Deaths Mrs Anna Grace Cullins 74 RFD 3 McLeansboro
Mrs Cullins died at 12 15 p m in Hamilton Memorial Hospital McLeansboro She was born November 7 1886 in Sangamon county to Ephraham and Fannie Tackett McNabb She married Thomas Cullins who preceded her in death Survivors include two sons Merman and Paul Cullins a daughter Mrs Erma Starr two brothers Homer McNabb Edward McNabb and several grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 00 p m Sunday at Blooming Grove Baptist Church with Rev Otho Williams officiating Burial in adjacent cemetery Friends may call after 6 00 p m Saturday at Donelson Funeral Home
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Anna Grace Cullins
RFD
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
McLeans- TO
Blooming Grove Baptist Church
Otho Williams
Donelson Funeral Home
Cullins
Sangamon County
Ephraham
Fannie (Tackett) McNabb
Thomas Cullins
Merman
Paul Cullins
Mc.Leansboro
Erma) Starr
Illinois
Homer McNabb
Sunman
Ind
Edward McNabb
Champaign
John Franklin of Benton Dies at 67 in Marion Hospital
John Sherman Franklin age 67 11 months of Benton died 10 15 p m Thursday at Veterans Hospital Marion burial at Franklin cemetery follows funeral at Palestine Free Will Baptist church northwest of Benton Sunday at 2 00 p m Rev Evan House officiating Survivors include brothers Thomas C Franklin Benton and Ransom Franklin Taylorville Johnston Funeral Home Whittington handling arrangements after 6 p m today
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John Sherman Franklin
Benton
Veterans’ Hospital
Marion
Palestine Free Will Baptist Church
Evan House
Franklin Cemetery
Johnston Funeral Home
Whittington
Thomas C. Franklin
Ransom Franklin
Taylorville
Hero Rescues Five In Storm Tossed Harbor
Michigan City resident Kenneth Hawke 83 feet out on a crane boom rescued five construction workers from a grounded boat derrick in 50 mph winds and 10 foot seas at the harbor mouth. About 100 rescuers aided as the rig dangled on a 30 foot line. all five men were saved and reported in good condition at Doctors Hospital.
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Michigan City
Ind
Kenneth Hawke
Hanke
Hawke
Doctors Hospital
Nick Grbich
Chicago
H.K. Beamel
Valparaiso
Amrose Meagher
J.J. Sweeney
Ludwig Bedner
Crown Point
Kennedy Goes To Hyannis Port
President Kennedy will spend a long weekend in Massachusetts. He arrives at Hyannis Port Saturday night and remains there until Monday when he attends a $100 birthday dinner in his honor in Boston for his 44th birthday. He then returns to Hyannis Port and travels to New York Tuesday for a speech before heading to Paris.
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Boston
Kennedy
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Hhis Hyannis Port
Hyannis Port
New York
Paris
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges at two facilities
Jefferson Memorial admitted Henry Ira Kent and several others including Mrs Eva Cook and Miss Judy Sherman with discharges for Mrs Maggie Willamo n Belle Rive and Willie Hutchison. Good Samaritan notes admissions of Jack Dar Nell Ethel Book and others and discharges including Barbara Jordan and baby and Sharon Lynn.
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Jefferson Memorial
Henry Ira Kent
Eva Frances Cook
Flora Ellen Gentry
Belle Rive
Judy Carol Sherman
Gale Robert Pasley
Edward Throgmorton
Maggie Willameon
Willie Marshall Hutchison
Good Samaritan
Jack Elmer Darnell
Ethel Mae Book
Champ Edward Hefner
Debra Lynn Price
Louise Ethel Whisenhunt
Calvin Gale Smith
June C. Hicks
Lester Douglas Cunningham
Debra Ann Jones
Sidney Bruce Blessing
Barbara Ann Jordan
Sharon Lynn
Thomas Holland Oakley
James Homer Cates
Birth of Tarn Raceline Faulkner in Jefferson Memorial
Mr and Mrs James Leslie Faulkner of RFD 2 Waltonville welcomed a daughter born at 4 55 yesterday afternoon in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds one ounce and has been named Tarn Raceline.
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James Leslie’ Faulkner
RFD 2
Waltonville
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Markets Mt Vernon Hogs Prices Drop on Local Market
Markets at Mt Vernon show hog prices down 25 cents today with top at 16.75 for 190 to 2 Th. hogs. Sows sold around 14.50 for 300 weight and boars ranged 10.50 to 11.50.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon traders quoted Wheat at 1.66, Soybeans at 2.84, and Corn at 1.08 this afternoon, reflecting local market levels for the day.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock market report from National Stockyards summary
NATIONAL STOCKYARDS APY USDA hogs and cattle listings show mixed weights from 140 to 260 plus pounds with pricing ranging from 10.50 to 30.00 per hundredweight. Hogs 8,000 head include 185-225 lb at 17.50-18.5, 180-240 lb 16.50-17.30, larger 240-260 lb 16.00-16.75, heavier 260-325 lb 15.00-16.25, sows 400 lb down 14.25-15.00, bulls 13.00-14.00. Cattle include slaughter steers 22.75, good loads 21.75-22.00, small lots 21.00-25.00, heifers 22.00, cows utilities 16.00-17.00, cutters 14.00-16.50, prime steers 28.00-30.00, standard 19.00-24.00, calves 19.00-25.00, lambs 18.50-15.00, ewes 5.00.
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APY
USDA
Chicago Poultry Report No Prices Due To Receipts Shortage
Chicago AP US Department of Agriculture notes live poultry prices were not reported because receipts were insufficient. The brief item cites limited trading activity and markets awaiting more supply.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago wholesale dairy and egg prices fluctuate
Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter prices held steady while wholesale buying prices showed mixed shifts across grades AA to C. Eggs remained steadier with minor gains or unchanged averages across white and yolk grades, reflecting a cautious market.
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Chicago
Merccantile Exchange
Cash Grain Chicago Market Prices Report
In Chicago cash grain prices no wheat or soybean sales reported. Corn futures show No 1 yellow 1 1614 and No 3 yellow 1 144 1535 with sample grade 1 12. Oats listed as No 1 extra heavy white 70 and No 4 extra heavy white 68. Soybean oil figures 12b 123ua. Barley values range making choice 1 10 to 1 20 n with feed at 1 00 n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Ends Quiet Before Memorial Day Break
In New York the stock market showed wide moves in slow trading with about 3.5 million shares volume. Texaco gained near five points on a 2 for 1 split plan while Ford fell about four on the Ford Foundation share offering. Du Pont and GM steadied as IBM rose. AT&T and Sears posted gains, and bonds moved irregularly lower ahead of a four day recess.
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Texaco
Ford
Ford Foundation
Gulf Oil
du Pont
General Motors
American Telephone
At&t
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
Zemith
American Cyanamid
Allied Chemical
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Strawberries Price List From Local Markets
Tlinois Blakemores sell strawberries at 3.50 to 6.00, small berries priced at 5.00, Dixielands 7.00 to 7.30 per 8 quart flat, Pocahontas 3.75 per unit. Price ranges shown for regional varieties.
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Chicago
USDA
Eight Die in Lower Brule Home Fire
A fatal blaze on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation killed eight people, seven from one family, in a five room house. Four bodies were recovered, with at least four others believed trapped. Lonnie Ray Goodlow, 8, alerted his grandmother. Cause not confirmed. minister cites possible petroleum stove explosion. Victims include Irene Johnson 19 and Tony Goodlow 30s with five of six children: Reba 12 Anthony 10 Jerry 5 Gene 4 Beverly 2.
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Lower Brule
S.D
Lonnie Ray Good Low
Homse
Clyde Estes
Episcopa
Irene Johnson
Tony Good.Low
Reba
Anthony
Jerry
Gene
Beverly
School Aid Bill Heads to House in 1961 Fight
President Kennedy's 2.55 billion public school aid bill clears the Senate 49 to 34 and moves to the House for expected bitter showdown. Aimed at equalizing educational opportunity, the bill would fund 850 million annually for three years with a sliding scale, Texas set to receive the largest share and Connecticut the smallest.
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Joe Hall Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
House Education and Labor Committee
Texas
Nevada
Arkansas
South Carolina
Connecticut
Four Injured In Collision On Opdyke Road
Five persons were injured when a truck and car collided on Opdyke Road near U S Route 460 four miles southeast of Mt. Vernon at 8 00 last night. Drivers Gale R Pasley 32 of Route 4 and Robert L Gentry 21 of Belle Rive were hurt. Pasley in fair condition at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Gentry released after treatment. Three passengers in the Gentry car Flora Gentry 38 Eva Cook 60 and Judy Sherman 15 were in fair condition at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Both vehicles were heavily damaged.
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Mt. Vernon
Gale R. Pasley
Robert L. Gentry
Belle Rive
Pasley
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Gentry
Jefferson
Flora Gentry
Belle ‘Rive
Charles L
Eva) Cook
South
22Nd ‘Street
Judy Sherman
Stanley Avenue
Woman Killed as Car Hits Tractor-Trailer Near Norris City
A Tennessee woman, Mrs. Robert Skidmore, 37, of Townsend, was killed and four others seriously injured when their car collided with a tractor-trailer about a mile south of Norris City, Whit County. The driver, Mrs Bruce Frye, Jr., daughter of the deceased, is in critical condition with head and internal injuries. Two others, Mr and Mrs Henry Schuler, were also in the vehicle en route to Peoria to visit their husbands who work at Caterpillar Tractor Co.
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Norris City
Tennessee
Whitcounty
Robert Skidmore
Townsend
Tenn
Bruce Frye
Skidmore
Henry Schuler
Peoria
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Assessment freezes pass House in brief reform moves
The House approved measures including wage garnishment limits dropping from 25 to 15 percent of earnings and allowing debtors to contest assignments by filing an affidavit of defense. Senate backed prohibiting Sunday motor vehicle sales and advancing a sales tax expansion to catalog orders by out of state firms. A Peoria bill to bar integration of police and fire systems in downstate cities over 10 000 population failed in the House.
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Senate
Senae
Robert Burhans
Rpeoria
Carl Soderstrom
Memorial Day program at Richardson Hill
Richardson Hill cemetery association announces Memorial Day services on May 30 with a short program and the annual election of trustees at 2 30 p m Donations for cemetery and chapel upkeep are urged and may be given to any board member The board includes Hugh S Winkler president Mt Vernon Bob Morgan Mt Vernon Frank McGather Vernon James Lemay Belle Rive Eugene Hutchcraft Belle Rive James McPherson Dahlgren and James Hutchcraft Dahlgren
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Richardson Hill Cemetery
Belle Rive
Eugene Hutchcraft
James McPherson
Dahlgren
James Hutchcraft
Waukegan Crossing Fatal Crash Claims Two
Ed ward Peper Jr and Jane Singhee, both of Waukegan, were killed when their car was struck by a freight train on a North RUE line crossing a mile west of Waukegan on Thursday.
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Waukegan
Edward Peper Jr
Jane Singhee
W Waukegan
Thiem Defends SIU Spending at Hearing
Springfield AP reports a legislative subcommittee heard Chicago Daily News findings on Southern Illinois University spending. SIU reporter George Thiem defended the stories as well intentioned explaining funds were used unwisely but legally. John Rendleman said SIU grew with large state support yet kept strong academic standards and that student work programs aid over 3,000 students annually, with 138 athletes among them. He noted fewer than five foreign athletes on subsidized work programs. The alumni summer camp was discussed as an instructional facility not a subsidy.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
A.D
The
Agency For International Development
U.S
Southeast Asia
United States
Community of Free Nations
Springfield
Chicago Daily News
Southern Ilinois University
George Thiem
SIU
Thiem
John Rendleman
Rendleman
Ralph Stephenson
R-Moline
School principal and superintendent dies in Macon County
Fred Shappard 56 longtime educator led Murphysboro High from 1946 to 1951 and White Hall schools 1951 to 1956 died Thursday in Macon County Hospital.
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Decatur
Fred Shappard
Murphysboro High School
White Hall
ToUrnoay
Macon County
Hosbital
Northern and Southern Illinois Five Day Weather Forecast
Northern winds bring below normal highs of 71 to 78 and lows 49 to 55 with a pattern of warmer and colder days through the week. Showers possible late Sunday into Monday and again midweek, with total precipitation around a quarter to half an inch. Southern Illinois rises to 78 to 82 with lows near 60, a warming trend Tuesday and Wednesday, and showers or thundershowers expected Monday bringing up to an inch of rain.
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Socialites Murdered by Two Held in New Jersey Case
In Plainfield two socialites were found partly disrobed with a white Cadillac. One woman was strangled and the other run over as she tried to flee. Police arrested Lorelle Parks and Joseph Maxey, both from Plainfield, and Dunellen respectively, on suspicion of murder. Keys and a wallet were found on Parks. Detectives call them the likely killers. a Union County doctor called it the most vicious crime he has seen. The women, Mrs. Elliot C. Ewell and Mrs. Robert Tyson, are connected to Mack Truck executives. The suspects may have South origins and worked for Dom's Auto Sales.
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Alan Levin
Plainfield
N.J
Daniel Hennessy
Elliot C. Ewell
Westfield
Mack Truck Co
Robert Tyson
New York
Mack
Lorelle Parks
Joseph Maxey
Dunellen
Dom
Hennessy
Cadillac
Capt
Arthur Phillips
Two Killed In Peotone Crash Injures Bishop Burrill
A rain slicked crash on U.S. 54 near Peotone killed Robert and Lulu Schweizer, both 36, of Kankakee. Rt. Rev. Gerald Francis Burrill, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Chicago, was injured and taken in fair condition to St. Joseph Hospital in Kankakee. The Schweizer car skidded into Burrill’s lane. Burrill was alone in his car and sustained facial cuts and missing teeth.
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Mil
U.S
Gerald Francis Burrill
Episcopal Diocese of
Chicago
Burrill
St. 3 Hospital
Kankakee
Robert
Lulu Schweizer
Bishop Burrill
GOP Attacks Kennedy on Castro Tractors Policy
Republican leaders denounce President Kennedy over the tractors-for-prisoners exchange with Fidel Castro. They call the move a blow to U S prestige and press resolutions in both chambers opposing ransom for more than 1,200 prisoners. The Tractors for Freedom Fund reports letters from supporters, while Miami prisoners prepare to return to Cuba.
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Kennedy
America
Fidel Cas
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House
Everett M. Dirksen
Winds
Homer E. Capehart
Indiana
Congress
Detroit
Tractors -For- Freedom Fund
United Auto Workers Union
Brendan Sexton
UAW
Memorial Day tribute at miniature cemetery in Jefferson county
Memorial Day services will pay tribute to war dead at 10 a.m. next Tuesday May 30 on the north steps of the courthouse. The American Legion program features Rev. Melvin Larson, a Boy Scout flag ceremony, and a Taps finish. New crosses will bear the names of 48 local veterans who died in the past year plus three additions Edmond M. Sankey John J. Parkhill and Everett Talbott.
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Court House
Jefferson County
Melvin Larson
Roy van Horn
Chapain
American Legion Teeensach
Edmond M. Sankey
John J. Parkhill
Everett Talbott
Illinois weighs factory program to spark southern jobs
Springfield AP Illinois lawmakers filed bills to let the state build and lease industrial plants in labor surplus areas. Rep Clyde Choate said a new five member Industrial Authority would issue revenue bonds, develop projects and lease facilities while a nine member Board of Economic Development would certify labor surplus areas and manage federal grants. The plan would start with a $3 million appropriation and aim to boost job opportunities in hard hit regions.
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Springfield
Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
Clyde Choate
Danna
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Illinois Board of Economic Development
Choate
General Revenue Fund
Board of Economic Development
State Department
State Water Resources and Flood Control Board
State Housing Board
Rend Lake Boosters Meet Governor in Chicago
Mt. Vernon men traveled to Chicago to press Rend Lake interests and recreation needs. They met noon with Governor Otto Kerner at the McCormick Building, joined by Rep. Clyde Lee and Rend Lake officials including Howard Mendenhall as they push Rend Lake Conservancy District efforts.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago
Rend Lake
Otto Kerner
Illinois
McCormick Building
Mt. Vernoniiez
Clarence Brehm
J. Marvin Powers
Chamber of Commerce
Ivan
Jake) Cox
Chester Lewis
Eddie Self
Joe Winfrey
Clyde Lee
Springfield
C.J. Covington
Howard Mendenhall
Rend Lake Conservancy
Washington, D.C
Cross Atlantic In Three Hours
An Air Force B58 Convair Hustler shattered transatlantic records with a 3 hour 20 minute New York to Paris flight. The 1,105 mph average speed flew non stop from Carswell Air Force Base Texas to Le Bourget Field Paris while refueled by KC135 tankers en route. The mission marked Lindbergh’s 1927 anniversary with a three-man SAC crew.
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Paris
le Bourget Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Carswell Air Force Base
Texas
New York
Lindbergh
Spirit of St. Louis
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Carswell
Washington
US. Air Force
New York-Paris
Montgomery Races Clash as Riders Demand Change
In Montgomery Alabama authorities and Freedom Riders clash over segregation as leaders sit in jail and a major protest looms. A federal suit seeks to block police arrests for segregation violations while National Guard units probe violence after last weekend’s riots. Leaders Abernathy Shuttlesworth Walker Seay remain jailed. several face bond and court dates.
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Ala
Rite Tire
Freedom Riders
Jai
Ralph D. Abernathy
Pea Improvement Association
Henry V. Graham
National Guard
World War II Cemetery Photos Available for Next of Kin
Congressman Shipley announced free color photographs of World War II cemeteries abroad for next of kin. 14 global cemeteries hold 93,134 service members, with each photo showing the cemetery and a grave or missing person inscription. Relatives should write to Washington with the service member’s full name, serial number, cemetery, and row plot grave number to obtain the images.
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Draguignan
France
Epinal
Scemsrcee
St. Avold
James
Nescowese
St. Laurent
Eee
Cambridge
England
Henri-Chapelle
Belgium
Neuville-En-Condroz
Bel
Hamm
Luex
Margraeth
Holland
Nettuno
Anzio
Italy
Florence
Seanve
Carthage
Tunisia
Ft. McKinley
Manila
P.I
Eueeenyanee Allege
Congressman Shipley
Washington, D. C
Shipley
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