Death of George Madison McCoy in Wayne City
George Madison McCoy 70 of 331 Bell street died at Good Samaritan Hospital at 6 pm. Funeral services will be 3 pm tomorrow at Pulley Funeral Chapel led by Rev. Bob Atchison. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Born August 27 1889 in Wayne City to Uriah and Sarah Tisdale McCoy. Survived by son John McCoy and two daughters Mrs Ben Fryar and Claire. two sisters Christine Harlow and Zetsta Nelson. three grandchildren. Preceded in death by wife Gladys Clark and two sons Me. McCoy member of Wayne City Methodist Church.
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George Madison McCoy
Bell Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Bob Atchison
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. McCoy
Wayne City
Uriah and
Sarah (Tisdale) McCay
Gladys “Clark
Sdeath
Ideath
John i McCoy
City
Ben Fryar
Widow Catherine Wilkerson 79 Dies in Wayne City
Mrs. Catherine Wilkerson of Wayne City dies at 8 35 p m at Fairfield Memorial Hospital aged 79 Born June 16 1880 in Wayne county daughter of Edmond and Millie Keen Married to Frank Wilkerson who preceded her in death Survivors include four sons Guy Herbert Herman Otis and four daughters Edna Verna Joha Nola and a sister Sam Keen 21 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren Burial at Thomason cemetery with services at Richardson Chapel Wayne City Rev Lester Breeze officiating Member of Middleton Nazarene church
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Catherine Wilkerson
Wayne City
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Richardson Chapel
Wayne ‘City
Lester Breeze
Thomason Cemetery
Wilkerson
Wayne County
Edmond
Millie ‘(Savage) Keen
Frank Wilkerson
Guy Wilkerson
Mt. Vernon
Herbert Wilkerson
Brookfield Tll
Herman Wilkerson
Otis Wilkerson
Keenes
Edna Shurtz
Verna Mahaffey
Former Mt. Vernon resident Leo Williams dies after fall
Leo Williams, a former Mt. Vernon resident, was killed May 9 in New Orleans by a 65 foot scaffold fall while painting a grain elevator. He leaves a wife and five children, plus siblings Louis, Charles, Helena Herbert, Campbell Ahten, and Pauline Lee, with parents Earl and Kate Williams noted as deceased.
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Earl
Kate Williams
Mt. Vernon
Louis
New Orleans
Charles
Los Angeles
Helena Herbert
Hollywood
Calif
Campbell Ahten
Pauline Lee
Temple
Texas
Ona Cockrum dies in Spring Garden Township
Ona Cockrum of Spring Garden township dies at 2 45 p m at her home. She was 63 years old. Burial will be in New Hope cemetery after services at Myers Chapel conducted by Rev John Maulding. She was born August 10, 1896 in Hamilton county, married to Orville Cockrum in 1914, and survived by her husband. She was a member of the Logan Street Baptist Church.
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Ona Cockrum
Spring Garden Township
Myers Chapel
John Maulding
New Hope Cemetery
Cockrum
Hamilton County
Joe
Etta
Sanderfer) Simpson
Orville Cockrum
Logan Street
Mother of Mt. Vernon Woman Dies in Crash
Mattie C. Beach, 71, mother of Mrs. Garnet Berry of Route 7 Mt. Vernon, died May 14 in a car truck collision on U S Route 40 five miles west of Terre Haute Indiana. Her husband Matt Beach was driving and hospitalized at St Anthony's in Terre Haute with injuries. Funeral services were held at Bedino Chapel West Terre Haute with burial in Bathesda Memorial Park.
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Mattie C. Beach
Garnet Berry
Mt. Vernon
Terre Haute
Ind
Beach
St. Anthony’s Hospital
West Terre Haute
Bathesds Memorial Park
Poppy Day Proclaimed by Mt Vernon Mayor
Mayor Virgil T. Bailey proclaims May 21 1960 as Poppy Day in Mt Vernon Illinois for the American Legion Post 141 and its Auxiliary. Citizens are urged to wear a poppy and donate to support disabled veterans in Illinois hospitals and to fund their work.
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Illnois
Virgil T. Bailey
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Jetteraga Post 141
THE
American Legion
American Legion Post
Paul Horton
Bailey
Betty Horton
Mary Alice Bain
American Legion Auxiliary
Mt Vernon Man Found After Disappearance From Accident
A Mt. Vernon man, Joseph E. Phillips, 48, who wandered off and got lost in the woods after a car overturned near Centralia last Saturday night, was found in Wamac barefoot and ill. He was taken to Centralia hospital with chest and back pains after relatives and officers mounted an intensive search. A passer-by said the driver refused treatment and did not seem seriously hurt.
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Mt. Vernon
Centralia
Wamac
Joseph E. Phillips
Centralia Hospital
Phillips
Illinois county and town population declines noted
Jefferson County totals show a drop to 32,229 with statewide preliminary figures. Centralia falls from 13,862 to 13,817 Harrisburg 10,999 to 9,163 Salem 6,159 to 6,114 Pa 3,008 to 2, Marion not listed. Carbondale count pending due to SIU students.
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Marion
Illinois
Centrala
Harrisburg
Salem
Pen City
Carbondale
SIU
Four Top Democrats Back Firm Defense Stance
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd warned of a possible hot war if aggressors are not deterred and urged immediate defense readiness. He criticized the conference for failing to compromise with communism and called for an end to appeasement, especially in nuclear development and Bern fate.
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Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Bern
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
The Jefferson Memorial unit reports admissions for Mrs. Mary Fean White of McLeansboro and Mrs. Carolyn Louise Knappier. Discharges include Mrs. Hazel Inwin and Ralph J. Rise of Bluford along with Ran dall McKinley Smith and William Alexander Barker of Texico. Good Samaritan notes multiple admissions including Eleanor Jessie Dethrow and Michael Steven Cox, and discharges such as John Maxey Phillips and Dorothy June Frazier.
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Jefferson Memorial
Mary Fean White
McLeansboro
Carolyn Louise Knappier
Hazel Inwin
Ralph J. Rise
Bluford
Randall McKinley Smith
William Alexander Barker
Texico
Good Samaritan
Eleanor Jessie ‘Dethrow
Michael Steven Cox
Charles Edward Malone
Marie Emma Benoist
Estella Diana Thompson
Virginia Lee Stull
Patricia Rose Corey
John Maxey Phillips
Dorothy June Frazier
Blanche Evelyn Packwood
Mollie Bell Charleston
Marvene Isabelle Rollinson
Marietta Lea
Helen Lucille Ehrhardt
Births in Jefferson and Good Samaritan Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Leo George Knappier of 905 South 21st Street welcomed a son Kenneth Leo born at 6 20 this morning in Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds 13 ounces. Mr and Mrs Courtley Niman of 3116 Apple welcomed a son born at 12 09 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds 13 ounces. Mr and Mrs Billie Modlin of Dix welcomed a daughter born at 11 18 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds eight ounces.
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Leo George i Knappier
South 21St Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Leo
Courtley Niman
Good Samaritan Hospital
Billie Modlin
Dix
Lincoln Nominated for President in Chicago Victory
A jubilant Chicago crowd erupts as Abraham Lincoln edges Seward in a tense balloting to secure the nomination. Delegates shift loyalties, Medill and Cartter spark the moment with a call for vote changes, and Lincoln heads to his Springfield Journal office to share the news with his wife.
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Chicago
Stephen T. Logan
Lincoln
Abe
Seward
Favori
Salmon P. Chase
Ohio
Simon Cameron
Pennsylvania
Edward Bates
Missouri
Cameron
Chase
Bates
Joseph Medill
Washington
Chicago Tribune
David Cartter
Cartter
Carter
Thurlow Weed
Richmond House
Weed
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
United States
Mt Vernon library bids for deep mine coal opening
Bids to furnish deep mine coal for the Mt Vernon Public Library will be opened Monday June 6 at 5 p m by the library board. Information on quantity quality and specs available from the librarian. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. 5-20
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Mt. Vernon Public
Illinois Temperatures Slightly Above Normal This Week
Illinois weather outlook shows average highs 69 to 80 and lows 50 to 57, with only modest changes. Expect 1 to 2 inches of precip through Friday to Sunday, with showers and scattered thunderstorms, mainly in the west Thursday and southward into the weekend.
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Illinois
Mild Illinois warming brings 70s and rain chances
Illinois warmed to the 70s under mostly sunny skies with 3 to 7 degrees above normal for five days. Forecast calls for 1 to 2 inches of rain from thunderstorms Thursday through Sunday. Overnight lows around mid 40s to mid 50s and Tuesday readings mostly in the 60s, Belleville hitting 75.
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Tlinois
Belleville
Alarm at General Radiator Plant Sparks False Fire Alarm
A minor mishap at the General Radiator plant at 12th and Casey set off a fire alarm at 9:20 last night when a worker knocked a sprinkler head from a pipe. Firefighters rushed to the scene, found no fire, and returned to quarters.
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12Th
Casey
Vandalism Reported at Livingston Drug Store
Mt. Vernon police investigated another vandalism incident Tuesday afternoon. Daisy Hinman, operator of a sandwich bar at Livingston’s Drug Store at 109 North Tenth, said someone smeared grease outside the kitchen door and throughout the area using a large grease can.
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Mt. Vernon
Daisy Hinman
Livingston
North’ Tenth
Mt V Womans Club Backs TB Tax Support
Vernon Woman's Club endorsed the tuberculosis tax plan, arguing it maintains a decade of funding to fight TB, fund hospital and rising care, and does not raise new taxes. Aubrey Watson said it ensures treatment for county residents and will be on the June 6 ballot.
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Ae Vernon Woman's Club
Realoas
Law
Metereet
Aubrey Watson
Club Etinents
Woman’s Club
L. & N. Cafe
Khrushchev Threatens Berlin Squeeze After Summit Fallout
Khrushchev blasted Eisenhower at Camp David reunion talks and warned of a tougher Soviet stance. Western leaders fear a new Berlin crisis and a stalled disarmament process as the Paris summit remains unresolved.
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Eisenhower
Camp David
Khrushchev
U.S
United States
Berlin
Harold Macmillan
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
East Berlin
Moscow
Macmillan
Elysee Palace
Portugal
Lisbon
House of Commons
Ike
White House
James Hagerty
U. S
Soviet Union
Paper Companies Plan To Merge
The Hopper Paper Co. of Taylorville Illinois and Puget Sound Pulp and Timber Co. of Bellingham Washington announced a merger plan. Hopper plants will operate as a Puget Sound division with no management changes. Shareholders vote in June. Hopper runs Taylorville Reading and Modena PA plants producing about 45000 tons yearly. Puget Sound owns a pulp plant in Bellingham sawmills in British Columbia timber holdings in WA and Canada and a half interest in Ketchikan Pulp Co Alaska.
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San Francisco
Hopper Paper Co
Taylorville
Ill
Puget Sound Pulp & Timber Co
Bellingham
Wash
Hopper
Puget Sound
Reading
Modena
British Columbia
Washington
Canada
Ketchikan Pulp Co
Alaska
Tipping Law Upheld Challenge Faces Circuit Judge
In Chicago AP report Judge Cornelius J. Harrington ruled a state law banning tip acceptance in public spaces invalid as it bars activity instead of using regulation. Twelve hotel corporations sued, arguing the Legislature could achieve aims through regulation.
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Chicago
Cornelus J. Harrington
Markets Chicago AP Wheat and Soybean Sales Fall Short
Markets report no wheat or soybean sales in Chicago. Corn prices listed for various yellow corn grades from No 2 to CCC and sample grade, with percentages and ranges. Oats values shown for No 1 extra heavy white. Barley prices given for making choice and feed grades with per bushel figures.
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Chicago
Wall Street rises on space age issues after summit setback
New York trading intensified as Space Age issues surged with continued response to the failed summit. Volume reached about 4.8 million shares, led by missile makers and defense-linked electronics. Major gains included Thiokol, United Aircraft, Boeing, General Dynamics, and North American Aviation, while some motors and tobaccos fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thiokol
United Aircraft
Oeing
General Dynamics
General Tire
Martin Co
North American Aviation
Douglas Aircraft
Texas Instruments
Raytheon
Universal Match
Polaroid
U.S
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Report
National Stockyards data shows hogs 13 000 with prices 170 lb down and sows mostly 25 to 50 lower. Early hogs 185-235 lb barrows and gilts 16.75 to 17.00, mix 1-3 and 2-3 180-240 lbs 16.00-16.75, light boats 11.75. Cattle 2 500, calves 400, loads 26.25-27.25. cows 14.00-18.50, bulls 19.00-20.50, primes 31.00-32.00. Sheep 400, lambs 23.00-25.50, slaughter ewes 3.00-5.50.
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USDA
Chicago Produce at Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Butter steady as receipts reach 867 000. Wholesale buying prices unchanged with grades AA AA 93 score, A 92, B 90, C 89. Avs 90 B 46 percent, 89 C 56. Eggs steadier with racists 23 300 and prices unchanged to 1 higher. Grade A whites 60 percent or better, mixed 33 percent, mediums 31, standards 33, dirties 31, checks 31.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Receipts and Price Ranges Report
Chicago poultry market update notes yesterday's receipts at 25 000 lbs with wholesale buying prices holding steady to 24 higher. White Rock fryers listed 21 14 22 percent, Plymouth Rock fryers 22 14 23, and roasters 26 44.
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Chicago
USDA
White Rock
Plymouth
Poultry Prices Mixed in St Louis Market Report
St Louis reporting on eggs and live poultry with classifications for heavy breeds 21, light breeds 5 lbs and over 16, fryers and broilers 24 34 percent and cross breeds. The notice lists categories such as live poultry fowl heavy breeds light breeds and coop line items in a market summary.
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ST. Louis
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted In Afternoon Trade
Mt Vernon quotes show soybeans at 2.03, wheat at 1.83, and corn at 1.06 dollars per bushel. These figures reflect local price levels reported for today’s trading window.
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Mt. Vernon
Regional Conference On Aging Here Tomorrow
Dr Joseph W Compton of East St Louis chairs the Regional Planning Committee on Aging in Mt Vernon May 19 at First Community church. Delegates from counties including Jefferson will join sessions with panelists from Southern Illinois University and local agencies to discuss training aging workers health housing and activities.
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Joseph W. Compton
East St. Louis
Regional Planning Committee On Aging
Conference On Aging
First Community Church
Mt. Vernon
Ilinois Bartiepecca
White House
County Welfare Services Committee
Springfield
Bond
Clay
Clinton
Crawford
Cumberland
Edwards
Effingham
Fayette
Jasper
Jefferson
Lawrence
Madison
Marion
Monroe
Richland
St. Clair
Wabash
Washington
Wayne
Broyles
Compton
Paul Broyles
Jerry Fear
Souththern Illinois University
Carbondale
R. L. Hendrickson
Ilinois Bell Telephone Company
Agnes Kennedy
Ilinois State Employment Service
Belleville
Ralph Brasher
Edward M. Cannady
Paul Nancy
Flora
Illinois Heart Association
Bert Cohn
Okanville
Illinois Nursing Home Association
William A. Deems
Fayette County Hospital
Vandalia
James R. Harte
Mental Health Clinic
Don Taylor
Southern Illinois University
Wil Jansen
Family Service Agency
Francis H. Howell
National Industrial
Adlai Stevenson Calls for Peace Councils
Adlai E Stevenson, former Illinois governor and two time Democratic presidential nominee, said the summit failure and rising mistrust on both sides are serious and deeply disturbing to the world in a Tuesday statement from Libertyville Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libertyville, Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Western Europe calls for unity after Cold War ripples
Western Europe, angry and wary after the summit failure, demands Allied firmness to confront Cold War dangers. Khrushchev faces criticism, while Pravda touts anti Western sentiment and Moscow rallies support for tough lines. Eisenhower gains prestige amid the Paris brief drama.
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London
Europe
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
U.S
U.S.S.R
Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow
America
Britain
Daily Express
Nikitashchev
Joseph Luns
Russia
London Daily Express
Paris
Daily Mirror
St Louis School Bond Issue Defeated Twice
A $29,535,000 school bond proposal failed by 2,361 votes in a special election in St. Louis. The plan aimed to remove fire hazards and fund more schools but was rejected after a prior defeat in March when a separate tax increase passed. The final tally showed 35,764 in favor and 21,424 against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Peace through calm reflection urged in nuclear age talk
A candidate urged relentless pursuit of peace in the nuclear era and called for council to relieve tensions and improve relations urging Khrushchev to see the imperative need for calmer reflection.
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Leo Williams
Mt. V
Jefferson CO
Mt. Vernon Public Library Coal Bids
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Boston
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Denver
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Associated Press
Mt. V. Woman's Club
T. B. Tax
W. Berlin
Wall Street
Mt. Vernon Grain
Estee Lauder
Rozella’s
Beauty Shop
Bove
Pricers
Source
U.S. Weather Bureau
United States Weather Bureau
Health, Education and Welfare Office
Adlai
West Europe
By Dennis Neeld
Wey
Hamlton
Rove
Laird Jewelers
Dial
Broadway
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