Deaths Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Weaver at McLeansboro
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Weaver 1 died at 9 15 am today at Hamilton Memorial Hospital McLeansboro Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Sunday at Ghorgow Funeral Home McLeansboro Rev Luther Upton officiating burial in Oddfellows cemetery Body lies in state at Gholson Funeral Home after 7 00 pm Saturday Survivors include son Narl Weaver step children Hershel Elaine Ballard Imajean Taylor Mittasle Cagel sister Macie Hester and brother Renna Taylor born July 1904 in Hamilton county married Elmo H Weaver who preceded her in death
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Sarah Elizabeth Weaver
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Ghorgow Funeral Home
Luther Upton
Oddfellows Cemetery
Gholson Funeral Home
Weaver
Hamilton County
Amos
Flora
Upton) Taylor
Elmo H. Weaver
Imajean Taylor
Sullivan, Tl
Mittasle Cagel
Concord
Calif
Renna Taylor
Sullivan, TH
Macie Hester
Evansville
Ind
Death of Tony Woodland Dies in Portage
Relatives report the sudden death of Tony Woodland three year old son of James and Vada Woodland Jr in Portage Indiana. Former Mt Vernon residents the Woodlands announce funeral at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in Gary Indiana. Survived by parents two sisters Debbie and Tracey a brother Teddy and grandparents James L Woodland Sr of Mt Vernon and Homer Wood of Dahlgren.
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Tony Woodland
James
Vada (Wood) Woodland
Portage
Ind
Mt. Vernon
Homer Wood
Dahlgren
Ivan Shields 66 dies. funeral Sunday in Dix
Ivan Taylor Shields, 66, Route 7 Mt. Vernon, died at 4 30 pm Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital. A retired bakery worker, he will lie in state at Osborn Funeral Home Dix after 5 pm Saturday and funeral is 2 pm Sunday at Osborn with Rev. Rosemary Harris officiating. Burial in Union Chapel cemetery. Survivors include wife Bertha Green. daughter Beverly J. Edmondson. sisters Martha Levin Hazel Breeze Mary Louise Lowery. one grandchild. Preceded in death by three brothers. He was a member of Union Chapel Methodist church.
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Ivan Taylor Shields
Route 7
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Osborn Funeral Home
Dix
Rosemary Harris
Union Chapel
Mr. Shields
David B
Minnie Bell (Walker) Shields
Bertha Green
Beverly J. Edmondson
Martha Levin
Hazel Breeze
Mary Louise Lowery
Richmond
Calif
Commit Youth To Commission Over Auto Theft Case
Gary Lane, 16, of 401 Castleton was committed to the youth commission after revocation of his probation for an alleged auto theft. A petition to revoke the probation of Larry Heck, 23, Route 7, was dismissed. his probation was extended and he received 90 days in the county jail.
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Gary Lane
Castleton
Youth Commission
Larry Heck
Route 7
Circuit Court Fines Levied in Lincoln and Nearby Areas
Fines assessed in circuit court include Donald G. Degpain of Lincoln Illinois ten dollars for improper passing Ronald D. Black of Centralia ten dollars for disobeying a stop sign and Maurice D. Hall of Route 5 ten dollars for driving too fast for conditions.
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Donald G. Degpain
Lincoln
Ronald D. Black
Centralia
Maurice D. Hall
Route 5
Mississippi Flood Crests At St Louis
Mississippi River nears crest at St Louis with only minor lowland flooding expected. Missouri River tributaries also forecast to crest. Snowmelt floods Iowa Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin. Wisconsin Disaster aid $500000 allocated. Minot residents return home as Souris River spills linger. Flood damage in Minot estimated over $10 million.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Missouri River
Midwest
Plains
Missouri
Iowa
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Nixon
Minot
N.C
Souris
Mt Vernon High Board to Review Bids Monday on Building G
Mt Vernon high school board will review bids for major work on Building G at an adjourned session next Monday night. The project at the southwest corner of Seventh and Jordan includes heating and air conditioning. Board actions include appointing two new members to represent the unincorporated territory, studying the summer repair program and safety code work, and approving standing committees.
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Mt. Vernon
Hospital Notes From Vetferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
A hospital notes list admits and discharges at Vetferson Memorial. Names include Margaret H McPherson Deahlgren Orville Lee Moore 306 South 17th David W Young 2213 College and others. Discharged or transferred cases include Brett Smith Thompsonville Ronald G Smith transferred to St Luke's Hospital St Louis Mo Nora Mae Harmon and baby Willie James Jesse 906 South 17th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret H. McPherson
Deahlgren
Orville Lee Moore
South 17Th
David W. Young
College
Brett Smith
Thompsonville
Ronald G. Smith
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis
Nora Mae Harmon
Willie James Jesse
Birth of Son to Mr and Mrs Wiggins at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr Vernon of House 4 and Mrs Wiggins Jr. announce the birth of a son to be born Thursday afternoon May 1 at 4 57 in Good Samaritan Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds four ounces.
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Robert Wiggins
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Market Report Summary
Hog market at Mt. Vernon until 12:30 p.m. showed gains with No 1 and No 2 meat type hogs 210 to 230 lb at 21.00 and 21.75. Sows fetched 15.00 to 18.00 and boars 12.00 to 13.00. After 12:30 p.m. prices shift to next day’s basis.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Listed For Wheat Soybeans Corn
Market notes from Mt Vernon show morning quotes with Wheat at 1.20, Soybeans at 2.55, and Corn at 1.20. Local grain prices reflect current trading levels for farm buyers and sellers.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Wholesale Prices
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter wholesale bids with grades AA 93 score 67 percent and 92 A 67 percent, 90 B 64 percent, 8 C 60 percent, plus Cars 90B 5 percent and 89 C 62 percent. Eggs wholesale buying prices show grade A whites 35, mediums 2, standards 22.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg price ranges and grade standards listed in St Louis report
St Louis AP report lists consumer egg grades with sizes A large A medium A small and B large along with wholesale grades standard medium and unclassified and pullet. It also provides hen weights and broilers and fryers price range 7.75 to 29.00 dollars.
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St, Louis
Livestock Prices At National Stockyards Monday
National Stockyards report from AP showing Monday estimated counts and price ranges for hogs cattle calves sheep. Hogs 5,000 head barrows and gilts 210-220 in 100 lb, 1-4 200-260 lb 21.00-22.00, sows 18.75-19.25, 400-600 lb 18.50-18.75. Cattle 150, calves 50, steers 2.50-30.00, heifers 27.00-28.25, cows 19.00-22.00, vealers 40.00-43.00. Sheep 2% with no test.
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National Stockyards
Chicago grain bagged figures for wheat soybeans and corn
Chicago AP reports grain prices with No 2 hard yellow wheat at 1.37 and No 2 soft red at 1.32. Corn No 2 yellow 1.29 to 1.20 percent, No 3 yellow 1.27. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 67. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.70 and soybean oil 8.83.
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Chicago
Wall Street Holds Gains After Morning Rally
Wall Street in New York held early gains as trading was active. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at noon 952.28, up 3.06, with the Associated Press average up 1.0 to 338.9. Collins Radio led NYSE activity with 143,500 shares traded, down 3 percent to 54 1/3.
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New York
Associated Press
Collins Radio Co
New York Stock Exchange
Collins
Gillespie Divorce Suit Alleges Mental Cruelty
Curtis E. Gillespie files for divorce from Bernice Jewel Gillespie in circuit court on Thursday alleging mental cruelty. The couple married February 10 1928 and separated March 4 1969. Plaintiff seeks a property settlement.
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Curtis E. Gillespie
Bernice Jewel Gillespie
Clifford Convinced Vietnam War Was Hopeless
Clark Clifford, once a strong backer of U.S. policy, told Senate Foreign Relations Committee members on April 22 that he left office convinced the Vietnam war was hopeless. The former defense secretary under Johnson, who served from January 30, 1968, reportedly disclosed his disillusionment as Fulbright convened the meeting.
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Washington
Clark M. Clifford
U.S. Vietnam
Johnson
Clifford
Defense
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Fulbright
Vietnam
Defense Department
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Cairo Race Tensions Hit National Hearing
The Cairo race turmoil centers on claims by Father Montroy that police ignored Negro complaints about gunfire at Pyramid Courts and at his office. Witnesses include W C Spomer Cairo city attorney and reporter John Taylor who said he was struck by Negroes. A Negro boycott of white stores persists as business suffers with few shoppers from Missouri and Kentucky. Police response and local leadership draw sharp scrutiny as a Springfield hearing debates stronger anti arson and civil disobedience laws.
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Cairo
Father Montroy
East St. . Louis
Montroy
Potts
Pyramid Courts
W.C. Spomer
Hugh Kilfoil
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
John Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Spomer
Albert Zurowest
Belleville
Father Kilfoil
Taylor
St. Columba Church
Guard
Springfield
Central Business District
Missouri
Kentucky
Clutts
Americans, Sherpas buried in Dhaulagiri avalanche
Five Americans and two Sherpas died while attempting Mt. Dhaulagiri's southeastern ridge. Survivor William A. Read 33 of Moose, Wyoming, described the event as a terrific ice avalanche 9,000 feet from the summit. Three other survivors, Dr. James D. Morrisey, 32, Oliver, Missouri. James G. Janney, 21, St. Louis. Louis Reichardt, 26, Palo Alto, Calif., were expected to reach Pokhara then Kathmandu within about a week. The expedition, sponsored by the American Alpine Club of New York, had aimed for the 26,810-foot peak.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Dhaulagiri
U.S
Moose
Wyo
Jeffrey Duenwald
Pullman
Wash
Read
Janes D. Morrisey
Olivette
James G. Janney
St. Louis
Louis Reichardt
Palo Alto
Calif
Pokhara
Here
American Alpine Club of
New York
Duenwal
Pokhra
Katmanju
Ken Greenlee to Teach at John Logan College Herrin
Kenneth L. Greenlee of East Alton has been offered a contract to teach chemistry and mathematics at John Logan College in Herrin next year. He will also serve as yearbook adviser at a salary of 10 800. He holds a master's from SIU and has extra work at Knox Hope and Butler. He has eight years of teaching at Roxana High School. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Warner Greenlee.
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Kenneth L. Greenlee
East Alton
Mt. Vernon
John A. Logan College
Herrin
Greenlee
Mt. Vernon High School
Khe
SIU
Knox College
Hope College
Butler University
Week's Loss: 10 Planes and 23 Helicopters
Lyndon Johnson announced Washington and Hanoi would send negotiators to Paris. From April 27, 1968 to April 26, 1969, fighting killed 12,440 Americans and 153,779 of the enemy, with 79,793 U. S. troops wounded. South Vietnamese reports 14,367 killed and 52,526 wounded that year. Since 1961, U S forces show 34,446 dead and 483,231 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead, with 221,012 Americans wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Command
United States
Colorful New Cans Line Summersville Streets
The Summersville area in Mt. Vernon got rainbow colored garbage cans along curbs today as part of the new city annex. The colorful cans arrive as the city begins free garbage collection in the annex after its April 16 incorporation.
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Summersville
Mt. Vernon
Vandals Reported Okwood Cemetery Grave Damage and Tire Slashing
Two vandalism reports were made yesterday. Danny Taylor of 813 White Street said someone slashed a tire on his car in the driveway Tuesday night. Mrs. Robert Rash of Chicago Heights reported damage to a grave in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Danny Taylor
White Street
Robert Rash
Chicago Heights
Oakwood Cemetery
Von Papen Dies Sly Fox of German Diplomacy
Former German diplomat and politician Franz von Papen dies at 79 after a career spanning World War I as military attache to Washington through Nazi era diplomacy. He helped Hitler rise, served as envoy to Austria and Turkey, and faced postwar trials, later deemed a minor offender and fined. Survived by four daughters and a son.
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Lforce
Sly Gray Fox
Turkey
Germany
International Military Tribunal
von Papen
Charlemagne
Washington
United States
Mexico
Arabs Israelis battle at three border points
A Jordanian saboteur raid on an Israeli army post sparked border clashes across three points including near El Hamma on the Yarmuk River and at the Suez Canal. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and three wounded with two saboteurs dead. parallel fighting occurred on the Lebanese border and near El Tina along the canal. Egyptian and Israeli forces exchanged fire for hours as UN observers were warned.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Lebanon
Cairo
Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
el Hamma
Yarmuk
Sea of Galilee
Onether
el Tina
el Qantara
Egypt
Israel
U Thant
U.N
Divorce Granted In Circuit Court
Ruth Elaine Mullins and Ronald Ray Mullins had a divorce granted in the circuit court here, finalizing their marriage dissolution in a local proceeding.
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Ruth Elaine Mullins
Ronald Ray Mullins
Sit-ins At De Kalb And Columbia U
Reports detail sit ins at De Kalb and Columbia universities with firemen deployed outside. Court orders pursued against CCNY president Dr Buell G Gallagher to justify reopening the 20000 student campus as protests persist.
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DE Kalb
Columbia U
50 000 Idled In GM Strikes
DETROIT AP Union officials said a string of strikes has idled more than 50,000 General Motors workers. The walkouts began Monday at Vall Nuys California Kansas City Baltimore Atlanta North Tarrytown and Janesville following mergers of Chevrolet and Fisher Body divisions. The union cites job cuts and higher speeds to meet quotas plus other locals issues. About 28,000 workers struck six plants while 8,100 UAW members walked out at Fisher Body and Chevrolet plants in St. Louis on April 10 over work standards.
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Buell G. Gallagher
City College of New York
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
M. Edward Viola
University Hall
Viola
Jackson
Miss
Jackson State College
John Peeples
New York
Cornell University
James A. Perkins
New Haven
Conn
Kingman Brewster Jr
Yale University
Yale
Montgomery
Ala
State Capitol
Albert Brewer
Alabama State College
Levi Watkins
Brewer
Watkins
Detroit
General Motors
Vall Nuys
Calif
Kansas City
Baltimore
Atlanta
North Tarrytown
N.Y
Janesville
Wis
United Auto Workers
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
UAW
St. Louis
French Election Set For June
Paris AP reports the French Cabinet scheduled June 1 for the first round to name Charles de Gaulle’s successor. If no majority, a June 15 runoff between the top two candidates. Georges Pompidou leads the Gaullists. Socialists and a Communist contender are among others. Petitions due by May 12. campaign opens May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Gaullists
Cars Collide At 15th And Broadway
Mt. Vernon police reported a minor auto collision at 8 15 p m near 15th and Broadway. Involved were Carl Turner 17 of 1212 South 15th Street and Robert K Rain ey 38 of 530 South 25th Street. Rain ey’s car sustained over 100 dollars in damage while the other vehicle was unharmed.
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Mt. Vernon
Carl Turner
South 15Th Street
Robert K. Rainey
South 25Th Street
1Th and
Broadway
Rainey
Rome Chapter 1014 Order of the Eastern Star Meeting
The Rome Chapter 1014 Order of the Eastern Star will hold a regular stated meeting Monday evening May 5 at 8 00 o clock at the Dix Masonic Temple Dix Myrtle Malone W M Sarah Michaels Sec Past Matron s Club Mt Vernon Chapter 233 O E S meets May 5 7 30 p m in the dining room of the Masonic Temple Hostesses Ruth Farthing Nora Whitlock Candace Dougherty Pres Naomi Bogan Sec y
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Rome
Order of Eastern Star
Dix Masonic Temple
Dix
Myrtle Malone
Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Ruth Farthing
Nora Whitlock
Candace Dougherty
Naomi Bogan
Sec’y
Soap for Hippies Portland Coffee House Campaign Succeeds
A Portland campaign to raise 5000 dollars to keep open a church sponsored coffee house for hippies succeeded. One donor was missing as his solicitation envelope returned with a small bar of soap inside surfacing as a protest.
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Portland
Ore
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Claremont
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