Deaths Edith Gordelia Dennis of Beaucoup
Edith Gordelia Dennis 5S of Beaucoup died at midnight Monday at Washington County Hospital Nashville Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Thursday at Kringer Funeral Home Ashley with Rev Nall officiating Burial in Beaucoup Cemetery She lies in state after 7 00 pm today Survived by husband Ray and three sons Robert Dale Dennis of Kansas City Mo Royal Dennis of Aurora two daughters Mrs Yard Zapp Cahokia Ill and Mrs Lois Bockhorst St Louis five brothers Luther McKenzie Mt Vernon Myrle McKenzie Mundelein Dr Everett McKenzie East St Louis five sisters Mrs Lorraine Sensel Ashley Mrs Charles Heitkamp South Bend Ind Mrs Herbert White Niles Mich Mrs Neil Farmer and Miss Mary McKenzie Champaign plus grandchildren Member of Beaucoup Methodist Church.
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Edith Gordelia Dennis
Beaucoup
Washington County
Nashville
Kringer Funeral Home
Ashley
Nall
Dennis
William and
Cora (Wright) McKenzie
Ray Dennis
Robert
Dale Dennis
Kansas City
Royal Dennis
Aurora
Yard Zapp
Cahokia
Ill
Lois Bockhorst
St. Louis
Luther McKenzie
Mt. Vernon
Myrle McKenzie
Mundelein
Everett McKenzie
East St. Louis
Lorraine Sensel
Charles Heitkamp
South Bend
Ind
Herbert White
Niles, Mich
Neil Farmer
Mary McKenzie
Champaign
Beaucoup Methodist Church
Callie Maddox Dies Suddenly at Age 70
Callie Maddox, 70, of 1020 South 17th Street, died at 9:00 AM while en route by ambulance to Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Body taken to Myers Chapel. Born April 28, 1894 in Tuscola TI. Survived by stepson William E. Bauer of Battle Creek, Michigan. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Callie Maddox
South
17Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Myers Chapel
Mr. Maddox
Tuscola
William E. Bauer
Battle Creek
Mich
Fred Lucas Smith Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Fred Lucas Smith will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Myers Chapel with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 4:00 p.m. today at Myers Chapel. Smith, 64, of RFD 5 Mr. Vernon, died at 9:10 p.m. Sunday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital after a two week illness.
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Fred Lucas Smith
Myers Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Smith
RFD
Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Free Cancer Film Tonight At City Hall Mt Vernon
The Jefferson county unit of the American Cancer Society presents a free film about cancer at Mt. Vernon City Hall at 7:30 for men and women. The feature The Million Club shows seven people cured through early diagnosis. A local physician will answer questions and residents are urged to attend.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
American Cancer Society
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions for Margaret Reed Chloe Bare Delbert Carlton Noble West Opal McMillan and others from Bluford Kinmundy Woodlawn Ewing and discharges for Opal Hauk Ray Hamilton. Good Samaritan shows numerous admissions including Paul Jones Elmer Nichols Edna Kinson Ora Davis Tony Someiski and more, with discharges including Barbara Sloat baby and several others.
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Margaret Reed
Bluford
Chloe Bare
Delbert R. Carlton
Noble George Westfall
Kinmundy
Opal Lucille McMillan
Woodlawn
Opal Marie Hauk
Ray Frank Hamilton
Ewing
Good Samaritan
Paul Jones
Elmer E. Nichols
Edna Jenny Kinson
Ora Faye Davis
Tony Someiski
Edwin Mike Kehrer
Rose Ann Degenhart
Marie Fay Helverson
Edward Joe McGuire
Mabel Boos
Naomi Faye Adomat
Brenda Joyce Morlan
Mark Alan Spangler
Leonard E. McGuire
Kelen Louise Thompson
Lola Ruth Brown
Rhodrick D. Freeman
David Bechtel Campbell
Carmien Michele Wheeler
Ruth H. Maxwell
Barbara Jean Sloat
Michael Robert
Elsie Bond Summers
Aurel Lora Gockel
Edwin Mike Kelirer
Glenn Robert Garrison
Sarah Jane Pearson
Rose Marie Blankenship
Steven Arthur Clemens
Patricia Rae Smith
Avanell Baldwin
Births in Centralia and St Louis Bring Two New Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Howard Reynolds of 609 West Seventh Street Centralia welcomed a son at 1 46 this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds eleven ounces. Mr and Mrs Jay A Guggenheim of 813 Apricot in this city welcomed a daughter named Gay Lynne born Tuesday morning March 23 at 10 25 in Jewish Hospital St Louis.
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Howard Reynolds
West Seventh Street
Centralia
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jay A. Guggenheim
Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Gay Lynne
Hog market prices and next-day basing noted
Mt Vernon markets report prices paid until 12 30 p m today were 100 higher with top at 16 9 for 200 to 220 lb hogs Sows 300 weight and over 14 73 down Boars 9 50 and 10 00 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on the next day prices.
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon price quotes show Wheat at 1.38 Soybeans at 2.89 Shell Corn 1.29 Ear Corn 1.26 for current market offerings shared from Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Weather Snapshot For Here And Elsewhere
Monday high 58 and low 30 with rainfall to date 7.2 percent of inches. Historical contrasts show one year ago high 40 low 2 and five years ago high 44 low 40. Ten years ago the high was 61 and the low 34. Wednesday sunrise 5 48 and sunset 6 22.
Illinois Faces Cloudy Skies and Flood Risk Across Regions
The briefing notes cloudy Illinois conditions with highs mainly 38 to 45 in the north and upper 40s in the south, warning of minor Ohio River flooding due to south rain. Temporary relocations possible for some families in the Metropolis Paducah area, mainly affecting summer cottages, as temperatures dipped to near freezing elsewhere.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ohio River
Ilinois
Southland
Dubuque
Iowa
O’hare International
Rockford
Peoria
Vandalia
Belleville
Paducah
Midway Airport
Livestock Futures Report From National Stockyards Illinois
Estimates for tomorrow show hogs at 7,500 head and cattle at 2,300 with calves around 200 and sheep about 250. Projected totals include hogs at 8,000 with barrows and gilts 150-300 pounds valued 15.25 to 17.85 and sows 300-600 pounds at 15.00 to 16.25. Cattle near 4,000 with calves 20, steers 21.00-24.00, neifers 19.00-23.00, vealers 20.00-31.00 and calves 14.00-19.00. sheep around 600.
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National Stockyards
Chicago Produce Prices and Egg Quotations
Chicago markets report wholesale prices for butter and cars steady. Egg prices show irregular wholesale bids with A whites and mixed grades noted. Live poultry wholesale prices unchanged for roasters and special fed white rock fryers with occasional heavy hens in limited ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Chicago Grain market report lines and prices
Chicago AP grain bulletin lists Wheat No 2 red at 150% n and No 2 hard at 1.52% n. Corn No 2 yellow 1.34% n, No 3 yellow 1.32% and No 4 yellow 1.2644-2812. Oats No 2 heavy white 74 n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.02% on. Soybean oil 1233 n.
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Chicago
Egg and poultry prices in St. Louis market notes
AP report lists consumer egg grades A large 28-29 A medium 25-26 A small 19-21 B large 2-26 and wholesale 24 2415 unclassified 22-22% checks 18-19. Hens heavy 17-18 light over 5 lb 11-12 under 5 lb 4-5 countrywide poultry values for broilers and fryers 18-1914.
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ST. Louis
Wall Street moderates gains on mixed trading
Wall Street held in moderate trading with 4.4 million shares. Airlines and rails recovered led by New York Central up 1 and Pennsylvania up small. Dow Jones noon averages show gains with industrials at 889.74, rails 711.51, utilities 162.22, and stocks 313.76.
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NEW York
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eastern Air Lines
United
American Airlines
du Pont
International Harvester
Douglas Aircraft
Zenith
Polaroid
Xerox
U.S
Continental Oil
Martin- Marietta
Pacific Petroleum
Comsat
Motorola
Pittston
Reading Common
Texas Gulf
Reading Preferred
Pittston Common
Oxford Paper
Air Reduction
Allied Products
Diners Club
Fairchild Camera
KLM Airlines
Korvette
Lukens Steel
Pan American
American Stock Exchange
Postage Stamp Paintings Exhibit in Monfalcone
Ottone Maragon displayed 13 works created from 100000 postage stamps. He plans a Da Vinci Last Supper piece using 120000 stamps and two years of work pasting.
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Monfalcone
Italy
Ottone Maragon
Leonardo da Vinci
Infant body reported found near Flat Rock barn
Robert Hess of Robinson said he found a baby’s body in a plastic bag inside an open suitcase at a barn near Flat Rock in Crawford County. Officials, who followed to the scene, found the suitcase but no body, though tire tracks indicated a vehicle’s visit after Hess’s claim. The child’s age was estimated at four to six months and a pair of men’s trousers was found nearby.
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Flat Rock
Crawford County
Robert Hess
Robinson
Hess
Tourists Boom Belgrade in 1964 Visit Surge
AP reports Yugoslavia drew 2,270,000 foreign visitors in 1964, up 29 percent from 1963. Nearly half came from Germany and Austria, with marked rises from Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium and Great Britain.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Germany
Austria
Italy
Netherlands
Sweden
Belgium
Great Britain
Jefferson County grants aid seniors for health field careers
The Jefferson county chapter of the National Foundation offers one or more awards to qualified high school seniors pursuing occupational therapy physical therapy and nursing and provides one-year grants for undergraduates entering medical social work or medicine. Applications are due by Friday April 23 and four local seniors received awards last year.
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Jefferson County
The
National Foundation
George Kuhn
Larry Lee
Cheryl Levin
Sally Copple
Vicki Endicott
Assault at Saigon embassy fuels anger in Vietnam
The attack on the U S Embassy in Saigon left multiple dead and injured. A large black sedan rammed the gateway as a motorcycle accomplice sped away. Police and embassy staff suffered severe wounds. Deputy Ambassador A Alexis Johnson and other officials were injured amid shattered windows and chaos. American servicemen aided the wounded.
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17Th Parallel
Viet Nam
A. Alexis Johnson
Johnson
U.S. Army
Richard Robertson
Richard Cleveland
Wayne
Robert Miller
Miller
Rentschler to Deliver GOP Dinner Address in Mit. Vernon
William H. Bill Rentschler a prominent Illinois citizen politician will be chief speaker at a Republican dinner tonight at the L N Cafe The event starts at 7 00 p m Tickets are 2 50 at the door Rentschler a businessman and civic leader is president of Stevens Candy Kitchens He previously narrowly failed to secure the Republican nomination for U S Senate in 1960.
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William H
Bill
Rentschler
Illinois
Jefferson County
Stevens Candy Kitchens
U. S
Long-Term Auto Financing Criticized by Credit Expert
CHICAGO AP A commercial credit executive Thomas C McDavid of Commercial Credit Corp Baltimore denounced "irresponsible advertising" tied to extended auto loan terms. He warned ABA conference that 42 month or balloon notes undermine car value and threaten sound banks and dealers.
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Chicago
Thomas C. McDavid
Commercial Credit Corp
Baltimore
American Bankers Association
ABA
Legion Commander Voices Doubt on VA Facility Closings
American Legion Commander Donald Johnson questions the proposed action to close Veterans Administration facilities, saying there is not sufficient justification for it. He argues for careful consideration of veteran needs and the impact on access to care.
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American Legion
Donald Johnson
Veterans Administration
Senate OKs Pay Raise For Legislature
The Illinois Senate advanced a bill to raise legislators’ pay from 6000 to 9000 dollars a year, sending it to the House on a 39 13 vote. Senator Frank Kocarek cited prior raises for judges and officials, while the state awaits the Illinois Supreme Court decision on the hike. The chamber also sent a compulsory retirement bill for judges to the House and rejected a $3 plate reassignment fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Senate
Frank Kocarek
Chicago
House
Kocarek
Ilinois
Mt. Vernon MS Fund Drive Tallies $684.91 Amid Staged Efforts
In Mt. Vernon a tag day raised 5684.91 for Multiple Sclerosis. F.H.A. girls from Mt. Vernon High helped by soliciting business. Carleen Hicks and Delores Smalley won prizes for top collections. About 36 members participated. Beta Sigma Phi chapters sponsored the drive with Mary Norris as general chairman.
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Mt. Vernon
F.H.A
Mt. Vernon High School
Carleen Hicks
Delores Smalley
Beta Sigma Phi
Mary Norris
Bluford Variety Show Aids Cancer Crusade
Bluford grade school hosts a charity variety show Thursday April 1 at 7 30 p.m. Adults 50 cents children 25 cents. Intermission offers homemade cake pie candy hot dogs and coffee. Featured acts include Solos Kay Shaw Jane Reynolds and others with school quartets ensembles and a reading by Mrs Taylor Ayers. Cancer chairman Mrs Verna Dean Taylor leads committee members.
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Bluford
Kay Shaw
Jane Reynolds
Leland Shepherd
Sheri Minor
Dian Lane
Mary Jane Sampson
Mary Jo Gregory
Connie Donoho
Pam Mossberger
la Donna Lane
Janet Minor
Barbara Scott
Paula Dee Ferguson
Darla Levin
Kay Sneed
Toney Hales
D'Ella Marlow
Brenda Outland
Taylor Ayers
Eva Lena
Clementine) Wilson
Thelma Greer
Harry Shehorn
Bob Karnoski
Cherry Street
Church of Christ Young People
David Catron
Stanley Rise
Prairie Promenaders
Webber Township
Verna Dean Taylor
Ella Lane
Freda Lane
Grace Shouse
Marie Jones
Loretta Chambliss
Elinetta Marlow
Killer of Girl In College Free On Insanity Plea
John Treglown of Benton was found innocent by reason of insanity in the murder of Kathy Moan, a Platteville beauty queen, at the university union last December 8. Circuit Judge Richard Orton ordered indefinite commitment to Central State Hospital. psychiatrists cited acute schizophrenia and overwhelming obsession as factors.
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Lancaster
Wis
John Treglown
Benton
Platteville
Circuit
Richard Orton
Treglown
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Kathy Moan
Belvidere
Albert Lorenz
Eau Claire
Miss Moan
Engine Workshop For 4 H Here
Jefferson county 4 H leaders invite members enrolling in the new small engine project to a workshop on Thursday April 1 at 7 00 p m at Ford National Auto Supply Inc 801 Casey Mt Vernon New members may enroll and join the group as they plan to start work on individual engines by the second meeting
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Jefferson County
Ford National Auto Supply Inc
Casey
Mt. Vernon
Grissom and Young Toasted By 2000 Fans In Chicago
Astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young arrived in Chicago to fanfare with 2000 admirers. They were whisked to the 21 Club then to their hotel after a Waldorf Astoria reception. Andrea Kline, 16, presented cuff links and proclaimed Grissom as her No 1 fan.
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21 Club
Grissom
Waldorf-Astoria
Andrea
Navy
Cmdr. Young
Young
Andrea Kline
Queens Village
N.Y
Air Force
the Waldorf
John
George
George W. Vanderweghe
Vanderweghe
Jacksonville
Fla
Youngs
Scarsdale
Robert F. Wagner
City Hall
Hubert H. Humphrey
Danny Kaye Conducts New York Philharmonic at Phil Hall
Danny Kaye guest conducts the New York Philharmonic in a pension fund benefit at Philharmonic Hall. He uses a fly swatter for The Flight of the Bumblebee, dances a cross-ankle polka, and teases conductor Leonard Bernstein. Seiji Ozawa opens the program with Berlioz, and the crowd, including UN ambassadors, laughs at Kaye's antics.
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Philharmonic Hall
Danny Kaye
Kaye
Berlioz
Seiji Ozawa
Philharmonic
United Nations
Ozawa
Thomas Schippers
William Steinberg
Pittsburgh Symphony
Leonard Bernstein
Lenny
New York Philharmonic
Philadelphia
Boston
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Detroit
State Police And Library Bills Advance
Illinois House votes to increase the state police force by 400 to 1,600 over four years and advances an age 63 retirement measure. A $17 million library appropriation moves to the Senate as bills expand access to services for over two million residents. Other measures include property tax districts, river backwater study funding, and license eligibility reforms removing citizenship requirements for 33 professions.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Senate
Allen Lucas
Lucas
Otto Kerner
House
Ilinois River
Grafton
Dresden Island
John Parkhurst
Peoria
Sehara: Meaning of a Wild Land to Be Crossed
Sehara derives from an archaic term describing wild land suitable only for crossing, reflecting a historical view of the terrain as a barrier or passage rather than settled ground. This etymology ties to early naming practices used in travel and frontier descriptions.
Suit Filed Over Car Wash Equipment Purchases
Two Mt. Vernon service station owners filed suits in circuit court alleging breaches of warranties on car wash equipment bought earlier this year. James Fitzpatrick, trading as Fitzpatrick Texaco, seeks 900 dollars from Marvel Mist Inc, Donald Bennett, and Donnell Brown, claiming 676 dollars for the system plus 100 for installation and 68 for a replacement motor, and that the system fails to operate and remains unrepaired. A. L. Warren, trading as the North Shell, sues for 800 dollars, saying he paid 675 for the system and 50 for installation, with the sellers again refusing to repair or replace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
James Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick Texaco
Marvel Mist, Inc
Donald Bensnett
Donnell Brown
Paintiff
A. L. Warren
The
North Shell
Reconstruction of Justinian era wall near Corinth Canal
The Greek Archaeological Service begins rebuilding the ancient wall called the Examination, six Roman miles long. Originating in the Byzantine period, it was destroyed by the 551 A D earthquake and rebuilt by Justinian between 527 and 565 A D.
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Athens
Greek Archaeological Service
Justinian
Corinth Canal
Traffic fines listed in circuit court
Circuit court assessed fines for two defendants. Ronnie Nociar of Route 2, Inc. was fined $10 for speeding and Michael E. Buescher was fined $10 for failing to have a muffler on a vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Nociar
Route 2, Inc
Michael E. Buescher
Egg Before Chicken As Birds Emerge From Reptiles
National Geographic reports birds evolved from reptile stock, laying eggs millions of years before the first prehistoric bird flew.
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National Geographic
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