Deaths Mrs Jennie Verne Jones 1887 195? Jefferson County
Mrs Jennie Verne Jones 74 died today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Born February 6 1887 in Jefferson county she was married to Jacob Olen Jones who died May 25 1959. Survived by three daughters Helen Grimes Frances Johnson Juanita Turmer four sons Walter Loren Roben Charles eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She was a member of the Second Baptist church. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Body taken to Myers Chapel.
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Jennie Verne Jones
Lamar
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Myers Chapel
Jones
Jefferson County
Jacob Olen Jones
Helen Grimes
Louis
Frances Johnson
Teecatur
Juanita Turmer
Mt. Vernon
Walter O. Jones
Loren W. Jones
Roben D. Jones
Nokomis, Til
Charles H. Jones
Quincey
Wash
Alice Poorman of Woodlawn Dies at 64
Alice Poorman 64 of Woodlawn died at 640 am today at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral 2:00 pm Sunday at Myers Chapel with Rev Liareld Williamson officiating. Burial in Memorial Gardens. Lying in state after 4:00 pm Saturday. Born Jan 27, 1897 in Eaton Lil, daughter of James Thomas Williams. Survived by husband Edgar Poorman, son Harold Gene Poorman, brothers Edgar Williams and Rey Williams. Preceded in death by daughter Helen Gilmore. Member of Woodlawn Christian Church.
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Alice Poorman
Woodlawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Liareld Williamson
Memorial Gardens
Poorman
Eaton, Lil
James Thomas
Annual Meeting Of Red Cross In Mt. V. Monday
Jefferson county chapter of the Red Cross will hold its annual meeting Monday at 6 39 PM in the First Presbyterian church Mt V. A disaster meal will be served by Red Cross canteen workers for a nominal cost. Directors will be elected during the business session and the public is invited to attend.
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Jefferson County
Break-In Try At Doctor's Park
Thieves attempted to break into the Doctor's Park building in west Mt. Vernon last night. Police arriving this morning reported significant door damage but no entry into the structure.
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Doctor's Park
West Mt. Vernon
Kerner Targets Republicans In State Voice On 1960 Race
Governor Kerner attacked Republicans while campaigning that spring, saying Daley leads the party and he would decide next spring. He opposed bills to legalize dog racing and to form a state crime commission, arguing criminal prosecutions are local unless local breakdowns occur. He favored a $1 million Rend Lake land purchase and a bill banning interstate billboards.
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Horse Powell
U.S
Daley
Kerner
Jil
Rend Lake
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted List
Jefferson Memorial admits Mrs Helen Boster Randall McKinley Smith Nancy Lee Ferguson Mrs Alpha Marie Rector. Good Samaritan admits Mary Magdalene Compton. Discharges include Rubs Fern Cope Mrs Linda Hutchens and baby Michael Irwin Alva Fenton Ver Rim an Harvey Deishi Aime Pear Dalby Robert Schultz.
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Jefferson Memorial
Helen Boster
Randall McKinley Smith
Nancy Lee Ferguson
Alpha Marie Rector
Good Samaritan
Mary Magdalene Compton
Rubs Fern Cope
Linda Hutchens
Michael Irwin
Alva Fenton Verriman
Harvey Deishi
Aime Pear
Dalby
Robert Schultz
Birth Announcement for Duisroee Family Daughter
Mr and Mrs Calvin Duisroee welcomed a daughter born at 12 43 this morning at Goor Samaritan hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds eleven ounces and the birth occurred at 1007 Herbert.
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Calvin Duisroee
Herbert
Goor Samaritan Hospital
Weather map report from Associated Press nationwide list
A detailed weather table lists high and low temperatures across U S cities with conditions. Locations include Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Boston Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Fort Worth Helena Honolulu Indianapolis Juneau Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Maine Portland Oregon Rapid City Richmond St Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington and notes traces in parentheses.
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Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Five day forecast for Northern and Southern Illinois
Northern Illinois will average highs 68 to 72 and lows 47 to 51 with a warm Saturday and a cooler Sunday or Monday. Precipitation 0.25 to 1 inch in showers or thunderstorms Sunday or Monday and again Tuesday or Wednesday. Southern Illinois near normal highs 71 to 75 and lows 49 to 53 with no major changes. Rainfall moderate in the north and light in the south with a few showers Saturday and scattered showers Monday and Tuesday. Precipitation totals 0.25 to 0.75 inch in the north and under 0.25 inch in the south.
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Illinois
White Clover Day Planned in Mt Vernon
Tomorrow will be White Clover Day in Mt. Vernon with members of the Turner Boehm Post Amvets and its auxiliary selling the flowers downtown. Proceeds support veterans benefit work for the coming year. The event was postponed from last Saturday due to bad weather.
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Mt. Vernon
Turner Boehm Post
Amvets
Nixon limps into Pebble Beach golf invitational
Richard M. Nixon, arriving in San Francisco, joked his foot asleep on the plane was the cause of his limp as reporters questioned him. He heads to Pebble Beach for his first golf tournament, paired with Charles de Young Thieriot, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, and carries an 18 handicap.
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San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
Pebble Beach
Charles de Young Thieriot
San Francisco Chronicle
U S Aid Plan to Bolster South Vietnam Forces
President Johnson outlined a US plan to aid South Vietnam by expanding regular forces by about 2,000, boosting the 150,900 total, arming and training 30,000 village militiamen, and raising the military advisory group from 690 to 1,630. Ranger units and counter guerrilla experts would be added as part of the effort. Johnson spoke to the assembly, expressing growing faith in local strength, as he arrived on a tour assessing the Communist threat in Asia.
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U.S
United States
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Asia
Rivers Cresting at Record High Across Basin
Continued from page one, officials planned to discuss the situation with Army Engineers. A key issue is water trapped behind levees failing to drain back into the Ohio and Mississippi rivers as floods crest.
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Army
Ohio
Mississippi
Mt Vernon library board and city council meet informally
The Mt Vernon Public Library and city council held a joint informal meeting at the L and N Cafe. Leo Heffington was re elected president Demetri Hassakis named vice president and Mrs W H Webb secretary. Librarian Mildred Metcalf reported library growth over 15 years nearing 10 000 monthly circulation and 20 000 volumes target.
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Leo Heffington
Mt. Vernon Public Library Board
Demetri Hassakis
W. H. Webb
Alvin Lacy Williams
Ted Glass
Mildred Metcalf
Arnold de Witt
Webb
Leland Hutson
Hussakis
Me. Heftington
Glenn Hawking
James P. Burke
Mary Jane Studio
Mt. Vernon Public Library
Ivan Cox
Leone Threlkeld
Jewel Fuller
Helen Turner
Jefferson Memorial Hospital reviews services in past year
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital reflects on National Hospital Week and notes its doors have never closed. Administrator Mrs. Etna Stover cites community support, no state or federal funds, and staff roles from physicians to nurses and maintenance. In 1960 the hospital treated 940 patients, performed 243 major surgeries, 119 minor surgeries, 114 obstetrics cases, and 106 live births. The emergency room treated 210 patients. governing board lists Omar Browning as chairman and Ryad Wood as 1st vice chairman.
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Etna Stover
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Omar Browning
Ryad Wood
Bluford
SAR Criticizes Church Council At National Convention
Clearwater Florida National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution adopted a resolution at its final convention session calling National Council of Churches activities a threat to Christianity and an aid to atheistic communism. The SAR cited documented proof of socialism and un-Americanism in church organizations and social action committees and claimed some affiliated church spokesmen typify radical positions opposed by most members.
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Clearwater, Fla
National Council of Churches
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
SAR
National Council
Firemen Respond to South Sixth Home Fire
Firemen were called at 6:40 am to the home of DeHa Justice, 30 South Sixth Street, where a motor in a furnace blower burned out. Damage was confined to the motor. Separately, during the 1960 fiscal year Minnesota led the nation in duck stamp purchases.
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DeHa Justice
Sixth Street
Cuban diplomats defect from Castro regime in Mexico City
Antonio R. Montane and Gilda Portela de Montane, a second secretary and consul general, quit the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City and sought asylum. They alleged Communist activity and propaganda at the embassy and cited Castro's anti church campaign and impacts on Cuban children as the final reasons for their defection.
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Mexico City
Fidel Castro
Antonio R. Montane
Gilda Portela de Montane
Mexico
Montane
Montanes
Latin America
Castro
Cuba
Mandian Indians Link Aurora to Prisoner Boiling
A claim from Mandian Indians ties the aurora borealis to the boiling of prisoners by medicine men and warriors of northern nations. The report presents the belief as a cultural myth without verification.
April rainfall and chill sweep Mt Vernon and county
April in Mt Vernon and Jefferson County was cool and wet as rainfall reached 4.61 inches in 30 days, above the 3.98 inch long term average. The month averaged 51.2 degrees, with a 24 degree low on the 2nd and peaks of 80 on the 24th and 25th. Nearby towns recorded varied totals from 3.49 inches in McLeansboro to 4.74 in Carbondale and other readings show 4.46 Anna, 4.67 Harrisburg, 4.12 Marion.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Laboratory of
Southern Illinois University
Illlinois
McLeansboro
Anna
Carbondale
Chester
du Quoin
Harrisburg
Marion
Plants Rebuild Island Life After Krakatau Eruption
Plants showed remarkable windborne travel after Krakatau erupted in 1883. The explosion killed all life on the Indonesian island, yet within ten years the barren isle recovered vegetation and edged toward a new green cover.
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Krakatau
East St. Louis Judge to help in Cook County election trial
City Judge John M. Karns of East St. Louis will oversee 662 Cook County contempt of court cases from the November 8 election with assistance from other judges. He initially withdrew but returned after Cook County Judge Thaddeus Adesko secured help. Adjacent judges William Sunderman and Richard Scholz were asked to assist.
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Chicago
John M. Karns
East St. Louis
Cook County
Karns
Thaddeus Adesko
Morris Wexler
Wexler
Adesko
Karn
Coles County
William Sunderman
Charleston
Richard F.i Scholz
Quincy
Otto Kerner
Carpenter fakes credit rating to fund lavish purchases
Attilio Santoro, 47, of Shoreham, Long Island, created a phony credit letter for 687,988 to order two world trips for his family, six luxury cars, and two boats totaling about 120,000. He sought loans totaling 475,000, then pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.Authorities say no funds were obtained.
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Patchogue
N.Y
Long Island
Suffolk County Federal Savings & Loan Association
Attilio Santoro
Shoreham
Merapi eruption kills ten in Java quake reports
Indonesian authorities report ten deaths from the Merapi volcano eruption as 30,000 villagers fled steaming lava areas and widespread damage. Officials warn casualties may rise as rescue efforts continue.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Merapi
Tava
Youths Steal Car And Strands Aged Woman
An 80 year old California woman, Olive C Williams, was deserted by three male companions after leaving California in a trailer. A farmer saw three men park the car near Salem, Kansas, and later find belongings including 300 dollars in traveler’s checks. Police traced the trio to Bucklin, Kansas where the woman was located.
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Salem
Bucklin
Kan
Marion
Sherif J. D. Lacey
Olive C. Williams
Yucaipa
Calif
Kansas
California
Local live stock market prices overview today
Prices on the local market were up by 150. The top hog price was 16.65 for 190 to 220 pounds. Lows included 14.75 for 300 weight. boars ranged from 10.50 to 11.50.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon grain prices listed this afternoon show Wheat at 1.68 dollars per bushel Soybeans at 3.02 and Corn at 1.02 dollars per bushel.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Report
National Stockyards market summary shows hogs 9 500 head mix of U S 1 2 barrows and gilts 180 230 lb most 17 00 17 35 per cwt with several lots near 220 210 lb at 17 40 17 50. Cattle and calves scarce with steady slaughter cows and vealers strong 25 30 per cwt. 22 50 for mixed slaughter steers and heifers. Sheep 700 head with lambs and pelts trading around 12 00 to 19 50 per cwt, light offerings.
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USDA
U.S
Chicago Poultry Prices Reported With No Prices
Chicago AP USDA live poultry prices not reported due to insufficient receipts. No price data available for today as supplies were inadequate.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Produce Trade Signals Mixed Butter and Cheese
Chicago Mercantile Exchange report shows butter prices steady with wholesale buying prices largely unchanged. Grades AA 93, A 92, C 89 with various percentages. eggs unsettled and wholesale buying prices down up to 1 cent. Grade A whites strong, mixed and medium categories around 31 and 29 percent, standards 31, dirties 28 with checks noted.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Eggs and live poultry prices unchanged
An Associated Press brief notes that prices for eggs and live poultry remain unchanged from May. Limited readable text emphasizes steady market quotes with no immediate shifts indicated.
Cash Grain report from CHICAGO shows limited sales
AP listing notes no wheat oats or soybeans sold in Chicago cash grain. Corn No 3 priced at 1.11 per unit, sample grade barley offered with bids 1.10 to 1.11 and 1.20 for feed barley 93 to 1.00.
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Chicago
Wall Street Ends Mixed As Volume Dips Slightly
Wall Street in New York closed irregularly as volume around 5.0 million shares. Gains and losses were narrow with several gains exceeding 2 points by Texas Instruments American Machine Foundry and CertainTeed. Chickasha Cotton Oil Raytheon rose, Avnet Electronics fell, and rails and utilities showed mixed or slight moves with bonds rising.
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New York
Texas Instruments
American Machine & Foundry
CertainTeed
Chickasha Cotton Oil
Raytigon
Avnet Electronics
Standard Kortsman
Phelps Dodge
Eastern’ Air Lines
United Air Lines
Industrialists Meet in Mt Vernon to Seek Gov Contracts
Industrialists from seven southern Illinois towns gathered in Mt Vernon to pool information and resources for pursuing government manufacturing contracts. Fifteen plants were represented at the Security Bank session hosted by the Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce and Industry with consultant Bernie Schulman outlining contract possibilities. The group plans another Mt Vernon meeting in two to three weeks and the chamber will act as a clearing house for contract information.
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Southern Illinois
Mt. Vernon
The
Security Bank
It. Vernon Chamber of Commerce Land Industry
Bernie Schulman
Chicago
Dustry
Mt.Vernon
Pinckneyville
Herrin
Censtralia
Carmi
McLeansboro
Fairfield
Local VFW Post Honored At District Meeting
Vernois Post No. 1376 VFW and its ladies auxiliary were honored at the thirteenth Illinois district meeting in Flora. Commander Milton A. Burns named district chaplain, auxiliary praised for 100 percent February 1, 1961, membership. Memorial services for deceased members cited. Mt. Vernon attendees listed.
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Vernois
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Illinois
Flora
Milton A. Burns
Vernons Post
Post 3999
Dept. Jr
Harold W. Hill
Kewanee
Dept
Richard Depper
Vernois Post
Orlie Rutherford
Russell F. Kamper
Leon Naldoski
Frank Kleina
Anna Ward
Mt. Vernon
Comdr. Burns
Vickie Hicks
Jesse Brummett
Billy May
Barney Jackson
Plan Skyscrapers On Chicago Campus
University of Illinois planners propose a compact urban Chicago campus with three 15 to 20 story high rise buildings and stacked parking garages for thousands. Skidmore Owings Merrill to draft a plan for trustees within months as city and state approvals proceed.
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Chicago
University of Illinois
University
Near West Side
Harrison-Halstedge
U of I
Champaign-Urbana
Charles S. Havens
Thursay
Havens
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of
Harrison-Halsted J
State Housing Board
Alton electricians pass up 17 cent wage rise
ALTON Ill RP An information local 649 of the international brotherhood of electrical workers voted to pass up a 17 cent hourly wage increase that had been approved last year to take effect Aug 1 The 130 member Local 649 said the move aimed to hold the line on increases and aid efforts to attract new construction The current wage rate is 423 an hour.
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Alton, Ill
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Alton
William F. Parker
Orient Express Ends Service to Budapest and Bucharest
The famed Orient Express has discontinued service to Budapest and Bucharest citing weak demand. The move ends these routes as operators refocus on core connections and higher-demand corridors.
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Orient Express
Budapest
Bucharest
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Jennie V. Jones
Helen Gilmore
Woodlawn Christian Church
Red Cross
Mt. V
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Jefferson Lodge No
Opdyke
Homer Mamer
Ellinofs
Nixon
S. Viet Nam
Jidpady
Library Board
Lbrarian
R. N
Hospital
Church Council
Minnesota
Union
E. St. L
Strana
Hogs
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
Mt.v
Gav‘t
VFW
Tee Urorne
Haveli
General Assembly
F.emember
Eer
W. Ashley
Nita Es
Rolmort Colles
Masa Lada
Aa ‘Dubois, Rae
Soom
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