Topeka Woman Dorothy Fink Dies at 45
Dorothy Fink of Topeka Kansas died yesterday at 8 30 am in a Topeka hospital aged 45. Funeral services are set for 3 50 pm tomorrow at Ward Diffenderfer Funeral Home Topeka with burial there. The body will lie in state at the funeral home and friends may call. Survivors include husband Signor Fink a son Steven a sister Ellen Fink and sister in law Mrs E P Hugill of Mt Vernon who will attend the funeral.
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Dorothy Fink
Topeka
Kan
Ellen Fink
E. P. Hugill
Mt. Vernon
Holly Sandusky Rites In Benton
Funeral services for Holly Sandusky will be held at 2 00 p m tomorrow at the Drake Funeral Home in Benton Burial will be in the Benton cemetery The Drake Funeral Home where friends may call at any time Mr Sandusky 56 who lived in Benton died Monday night in the Franklin County Hospital in that city Survivors include a sister in law Mrs Thelma Hefer of RFD 4 Mr Vernon who has gone to Benton to attend the event
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Holly Sandusky
Drake Funeral Home
Benton
Drake Funeral
Mr. Sandusky
Franklin County
Thelma Hefer
RFD 4
Vernon
Chalen Garvin Dies At Age 72 Rites Saturday
Chalen Garvin died at 4 30 p m at his home 1110 South 13th Street aged 72 years four months eleven days. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at Second Baptist Church with Rev Carl Whittington officiating. Burial in Liberty Cemetery Franklin County. Survived by Vera Monday wife, a daughter Mildred Parrish, four sisters and four brothers, four grandchildren. Garvin was a retired farmer.
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Chalen Garvin
South 13Th Street
Second Baptist Church
Carl Whittington
Liberty Cemetery
Franklin County
Myers Chapel
Mr. Garvin
Hamilton County
William Garvin
Effie Williams
Vera Monday
Mildred Parrish
Benton
Lela Kade
Gary
Ind
Maggie Stevenson
McLeansboro
Mary Johnson
Midge Garvin
Elgin
Wes Garvin
Chicago
Albert Elbert
Delbert Garvin
Garvin
U.S. Tourists Plan To Visit Russia
New York report says travel agencies see few trip cancellations to the Soviet Union despite unrest in Paris. Cosmos Agency says 1,200 to 1,500 Americans will tour Eastern Europe this summer with only a handful of cancellations. American Express notes three trips canceled in two days. Intourist maintains normal operations, with agents noting a return to pre May Day conditions.
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New York
Soviet Union
Paris
Gabriel Reiner
Cosmos Agency
Europe
State Department
Reiner
American Express
Intourist
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital Two Newborns Reported
Mr and Mrs Oran Ashby of 1706 South 14th Street welcomed a son at 9 00 PM weighing 5 pounds 1 ounce. Mr and Mrs Glenn E Wright of Belle Rive welcomed a daughter at 7 07 PM weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces.
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Oran Ashby
South 14Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Glenn E. Wright
Belle Rive
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial notes list admissions Elliott Dedman Eva Morgan Elizabeth Cham bers Leodina McKinney Bernice Brown Anna Holweier Bernadine Brown Claude Schmidt Tony McKenzie Rodrick Downes Mary Hodges Monta Dawson William Williams Howard Mays. Discharged Charles Greenberry Whittington James Bizos Juanita Cook Georgianna Schultz baby Elizabeth Ann Donna Ashleman Fred Poston Marie Benoist.
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Jefferson Memorial
Elliott Elsworth
Jack” Dedman
Eva H. Morgan
Charles Greenberry
Whittington
Tan
Elizabeth H. Chambers
Leodina R. McKinney
Bernice Caroline
Anna Louise Holweier
Bernadine L. Brown
Claude Wood Schmidt
Tony Marie McKenzie
Rodrick Leroy Downes
Mary Helen Hodges
Monta Dawson
William Clifford Williams
Howard Edward Mays
James K. Bizos
Juanita N. Cook
Georgianna Schultz
Elizabeth Ann
Donna Marie Ashleman
Fred Bateman Poston
Marie Emma Benoist
Fern Leaf Camp Members Attend Loop Temple Meeting
Royal Neighbors and Fern Leaf Camp members gather at Loop Temple Friday at 7 30 pm. All members urged to attend with officers present and practice county convention.
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ROYAL
Fern Leaf Camp
Ameri
Loop
Temple
Chicago Markets Butter and Eggs Steady Heads Up
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter steady with 1,531,000 receipts and unchanged wholesale prices. Butter grades AA to C listed with small percentage changes. Eggs also steady with 15,600 receipts and wholesale prices unchanged for various white and mixed grades.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Receipts Reported 29 000 Lbs Yesterday
Chicago AP USDA live poultry receipts totaled 29 000 pounds yesterday with no prices reported due to insufficient receipts.
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Chicago
USDA
Wall Street advances on rails oils and motors gains
Wall Street ended modestly higher as rails oils and motors led the advance. Trading slowed after an active start with about 3.7 million shares moving versus 5.24 million the day before. Several issues rose, led by Nickel Plate Baltimore & Ohio Illinois Central Texaco Jer sey Standard Amerada Polaroid Vendo and Universal Match while Thiokol fell on profit taking.
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ED Morse
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Nickel Plate
Baltimore & Ohio
Illinois Central
New York Central
Texaco
Jersey Standard
Amerada
Polaroid
Vendo
Universal Match
Thiokol
Litton Industries
General Instrument
Martin Co
Texas Instruments
U.S
Egg prices and live poultry figures reported
St Louis AP reports egg prices in consumer grade A medium at 28 31 cents per dozen and live poultry fryers and broilers at 244 3 cents per pound for commercial whites and crosses 18 cents per pound.
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ST. Louis
Cash Grain Market Report Chicago AP
Wheat and soybean sales are absent. Corn prices range No 2 yellow 1.23 No 3 yellow 1.21 to 1.2244 No 4 yellow 1.14 and a half. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 78 percent. Soybean oil 84. Barley options include making choice 1.15 to 1.25 and feed 92 to 1.05.
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Chicago
Market Report National Stockyards hogs cattle and sheep figures
National Stockyards hogs 10 500 head price ranges 1650 75 70 head 210 lbs 17.00 180 240 lbs 15.75 16.50 240 290 lbs 15.00 16.00 400 lbs down sows 13.75 14.75 over 400 lbs 12.50 13.50 boars 11.50 12.00 cattle calves 300 good slaughter steers 24.00 25.50 individual steers 26.00 feeder steers 23.00 24.00 cows 17.00 18.50 bulls 19.00 21.00 lambs 25.25 50 good 20 25 20.00 22.00 plus other weights and grades listed.
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National
API
USDA
Miss Decatur title goes to Nancy Myers of Norman Oklahoma
Nancy Myers, 18, a Millikin University freshman, was crowned Miss Decatur in Decatur Illinois after winning over 10 contestants and advances to the Miss Illinois pageant. The Mt Vernon grain prices listed include Wheat at 1.78, Corn at 1.06, and oats at 2.03 per bushel.
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Mt. Vernon
Decatur, Ill
Nancy Myers
Norman
Okla
Decatur
Nancy
Millikin University
Heidenreich Heads Area Palsy Group
The Am of United Cerebral Palsy with Central Illinois met Tuesday at the Mt. Vernon Elks Lodge. Gerald Durre resigned as UCP South Central Illinois president. George Heidenreich to lead the affiliate. A six week speech class for cerebral palsied starts June 6 through July 14, Monday to Thursday, nine to twelve. A Day Camp at Mt. Vernon city park was reported and a summer budget approved for CP activities.
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United Cerebral Palsy
Central Illinois
Elks’ Lodge
Mt. Vernon
Gerald Durre
Durre
UCP
South Central
Inois
First Christian Church
Salem
Mt. Carmel
George Heidenreich
William Roy
Marie Shumaker
355 Seniors Will Get Diplomas Here
Sondra Page notes 355 seniors will receive diplomas with many earning honors and service letters. Recipients include Geraldine Cooksey, David McMullen, Claude Price, and Larry Burketts for Honor Society and athletics, John Furby for Honor Society, and extensive lists for music, service, and athletics awards with additional honorees.
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Sondra Page
Geraldine Cooksey
David McMullen
Claude Price
Larry Burketts
John Furby
Betty Basham
Sue, Brown
Charlotte Dixon
Julie England
Kathy Fore
Peggy Garrison
Shirley Gold
Bonniel Gregory
Jeanne Sharpe
Larry Sledge
Mary Ann Stewart
Peggy Stover
Barbara Ansley
Wanda Baltzell
Jean Ann Beal
Kaye Bigham
Dorina Briscoe
Carol Campbell
Susan Campbell
Ann Chaney
Jeanette Cooper
Danielle DeWitt
Mary Lee Duncan
Judy Dycus
Marilyn Gibbs
Janet Hayes
Janetta Henry
Pat Holman
Arline Latham
Get
Linda Lehman
Susan Lewis
Penny Martin
Ted Mitchell
Ben Moses
Doris O'Block
Susan Phillips
Helen Reed
Pat Rainwater
Connie Rhynes
Nancy Richards
Peggy Simmons
Pat Smalley
Karen Vaught
Beverly White
Jeanne Wilderman
Kenneth Williams
Kay Williamson
William Bender
Will Border
John Boyd
Coleman Carradine
Larry Clay
Ed Curtis
Dave Fredericks
Harry Gant
Tom Heldenreich
Bob Holtman
Dan Kotter
David McVey
Jack Milward
Bob Neal
Buddy Peek
Bill Shehorn
Jack Shelton
Harry Shields
250 000 Cheer Ike in Lisbon
Crowds six and eight deep line the presidential procession route through Lisbon to Queluz Palace where Ike stays. The President and hosts ride in an open Rolls Royce, flanked by Republican Horse Guards in blue tunics and white breeches. Eisenhower looks tired but grins as he waves to cheering crowds.
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Queluz Palace
Eisenhower
Mt Vernon Public Library Coal Bids Opened
Bids to furnish deep mine coal for the Mt Vernon Public Library will be opened Monday June 5 p.m. by the librarian. Information on quantity quality and specifications available from the office of the librarian. Right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
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Mt. Vernon Public
Insurance Men Elect Simpson For 1960 61
Roy L. Simpson of Great West Life Assurance Company was reelected president for 1960 61 by the Central Southern Illinois Association of Life Underwriters at the Salem Elks Club. New officers include Darrell Chapman Irvington vice president Russell Laur Mt Vernon secretary treasurer Harvey L Hughes and a new board of directors featuring Fritz Dietz Joseph Snider Edward Dilley and Edwin White.
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Roy L. Simpson
Great-West ‘Life Assurance Company
Vernon
Central-Southern Illinois Association of Life Underwriters
Salem Elks Club
Darrell Chapman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Irvington
Russell Laur
Prudential Insurance Company
Harvey L. Hughes
Centralia
Khrushchev Threatens West Berlin Again
Khrushchev in Paris indicated a prepared peace treaty with East Germany would be signed when time is right. He reiterated the aim to push Western allies from West Berlin and suggested a future conference of Communist nations could precede any signing. Officials anticipated talks with Ulbricht and Grotewohl on German issues.
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Khrushchev
East Berlin
Communist Party
Walter Ulbricht
Otto Grotewohl
Soviet Union
Paris
West Berlin
Hassakis Receives YMCA Honor From Illinois Board
Demetri Hassakis Mt Vernon city attorney received a special lapel pin from YMCA board member Harry Shannon for his services. Hassakis, vice chairman of the YMCA district, was praised for a paper he wrote to be published in the national YMCA magazine. His experience report on The YMCA In A Town Without A Staff On The Job was presented at the Illinois Area Council meeting and will be shared at the national YMCA gathering in Buffalo. The report covers the Mt Vernon YMCA program amid staff shortages and outlines its origin, growth, and future planning.
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Demetri Hassakis
Vernon
Ilinois Y. M. C. A
Carbondale
Harry Shannon
West Frankfort
Hassakis
Esi Young Men's Christian Association
Ly. M. Cc. A
Illinois Ymca
Decatur
National Ymca
Buffalo
New York
YMCA
Mt. Vernor
Y.M.C.A
Mt. Vernon
Driver Fined After Collision at Salem Road and Oakland Avenue
One driver was fined following a collision at 5 50 p m yesterday at Salem Road and Oakland Avenue. No injuries were reported. Vehicles driven by Arthur L Flota 20 Route 4 Mt Vernon and Dick A Boyd 53 Chicago were involved. Boyd was fined five dollars and costs by Police Magistrate J R Thomas for illegal passing. Flota’s car sustained about 75 dollars in damage while the Chicago car was undamaged.
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Salem Road
Oakland Avenue
Arthur L. Flota
Route 4
Mt. Vernon
Dick A. Boyd
Chicago
Boyd
J. R. Thomas
Flota
Report of Store and Chairs Stolen at Home Here
Jewell Gossage reported to police at 2 30 yesterday afternoon that someone broke into her house on 1212 South 27th Street and stole an electric range four kitchen chairs cushions from a couch and chair a coat a clothes hamper and a mangle. A door was forced open.
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Jewell Gossage
South 27Thstreet
Car Hits Train On Main Street No Injuries Reported
Jimmy Sinks of Route 6 escaped injury when his car struck a diesel locomotive at the C. E. L. Railroad crossing on Main Street yesterday afternoon. The impact damaged the car more than $200 after brakes failed as it pushed forward at about 4:30 p.m. The train blocked the crossing and the locomotive sustained rear damage.
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Jimmy Sinks
Route 6
Sinks
Polio Shots Given to 255 at Bluford Grade School
Free polio immunizations were administered to 255 people today at Bluford grade school. The event, sponsored by the PTA as a community service, marks the third and final polio shot administration for the children.
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Bluford
P.T.A
Four Mt. Vernon youths join the U S Navy
Four Mt. Vernon youths enlisted in the U S Navy this week and three flew to San Diego for recruit training. Among the enlistees were brothers Jackie Matherly and Roy Matherly, sons of local residents, along with Kenneth Ray Graham and Harold Edgar Palmer. Graham heads to Great Lakes, while three others began training in California. The Navy’s Buddy Program lets peers stay together during recruit training, with local recruiters at the Post Office building or CH 2-4870.
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Mt. Vernon
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Jackie Matherly
Roy Matherly
Melvin Matherly
North Seventh Street
Kenneth Ray Graham
Mary Graham
Main Street
Harold Edgar Palmer
John Palmer
Route 4
Graham
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
California
Navy
New Car Runs On Batteries In Illinois Demonstration
The Kilowatt electric car from Renault Dauphine hardware aims to show economy and ease of operation for a growing fleet by Illinois Power Company. It weighs 1500 pounds with a 600 pound 82-volt lead acid battery and achieves about 40 miles between charges at 35 mph. Kinsey projects future 200 mile range and 60 mph speeds as improvements emerge.
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Virgil T. Bailey
Mt. Vernon
Illinois Power Company
IPL Southern Dunols
Fred Kinsey
Everett Dalby
Julius Lustig
City Hall
Delo
IPL
Kinsey
U. S
New Peoria Plant Planned by Archer Daniels Midland Co
Archer Daniels Midland plans a new chemical plant near Peoria Illinois costing several million dollars. Construction is set to begin this summer or early next year.
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Minneapolis
Peoria
Mil
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co
Obey Park Traffic Signs Warn Mt Vernon Motorists
Police Chief John Wielt urged drivers to follow all park traffic signs at Mt. Vernon city park. Park superintendent Irvin McKay reported several violations including driving the wrong way on park roads. Violators may be arrested, and drivers are asked not to park at yellow curb no parking zones even without signs.
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John Wielt
Mt. Vernon
Irvin McKay
Wielt
Home Built by Mt Vernon High Open to Tours
A modern house built by Mt Vernon township high school industrial education students will be on public display this weekend at 36 Cherry Drive. Open house runs 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The project spanned two years and was funded by the high school vocational department. The school board will accept bids for sale starting tomorrow, with profits to fund future building equipment.
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Mt. Vernon Township High School
Cherry Drive
Vocational Department
High School
Weather dampens Illinois with heavy rain likely
The Associated Press reports mild, rainy weather across Illinois with temps in the 70s to 80s after lows in the 50s and 60s. Thunderstorms drenched areas from South Beloit to Cairo, with over an inch of rain in Carbondale, Chester, and Vandalia. Showers likely through Friday with cooling and an end to rain.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Beloit
Cairo
Ilinois
Carbondale
Chester
Vandalia
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