Deaths Elza E Kern 68 Whitington miner
Elza E Kern 68 died at home in Whitington at 3 30 a m today. He was a retired miner. Funeral services 2 00 p m Sunday at the Baptist church Whittington with Revs W R Burton and James Kerley officiating. Burial in Kirk cemetery at Inn. Body lies in state at Johnston Funeral Home Whittington after 4 00 p m today. Born July 6 1893 in Mr Vernon son of George and Theola Simmons Kern. Survived by wife Mamie Clinton a son Darrell Kern Benton a daughter Eileen Shaw Whittington three brothers John L Kern Benton Walter Kern Texico Alfred Kern Paw Paw a sister Oma Green Mt Vernon and two grandchildren. Member Oak Hill United Brethren church.
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Elza E. Kern
Whittington
Mr. Kern
Baptist Church
W. R. Burton
James Kerley
Uriat
Kirk Cemetery
Inn
Johnston Funeral
Oma Green
Mt. Vernon
Ivan Robison Dies In Missouri Funeral Planned
Ivan Robison 65 of East Prairie Missouri died at 7 30 am today in a Sikes ton hospital He was a former Mt Vernon resident He was born February 7 1899 in Benton son of Thomas and Lillie Robison He married Beatrice Allen who survives He leaves six daughters Dorothy Pemp herton Vivian Flora Mildred Trout Maxine Scarber Carolyn Naile Thelma Edgeman a brother James Robison two sisters Lena Raye Nona Malcum and 12 grandchildren
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Ivan Robison
East Prairie
Sikeston
Mt. Vernon
Robison
Benton
Thomas
Lillie Robison
Beatrice Allen
Dorothy Pempherton
Vivian Flora
Mildred Trout
Mt. Ernon
Maxine Scarber
Laclede
Carolyn Naile
Bertrand, Mo
Thelma Edgeman
Dugway
Utah
James Robison
Lena Raye
Neeleyville
Nona Malcum
Mtt. Vernon
Oscar Williams of Bonnie Dies
Oscar Williams of Route 1 Bonnie died at 9 00 a m today at his home. Funeral arrangements are in complete. The body has been taken to Ina Funeral Home.
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Oscar Williams
Route 1
Bonnie
Ina
Graveside Rites For Dagg Infant In Whiting Indiana
Infants graveside service was held at the Lesser cemetery for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Verl Dean Dagg of Whiting Indiana formerly Mr Vernon residents The child was born dead May 9 in a Whiting hospital Mrs Dagg is the former Marilyn Sue Lingo Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Gerald Davy of Mrs Vernon and Mrs Dollie Lingo of Chicago
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Verl Dean Dagg
Whiting
Ind
Vernon
Dagg
Marilyn Sue Lingo
Gerald Davy
Dollie Lingo
Chicago
Clear Way For Parks Airport In Cahokia Illinois
Cahokia village board dropped its petition to void a state permit for Parks Airport. Judge Fleming approved an agreement with the Southwest Civic Memorial Airport Association to lease eight acres to the village for a park and playground at one dollar a year and cover up to 2500 dollars of court costs. Trustees opposed the airport over hazards to residents and homes.
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Cahokia, MI
Cahokia
Joseph, E. Fleming
Belleville
Southwest Civic Memorial Airport Association
Tllinovis Department of Aeronautics
Southwest
Inusi St Louis
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admission and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan for several patients including Benny Lee Jones Lula Edwards John W Green May Marshall Fred Bruner Gilbert Lee Smith Charle William Simpson Carth Wesles Gaylor Cuarta Madeline Wood Donald Lee Brannon Beverly Ann Corman Mary Ruth Garrison Discharges include Fred Andrew Halland Arlene May Hicks Thomas Edward Sammons Opal Lorene Rapp Flossie Stewart Frank Ramsey Clarence DeWitt Madge Lorene Downs Davey Jones Warren Edwin Moore Colleen Phillips Sarah Edna Smith
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Jefferson Memorial
Baby Benny Lee Jones
Lula Edwards
Good Samaritan
John W. Green
May Marshall
Fred Bruner
Gilbert Lee Smith
Charle
William Simpson
Carth Wesles Gaylor
Cuarta Madeline Wood
Donald Lee Brannon
Beverly Ann Corman
Mary Ruth Garrison
Fred Andrew Halland
Arlene May Hicks
Thomas Edward Sammons
Opal Lorene Rapp
Flossie Stewart
Frank Ramsey
Clarence C. DeWitt
Madge
Births in Mt Vernon and Woodlawn at Good Samaritan
Mr and Mrs Fred Murl Wells of Perkins have a son born at 654 this morning weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces. Mr and Mrs Tommy Fields of RFD 4 Mt Vernon have a daughter born at 2121 last night weighing 8 pounds. Mr and Mrs James H Fields of 227 South 15th have a son born yesterday afternoon weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces. Mr and Mrs Norman Kehrer of Woodlawn have a son born yesterday morning weighing 8 pounds 16 ounces.
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Fred Murl Wells
000 Perkins
Good Samaritan Hospital
Tommy Fields
RFD
Mt. Vernon
James H. Fields
South 15Th
Norman Kehrer
Woodlawn
Farm Bill Approved By Committee
The House Agriculture Committee approved the administration’s bio farm bill 18 to 17 after four weeks of work. Chairman Harold D. Cooley led the panel in passing the measure, with amendments allowed and key provisions on wheat and feed grains, mandatory acreage cuts, and a dairy section toned down to a voluntary program. A new section authorizes the agriculture secretary to promote conservation and public recreation on retired croplands.
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Geoffrey Gould Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Kennedy
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
Cooley
Conley
Codley
Secretary of Agriculture
Moores Prairie Pendleton Lead Cancer Crusade Effort
Mrs. Walter Reid announced Moore's Prairie and Pendleton townships have raised 135.95 for the American Cancer Society. Contributions came from door-to-door canvassing in Belle Rive and Opdyke, organization and business donations, and a bake sale. The crusade was chaired by Lena Cross with assistants Hottenson Hampston Baker Langford and Kiefer.
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Walter Reid
Jefferson County
Gene Hampston
Gladys Baker
Mary Langford
Lena ‘Kiefer
Girl Injured In Auto Crash South Of Mt. Vernon
Beverly Ann Cannon, 17, of Route 4 Mt. Vernon was injured in a single vehicle crash at 9 15 this morning on state route 37 south of Mt. Vernon near the State game farm road. She was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital with non serious injuries, state police reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Ann Cannon
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Seven Fire Alarms Reported In Mt Vernon Area
Mt Vernon and rural firemen responded to seven alarms Thursday and Friday with two serious blazes. Rural crews controlled grass fires on Route 3 and at Roy Prinnell Auto Salvage yard. City units handled five alarms including rubbish fires a minor car fire and a soda machine topple causing an electrical spark at a pas station.
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Mt. Vernon
Route 3
Roy Prinnell Auto Salvage
Pas
Runaway Girls Picked Up Here
Three teenage girls aged 14 and 13 who ran away from West Frankfort were picked up here and turned over to relatives. Authorities said they were trying to hitchhike to Missouri.
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West Frankforts
Wees
Missouri
Severe 85 Mile An Hour Winds Strike Mattoon Area
Weather report shows 85 mph winds hitting Mattoon with heavy rainfall in spots. Quincy's rainfall measured a 0.25 inch surge during a four hour span as clouds lingered across northern Illinois. Temperatures rose to the 70s with night readings in the 30s to 60s and hail reported in Anna. Lightning damaged a wall in Effingham but caused no injuries.
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Simtelf
Quincy
Beloit
Cairo
Rockford
Belleside
Fockford
Bellesille
Moline
Peoria
Rantoul
Springfield
Vandalia
Pontiac
Mount Vernon
Illnois
Anna
West Frankfort
Benton
Jonesboro
Litchfield
Local Live Stock Market Prices Edge Higher
Prices paid on the local live stock market rose 25e today. Hogs at 190 to 220 pounds brought 15.50, while sows weighed 300 pounds and over traded at 12.75. Prices for lighter sows and other weights ranged from 8.25 to 9.25.
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon reports commodity quotes with Wheat at 1.99 dollars a bushel Soybeans at 2.39 dollars and Corn at 1.0 dollar per bushel for this afternoon market activity.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices Report At National Stockyards Illinois
National Stockyards Illinois livestock market report shows hogs trading from 11.00 to 16.50 per cwt across several grades and weights. Cattle calves and veal prices listed, with utility cows 15.75-17.00 and vealers 25.00-30.00, high as 31.00 for top quality. Sheep market includes shorn lambs at 18.00 per cwt and mixed lots around 17.00-18.00.
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APJ
USDA
Chicago Produce Butter Prices Steady at Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter wholesale prices holding steady with minor grade differentials. Scores range AA 93 at 574, A 92 at 574, B 9 at 55 percent, C 89 at 534. market mix includes whites and mediums around mid-20s percent. Prices for various grades show little change as buyers remain cautious.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and Poultry Prices In St Louis Market
St Louis reports a mixed list of egg consumer grades and poultry prices with figures for large medium small sizes and wholesale standards. The bulletin includes hens heavy and light weights, broilers and fryers, and unspecified categories.
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ST. Louis
Grain market notes for Chicago prices and grades
Chicago grain report lists corn values No 2 yellow 1.1516 No 3 yellow 1.10 to 1.514 No 4 yellow 1.135 to 1.15. Wheat soybean none. Oil 94hn. Barley chosen range 1.35 to 1.55. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 76 to 76.14. Soybean meal not specified.
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Chicago
Wall Street Erases Early Rally In Active Trading
New York AP stock market slipped after an initial rally, with a 4 million share day volume. Major names like AT&T Ford and International Nickel showed losses while Polaroid tumbled despite an early gain. Xerox and Texas Utilities fell a couple points. Bond markets were mixed as trading remained uneven.
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New York
At&t
Ford
International
Polaroid
du Pont
Xerox
Texas Utilities
TBM
General Motors
Standard Oil
New Jersey
U.S. Steel
U.S
Jefferson County Historical Society Seeks Exhibits
The museum committee asks for exhibits to be placed on display at the city hall. Loans and gifts are accepted. Those with items of historical interest should contact Ed B. Moss, chairman, at 214 N 12th. Selected items will be displayed in locked wall cases in the city hall council chamber.
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Jefferson County Histories Society
City Hall
Ed B. Moss
Earthquakes Hit Mexico City and Coastal Areas
Tremors struck Mexico City Cuernavaca and Acapulco at 8:15 am causing hospitalizations from falling ceilings and walls in Mexico City. No immediate injuries reported in Acapulco or Cuernavaca. At the Huston Continental Hotel guests rushed outside in pajamas as plaster cracked in rooms.
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Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Pacific Coast
Acapulco
Huston Continental
Daffy trip ends with Texan tale of wrong plane
CORPUS CHRISTI AP reports Charlie Wood 65 and his wife Marie traveled 14,000 miles after boarding the wrong Pan American jet in New York. They ended back in New York the next day after touring London Texas, visiting Marie’s sister Kitty Carassis. Pan American covered the flight home.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
London
Charlie Wood
Atlantic
Columbus
Charlie
Ford
Dagenham
England
Kitty Carassis
New York
United States
the Woods
Southampton
Idlewild
Marie Wood
Pan American
Carassis
St Louis Asks Uncle Sam To Analyze Stink
St Louis Air Pollution Chief James H. Carter says the city asked the U S Public Health Service to analyze air for poisons pollution and odors. The south city area suffers eye stinging smells when east winds blow from the industrial district south of East St Louis across the Mississippi River. Officials say the request aims for a comprehensive study of all known air pollution ramification including effects on humans animals and plants.
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ST. Louis
James H. Carter
Carter
U.S. Public Health Service
East St. Louis
Mississippi River
Thinois
Fast St. Louis
Linda Chirk Files For Divorce Here
Linda Chirk filed suit for divorce against Jerry Ray Chirk in circuit court here charging desertion. She seeks restoration of her maiden name McDonald. The couple married December 3, 1960 and separated December 22, 1960.
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Linda Chirk
Jerry Ray Chirk
McDonald
Hunger strike crackdown at Lisbon University sparks arrests
In Lisbon 87 student hunger strikers and over 900 sympathizers were detained as police moved into the University of Lisbon at dawn. Demonstrators vow to continue their fast until Premier Salazar’s regime yields, with classes boycotted by nearly 5,000 students. The action followed days of protests over government interference in university affairs and earlier banning of World Student Day celebrations.
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Lisbon
Portugal
University of Lisbon
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Student Association
Coimbra
Goncalves Rodriguez
University
Lopes de Ameida
Eighth Pacific Bomb Fired In Nuclear Test Series
The United States detonated its eighth atmospheric nuclear device in the Pacific test series. Dropped from a plane, the explosion yielded between 20 000 and one million tons of TNT, near Christmas Island, as announced by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Christmas Island
Urge Programs In Illinois For Gifted Students
Mt. Vernon and Jefferson county were represented at a meeting of 250 southern Illinois educators at Carbondale yester day at a governor's conference on development of talents of all Illinois youth. In attendance from this county were J. L. Buford, Harold Hathaway, Margaret Ann Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lambert and Rev. Donald L. Lowe. A $7 million program was outlined by which the Illinois legislature could provide a two year program for aiding school districts to discover and provide for the education of gifted children. The meeting was held at Southern Illinois University.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
J. L. Buford
Harold Hathaway
Margaret Ann Cummings
Isaac Lambert
Donald L. Lowe
Tlinois
Southern Illinois University
Eichmann Still Not Repentant Said by Minister in Jerusalem
Rev William L Hunt a Canadian living in Jerusalem says Adolf Eichmann has not repented despite regular visits. Hunt reports Eichmann in good health as he awaits the outcome of his death sentence appeal for his role in World War II Nazi atrocities.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
William L. Hunt
Hull
Weather Summary Report for Thursday to Friday
Detailed weather report notes Thursday high 86 low 62 with rainfall from 7 00 a m Thursday to 7 00 a m Friday. Rainfall total to date 15 41 inches. Year ago high 76 low 58. Five years ago high 76 low 58. Saturday sunrise 4 48 sunset 7 05 CST.
Weather outlook for Northern Illinois and Southern Trinolis
Northern Illinois faces average temperatures 48 degrees above normal with highs 66 to 78 and lows 46 to 50. Expect a cool weekend and a warm start next week with half to three quarters inch of precipitation from showers or thundershowers most days. Southern Trinolis shows 10 to 15 degrees above normals, highs 72 to 78, lows 50 to 60, with one quarter to three quarters inch of rain in frequent showers.
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Illinois
Trinolis
Two Mt Vernon Crashes Cause Over $300 In Damage
No injuries reported in two separate Mount Vernon street accidents. Buddy Allen 17 and Harry Culli collided on Rockaway near the C I tower, Allen exceeding $100 damage and Culli about $30. Allen cited for following too close. A second collision at 11th and Jordan between Edna Dirschauer and Howard Pepple caused about $100 damage to Pepple and around $350 to Dirschauer’s car. Pepple cited for leaving curb without due caution.
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Mt. Vernon
Buddy E. Allen
Route 1
Bonnie
Harry S. Culli
Rockaway Street
Allen
Culli
11Th and
Jordan
Edna C. Dirschauer
Woodlawn
Howard E. Pepple
Bruford
Pepple
Abc
Private bidders offer 2.1 million for Ellis Island
The Damon-Doudt Corp. offered two million one hundred thousand dollars for Ellis Island to the General Services Administration in New York, aiming to create a dream city on the historic site. The bid was presented Thursday to federal officials.
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New York
Ellis Island
Damon-Doudt Corp
Federal General Services Administration
Mother's Day Concert At High School Sunday
R L Hendrickson announces eight vacancies on Red Cross local chapter board to be filled May 2 at Presbyterian church. Nominees include Sen. Paul Broyles, Dr. Jean Modert, James Dixon, Earl Mannen, John Echols, W.B. Porter, Byron Vance, and Harold Dycus. Final winter spring concert at Mt Vernon High May 18 at 2:00 p.m. honors mothers. Cadet Band and Voice I Choir perform with pieces like Land of Hope and Glory. Admission free.
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R. L. Hendrickson
Red Cross
Presbyterian Church
Harold Dycus
Paul Broyles
Jean Modert
James Dixon
Earl Mannen
John Echols
W.B. Porter
Byron Vance
Hendrickson
Jim Dixon
Mt. Vernon High School
Musiic Department
Gene Moore
W. H. Beckmeyer
Land of Hope and Glory
Siu
Duke Ellington
Art Laird Elected Trustee Of Elks District
Art Laird Exalted Ruler of the Mt. Vernon Elks Lodge has been elected trustee of the south district of the Illinois Elks Association. He will serve on the executive committee of 17 lodges and on the association board of trustees for a two year term, named at the district spring meeting in Metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Laird
Mt. Vernon
Reds hush up rail disaster in Moscow crash
The Soviet Union marked national railway day amid a train wreck officials attempted to hush. Police said nothing at first, then confirmed fatalities as two crowded commuter trains collided, with the area cordoned off and investigators beginning inquiries.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Central
Schoolgirl 15 Kills Boy 17 in Iowa
In Cedar Rapids a 15 year old Prairie High freshman Romayne Schoenfeld admitted shooting her 17 year old boyfriend Bill Furnish in an upstairs hallway of her home after a quarrel over dating another youth. Police booked her on suspicion of murder.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
George Matias
Romaine Schoenfeld
Prairie High School
Bill Furnish
Furnish
Aid Offered Here To Birth Defect Patients By Nat's Foundation
Jefferson county chapter of the National Foundation announces a new patient aid program for children with birth defects and juvenile arthritis. Previously limited to polio aid, the chapter now funds hospital bills for hydrocephalus open spine club foot and other birth defects plus juvenile arthritis, backed by March of Dimes funds. Contact chapter officers to apply for aid and support ongoing research to eliminate these diseases.
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Jefferson County
The
National Foundation
Ronald Polston
United States
Mr. Poleston
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