illinois Agriculture
Otto Kerner
Bradley
Kerner
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Bloomington
Bell Lab Plans New Naperville Communications Center
Bell Telephone Laboratories announced plans to build a new communications development center near Naperville. The facility will be located at the northwest corner of Naperville and Warrenville roads and will house the company's Electronic Switching Division.
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Chicago
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bell System
Naperville
Warrenville
Circuit Court Fines Listed for Several Violations
Roy Lane fined $25 for disturbance. Joseph G. Payne of Route 1 Woodlawn fined $10 for drunk charge. Elwyn B. Howard fined $10 for drunk charge. Roger Bruce Dodson fined $25 for curfew violation. Charles Terry Hamilton fined $10 for curfew violation. Benny J. Bicanich of Route 1 Bonnie fined $10 for speeding charge.
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Roy Lane
Joseph G. Payne
Woodlawn
Elwyn B. Howard
Roger Bruce Dodson
Charles Terry Hamilton
Benny J. Bicanich
Bonnie
Trial Begins in $30,000 Fatal Accident Suit
A jury is being selected in circuit court for the case of Keith Meadows as administrator of Oscar Meadows against Southern Plaza Express. Oscar Meadows, of Route 1 Dix, died July 11 in a two truck collision on state highway 37 north of Dix. Lacy Wittens presides.
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Oscar Meadows
Southern Plaza Express
Dix
Lacy Wittens
Tri
Court House To Close Friday And Saturday
Most offices in the Jefferson court house will be closed Friday and Saturday in observance of Friday and Easter. All offices will be closed Friday and Saturday except the county clerk's office, which must remain open for absentee voters in the April primary election.
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Jefferson Eee Court House
City Manager Postpones Trip Over Weather
City Manager Ester Lewis postponed a Chicago trip to begin negotiations for buying the old post office for Mt. Vernon due to bad weather. He said he will travel tomorrow if conditions allow.
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Ester Lewis
Chicago
Mt. Vernon
Lewis
Red Cross Names Disaster Chief in Jefferson County
Jim Fitzpatrick 1508 Paula has been appointed disaster chairman of the Jefferson County chapter of the American Red Cross. The appointment was announced by Lynn Welge acting chapter chairman. Fitzpatrick will begin organizing committees in the near future.
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Jim’ Fitzpatrick
Paula
Jefferson County
American Red Cross
Lynn Welge
Fitzpatrick
Uture
Watch Stolen From Mt. Vernon High Class
Police investigated a theft report from Mt. Vernon High School homemaking class where a wrist watch was taken. The watch belonged to Gail Griffin, residing at 3 W Adams Court.
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Mt. Vernon High School
Gail Griffin
W. Adams Court
Beautify Mt. Vernon Main Street Tree Planting Plan
The Vernon Plan Commission voted to recommend a city funded tree planting on Main Street from Seventh to the Appellate Court House. It urges Chinese elm or pin oak between curbs and sidewalks with Kiwanis volunteers to purchase trees for the Repose community beautification project.
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City Council
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Seventh Street
Appellate Court House
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Plan Commission
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Copenal
NAACP Meeting Is Held Here
Jefferson county NAACP branch met at Pavey Chapel CME church with Du Quoin Perry Randolph Centralia branches. Sydney Finley of Chicago addressed 1964 prospects focusing on registering voting and membership drive. Large attendance. next meeting at 7:30 p.m. the first Saturday in April. executive committee to meet third Saturday April at Mose Stokes home.
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Jefferson County
NAACP
Pavey Chapel
C.M.E
du Quoin
Perry County
Randolph County
Centralia
Ydney Finley
Chicago
Finley
Mose Stokes
Pickpocket Took $70 At Greyhound Bus Station
R. J. Richards of Hammond Indiana told Vernon police Tuesday afternoon that a pickpocket stole his billfold at the Greyhound bus station. The billfold contained between $70 and $80 and personal papers. Richards described the thief as about six feet three inches tall, weighing around 110 pounds and about 60 years old, wearing a cap and work clothes.
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Hammond
Ind
Vernon
Greyshound
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