George Grissom Dies Retired Mt Vernon Post Official
George C Grissom 904 Wilshire Dr longtime superintendent of mails at Mt Vernon post office died at 9 45 am today at Good Samaritan Hospital He was 69 8 20 born July 10 1891 in Jefferson County married Cleo Reese October 20 1920 in Nashville Ill He served in World War I and was active in fish and game conservation He is survived by wife daughter Janet Johnston brother Irvie Grissom and two grandsons Funeral arrangements were incomplete and body sent to Myers Chapel
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George C. Grissom
Wilshire Drive
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Grissom
Jefferson County
John Allen
Emma
Reed) Grissom
Nashville, Ill
Cleo Reese
American Legion Post
First Methodist Church
Janet Johnston
Irvie Grissom
George Reese Grissom
Myers Chapel
Robert Reinlein Dies In Chicago Age 30 Funeral In Mt Y
Robert E Reinlein formerly of Mt Vernon dies at 2 00 p m Wednesday in Hines Hospital Chicago at age 30 3 28 He is survived by mother Mollie Reinlein of Mt Vernon and sister Mrs Rebecca Porter Funeral services at Pulley Funeral Chapel at 130 p m Saturday with Rev Laurence Wagley officiating Burial in Oakwood Cemetery Body lies in state at Pulley Funeral Home after 2 00 p m Friday He was born December 1 1930 in Mt Vernon and was a Korean War veteran affiliated with West Salem Methodist Church
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Robert E. Reinlein
Mt. Vernon
Hines Hospital
Chicago
Buone
Mollie (Eller) Reinein
Mollie Reinlein
Rebecca Porter
Vernon
Reinlein
West Salem Methodist Church
Nolan Baltzell Former Resident Dies in South Dakota
Funeral services were held in Bristol South Dakota today for Nolan Doc Baltzell 65 a former resident of Jefferson county. Burial followed in Bristol. Survivors include his wife Alvida Baltzell a daughter Alpha Thorson two sons Lowell and Neil in the U S Army, five brothers a sister and 13 grandchildren.
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Nolan
Doc” Baltzell
Jefferson County
Bristol
South Dakota
Mr. Baltzell
Alvida Baltzell
Alpha Thorson
Oldham
S. D
Lowell Baltzell
U.S. Army
New Jersey
Neil Baltzell
Asia
Harold Baltzell
Bonnie
Rufus Baltzell
Rossville
Ross Baltzell
Madison
Wis
Bill Baltzell
Ina
Harry Baltzell
Pierpont
Lula Cockrum
Hattie Strattan Funeral Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Strattan will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Myers Chapel with Reverends Eugene Holcomb and Carl Whittington officiating. Burial is planned for Cartwood cemetery. The body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 4:00 p.m. today. Strattan, 83, of 606 Third Street, died at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at Setzekorn Nursing Home.
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Hattie Strattan
Myers Chapel
Eugene Holcomb
Carl Whittington
Oartwood Cemetery
City and County Offices Close Friday for Good Friday
Mt. Vernon city hall and Jefferson County courthouse will be closed all day tomorrow in observance of Good Friday. The sheriff's office remains open. All offices will resume normal hours Saturday in both city and county buildings.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson
Bronx man sentenced to 60 years in prison
New York AP report states a Bronx man pleaded guilty to raping and robbing in Madison Avenue offices. The defendant, identified as a Black individual, received a sentence of 60 years to 400 years in prison. Assistant District Attorney Maurice Nad and the presiding judge reported on the case details and sentencing.
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New York
Bronx
Madison
Maurice Nada
Peire
Hell On Map Paradise Is Not on Official Highway Map
Paradise earns a correction to Michigan’s official highway map after residents asked how to reach the tiny community. Officials placed Hell in southern Michigan by mistake and later recommended visiting Paradise in Luce County, while noting Paradise is actually in Chippewa County.
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Hell
Paradise
Mich
Michigan
John
Mackie
Upper Peninsula
Luce County
Chippewa County
Highway Department
U S Bolsters Forces in Laos Amid SEATO Meeting
U S and allied officials cite a Bangkok SEATO resolution as showing allied concern over Soviet backed rebel efforts in Laos. The measure stresses a peaceful settlement but signals readiness for united action if necessary to defend the country.
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SEATO
Bangkok
Thailand
U. S
Market prices for hogs and pigs report missing details
Market prices paid on the live hog market were higher with tops around 46.85 for 196 to 210 pounds hogs. Sows averaged 15.50 per 300 weight and boars were around 10.50, but the report is incomplete and lacks full weights and totals.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon traders reported prices for wheat at 1.82, soybeans 2.89, and corn 1.00 as quotes from Mt Vernon this afternoon with the figures likely used by local buyers and sellers.
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Mt. Vernon
Cash Grain Market Quotes for Chicago Area
AP report lists no wheat or oats sales. Corn No 2 yellow at 1.0644, No 4 yellow at 1.00, sample grade yellow 80. Soybeans No 2 yellow 2.9915, soybean oil J3n. Barley prices show making choice 1.10-1.20n, feed 93-1.00n.
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Chicago
Chicago Butter and Egg Prices Steady at Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter and eggs holding steady with wholesale buying prices largely unchanged. Butter scores range from 89 to 93 with grades AA to B and yields around 57 to 60 percent. Eggs show minor increases with higher quality whites and varied grade percentages amid mixed stock notes.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Prices Report Delayed
Chicago AP reports USDA live poultry prices unavailable due to insufficient receipts, leaving markets without current price data for the period.
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Chicago Poultry Chicago
USDA
Livestock Market Report For Hogs Cattle And Sheep
Hogs 9000 head with price ranges across weights from 141 to 400 pounds and up to 18.50 per hundredweight. Cattle and calves include slaughter steers 22.50 to 25.25, heifers 21.50 to 23.00, cows 14.00 to 18.00, stocker steers 23.00 to 24.50, fair quality calves 19.00 to 24.00. Sheep show good and choice wooled lambs 16.00 to 17.00, utility 13.00 to 15.00, cull ewes 5.50 to 7.50.
Egg and live poultry market figures reported by St Louis
St Louis Produce notes wholesale egg grades and poultry categories with price ranges. It lists large extra eggs at 60-79 per cent A, 31-33, 40-59 per cent A 30-33, medium extras 38-28 12, standards min 80 per cent A B 28-28 15, unclassified, returned cases 26-28, hens heavy 18-19, light over 5 lb 14-15, commercial broilers and fryers 21 5-34 4 Ibs 17 4, old roosters 8-10.
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ST. Louis
Wall Street Mixed After Late Gains Fade
Wall Street slipped from earlier strength as heavy trading eased. Volume neared 5.8 million shares with mixed results across sectors. American Telephone hit a new high before retreating while United Whelan and Texas Instruments rose about 3 points. Losers included Douglas Aircraft and Southern California Edison as rails and aircraft faced declines.
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New York
American Telephone
United Whelan
Texas Instruments
Lukens Steelly Reduction
Fairbanks-Whitney
Liggett & Avers
Youngstown
Douglas Aircraft
Zenith
Southern California Edison
Union, Carbide
U. 5
Gypsum
Merck
U.S
County Clerk Opens for Absentee Voting on Saturday
County Clerk Lester F. Davis announced the office will stay open Saturday afternoon until 4:00 for absentee voters in justice of the peace and constable elections. Saturday is the last day for absentee voting. Elections will be held next Tuesday across the county.
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Lester F. Davis
Justice of the Peace
Births in Avon Park and Dubois Families
Mr and Mrs Turner Hr Maynor Jr of Avon Park Ohio welcomed son Mark Jeffery born at 3 50 this morning weighing nine pounds in a local hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs FE M Skuyken dall and Mrs Turner Maynor Sr of Mt Vernon. Mr and Mrs Louis Bochantin of Dubois welcomed daughter Kathryn Theresa born at 5 02 yesterday afternoon weighing seven pounds at Good Samaritan hospital. Mr and Mrs Norman Henry Neumann of Trenton IL welcomed daughter at Jefferson Memorial hospital born at 10 47 this morning weighing five pounds fourteen ounces.
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Turner Hr. Maynor, Jr
Yoder Blvd
Avon Park
Ohio
Mark Jeffery
FE. M. Skuykendall
May
Turner WU. Maynor, Sr
Mt. Vernon
Louis Bochantin
Dubois
Good Samaritan Hospital
Kathryn Theresa
Norman Henry ‘Neumann
Trenton
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Hospital Notes List of Admissions and Discharges
A long hospital log lists admissions and discharges including Mrs Marie Adi Fol son Logan Anderson of Wayne City Mrs Bernice Aline Neu mann of Trenton Master Roy Edward Sanders of Woodlawn Virginia Josephine Bochanting Truman Dedman Davis Eunice Clark Marjorie Lois Sampson Imogene Pilson Cora Edna Bayne Alex Kirk Billy Crowder Jane Ann Moss Jon Allan Pelletier Denise Ann Barker Car ol Denise Ellis Dorotha Mae Tate and baby Charles Edward Estelleah Buttruman baby Michael Shawn Arthur J Raney Oscar Dillon Framtes Caroline Harvey.
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Marie Adi Fol
Logan Anderson
Wayne City
Bernice Aline Neumann
Trenton
Roy Edward Sanders
Woodlawn
Trene Caroline [Carlton
Macedonia
Elizabeth Dalton Hays
Edgewood
Creaton Bullock
Virginia Josephine
Bochanting Truman
Dedman ‘Davis
Eunice Clark
MarjorieLois Sampson
Imogene Pilson
Cora
Edna Bayne
Alex Kirk
Billy Crowder
Jane Ann Moss
Jon Allan Pelletier
Denise Ann Barker
Car
Denise Ellis
Dorotha Mae Tate
Charles Edward
Estelleah Buttruman
Michael Shawn
Arthur J. Raney
Oscar Dillon
Caroline Harvey
Congress Takes Easter Recess
Congress adjourns for Easter break as 13 of 16 priority bills remain in flux. President Kennedy’s education and elderly care programs face uncertain fate. House approves a $394 million aid package for distressed areas, while debates over minimum wage and federal reorganizations continue.
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JACK BELL _ WASHINGTON
Congress
Kennedy
Senate
U. S
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Tion
House
White House
Safecracking Suspect Caught
MARION Ill AP A Johnston City youth sought by police two months for safecrackings in Johnston City and Herrin was captured Wednesday at the home of a friend in Johnston City. The youth, Jimmy Trays 18, was taken to the Williamson County jail in Marion where three other Johnston City residents including Hays two brothers are held on charges of dynamiting safes. The others are Bobby Hays 21 Danny Hays 16 and Gary Owens
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Marion, Ill
Johnston City
Herrin
Jimmy Trays
Williamson County
Marion
Hays
Bobby Hays
Danny Hays
Gary Owens
Five Die in Cleveland Tenement Fire on East Side
A devastating early morning blaze in a Cleveland East Side tenement killed five to possibly eight people, all of them Black. Ten hours after the alarm three remain missing while 10 others were injured, none seriously, and one man, William Merriweather, died after leaping from a second floor fire escape. Estimated damage reached 560,000 as Battalion Chief Bernard Clesey oversaw the response.
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Cleveland
Ifive
William Merriweather
Bernard Clesey
Salem Student Faces Involuntary Manslaughter Charge
Douglas Michael Davidson a 22 year old Southern Illinois University student from Salem is set for trial April 16 in Jackson County Circuit Court on involuntary manslaughter charges. He is accused in the Sept 1 shooting of John Te Hunter 22 of Highland Park who was killed while a gun Davidson was examining discharged. Judge J Ross Reynolds denied a motion to quash the indictment Wednesday in Carbondale.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Douglas Michael Davidson
Salem
Southern Ulinois University
Jackson County
John Te. Hunter
Highland Park
Hunter
Davidson
Carbondale
Ross Reynolds
Hinsdale High to Have Graduation Dance Resumes
Hinsdale Township High School will host a graduation dance after parents faced criticism for promoting cocktails at the prom. School officials previously vetoed the event amid parent complaints about sponsorship and behavior.
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Hinsdale High
Chicago
Hinsdale Town Ship High School
Kennedy goes to Florida for Easter holiday
President Kennedy flies to Palm Beach for a four day Easter break with his family. An Air Force 707 landed at 1:18 a.m. to provide standby service to return to Washington within two hours if Laos crisis worsens. Kennedy arranged around the clock White House security and awaits a Soviet response to a British note on Laos.
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Air Force 707
West Palm Beach International
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Kennedy Oceanfront
Washingon
White House
Andrew
Air Force Base
Florida
Palm Beach
Kennedy Family Easter Visit Looms at Palm Beach
President Kennedy and First Lady arrive in Palm Beach for Easter. Mrs Turnure says Easter Sunday will be a family day with church services as the only public appearance planned. Kennedy kin gathering include Eunice Shriver and Lawford, plus Robert Kennedy children. The President and family expected to stay through Monday or Tuesday.
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Palm Breach
Fla
White House
Washington
Peter Lawford
Robert F. Kennedy
Bobby
David
Palm Beach
Prom to Proceed on June 9 After Parent Row
Authorities agreed Wednesday to hold the prom on June 9 after a group of parents filed a brief for regulating student conduct at the dance. The agreement reflects school officials addressing safety and behavior standards for attendees.
Woman's Club backs Mt Vernon city manager system
A special Mt Vernon Woman's Club executive board meeting at Mrs. FE M Kuykendall's home endorsed the city manager form of government now in place. They oppose the change on the ballot for April 18 and warn rescinding would hinder progress in the city. The club, founded May 7, 1912, aims at intellectual, civic improvement and community welfare.
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Mt. Vernon
Autos Collide Head-On: Driver Is Arrested
Robert J. Mitchell, 36, of Hoffman, Tl., was lodged in the county jail after a head-on collision on state route 37 about 2.5 miles north of Mt. Vernon. Officers charged Mitchell with driving while intoxicated. William Clark, 50, of Salem, the other driver, escaped injury. Both cars were heavily damaged. State police investigated.
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Robert J. Mitchell
Hoffman
Mt. Vernon
Mitchell
William Clark
Salem
New Popular High Fidelity Albums Listing
A catalog of new albums and tracks including Elvis Presley dedicating to the One I Love, The Shirelles, Chubby Checker, George Jones, Fats Domino, Ferlin Husky, Dinah Washington, Ray Price, Del Wood, and Connie Francis among others. It notes price points at $3.98 and $4.98 and highlights titles like Orange Blossom Special Wheels Billy Vaughn and Camelot Original Broadway Cast.
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Surrandar
Jonaly Ma
Elvis Presley
Shrelles
Chubby Checkers
Marty
Bbins
George Jones
Fats Domino
Wheels
Billy Vaughn
Connie Francis
String
Kingston Trio
Ray Conniff
Gom Dy
Woody Woodbury
Bert Krampfert
Camelot
Ixodut
John Howard Heads Jefferson County Safety Council
The Jefferson County Safety Council elected John Howard as president for the coming year. Officers include John Backenste, Leo Heffington, Joe Martin as vice presidents. Ray Mohr treasurer. Mrs. Sarah Pace secretary. and directors Maxine Higgins, Earl Stelzer, and Carl Tubbesing. Plans for the 1961 Vehicle Safety Check Lane on May 11 12 and 13 follow last year’s 1893 vehicle inspections. Dr James E Aaron urged projects to boost traffic safety while Mt Vernon WP Club head Mrs Mary Henn announced a $25 contest prize for best safety project by women’s groups, with a May 15 deadline.
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Jefferson County Safety Council
John Howard
Howard
Safety Council
John Backenste
Leo ‘Heffington
Joe Martin
Treassure
Ray Mohr
Sarah Pace
Maxine Higgins
Earl Stelzer
Carl Tubbesing
James E. Aaron
Southern Illnois University
Aaron
Jefferson County
Mary Henn
Mt. Vernon
Henn
Illinois Weather Warm Sunshine Dims Snow Drifts
The Illinois area warmed today with sunshine returning as the last snowdrifts faded in the northwest. Readings reached the middle 30s to 40s in many areas, with 50s in the south and a chilly night lowering to the low 20s in Rockford and Moline. Wednesday’s highs varied from 40 to 48 across several cities.
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Belleville Illinois
Moline
Peoria
Quincy
Rantoul
Rockford
Springfield
Vandalia
Illinois
Dales
Hingis
Tockford
Belleville
Chicago
Young Democrats To Meet Friday
Jefferson County Young Democrats will meet Friday at 7 30 pm in the circuit courtroom of the county courthouse. President Gene Richardson said all Democratic candidates are invited to attend.
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Jefferson County
County Court House
Gene Richardson
Benefit Program For Retarded Children Held Here
A benefit for the Jefferson County Association for Retarded Children will be at 7 30 p m on March 31 at the Odd Fellows Hall. A feature film on the association’s operations will be shown and all proceeds will go to the school program for retarded children.
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Jefferson County Association For
Odd Fellows Ha
White Shrine of Jeru Salem to hold open installation
The White Shrine of Jeru Salem will conduct an open installation ceremony Friday at 6:00 PM at the Masonic Temple. Officers will be present and wear official regalia. Nellie Tindle Naomi Bogan and W H P W S are listed among officers.
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Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
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