Deaths Lyle W King 55 Mt Vernon Dies At Home
Lyle W King 55 of Route 7 Mt Vernon died at 6 30 am Monday at his home He was a mechanic in the oil fields Funeral services set for 1 30 pm Thursday at Summersville Baptist Church with Rev Oakley Miller officiating Burial in Sunset Memorial Cemetery Perry County The body lies in state Myers Chapel after 5 pm Wednesday and at noon Thursday will be taken to the church to lie in state until the funeral Mr King born January 6 1914 in Minnesota was the son of Everett and Kilda Moore King He married Ruth Beckham June 10 1937 in DuQuoin who survives Other survivors include his parents one son Bob King of OFallon Missouri one brother Lawrence King of Du Quoin two sisters Mrs Sarah Bengston of Hazelcrest Ill and Mrs Mary Pederson of Walworth Wisconsin and four grandchildren
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Lyle W. King
Route 7
Mt. Vernon
Summersville Baptist Church
Oakley Miller
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
Perry County
Myers Chapel
Mr. King
Minnesota
Everett and
Kilda (Moore) King
DuQuoin
Ruth Beckham
Everett King
Bob King
O’fallon
Lawrence King
Rites Friday For Zelma Williams
Funeral services are set for Zelma Lee Williams 36 of St. Louis former Mt Vernon resident. The 2 00 p m Friday service will be at Pavey C M E church with Rev James Z Longmire officiating. Burial follows at Bethel Memorial cemetery. Friends may call 7 00 to 9 00 p m Thursday. Parker Funeral Home in charge. She died Saturday night in St Louis. She was a member of Carter Institutional Chapel in St Louis.
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Zelma Lee Williams
St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Pavey C.M.E
James Z. Longmire
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Theavey C.M.E
Parker Funeral Home
Carter Institutional Chapel
Rites Wednesday For Godfrey Owens
Funeral services for James Godfrey Owens 73 of Sesser will be held at 2 00 p m Wednesday at Brayfield Funeral Home Sesser with Rev Jarrell White officiating Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery Friends may call after 400 p m today Owens died Monday at Franklin Hospital Benton He was born August 23 1895 in St Johns Til son of John and Victoria Flannigan Owens Survivors include three sons James Owens Jr Franklin Owens and Arthur Owens MT Vernon two daughters Mrs Margie Allen of Sesser and Mrs Barbara Cochran of Mt Vernon 21 grandchildren and three great grandchildren He was a former crane operator at the Mt Vernon car shops
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James Godfrey Owens
Sesser
Mt. Vernon
Brayfield Funeral Home
Jarrell White
Maple Hill Cemetery
Lesser
Owens
Franklin Hospital
Benton
St. Johns
Til
John
Victoria (Flannigan) Owens
James Owens, Jr
Franklin Owens
Arthur Owens
Margie Allen
Barbara Cochran
Maude Sollis of Texico Dies at 73 in Texico
Mrs. Maude Sollis, 73, of Texico, died at 7 00 p m Monday at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body has been taken to Osborn Funeral Home in Kell.
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Maude Sollis
Texico
Osborn Funeral Home
Kell
Cecil Murphy Ex Wayne Co Resident Dies
Mrs. Cecil Edna Murphy 69 of Hillsboro Missouri former Wayne County resident died Monday. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Hillsboro Methodist Church Rev E R Solzensky officiating. Burial Hillsboro Cemetery. Dietrich Funeral Home DeSoto accepting calls after 7:30 p.m. Survivors include son William A Murphy Hillsboro daughter Rosetta Yothmen Cedar Lake Ind two brothers Ray Welch Indianapolis and Victor Welch Vietnam era with U S Army one sister Mildred Stephens Illinois and nine grandchildren.
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Cecil Edna Murphy
Hillsboro
Wayne County
Hillsboro Methodist Church
E. R. Solzensky
Dietrich Funeral Home
DeSoto
Murphy
Clay City
Abraham and
Daisy (Anderson) Welch
John William Murphy
William A. Murphy
Albert
Rosetta) Yothmen
Cedar Lake
Ind
Ray Welch
Indianapolis
Victor Welch
U.S
U.S. ‘Armed Forces
Vietnam
Sizer
Mildred Stephens
Iil
U S Rejects Bid To Keep Military Off Ocean Floor
At the U N disarmament subcommittee in Geneva, U S delegate Gerard C Smith rejected a Soviet plan for total demilitarization of ocean floors as unworkable and harmful. He urged bans on nuclear arms while saying conventional arms and peaceful installations on seabeds could not be barred. Soviet delegate Roschin said the draft is definitely for negotiation as talks proceed. Smith noted seabed navigation and communication aids serve both military and civilian users.
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Geneva
United States
U.N
Smith
Bend Lake progress outlined at annual meeting
Col Decker reported Bend Lake is 18 months ahead, with bids opened April 1 for initial downstream clearing near state highway 183. Upstream clearing and 7,000 more acres of land purchases are planned, with total lake costs around 47 million dollars. SIDC and Rend Lake officials outlined funding and development, including a large recreational complex and water system expansion serving 30 towns. Trail Blazer awards were given to Zeigler mayor Paul Gayer and Emil Philipak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittington
Lesser
Col. Decker
Bend Lake Conservancy District
Mt. Vernon
Charles J. Covington
Frank Feltmeier
SIDC
Fenton Harris
Southern Winds Development Council
Bend Lake
Big Muddy River
Water System
Larry Foster
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Foster
Conservancy District
Gun Creek
Serve Inn
Bend Lake College
Arkansas
Leslie Mack
Winthrop Rockefeller
Bend Lake Progress
J. A. Buford
Howard W. Roberson
Inn
Rend Lake Association
Roberson
Paul Gayer
Zeigler
Emil Philipak
Valier
Meat Hog Prices Thru Noon With Post Noon Basis
Market up to 12 30 p m with top hog prices at 21 0 for 210 to 230 pounds and 20 50 for 230 to 240 pounds Sows ranged 15 25 to 17 75 Boars 11 75 to 12 75 After 12 30 p m prices to be based on next day levels.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Loose in Mt Vernon Market
Mt Vernon farmers received quoted prices this morning for wheat at 1.18 a bushel soybeans at 2.50 and corn at 1.14 a bushel reflecting local grain market rates.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Butter and Egs Wholesale Prices Listed
Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago wholesale pricing show butter grades AA to C with scores 93 to 89 and prices from 66 down to 62. Egg whites grade A to standards and checks priced at 45, 39 34, and 27 respectively.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Uggs
St Louis Egg Price Listings By Grade And Size
St Louis market reports consumer egg grades with sizes large medium and small and prices for A and B grades. Wholesale prices for standard and medium and unclassified pullet and hen weights and categories for heavy light and under 54 pounds listed. Broilers and fryers too few to report.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain price listings summary
Chicago AP market update shows Wheat No 2 hard yellow at 1.35 percent, No 2 soft red at 130 percent, Corn No 2 yellow at 1.18 percent, Oats No 2 extra heavy white at 67, Soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.65 percent, Soybean oil at 8.48.
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Chicago
Livestock price estimates from National Stockyards market
National Stockyards Illinois bids show hogs up 50 to 75 cents per cwt with 1 to 2 weights at 22.00 to 22.35 and 20.75 to 22.00 for lighter 200 to 280 pound hogs. Cattle and calves see higher trade with steers 29.00 to 31.00 for 950 to 1,200 pounds and prime heifers near 1,000 pounds at 30.00. Sheep and lambs also noted with lambs 29.00 to 31.50 and ewes 8.00 to 10.00.
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National Stockyards
Wall Street mixed action in early trading declines noted
Wall Street records a mixed midday session in moderate volume. Dow Jones stands at 918.08, up 1.00, while the AP average slides to 332.5, down 0.80. Conglomerates ease on Ling-Temco-Vought action. LTV down 4 1 2 percent and Jones & Laughlin shared lower values.
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New York
Dow Jones
Associateds Press
AMK Corp
Glen Alden
Gulf & Western Industries
National General
White Consolidated Industries
Justice Department
Ling-Temco-Vought
Corglomerate
Jones & Laughlin Steel
L-Tv
Jones & Laughlin
New York Stock Exchange
Gulf Oil
Roan Selection Trust
Pacific Petroleums
American Cyanamid
Occidental Petroleum
Baxter Laboratories
Pillsbury and Financial Federation
American Stock Exchange
Power Saw And Gun Stolen In This County
Two thefts were reported in Jefferson County. Mrs. Walter Gutzler of Bluford said a power saw was taken from her basement within the last 30 days. Bobby Reynolds of Route 2 Woodlawn reported a German made revolver plus a feather holster and belt taken from his home after a break in by glass door entry.
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Jefferson County
Walter Gutzler
Bluford
Bobby Reynolds
Route 2
Woodlawn
Fear Plane Missing Over Colorado With Six Aboard
A Cessna 310 carrying six Denver area men vanished near La Veta Pass prompting an aerial search by Colorado Civil Air Patrol. Pilot Karl Fenner led the craft with members of the Highlander Barber Shop Quartet aboard en route to Durango to start a new chapter of the SPEBSQSA. The last transmission switched to instrument flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
la Veta Pass
Denver Area
Colorado Civil Air Patrol
Karl H. Fenner
Frontier Airlines
Walsenburg
Penner
Highlander Barber Shop
Central States
Daryl Stafford
Aurora
Hugh Mohnstein
Denver
Russ Thompson
Lakewood
Wayne Hood
Larry Detwiler
Pocomoke City
The
Society For Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop
Quartet Singing In
America
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial Inpatients and Discharges
Inpatients admitted include Geraldine R. Scott Route 6 Mt Vernon Edward Panzier Ashley Clarence E Estes 2413 Perkins Pearl May Meador Kell Vesta Theo Terry 301 Castleton Neil R Bunn 151514 Perkins Violet Wilson Route 7 Mt Vernon Clarence E Willis 1108 Conger Morris Allen McGee 913 Cleveland Joe Pendleton Bruford Mary Haynes 713 Herbert Nathan Dixon 421 Herbert Ann Schnicker 2020 Broadway Betty Williams Nason James Maxey 315 South 8th Imogene McCoy Route 3 Mt George Mescher 1035 South A7th Eardley Wilson Route 4 Mt Thomas Devine Waltonville Grace Hampton Route 4 Mt Ola Good 702 Tolle Road Pearl Maxey 315 South 8th Dick Mayberry Wayne City Discharged include Jess Knauss Route 6 Mt Vernon Frank Stark Route 3 Mt Vernon Eugene Rollins 521 South 13th Joyce Wilson 1421 South 12th Earlene Bowlin Route 6 Mt Vernon Lyle G Atlant Opdyke Estelle Ward 8 Evergreen Omar Dees Salem Fred Johnson Waltonville Anna Coberly 421 Bell Alma Williams Dix Vesta Theo Terry 301 Castleton Neil R Bunn 151514 Perkins Violet Wilson Route 7 Mt Vernon Morris Willis 1108 Con ger George Mescher 1035 South A7th Eardley Wilson Route 4 Mt Thomas Devine Waltonville Grace Hampton Route 4 Mt Ola Good 702 Tolle Road Pearl Maxey 315 South 8th Dick Mayberry Wayne City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Rollins
Joyce Wilson
South 12Th
Earlene Bowlin
Mt. Vernon
Lyle G. Atlant
Opdyke
Estelle Ward
Evergreen
Omar
Dees
Salem
Fred Johnson
Waltonville
Gregory Beckham
South 24Th
Anna Coberly
Bell
Alma Williams
Dix
Vesta Theo Terry
Castleton
Neil R. Bunn
Perkins
Violet Wilson
Clarence
Grace Hampton
Ola Good
Tolle Road
Pearl Maxey
South 8Th
Dick Mayberry
Wayne City
Payne Divorce Seeks Custody and Support
Linda Dianne Payne files for divorce from Robert D Payne in circuit court charging cruelty. She seeks custody of a minor child, support, and a property settlement. The couple wed September 29, 1964 and separated March 5, 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Dianne Payne
Robert D. Payne
Mt Vernon candidates set for April 8 forum at Illinois Power
Eight Mt Vernon candidates for the April 15 city election will attend a public forum April 8 in the Illinois Power Co building. Mayors and council contenders accept Chamber invites. unopposed treasurer and clerk will also be present. The 7:30 p.m. forum, sponsored by the chamber's governmental affairs committee, aims to acquaint candidates with the public. a questionnaire will be used and audience Qs allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon City
Chamber of Commerce
Ilinois Power Co
Broadway
Chamber
Woodrow Burnette
Rolland Lewis
Tech Forum
Six Ex-Convicts Become Los Angeles Policemen
Six former convicts become fulltime, civil service staff in Los Angeles Police Department's community relations division after a year in the program. They mentor audiences on crime prevention and addiction, with Chief Reddin and officials backing the initiative. Only eight of the original twenty completed the term, none were arrested, and starting pay is $428 monthly versus $715 for a rookie officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOS Angeles
Los Angeles Police Department
Set
Lou Reiter
Tom Reddin
Sam Yorty
Donald L Roberts
Roberts
Reiter
Scot Martinez
Civil Service
Plan Chicago Protest March
Peace groups plan a large march and rally in Chicago on April 5 to protest Americas war machine and respond to the indictment of eight antiwar leaders from last years Democratic National Convention. Maxwell Primack of the Chicago Peace Council notes the event was planned in December and will be peaceful with a permit granted.
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Chicago
America
Maxwell Primack
Chicago Peace Council
Primack
Birth Announced for Seidel Couple at Good Samaritan
Mr and Mrs Richard Seidel of University Trailer Court Carbondale announce the birth of a son at 505 this morning March 25 at Good Samaritan Hospital. The infant weighed eight pounds five ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Seidel
University Trailer Court
Carbondale
Pap
Good Samaritan Hospital
Edward Zanfrini, Olympic trainer, dies at 66 in Princeton
Edward G. Zanfrini, a five time trainer for U S Olympic soccer and basketball squads and retired head trainer at Princeton University, died Sunday after a heart attack in Princeton New Jersey. He guided national teams and shaped university athletic training during his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Edward G. Zanfrini
Zanfrini
Princeton University
Caton University
Release Plans Surge From Inside Prison Walls
Reiter reports several applications weekly from inmates who expect early release and seek consideration, signaling a shifting pattern in prisoner release prospects and administrative responses.
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Reiter
Nixon And Trudeau In ABM Talks
Washington reports that President Nixon and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau discussed the anti ballistic missile ABM program to address Trudeau’s doubts about backing a U S defense system. Trudeau, undecided, faces intense opposition questioning upon returning to Ottawa. Discussion covered feasibility and potential provocation versus peace, with aides noting ABM as a topic in private and State Department meetings. A social event featured Trudeau’s interest in skin diving and an invitation for Nixon to visit Canada.
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Washington
Nixon
Pierre Huett Trudeau
U.S
Trudeau
Ottawa
North Dakota
Montana
White House
William P. Rogers
State Department
Canada
United Methodists appoint two new Mt Vernon study directors
Announcement from Bishop Lance Webb Springfield names Dowain V. McKiou Chester 42 and Earl R. Renshaw 81 as associate program directors in Mt Vernon to reorganize the United Methodist Annual Conference. Appointments effective early June. McKiou handles fiscal affairs pensions claims hospital coverage and foundation work while supporting the Boards of Missions and Christian Social Concerns. Renshaw will plan coordinate and implement conference programs plus work with local church children youth and adult programs along with media and public relations.
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Lance Webb
Springfield
Dowain V. McKiou
Chester
Earl R. Renshaw
United Methodist Annual Conference
Mt. Vernon
United Church
James L. Nettleton
Edwardsville
Webb
McKiew
Board of Pensions
United Methodist Foundation
Board of Missions
Board of Christian Social Concerns
Renshaw
Nettleton
Lease Lots On Broadway For Trailer Sales
Miss Sadie Lustig announced that Montgomery Homes Inc has leased five lots in the 400 block of Broadway for trailer sales. Four lots on the south side were leased for two years with an option to purchase. The owner of a Fourth and Broadway lot has also leased that lot to the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Lustig
Montgomery Homes, Inc
Broadway
Fourth and Broadway
Income Tax Informational Meeting Invites State Legislators
Three state representatives from the 58th district and a state senator from the 55th district are invited to Thursday night's tax meeting at American Legion hall Main St. Ben Blades Fairfield and Paul Broyles Mr. Vernon indicate acceptance. Harold Stedelin Centralia and Richard Hart Benton are expected to attend. Norman J. Beatty of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce will be guest speaker on the proposed Illinois state income tax and related legislation. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. with the public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Hall
Main St
Ben Blades
Fairfield
Paul Broyles
Vernon
Harold Stedelin
Centralia
Richard Hart
Benton
Norman J. Beatty
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
State Workers Picket In Mt Vernon And Springfield
Illinois State Employees Union protests firing of four workers at Mt Vernon TB sanitarium. Informational picketing at Mt Vernon TB hospital and courthouse and at two Springfield meetings where Governor Ogilvie was scheduled to speak at an international trades symposium and a GOP luncheon. Union planned picketing at events attended by the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois State Employes Union
Mt. Vernon
Fee Vernon
Springfield
TB Hospital
Court House
Springfiels
Ogilvie
Ams
Mop fire in cleaning truck causes slight damage
Mt. Vernon responders reported a small blaze yesterday at 806 8th Street 17th Ave back of a cleaning truck. The fire occurred at 7 23 p.m. and caused very slight damage with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Amvets Post No 4 Mt Vernon Meeting Planned
The regular meeting of Amvets Post No 4 in Mt Vernon Illinois is set for Wednesday March 26 at 7 30 pm in the club rooms. All members are urged to attend. Ray Baril Adjutant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets Post No. 4
Mt. Vernon
Ilinois
Ray Baril
Fines listed in circuit court assessments
John W North Cutt Route 3 Julia ten for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident fifty for illegal transportation of alcohol Nancy C Sisney 328 South one dime but ten for disobeying a traffic signal James M Campbell Route 4 ten for failure to yield right of way Elmer L Dodson 1711 South 9th ten for failure to yield right of way at a stop sign Dorrice M Winyard 1022 Oakland ten for failure to yield right of way at a stop sign J R Hughey twenty for allowing a vicious dog to run at large Curtis W Fowler Inc ten for having overwidth road John M Shahan of Odin ten for having no valid registration ten for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident
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John W. Northcutt
Julia
Nancy C. Sisney
South
James M. Campbell
Route 4
Elmer L. Dodson
South 9Th
Dorrice M. Winyard
Oakland
J. R. Hughey
Curtis W. Fowler
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Godfrey Owens
Cecil Murphy
Wayne Co
Mt. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
Start Ymca
Fear
Durango
Jefferson Memorial
Geraldine R. Scott
Edward Panzier
Ashley
Clarence E. Estes
Pearl May Meador
Jess Knauss
Mt. Verna
Frank Stark
Illinois Power
Mt. V
Coy Flora
William Holfenbach
Gale Martin
Paul Partridge
Mary Lou Eubanks
Paul Hayes
By James EB. Walters
Associated Presh
Plan Chicago
By John M. Hightower
United Methodists
McKiou
Bonnie Missionary Baptist Church
Kenneth Holland
Belle Rive
Jim Hanger
Loren Bumpus
Bill
Monntclair
Montclair
Bill Kniffen
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