Grand Jury to Probe Jefferson County Officials in Mt Vernon
A three-day special grand jury in Mt Vernon will begin at 9:30 tomorrow to indict members of the Jefferson County board of supervisors and seek an investigator for the county highway and relief departments. State's Attorney Stringer notes prior panels handled vote cheating probes, with former and recent indictments and an investigator hired then resigning for health reasons. Meanwhile General Douglas MacArthur remains critically ill after multiple surgeries and kidney complications, with gradual but limited improvements reported.
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Jefferson County Board of Supervisors
Mt. Vernon
Jay B. Stringer
Randall S. Quindry
Stringer
Grand Jury
Mt. Vernon Township
Jefferson County Relief and Welfare
Strisger
Dewey Barton
Sam Phillips
Khrushchev Arrives in Budapest for Key Talks
Premier Khrushchev is due in Budapest Tuesday for discussions with Hungarian leaders on the Soviet Chinese split the continued presence of Russian troops in Hungary and related issues.
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Budapest
Hungary
Khrushchev
Record cold grips Illinois as Easter snow blankets state
Illinois endured a record cold for the date with Chicago’s Easter low of 12 degrees and O’Hare 2 above zero. Snow totaled up to nine inches at Glenview with heavy flakes dimming visibility. Meigs and Midway airports faced disruptions while O’Hare advised restricted pilot activity.
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Chicago
Illinois
O'Hare
Glenview Naval Air Station
O’hare
Weather Bureau
Midway Airport
Moline
Springfield
Cairo
Rockford
East Dubuque
Joliet
Peoria
Quincy
Vandalia
Belleville
Meigs
Midway
Mt Vernon Easter Parade Marred By Snow Winds
Mt Vernon observed snow flurries and 60 mph wind gusts on Easter Sunday. Winds disrupted air traffic with two Ozark Airlines flights unable to land. Temperatures plunged to 19 degrees, and the high winds toppled the east wall of Tri-Cities Grocery Co. on South Tenth Street.
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Mt. Vernon
Ozark Air Lines
St.Louis
Chicago
Mercury
Tri-Cities Grocery Co
South Tenth Street
John Glenn withdraws from Ohio Senate bid after bath fall
Former astronaut John H. Glenn Jr withdraws from the Ohio U S Senate race due to injuries from a bath room fall. Doctors say recovery will take months and campaign plans are halted as ballots already printed may keep his name on the ballot unless he resigns or disqualifies.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnh. Glenn Jr
Ohio
U.S. Senate
Congress
Glenn
Air Force Hospital
Marine Corps
Senate
Ted Brown
National Aeronautics Space Administration Center
Houston
Columbus
Brown
Democratic State Committee
Abbott donates one million water tablets to Alaska relief
Abbott Laboratories sent one million water purification tablets to the Alaska earthquake area. The pills were flown to Seattle on Saturday and picked up by military authorities for distribution.
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Chicago, Ill
Abbott Laboratories
Alaska
Seattle
Plan Extends Remodel for Summersville School Bonds
Summersville residents vote April 25 on an 84000 bond issue for additions and alterations to the grade school east of Mt. Vernon. An 115000 no-interest loan from the Illinois School Building Commission is proposed to finance the project. Polls at Summersville school will open noon to 7 pm. the board of education called the election. The plan includes a new six classroom masonry steel building with an enclosed corridor to the gym, two kindergarten first grade toilets, two soundproofed rooms for music and special education, and updated dressing rooms with showers.
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Summersville School
Maols School Building Commission
Delo
Summersville
Mt. Vernon
Illinois School Building Commission
Board of Education
Public meeting on Friday night for Summersville school plan
Residents of the Summersville school district are invited to a Friday 7 30 p m meeting in the school gym to hear details of a proposed 84 000 bond issue for a school expansion and remodeling project. The plan includes a new gas boiler and a heated enclosed corridor linking facilities to add 12 classrooms and a music department. outcome hinges on bond approval and a state loan conversion.
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Summersville
President Stays On At Texas Ranch
President Johnson extends Easter holiday at LBJ Ranch with no public appointments. He notes some work, proclaims Alaska a disaster area, drafts a bill creating a farmers aid committee, and issues strong directions to air crews over East Germany amid ongoing Cold War tensions. Johnson also appoints four women to high posts and weighs Cuba and Panama policy with Sen. Fulbright.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
LBJ
Alaska
Washington
Congress
East Germany
Ranch House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cuba
Panama
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Fuse Schmelzle Elects Hawkins Vice President
Fuse Schmelzle & Co. announces the election and NYSE acceptance of three additional vice presidents. Joseph Ancona and John W. Carman become VPs and senior securities analyst, while Edward E. Mawkins becomes VP and resident manager of the firm’s Illinois office in St Louis.
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A. M. Schmelzle
Fuse-Schmelzle & Co
St. Louis
New York Stock Exchange
Joseph N. Ancona
John W. Carman
Edward E. Mawkins
It. Vernon
Fuse-Schmelzle & Co., Inc
New York
Assoc
Alton
Belleville
Jacksonville
Mt. Vernon
Sikeston
Missouri
Beald
Breese
du Quoin
Harrisburg
Nashville
Ilinois
de Soto
Eight Americans among 45 killed in Vesuvius air crash
Naples authorities report 45 dead after an Easter Eve Alitalia Viscount crash on Mount Vesuvius. The 40 passengers included eight Americans, 20 French, seven Italians, four Swiss and one English woman. All five crew were Italian. The plane, returning to Naples from Turin, Milan and Rome, struck a lava spur in fog and rain 90 minutes before midnight. Families identify victims later by dental charts as investigations proceed.
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Naples
Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Turin
Milan
Rome
Army
Lawrence H. Mancini
Defense Medical Supply Center
Brooklyn
Jill
Steven
Navy
Robert I
Adkinson
Pensacola
Fila
J. H. McFalden
N.Y
Thomas Vendor
Norfolk
Mr. Hamilton
U.S
1500 Worship At Bald Knob
Brisk winds and snow flurries kept Easter sunrise attendance lower than usual at Bald Knob where a 111 foot cross was dedicated. About 1,500 people attended sunrise services on Bald Knob with roughly 1,000 at a nearby building for afternoon services due to wind. The steel frame cross has stood since 1959 and was clad in porcelain and marble.
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Alto Pass
Ill
Bald Knob
Mt V Area Residents Safe In Alaska Report
Mt Vernon area residents with relatives in Alaska learned their kin escaped injury after the great earthquake. Alva Phelps and others report safe kin in Anchorage area including Ellendorf Air Base and nearby suburbs. Red Cross notes several inquiries and slow replies due to disrupted communications. Donations are being accepted locally to aid earthquake relief and messages are being forwarded upon request.
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Mt. Vernon
Alaska
Alva Phelps
Woodlawn
Kurth Nelson
Nelson
Ellendorf Air Base
Anchorage
Mr. Phelps
James
Frances Huston
Red Cross
James Murphy
George
Paul Fowler
Voyle Graham
South 19Th
Margarete
Leo Frelin
Barbara Strathan
Roy E. Hoyt
Salem Road
Roy, Jr
Hoyts
Kenai
Easter sermon wishes Thanksgiving to absent parishioners
St Louis reports Rev Jack Kern of Unity Christ Church opened Easter sermon by wishing a happy Thanksgiving to those who will not be present again until next Christmas, highlighting the holiday overlap.
Alaska Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 21 Known Dead
Alaska Civil Defense lists 21 dead and 83 missing or presumed dead after Friday quake. Fifty-five injured. Gov Egan estimates $350 million in damage. Cities hit include Anchorage Kodiak Seward Whittier Cordova and Port Ashton with varied casualty counts and unknown injuries. President Johnson plans emergency relief measures.
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Marlin Spencer Anchorage
Alaska
William A. Egan
Anchorage
Kodiak
Seward
Whittier
Cordova
Port Ashton
Bruce Woodford
Valdez
Egan
Edward A. McDermott
Johnson
Washington
Mode O Day Names New President and Directors
Mode O Day, a division of Founders Incorporated based in Los Angeles, appoints Chase Cressaty as president succeeding the late B B Malouf. Fred R Wotring becomes a director and president of Mode O Day Frock Shops Hollywood while remaining treasurer. Both executives join advisory roles in the profit sharing plan.
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Los Angeles
W. H. Lollar
West Coast
Founders Incorporated
Chase, Cressaty
B. B. Malouf
United States
Mode O'Day
Fred R. Wotring
Mode O'Day Frock Shops of
Hollywood
Mode O’day
Lollar
Cress Saty
Wotrings
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Gen. MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Leonard D. Heaton
MacArthur
Heaton
Mt. V
R. G. Murphy
Recil
Grant Murphy
Vernon
Oakland Avenue
Murphy
Jefferson County
Gun& Sportsman’s Club
Elks and Moose Lodges
Second Baptist Church
Carl Whittington
Memorial Gardens
Myers Chapel
Mr. Murphy
Bennie
Frank
Jennie
Grant) Murphy
Archie Green
Patricia Wilkerson
Westchester, Ill
Richard Murphy
Bennie Murphy
Alice Campbell
Pauline Douglas
Recil Murphy
Accomo
Fourth Avenue
Turnagain
Texas Ranch
Fuse-Schmelzle
Hawkins
Vesuvius
O’ Day
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