Deaths: Mrs Artimisse Elkins 95 in Galatia nursing home
Mrs Artimissie Elkins 95 former Sesser resident dies at Good Shepherd Nursing Home Galatia at 8 00 p m Funeral services scheduled 2 00 p m Wednesday Brayfield Funeral Home Sesser Rev Leo Copeland to officiate Burial at Greenwood Cemetery near Lesser Body lies in state at Brayfield after 6 00 p m today Survivors include sister Mrs Della Stevison of Lesser and several nieces and nephews
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Artimissie Elkins
Sesser
Good Shepherd
Galatia
Brayfield Funeral Home
Leo Copeland
Greenwood Cemetery
Lesser
Brayfield
Elkins
Franklin County
Matthew and
Ruthie (Greenwood) Cockrum
Della Stevison
Ruie Brockett Dies at 86 in Carbondale Rites Set
Ruie Prindle Brockett 86 of 916 Lindell Ave Carbondale died at 5 00 am Monday at St Mary's Hospital Centralia. Funeral 1 pm Wednesday at First Baptist Benton with Rev William Bohn officiating. Burial in I C C F Masonic cemetery Benton. She taught at Morgan Park Military Academy 15 years. Survived by son William Prindle Chicago four sisters two grandchildren two great grandchildren. Burial home Poulson Freeman Benton.
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Ruie (Prindle) Brockett
Lindell Avenue
Carbondale
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
First Baptist Church
Benton
William Bohn
I.c.c.f.-Masonic
William Prindle
Chicago
Minnie Darcie
Edna Mayhew
Ray Haile
Grace BE. Glenn
Jacksonville
Brockett
Morgan Park Military Academy
Picket Dairy At Carbondale Feud Over Milk Price
Pickets outside New Era Dairy in Carbondale Illinois demand a 2 cent per quart rise under National Farmers Organization action. Dr Amos Rehberger 41 a Highland Dentist owner of a 600 acre Dongola farm was treated after a dairy truck struck him while marching with pickets. He was released after treatment for a head bump. James R Goddard 25 a Dongola farm worker was detained for an hour for defying police orders to clear a driveway. NFC Union County president Norman Belcher said 200 pickets planned for Wednesday.
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Carbondale
Ilap
New Era
Amos Rehberger
Dongola
Doctor’s Hospital
Rehberger
NFC
Union County
Vessel and Sea of Oil Fire Continues From Page One
Detergent battles oil slick as westerly winds drive it toward shore. Ten tons of detergent needed per ton of oil, government calls situation practically hopeless. Ports improvise booms to shield oyster beds and inshore fisheries. Torrey Canyon’s Italian captain cut through shallow water, wrecking on a reef feared by mariners for centuries. Questions rise over why Britain did not take prompt action to unload or destroy cargo.
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Torrey Canyon
Kuwait
Milford Haven
Weather snapshot for MT. VERNON and nearby areas
MT VERNON weather shows Monday high 63 and low 52 with rainfall to date at 6.38 inches. Historical compare shows one year ago high 50 and low 33 ten years ago high 58 and low 7. Sunrise Wednesday at 5 48 with sunset at 6 23.
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MT. Vernon
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
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
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla City
Wong Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Lla
Ptind
Ore
Weather forecast for Illinois stays cloudy and mild
The Associated Press reports cloudy seasonable conditions across Illinois with little change expected for Wednesday. Daytime highs ranged from the 50s in the north to the 60s in the south while overnight lows were forecast in the high 30s to low 40s in the north and upper 40s to mid 50s in the south.
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Associated Press
Ilinois
Illinois
Farmer Ordered to Sell 18 Starved Cows in Illinois
Morris Illinois AP report: Joseph McLinden, a 56 year old Minooka farmer, faced cruelty to animals charges after 18 cows were found starved. Judge Chester Winsor ordered him to sell the cattle or pay a 200 dollar fine. Chicago Animal Welfare Society manager Allen A. Glisch witnessed the case. one cow was so starved it had to be destroyed.
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Morris, Ill
Joseph McLinden
Minooka
McLinden
Morday
Chester Winsor
Chicago Animal Welfare Society
Allen A. Glisch
Bombing raids batter North Vietnam near Dien Bien Phu
Haiphong was bombed and air to ground missiles struck supply points along the western edge of North Vietnam and the southern panhandle. A heavy raid targeted a complex near the old Dien Bien Phu battlefield, igniting a fireball and black smoke rising 5,000 feet. Guam-based B52s conducted three raids against suspected Communist troop complexes in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiphong
Blans
Bus Fire Tragedy Kills Ten Men Three Women Children
A bus swerved to avoid a bullock cart near Luximpur in East Pakistan, plunged into a ditch and burst into flames. Ten people died, including three women and three children, while fourteen were injured. The driver and conductor survived.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Luximpur
Markets Mt. Vernon Grain
Mt Vernon price quotes show soybeans at 2 73 and shell corn at 1 35 ear corn at 1 33 this afternoon with no additional context or dates provided.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago grain prices report
Chicago prices list wheat No 2 hard 1.83n No 2 red 1.80n corn No 2 yellow 1.42n oats No 2 heavy white 7756-7858n soybean No 1 yellow 2.8744n.
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Chicago
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices at Noon
Prices paid today until 12 30 p m were 50c lower top 17 00 for 200 to 220 lb hogs sow prices down 50c to 15 50 for 300 lb down sows 300 lb and over 15 00 down boars 12 50 and 13 00 After 12 30 p m prices reflect next days market action.
St Louis Produce Prices For Eggs And Poultry
St Louis report lists eggs and live poultry with consumer grades A large 27-30 A medium 24-27 A small 20-22 B large 23-27 wholesale 22-23 unclassified 20-21 checks 9-10 hens heavy 13 light over 5 lbs 9 under 5 lbs no price broilers and fryers 25-26.
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ST. Louis
Livestock Auction Estimates At National Stockyards Tl
Estimates for Wednesday at National Stockyards include hogs 13 000 head barrows and gilts 215 270 pounds 17.00 18.50 per hundredweight sowes 300 650 pounds 15.00 16.25 cattle 4 000 calves 250 steers good to choice 22.00 24.25 heifers 20.50 23.50 cows 16.00 18.50 good to choice feeders 26.00 36.00 calves 18.00 22.00 sheep 800 wool sheep steady spring lambs 23.50 wool lambs 21.00 22.00 wool sheep 5.00 8.00
Chicago Produce Prices Report from Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter scores ranged from 89 to 93 with AA and A grades. Eggs priced at 28 to 30 cents for standards to whites. Live poultry wholesale prices held steady with some reductions, roosters at 24 to 26 cents and special fed white rock fryers at 20 to 21 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Wall Street advances as rails, sectors recover
Wall Street in New York shows a modest rebound with rails leading gains after Monday's setback. Traders report active volume and a 2 to 1 advantage for gainers, with the Dow up 2.12 to 875.84 at noon and the Associated Press average rising across industrials, rails, and utilities.
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NEW York
Supreme Court
New York Central and
Pennsylvania Railroad
Central
Pennsy
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Lionel
American Stock Exchange
Woman who gave up girl gets money
A former Werthan Bay Co employee said two of her upcoming paychecks will be garnished to cover a loan balance. She owed the finance company $108 when the garnishment began and plans to pay $11 per month to settle the debt.
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Werthan Bay Co
Plane Crash in Lake Michigan Kills Four
Coast Guard reports a Cessna 182 from Fidelity Properties Inc. vanished after takeoff from South Bend. Dr. Ralph Schone of Chicago was found in his seat along the lake shore, presumed dead with three others missing. The party was returning from a ski trip to Meigs Field, Chicago.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Ralph Schone
Buffington Harbor
Gary
Ind
South Bend
Meigs Field
Students Back At Southern Salukis Win Titles
Carbondale population surged as 17,600 Southern Illinois University students began the spring quarter. Returnees arrived from Florida and New York where the Salukis had claimed the national invitational basketball title. A Go Saluki banquet honoring the champions sold out with 600 attendees paying five dollars each, including Gov. Otto Kerner and State School Supt. Ray Page.
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Carbondale, Ill
Carbondale
Southern Ilinois University
Florida
New York
I.u.’S Salukis
Otto Kerner
Ray Page
Greece Expels Two Soviet Spies Over NATO Base Ring
Athens orders Albert Zaharov and Igor Ochurkov to depart by Wednesday night after evidence tied them to a Soviet spying ring targeting NATO bases in the Mediterranean. The expulsions follow a wider network linked to arrests in Italy and Cyprus.
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Athens
Greece
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
Foreign Ministry
Albert Zaharov
Igor Qchurkov
Italy
Cyprus
State Workers On Picket Line
State mental institution workers picketed the office of State Personnel Director Maude Myers in Springfield demanding higher wages. About 50 pickets, mostly women, gathered outside the Centennial Building representing East Moline Dixon Galesburg Peoria and Elgin institutions with more workers to arrive later from additional facilities.
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Springfield
Maude Myers
State Centennial
East Moline
Dixon
Galesburg
Peoria
Elgin
Roy Wine
Illinois State
Russia Pays Fisherman's 10000 Fine In Alaska Case
Gov. Walter J. Hickel and Alaska's senators urged action. Kushenko served two days in jail for inability to pay the $10,000 fine. The trawler was escorted to sea by the Storis on Sunday.
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Walter J. Hickel
Alaska
Kushenko
Population Control May Be OK Pope
Pope Paul VI endorsed government action to control population while keeping the Church’s opposition to artificial birth control. He urged respect for married couples’ right to moral or bishop-guided choices and suggested laws may allow public access to birth control information in areas with Catholic resistance. The encyclical warns against radical demographic measures.
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Bennett Bolton
Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Reagan Sends Record Budget, Cut Six Percent
Gov Ronald Reagan sent a record 5.0 billion revised California budget to Democratic finance committees for review. The plan for the new fiscal year tops the January request, with department heads’ requests trimmed by 6 percent, not the targeted 10 percent, as school and facility demands blunt the economy drive. Finance Director Gordon P Smith notes 5.06 billion total when all requests are included.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Gordon P. Smith
Milk strike widens as farmers press for higher milk price
CHICAGO AP Oren Lee Staley president of the National Farmers Organization says the milk withholding campaign in its 13th day continues full steam ahead. In a 25 state area widespread picketing of dairy plants was reported after an Easter weekend lull. NFO members seek a two cent a quart price rise to farmers who currently receive 8 to 10 cents more per quart.
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Chicago
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Boy Rescued From Lake Ice
Boyd Berosky an 11 year old from Erie rode a driftwood raft onto Lake Erie with two companions. When the raft broke apart he climbed onto a chunk of ice and drifted about 100 yards from shore for about 50 minutes before Coast Guard crews arrived in a rowboat. He was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie, Pa
Boyd Berosky
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Erie
Berosky
Fall From Pony Fatal in Springfield
Monte Norman five year old of Springfield died from injuries after a pony fall on March 22. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Earl L Norman.
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Springfield
Monte Norman
Earl L. Norman
Sonic booms over Missouri and Illinois coast to coast training
The US Air Force begins SR-71 flights over a 2,000 mph area south of St. Louis with twice weekly sonic booms during refueling. Col. Bob Renneisen says booms occur when descending from 80,000 to 30,000 feet between Potosi Missouri and north of Du Quoin Illinois, noon to 2 pm, for months. The SAC notes flights may vary and number of aircraft is undisclosed.
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ST. Louis
Missouri-Illnois
U.S. Air Force
Bob Renneisen
Air Force Information
Potosi
du Quoin
Benton
Ill
Col. Renneisen
Strategic Air Command
Col
Renneisen
Ky proposes three step plan for peace talks
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky said Saigon is in a better position than Washington to handle peace feelers. His three step plan calls for a complete cease fire, two way talks between Saigon and Hanoi, and any international guarantee. He spoke aboard his private plane en route to the northern sector and urged the United States to back off negotiations and let Saigon handle Hanoi when the time is right.
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Gio Linh
Vienam
Nguyen
Cao Ky
Saigon
Washington
Hanoi
United States
Moscow
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges List Local Names
A hospital notes section lists admissions including Eva Marie Sweetin Ina Dorothy Jean Bechtel and Timmy Hicks while discharges include Janet Fay Wells and Patricia Marlow. The ledger also records names associated with various care facilities and residences such as Good Samaritan Admired Silas Brookman Hickory Grove Manor Nursing Home Alva Linville 1007 Park and Otto Laswell 607 south 12th along with multiple street addresses and community members.
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Janet Fay Wells
Bonnie
Silas Brookman
Hickory Grove Manor
Alva Linville
Park
Otto Laswell
South 12Th
DeWitt W. Jackson
Bell
Syrene Rollins
South 13Th
Lillian Hanes
Dahlgren
William Amos Troutt
South 15Th
Anita Dubois
Aliie Harris
South 20Th
Agnes Batts
Salem Road
Roy Joseph Hunt
Opdy
Controversy Over Manchester's JFK Book Stirs Debate
The Kennedy family challenges Manchester's manuscript as tasteless and distorted while Look magazine serializes the work. Publishers report strong advance sales and potential profits, with portions earmarked for the Kennedy Library. Manchester claims Oswald’s descent into madness followed a quarrel with Marina. He notes Mrs. Kennedy hoped for a conspiracy, and the text questions fact versus opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie
Manchester
Kennedys
Look Magazine
Harper & Row
Kennedy
Oswald
Marina
Irving
Dallas
Ruth Paine
Warren Commission
New York
McNamara
Elm Street
Fire damages mail box near Greyhound station on North Tenth
A fire inside a mail box near the Greyhound bus station in the 200 block of North Tenth Street damaged some letters shortly before 3:00 this morning. Firefighters arrived after a postal worker opened the box and removed the mail. cause was not determined.
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North Tenth Street
Greyhound Bus
Haiphong freighters fire on U S planes in year
Washington AP reports that two Communist freighters in Haiphong harbor fired on U S planes last year. The Pentagon refused to identify ship nationalities or weapon types and said no U S aircraft were hit or returned fire. Officials would not confirm pilot rules on engaging attackers.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Pentagon
Defense Department
Haiphong
Circuit Court Fines Major Mt Vernon Docket List
Twenty three individuals from Mt Vernon and area were fined in Circuit Court. Names include Larry D Flanigan Rochelle Elmer L Wengler Winston Aud Carlson Tommy R Pigg Evelyn Buhler Gary Powell Donald Ray Stone Jackie Owen Galiher James Earl Stone Alex Odle Larry W Kemmerling Susan J Piercy John Cook Luther A Wells Glenn D Schuster Norma Trickery Rose Leroy Hunt Sherry Roe Clark Larry D Seidel Newsome Judges Donald Eugene Webb John William Duncan Charles Inskeep. Fines range from 5 to 50 dollars for offenses such as intoxication speeding violation of curfew and illegal possession of liquor.
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Mt. Vernon
Larry D. Flanigan
Rochelle
Elmer L. Wengler
Barrington
Winston Aud Carlson
Tommy R. Pigg
North 10Th Street
Evelyn Buhler
Perkins
Avenue
Gary Powell
Caborn
Donald Ray Stone
Opdyke
Jackie Owen Galiher
James Earl Stone
Alex Odle
Dahlgren
Larry W. Kemmerling
Bluford
Susan J. Piercy
North 4Th Street
John Cook
Bishop Court
Luther A. Wells
Aurora
Glenn D. Schuster
Norma Trickery Rose
Huntsville
Ala
Leroy Hunt
South 11Th Street
Sherry Roe Clark
Larry D. Seidel
Newsome
Donald Eugene Webb
Herbert
John William Duncan
Judsonia
Ark
Charles Inskeep
College Avenue
Bech Baby Born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Morris H. Bechtel of Woodlawn welcomed a son born at 2 38 this morning in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. The newborn weighs seven pounds eight and a half ounces and has been named Eugene, solidifying a new arrival in the community.
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Morris H. Bechtel
Woodlawn
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Eugene
Sesser Plan Group Elects New Officers
William Schettler chosen as chairman of the reorganized Sesser Plan Commission. James Fields named vice chairman and Robert Blaylock secretary. Other members include Sewell Hurst Lawson Payne and Virgil Earley. Three more members will be appointed. Next meeting set for April 27.
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Sesser
William Schettler
Sesser Plan Commission
Schettler
Old Plan Commission
James Fields
Robert Blaylock
Sewell Hurst
Lawson Payne
Virgil Earley
SIU Students Practice Teach In Sesser Unit
Five Southern Illinois University student teachers begin spring term in Sesser Unit Schools. Curtis Burns teaches social studies at Valier junior high under Robert Gallo. Wallace Miller, fifth grade at Lesser's Washington under Mrs Harcovic. Cerda Javier, Spanish at high school under Ronald Bowden. Danny Kessler, English at high school. Robert Dvorak, social studies at high school. Annual science fair held at Walier grade school gym Thursday and Friday with public display 9 to 3 and 7 to 9. Ronald Mick chairs the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sesser
Southern Illinois University
Curtis Burns
Valier
Robert Gallo
Wallace Miller
Lesser
Washington School
Mary Harcovic
Cerda Javier
Ronald Bowden
Danny Kessler
Robert Dvorak
Walier
Ronald Mick
Sellout for C. of C. Dinner in Loyal Order hall
The Chamber of Commerce says its annual dinner on April 3 is sold out with 300 reservations already recorded at the Loyal Order of the Moose auditorium and expectations of over 400. Officials say space could have accommodated 600, and more requests are likely, as the committee led by Herbert Page finalizes plans for a 6:30 p.m. start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Loyal Order of the Moose
Chamber
Herbert Page
Car and Truck Collide at Tenth and Main Streets
A car driven by Anna M. Jansky, 37, of Chicago, collided with a truck at 3:35 pm Monday on Tenth and Main. The car suffered more than $100 in damage. The truck driver, Robert E. Norris, 29, of Patoka, was charged with following too close.
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Tenth
Main Streets
Anna M. Jansky
Chicago
Robert E. Norris
Patoka
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Prindle) Brockett
THE
Chicago Grant Park
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Quincy Rockford
Paducah
Sceesensee
Ween
N Viet
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
Lake
Southern
Russia
Jewell W. Norman
Thomas B. Warren
Church OF Christ
Totar
Jefferson Memorial
Eva Marie Sweetin
Ina Dorothy Jean Bechtel
Elmer Fox & Company
Certified Public Accountants
First National Bank Building
Victor Jacquemin
Robert Wegner
JFK
Haphong
Circuit Court
Main St
Donald E. Reid
Sesser Plan Group
SIU
Bob
Caliente
Bob Williams
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