Deaths Father of Bluford Resident Is Dead
W. T. Sanders, 85, died at 12:45 p m yesterday at his West Frankfort home. Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at Central Church of Christ in West Frankfort, where he was a charter elder. burial in the city. Body lies in state at Peony Funeral Home in West Frankfort. friends may call Sunday afternoon. Survivors: wife Nora Sanders of West Frankfort. three sons Carl L. Sanders of Bluford, Cecil Sanders of Rock Falls, Bill Sanders of St. Louis. two daughters Nellie Black of Elgin and Leis Pickens of West Frankfort.
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W. T. Sanders
West Frankfort
Central Church of Christ
Nora Sanders
Car
Isaacs Rites Set for Lincoln Death Victim
Russell H. Isaacs 40 11 12 of Mt Vernon died at his Lincoln Illinois home. He was born April 13 1919 in Wayne county. Services 1 pm Monday at Pulley Funeral Chapel burial Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors include his parents Henry and Hazel Isaacs two brothers Leslie Isaacs Mt Vernon Glenn Isaacs Knoxville Tenn and a sister Mrs Helen Hall Aden.
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Russell H. Isaacs
Mt Vernon
Lincoln
Ill
Pulley Funeral
Oakwood Cemetery
Pulley
Mr. Isaacs
Wayne County
Henry and
Hazel (Weidner) Isaacs
Henry Isaacs
This City
Leslie Isages
Mt. Vernon
Glenn Isaacs
Knoxville
Tenn
Helen Hall
Aden
W. S. Hayes Dies At Home In Mt V Funeral Monday
William Stiney Hayes died at 9 p m at his home 1505 Jones age 35 funeral 3 p m Monday at Pull Fail Chapel with Rev Marsh Harpole officiating burial in Bethel Memorial. Body in state after 3 p m tomorrow friends may call. Mrs Hayes widow of deceased, born Oct 15 1928 in county, survived by stepchildren Claude Hayes Indianapolis Paul Hayes Peoria four stepdaughters Helen Rainey Ruby Lemons Cochrum all Vernon Rachel H Peoria a brother Arlie G Fiagos and sister Mrs Nancy Dale both of this city.
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William Stiney Ree
Jones
Ee Pull Fail Chapel
Marsh Harpole
Bethel Memorial
Pulley
Hayes
Pan County
I d
Lear
Bodine
Myrtle Kiestler
Claude Hayes
Indianapolis
Ind
Paul Hayes
Peoria
Helen Rainey
Ruby Lemons
Cochrum
Feea Vernon
Republican Convention Here Today in Mt Vernon
Judge House accepted the nomination saying he would call laws as he sees them and uphold the office's dignity. Circuit Judge Quentin Spivey praised his record from 1957, while Mayor Bailey welcomed delegates from 24 counties to Mt Vernon and celebrated a large turnout despite House running unopposed.
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Judge House
Illinois
Justice House
Quentin Spivey
East St. Louis
Spivey
Bailey
Mt. Vernon
Hospital Notes Admits List Of Named Patients
Good Samaritan Hospital records admit Lydia Ruth Smith Willy E Hoffman Rose M Walker Edna Laverne Schuster Sharon K Allison Alice M White George Hasty Junior Bryant Donna Lee Turner Ruth Jane Reece. The document also charges Nellie Beseta Bates Boah Foster Bates Patricia Ellen Hall Clarence Hamilton Theresa Amanda Carroll.
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Good Samaritan
Lydia Ruth Smith
Willy E. Hoffman
Rose M. Walker
Edna Laverne Schuster
Sharon K. Allison
Alice M. White
George Hasty Junior Bryant
Donna Lee Turner
Ruth Jane Reece
Nellie Beseta Bates
Boah Foster Bates
Patricia Ellen Hall
Clarence
Hamilton
Theresa Amanda Carroll
Mt Vernon A F and A M Special Meeting Notice
Special meeting of Mt Vernon A F and A M set for Saturday March 26 at 7 30 p m Work in the third degree Brethren welcome Refreshments available James R Apgar Sec Taylor R Mabry W M
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A. F. Fe
Mt. Vernon Ae
A. F
A.M
Nitin Brethren
Refresh
Taylor R. Mabry
W. M. James R. Apgar
American Legion Members of Jefferson Post 14 Update
Local Legion post 14 announces adjutant status as of May 28 with members indicated at Jefferson location. Details on duties and meeting schedules not provided.
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American Legion
Jefferson Post
Ico
Adj
South Route Advocates Back Southern Illinois Interstate 64
Speakers argued the southerly alignment of Route 64 would boost southern Illinois by increasing trade, industry, and defense transport. Rep Kenneth Gray and regional officials claimed it would be cheaper, safer, and yield greater benefits than the northerly U.S. 50 route, with major plans for U.S. 50 upgrades and regional development.
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Illinois
Albert McAlliatar
Carmi
Tri-State
Harry Williamson, Jr
Freeman Coal Corp
Robert Nolan
Taneance R. Mattingly
Evansville
Ind
T. O. Mathews
Fairfield
America
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Paul Broyles
Mt. Vernon
Paul Zeigler
Ilinois
Bert Baker
Benton
Clyde Lee
Neil Thurmond
Johnston City
Southern Ilinois Mayors Association
Virgil T. Bailey
Howard Lewis
J. Marvin Powers
Southern Illinois
National Defense
J. L. Buford
Geoffrey Hughes
Southern Hi,, Inc
Cartersville
T. L. Garwood
Freeman Coal Company
Howard Campbell
Ralph Cooksey
Organized Labor
Carbondale
Ill
Frank K. Kern
Ewing
R. A. Bonifield
John Robinson
Joe Scott
Grayville
Howard Mendenhall
Rend Lake
Gray
Minois
Indiana
U.S. 30
Vincennes
St.eagle
Battles over Louisville Evansville superhighway route in Indiana
Indiana hearings on the Louisville to Evansville route feature northern and southern factions arguing over path near Vincennes and Grayville. Officials heard 500 in audience, 50 exhibits for southern, 30 for northern, with two extra weeks for evidence. Notables testified including a Marine Medal of Honor recipient and a Pa ducah chamber head.
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Gray
United States
Evansville
Ind
St. Louis
Louisville
Princeton
Bureau of Roads
Illinois
Indiana
Centralia
S&j. Louis
Vincennes
Lawrenceville
Grayville
Ellis Armstrong
Princeton Armory
Armstrong
Bureau
Washington
Jeader
Marine Corps
Howard Lewis
Benton, Jr
John L. Lewis
Iinois
Virgil T. Bailey
Mount Vernon
George W. Howard
Ohio River
Russell Chittenden
Chamber of Commerce
Paducah
Nashville
Tenn
Frank C. Schilt, Olney, Jr
Gen. Schilt
Crane Naval Ammunition Depot
Martin County
Ralph Meeks
Knox County Civil Defense
Evansvile
Earl Wilson
Bedford
Wilson
Roads Bureau
Come to Jef and Maxine's Factory Outlet Store
Estes Grovesey Camp Ground hosts a factory outlet sale offering huge savings on household articles toys dolls gifts and numerous items including lamps curtains plastics mirrors luggage cameras and more. Store hours extend until p.m.
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Jef and Maxine
Estes Grosey
Camp Ground
Rend Lake Assn Holds Benton Meeting March 30
The Rend Lake Association hosts its sixth annual meeting on Wednesday March 30 at the Masonic Temple in Benton. Speakers include Everett T. Winter of the Mississippi Valley Association on major water developments, William H. Brown Jr. on small watershed progress in Illinois, and Geoffrey Hughes of Southern Illinois Inc. on new job opportunities in the region. Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. Reservations are available from directors Earl Jamison, Dr. Jack Setzekorn, or the Rend Lake office in Benton.
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Rend Lake Association
Masonic Temple
Benton
Everett T. Winter
Mississippi Valley Asssociation
William H. Brown, Jr
Illinois Agricultural Association
Illinois
Jefferson County
Earl Jamison
Jack Setzekorn
Rend Lake
Vote influence alleged in Centreville Township case
EAST ST. LOUIS, MI AP An investigation by the Illinois Public Aid Commission into charges that Centreville Township Supervisor Francis Touchette instructed welfare recipients on how to vote was disclosed Friday. The commission said complaints claim Touchette interviewed aid applicants and recipients of general assistance and advised them on voting in the April primary. Touchette denied the charges as politically motivated, saying the complaints arose from his bid to defeat current East Side Leveeland Sanitary District board members.
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East ST. Louis
Sinois Public Aid Commission
Centreville
Francis Touchette
Touchette
Peter W. Cahill
Commission
East Side Leveeland Sanitary District
Mt. Vernon State Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Illinois Hospital Association
Illinois League For Nursing
Margaret Giffin Ellsworth
Department of Hospital Nursing
National League For Nursing
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Franklin Hospital
Benton
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Holden
Carbondale
Centerville Township
Madison County Sanatorium
Edwardsville
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Fairfield
Clay County Hospital
Flora
Carmi Township
Carmi
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Granite City
Harrisburg Medical Foundation
Harrisburg
Herrin Hospital
Herrin
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
McLeansboro
Veterans Administration Hospital
Marion
Wabash General Hospital
Mt. Carmel
The
State Tuberculois Sanitarium
Mt. Vernon
St. Andrew's Hospital
Murphysboro
Hardin County General Hospital
Rossclare
Olney
Fayette County Hospital
Vandalia
Doctors Hospital
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Community Hospital
Staunton
Senators Aims at Oil Group Banquet Spark VP Talk
Senator Thruston Morton of Kentucky arrives Monday night in Evansville to deliver the main banquet address to the Independent Oil Producers and Land Owners Association Tri State. He is considered a leading Republican candidate for Nixon's running mate. The meeting at McCurdy Hotel will draw about 400 oil men and officials from Kentucky Indiana and Illinois.
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Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Evansville
Indiana
Independent Oil Producers and Land Owners Association
Tri-State
Victor R. Gallagher
United States
Richard Nixon
Wm. Bray
Illinois
Conservation Departments
Geological Survey Divisions
Bureaus of Mines and Minerals
McCurdy Hotel
Gallagher
Walker Flies Rocket Ship at Edwards Air Force Base
Space agency test pilot Joe Walker flew the rocket ship for the first time at Edwards Air Force Base California. He overshot the dry lake landing point by five miles due to a strong tailwind but landed safely.
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Edwards Air Force
Basf
Calif
Space Agency
Joe Walker
Walker
Police Court Fines Incurred By Local Drunk, Speeding Offenders
Police Magistrate J. R. Thomas fined Norlan R. Shell of Wayne City five dollars and costs for a drunk charge and Winston Wilson ten dollars and costs for a drunk charge. State police charges included Bernard L. Schmitt of O Fallon five dollars and costs for passing in a no passing zone Frank A. Lammers of Seallon five dollars and costs for passing in a no passing zone Robert L. Friend of Mr. Carmel twenty dollars and costs for speeding 85 miles per hour.
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J. R. Thomas
Norlan R. Shell
Wayne City
Winston Wilson
Bernard L. Schmitt
O'Fallon
Frank A. Lammers
Seallon
Robert L. Friend
Carmel
Preminger Marries Patricia Hope Bryce in Haifa
HAIFA AP Otto Preminger, 58, wed Patricia Hope Bryce, costume designer on his recent films, then returned to Exodus production. In FALL RIVER AP three infant deaths at Truesdale Hospital blamed on inadvertent boric acid use in formula. In HOLLYWOOD AP Lee J Cobb and Mary Cobb welcome an eight pound boy. In BALTIMORE AP IRS in Baltimore jokes about paper clips as part of tax filing process ahead of April 15 deadline.
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Haifa
Israel
Otto Preminger
Hollywood
Patricia Hope Bryce
Fall River
Mass
Truesdale Hospital
Alfred L. Frechette
Lee J. Cobb
Mary
Mrs. Cobb
Cobb
Baltimore, Md
Internal Revenue Service
Baltimore
IRS
John Tamburo
Intersecting Superhighways Proposed Near Mt Vernon
Plans outline Interstate 57 and 64 routes crossing near Mt Vernon south of Cairo. Traffic from Louisville and Nashville would use the Mt Vernon junction via Marion and ongoing Williamson County work on I 57. I 64 would allow 50 mph for the first 3.7 miles and 70 mph thereafter in Illinois, with grade-separated access and wide medians.
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Cairo
Nashville
St. Louis
Tennessee
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Louisville
Williamson County
Franklin County
Illinois
Birth of son for Mr and Mrs Bertie Morgan jr Chicago
Mr and Mrs Bertie Morgan Jr of 1621 Humboldt Blvd Chicago welcomed a son born at 6 16 pm on March 25 in a Chicago hospital. He weighed seven pounds seven and one half ounces and is named David Alan. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Irvin Collins and Mr and Mrs Clara Morgan of Mt Vernon.
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Bertie Morgan, Jr
Humboldt Blvd
Chicago
David Alan
Rvin Collins
B. P
Clara Morgan
Mt. Vernon
Illinois Weather Melts Snow as Temperatures Rise
Sunny skies pushed temperatures into the 30s and 40s across Illinois today, melting most of the 2 inch overnight snowfall in northern counties. Slight warming expected through Sunday except the far north. Roads less severe than Friday though new snow blanketed the northern third and created slick stretches. Nearly 1000 minor traffic accidents were caused by the snow in Chicago Friday night.
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Illinois
Mercury
Rockford
Moline
Vandalia
Belleville
Chicago
Slippery Northern Illinois Highways Reported
Illinois highways in the northern third were slick at 6 am due to conditions but were expected to clear by noon. Remaining sections of the state were reported as normal.
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Springfield, Ill
Ilinois Division of Highways
Break-In Arrests Near Hand's Grocery Store
County officers and city police arrested a 38 year old man, an 18 year old boy, and a 16 year old boy at 2:00 am after an attempted burglary at Hand's grocery store on old Route 15 and Tolle Road east of Mt. Vernon. The burglars were held in jail this morning as charges await filing. Officers responded to an alarm. door glass was broken but entry appeared not made.
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Hand's
Old Route 15
Tolle Road
Mt. Vernon
Khrushchev Gets Chilly Reception in Bordeaux France
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Bordeaux to a subdued welcome with few flags and sparse crowds. Police reported calm as a 10,000 strong square crowd greeted him, chanting his name while the banner on a bridge supported De Gaulle.
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Bordeaux
France
Nikita Khruahchev
Mtory
Khrushchev
Communist Party
de Gaulle
Bordeaux State Theater
Surprise Snow Snarls Chicago
A surprise snowfall during Friday night rush hour caused nearly 1000 accidents in Chicago. Most incidents were minor and no major injuries were reported, authorities said.
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Chicago
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