Deaths Charles C. Cook Mt. Vernon Funeral
Charles C. Cook 70 of 300 N 14th St died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services 8 p.m. Thursday at Hughey Pulley Funeral Home with Dr Clyde Funkhouser officiating. Burial Mt Vernon Memorial Gardens. Calling after 6 p.m. Wednesday. He was a retired contractor and nurseryman born Oct 10, 1905 in Jefferson county. Survived by wife Mary Dawson, a daughter Katherine Rough of Coronado Calif, three granddaughters Jennifer Alden and Kay Rough, three sisters Blanche Hite Lola Webb Ada Maynor, and preceded by parents and brothers Ernie Arthur Earl.
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Charles C. Cook
Mt. Vernon
N. 14Th St
Good’ Samaritan Hospital
Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home
Clyde’ Funkhouser
Mt. Verton Memorial Gardens
Cook
Jefferson County
William H
Nancy (Mattox) Coodk
Harrisburg
Mary Dawson
Katherine Rough
Coronado
Calif
Jennifer, Alden
Kay Rough
Blanche Hite
Lola Webb
Vernon
Ada Maynor
Quincy
Ernie
Arthur
Earl
Miller of San Diego Dies at 68 in Sudden Death
Leslie G Miller 68 of San Diego Calif died suddenly Sunday morning He was a former Dix area resident and a retired city official Funeral services will be held Wednesday in San Diego Burial will follow at San Diego cemetery He was born Oct 11 1907 son of Wilson and Mabel Miller He is survived by his wife Vera Leach a daughter Martha Belle Nelson two grandchildren Leslie and Alana Kay a brother Dr Harold J Miller and cousins in Illinois
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Leslie G. Miller
San Diego
Calif
Dix
Mr. Miller
Wilson
Mabel
Boles) Miller
Vera Leach
Quincy
Board of
The
Christian Church
Miller
Medical Center and Architects Settle Dispute Out of Court
After a three year legal battle, Judge Harry Zeigler signed a dismissal order as Benham Blair and Affiliates Inc. and Medical Associates Realty Corp. settled outside of court. The Oklahoma firm sued for over 250000 for work on the Southern Illinois Medical Center project and the counterclaim sought 1500000 for alleged poor work. Settlement terms were not disclosed.
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Benham Blair and Affiliates, Inc
Medical Associates Realty Corp
Harry Zeigler
Zeigler
Benham Blair and Affiliates
Oklahoma
Medical Associates Realty
Southern ,Illinois Medical Center
Benham Blair
Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Markets and New York Stock Moves
Mt Vernon grain prices at 10:00 am include soybeans 5.09, wheat 3.11, corn 2.67. National Stockyards reports hogs 5,000 head with butchers 50 lower, sows steady to 50 lower. cattle 1,700 head with slaughter cattle and lambs. New York markets rise modestly amid caution as investors wait on Maryland and Michigan primaries. Dow up slightly after prior declines, volume light.
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MT. Vernon
Mt. Vernons
Inaryland
Michigan
Teledyne
Alcoa
Continental Oil
Franklin Mint
Dow Jones
Dow
Open For Public Inspection High School Budget Tentative
District 201 high school board approved a tentative budget for 1976 1977 at the regular monthly meeting. The plan rests on speculation and may change before adoption in June after governor and legislative actions. The budget shows receipts of 2 911 600 and expenditures of 2 768 943 with a 142 657 balance.
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District 201
J. D. Shields
Shields
Walker
Paul Craig
Craig
Area Vocational Center
Area Vocational
Rend Lake Board Meets Tomorrow at RLCD Office
The Rend Lake Conservancy District board of trustees will convene its regular monthly meeting at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the RLCD administration building on Marcum Branch Road. The session was postponed from last week due to illnesses among board members.
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Rend Lake Board
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees
RLCD
Marcum Branch
Body Of SIU Student Recovered In Lake Tragedy
In Carbondale Indiana, investigators probe possible homicide after fishermen found 19 year old Fred Henry Banks of Palmyra New Jersey in shallow water at the Carbondale reservoir. Banks, a Southern Illinois University student, had been missing for several days. An autopsy is planned as SIU's spring semester wound down with graduation.
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Carbondale, IN
Carbondale
Fred Henry Banks
Palmyra
N.J
Doris Banks
Southern Mwlhois University
Banks
SIU
Registration For Swim Classes Set For May 22
Registration for Red Cross swim instruction at City Park pool set for Saturday May 22 at City Park Community Building. Open to beginners through adults with classes from beginner to Water Safety Instructor. Sessions run all summer. times by last name initial. $1 fee. no advance registration for adults.
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Red Cross
City Park Pool
City Park
Library board terms rise as council weighs appointments
At a city council meeting, officials discussed replacing library board members whose terms expire this year while noting the ongoing effort to improve the library. Mayor Lewis warned he would replace appointees as terms come due, prompting debate over the library association report and Boutwell case. The council also approved tax anticipation warrants, rezoned two properties for a McHugh parking lot and a real estate office, planned road grading to the King City Dirt Riders track, and set insurance bid procedures while awaiting storm drainage work on 17th and Herbert streets.
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Boutwell
Lewis
May
Council
Library Association
Library Board
Clarence Mays
MacDonald's
Tom McHugh
29Th Street
S. 29Th St
Reorganization Plan Would Restructure College Leadership
Dr Martin outlines a new cabinet style plan placing the president in direct contact with four deans and the business manager, each responsible for distinct programs. The proposal splits duties into dean of instruction dean of community services dean of student services and a business manager, with subordinate deans under instruction. The board would endorse the cabinet concept while allowing program shifts without policy changes. Also on the agenda tonight are a tuition hike for 1976 77 a mining technology building project and catalog changes.
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Martin
Chamber of Commerce Plans Springfield Protest Meeting
Twenty Mt. Vernon firms on the Governmental Affairs Committee of the Greater Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce plan a mass protest in Springfield to urge legislators to address rising Illinois unemployment and workmen’s compensation costs. They note premiums up over 50 percent since July 1 with another 24.3 percent rise possible June 1, warning the increased costs push firms out of state.
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Mt. Vernon
Greater
Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
Springfield
Illinois
National Commission
Chamber
Hotel Emmerson Faces Closure Over Fire and Safety Costs
New owners plan to renovate the historic Mt Vernon hotel after fire damage and stalled insurance settlement left the elevator out of service. Fire marshal threats to close for code noncompliance would require about 80000 dollars to fix, prompting the decision to shut the hotel rather than a foreclosure. Talley says renovation is possible and a community asset again.
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Parrish
Emmerson
Southern Illinois
Saline Valley
Talley
Mt. Vernon
Planning Meeting For Bicentennial Celebration Tonight
A planning session for the July 3 and 4 city county bicentennial celebration will be held at 6 p.m. today at the City Park Community Building. The meeting is called by the city and county bicentennial commissions, sponsors of the July celebration. Craftsmen and others interested in taking part in or helping with the two day festival are invited to attend tonight.
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City Park
Mt Vernon Weather Update With Rainfall Data
Meteorology bulletin for Mt Vernon notes Monday forecast high 62 and low 42 with today at 7:00 am rainfall of 0.01 inch. Year to date rainfall 8.70 inches. comparisons show 85/4 and 75/47 from past decades. Sunrise 5:41, sunset 8:04 DST. Rend Lake main dam water level 403.73 feet above mean sea level.
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MT. Vernon
Rend Lake
Main Dam
Fieldhouse Plan Considered for District Campus
The board authorized Shields to prepare a rationale for a $2.5 million fieldhouse with PE facilities, senior programs, basketball, special education, a convention center, and other uses. If state offices deem merit, a grant proposal would follow. if denied, local funding could be sought. Coed health courses will be required by federal law, though sex education may be taught in segregated classes, and a survey of staff practices is under way.
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Shields
Capital Development Board
Illinois Office of Education
P.E
Edwards Receives National Award for Young Man of America
A Washington University alumnus, past Passes III. Bar member and former Vashon High School teacher, now consultant to Edwards Webb and Richards Investment Co. Inc., was named Fuller and Dees Jaycees Outstanding Young Man of America for 1976. He plans to return to Illinois to resume his legal career.
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Washington University
Vashon High School
Edwards, Webb and Richards Investment Co., Inc
Young Edwards
Fuller and Dees-Jaycees
High School Board Approves Summer Safety Work bids
The High School Board voted to accept low bids for Health and Life Safety work at the Jordan Street site with a cap of 50,000 dollars. Hunt Construction Company submitted the general work bid of 14,57 and E. F. Wielt Company the mechanical work bid of 30,303. The project targets the old warehouse site on Jordan Street. Weather outlook calls for partly cloudy skies Thursday through Saturday with a chance of showers and mild temperature changes. highs in the 70s and lows 55 to 65.
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Jordan Street
Hunt Construction Company
E. F. Wielt Company
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