Iva Anderson Dies In Missouri Funeral Here
Iva Anderson 94 of Jefferson Heights Missouri died at 7 30 p m Thursday at her home. Funeral services set for 11 00 a m Saturday at Pulley Funeral Chapel with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. She lay in state after 9 00 a m Saturday. Survivors include son Edward Anderson and daughter Leah Peterson both of East St. Louis. Preceded in death by husband Edward Anderson and parents Edward and Lucy Shepherd.
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Iva Anderson
Eepininn Heights
Mt. Vernion
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Edward Anderson
Leah Peterson
East St. Louis
Edward
Lucy (Williams) Shepherd
Hosea S Page Dies At 77 Funeral Sunday
Hosea Sherman Page 77 of 690 Opdyke Avenue died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital. A former 40 year section foreman on the Southern Railroad, he will be buried in Memorial Gardens after funeral services Sunday at Myers Chapel. He was born November 5, 1883 in Hamilton County and married Nellie Russell in 1902. Surviving are a daughter Dorothy Foster, a son Edward Page, two brothers, two sisters, six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. He was a member of the Southwest Church of Christ and Modern Woodmen of America.
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Hosea Sherman Page
Opdyke Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Page
Southern Railroad
Myers Chapel
Memorial Gardens
Mr. Page
Hamilton County
James R
Kentucky
Darnell) Page
Mt. Vernon
Nellie Russell
Dorothy Foster
This City
Edward C. Page
San Diego
Calif
Fred
Delbert Page
Decatur
Fr. B. Myers
Mae Biggerstaff
McLeansboro
Southwest Church of Christ
Modern Woodmen of America Lodge
Earl Pierce of Route 1 Bonnie Dies Last Night
Earl Pierce age 72 years 3 months 25 days died at 6 35 p m Thursday at his home on RFD 1 Bonnie He was born December 5 1888 in Jefferson county son of Thomas E and Sarah A Pierce He married Florence Smith November 22 1913 who survives Also surviving are a son Stanley H Pierce a sister Mrs Lottie Kinman and a brother George Pierce Funeral 11 00 a m Sunday at Myers Chapel Rev Douglas Cox officiating Burial Bethel Memorial Cemetery Body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 4 00 p m Saturday He was a member of Moores Prairie Missionary Baptist Church.
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Earl. Pierce
RFD
Boniale
Myers Cha
Douglas Cox
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Myera Chapel
Mr. Pierce
Jefferson County
Thomas E
Sarah A
Bumpus) Pierce
Florence Smith
Stanley H. Pierce
Bonnie
Lottie Kinman
Mt. Vernon
George Pierce
Pierce
Moores Prairie Missionary Baptist Church
Death notices for Mrs Fan nie Pelhank and Grover Cox
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Fannie Pelhank 88 of Harrisburg at 2 PM Saturday at First Methodist Church Harrisburg with burial at Big Ridge Cemetery. She leaves daughters Ernest Flora Mt Vernon Fred Russler Harrisburg Lola Rose Fast St Louis a sister Georgia Upchurch Chicago 11 grandchildren 19 great. Also reported is the death of Grover Cleve Cox brother of Joe McDermott of Mt Vernon in Calimesa California survived by wife Anna and two sons Jonn and Douglas.
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Fannie Pelhank
First Methodist Church
Harrisburg
Big Ridge Cemetery
Ernest Flora
Mt. Vernon
Gaskins Funeral
Pelhank
Lightner Hospital
Tennessee
Jesse and Mead Roberts
Lou Pelhank
Fred Russler
Lola Rose
Fast St. Louis
Georgia Upchurch
Chicago
California
Joe McDermott
Grover Cleve Cox
Calimesa
Calif
Anna
Jonn
Douglas
George Grissom Funeral Sunday
Funeral services for George Grissom will be held at 2 00 p m Sunday at Myers Chapel with the Rev Dale Harmon officiating Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery Friends may call after 4 00 p m Saturday Mr Grissom 69 of 904 Wilshire Drive died Thursday morning He was long time superintendent of the local post office.
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George Grissom
Myers Chapel
Dale Harmon
Bethel Cemetery
Eall
Mr. Grissom
Wilwhire Drive
Burge Dies in St Louis Hospital at 54
Harry N. Burge 54 of Dix died at Barnes Hospital in St Louis. Funeral services set for 2:30 p m Sunday at Osborn Funeral Home Dix with Rev Verneil Garren officiating. Burial in Zion Grove Cemetery. Body lies in state after 3 p m Saturday. Survivors include wife Edrie Mooney, four sons James, Bill, Charles and Gary, one brother Herschel, five sisters Da Keele One Sledge Lectie Tate Grace Myers Edith Byars, and three grandchildren. Mr Burge belonged to Modern Woodmen of America.
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Harry N. Burge
Dix
Barnes ‘Hospital
St. Louis
Osborn Funeral Home
Verneil Garren
Zion Grove
County Line
Mr. Burge
Kell
Harry
Rosa
Mount) Burge
Edrie Mooney
Lectie Tate
Cerro Gordo
Grace Myers
Edith Byars
The
Modern Woodmen of America
William A Herald Dies A Bluford Native In Albuquerque
William A Harold 87 former Bluford resident died Tuesday at Presbyterian Hospital Albuquerque New Mexico Funeral services were held Thursday in Albuquerque burial at Sunset Memorial Park He was born November 30 1873 near Bluford and lived there 75 years Survived by two daughters Mrs Vera Wood Albuquerque and Mrs Gladys Sauder Monterey California Preceded in death by wife Lulu December 24 1960
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William A. Harold
Bluford
Albuquerque
N. M
Sunset Memorial Park
Herald
Presbyterian Hospital
Lulu Herald
Vera Wood
Gladys Sauder
Monterey
Calif
Births in town add three new arrivals
Mr and Mrs Harris Goodwin of Thomasboro Sr welcome a son Carl Keith born at 4 30 this morning in a Rantoul hospital weighing six pounds with mother Miss Norman Eddings and Norman Eddings of this city as grandparents A daughter Lynda Elaine born to Mr and Mrs John Modlin of RFD 4 Mt Vernon at 12 35 yesterday in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds nine ounces A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Donald Cole of RFD 1 Mt Vernon at 10 45 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds twelve ounces
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Harris Goodwin
Thomasboro, Sr
Rantoul
Carl Keith
Norman Eddings
John Modlin
RFD 4
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lynda Elaine
Donald Cole
RFD 1
Mt. Vernon
Good
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Names
Jefferson Memorial patients admitted include Miss Susan Craig Trotter Mrs Cora Edna Bayne Mrs Lula Clark Mrs Jewel Dean Beckman of Bonnie Mrs Vanita Grace Allen of McLeansboro and others Discharged list includes Mrs Edna Tressa Stover Master Edward Sanders Mrs Virginia Fay Flanagan and baby ITamerla Jo and others Good Samaritan admission list Edward Whitehead Ann Gholson Linda Joyce Ole Discharged Ruth Ella Shaw Jerry Leo Buttrum Virginia Fae Riley Coral Willoughby Page Kenneth Craig White Wilma McGhee Martha Marie Foster Charles Clarence Edlich Juliet Marie Edlich.
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Jefferson Memorial
Susan Craig Trotter
Cora Edna Bayne
Lula Clark
Jewel Dean
Beckman
Bonnie
Vanita Grace Allen
McLeansboro
Edna Tressa Stover
Christopher
Edward Sanders
Woodlawn
Virginia Fay Flanagan
iTamerla Jo
Madge Dalby Hawkins
Texico
Sally Pean Borland
Good Samaritan
Edward Whitehead
Eoug Ann Gholson
Linda Joyce
Ole
Ruth Ella Shaw
Jerry Leo Buttrum
Virginia Fae, Riley
Coral Willoughby Page
Kenneth Craig White
Wilma McGhee
Martha Marie Foster
Charles Clarence Edlich
Juliett Marie Edlich
Meetings D A Y Chapter 28 to meet April 3
Disabled American Veterans unit D A Y Chapter 28 schedules a meeting for next Monday evening April 3 at the American Seigen Home with Victor A Hundley serving as adjutant.
Cloud flight test reaches 31 miles with X13 prototype
Contus built one wing on the B52 mother ship as Walker pilots the X13 to a ten minute flight. He experiences weightlessness for two minutes and buffeting at extreme altitude before a smooth landing. The X13 is aimed to reach 100 miles and speeds near 4000 mph in future tests.
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Walker
Eve
Church police calls Batavia church audio issue
In Batavia New York the First Methodist church reports its public address system picks up police radio calls when squad cars are nearby. Police say dispatchers are careful with wording to prevent miscommunication.
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Batavia
N.Y
First Methodist Church
Diverse Holy Land rites mark Easter in 1961
In Old Jerusalem tourists join Way of the Cross as Christ’s trial and crucifixion are dramatized. A Samaritan high priest prepares a Mount Gerizim Passover, with 12 sheep slaughtered in a primitive rite. Pilgrims follow the 14 stations to Calvary and the Holy Sepulchre burial service.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Old Jerusalem
Illinois
Iowa
Mount Gevizimy
Hay Land
Moses
Mount Gerizim
Nablus
Christ
Calvary
Jeeps Patrol Seawall As Cedar Rapids Grapples With Floods
Cedar Rapids contends with a major flood as 2 000 residents evacuate low areas while 6 000 Waterloo residents dig out after the river rose above banks. Mayor James Meaghan credits riverfront work for saving millions as officials recalibrate the crest to lower than 1929 projections. The Cedar River is expected to ease after passing Cedar Rapids with no larger towns on its route to the Mississippi.
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James Meaghan
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Meaghan
U. S. Geological Survey
River Front Commission
Cedar River
Mississippi
Five Acre Grass Fire Near Fairfield Road Controlled
A five acre grass fire east of town at the Alonzo Sechrest home on the old Fairfield Road near Marlow Crossroads was controlled yesterday by rural firemen. No injuries reported and weather conditions not specified.
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Vernon
Alonzo Sechrest
Fairfield Road
Marlow
Weather Outlook: Sluggish Friday With Cool Temperatures
Cloudy skies with scattered rain across Illinois and cool temperatures in the 40s. Five day forecast shows little brightness and temps about 10 degrees below normal. Rain likely into Saturday and by Monday, with frigid 2% degrees in Rockford before dawn and up to 42 in Belleville. Thursday highs ranged 30 to 53 across Rantoul Rockford Quincy and Springfield.
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Associated Press
Tlinois
Rockford
Belleville
Rantoul
Quincy
Springfield
Five Day Forecast For Illinois Regions
Northern Illinois will see cooler than normal highs around 50 to 56 and lows near 33 to 36 with a cool weekend. Expect light rain tonight into Saturday east, otherwise limited precipitation, with a slight warm-up Monday and Tuesday. Southern Illinois stays colder with highs around 36 to 66 and lows 34 to 47, then gradual warming after Saturday. Rain totals vary from near a tenth to four tenths inch west to east and up to three tenths in extreme southern Illinois, with rain possible Saturday and again Monday.
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Ilinois
Tilinois
Mt V Township to Cut Tax Levy and Reserve Funds
The relal program allocates 131000 for food 37504 for rent 10863 76 for fuel 3568 60 for water 403 24 for medicine and 4062 for household items Expenditures from the town fund total 29810 for salaries 4660 for elections 7770 for town hall expenses 2940 for town welfare expenses 600 for auditing and 1200 for legal fees
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Relal
Piflare J
Unemployed Come Home To Little Egypt
In a six county area of Southern Illinois the unemployment rate rose about 70 percent from Aug 15, 1960 to Feb 13, 1961. 17,100 jobless were counted on Feb 15, with a total area workforce of 70,100. The six counties Franklin Perry Jackson Williamson Johnson and Union saw 5,900 job losses locally and 1,100 from outside, the highest since World War II. The unemployment service anticipates spring gains and a seasonal uptick in farming and industry.
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Murphysboro
III
Illinois
Herrin
West Frankfort
Engineers OK Dirksen Kaskaskia River Bill
The Arm's Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors recommends the Kaskaskia river navigation project with a 9 foot by 200 foot channel from the mouth to Fayetteville. It includes a dam at mile 4 with a single lock 84 feet wide and 600 feet long, projected at 58.2 million dollars. Senator Dirksen, who introduced the legislation, says action will be pursued to cover every base.
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The
Register-News
Everett M. Dirksen
Arm's Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Kaskaskia
United States Senate
Everett McWinles Dirksen
Fayetteville
Tliavis
Dirksen
Mile 4
Rebels Raid As Laotians Dance Drink
Vientiane Laos A P dispatch describes a war shadowing daily life amid Communist guerrilla raids and secret flights. Citizens seek normalcy as Pathet Lao control rural areas while Royal Lao Government forces and U S pilots endure helicopter bombardments and casualties, even as nightlife and commerce continue.
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John Griffin
Vientiane
Laos
Mekong
Taclian Meieha Afs
Plan Hospital Bonds in Pinckneyville Under Study
Plans for a new 50 bed hospital are under study in Pinckneyville as the town seeks funding by a bond issue with federal aid arranged. The existing facility operates with 28 beds and would be expanded or replaced pending approval.
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Pinckneyville
Cancer Crusade Highlights Leukemia Facts in Jefferson County
Jefferson county residents will learn leukemia facts next Monday April 3 as the American Cancer Society educates children through literature during April. Leukemia now hits older ages hardest yet remains the leading killer of children in many years, with 13 000 expected deaths this year including 2000 under 15. The society cites vaccines and viruses as potential preventive avenues and notes over 1.5 million dollars allocated to leukemia research. A door to door canvass in Mt Vernon on April 24 will extend the drive.
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Jefferson County
American Cancer Society
Steven O. Schwartz
Hekteon Institute
Chicago
Mt. Vernon
Markets Mt. Vernon Hogs Prices on local stock market
Prices paid on the local live stock market were up today. Hogs weighing 190 to 210 pounds sold at 17. Sows moved at 15.50 for 300 pounds while boars ranged from 10.50 to 11.50.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted
Mt Vernon grain prices were quoted in the afternoon market with Wheat at 1.82, Soybeans at 2.99, and Corn at 1.00, reflecting current cash values.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Til SDH
National Stockyards Til. market report lists hogs 5 500 head with varied weights and grades, cattle and calves strong, vealers and slaughter calves active with high values, sheep small lots of wooled lambs and cull ewes, prices ranged across multiple weights and classes with steady to higher tendencies. Strong demand noted for vealers and high choice cattle. canners and cutters largely steady to lower in some categories.
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Til
USDA
Egg and poultry price report from St Louis
AP report lists consumer grades for eggs and live poultry with price ranges for large extra large and small categories. Wholesale grades shown as percentages and price ranges, other prices unchanged.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Poultry Report Reports No Prices
Chicago AP USDA live poultry market notes no prices reported due to insufficient receipts leaving buyers and sellers awaiting fresh quotes from Chicago area markets and traders.
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Chicago Poultry Chicago
USDA
Borahs Celebrate 70 Years of Married Life in Fairfield
Mr and Mrs Joe B Borah mark their 70th wedding anniversary at home in Fairfield They wed April 9 1891 at Mrs Borahs home north of Fairfield Borah a retired farmer is 70 and his wife 89 They note journey by buggy after the ceremony and recall \"hap piness and sorrow\" Surviving children Ross Borah 64 of Glendora California and Kenneth Borah 54 of New Milford New Jersey Also three grandchildren and ten great grandchildren They are cousins of the late Senator William E Borah born near Fairfield.
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Fairfield
Joe B. Borah
Borah
Ross Borah
Glendora
Calif
Kenneth Borah
New Milford
N. J
Borahs
Tom O'Neil
Charles Musgrove
Sand
William E. Borah
Idaho
Husband Slain In Family Fight in Cr eal Springs TH
Creal Springs, TH AP reports Jesse P. Herring, 47, was shot and killed Thursday night after an alleged attack by his wife. She said she fired to stop him from beating her and their children. Authorities described an open pocket knife found on him.
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Creal Springs
Jesse P. Herring
Herring
Castro and Guevara Tee Off Above 150 in Havana
AP reports Fidel Castro and Ernesto Guevara played golf at the Villareal course in Havana. Caddies estimate Castro scored just over 150 on a 6,692 yard par 70, with this his second known round after a three-hole warmup last Sunday. Images mocked Eisenhower as a golfer while Kennedy’s scores remained secret but rumored to reach the 70s.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Eisenhower
Villareal
Kennedy
Walter F. Hall
Hyannis Port
Mass
Anti-Red Society Faces Investigation Focus
Washington AP The John Birch Society, a conservative anti Communist group, draws concern from the attorney general as inquiries mount. Senators and representatives call for investigations of its leaders while FBI Director Hoover condemns vigilante and reckless charges. The group, founded in 1948 by Robert Welch, operates chapters nationwide and is named after a missionary who died in World War II. Senator Dodd and Senator Kuchel urge Senate inquiry into the society and its leaders.
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Washington
John Birch Society
Justice Department
Department
Robert F. Kennedy
House
Senate
Robert Welch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Hoover
The
Birch Society
Welch
Belmont
Mass
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Dodd
Thomas Kuchel
R-Calif
Boat Capsizes Drowns Worker in Dexter Drainage Ditch
In Dexter Missouri a boat carrying four workers capsized in the Cypress Drainage Ditch during swollen conditions. Jerry Dean Montgomery aged 18 was pulled from the water about five minutes after sinking but could not be revived. His companions swam to safety despite heavy clothing and boots. They had borrowed a farm ditch. The four were employed by C R Strotter, Stoddard County supervisor.
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Dexter
Cypress
Jerry Dean Montgomery
J. S. Montgomery
Monttgomery
C. R. S Trotter
Stoddard
Sunrise services mark Easter across mountains and plains
Easter will be observed with sunrise rites in outdoor spots from mountain tops to canyon rims. Eleven major services are planned around Washington including Arlington Cemetery and a carillon event. Nationally, sunrise observances will occur in places like the Grand Canyon South Rim and Colorado Springs Garden of the Gods, with Fredericksburg Texas lighting Easter fires for the 114th year. Observers note early services begun at 4:45 am in New Hampshire Cathedral of The Pines, drawing thousands from many states.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kennedy
Palm Beach
White House
Arlington National Cemetery
South Rir
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Garden of the Gods
Colorado Springs
Park of
Red Rocks
Deliver
Fredericksburg
Tex
Cathedral of the Pines
Rindge
N.H
Bell Promotes Don McCann to Assistant Manager in Decatur
Donald L. McCann named assistant manager of Illinois Bell Telephone Co in Decatur succeeding John L. Clendenin who becomes staff supervisor at Springfield office. McCann formerly in Bell sales since May 1959 will start April 1. He is a Millikin University graduate class of 1956 with a bachelor in business administration. Married to Carole, they live at 1241 Bon Air Court Decatur with son Steven and daughter Lesa born last week. He is son of Everett L McCann and Mt Verhoh high school alumnus who played basketball and football.
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Donald L. McCann
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Decatur
John L. Clendenin
Springfield
McCann
Bell
John W. Luttrell
Milli
Cuba Succumbs to Soap Shortage in Humorous Hoy Satire
In Havana the communist party newspaper Hoy published a satirical song about a soap shortage described as one of the most severe in a year. The piece claims a little soap cannot hurt anyone and borrows a peasant dance tune, mocking public concern over scarce essentials.
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Havana
Communist Party
Hoy
Lin
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