Market and grain prices across Mt Vernon and national exchanges
Mt Vernon quotes show soybeans at 4.87 and corn at 2.63 while wheat stands at 2.99. AP reports St Louis egg prices by grade, Chicago grain bids, and National Stockyards cattle and hog figures with Wednesday receipts. New York stock market gains on optimism, Dow index near 1,007 and broad advances across major issues.
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MT. Vernon
New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Washington
U.S. Steel
Exxon
NCR
Vetco Offshore Industries
Dow Jones
Indus
Reverend Louis Donoho Salem dies at 88 in Salem
Rev Louis Donoho Salem 88 retired General Baptist minister and Givens Chapel Church member died at Salem Memorial Hospital. Born May 28 1888 in Illinois he was the son of John R Donoho and Julie Ann Williamson Donoho. Survived by wife Alice Gillet Brewer one sister Lula Mae McConaughay Centralia and one brother Arthur Donoho Luka. Burial at New Home cemetery with services at Wells Chapel Church. Funeral home arrangements with Osborn Kell after 6 PM Wednesday.
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Louis Austin Donoho
Salem
Salem Memorial Hospital
General Baptist
Givens Chapel
Alma
Wells Chapel
New ‘Home Cemetery
Osborn
Kell
Donoho
Clinois
John R
Julie
Ann (Williamson) Donoho
Orie Fox
Alice Gillet Brewer
Lula
Mae McConaughay
Centralia
Arthur Donoho
Luka
Dennis Walker Belleville Dies At 69 In Belleville
Dennis C Walker 69 of 13 Kadlee St Belleville died at 12 35 pm Monday at Notre Dame Nursing Home Belleville He was a retired truck driver Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Osborn Funeral Home Dix officiated by Rev G E Switzer Burial in Memorial Gardens Mt Vernon Friends may call after 6 pm today He born March 10 1907 at Dix son of J Fred and Mayme Rice Walker Married April 29 1940 Covington Ky to Beulah Linville She survives Also surviving are his wife a son Ricky a daughter Mrs Barbara Oyler six grandchildren a brother James Walker a sister Mrs Jewell Talbott and Mrs Beatrice Carpenter He was preceded by his parents and a son Charles Lynn Walker
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Dennis C. Walker
Kadlee St
Belleville
Notre Dame Nursing Home
Osborn Funeral Home
Dix
G. E. Switzer
Memorial Gardens
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Walker
J. Fred
Mayme
Rice) Walker
Covington
Beulah
Smithton
James Walker
la Vernon
Jewell Talbott
Centralia
Beatrice Carpenter
Las Vegas
Nev
Charles Lynn Walker
Chelcie Little Rosiclare Man Dies At 72 In Rosiclare
Chelcie Little 72 of Rosiclare died at 4 30 am Monday at a Rosiclare hospital. Former night policeman at McLeansboro and coal miner for 22 years. Funeral at 1 pm Wednesday Hosick Funeral Home Rosiclare with Rev Birch Barnard officiating. Burial Floriane Cemetery Rosiclare. Born Oct 11 1903 in New Haven. Survived by wife Carrie two sons Charles David Little Rosiclare Clinton Herbert Little Centralia a daughter Sharon Tolbert Rosiclare two step sons Raymond Johnson serving in the Army and James Summers South Carolina a step daughter Mary East Lansford Pa six wedchildren and a sister Bessie Jackson Park Mo plus many nieces nephews.
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Chelcie
Cecil Little
Rosiclare
McLeansboro
Hosick Funeral Home
Birch Barnard
Floriane
Mr. Little
New Haven
Clinton L. “Fritz
Grace
Dave) Little
Carrie
Charles David
Little
Clinton Herbert Little
Centralia
Charles
Sharon) Tolbert
Raymond Johnson
U.S. Army
James Summers
South Carolina
John
Mary) East
Lansford
Warren Lewis Park Forest Death Notice
Warren Lewis fifty of 192 Dogwood Lane Park Forest died suddenly at his home this morning. Former resident of Mt. Vernon and Bluford areas. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Warren Lewis
Dogwood Lane
Park Forest
Lewis
Mt. Vernon
Bluford
James Murray of Portland Died at 79
James Murray 79 of Portland Ore died Sunday at home. Born September 17 1896 in Missouri. Married April 10 1967 to Della E Ray who survives. East Side Church of Christ Portland. Survived by wife two stepsons Thomas L Ray Mt Vernon Robert E Ray Gresham three stepdaughters 15 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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James Murray
Portland
Ore
Little Chapel of the Chimes
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Murray
Missouri
Della E. Ray
East Side Church of Christ
Thomas L. Ray
Mt. Vernon
Robert E. Ray
Gresham, Ore
Walker Signs Bill Cash Assures Illinois Scholarships
Gov. Daniel Walker signed a bill adding 6.35 million to Illinois college aid for 1975-76, with 3.65 million general revenue and 2.7 million from other accounts, safeguarding aid for more than 92 000 students. The measure passed the House in April and the Senate last week.
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Springield
Ill
Ilinois
Daniel Walker
House
Senate
Walker
Illinois Association of Student Governments
Illinois State Scholarship Commission
Milton A. Curry
Chicago
Curry
Chicago Youth Center
Mervin ‘Shalowitz
Final Plans For Clean-Up Week May 16 22
Jefferson County Chamber committee completes plans for Clean-Up Week with a Sunday church message launch. Students from Casey Junior High will clean Times Square Mall and Park Plaza parking areas and the courthouse grounds Monday morning, then be treated to breakfast hosted by local businessmen. Throughout the week, sanitation crews will collect yard and home debris, with guidelines on container size and bundling. The May 22 waste-paper and debris pickups cap the event across 16 townships, with schools urged to participate and a plaque awarded to top performers.
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Jefferson County
Greater
City Hall
David Flora
Sealtest Dairy
Robert Hawn
Kroger Co
Park Plaza
Daisy May
Eugene Dobbs
Casey Junior High
City Sanitation
Dennis Shirley
Mt. Vernon
Roger Foxall
Webber Township High School
Foxall
Glenn Klein
Jefferson County Comprehensive Services
John Powell
Boy Scouts
Illinois A G files suit over EPA self prosecution plan
Illinois Attorney General William Scott has filed a Circuit Court suit seeking an order to stop the state EPA from prosecuting pollution enforcement cases on its own. Named defendants include EPA Director Richard H. Briceland and deputy director Jeffrey Diver. The action follows EPA plans to prosecute cases before the Pollution Control Board. Briceland criticized Scott’s office for its handling of such matters.
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Springfield, Ill
State
Environmental Protection Agency
Atty
William Scott
Springfield
EPA
Richard H. Briceland
Jeffrey Diver
Pollution Control Board
Briceland
Scott
Linda Shaw Named Mental Health Chair in Belle Rive May Campaign
Linda Shaw was named Mental Health Chair for the May 1976 campaign in Belle Rive, announced Judy Buchanan, president of the Illinois Association for Mental Health. Shaw will recruit volunteers to go house to house during Mental Health Month. The association is a volunteer group promoting public education on mental illness, aiding the mentally ill and families, and advocating for better state funding for community services. It provides free literature on alcoholism, children's mental health, and mood disorders, with contact at Illinois Health, 103 North Fifth St., Room 304, Springfield, 62701.
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Linda Shaw
Belle Rive
Linda’ Shaw
Judy Buchanan
Illinois Association For Mental Health
Mental Health Association
Association
North Fifth St
Springfield
Kathy Allen
Ina
Ilinois Association For Mental Health
Allen
Inn
The
Kathy Allen To Head Ina Mental Health Campaign
Kathy Allen named to lead the Ina mental health campaign announced by Judy Buchanan of the Illinois Association for Mental Health. She will recruit support from Health Month in Ina to aid families affected by mental illness.
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Kathy Allen
Ina Mental Health Campaign
Noted artist Ray George to lecture in Mt Vernon this week
Ray George, renowned printmaker and educator, will lecture at the YMCA on Thursday from 7 to 9 pm and teach at Casey Junior High School on Friday. His artist in residence visit is funded by the Illinois Arts Council and supported by the Mt. Vernon Council for the Arts and Humanities and District 80.
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MT. Vernon
Ray George
Illinois State University
YMCA
Casey Junior High School
George
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
D.C
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
England
Illnois Arts Council
Mt. Vernon Council For the Arts and Humanities
District 80
Eighteen Seniors Complete Rules Of Road Course
Eighteen senior citizens completed the three day Rules Of The Road course at the Sunshine Center last week. Instructors were Margaret Baird and Edd Bennett with Lelan Carr as coordinator. The next session will be June 7 9 and 11 at the Sunshine Center First United Methodist church.
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Sunshine Center
Margaret Baird
Edd Bennett
Lelan Carr
First United Methodist Church
More About James Earl Ray Defenses and Profits Scrutinized
Appeals judges criticized the fee arrangement where lawyers would be paid from publication profits but said the pact did not prove Ray lacked a good defense. The discussion centers on profiteering from the case rather than direct defense quality.
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Ray
County Board approves road contracts and audits
The County Board authorized about 658000 in contracts for road maintenance material with Walker Asphalt Company, Central Petroleum, Smith Trucking, Pitts Quarry, Southern Illinois Asphalt and Charles Weber. It accepted Alfred William Briel accounting firm’s audit and agreed to inventory all county property and equipment. The board rejected the Eads strip mine reclamation plan after EPA objections and resident concerns.
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Walker Asphalt Company
Salem
Central Petroleum
Centralia
Smith Trucking
Benton
Pitts Quarry
Ashley
Southern Illinois Asphalt Company
Mt. Vernon
Charles Weber
Alfred William Briel
Wood
Edison
Eads
Belle Rive
Reclamation Committee
Skinner
State Epa
Belle Rive Area
Webber High Accepts Low Bid for Public Address System
Life safety work at Webber High School proceeds after Southern Illinois Audio submits the lowest bid of 779 dollars for the installation of a public address system.
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Southern Illinois Audio
Stolen Pines at Woodgien Acres Reported
Twelve newly planted pine trees were reported stolen from Woodgien Acres yesterday. Each tree valued at 25 dollars, total loss including planting labor estimated at 275 dollars. Incident noted in San Diego and San Francisco area wires.
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Woodgien Acres
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