Deaths: Rev. Cecil H. Franks of St Joseph Missouri
The Rev. Cecil H. Franks 61 died Monday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital St Joseph. He preached in Mt Vernon with his son Rev James Franks at Logan Street Baptist. Funeral Thursday at Patee Park Baptist St Joseph with Rev James Franks and sons in law Dr Richard Poss and William Bean officiating. Burial at Memorial Park St Joseph. He was born Nov 5 1900 in Sugartree Tennessee and married Susie Jones in 1923. Survived by son James Franks daughters Mary Sue Poss Alma Ruth Gladden Nancy Jo Bean two brothers Earl and Leon Franks three sisters Irene Coble Mabel Green Ruth Jordan ten grandchildren. He was a member of A F and A M Lexige at Falls Church Virginia.
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Cecil H. Franks
Patee Park Baptist Church
St. Joseph
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Franks
Mt Vernon
James Franks
Logan Street Baptist Church
Richard Poss
William Bean
Memorial Park
Heaton-Bowman
South 10Th Street
Winnie Newton Dies At 75 In Herrin Illinois
Winnie Viola Newton aged 75 died at 9 45 am today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending with Pulley Funeral Home. Born June 1886 in Jefferson county she was daughter of Finley and Ada Veatch. She is survived by son H L Newton Ashley two brothers three sisters four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Winnie Viola Newton
South Seventh Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Pulley Funeral Home
Newton
Jefferson County
Finley and
Ada (Adams) Veatch
Howard Newton
H. L. Newton
Ashley
Howard Veatch
Mt. Vernon
Alma McLafferty Dies at 69 in McLeansboro
Alma McLafferty 69 of 306 South Heard Street McLeansboro died at 7 30 pm Monday at Vickers Hospital in McLeansboro Funeral services are 2 00 pm Wednesday at Donelson Funeral Home with Rev Hugh Widick officiating Burial will be in the I O C F cemetery at McLeansboro She was born March 19 1893 daughter of John F and Ellen O Dickerson Woodruff She married Charles W McLafferty in November 1912 who preceded her in death She is survived by one brother Leonard Woodruff of Anna Ill three sisters Bertha Woodruff of McLeansboro Maybelle Empser of Benton and Retta Mills of Omaha She was a member of the First Baptist Church of McLeansboro.
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Alma McelLafferty
Heard Street
McLeansboro
Vickers
Donelson Funeral Home
Hugh Widick
Omaha, Jil
McLafferty
First Baptist Church of
Five Firms Licensed to Issue Larger Loans in Illinois
Five small loan companies received authority to issue larger loans in Illinois despite opposition. Imperial Credit Corp of Chicago, Limerick Finance operating in Southern Illinois, Northern Wingis Corp of DeKalb, Liberty Loan Co with statewide offices, and Arcade Loan Co of Lincoln were approved by state official Joseph F.E. Knight after Circuit Judge Samuel O. Smith refused to block the order. The Independent Small Loan Association of Wlnois challenged the move, arguing it could create a monopoly and that dual operations violate state policy. Knight said permits would be rescinded if the suit wins. prior policy barred co-located loans in one office but allowed dual operations for Household Finance Corp since January.
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Springfield
Joseph FE. Knight
Financial Institutions
Samuel O. Smith
Knight
Imperial Credit Corp
Chicago
Limerick Finance
Southern Illinois
Northern Wingis Corp
DeKalb
Liberty Loan Co
The
Arcade Loan Co
Lincoln
Smith
Independent Small Loan Association
Wlnois
Household
Snance Corp
Local live stock market prices update hogs and sows
Prices paid on the local live stock market were up to day. The top was 15.50 for 190 to 220 lb hogs. Sows were 13.50 for 3090 weight, down. Sows 300 weight and over 13.00, down. Boars were 8.25 and 9.25.
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt. Vernon reports soybean prices at 2.01 dollars, corn at 2.40 dollars, and oats at 1.09 dollars, all observed this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Girl Killed Five Hurt In Hartford Car Truck Crash
Miss Sherry Scott 18 of Wood River TI was killed and five people were injured when a car carrying five young women collided with a tractor trailer near Hartford Illinois State Police said. The car was driven by Sharon Prather of Wood River who was in fale condition at Wood River Township Hospital. Passengers Mary Powers Sandy Williams and Joyce Mercer were in good condition along with truck driver William D Howard.
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Hartford
Sherry Scott
Wood River
Illinois
Sharon Prather
Prather
Wood River Township
Mary Powers
Sandy Williams
Joyce Mercer
East Alton
Til
William_D. Howard
Granite City
Tfl
Livestock market report from National Stockyards TN
National Stockyards in Tennessee shows cattle and hog prices with mixed grades. Hogs range from 11.50 to 23 per hundredweight depending on class and weight, while calves and vealers post 21.00 to 31.00. Cattle and sheep prices vary, with slaughter steers around mid twenty dollars and spring lambs at 18.50 to 27.00 per hundred.
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National Stockyards
USDA
Barrows and Gills
Chicago Produce pricing report notes mixed butter and poultry shifts
Chicago wholesale prices show butter mixed with little change across grades, with 70 percent or better A whites around 27.1 and mixed at 27.4. Live poultry wholesale prices remain steady to 2 lower, roasters listed 22 to 23 cents, special fed white rock fryers 18 to 19 cents, heavies around 17 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Grain price report from Chicago markets
Grain updates list wheat and soybean sales as none while corn prices show No 2 yellow at Ltd% and No 4 yellow at 1.12. Oats No 2 extra heavy white tough 7 with sample grade white T3. Soybean oil and barley prices noted with ranges 1.35 to 1.55 nt feed 1.00 to 1.25 nt.
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Chicago
St Louis Produce Prices and Poultry Grades
A terse list from St Louis pricing eggs and live poultry with consumer grades and weights. Details include large, medium and small egg sizes, hen weights, and wholesale classifications for broilers and fryers. Standards range from 14 to 25 across categories with weight cutoffs noted.
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ST. Louis
New York Stocks Rally With Broad Gains Amid Slower Session
The New York market quickened its rally as late trading slowed with about 4.8 million shares. Advances ranged to near $2 with high priced stocks up as much as $29, led by renewed investor confidence after Monday's selloff. IBM, U.S. Steel, AT&T, and Pfizer posted notable moves as bonds traded mixed.
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New York
IBM
Polaroid
U.S. Steel
Republic Steel
At&t
Tu Pont
Westinghouse
Southern Railway
Liggett & Myers
Pfi
Get Reservations Now For Annual Red Cross Dinner
Jefferson County chapter of the American Red Cross asks guests to reserve by May 17. Call Mrs Jim Dixon or the chapter office. The annual meeting at 6:50 p m on Monday May 21 will be at First Presbyterian Church with election of directors and a review of last year s activities focusing on the blood program. Ray Schlotterback deputy director Red Cross Midwest area will speak. Public invited.
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Jefferson County
The
American Red Cross
Jim Dixon
First Presbyterian Church
Ray Schlotterback
Red Cross
Midwest Jern
U.S. Sends 5,000 Troops Into Thailand Amid Laos Crisis
Pentagon confirms Lt Gen James L Richardson Jr to command combat elements in Thailand, with a joint MAAG force of over 200. Kennedy says U.S. will meet Manila Pact obligations, notify UN, and consult SEATO as Thai premier Sarit Thanarat agrees to troop stationing. About 1,000 more Army troops and a portion of Marines are cited for deployment along the Thai Laos border. Fighting in Laos shows signs of winding down as neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma and Laotian leader Phoumi Nosavan prepare for coalition talks. Khrushchev reportedly offers no guarantee on pressuring rebels to cease fire.
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Viet Nam
Pentagon
James L. Richardson Jr
U.S. Army
Pacific
Harkins
Thailand
Kennedy
U.S
Senate
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
United Nations
SEATO
Bangkok
Sarit Thanarat
Laos
National Union
White House
Isame
Nam ‘Tha
Souvanna Phouma
T 0
Khrushchev
First Contestants Enter Miss Mt. Vernon Pageant
Contest entries for the 1962 Miss Mt. Vernon Pageant are under way says chairmen Ron Polston and Curtis Parker, with hopes for a full contestant slate. The report also covers alleged political retaliation at the Agriculture Department linked to Estes deals, including claims about Miss Mary Kimbrough Jones being involuntarily placed in a mental institution.
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Miss
Mt. Vernon
Agriculture Department
Estes
Williams
Freeman
Allott
Mary Kimbrough Jones
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Arthur Samuel Olson and Mayda Irene Phelps filed for marriage. Franklin Jay Keenes and Sandra Sue Doherty. Cyril Decay Cates and Brenda Joyce Puckett. Robert College in Turkey, founded by a New York businessman a century ago, now counts Turkish students at ninety percent.
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Arthur Samuel Olson
Burnham
Mayda Irene Phelps
Isabella
Franklin Jay Keenes
Albion
Sandra Sue Doherty
Cedar Drive
Mt. Vernon
Cyril Decay Cates
Brenda Joyce Puckett
Broadway
Robert College
Turkey
New York
Births. Kathleen Denise and Kimberly Dawn and a daughter
Mr and Mrs Robert Richard of Pensacola Fla announce a daughter Kathleen Denise born Sunday May 18 at 5 40 AM weighing six pounds eight ounces in a Pensacola hospital. The mother is the former Judy Purdy of Mt Vernon. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Purdy and Mr and Mrs James Richardson. A daughter Kimberly Dawn was born last night at Jefferson Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Gene Ayers of RFD 1 Mt Vernon weighing six pounds eight and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs William Reinhardt of 820 Pace are the parents of a daughter born Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds ten and a half ounces.
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Robert Richardson
Pensacola
Fla
Kathleen Denise
Judy Purdy
Mt. Vernon
George Purdy
This City
James Richardson
Chicago
Gene Ayers
RFD
Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hosspital
Kimberly Dawn
William Regenhardt
Pace
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions
Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan records list admitted patients including William Gaston Woodlawn Aretta Etheridge Nancy Ann Richards Wallace Hank Martin Henn Juanita Ayers Ruby Ann Lowery and Emma Shaw Fairfeld Discharges include Leonard Easton Cymbelin Johnson Benny L some and others Good Samaritan shows admissions Ora Mae Robberson Russell McPherson Alice Sexton Earl Randall Gilbert Forrest James Byard Byron Lee Rucker Betty Ruth Clarke Joyce Emily Gilbert Max McCarty June C Hicks and discharges Sonia Barker Russell McPherson Karen Ekiine Karch and baby Trena Diane Marl Darlene Wells and baby
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Jefferson Memorial
William Gaston
Woodlawn
Aretta Etheridge
Nancy Ann Richards
Wallace L. Hank
Martin Henn
Juanita Ayers
Ruby Ann Lowery
Leonard Easton
Cymbelin Johnson
Benny — L
Emma Shaw
Fairfeld
Good Samaritan
Ora Mae Robberson
Russell McPherson
Alice Sexton
Earl Randall Gilbert
Forrest James Byard
Byron Lee Rucker
Betty Ruth Clarke
Joyce Emily
William Herman stage plays set for Rey fall season
Two short plays by William Herman titled White Jackets and The Pants Kids anchor Rey fall schedule. Both set in a southern country club and a swanky New York apartment. A single cast of two men and a woman handles both pieces.
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New York
William Herman
Local families host relatives across multiple towns
Ina Cook and Leo Cook of Aurora spent the weekend with the Wilsons, Cooks, Conners, and others. Arthur Shaffer and Peekers visited relatives in Peoria and Otto Shaffer with Helen Jones’s left foot sprain were noted near Inn Baptist church.
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Leo Cook
Aurora
Leo Wilson
Millage Cook
Robert Conner
Paul Conner
Arthur Shaffer
Peoria
Otto Shaffer
Helen Jones
Inn
Brenda Wilson
Cheryle
Gregory Conney
Jack Friar
Harold Hayse
LaGrange
Oscar Williams
Clyde Hoyse
Gary Lee Stratton
Wesley Johnson
Paulette Beaty
Benton Lake
Charlie Hayse
Theodore Beaty
Ollie Darnell
Ethel Nicholls
Eva Wilson
Iris Gardens
Irisville
Bertha Washington
Ann Arbor
Flint
Mich
Ethel Nihells
Love Noto Cuts Champagne For Off Broadway Party
At a celebration marking a second hit year for The Fantasticks off Broadway producer Love Noto served fruit punch instead of champagne. The savings went to cast members as an anniversary bonus.
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New York
Love Noto
Weather report with temperatures and rainfall data
Monday high 88 low 63. rainfall to date 15.41 inches. Historical: one year ago high 75 low 85. five years ago high 84 low 47. Sunrise 4:44. sunset unavailable.
Illinois Weather Brings 90 Degree Heat Across State
Illinois endured another hot day with 90 plus readings nationwide. The Chicago Weather Bureau forecast isolated showers in the south later, with a chance of rain perhaps not until Wednesday. Overnight temps expected mid 60s to 70, early readings mostly in the upper 60s and low 70s in the far south.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Chicago Weather Bureau
Pote
Greenville High School Cuts Programs to Save Money
Greenville Illinois faces major cuts in its school system to save about 75000 dollars over two years. Programs eliminated include driver education wrestling track golf tennis the high school newspaper an industrial arts class and home economics. Voters recently defeated a school tax increase by a two to one margin.
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Greenville, Il
Greenville
Three Killed in Head-On Crash Near Mahomet
A head on collision near Mahomet in Champaign County killed three people. Victims were Clare Lettick 63 his wife Ida 59 of Saint Louis Mich and John C Quick 24 of Urbana. Police said the Lettick auto westbound on U S 150 collided with Quick s vehicle about 12 miles west of Champaign.
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Mahomet, Ill
Mahomet
Champaign County
Clare Lettick
Ida
Saint Louis
Mich
John C. Quick
Urbana
Lettick
U.S. 150
Champaign Jeter
Quick
Pill Boosts Birth Control Use in United States
In San Francisco two Planned Parenthood leaders say the birth control pill is the major factor raising contraceptive use in the United States. Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher and Dr. Mary S. Calderone cite public officials’ hesitancy due to Catholic pressure, with eighty percent of women of child bearing age using some method. Private groups carry most work, though they call contraception a public health function.
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San Francisco
United States
Planned Parenthood
Alan F. Guttmacher
Planned Parentehood Federation of America
Mary S. Calderone
Federation
Guttmacher
New York
Mount Sinai Hospital
New Orleans Votes to Integrate First Grade Schools
New Orleans School Board by a 30 vote voted to drop racial data in first grade this fall. All children may enter first grade in September and attend either white or Negro schools, ending the pupil placement plan for first grade though remaining for second and third grades. The move follows federal court orders and a ruling that biracial pupil placement is unconstitutional. Archbishop Rummel plans desegregation of Catholic schools in September.
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New Orleans
Emile Wagner
O. Perry Walker
J. Shelly Wright
Wright
Mt. V. firm lands Salem street resurfacing job
The Illinois Division of Highways awarded Jefferson Asphalt Co. of Mt. Vernon a $19,846 contract to resurface 0.15 mile of Broadway Avenue in Salem between Lyford and Boone streets.
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Illinois Division of Highways
Jefferson Asphalt ,Co
Mt. Vernon
Salem
Broadway Avenue
Lyford Street
Boone Street
Theft Reported: Garden Hose Stolen from Carport
Bob Tucker reports to police that two 50 foot sections of garden hose and a nozzle were stolen from his property at 308 Spruce. The theft occurred Monday from his carport.
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Bob Tucker
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