Deaths Marshal Heard Dies Funeral At McLeansboro
Funeral services for Marshal Heard 52 of Chicago will be at 1:00 p.m. Sunday in McLeansboro at the Gholson Funeral Home with Rev. Virgil Barr officiating. Burial at Antioch Cemetery near McLeansboro. Body lies in state after 2:00 p.m. today. He was born Feb 28, 1915 in McLeansboro. Survived by mother Ella Heard a son James Heard of Miami, three daughters Lois Woodhouse Ottawa NL Nancy Frank Susie Heard Joliet, two brothers Walter Waterman Charlie Dahlgren a sister Susie Watt Summit J. and four grandchildren.
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Marshal Heard
Gholoon
McLeansboro
Virgil Barr
Antioch Cemetery
Gholson
Heard
Chicago
Hines Veterans Hospital
Chester
Ella
Hale) Heard
Ella Heard
James Heard
Miami
Fla
Lois Woodhouse
Ottawa
Nancy Frank
Susie Heard
Joliet
Walter Heard
Waterman
Ill
Charlie Heard
Dahlgren
Susie Watt
Summit,j
Charles Osborn of Bluford Dies
Charles R. Osborn, 71, of Bluford died Friday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Bluford Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Brookman officiating. Burial will follow in East Hickory Cemetery. He was born June 19, 1895 in Dahlgren, married Carrie E. Henry on July 23, 1917 in Mt Vernon, and is survived by his wife, a brother Willie Osborn, several nieces and nephews. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the First Baptist Church of Bluford.
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Charles R. Osborn
Bluford
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Bluford Funeral
Frank Brookman
East Hickory
Mr. Osborn
Dahlgren
J. B
Sarah Elizabeth (Tucker) Osborn
Mt. Vernon
Carrie E. Henry
Willie Osborn
Leonard Eugene
Osborn
First Baptist Church
Walter Richards Dies at 66 in Mt Vernon Rites Monday
Walter Raymond Richards 66 of 1305 Casey Avenue died at 4 15 AM after a heart attack he suffered at home and was rushed to Jefferson Memorial Hospital. A former International Shoe Company employee and insurance salesman, he is survived by his wife Dorothy Vaughn and three sons two daughters two brothers and two sisters with services set for Monday at Myers Chapel conducted by Rev Roy VanHorn and burial in Old Union cemetery.
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Walter Raymond Richards
Casey Avenue
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Richards
International Shoe Company
Myers Chapel
Roy VanHorn
Old Union Cemetery
Mr. Richards
Jefferson County
Cape Girardeau
Dorothy Vaughn
Moose Lodge
Richard Richards
Edward Richards
Mt. Vernon
Walter Raymond Richards, Jr
Joliet, Tr
Deloris Doehne
San Antonio
Texas
Lester Richards
Milwaukee
Wis
A. L. Richards
Ruth Myers
Evansville
Ind
Stella Crocker
Mexico
Mrs Henneberry Dies Mother of Mt Vernon Resident
Mrs Mary Henneberry aged 101 102nd birthday observed January 25 died at St Marys Hospital LaSalle. Survived by son James Henneberry Utica and siblings John Richard Mary Catherine Sister M Fidelis. Funeral services at St Marys Church Utica with Pink Funeral Home LaSalle handling arrangements. Burial at St Vincent Cemetery.
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Mary Henneberry
James N. Henneberry
Mt. Vernon
St. Mary’s Hospital of LaSalle
Henneberry
James
No. 7
Fairway Drive
St. Mary’s Church
Utica
Til
Pink Funeral Home
LaSalle
St. Vincent’s Cemetery
John
Richard
Utica, Sr
Mary Watson
Catherine Henneberry
M. Fidelis
Sisters of Notre Dame of
Chicago
Worse Than Viet Slam For A Cigarette On N Y Street
In New York AP report, Raymond Mauro 21 a Brooklyn Polytechnic math major is stabbed to death after he and a friend refuse a cigarette. Four youths demanded a smoke and fatally attacked him. a similar killing happened nearby last month over a cigarette in Brooklyn.
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N.Y. Street
New York
Vietnam
Lucille Mauro
Manhattan
Mauro
Brooklyn
Louis DiGiacomo
Bomb kill 70 in China rally blast sues Mao foes
AP reports travelers from Canton say a bombing aimed at a Red Chinese army general killed or wounded about 70 this week at a rally. The general survived. Eyewitnesses spoke of 30 plus bodies and panicked crowds, with some children trampled. A Canton source cited a meningitis epidemic in Kwangtun Province, though other travelers disputed the claim.
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Forrest Edwards
Hong Kong
Canton
Mao-Tse-tung
Mao
Red China
Kwangtun
Nixon Ends European Tour Plans Return to New York
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon left Paris by plane for New York ending a three week tour of Western and Eastern Europe. Nixon said the United States should take the lead in reunifying the Atlantic alliance as the Soviet bloc remained a threat. He did not decide on a 1968 presidential bid but said he intends to be active in foreign policy.
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Paris
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nixon
United States
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Robert Ellsworth
Kansas
Atlantic Alliance
East Europe
Europe
Kids Read and Study on Holiday At Local Library
Continued from page one the library notes rising demand for information among children. The library does not rely on gimmicks to attract youth but welcomes their curiosity and attendance, says Willson.
South Viet Nam Faces Heavy Casualties Near Dien Bien Phu
Reports say South Viet Nam forces incurred heavy casualties after strikes on suspected storage sites near Dien Bien Phu. Additional sorties from the Enterprise supported Marines in Quang Tri with ground strikes. Vietnam's state news agency quoted the National Front for Liberation leader backing Hanoi’s rejection of Johnson’s peace proposal.
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Dien Bien Phu
Enterprise
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Hanoi
Vietnam
Today
National Front For Liberation
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
Johnson
WeatherSummary Here And Elsewhere Friday High 83 Low 52
Friday’s forecast shows a high of 83 and a low of 52. Year to date rainfall inches 6.06 in Ches. Historical context notes last year’s high 35 and low unknown. Sunrise 5:55 set at 6:17 CST.
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C.S.T
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Aesgarceeeae
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Miss-St. P
New Orleans
New York
Okla
City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Unseasonable warmth tempers Illinois with showers
The Associated Press reports unseasonable warmth across Illinois with cloudy showers. In Belleville the thermometer rose to 83 degrees Friday and fell to 53 degrees overnight. Temperatures were expected to range from near 70 in the north to about 28 in the south, with tonight's lows from the 30s to around 60 in the south. Showers were expected to continue through Sunday.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Belleville
Bones Of Huge Dinosaurs Found In Baja California
Washington AP reports discovery of dinosaur bones in Baja California near El Rosario. The remains, 60 to 90 feet long herbivores from about 80 million years ago, include skull pieces teeth vertebrae and tail bones. Paleontologist William J Morris of Occidental College identifies the species as hypacrosaurus.
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Washington
Earth
Mexico
Baja California
William J. Morris
Technical Journal
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Morris
Occidental College
Los Angeles
el Rosario
Long Peninsula
of California
U N envoy heads Sierra Leone junta
A U N envoy arrived as a spokesman said Lansana Stevens Sir Albert and Sir Henry had been detained and would stay in custody until the constitutional crisis is sorted out.
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Lansana
Stevens
Sir Albert
Sir Henry
Celler Predicts House Will Seat Powell if Election Wins
House hopes hinge on Harlem vote as Emanuel Celler says private talks show enough lawmakers may reverse March 1 stance. Rep John Conyers agrees a shift could occur. Powell seeks court to force seating amid penalties that included censure and $40,000 salary dock. April 11 special election favored for Powell.
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Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Emanuel Celler
Celler
Powell
D-N.y
New York
Harlem
John Conyers Jr
D-Mich
Conyers
Education and Labor Committee
Carl B. Albert
Oklahoma
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial Care Unit
Admitted: Henry Clay Kennedy Dah lgren Melvin H Morton Salem Henry D Pigg 824 Warren Nellie M Durkee 2013 Perkins Vera Pepple Huff Compton th Ruth Ann Karcher Belle Rive Discharged: Arnold E Tate Dix
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Henry Clay Kennedy
Dahlgren
Melvin H. Morton
Salem
Henry D. Pigg
Warren
Nellie M. Durkee
Perkins
Vera Pepple Huff
Compton
Ruth Ann Karcher
Belle Rive
Arnold E. Tate
Dix
Local residents listed in Illinois area street and address roster
A long list of names and addresses from Shirley Irwin in McLeansboro to Frankie Donovan in Illinois appears. The compilation includes multiple spellings and abbreviations for rural route numbers and street addresses across towns such as Nash ville Opdyke Texico and Belle Rive. The names include Shirley Irwin Betty Sigworth Virginia Gebke Donna Nassal Adra Smith Scott Hartley Curtis Mullinax Jesse Stroud Jess Stewart Sherman Dare Harold Johnston Sylvia Rice Gloria Kraft Joe Woodside Lula Mae Johnson Steven Hopper Susan Bradshaw Phyllis Byars Marian Steigerwald Elizabeth Stewart Georgia Dixon Mrs Mary White Annie Lou Miller Fostine Ewing Kathy Teal Etha Smith Hattie Lanham Mildred Sutton Ethel Pollard Elizabeth Miller Frankie Donovan.
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Donna Nassal
Logan
Adra Smith
Scott Kevin Hartley
Peach
Curtis D. Mullinax
Jesse M. Stroud
Jess Stewart
Neal Drive
Sherman Dare
Broadway
Harold Johnston
Sylvia Rice
Gloria Kraft
Joe Woodside
Mt. Vernon
Lula Mae Johnson
Main
Steven Hopper
Mannen
Susan Bradshaw
RFD
Phyllis Byars
Texico
Marian Steigerwald
Cherry
Elizabeth Stewart
Hillcrest
Georgia Dixon
Herbert
Mary White
John Robert
Opdyke
Annie Lou Miller
Fostine Ewing
Kathy Teal
Belle Rive
Etha Smith
Harrison
Hattie Lanham
Lovesick Girl Elephant Tries To Cross Wall At Zoo
At the Los Angeles Zoo a 3 year old female elephant attempted to reach a newly arrived male in the adjacent pen. She climbed onto boulders and wedged herself halfway over the wall, triggering an hourlong rescue by keepers. She remains in her own pen with unfulfilled affection.
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Los Angeles
New
Los Angeles Zoo
Grey
Zoo Keepers
Do Not Argue With a Man Says Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett advises women to avoid arguments with men suggesting it always backfires. She argues that if a woman argues she looks ignorant and loud, while men will discount her figures and feel superior. Millett urges women to state opinions calmly with reasons and avoid contentious exchanges to prevent loss of face.
Principals Visit Uplift Discuss Operations at Project Uplift
Dodds community district principals and Waltonville grade school staff toured Project Uplift this week as part of in service training. Teachers observed operations and asked questions about various phases.
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Dodds
Waltonville
Project Uplift
Signs of Trouble at Nashville Methodist Education Board
Dwindling Sunday school attendance and skepticism about core Christian trusts were cited at a Nashville Methodist Board of Education meeting. Despite population growth, Sunday school attendance fell from 3,713,675 in 1960 to 3,623,471 in 196.
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Nashville
Methodist Board of Education
Waltonville Band Winners and Local Social Notes
Waltonville news notes extend over events at Olney where Randy Barton won first on trombone and Becky Barton earned second on flute at a band concert. Other social items list visits by the Shurtz and Barton families, a Sunday supper, a birthday party for Mary Kay Laur, U U W A meeting at the church, Easter service plans, and local visitations including Francis Elliston and Delores Brown.
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Myreta Barton
Carri.Brown
Doris Brown
Randy
Becky
Woodlawn
Olney
Merle Rightnowar
Mt. Vernon
Cyril Barton
Roger Shurtz
Nettie
Richard
Robert
Oak Grove
Georgia Shurtz
Aud Hirons, Jr
Barbara
Max Shurtz
Jimmy
Rodney Shurtz
Jim Snodsmith
Walter Fairchild
Willard Fairchild
Mary Kay Laur
Hattie Fairchild
Dororthy Lacey
Mary Kay
Lucille Laird
Argyle Houser
Harold Morley
Houser
Francis Elliston
Jerry Elliston
Delores Brown
4-H Tractor Schools Here Monday Night
Jefferson County 4-H tractor and machinery classes meet again Monday night March 27 at 7 30 p m. Open to any boy or girl interested. Unit leaders include Oran Pittman of Pittman Motor Service Dix Don Marlow of Foster Equipment Co south of Dix Bennie Adams of Adams Implement Co Mt Vernon. Enrollees new should attend indicated locations and call 242 0780 for unit guidance.
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Jefferson County
Oran Pittman
Pittman Motor Service
Dix
Don Marlow
Foster Equipment Co
Bennie Adams
Adams Implement Co
Mt. Vernon
Agriculture Co-Operative Extension Office
Harrison
Grass Fires Fought By Rural Firemen Near Mt Vernon
Jefferson county rural firemen battled three grass fires yesterday and today with only slight property damage. A 12:26 p.m. grass fire north of Mt. Vernon along Highway 37 burned about one acre after a power line short. A shed fire at Walter Hayes’s home near Pleasant Grove school area north of Mt. Vernon followed along the C&ES Railroad tracks at 2:27 p.m. A third fire near Old Union cemetery northwest of Mt. Vernon began at 8:45 a.m. today, consuming about five acres before extinguishment.
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Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Highway 37
Walter Hayes
Pleasant Grove
C&es
Old Union Cemetery
Body found hacked into sixty pieces in Virginia
In Occoquan reservoir backwater Hoes Creek Prince William County a fisher man found the first body parts on March 2 and divers later recovered 61 large pieces plus smaller fragments The victim was identified as 51 year old Charles William Ennis of Arlington through FBI fingerprint check Three fingers were among the portions recovered and investigators seek the killer across three counties and the District of Columbia
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Occoquan
Virginia
District of Columbia
Hoes Creek
Prince William County
Alexandria
Fairfax County
Charles William Ennis
Arlington, Va
Federal Bureauf Investigation
Golfer Finds Two-Pound Fish During Round at Miami Lakes
Basil Blanchard, playing at Miami Lakes Country Club, found a two-pound fish that jumped from a transport container. He ran it over with his golf cart and called the meal delicious.
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Miami (P
Basil Blanchard
Miami Lakes Country Club
Blanchard
Groundhog control demo and chamber dinner in Jefferson County
Jefferson County residents can attend two groundhog control demonstrations on March 29 held at Cowen’s land near Waltonville and on Wilroy Byars’ farm near Harmony Road. The Farm Advisor notes burrow fumigation as the most effective method and explains permit requirements and pricing. Reservations for Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce annual dinner on April 3 near Moose auditorium are approaching sold out with a 300 cap. Kenneth Bayer recently booked 16 tickets.
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Mt. Vernon
W. E. Setzekorn
Kenneth Bayer
Bank of Ilinois
Jefferson County
Cowen
Waltonville
Blissville Township
Wayne Green
Wilroy Byars
Mr. Byars
Harmony Road
Webber Township
County Conservation Officer
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Don Lee
Lee
Sutton to Attend Europe Parleys on Poultry Knowledge
Joe Sutton and Mr Vernon poul tryman depart Monday for conferences in Spain England and Switzerland as part of a world wide drive to disseminate poultry technical knowledge in underdeveloped countries to speed food production. Geoffrey Sykes will join in Madrid and Seville then London and Geneva Zurich before returning to Chicago on April 17.
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Joe Sutton
Vernon
Spain
England
Switzerland
Sutton
Madrid
Geoffrey Sykes
Salisbury
Seville
London
Geneva
Zurich
Suttons
Chicago
Hit and Run On South Ninth Street Damages Car
Deon Sharp reports a hit and run in the 200 block of South Ninth Street. An unknown driver struck his parked car and left the scene. Sharp's vehicle sustained about 75 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deon Sharp
South 27Th
South Ninth Street
Sharp
Edwardsville hosts Metro-East audio visual meeting
The Metro-East Audio Visual Association met at SIU Edwardsville’s Audio Visual Center with directors, coordinators, and administrators. Anita Hodge of Project Uplift joined as panelist for a Sensitivity in Audio Visual Utilization presentation alongside Curtis Heaviland and Harold Rich. Elmer Wagner demonstrated SIU’s new three-screen three-carousel system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-East Audio Visual Association
Audio Visual Center
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville
Anita Hodge
Curtis Heaviland
Wood River
Harold Rich
Roxana
SIU
Elmer Wagner
Burglars Hit Oil Company Office Here
Burglars broke into the Ray Tibbs Oil Company at 17th and Forest last night. They rifled desk drawers and stole a shotgun an adding machine and two bottles of whiskey. They failed in an attempt to break into the office safe. They gained entry by breaking a window.
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Ray Tibbs Oil Company
17Th and Forest
Two Die in Collision near Hamel on Route 66
AP report from Hamel states Arthur Faltus 50 and wife Clara 55 of Decatur were killed when their car collided head on with another vehicle Friday on U.S. 66 near Hamel.
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Hamel
Arthur Faltus
Clara
Decatur
U.S. 66
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