Deaths Frank H Randolph 25 Fairfield area funeral set
Funeral services for Frank Harold Randolph 25 of Fairfield will be held at 2 00 p m Sunday at Nate's Funeral Home Fairfield with burial in Springerton cemetery and military rites The body lies in state at Nate's after 4 00 p m today He was found dead in a burned farm house southwest of Springerton Born June 6 1931 in Springerton son of Clarence and Cora Randolph Survived by wife Pat and children Timmy Patricia Penny two brothers and his father two brothers including Clarence E Randolph of Fairfield and Thomas Randolph serving on Guam The family note he served in U S Army and was a Fairfield V F W post member
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Frank Harold Randolph
Fairfield
Nate
Clifton Galiher
Springerton
Randolph
Mr. Randolph
Clarence
Cora
Jamerson) Randolph
Pat Vaughn
U. S
Clarence E. Randolph
Thomas Randolph
Guam
Father of Mt. Vernon Resident Dies
Thomas Edward Woolsey of Jerseyville Illinois died at 2 00 p m Friday in Jerseyville Funeral services will be held at 2 00 p m Sunday at the Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville Burial will be in that city Survivors include his wife Mary E Woolsey two daughters Mrs Loran Josephine Holtman of Mt Vernon and Mrs C W Mildred Yocom of Fenton Missouri two sons Wm A Woolsey and Joseph D Woolsey both of Jerseyville seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren
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Thomas Edward Woolsey
Jerseyville
Jacoby Brothers Funers
Mary E. Woolsey
Loran
Josephine) Holtman
Mt. Vernon
C. W
Mildred) Yocom
Fenton, Mo
Wm. A. Woolsey
Joseph D. Woolsey
Ira Greenwalt of Keenes Dies at 80
Ira Greenwalt 80 of near Keenes died at 12 15 am today in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral 2 20 pm Monday at Garisson Temple church with Rev. Delbert Goff officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Richardson Chapel Wayne City accepts callers after 5 30 pm Sunday. Survived by wife Ethel Coil. six sons Kelley Frederick Jeffrey Harlan Robert Geral. two daughters Dora Keele Lena Sledge. 24 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
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Ira Greenwalt
Keenes
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Garrison Temple Church
Delbert Goff
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Mr. Greenwalt
Navy
Marion County
Jeffery
Polly (McConnaughay) Greenwalt
Ethel Coil
Kelley
Rock Falls
Jeffrey
Dixon, Ir
Harlan
Robert Gilbert
Geral
Dora Keele
Champaign
Lena Sledge
Tractor Driver Dies In Collision Near Aurora
Chester Hosich, 25, of rural Aurora, was killed when his tractor collided head on with a car on Bypass 30 south of Aurora. Brother Raymond, 34, riding the tractor, was injured. Car driver Charles Dahl, 31, of Romeoville, also injured.
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Aurora, Ill
Chester Hosich
Aurora
Raymond
Charles Dahl
Romeoville
Vietnam air and ground war tempo mounts
Reported raids hit the center where pilots call flying telephone poles and left heavy damage at major targets. The Yong Bi power plant, rebuilt after destruction, was badly damaged again while Haiphong West could not be operated after Friday. Hoa Lac air field near Hanoi showed cratered runway and smoke from a suspected ammunition dump after eight raids.
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Yong Bi
Haiphong-West
Hoa Lac
Hanoi
Graf
Special Masonic Meeting at Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31
Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 calls a special meeting for work in the third degree on Monday May 29 at 7 30 p m. Bill Salyer is the Worshipful Master and Byron Weld the secretary.
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Mt. Vernon
Bill Salyer
W.M
Byron Weld
Weather Roundup for MT VERNON and Midwest Regions
Cool weather dominated the Midwest with a mix of clouds and scattered showers in northern Illinois while southern Illinois Indiana saw warmer highs. Friday reaches 89 in MT VERNON, 93 in Chicago and Moline, 91 in Belleville, 90 in Rockford and Quincy. overnight lows 48 to 66. Thundershowers likely Sunday. cooler conditions expected statewide.
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Midwest
Ilinois
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Mercury
Springfield
Chicago
Moline
Belleville
Rockford
Quincy
Associated Press
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Sonmtenerags
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Boise
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Cleveland
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Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Belleville Moline
Peoria
Vandalia
Dubuque
Chicago Midway
Chicago Grant Park
Midwest Madison
Paducah
South Bend
Granite City Firemen Hurt In General Alarm Blaze
Six Granite City firemen were burned and suffered heat exhaustion while battling a major fire that destroyed an apartment building a tavern and a storefront church. The blaze began about 6 p.m. with seven units including a truck from the Army Engineer Depot assisting. Capt. Charles Hileman and five other firefighters were treated with oxygen at the scene. The fire’s cause was not determined.
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Granite City, Ill
Granite City
Army Engineer Depot
Charles Hileman
Robert Harris
Frank Signaro
James Reiter
Walter Schmidtke
Arthur Marcum
Salem Mt V Ministers Heading to Miami Convention
Salem South Association ministers from Mt. Vernon area will attend the Miami Beach convention in Florida from May 30 to June 2. Attending are Rev. Kenneth G. Hall missionary of the association, Rev. Everett Lemay and family, Rev. Frank Trotter, Rev. Carl Whittington and daughter Eva, and Rev. Frank Brookman with their spouses. The event marks Hall’s fifth trip to the Miami Beach gathering, which draws about 13,000 members and 10,000 visitors annually. auxiliary meetings begin May 29.
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Mt. Vernon
Salem South Association
Miami Beach
Fla
Kenneth G. Hall
Everett Lemay
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Frank Trotter
Logan Street Baptist Church
Carl Whittington
Eva
Second Baptist Church
Frank Brookman
Bluford Baptist Church
Hall
Hospital Notes list admissions and discharges across multiple residents
A hospital notes list records admissions and discharges for numerous individuals including Lillie Badgett, Claude Coil, Walter Smith, Walter Chase, Emma McKinney, Byron Peoples, Amos Gifford, Lena Meaders, John Palmer, Lois Ewing, Jerry Hulbert, Nettie Ayers, David Shields, John Nowicki, Lucy Skinner, Louis Schrum, Maude Glatz, Chris Pearson, Jane Carter and baby, Ione Lane, Arlena Williams, Stanton Jones, Mary Hertensten, Franklin Sudduth, Carolyn Kemp, Billy Pride, Hazel Owens, Stanley York, Albert Kohute, Arnold Goffinett, Theron Eskew and others with addresses across city streets and rural routes.
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Lillie Badgett
South 26Th
Claude Alan Coil
Keenes
Walter M. Smith
North
Walter W. Chase
Wayne City
Good Samaritan
Emma McKinney
Texico
Byron Lee Peoples
Grant
Amos Gifford
Perkins
Lena Meaders
Woodlawn
John Palmer
RFD
Lois Elaine Ewing
South 9Th
Jerry Hulbert
Bruford
Nettie Ayers
David
Birth of daughter Melissa Ann to Mr and Mrs Robert Lloyd
Mr and Mrs Robert Lloyd of Number Two Cherry Drive welcome a daughter born Friday afternoon at 12 26 in Good Samaritan hospital. The newborn weighs seven pounds three and a half ounces.
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Robert Lloyd
Cherry Drive
Good Samaritan Hospital
Melissa Ann
Boy Sets Off Fire Here in Mt Vernon
Fire damaged the attic of a Mt. Vernon home when a boy playing with matches started the blaze about 3 32 p m yesterday at 720 South 1th street Roosevelt Armstrong the homeowner. Firemen reported water damage to the living quarters. A second false alarm was answered at 14 Southwest Crescent at 3 45 p m.
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Mt. Vernon
Roosevelt Armstrong
South 1Th Street
Southwest Crescent
Charge Wife Killed Student
Rosalyn Ellis a 20 year old Southern Illinois University student was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of her husband Clarence 22 a married student from Alton found outside their residence Thursday night State s attorney Richard Richman said Ellis as a senior education major and her husband a junior in elementary education from Mounds were under care at the university health center
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Carbondale, Ill
Rosalyn Ellis
Southern Illinois University
State
Richard Richman
Clarence
Alton
Richman
Ellis
Mounds
Editor Queen of Moroccan Yearbook Sparks Firestorm
Carmen Gonzalez, editor of the Tampa University Moroccan yearbook, defended herself amid threats after her photo appeared 24 times while undergraduates’ images were missing. She says she handled the edition alone and faced backlash, including a warehouse fire origin rumor and concerns over her prominence in the book.
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Tampa, Fla
Tampa University
Carmen Gonzalez
Charles West
Miss Gonzalez
Who’s Who
Pleasant Weather Grants Memorial Day Holiday Boost
Pleasant nationwide weather for Memorial Day extends a four day holiday. AP notes 650 predicted highway deaths with 45 fatalities in early hours. NSC and AP surveys compare nonholiday and past holiday counts, recording drownings and historic highs for holiday traffic fatalities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Fire at Kern Furniture Co. destroys plant in Coal City
A large fire gutted the Kern Furniture Co plant in Coal City Michigan Friday night, causing over $200,000 in damage to a one story corrugated steel building. Fire Chief Arthur Trotter estimated the loss and said the cause was undetermined as firemen from five communities battled the blaze after the company’s seven employees had left.
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Coal City
Arthur Trotter
Kern Furniture Co
Eban Returns To Israel Diplomatic Push Grows
Israel's Abba Eban ends a Washington visit with talks to Johnson and U.N. officials as U.S. hopes keep Gulf of Aqaba open. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant to report on Cairo peace talks while Security Council ready to reconvene. Israel denies massing for attack on Syria amid regional tension.
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Washington
Israel
Abba Eban
U.S
United Nations
Middle East
Eban
Johnson
White House
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Gulf of Aqaba
Red Sea
Egypt
Gulf
Elath
United States
U.N
U Thant
Cairo
U.N. Security Council
State Department
Rusk
Des Moines
Iowa
Syria
Replacement Purchased For Stolen Auto
Charles Bus Compton of Sunset Drive received a replacement 1958 model station wagon after parents of two Centralia teenagers who allegedly took his car paid for it. The stolen vehicle was found burned and sold for junk in Jasper Tennessee. the teens were turned over to Marion county authorities. Compton said the new car has fewer miles and was accepted after his approval.
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Charles
Compton
Sunset Drive
Centralia
Jasper
Tenn
Mt. Vernon
Marion County
Cuba accuses U.S. helicopter of entering Cuban air space
The Cuban Armed Forces Ministry accused a helicopter from the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base of violating Cuban air space and landing on Cuban soil for six minutes on Friday, calling it an offensive provocation that could spark a serious incident.
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Havana
Cuba
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Armed Forces Ministry
Michelangelo Crucifix Sold With Old Monastic Furnishings
Vatican art expert declares an armless olive wood crucifix from a Viterbo monastery a rare Michelangelo work. The piece, about 35 inches high, was sold with old chairs and chests to an unidentified Italian for 25 million lire, with a New York gallery allegedly offering 2 million dollars. An inscription links the purchase to Antonio Spengini dated 1607 or 1608, and the Vatican scholar notes stylistic resemblances to Michelangelo's Pieta. The current owner hopes to lend the work to museums rather than sell.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Michelangelo
Mario Pinzuti
Institute For Art Restoration
Viterbo
Aldo d'Urso
D‘urso
New York
Lron
Convento Della Verita
Msgr
Pinzuti
Monastery of the Holy Spirit
Florence
Vatican Art
Antonio Spengini
South Korean Warships Duel Red Batteries
South Korean naval units clashed with North Korean shore batteries for about 20 minutes off Yongpyong Island near Inchon. The early morning gun battle, the first on the west coast since the 1953 armistice, saw no confirmed casualties or damages as ships protected fishing operations.
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Seoul
South Korea
Korea
Yongpyong
Inchon
USS Kennedy Christening Marks Navy Tribute
Navy celebrate the christening of the mighty aircraft carrier United States Kennedy. The 1 051 foot ship will carry 5222 crew including a naval air wing and features a four and one half acre flight deck. The ceremony uses a flotation launch as James River waters fill the shipway where Kennedy rests on 257 keel bars.
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Navy
South Pacific
Kennedy
Johnson
Arlington National Cemetery
Naval Air Wing
James River
Two Car Tractor Crashes Reported in Jefferson County
Two traffic crashes in Jefferson County involved a car and a tractor. In Waltonville, 14 year old Jacqueline Panzier suffered minor injuries and was cited for driving without a license after her car hit a tractor driven by Bert Stonecipher. A second collision on Richview Road near Mt Vernon involved 33 year old Charles Bee and a tractor driven by John Carnham with no injuries.
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Jefferson County
Bill Hill
Jacqueline Panzier
Route 2
Waltonville
Bert Stonecipher
Route 1
Suit seeks $100,000 from grain firm over injuries
Everett G. Mills files in Mt. Vernon Circuit Court alleging Federal North Iowa Grain Co. failed to maintain equipment at its Moweaqua elevator. He says a rope on a grain spout broke while loading a truck, causing a fall and concussion with back leg and spine disability. He claims lack of training and inadequate rope strength.
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Federal North Iowa Grain Co
Mt. Vernon
Everett G. Mills
Moweaqua
Benton Road
Mills
Industrial Park Issue Not Dead Despite Grant Extension
The city reported an extended federal grant deadline for the Mt. Vernon Jefferson County Industrial Park project. Chamber and city officials discussed broader extensions to extend sewer and water facilities and access roads for a 100 acre site at the Airport. A $182,000 federal grant funds half the city extension costs, with the other half to the county. No date was set for the next meeting of city officials and Chamber directors.
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Poisall
Laur
Burnette
Chamber
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Man Held Here For U S Army Absence At Jaycee Lake
Harry LeRoy Joslin, 21, of 327 South 2nd Street, was arrested yesterday at Jaycee Lake and jailed for being absent without leave from the U.S. Army. Police said FBI requested the arrest.
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Harry LeRoy Joslin
South 2Nd Street
Jaycee Lake
U. S. Army
FBI
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Jefferson Memorial
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
Fredrika
Leronymos Kotsonis
Health Insurance Daily
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Lelan Carr
Irvington
Edorado Magri
Caroline Christens Carrier
London
Romeo and Juliet
U.S. Army
Dryden
Sanex
Main St
Bill
Bill Kniffen
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