Deaths William Ritchey 84 McLeansboro
Funeral services for William Ritchey of McLeansboro will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Donelson Funeral Home with Rev R L Schlagg officiating. Burial is in Odd Fellows Cemetery. He died Tuesday at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Born March 27 1885 in Hamilton County he was the son of Eliff and Missouri Ritchey. Survived by brother Allie and two sisters Mrs Ide line and Mrs Nahoma Smith. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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William Ritchey
South
Washington
McLeansboro
Donelson
MaeLeansboro
R. L. Schlagg
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Ritchey
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Hamilton County
Eliff
Missouri Blake Ritchey
Allie
Ideline
Chester
Nahoma Smith
Donelson Funeral Home
Keigley Dies at 46 in Benton Burbonnais Resident
Kenneth Keigley 46 of Burbonnais Ill a former area resident died at 630 am Tuesday at St Marys Hospital in Kankakee after a six week illness He was a security officer at Kankakee State Hospital Funeral services at 200 pm Thursday Mitchell Funeral Home Benton with burial in Macedonia cemetery Friends may call after 400 pm today Masonic rites 800 pm today Graveside rites by American Legion Post 280 Benton Survived by wife Odessa Blackward mother Lillie Keigley three sons Kenneth Wayne Mark Frank three sisters and three grandchildren War veteran and Macedonia Masonic Lodge member.
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Kenneth Keigley
Burbonnais
St. Mary’s Hospital
Kankakee
Kankakee State Hospital
Mitchell Funeral Home
Benton
Macedonia
Mitchell Funeral
American Legion Post 280
Frank
Lillie (Faulk) Keigley
Odessa Blackward
Lillie Keigley
Portland
Ore
Kenneth Wayne
Mark
Barbonnais
Leona Savage
Huntsville
Ala
June Warren
Nancy Smith
Rio Linda
Calif
Macedonia Masonic Lodge
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges across multiple residents and households. Patients include Alice Lane Smith admitted. discharges include Mrs Myrtle Mae Wright and baby Lisa Marie. A broad roster of individuals with addresses appears, indicating routine patient movements and discharges at Jefferson Memorial and affiliated facilities.
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Alice Lane Smith
Myrtle Mae Wright
Lisa Marie
George
Advance Night Meeting of Jefferson Chapter 686 OES
On Saturday evening May 31, 1969 at 8:00 p.m. Jefferson Chapter No. 686 OES will observe Advance Night. The event is at the Masonic Lodge in Opdyke Illinois. All Order of Eastern Star members are welcome. Arline Dare WM Marguerite Piper Sec
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Jefferson
O.E.S
Masonic Lodge
Opdyke
Ill
Order of Eastern Star
Arline Dare
W. M. Marguerite Piper
Rogers pushes policy of no more Vietnams abroad
Secretary of State William P. Rogers promotes a shift toward regional self-reliance in Asia while pledging to uphold treaty commitments. In his first foreign tour for President Nixon, Rogers reports broad approval from Asian leaders, though his informal diplomacy may be misread as stronger backing for local causes.
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Tehran
Iran
William P. Rogers
Asia
U.S
Rogers
United States
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Births in Perkins couple welcome daughter at Good Samaritan
Mr and Mrs Lester Neal of 1213 Perkins are the parents of a daughter born at 7 27 Tuesday evening May 27 in Good Samaritan Hospital. She weighed seven pounds eight ounces.
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Lester Neal
Perkins
Good Samaritan Hospital
Motor fuel tax debate and allied tax measures
The House debated a penny motor fuel tax boost and efforts to direct $38 million for state road building. Amendments sought to shift start dates for tax collection and to lower the corporate franchise tax, while motions on vehicle inspections and women’s work hours progressed. The chamber rejected a bid to remove jury death penalty recommendations, pending Senate action.
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Aurora
Blair
Ogilvie
General Revenue Fund
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
State Chamber of Commerce
House
Alan Johnston
Kenilworth
Johnston
Paul Elward
Chicago
Senate
Robert Craig
D-Indianna
Hog market results at Mt. Vernon on today’s prices
Prices at Mt. Vernon hog sale up to 12 30 pm show U S C A No 1 hogs 26 25 No 2 hogs 25 75 No 3 hogs 25 25 sow prices 17 75 to 21 25 boars 14 50 to 15 50 After 12 30 pm prices to be based on next day’s figures.
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U.S.C.A
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted in Morning Market
Mt Vernon market notes morning quotes for wheat at 1.17 soybeans 2.57 and corn 1.22 with no further details or context provided.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Prices Stand After Wholesale Review
Chicago steady wholesale buying prices reported for eggs and cars. Prices show 83 score AA 67 percent, 92 A 67 percent, 90 B 64 percent, 89 C 60 percent. Cars 90 B 65 and 89 C 62. Egg prices unchanged with A whites 33, mediums 25, standards 30, checks 23.
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Chicago
Egg price ranges listed for consumer and wholesale grades
St Louis area price ranges show consumer grades for eggs from A large to A small with weights and wholesale grades including standard medium unclassified pullet graded large and hens with weight-based figures and broilers at about 29.75 to 30.75 per unit.
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ST. Louis
Livestock prices at National Stockyards Illinois
Estimates for Thursday list hogs at 6,000 head and cattle 700 with calves 100 and sheep 100. Prices show hogs 5 1 2 26.60 to 26.75 per 100 pounds for 70 head 1 2, cattle slaughter steers 29.00 to 34.00, heifers 28.00 to 33.00, cows 20.00 to 22.00, vealers 38.00 to 51.00, and lambs 28.50 to 30.50 for spring slaughter.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Wall Street stocks slip further amid tight money fears
New York AP reports markets opening lower as Dow Jones falls 4.33 to 334.33 at noon. The AP average declines 2.1 to 332.6 with industrials down 3.1, rails off 1.0 and utilities down 1.0. Most active issues on the exchange dip, led by Mobil Oil and Austral Oil.
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New York
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Bethlehem Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Chrysler Corp
IBM
Xerox
New York Stock Exchange
Mobil Oil
American Exchange
Austral Oil
Bernice Muzzarelli Sues For Divorce From Andy Muzzarelli
Bernice Muzzarelli filed for divorce in circuit court here charging mental cruelty. The couple married on October 26 1946 and separated on April 13 1969. She seeks a property settlement.
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Bernice Muzzarelli
Andy S. Muzzarelli
Ships Lose Cargo at Boston Tea Party Event
The Eleanor, the Beaver, and the Dartmouth were among three vessels that lost cargo of tea during the Boston Tea Party.
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Eleanor
Beaver
Dartmouth
Boston
Actor Jeffrey Hunter Dies at 42 in Van Nuys Fall
Hollywood AP Jeffrey Hunter best known as Jesus in King of Kings died after brain surgery following a fall at his Van Nuys home. He was found unconscious with a swollen eye and underwent surgery at Valley Hospital. Hunter, 42, starred in Temple Houston and films like 14 Hours and Red Skies of Wyoming.
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Hollywood
Jeffrey Hunter
Jesus Christ
Hunter
Henry McKinnies
Temple Houston
H.B. Warner
Christ
Warner
New Orleans
Northwestern University
NBC Radio Institute
Chicago
20Th Century-Fox
Mister
Wyoming
Nixon Seeks 2.6 Billion Dollar Foreign Aid Plan
President Nixon presents a 2.6 billion dollar foreign aid request to Congress marking a partial revamp of overseas assistance. Emphasis on technical aid and private investment includes 2.28 billion in economic and 375 million in military aid, slightly above last year’s figure but below Johnson’s proposal, with a broader reform to be studied by a forthcoming blue ribbon panel.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nigeria arrests Red Cross envoy in Lagos
International Red Cross coordinator Augste Lindt was arrested at Lagos Airport as he led relief operations in Nigeria and Biafra since 1968. The Red Cross demanded his immediate release and an explanation while noting Lindt is on temporary leave from Swiss ambassador to Moscow duties. A major famine relief airlift has been a key part of his mission.
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Geneva
International Red Cross Committee
Nigeria
Auguste Lindt
Lagos
Red Cross
Lindt
Moscow
Biafra
Island
Fernando Poo
Cotonou
Dahomey
Bankers Elect Regular State Bankers Slate Wins
In Chicago the Illinois Bankers Association rejected a rebel slate, voting 5 to 1 for the regular nominees. Myron Heins of the Bank of Pontiac was chosen president, defeating Frank G. Price of LaSalle National Bank, as dissidents protest a proposed objective state commission to review Illinois banking structure.
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Chicago
Illinois Bankers Association
IBA
Myron Heins
Bank of Pontiac
Frank G. Price
LaSalle National Bank
Illinois
Nine Carolina Troopers Cleared In Killings
FLORENCE, S.C. Nine state highway troopers were cleared of federal criminal charges in the fatal shooting of three youths and wounding of 27 at Orangeburg on Feb 8 1968. A U.S. District Court jury found them innocent of civil rights violations after an eight day trial.
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Florence
S.C
Orangeburg
South Carolina State College
U.S. Department of Justice
Columbia
Heavy Loss In Chicago Fire
An extra alarm fire at the Harlem Foster Shopping Plaza on the Northwest Side destroyed a Jewel Food Store and damaged several other shops. Damage estimated between 500000 and 1 million dollars. One employee sustained minor burns. Firemen from Chicago and nearby suburbs tackled the blaze after report by store employees. Neighbors used garden hoses to douse embers on roofs.
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Chicago
Harlem- Foster
Curtis Volkamer
Volkamer
Norwood Park
Jewel Food
Turnstyle
John Piala
Jewel
Vietnam War Costs Near One Hundred Billion Dollars
The article totals U.S. war expenses from 1965 to 1970 with 1965 at 103 million, 1966 at 6.094 billion, 1967 at 20.557 billion, 1968 at 26.839 billion, 1969 at 29.192 billion and 1970 proposed at 25.4 billion. It notes Korea costs about 18 billion and WWII at about 250000 million per day, and discusses MAP expenses absorbed in 1967 at about 600 million yearly, rising toward 1.8 billion. It also cites Laos at about 100 million annually and Thailand aid rising from 38.3 million in 1965 to 75 million last year.
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Korea
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Saigon
Laos
Thailand
Circuit Court Fines Include Three Local Offenses
Myra J. Sargent of Dix fined $10 for improper backing. Keith M. Hulbert of 1014 Oakland fined $15 for speeding. Keith A. Parker of 2708 Logan fined $10 for following too close.
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Myra J. Sargent
Dix
Keith M. Hulbert
Oakland
Keith A. Parker
Logan
Prudential Agents Attend Nassau Regional Conference
Eighteen Prudential Insurance Co. representatives from Mt. Vernon district offices attended a three day regional business conference in Nassau The Bahamas. The group included district managers staff managers and agents from Marion Centralia Benton Murphysboro and other Illinois offices. Executives from the Mid America home office in Chicago also took part.
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Prudential Insurance Co
Mt. Vernon
Broadway
Nassau
Bahamas
Paul D. Beeson
Jim Markey
Cliff Sams
Arch Etheridge
Raymond Atchison
Marion
David Hancock
Waldo Killman
Don Howard
Glenn Thurman
Harvey Hughes
Centralia
Larry Bruce
Robert Hobbs
Benton
Robert Ewing
Kelly Gross
Carl Wisely
Gordon Wall
Murphysboro
Gerald Qualls
Tom Thornton
Prudential District
Illinois
Mid- America
Chicago
Four Surviving Dionne Quints Mark 35th Birthday
Montreal AP reports the four surviving Dionne quintuplets are 35 today and not planning major celebrations. Their unofficial spokesman Germain Allard says the sisters prefer a small, intimate gathering at his St Bruno home. Cecile may skip. Yvonne and Marie plan to attend with their children. Emilie died in 1954.
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Montreal
Germain Allard
Annette
Marie
Yvonne
Cecile
Allard
St. Bruno
Quebec City
Emilie
Stricklin Accepts Murphysboro School Post
Donald Stricklin, three years on Project Uplift staff as social studies consultant, will become assistant county superintendent of schools in Jackson County Murphysboro starting June 16. He and his wife have led county education efforts including a noted Mt. Vernon Jefferson Sesquicentennial observance pageant. He will assist Monroe Deming, Jackson county superintendent.
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Donald Stricklin
Project Uplift
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Stricklin
Cherry
Vernon man charges two with thefts at Jaycee Lake
Clyde Moses of 2006 Perkins filed warrants Tuesday accusing Mary Lou Greer of 312 Opdyke and Charles Ward of 1202 South 24th of stealing from his billfold and a shotgun with case worth 100 dollars. Greer remains jailed on 5000 dollar bond while Ward posted 1000 dollars bond.
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Vernon
Jaycee Lake
Clyde Moses
Perkins
Mary Lou Greer
Opdyke
Charles Ward
South
Moses
Ward
Flowers Stolen From Graves at West Salem Cemetery
Mrs. Edith Mick of 602 Con ger reported theft of about $10 in flowers from graves at West Salem cemetery within the past week to county authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Mick
Conger
West Salem Cemetery
Grant Divorce In Court Here
One divorce was granted in circuit court here Tuesday. Bernadine Frances Shehorn sued Arvol Glen Shehorn in the proceeding, with the court granting the divorce.
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Bernadine Frances Shehorn
Arvol Glen Shehorn
Illinois GI Daniel E. Rosen Killed in Vietnam
Defense Department reports Army Pfc. Daniel E. Rosen of Breese Illinois was killed in action in Vietnam after previously being listed as missing in action. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Alvin C Rosen.
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Washington
Defense Department
Illinois
Vietnam
Army
Daniel E. Rosen
Alvin C. Rosen
Rt. 1
P.O. Box
Breese
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Robert Poninsko
Danny Tinsley
Dana Flanagan
Melvin Hyde
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Marsha Pierce
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Margie DeMent
George Cox
Big Springs
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Ashley Galbraith
Casey
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Betty Boyd
South 13Th
Sarah Riggs
Texico
Beverly Coberly
Sandra Short
South 19Th
Karey Meyers
Sunset Drive
Blanche Grant
Harrison
Lee Ann Ballard
Robyn Puntney
Jefferson Chapter
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
Paul Crutcher
Bloomington
Snoopy
Squirrel
Paul
Charlie Brown
Crutcher
Moon
Gary Steven Krist
DeKalb County
Decatur
Barbara Jane Mackie
Coral Gables
Fla
Dorothy Talbert Cosmetic Studio
Carolina
Fred Dedman
AL Lanier
Circuit Court
H&h Plumbing Company
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Breese GI
Marvin
Marvin Dye
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