Deaths Frank Bethel Dies at 57 in Benton
Frank Bethel 57 of 1205 South 23rd died at 9 15 a m at home. Funeral at 2 p m Saturday Myers Chapel with Rev Kenneth Gossett officiating. Burial Bethel Memorial Cemetery. Born June 3 1909 in Williamson County son of John and Minerva Lambert Bethel. Survived by wife Vernita Tolley, one daughter Dolores Graham, four sisters Eunice Snader Nora Beckham Dora Summers Ida Kissel, five grandchildren. Preceded by parents and two siblings.
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Frank Bethel
South 23Rd
Myers Chapel
Kenneth Gossett
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Bethel
Williamson County
John and
Minerva
Lambert) Bethel
Benton
Vernita Tolley
Bethel
Cherry Steel Church of Christ
Dolores Graham
Belle Rive
Eunice Snader
Mt. Vernon
Nora Beckham
Waltonville
Dora Summers
Ida Kissel
Murphysboro
Neighborhood alerted to possible rabies exposure after dog dies
Mrs Mare Harper of Bonnie says a family dog, obtained from Williamson’s pet shop in early April, died after two weeks of illness with no bite history. Family and neighbors were notified as they prepared to start preventive rabies shots, fearing exposure to children.
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Mare
Harper
Bonnie
Wisconsin Senate Embraces Colored Oleo in Historic Vote
Madison Wisconsin senators approved the move amid a 19 to 10 vote ending the state’s dairy ban era. The outlier policy had long stood as the last nationwide prohibition of its kind.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Senate
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharged List
A hospital notes page lists admitted patients Clyde R France Helen E Bennett Nellie Mae Durkee Evan Turner and others. Discharged patients include Claude Wilton Jones Thomas Mare Winnie Mae Lev and several others. A separate charged section names Alice Tate Betty Hall and baby Henry Laswell Inez Cook and more.
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Clyde R. France
Salem
Helen E. Bennett
Bonnie
Nellie Mae Durkee
Perkins
Evan Turner
Bell
Claude Wilton Jones
Opdyke
Thomas William Mare
RFD
Winnie Mae Lev
Praiie
Loren Swofford
Benton
Lucille Medlin
Park
Blanche Flatt
Jeanne Culli
Lula Waite
Dixon
Stephanie Renee Anderson
Wayne City
Frank Donnelly
Pace
David Fitzgerrells
Inn
Bob Dixon
Drusie Bundy
Caborn
Alice Tate
Texico
Betty Hall
Gregory Wayne
Henry Laswell
Inez Cook
Mole Cooper
Ashley
Theron Eskew
Lamar
Opal Justice
South 10Th
Gertrude Threkeld
Main
Keith Kaelin
Peach
Ananell Baldwin
Neal Gilbert
South 9Th
Stanely McCowen
Waltonville
Emma Levin
Bluford
Danny Kelly
Fraternal Meetings At Mt Vernon Lodge No 31
The May schedule lists a special meeting Friday May 3 at 7 30 p.m. for work in the first degree with Bil Salyer WM and Byron Weld Sec. A cemetery meeting is set for Saturday May 13 at two o'clock with trustees at Arnold cemetery. All interested are invited.
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Mt. Vernon
Bil Salyer
W.M. Byron Weld
Arnold Cemetery
Weather round up for Illinois and national outlook
Thursday's forecast calls for a high near 70 and a low around 47 with intermittent rain in some areas. The Associated Press notes cloudy skies and temperatures mainly in the 50s across Illinois, with rain likely Friday night and lows from 32 to 52 in different locales. Readings across the northern quarter are in the 30s, and time marks show Friday sunrise at 4 54 and sunset at 7 00 CST.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Chicago
Q’hare International
Ohio River
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
St. P
New Orleans
New York
Okla City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
AT Louis
Salt Sk
Five Day Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois temperatures for the five day period Saturday through Wednesday will run near normal. Normal highs range from 70 to the mid 70s and lows from 50 to the mid 50s depending on location. Expect a cool weekend with a warming trend Monday and Tuesday. Rain is forecast Saturday with showers possible Monday or Tuesday. Total rainfall should average over three quarters of an inch.
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Wlinois
First Service at Logan Street Baptist
First service at Logan Street Baptist Church began in April 1966 under Rev. Trotter. The building was designed by L. N. Davis of Mt. Vernon with Joe P. Boyle Construction as general contractor and local firms handling plumbing heating electrical sheet metal painting and finishing.
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Rev. Trotter
Logan Street Baptist Church
Frank L. Trotter
Hilliard and Myers
Speeding Fined Gerald B. Wicks in Circuit Court
Gerald B. Wicks of 113 North 12th was fined 25 dollars in circuit court after a speeding charge.
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Gerald B. Wicks
North 12Th
Hog Market Prices In Mt Vernon Up To Noon
Markets Mt Vernon Mog Market Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were 75c higher The top was 19 50 and 20 00 for 200 to 220 lb meat type hogs Sows were 2c higher 16 25 for 30 weight down sows 300 weight 2nd over 16 00 down Boars were steady at 12 00 and 12 25 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on Monday s prices.
Grain market quotes from Mt. Vernon
Grain prices reported in Mt. Vernon after noon with soybeans at 2.71 dollars per unit, shell corn at 1.30, and ear corn at 1.27.
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MT. Vernon
Chicago Produce Market Butter and Car Grades Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange prices show butter grades AA to C with scores from 93 to 89 and percentages. car grades show 90 to 83 with corresponding percentages. Eye grade breakdown lists whites mixed mediums standards and counts, reflecting mixed quality sample results.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
St Louis Produce Egg and Poultry Prices Listing
In St Louis ST Louis Produce listing from AP shows consumer egg grades with large A 23 to 27 cents per dozen medium A 20 to 22 cents small A 15 to 17 cents B large 21 to 23 cents wholesale standard 20 to 21 cents unclassified 18 to 19 cents hens heavy over 5 pounds prices 9 cents light over 5 pounds 5 cents under 5 pounds 5 cents and broilers and fryers at 24 5 to 25 12 cents per pound.
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St, Louis
Market Quotes for Wheat Corn and Soybeans
Chicago AP reports grain prices with No 2 hard wheat at 1.64n per bushel No 2 red 1.6544n for wheat futures, No 2 yellow corn at 1.38n, oats No 2 heavy white 75454n, and No 1 yellow soybeans at 2.845n.
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Chicago
Livestock market report from National Stockyards
AP tally from National Stockyards shows Monday estimates hogs 9,000 cattle 5,000 calves 100 sheep 300. Hogs bringing 20.00 21.00 per hundredweight for barrows and gilts 700 250 Ibs. sows 16.00 16.75 for 300 600 Ibs. Cattle and calves listing 23.00 24.00 for steers good to low choice. calves small supply about steady 29.00 36.00 dealers good to choice calves 18.00 22.00.
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National
Mmn
Wall Street advances amid continued market recovery
Wall Street extended its recovery in early trading as most key stocks moved modestly higher. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 2.73 to 904.68 and the Associated Press 60 stock average gained 1.1 to 329.4 with rails and utilities rising as Sperry Rand jumped on volume while Mack Trucks opened higher on a merger delay.
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New York
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Sperry Rand
New York Stock Exchange
Mack Trucks
Signal Oil
American Motors
Jersey Standard
Sears Roebuck
Illinois Central
Standard Oil
Indiana
Johns Manville
County actions set on court room air cooling and bids
Committee studies air conditioning for the second floor circuit court room with bids ranging 1199 to 1671.70. Transfer of 1000 from general fund to Civil Defense Fund approved to be repaid from tax money. Treasurer Leslie Elliott reports 2344.57 delinquent personal taxes collected in April. An alley at Fair Field Road vacated between Ted W. Mitchell and M. A. Shehorn. Ogie Ellis reports progress on a county wide unit school district study. Illinois Veterans Commission to lease courthouse basement office space for two years at 10 per month.
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Court House
General Fund
Civil Defense Fund
Civil Defense
Heard County
Leslie Elliott
Fairfield Road
Ted W. Mitchell
M. A. Shehorn
Herod
Ogie Ellis
Illinois Veterans Commission
Courthous
National Hospital Week Proclaimed May 7 13 City of Care
National Hospital Week is observed May 7 13 with a theme Your Hospital City of Care. Proclamation commends hospitals for 24 hour readiness teaching roles and quality patient care and calls on citizens to recognize and support hospital staff and fair compensation to attract qualified personnel.
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National Hospital
United States
Canada
Hospi
Joe Martin
Kenneth R. Robinson
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Martin
M. Joanne
Good Samaritan Hospital
William O. Davis
Mt. Vernon T. B. Sanitarium
Delo
Wall Collapse Injures 7 Men at Cordova Plant
Seven workers were injured when a 30 by 70 foot wall collapsed during construction of an atomic energy electric generating plant near Cordova Illinois. Eight men were trapped under debris. none of the injured appeared seriously hurt. The Gust K Newberg Construction Co of Chicago built the wall for Commonwealth Edison Co of Chicago and the Iowa Illinois Electric Gas Co Davenport Iowa.
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Rock Island
Cordova
Illinois
Moline Lutheran Hospital
Gust K. Newberg Construction Co
Chicago
Commonwealth Edison Co
Iowa-Illinois Electric & Gas Co
Davenport
Iowa
John Hollingsworth
Iowa-Illinois
Mississippi River
Moline
City Cannot Dump On River Bank In Fulton
Fulton Illinois officials faced a blockade of the city dump by Whiteside and Rock Island counties and the state Conservation Department. Mayor Warren Wiersema said no alternative disposal exists, plan is to use dirt from a temporary flood levee to cover the dump. The action follows warnings that dumping violated fish protection rules prohibiting placing insoluble material on public water banks.
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Fulton, Ill
Illinois Conservation Department
Fulton
Warren Wiersema
Wiersema
Whiteside
Rock Island
Fulton City
Merlin Howe
State Conservation Department
Old Cairo Hotel To Be Demolished
The Hotel Cairo in Cairo Tl. will be demolished after years of closure. The 55-year-old structure, once touted as the finest between St. Louis and Memphis, is owned by Robert McCord of Sikeston Missouri.
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Cairo, Tl
Cairo
St. Louis
Memphis
Robert McCord
Sikeston, Mo
Scottish Girl Tries To Sneak Aboard A Sub
In Holy Loch Scotland three sailors passed shore guards and boarded the supply ship for U S nuclear Polaris submarines. A 16 year old Scottish girl was found in a jacket by a guard aboard the jacket. The sailors were confined to the submarine tender Simon Lake for disciplinary action. Dunoon police held the girl overnight then released her.
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Dunoon, Scotland
U.S
Holy Loch
Navy
Simon Lake
George F. Lilis Jr
Dunoon
Suit Filed for Divorce Over Cruelty in Circuit Court
Leon Ellis files for divorce from Mary Donna Ellis in circuit court alleging cruelty. They wed February 22, 1953 and separated November 11, 1966. Plaintiff seeks custody of two minor children awarded to the defendant.
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Leon Ellis
Mary Donna Ellis
Marines recapture three Vietnam hills in key terrain
Marines completed a two week campaign near Thanh Hoa and captured Hill 811 and moved toward Hill 881 North. In the battle the unit reported 133 Marines killed and 383 wounded, while North Vietnamese losses were listed as 551 killed. Commanders noted the objective was to drive enemy out rather than hold ground.
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Vietnam
U. S
United States
Navy
Thanh Hoa
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
Leathernecks
325Th Division
Lewis W. Walt
John Lanigan
London
Ohio
3Rd Marine Regiment
Lanigan
South Vietnam
Committee Approves Drafting Youths in 19 Pool
A House panel approved draft changes to 18 through 26 year olds while reserving call eligibility. A universal lottery plan drew support from Sen. Kennedy and Lt. Gen. Hershey, with Chamber spokesmen opposing, urging local draft boards retain call authority.
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Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
House
Armed Services
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Smiths Lead Joneses in New Mt. Vernon Directory
Directory lists Michael J Aaron a college student residing at 308 South 17th Street and Raymond C Zu walt a truck driver for Felix Frassato Inc Near the front a Mt Vernon history features a photo of the Appellate Court Building The piece notes a junior college high school and grade schools and more than 40 churches with Rend Lake a $43 million project near the city adding luster to the community.
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Michael J. Aaron
South 17Th Street
Raymond C. Zuwalt
Felix Frassato, Inc
Mt. Vernon
Appellate Court
Rend Lake
Driver Dies In Illinois 143 Crash Near Edwardsville
EDWARDSVILLE Ill AP State police said one man was killed and a second injured early today in a two car wreck on Illinois 143 three miles northwest of Edwardsville Dead was William Brown 26 of East Alton Ill Police said his car was westbound when struck from behind knocked down an embankment into a utility pole The other driver Robert Ford 26 of Wood River Ill was thrown from his car after it hit the railing of the Indian Creek Bridge He is in serious condition at Wood River Township Memorial Hospital
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Edwardsville
Ilinois
William Brown
East Alton
Ill
Robert Ford
Wood River
Indian Creek Bridge
Wood River Township Memorial Hospital
Schooner Dante Dee Crew Rescued After Reef Wreck
Seven survivors from the American schooner Dante Dee were rescued after grounding on a Paracel Islands reef 240 miles east of Da Nang Vietnam. They arrived in Da Nang aboard an Air Force amphibian plane and reported no others aboard. Survivors include Thomas Kurth 30 of Milwaukee his son Scott 6 and others from the United States Australia Britain Canada and Hong Kong.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Dante Dee
da’ Nang
Paracel Islands
South Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Dan Nang
Thomas Kurth
Milwaukee
Wis
Scott
United States
Kurth
Hainan
Paracels
Sidney Shaw
Lafayette Hill
Rod Ivison
Sydney
Australia
Malcolm Briddon
Hong Kong
Ed Johnson
Toronto
Canada
Seek Mosquito Spray Warning Demands In Carbondale
Twenty one Carbondale area residents request pest control authorities issue warnings before spraying for mosquitoes. They ask for a daily or weekly schedule to give allergic individuals a better chance to escape and emphasize they are not opposing pest control. They would also react unfavorably to pests being eliminated.
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Carbondale, Ill
Carbondale
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