Deaths Thomas Wheeler 77 of McLeansboro
Thomas Wheeler 77 of RFD 4 McLeansboro died at 8 20 am Tuesday at Hamilton Memorial Hospital McLeansboro Funeral services set for 2 pm Thursday at Prospect Baptist Church with Reverend Clarence Venters officiating Burial will be in the adjacent cemetery The body will lie in state after 6 pm today He was born April 5 1890 in Hamilton County to John and Harriet Wheeler He married Mattie McMahon who preceded him in death Survivors include two sons John and Glenn Wheeler four daughters Marie McPeak Maude Alice Mildred Renn 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Thomas Wheeler
RFD
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Prospect Baptist Church
Clarence Venters
Gholson
McLeansborg
Funeral for Harold F. Stephenson Thursday at 2 PM
Harold F. Stephenson aged 73 died Monday at his residence in Lesser. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Lesser Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Christoff officiating. Brayfield Funeral Home handling arrangements. Burial will follow at Horse Prairie Cemetery.
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Lesser Baptist Church
Harold F. Stephenson
Lesser
Bill Christoff
Brayfield
Horse Prairie Cemetery
Illinois Bankers Elect Officers
Harold J. Bacon chairman and chief executive of Home State Bank Crystal Lake was elected president of the Illinois Bankers Association at the 76th annual convention. Other officers elected include Allen P. Stults of American National Bank & Trust Co Chicago as first vice president Myron Heins of Bank of Pontiac as second vice president and Paul R. Skala of Berwyn National Bank as treasurer.
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Chicago
Harold J. Bacon
Home State Bank
Crystal Lake
Ilinois Bankers Association
Allen P. Stults
American National Bank & Trust Co
Myron Heins
Bank of Pontiac
Paul R. Skala
Berwyn National Bank
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
Admission notes Connie Jo Adcock 924 Wel ns Wake Woolridge 229 Castle ton. Discharged Edgar Jay Emidcott Mc Leansboro. Good Samaritan list Elsie Catron Bluford William Oscar Smith 1217 north 12th Bettie Lee Kirkwood 913 Perkins Larry Peterson Opdyke Luck Dunbar Inn Ellen Purdie 2804 Cherry Merle Williamson Richview Road Louis Schrum 1114 Jordan Mike Carnes RFD 7 Bill Pride 515 south 20th Charles Book Carrolton TH Lillian Hensler Bluford Stanley York No Six Neal Drive Sarah Lou Crooks Salem Tl Mrs Katie Hahn and baby Tricia Renee 823 south 19th Iva Moore Dahlgren Kenneth De Prime 3305 Blackberry Harold Johnston RFD 2 James Drury 11 Turner Drive Jewell Thompson 1104 south 13th Frank Nowland Waltonville LaVerne Canter RFD 4 Paul Trotter Dahlgren Snell Bonner Centralia Til Harvey Shelton Bluford Sarah Taylor Hickory Grove Manor Velma Dooher 809 Apricot.
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Edgar Jay Emidcott
McLeansboro
Good Samaritan
Elsie Catron
Bluford
William Oscar Smith
North 12Th
Bettie Lee Kirkwood
Perkins
Larry Peterson
Opdyke
Luck Dunbar
Inn
Ellen Purdie
Cherry
Merle Williamson
Richview Road
Louis Schrum
Jordan
Mike Carnes
RFD
Bill Pride
South 20Th
Charles Book
Carrolton
Lillian Hensler
Stanley York
Neal Drive
Sarah Lou Crooks
Salem
Katie Hahn
Tricia Renee
South 19Th
Iva Moore
Dahlgren
Kenneth de Prime
Blackberry
Harold Johnston
James Drury
Turner Drive
Jewell Thompson
South 13Th
Frank Nowland
Waltonville
LaVerne Canter
Paul Trotter
Snell Bonner
Centralia
Til
Harvey Shelton
Sarah Taylor
Hickory Grove Manor
Velma Dooher
Births Record for Two Local Families
Mr and Mrs Bert Ray Adcock of 924 Welkins welcomed a daughter at 10 05 AM Tuesday in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing five pounds thirteen ounces named Cynthia Marie. Mr and Mrs Paul Hale of RFD 2 Richview Road welcomed a son at 3 36 PM yesterday in Good Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds five and one quarter ounces.
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Bert Ray Adcock
Welkins
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Cynthia Marie
Paul Hale
RFD 2
Richview Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Meetings Varnell Rebekah Lodge May 3
The regular meeting of Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 9 will be held in the I.O.O.F. Hall Thursday evening May 3 at 8 00 oclock. Betty Black N G Naomi R Bogan Secy.
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
C.F
Betty Black
N. G
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec’y
Weather Brief for Here and Elsewhere
Tuesday's high 75 and low 57. Rainfall to date 1967 is 15.20 inches. One year ago high 73 and low 50. Ten years ago high 75 and low 60. Thursday sunrise 4.37 and sunset 4:17 CST.
Illinois warms as weather forecasters predict milder temps
The Southern Illinois area will see temperatures 3 to 8 degrees above normal with highs in the mid 70s and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Weekend warmth continues, then cooler early next week. Precipitation totals near three quarters of an inch late Friday into Saturday. Report from The Associated Press notes sunny skies and 70s across Illinois with showers possible late Wednesday night into Thursday. Tuesday highs ranged 67 at Chicago lakefront to 84 at Moline.
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Ilinois
Associated Press
Chicago
Lakefront
Moline
Wisconsin Ends Oleo Bootlegging
Wisconsin ends 72 years of bans on colored oleo as repeal of the law is signed by Governor Warren P. Knowles. Housewives previously bootlegged contraband oleo across state lines. butter sells around 80 cents a pound while colored oleo in Illinois could be as cheap as 20 cents.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Dorothy Knowles
Warren P. Knowles
Illinois
Meyer Zimmerman
Ilinois
Sesser School Picnic At Mt Vernon City Park
Wilson school will hold its annual picnic Friday at Mt Vernon City Park for over 100 kindergarten through second grade pupils. Principal Jan Kelly says pupils will bring box lunches. faculty include JoAnn Girten Maxine Bullock Eugenis Farmer and Mary Darr.
Praise for Help From Young Men in Emergency
A newspaper page notes praise for six to seven Mt. Vernon youths who assisted a stranded motorist in rain, pushing the car to safety. A Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce appeal requests the youths contact the chamber for thanks to be published locally.
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Mt. Vernon
Missouri City
Vernon
Chamber
Kidnaper Of Three Women Captured In Missouri
ST LOUIS AP The Missouri Highway Patrol said it captured Larry Lee Pollard 21 of Springfield Ohio early today in Truxton after three women were abducted while leaving work at an airline ticket office in St Louis One woman Tommie Fleisch 20 of Boston Ind was shot and listed in serious condition at St Josephs Hospital St Charles The other two women Gloth J Walker 19 of St Louis and Connie Ledin 20 of Evansville Ind were unharmed
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ST. Louis
Missouri Highway ‘Patrol
Truxton
Highway Patrol
Larry Lee Pollard
Springfield
Ohio
St. Joseph's Hospital
St. Charles
Tommie Fleisch
Boston
Ind
Memorial Day tribute honors fallen service members
A Memorial Day program outlines honors for veterans with a history in the Army of Occupation in Germany and eight years with the Air National Guard. The order includes colors posting by American Legion, national anthem by a high school band, invocations by Rev. Glen Bolce and Rev. Mervin E. Chadbourne, guest recognition by Drayton Allison, memorial prayers, a rifle salute, taps, and benediction.
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Army of Occupation
Germany
Air National Guard
Greenville
Emory University
Atlanta
Southern Illinois University
American Legion Color Guard
Charles Gregg
Glen Bolce
First Baptist
Chuch
Smith Quartet
Drayton Allison
American Legion
Mervin E. Chadbourne
God Bless America
Legion
Roger Davis
David Dickerson
Boyce
Guard of
Mt. Vernon High School
Julie L Wright Seeks Divorce from Ronald G Wright
Julie Lynn Wright seeks a divorce from Ronald Gene Wright filed in Circuit Court. She cites cruelty and seeks custody of a child, child support, and alimony. The couple married October 19, 1961 and separated May 20, 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Lynn Wright
Ronald Gene Wright
Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon College to hold final commencement June 4
Mt Vernon Community College will stage its final commencement on June 4 with Delyte W Morris president of Southern Illinois University addressing 96 sophomores receiving Associate of Arts degrees. The Pyramid Times, Mt Vernon college paper, vows to continue under new staff led by Rose Marie Bland and Diana Ferguson with next fall’s staff to be named.
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Mt. Vernon Community College
Delyte W. Morris
Southern Illinois University
Mt. Vernon College
Area College
Pyramid Times
Rose Marie Bland
Diana Ferguson
Mike Aaron
Terry M. Pigg
Lonnie Hicks
Christine Chambers
Bill Clark
Mary Alice Bond
Jane Firebaugh
Diane Gibbs
Judy Walker
Nixon Campaign HQ Opens Near White House in Washington
Nixon campaign promoters unveiled a prominent capital headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House with Nixon named in bold colors. A confidential memo distributed to press cites Nixon as the leading GOP pick at 42 percent while Michigan Governor George Romney trails by about 20 points.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Nixon
National
Nixon Joy President Committee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Markets in Mt Vernon listed soybeans at 2 71 and corn prices for shell corn 1 30 and ear corn 1 27 this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Down Then Up At Noon
Hog Market prices at Mt Vernon through 12 30 p m were down 50 cents with top at 23700 and 23 50 for 200 to 220 lb meat type hogs. Sows rose 50 cents to 19 25 for 300 weight while sows 300 pounds and over were 19 00 down. Boars quoted 14 00 and 14 50. After 12 30 p m prices will reflect the next day’s levels.
Chicago cash grain prices extend across futures markets
Wheat No 2 hard 1.674% nz No 2 red 1.65% n. Corn No 2 yellow 1.39% n. Oats No 2 heavy white 747-7554 n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.9132 n.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices Report from National Stockyards TI
AP dispatch from Livestock National Stockyards TI lists Thursday estimates for hogs cattle calves and sheep. Hogs 2000 barrows and gilts 23.50 to 24.50 per hundredweight sows 17.75 to 20.00. Cattle steers 23.50 to 26.25 heifers 22.50 to 24.50 cows 17.00 to 22.00 calves 18.00 to 25.00. Sheep lambs 27.00 to 28.00 ewes 5.00 to 7.00.
St Louis Produce Egg and Poultry Price Ranges
St Louis AP reports consumer and wholesale price ranges for eggs and poultry. Egg grades list A large 23-26 cents, A medium 19-22, A small 15-18, B large 20-22, standard 20-22. hens heavy 12-18, light over 5 lbs 8-9, under 5 lbs 5-6. broilers and fryers 254-264.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Prices and Eggs Report
Chicago AP notes live poultry roasters priced 27 to 29 cents per pound and red white rock fryers at 20 to 23 cents. Butter quotes at 68 to 89 cents, cars at 60 cents, eggs grade A whites 25 cents, mixed 25 44 cents, mediums 22 cents, standards 24 14 cents.
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Chicago Produce
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Wall Street Opens With Sixth Straight Downgrade As Markets Slide
Selling pressure pushed New York stocks lower at mid day extending the sixth straight loss. The Associated Press average fell 1.9 to 320.9 with industrials down 3.2, rails 0.7, utilities 0.6. Glamour issues led losses as Xerox IBM and Polaroid fell amid caution from IsraelArab crisis. Dow industrial average stood at 862.08, down 6.63.
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New York
Associated Press
Israel
Standard Ol
Indiana
Jersey Standard
Texaco
Standard
California
Royacon
Xerox
IBM
Control Data
Polaroid
American Stock Exchange
Pope urges U S to halt bombing in Vietnam
Pope Paul VI urged the United States to stop bombing North Vietnam and for North Vietnam to end arms shipments to the Viet Cong. He spoke at Fatima after Mass and prayer for peace on May 18 during an audience with Roman Catholic South Vietnamese returning from the shrine.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Shrine of Fatima
Svetlana Alliluyeva Calls Life In Russia Unbearable
In the Atlantic June issue Svetlana Alliluyeva says life in the Soviet Union is unbearable and leaving was fate. Her son Joseph in Moscow denounces her abroad stay while she writes from Switzerland after reading Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago.
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Boston
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Russia
Svetlana Alliluyeva
The
Atlantic Monthly
Moscow
Joseph
Switzerland
Boris Pasternak
Dr. Zhivago
Pasternak
Bluford Woman Hurt In Salem Road Crash
Mrs. Lillian Hensler of Bluford suffered a head injury and forehead laceration requiring 13 stitches after a collision at 9 57 last night in the 1300 block of Salem Road. Her husband Henry Hensler, 73, was driving and James H. Malis, 28, of St. Ann, Missouri, drove the other car. Hensler remained hospitalized at Good Samaritan. Police charged Malis with failure to yield right of way. Damages listed: Hensler car about unknown amount. other car over $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Hensler
Bluford
Salem Road
Henry Hensler
James H. Malis
St. Ann
Mais
Hensler
Thomson Heads Illinois Doctors
Dr. Philip G. Thomson of South Holland was named president elect of the Illinois State Medical Society and will assume office in May 1968. Dr. Newton DuPuy of Quincy was installed as president, succeeding Dr. Caesar Portes of Chicago. The House of Delegates backed a resolution opposing Gov Kerner’s plan to tax doctor bills and endorsed a Senate bill to bar salaried physician employment by hospitals.
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Chicago
Philip G. Thomson
South Holland
Illinois State Medical Society
Thompson
Isms Board of Trustees
Newton DuPuy
Quincy
Caesar Portes
House of Delegates
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Illinois Senate
Hong Kong Bus Strike Amid City Riots Persists
AP reports during the homeward rush hour Chinese Communist leaders intensified labor harassment in Hong Kong after 11 days of riots. Officials say agitators intimidated drivers into abandoning about half of the island’s 180 buses. Gas workers joined the action, but supervisors kept some service running and 150 employees did not strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Gas Company
Jamison Named Civic Leader in National Book
Mt. Vernon builder Jamison will be included in the 1967 edition of Outstanding Civic Leaders of America. Nominated by Portland mayor Terry D. Schrunk, he lauds national recognition for aiding veterans housing, highways, and Rend Lake development while noting eight homes under construction and 600 remaining lots.
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Jamison
Mt. Vernon
Terry D. Schrunk
Portland
Oregon
America
United States
Schrunk
Nobody Hurt In Accidents Near Ashley
Two accidents near Ashley yesterday left no injuries. At about 10 30 a.m. John Hessenauer 24 Milwaukee drove a car off the road striking a sign near the west Ashley Y where Highways 460 and 51 join. About 11 a.m. a second crash at the east Ashley Y involved Julian Peeck 65 Ashley and Hattie E Rich 57 Pulaski Tenn.
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Ashley
John Hessenauer
Milwaukee
Wis
Ashley “Y
east-Ashley “Y
Julian Peeck
Hattie E. Rich
Pulaski
Tenn
Louis Schrum Suffers Severe Injury To Hand
Louis Schrum, 60, of 1114 Jordan Street, suffered severe bruises and cuts to his right hand at 5 30 p m yesterday when it was caught in a roto tiller while working at the Karpet Korner at 12th and Jordan. He was in good condition at Good Samaritan Hospital this morning and remained hospitalized. Bones were not broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Schrum
Jordan Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Schrum
Karpet
Arabs Mobilize as Gulf Crisis Escalates to War Threats
The United States backs free passage through the Gulf of Aqaba while Egypt threatens to halt Israeli and allied shipping. Johnson calls the move illegal and potentially dangerous to peace. the Soviet Union supports the Arabs. Cairo seethes with war fever as Thant meets Nasser to seek a path to peace amid mass mobilizations along the Israeli border.
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Gulf
Elath
Johnson
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
United States
U.N
U Thant
Cairo
Russie
Middle East
Soviet Union
Syria
Sinai Desert
Thant
Nasser
United Nations
Canada
Denmark
U.N. Truce Supervisory Organization
Jerusalem
Nile-side
Mahmoud Riad
al Abram
Stallion Kicks Official In Rib Injury Near Mt Veron
Merle Happy Williamson an animal control officer was kicked by a stallion northeast of Mt Vern causing a rib fracture and bruising. He was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital and released. Chief Deputy Sheriff John Richardson said the incident happened as Williamson aided in catching the escaped stallion near Tolle Road about five miles outside Mt Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle
Happy) Williamson
Mt. Vernon
Williamson
Good Samaritan Hospital
John Richardson
Richardson
Tolle Road
Mt. Veron
U S Backing Israel and Soviet Ties in Middle East Crisis
President urges UN role and decries warlike moves as he backs Israel. He calls for troop reductions on Arab Israeli borders and notes Egypt will block Israeli ships carrying strategic goods through the Red Sea Gulf of Aqaba waterway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaza
Sinai
General Assembly
Security Council
United Nations
Gamal Abdel Nouser der
Four held in circuit court fines total set
Circuit Court fined four persons, one on two charges. Sheldon E. F. Walker of Mt. Vernon paid 10 dollars for failure to register a vehicle and 20 dollars for disturbance. Burl Rockey of St South 10th Street paid 10 dollars for intoxication. John Henry Farris of 1 South 10th Street paid 10 dollars for intoxication. Lloyd M. of Marlow Bluford paid for failure to yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon EF. Walker
Route 5
Mt. Vernon
Burl Rockey
St South 10Th Street
John Henry Farris
South 10Th Street
Lloyd M
Marlow
Bluford
Whisky drinking bandits steal $630,000 from Brink’s truck
Police seek three masked robbers in Brockton who waited inside East Side First County National Bank with whiskey, bags, and handcuffed guards. They looted $630,000, swapped the truck for two cars, and moved to a woodland area before police spotted them transferring loot. One bandit wore the guard’s hat and jacket during the heist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Eddie
Brink’s Inc
East Side
First County National Bank
Mt Vernon Doctors Sued Over Fatal Penicillin Injection
Mrs Dorothy Fleener, administrator of Clinton Fleener’s estate, sues Dr Cyril Anslinger and Dr Raymond Alexander in Circuit Court seeking 30000 for Fleener’s death after a penicillin injection without allergy testing. The suit accuses negligent diagnosis and unqualified staff handling nursing duties.
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Cyril J. Anslinger
Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Dorothy Fleener
Clinton Fleener
Fleener
Neville and Rice
East St. Louis
Anslinger
Fleeter
Debra Lynn Fleener
Gary Nix
Rockford
Alexander
Nix
M Vernon
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