Deaths Lambert 64 Opdyke Victim Of Heart Attack
Arvey A Lambert 64 died at 10 15 a m Wednesday at home in Opdyke from a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Friday at Mt Nebo church south of Dahlgren with Rev Denzil Clark officiating. Burial will follow at Ison Funeral Home Dahlgren. He was born January 28 in Hamilton county to Henderson and Ina Brock Lambert. He married Ellen Campbell March 22 1924, who survives with two sons Harold A Lambert of Bloomington and Randall W Lambert of Bloomington, one daughter Lisa Ann Lambert of Mr Ver one brother Brett Lambert of McLeansboro, four sisters Dorothy Black of Inton Maude Blake of Me nsboro Ethel Hendrick and Sadie Dukes of Angeles Calif, and one daughter Wanda Fern Lambert. He was preceded in death by Merrill Ray and Wanda Fern Lambert.
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Arvey A. Lambert
Sady
Opdyke
Mt. Neboreh
Dahlgren
Denzil Clark
Ison
Lambert
Hamilton County
Henderson
Ina
Brockbert
Marro Ellen Campbell
Sares
Harold A. Lambert
Mt. Mon
Randall W. Lambert
Bloomington
Brett Lambert
Jess Lamb
McLeansboro
Dorothy Black
Inton
Maude Blake
Meansboro
Ethel Hendrick
Sadie Dukes
Angeles
Calif
Daugh
Lisa Ann Lambert
Ath
Merrill Ray
Wanda Fern Lam
J. E. Martin 72 Dies Suddenly Funeral Friday
Relis Elmer Martin of 1620 South Street died suddenly at 1 10 p m Wednesday at his daughter Mrs Doris Phoenixs home in Centralia at age 72 He was a former machinist with Car Company Funeral services are set for 1 00 p m Friday at Myers Chapel with Rev Carl Whittington officiating Burial will be in Oak Cemetery The body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 6 30 p m today He was born June 11 in Cypress Illinois son of Victoria Adams Martin married to Mertie Smith and survived by a daughter Mrs Doris Phoenix of Centralia and three grandchildren He was preceded in death by a daughter Mary Alice Re on August 14 1959 He was a member of the B R C A and a World War I veteran
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Relis Elmer Martin
1620
South Street
Doris Phoenix
Centralia
2Non
Martin
Cypress
Ill
Victoria (Adams)artin
Mertie Smith
A Daugh
Doris
Phoenix
Cenalia
Mary Alicere
B.R.C
West Salem Cemetery Upkeep Funds Sought
Trustees of the West Salem Cemetery Association seek donations for upkeep of the site on the west edge of Mt. Vernon. Letters urge cash gifts with under $50 placed in current funds and $50 gifts into a trust earning interest for ongoing needs. Glenn Bullock presidents, with secretary Ack Piper and treasurer Stan Rosenberger, plus trustees Charles Thomas Edwards Fred C Brownark McPherson and Arthur G.
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West
West Salem Cemetery Association
Ack Piper
Stany Rosenberger
Charles Thomas
Edwards
Fred C. Brown
Ark McPherson
Arthur G
Rayburn Opposes Summer Recess In Congress
Washington AP report notes bipartisan urge to escape Washington heat faces challenge from Sam Rayburn who opposes a July to October recess. Senators and wives quoted weigh in with mixed views while 33 senators back a break. Humphrey and Burt defend House Senate must keep operating.
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Washington
Washgton
Sam Rayburn
Beuse Rayburn
John Sherman Cooper
Tacky
Cooper
Frankurd
Idaho
Rayburn
Church
Congress
Burt
Sen
Hurt H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Yburn
Senate House
Meeting Season Lodge 568 Past Masters Quet Invite
You and your family are invited to attend Past Masters' Quet at Opdyke St. on Saturday evening May 13 at 7 o clock DST. Please bring a covered dish. Meat, bread and drinks furnished by lodge. guests welcome. Homer Mamer, Worshipful Master. Providence Rhode Island. Ocean Drive named for John F Kennedy Drive chosen by the Senate.
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Eason Lodge No
Opdyke
Saly
Lodge
Homer Mamer
Universalists and Unitarians Unite in Boston
The Unitarian Universalist Association forms by merging The American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America. The new body totals about 309,721 members in 405 churches and 336 fellowships, with leadership contenders including Rev. Dr Dana McLean Greeley and Rev. William Brooks Rice. Dr Marshall E. Dimock is unopposed as moderator.
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Boston
Unitarian Universalist Association
American Unitarian Association
Universalist Church of America
Dana McLean Greeley
William Brooks Rice
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Unitarian Society
Marshall E. Dimock
Bethel
All University Department of Government
New York University
Livestock Market Steady with Hog Top at 16.50
Prices were unchanged in the livestock market today. The top was 16.50 for 190 to 220 pound hogs. Sows were 14.75 for 300 weight and boars were 10.50 to 11.50.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon area prices were listed for wheat at 1.67, soybeans at 3.01, and corn at 1.02 per bushel in this afternoon's market report.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Live Poultry Prices Missing
Chicago AP report notes live poultry prices for Chicago produce were not reported due to insufficient receipts, leaving the market without current price data from the USDA.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago poultry market notes from Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago AP reports butter and eggs prices steady at wholesale level. Butter scores 93 AA 60, 92 A 60, 90 B 574, 89 C 56 percent. Eggs whites grade A 70 percent and better 32, mixed 32, mediums 30 34, standards 31, dirties 29, checks 29.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock prices at National Stockyards briefing
AP USDA market report from National Stockyards shows hogs 13,000 head with 185-230 lb barrows and gilts at 16.50-17.10, 180-240 lb mostly 16.00-16.75, 240 lb group down to 15.75, 140-170 lb 14.25-16.50, 100-130 lb pigs 10.25-13.50, sows 14.50-15.25, boars over 250 lb 12.25. Cattle incl 1,400 head, calves 300. slaughter steers 900-1100 lb 21.50-23.00, heifers 20.00-22.00, cows 16.00-17.50, bulls 18.00-20.00, stockers 600-800 lb 19.00-25.00, high movers 30.00-31.00, sheep 400 head with lambs at 14.00-19.00 for pelts and 19.00 for spring lambs, ewes 6.00.
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National
Til
USDA
Eggs and live poultry prices unchanged in St. Louis
In St Louis the Associated Press reports no change in prices for eggs and live poultry. No shifts in market rates were noted across outlets. The update confirms stability in the poultry and egg segments for the period.
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ST. Louis
Grain market update with prices for corn barley and soybeans
AP notes cash grain quotes with No 2 yellow corn at 1.1414 14 dollars per bushel and No 3 yellow at 1.114%. Soybean oil at 1.254n, barley options from 1.10 to 1.20n, feed at 0.93 to 1.00n. No wheat or soybean sales reported.
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APY
Airlines lift mixed Wall Street in late trading
Wall Street advanced in a mixed session with volume around 5 million shares. Major issues moved in a narrow range, with United Airlines up a point and Easter and American fractional gains. Avent Electronics rebounded over 3 points while McDonnell fell a couple. Some losses included U.S. Steel and Kennecott.
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New York
United Air Lines
Easter
American Airlines
American Hospital
Avent Electronics
General Tire
Graham Paige
Smith-Corona Marchant
American Machine & Foundry
McDonnell Aircraft
U.S. Steel
Kennecott
Johns-Manville
Consolidated Edison
International Nickel
U.S
Eastman Kodak
American Stock Exchange
Portrait of the Normal American Male Created
A Chicago AP report describes a composite portrait of the well adjusted normal American male presented to American psychiatry. The group found him a good family man and content in work but lacking in creativity imagination and spontaneity. The study began 12 years ago with Minneapolis ninth graders. Researchers Jules Golden Nathan Mandel and Bernard Glueck note marked vocational and residential stability among the 50 men aged 25 to 26 chosen for personality tests.
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Robert Goldenstein
Chicago
Armerican Psychiatry
Ife
American Psychiatric Association
Minneapolis
Jules Golden
Albany Medical College
N.Y
Nathan Mandel
Minnesota Department
Canal joins Barkley Lake to Kentucky Lake project bid
J B Carter Construction Co of Harrisburg Illinois submitted the apparent low bid of 1 099 489 50 for a canal to connect Barkley Lake on the Cumberland River with Kentucky Lake on the Tennessee River The 1 9 mile canal will be 400 feet wide at the base and provide a minimum water depth of 16 feet It is expected the contract will be awarded within 30 days with 540 calendar days to complete the project.
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Nashville, Tenn
J. B. Carter Construction Co
Harrisburg
Barkley Lake
Cumberland River
Kentucky Lake
Tennessee
Rudy Vallee to star in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Rudy Vallee former radio crooner will play a stage role next fall in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at New York venue. The announcement notes Vallee brings his Broadway presence to the production.
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Rudy
New York
Rudy Vallee
Senator Case blasts Saint code name for satellite interceptor
Washington AP reports Senator Francis Case of South Dakota criticizes military officials over choosing Saint as the code name for a satellite interceptor. The remark underscores tensions between Congress and defense planners amid ongoing weapons program discussions.
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Washington
Francis Case
R S.D
Saint
Organized Fighting in Laos Ends
The nations at Geneva discuss Laos with Soviet and Chinese leaders pressing for a just settlement. Chen Yi heads Red China delegation, Ung Van Khiem leads North Vietnam, and fourteen nations were invited to the conference. Thailand hesitates to send its delegation, warning a ceasefire may not be possible in the near term.
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Red China
Chen Yi
Ung van Khiem
Britain
United States
France
China
Viet Nam
Laos
Canada
Thailand
Poland
Burma
India
Cambodia
Geneva
Bangkok
Dams Threaten as Illinois Rivers Rise Across State
Flood watch shows Pinckneyville and DuQuoin dams near failure. Centralia's reservoir overflowed on Monday, forcing 10,000 residents to ration 3,000 gallons daily for three days. Flood crests forecast on the Big Muddy, Kaskaskia, Illinois, Little Wabash, Wabash, Mississippi, and Ohio rivers with caps on levee protection at Cairo and Mount Carmel and New Harmony.
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Ohio
Pinckneyvile
DuQuoin
Perry County
Centralia
Murphysboro
West Frankfort
Kaskaskia
Carlyle
Vandalia
Illinois
Havana
Beardstown
Meredosia
Beard
Mississippi
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Ohio River
Cairo
Senate push to move FEPC bill in Illinois Senate
Illinois senators prepare to discharge the fair employment practices bill from a committee and bring it to the floor, seeking 30 votes despite a deadlocked Industrial Affairs panel. The measure would establish a commission to investigate discrimination by employers and jobseekers, with sponsors confident of advancing to the House if the 30-vote threshold is met.
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Springfield
Senate
M Committee
Senate Industrial Affairs Committee
Joseph Peterson
Princeton
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Fred Smith
Chicago
House
Jps
Downstate
Illinois Supreme Court
Cook County
State Highway Division
Education
Sterling
Executive
Southern Illinois Area Planning Commission
Commission On Higher Education
Lincoln and
Nixon
Illinois Population Gains Are In Cities
Illinois population rose to 10,081,158 in 1960, with 96 percent of the gain going to eight metropolitan areas. The eight metros combined to 7,754,932 residents in 1960, up from 6,439,062 in 1950, led by Chicago and the St. Louis and Davenport-Rock Island-Moline Illinois portions.
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Chicago
Illinois
Bureau of the Census
Bureau
Champaign-Urbana
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
Decatur
Peoria
Rockford
St. Louis
Springfield
Rochester Transit loses items auctioned from buses
Each year the Rochester Transit Corp auctions hundreds of objects passengers leave aboard. Recent lots include eyeglasses a crutch a plumber’s helper a football helmet baby shoes costume jewelry marbles and a race driver’s crash helmet.
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Rochester
Rochester Transit Corp
Jefferson Co CD Helps Centralia With Pure Water
Jefferson County Civil Defense volunteers delivered 4 800 half gallon milk cartons of pure drinking water to Centralia after flood damage. The effort, led by Alva Mellott, used Roth Dairy plant facilities and trucks to fill seal and distribute water. Officials said tests show Centralia water is now safe for drinking.
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Jefferson County Civil Defense
Roth Dairy
New Baden
Centralia
Jackie Jones
Asher Melton
Carl Jones
Lloyd Morris
Bob Roth
Jefferson County Civil Defense Organization
Alva Mellett
Roth Dairy Co
County CD
Mellott
John Green
W. B. Bethard
Joe Parker
Bill Anthis
Bob Mellott
Charles W. Waite
Jefferson County Board of Supervisors
Dick Roth
Shepard Earned Extra Pay For Space Flight
Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard Jr. earned $14.38 for a 15 minute space flight 302 miles down the Atlantic from Cape Canaveral. He normally earns $230 monthly flight pay for four hours of flying, with no special astronaut compensation attached.
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Washington
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Space
Shepard
Atlantic
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Births in Chicago and area produce four new babies
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Latta of 3214 West Crystal Avenue Chicago welcomed a son named James Scott born yesterday at a city hospital. The mother is Pat McKee of Ina. grandparents are Glenard and Pat McKee of Ina and Claire and Latta of this city. A daughter named Karen Sue arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Eugene Donoho of Texico at 10:10 this morning weighing eight pounds eight ounces at Jefferson Memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Maloney of Dahlgren welcomed a daughter weighing six pounds fifteen ounces born at 3:40 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital. A son named Michael Robin arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gene Arnold of Ashley at 7:20 last night weighing six pounds four ounces.
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James E. Latta
Lof
West Crystal Avenue
Chicago
James Scott
Pat McKee
Ina
Glenard McKee
Claire Latta
Marvin Eugene Donoho
Texico
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Karen Sue
Norman Malone J
Dahlgren
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Gene Arnold
RFD 2
Ashley
Michael Robin
Chicago OKs Campus Site for University of Illinois
The Chicago City Council approved the Harrison Halsted site 41 to 3 for a University of Illinois campus amid jeers. Residents led by Florence Scala vow to appeal to the State Housing Board and urban renewal officials. About 200 students cheered Navy Pier relocation. Hull House demolition was debated.
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Chicago
Harrison-Halsted
University of Ilinois
Florence Scala
State Housing Board
Washington
Richard J. Daley
Alldermen
University
Navy Pier
Hull House
Jane Addams
Garfield Park
Hospital Notes Hospital census items and discharges noted
Jefferson Memorial admitted Edgar Walter and listed discharges including Mrs Lova James of McLeansboro Good Samaritan admitted several patients and discharged multiple individuals including a newborn and families with last names Miller Walker Robertson and Catton
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Jefferson Memorial
Edgar Walter Overturf
Jacquelyn Joyce Donoho
Texaco
Melvin Joe Stube
Lova Beulah James
McLeansboro
Good Samaritan
Carol Louise Malone
Pauline Kent
Sarah Edith Smith
Pauline Cope
Logan Tolley
Marjorie Miller
Lisa Jean
Ola Jean Walker
Dennis Gilbert
Paul Etheridge
Harry Hayworth Connoway
Marvin Gale Robertson
Eula Faye Catton
Suitable Reward for 100 Days Safe at Buffalo Plant
Buffalo plant workers who complete 100 days without an accident receive a reward from the safety manager consisting of first aid kits. The program aims to promote workplace safety and recognize consistent safety performance among staff.
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Buffalo, N
Kerner proposes large rise in Illinois corporate tax
Gov Otto Kerner unveils a plan to lift Illinois corporation tax from 5 million to 60 million per biennium and raise the franchise tax rate from 1 20 of 1 percent to 3 20. The bill sets a maximum annual franchise tax of 200 000 for most firms and 350 000 for public utilities, with a minimum of 50. It aims to add 378 million in revenue and applies to domestic and foreign corporations. The measure is sponsored by Democratic leaders.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Ilinois
House
Samoa Votes for Independence in Western Samoa
Western Samoa, a United Nations trust territory administered by New Zealand, voted for independence with 26 766 yes and 4 666 no. Prime Minister Keith Holyoake announced the result, marking a new chapter in South Pacific history as Western Samoa becomes the first fully independent Polynesian state.
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Auckland
New Zealand
United Nations Trust
Western Samoa
Foreign Ministry
Keith Holyoake
Bigamy case grants divorce amid living-wife claim
Carlas Earlene Sinclair Way sought a divorce from Fred S Sinclair also known as Fredy Sethe. The court granted custody of a minor child and declared the husband had a living wife at the time of their July 17 marriage in Carm. He faces a bigamy charge in the county.
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Carlas Earlene Sinclair
Fred Sinclair
Fredy Sethe Olintiffe
Centrana
Big Bombers Seen In County In Training
Residents in the Divide area of northeastern Jefferson county reported B 52 bombers of the Strategic Air Command flying low and high level missions. The craft were seen at about 1 000 feet and the route extended toward Salem and Wayne City while simulated targets were attacked in Indiana and Illinois starting May 1.
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Divide
Jefferson County
Strategic Airy Command
Indiana
Illinois
Salem
Wayne City
Paul Crowe
Big Whiskey Heist At Silver Streak Tavern
Thieves struck the Silver Streak tavern last weekend stealing 23 bottles of liquor four beer cases and about 350 out of a cigarette machine. Police learned of the break in after a recheck by owner Luke Spurlock revealed the losses.
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Silver Streak
Luke Spurlock
NASA to test X15 speed record next week
Edwards Air Force Base Calif AP says a test pilot will attempt a new speed record with the X15 rocket plane next week.
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Edwards Air Force” Base
Calif
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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