Deaths Ora Jackson Dies at 85 in Mt. Vernon
Miss Ora Jackson 85 of Route 7 Mt. Vernon died at 7 20 am yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services 2 pm Friday at Bluford Funeral Home with Rev H Mayberry officiating. Burial Harmony Cemetery. Born Jan 11 1882 in Webber township to Lee and Armanda Humphrey Jackson. Member Harmony Baptist Church. Survived by one sister in law Mrs Fred Jackson Route 7 Mt. Vernon and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded by three brothers and three sisters.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Bluford Funeral Home
H. Mayberry
Harmony Cemetery
Miss Jackson
Webber Township
Lee and
Arminda
Humphrey) Jackson
Harmony Baptist Church
Fred Jackson
Funeral for John McCarty in Taylorville Scheduled
John McCarty 97 of Taylorville died Wednesday at St Vincent's Hospital. Funeral at 9:00 a.m. Saturday at St Marys Catholic Church with Father Joseph O'Dwyer. Graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery at 1:00 p.m. The body lies in state at Connolly Funeral Home after 3:00 p.m. Friday. He was born December 5, 1869 in Franklin County. He married Charlotta Page, who died in 1956. Survivors include two daughters and three grandchildren with four great grandchildren.
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Taylorville
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mt. Vernon
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Msg
Joseph O'Dwyer
Oakwood Cemetery
Connollly
McCarty
Franklin County
William
Catherine (McClafferty) McCarty
Charlotta Page
Vincent LaSusa
Dollye Flinn
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients List
Admitted: Ira Jeffrey Greenwalt Keenes Lawrence Webb Sweetin 28 Cnncav Estelle Carlton 308 North Ninth Street Discharged: Freda Mae Halfacre Iuka Harold Johnston RFD 2 Lena Towal 728 Kensington Maude Glatz 2700 Broadway Franklin Sudduth Centralia Laura Downen 324 North 5th Anita Grigg 821 North ith David IDberry Inn Estella Page 506 South 7th Lloyd Hicks 226 South 15th Randy Lynn Cates 1110 South 24th Pansy Davey 1305 North 11th David Joe Shields 3221 Apple John Elliott Number Five Neal Drive John Byrne Welge 716 Kensington Grace Porter 1304 North Highland East Louie Chapman 1310 South 15th Mrs June Ann Prinnell and baby Timothy Duane 316 Bell James Tate Belle Rive Henry Bartolomucci RFD 3 Lillian Hensler Bluford Mike Carnes RFD 7 Elliott Efler 11100 Park Avenue
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North
Anita Grigg
North Ith
David Idberry
Estella Page
South 7Th
Lloyd Hicks
South 15Th
Randy Lynn Cates
South
Pansy Davey
North 11Th
David Joe Shields
Apple
John Elliott
Neal Drive
John Byrne Welge
Kensington
Grace Porter
North Highland
Louie Chapman
June Ann Prinnell
Timothy Duane
Bell
James Tate
Belle
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital Find Newborn Sons
Mr and Mrs Patrick Williamson of 15 Rushton Drive welcomed a son at 11 51 pm weighing seven pounds five and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Dennis Richard son of RFD 1 welcomed a son at 6 50 am weighing seven pounds three ounces named Jeffrey Lee.
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Patrick Williamson
Rushton Drive
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dennis Richardson
RFD 1
Jeffrey Lee
Carson Sues Hypnotist Over Photo Use in Brochure
Comedian Johnny Carson seeks $300,000 in a federal suit. A restraining order tied to the case has halted the release of 5,000 advertising brochures featuring Carson with hypnotist David A. Drake of Clayton Missouri seated together on a sofa amid claims of unauthorized photo use.
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ST. Louis
Johnny Carson
Missouri
Carson
U.S. District Court
David A. Drake
Calyton
Drake
Soviets Launch Fifth Molniya Communications Satellite
The Soviet Union launched its fifth Molniya communications satellite today and reported all onboard equipment functioning normally. Molniya satellites transmit radio and television programs. The first Molniya was erected April 23, 1968, the fourth last October 2.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Weather snapshot for Mt Vernon and Illinois
Weather notes from The Associated Press report a warm, unsettled day across Illinois with highs from the 70s to low 90s and brief afternoon thunder showers in the extreme north. It predicts more showers Friday as a warm spell continues, with mild nights mostly in the 60s.
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Illinois
Springfield
Belleville
Hold Kidnaper On Rape Charge
A forcible rape charge was filed Wednesday against Larry Lee Pollard 21 of Springfield Ohio in Warrenton Missouri. Police say Pollard abducted three girls who work in St Louis at gunpoint after leaving a downtown airline ticket office. One victim Thommae Fleisch 20 of Boston Indiana was shot in the chest and held in serious condition at St Josephs Hospital in St Charles Missouri. The other two are Connie Ledin 20 Evansville Indiana and Gloria Walker 19 St Louis.
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Ohio
St. Louis
Warrenton
Larry Lee Pollard
Pollard
Truxton
Missouri High
Thommae Fleisch
Boston
Ind
Connie Ledin
Evansville
Gloria Walker
Miss Fleisch
St Joseph's Hospital
St. Charles
Special Meeting Notice for Friday May 26
A.M. special meeting is scheduled Friday May 26 at 7 30 p m. Work in the third degree. Officers present include Bill Salyer worshipful master and Byron Weld secretary. 526
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Bill Salyer
W.M
Byron Weld
Teachers Strike Skorie Townships Niles High Schools
AP reports half of 423 teachers in Niles Township three high schools walked out for higher pay. Their classrooms are covered by 60 substitute teachers and 120 citizen volunteers for the 10 remaining school days.
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Skorie
Niles Township
Thant cuts Egypt peace talks short in Middle East crisis
Thant ends Cairo mission as Egypt blocks the Gulf of Aqaba to shipping and Israel vows not to back down. U.S. force moves in the Mediterranean while the UN Security Council debates Thant’s armistice idea and possible actions.
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Does an octopus have a shell in nature
The octopus lacks a shell while its close relatives carry at least a trace of one.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Markets in Mt. Vernon quoted soybeans at 2.71, shell corn at 1.30 and ear corn at 1.27 this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon Grain
Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Behind Noon Report
Hog Market prices through 12 30 p m show declines with top quotes 23 00 to 23 25 for 200 to 220 lb meat hogs. Sows drop to 19 00 for 300 lb, 18 75 for 300 lb plus. Boars listed at 14 00 to 14 50. post noon values tied to next day’s pricing.
Market quotes for Wheat Corn and Soybeans in Chicago
AP report from Chicago shows No 2 hard wheat at 1.65 and No 2 red wheat at 1.63, No 2 yellow corn at 1.40, No 2 heavy white oats 75.76 to 76, and No 1 yellow soybeans at 2.89 with soy oil at 10.32. Prices reflect early trading and market movement for grain commodities.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices Endorse Market at National Stockyards
Estimates for Friday at National Stockyards indicate hogs at 5,000 head and cattle at 200 with calves 50 and sheep 50. Hogs 200-250 lb barrows and gilts 23.00-24.25, sows 300-650 lb 17.25-19.75. Cattle 800 head with steer 24.50-26.25, heifers 23.00-24.75, cows 17.00-19.50, vealers 26.00-36.00, calves 18.00-24.00. Sheep 50 head with lambs 24.00-26.50 and sheep 5.00-6.50.
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National Stockyards
St Louis Produce Egg and Poultry Prices Listing
St Louis Produce lists consumer eggs by grade and size with price checks. Hens by weight category displayed with price ranges or not shown. Broilers and fryers percentages given, without price detail.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Mercury Exchange score update
Chicago Mercantile Exchange data shows Batter 3 score 66 to 92 and 9 B 63 percent. Cars scores 90 B 64 and 89 C 60 percent. Eye grade breakdown lists A whites 24 percent, mixed 24 14, mediums 21, standards 23 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Wall Street sees broad rally as stocks rise
Wall Street opened strong with a broad advance. The Associated Press average for 60 stocks climbed 1.9 to 322.7 at noon and the Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.79 to 871.21 as gainers outpaced losers by more than two to one.
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President in Canada visit noted amid Vietnam peace probe
The passage recalls a May 1965 meeting in Maryland between President Johnson and the Canadian prime minister after Johnson proposed pausing Vietnam bombing in a Philadelphia speech. It notes the improving relations and Johnson calling the Canadian leader to discuss international issues.
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Philadelphia
United States
Vietnam
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Long Says IRS Leak Led Life Fee Disclosure
Sen. Edward Long says he will quiz the IRS on how Life magazine learned of legal fees he shared with St. Louis lawyer Morris Shenker. He claims Life’s 1963 64 report followed IRS audit timing and says none of the fees came from Jimmy Hoffa. Long seeks funds boost for his Senate subcommittee probing federal harassment.
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Edward V. Long
Internal Revenue Service
Life Magazine
St. Louis
Missouri Democrat
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Life
Long
Senate
Morris A. Shenker
Shenker
Long’s
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
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Sente
Jimmy Hoffa
Sheldon Cohen
Cohen
Open housing bill advances in Illinois House
The Illinois House, rejecting five Democratic amendments, moved an open housing bill toward passage under Speaker Ralph T. Smith. The measure would ban housing discrimination in multiunit sales or rentals, with exemptions shrinking by 1971, and would not apply to private homes. Amendments sought broader access and attorney general powers, but were defeated. The House plans a Friday vote, with Morgan’s competing bill already referred to the Senate.
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Harold Washington
Chicago
Arrington
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House
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R-Wheaton
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American forces face heavy clash in week’s battle
In a sharp hour and a half fight Wednesday, Infantry Division units faced a North Vietnamese unit of unknown size. The Communists launched a mortar barrage and about 70 rockets as Americans answered with air attacks and artillery. When over, 35 North Vietnamese were dead, five Americans killed, and 14 wounded. In the Mekong Delta, two plastic hulled Navy patrol boats were hit by bazooka and machine gun fire, killing four and wounding five of ten sailors, though both boats were saved. The destroyer Ozbourn shelling by a northern demilitarized zone shore battery left it unharmed and the ship replied with forward 5 inch guns.
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Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Navy
Ozbourn
Four fined in Circuit Court at Mt Vernon
Circuit Court at Mt Vernon fines four persons Jimmie D Bain 1301 Park avenue disturbance 10 dollars Robert E Fuller Route 1 Mt Vernon careless driving 25 dollars James Henry Mais St Ann Mo failure to yield right of way 10 dollars Randall Chapman Carbondale no valid safety sticker 10 dollars
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Mt. Vernon
Jimmie D. Bain
Park Avenue
Robert E. Fuller
James Henry Mais
St. Ann
Randall Chapman
Carbondale
Young Man Charged With Theft In Walgreens Store
Dwayne Evan Wickstrom, 21, of 903 South 25th Street, was arrested on a theft charge from Blades Walgreens on the west side of the public square. He posted a $1,000 bond. Police allege he stole four cameras, two transistor radios, two hair dryers, three cigarette lighters and seven watches over the past month. several items have been recovered.
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Dwayne Evan Wickstrom
South 25Th Street
Blades Walgreen
Public Square
Wickstrom
Car Backfires Prompt Firemen Called to Blaze
Mt. Vernon firemen raced to Tenth street near the L and N tracks at 3 50 p m after a car owned by H L Eyre of 1319 North 12th street ignited in the carburetor from a backfire. The blaze was subdued on their arrival.
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Mt. Vernon
Tenth Street
H. L. Eyre
North 12Th Street
Kindergarten Registration Here June 1
Mt. Vernon grade schools announce kindergarten registration will be held on June 1 at all elementary schools. Dr. John Alford says last names A through M register at 8:30 a.m. and N through Z at 10 a.m. Birthdays before Jan 1, 1968 qualify. parents urged to attend with no children if possible for briefing and guidance materials.
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Mt. Vernon
John Alford
Alford
Mt Vernon Warns Against Burning Garbage
Mt Vernon public works superintendent Bob Dethrow warned residents it is unlawful to burn garbage inside the city. He cited complaints of burning table scraps and papers and urged garbage be hauled away. Dethrow said charges will be filed for ordinance violations.
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Bob Dethrow
Mt. Vernon
Project Uplift Offers Course In Education
Project Uplift announces Elementary Education 411 a workshop starting June 5 at Bluford Elementary School. The course runs 8:30 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, offers three quarter hours of credit through Southern Illinois University, and emphasizes social studies. The program introduces concept approach and problem solving into curricula and demonstrates new media provided by Project Uplift.
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Project Uplift
Bluford Elementary School
Southern Illinois University
Family Of Four Helped Here
Mr Vernon police extended a helping hand to a stranded Iowa family traveling from Florida to Iowa. An Iowa man called police and reported his family had no place to sleep, and officers paid for a hotel room for the man his wife and their two young sons. Theft From Car two wrenches were stolen from Marshall Moore at Good Samaritan Hospital while his car was parked there.
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Vernon
Iowa
Florida
Marshall Moore
Route 2
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt Vernon Livestock Judging Team Wins A Rating
Mt Vernon High School's livestock judging team earned an A rating at the state contest in Urbana Til Roger Herriman finished sixth among 600 entrants with 397 of 450 points Vernon Sweetin and Don Willmore were also on the team The Mt Vernon dairy judging squad included Steven Sledge Bruce Elliott and Nelson Poole
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Urbana
Til
Roger Herriman
Mt. Vernon
Focal
Herriman
Vernon Sweetin
Don Willmore
Illinois
Steven Sledge
Bruce Elliott
Nelson Poole
Sixty three Sesser seniors to graduate Monday
Sixty three seniors of Sesser High School will receive diplomas in commencement exercises at 8 p.m. Monday in the high school gymnasium. Floyd Smith principal of Flora High School will be the speaker. The baccalaureate service Sunday at 8 p.m. will feature Rev Leo Copeland and Rev Robert Grider and others. The ceremony includes music, awards, and a reception afterward in the cafeteria.
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Sesser High School
Floyd Smith
Flora High School
Leo Copeland
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Lesser High
Unuit
Robert Grider
Lesser Christian Church
Peter Shu
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Bob Warden
Hazel Dell Free Will Baptist Church
Kenneth Bunting
Walier Methodist Church
Jean
Army Captain Levy trial hinges on Green Berets war crimes evidence
In Washington Col Earl V Brown suspended action as a combat veteran testified Green Berets allegedly tolerated torture of prisoners by South Vietnamese troops. Levy 30 a dermatologist contends orders to train Special Forces medics were illegal and argues disobedience justified if he faced war crime violations by allied forces. Defense claims bias against his unit. A bizarre closing line notes a child says a tooth was kept by the dentist.
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D.C
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Vietnam
Army
Howard B. Levy
Earl V. Brown
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N.Y
Ft. Jackson Army Hospital
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American Civil Liberties Union
Green Beret
Fire destroys Minnie's Department Store in Farmer City
Investigators blamed an electrical short for the Wednesday blaze that leveled Minnie's Department Store and threatened nearby structures. The damage was estimated at 125,000 dollars. Firefighters from four communities fought the fire and it was not controlled until after it caused smoke and water damage to adjacent buildings.
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Farmer City
Minnie’s
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