Deaths Mrs Elizabeth Sherman former Mt Vernon resident
Mrs. Elizabeth Sherman 2&8 died Tuesday at her daughter Gladys Wiles home in Indianapolis Ind Funeral services set for Friday at Pfitzinger Funeral Home Kirkwood Mo Burial in Kirkwood She was predeceased by husband Roe Sherman Survived by son Herschel Sherman of Colorado daughter Gladys Wiles of Indianapolis and three sisters in law all of Mt Vernon
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Elizabeth Sherman
Mt. Vernon
Gladys Wiles
Indianapolis
Ind
Pfitzinger Funeral Home
South
Kirkwood Road
Kirkwood
Sherman
Roe Sherman
Herschel Sherman
Colorado
C. A. Dulaney
Thomas Dulaney
George Dulaney
A. C. Lamport Dies Funeral at Dahlgren
Asby Co Lamport aged 87 of Peoria died Monday at Methodist Hospital Peoria Funeral Friday at 2 00 p m at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren with burial in I O C F cemetery Dahlgren Lamport was a retired ice and coal dealer and a member of the Odd Fellows and Masonic Lodge No 967 He was born March 11 1878 in Zanesville Ohio and survived by five sons two daughters twenty grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren
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Dahlgren
Asby Co. Lamport
Malone Avenue
Peoria
Lamport
Methodist Hospital
Gholson
Odd Fellows Lodge
Masonic Lodge
Church of Christ
Mr. Lamport
Zanesville
Ohio
George W
Martha
Lucas) Lamport
McLeansboro
Matilda Burton
W. H. Lamport
H. W. Lamport
Evansville
Ind
E. E. Lamport
New Castle
I. R. Lamport
K. W. Lamport
East Peoria
Martha J. Jones
Miami
Fla
Wanda June Masters
Tulsa
Okla
Rachel E. Todd Dies Mother of Mt. Vernon Resident
Mrs. Rachel E. Todd 77 of Grand Tower died at 2 55 am at St Joseph Hospital Murphysboro Ill She was mother of Nellie Claxton Mt Vernon and wife of Sylvester Todd who preceded her in death Surviving children include Charles James and Everett Todd of Grand Tower Carbondale and Nellie Claxton Violet Ramsey and Frances Weston with ten grandchildren Funeral services held Friday at First Baptist Church Grand Tower with burial in Walker Hill Cemetery Delays and viewing arranged at Cranshaw Funeral Home Murphysboro Ill prior to service
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Rachel E. Todd
Grand Tower
St. Joseph Hospital
Murphysboro
Nellie Claxton
Mt. Vernon
First Baptist Church
Robert §. McCormick
Walker Hill Cemetery
Cranshaw Funeral
Ill
Todd
Henry Clay
Rachel Frances (Bradshaw
South
Sylvester Todd
Charles Todd
James Todd
Everett Todd
Carbondale
Violet Ramsey
Spokane
Wash
Frances Weston
Kenosha
Wis
Harriet Irvin dies at 79 former Mt Vernon teacher
Harriet Irvin, a Mt. Vernon teacher for 40 years, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Home in Lawrenceville Illinois. She was 79 years five months and 25 days old. Burial will be at Oakwood cemetery after services at Myers Chapel conducted by Dr Don Crocker. She was born November 9, 1885, in Jefferson County and is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mattie Browning, plus several nieces and nephews. She was a member of the Methodist church White Shrine and the Order of Eastern Star.
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Harriet Irvin
Methodist
Lawrenceville
Ill
Miss Irvin
Jefferson County
Wilford
Julia
Hughes) Irvin
Mattie Browning
Mt. Vernon
Methodist Church
White Shrine
Order of Eastern Star
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices at 12:30 P M
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were 100 higher top 19 35 for 200 to 220 lb hogs Sows 16 00 for 300 weight down sows 300 weight and over 15 75 down Boars 10 00 and 11 00 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Prices quoted in Mt Vernon show Wheat at 1.31 Soybeans at 2.77 Shell corn at 1.34 Ear corn at 1.31.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Pulse: Butter steady and eggs hold
Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes butter steady with prices ranging around 98 for AA to 89 for C grades, eggs steady with whites and mixed grades listed. Live poultry wholesale prices unchanged to 44 higher, roasters 25 to 28 cents, special fed white rock fryers 18 to 21 cents, few heavy hens 20 to 21 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Egg and poultry price listings from St. Louis market
St Louis AP خبر lists eggs and live poultry prices with consumer grade ranges for A and B categories, including large medium small sizes, wholesale and standard grades, checks, hensweights, and broilers and fryers. Prices show A large 2-27, A medium 22-24, A small 17-18, B large 22-24, standard 23-24, etc.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain prices report from AP release
Chicago market bulletin lists wheat No 2 red at 1.4439n No 2 hard 1.46%2n corn No 1 yellow 1.37% No 2 yellow 1.37% No 3 yellow 1.33%-334%n oats No 2 heavy white 74n soybeans No 1 yellow 2.$6n soybeans oj] 11.40n.
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Chicago
Livestock Receipts and Prices at National Stockyards TH
Estimated receipts for Thursday at National Stockyards include hogs 6 000 cattle 1 000 calves 200 sheep 100 Prices show hogs 1 3 200 245 lb barrows and gilts 19 75 20 25 sows 15 50 17 25 cattle 2 500 calves 150 strong to higher steers 22 00 27 35 good and prime heifers 21 50 25 00 cows 14 00 15 50 vealers steady good and choice 20 00 28 00 sheep 100 no test prices spring lambs 27 50 good wooled lambs 20 00 22 00
Market soars near record as Wall Street posts gains
Wall Street in New York reports bigger gains as stocks push further into record territory with heavy volume around 6.4 million shares. Major movers include Du Pont, Union Carbide, IBM up about 2 points, Sears down 2 on dividend news, Radio Corp. near a point, and Johnson & Johnson, Frito Lay, Pepsi-Cola gaining over 2. Other advances include Trans World Airlines, Alcoa, Beckman, Bell Howell, Celanese, CTS, Fairchild, Singer, Korvette, Northwest. Declines noted for Sunshine Mining and Grumman. Bond activity mixed but strength in U.S. government bonds.
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New York
du Pont
Union Carbide
IBM
Sears, Roebuck
Radio Corp
Johnson & Johnson
Frito- Lay
Pepsi-Cola
Atlantic Refining
Dresser
Trans World Airlines
Alcoa
Beckman Instruments
Bell & Howell
Celanese
Fire Destroys Storage Shed Near Mt Vernon Home
Rural firefighters answered a Tuesday alarm at W. P. Jones Route 7 Mt. Vernon to a shed blaze that gutted a small storage structure. Contents reported lost include a motor scooter tools and a vehicle accessory.
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W. P. Jones
Route 7
Mt. Vernon
Traffic death near Congerville reports Peoria man
AP reports Ralph R. Cummings 78 of Peoria Hast DI was killed Tuesday in a car truck collision three miles east of Congerville on U S 150 in Woodford County.
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Congerville, I
Ralph R. Cummings
Hast Peoria
Congerville
U.S. 150
Woodford County
Weather- Here And Elsewhere MT VERNON Weather Tuesday 85 63
MT VERNON forecast notes Tuesday high 85 low 63 with rainfall to date 9.80 inches this year. Other records show 1 year ago 57, 5 years ago 60, 10 years ago 56 as temperatures. Chicago AP reports showers and thunderstorms across northern Illinois with warmer temps in the south.
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Southern Illinois Forecast With Above Normal Temperatures
Southern Illinois temperatures will average 2 to 10 degrees above normal with normal highs around 72 to 86 and lows near 49 to 55. Several periods of showers and thundershowers are expected, with total rainfall averaging three quarters of an inch or more.
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Weather Bureau
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Five Drivers Fined in Circuit Court
Five traffic offenders were fined in circuit court yesterday. Albert G. Povolish of Nashville Alabama had no driver's license and paid $20. Mary H. Statler of Cape Girardeau Missouri was fined $15 for speeding. William N. Malcom of Centralia was fined $10 for failure to reduce speed. Donald O'Connor of Chicago was fined $10 for speeding. Robert G. Wurster of Chicago was fined $14 for speeding.
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Albert G. Povolish
Nashville
Mary H. Statler
Cape Girardeau
William N. Malcom
Centralia
Donald O’connor
Chicago
Robert G. Wurster
Evangelist Billy Graham Arrives in Denmark for Crusade
Evangelist Billy Graham landed in Copenhagen Denmark for an eight day crusade aimed at a spiritual awakening. He planned activities begining Monday with public rallies and religious services across the capital and other cities.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Billy Graham
Gas tax hike stalled as Illinois Senate delays hearings
Springfield AP Gov. Otto Kerner seeks a three cent gasoline tax increase plus other levies to fund state needs but the Republican led Senate puts the measures off indefinitely. Korshak says GOP strategy ties tax bills to reapportionment while House Senate panel grapples with redistricting and subcommittee plans. Senate panel also drops a bill prohibiting discriminatory practices by vegetable processors against cooperative farmers.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Senate
Senate Revenue Committee
GOP
State Revenue
Marshall Korshak
Korshak
House
Cook County
Illinois General Assembly
Albert Hachmeister
Chicago
Cooperative Marketing
Tlinois Agriculture Association
Clinois Canners Associations
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital Celebrate Four New Babies
Mr and Mrs Delbert Leneave of RFD 2 Mr Vernon are parents of a son born at 4 53 this morning weighing eight pounds eight ounces named David Michael. Mr and Mrs Dale Lowery of 1108 Park Avenue are parents of a son born at 1 00 yesterday afternoon weighing seven pounds six ounces named Larry Don. Mr and Mrs Everett Porter of 1208 South 16th Street are parents of a daughter born at 1 41 yesterday afternoon weighing seven pounds one half ounce named Judie Ann. Mr and Mrs Everett Huston of RFD 6 Mr Vernon are parents of a daughter born at 5 33 this morning weighing six pounds fourteen ounces named Lori Christine.
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Delbert Leneave
RFD 2
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
David Michael
Dale Lowery
Park Avenue
Larry Don
Everett Porter
South 16Th Street
Judie Ann
Everett Huston
RFD
Lori Christine
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted List
Admitted: Ora Bumpus Gale Grant Lickett of Opdyke Raymond J. House Mae Lena Blake Andy Ferguson of Woodlawn Anna McCoy James W. McPherson of Dahlgren. Discharged: Mrs Earnestine Willis and baby Herman Lee Jr Sarah Jane Karn Thomas Luther Stroud Noble George Westfall. Admitted: Agnes Hildegard Patterson Emery Otto Wilfong Robert Lowell Loeb Jr Carl Storment Doris Alice Ewing Leona Elizabeth Jackson Alva William Martin Lola Denham Grace Irene Spuerkle Vivian Marie Palmer Edna Emma Massey James Henry Bourlard Mary L Hale Bertie Irene Arnold. Discharged: Mrs Velma Pearl Sheldon Galie Farrell McDaniels Mrs Sybil Pauline Sledge and baby Angela Renee Mary Ann Dethrow William Ray Holloway Vernon Neil Kincaid Dorothy Marie Brummitt Elizabeth Ann Odle Theda Myrna Scott Leona Jackson.
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Jefferson Memorial
Ora Bumpus
Gale Grant Lickett
Opdyke
Raymond J. House
Mae Lena Blake
Andy Ferguson
Woodlawn
Anna McCoy
James W. McPherson
Dahlgren
Earnestine Willis
Herman Lee, Jr
Sarah Jane Karn
Thomas Luther Stroud
Noble George Westfall
Agnes Hildegard Patterson
Emery Otto Wilfong
Robert Lowell Loeb, Jr
Carl Storment
Doris Alice Ewing
Leona Elizabeth Jackson
Alva William Martin
Lola Denham
Grace Irene Spuerkle
Vivian Marie Palmer
Edna Emma Massey
James Henry Bourlard
Mary L. Hale
Bertie Irene Arnold
Velma Pearl Sheldon
Galie Farrell McDaniels
Sybil Pauline Sledge
Angela Renee
Mary Ann Dethrow
William Ray Holloway
Vernon Neil Kincaid
Dorothy Marie Brummitt
Elizabeth Ann Odle
Theda Myrna Scott
Leona Jackson
F-105F Jet Crashes Into U.S. Housing Area Near Tokyo
A USF-105F jet fighter crashed tonight into an American dependent housing area about 20 miles southwest of Tokyo. Two people were killed and eight injured, two seriously, according to a U.S. military spokesman.
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Tokyo
U.S
Mississippi Flood Ebbs Start Cleanup Meeting
Questions of parents and high school students planning to attend the University of Illinois this fall will be answered at a meeting here next Tuesday, university officials said. The 5:30 p.m. session at Mt. Vernon Township High School will be led by Lyle E. Snyder and Dale M. Rutherford, with Mrs. Glenn E. Moore assisting. Snyder is a past president of the Dads Association. Rutherford is the current vice president. The discussion will cover enrollment, scholarships, student help, housing, and student life.
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University of Ilinois
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Lyle E. Snyder
Fairfield Road
Dale M. Rutherford
Hinman Road
Glenn E. Moore
Wilshire Drive
Snyder
Dads Association
Rutherford
Centralia JC vote in July seen in area plan
A plan for a statewide network of area junior colleges faces slow adoption as feasibility studies emphasize needs of sparsely settled regions. Jefferson County officials urge thorough reviews, aiming for a strong regional college with vocational and pre professional curricula. Meanwhile floods along the Mississippi cause widespread damage and Red Cross relief efforts across six states.
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Centralia
Jefferson County
Ogie Ellis
State of
Illinois
Board of Higher Education
Open House Honors Red Cross Volunteers May 16
Directors of the local American Red Cross chapter will honor about 250 Jefferson county volunteers at an open house May 16 at the Elks Lodge. Chapter chairman Mrs. James Setzekorn says those honored served the chapter in the past year. Host board members and planning committee details are listed.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Elks Lodge
Jefferson County
James Setzekorn
Robert Archer
Luther Becherer
Sam Blackard
Howard Casey
E. E. Curtis
Claire Dixon
Jim Fitzpatrick
Jack Garrison
David Hanes
Jerome Glassman
John Howard
John Jacobsen
J. R. Lamberson
Chapter Lewis
Erwin Lietz
Willam McAfee
Earl Myers
Virgil Pulley
Stanley Rosenberger
Arnold Ross
Claude Schmidt
Roy Simpson
Roger Smith
Forrest Stewart
Reid Starkey
Jess Stringfield
Lynn Welge
Tom Wielt
Victor Wood
Wilburn Tate
Joe McGuckin
Break-In Reported At Rural Howard Home Near Dix
Jefferson county sheriff's deputies investigated a break in reported by Mrs. Shirley Howard at the Howard residence near Dix. The front door and a bedroom door were damaged and a lock broken. No belongings were believed stolen.
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Jefferson County
Shirley Howard
Howard
Dix
Autos Collide On Broadway At Mt Vernon
One minor automobile accident was reported in Mt Vernon on Tuesday in the 1000 block of Broadway. Cars driven by Andrew K. Reid Jr., 21, Cherry Drive, and George R. Burnham, St. Louis, collided. The St. Louis car was damaged about $875. the Mt Vernon auto had no damage.
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Mt. Vernon
Andrewk. Reid, Jr
Cherry Drive
George R. Burnham
St. Louis
Broadway
Divorce Granted to Marjorie Allen in Circuit Court
A divorce was granted yesterday in circuit court to Marjorie Allen from Leroy Allen on cruelty charges. She was awarded custody of two children and alimony and support pending a specified sum. The couple, married July 1951, reside in the area.
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Marjorie Allen
Leroy Allen
1965 66 Chiefs Take Over In YMCA Program
Mt Vernon YMCA Indian Guides and Princesses see new Longhouse chiefs at 8 Family Pow Wow. Orvil Irvin becomes Indian Guide Longhouse chief succeeding Bill Johnston while Bob Davis succeeds James Jackson as Indian Princess Longhouse chief. Rolland W Lewis is board president. A summer campout at Little Grassy Lake is planned for June 5 6 with trophies awarded to Jackson Johnston Herb Dare Jr and Donald Adcock for outstanding girls and boys tribes.
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Mt. Vernon
Orvil Irvin
Bill Johnston
Bob Davis
James Jack
Rolland W. Lewis
Little Grassy Lake
Jackson
Johnston
Herb Dare Jr
Donald Adcock
Tater Named To U. of I. Student Groups
William M. Plater of 1305 North Street was named to two student positions at the University of Illinois. He joined 33 major chairmen for Winds Union Student Activities programs for 1963-66 and 32 named to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Council. The LAS Council oversees projects including proficiency exams, Freshman Week, and advising systems.
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Plater
North Street
Winds Union
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Council
Activites
LAS
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