Death of Edward Throgmorton Aged 48 in Mt Vernon
Edward Throgmorton of RFD 1 Mt Vernon died at 7 00 pm Tuesday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital aged 48 years nine months and 12 days. Burial will be in Bethel Memorial cemetery. He was born August 19 1912 in Mt Vernon son of Reed and Wilma Throgmorton. Survived by Lois Sechrest his wife, his father Reed Throgmorton of Kansas City Mo, two sons Edward Eugene and Stephen Duane, a daughter Patricia Graham, two brothers Virgil and John, four sisters Verla Vallowe Doris Cole Maxine Rogers Evelyn Tracy, and one granddaughter.
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Edward Throgmorton
RFD
Mt.Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Myers Chapel
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Throgmorton
Mt. Vernon
Reed and
Wilma
Stone) Throgmorton
Lois Sechrest
Coffman Rites Set in Ina for World War I Vet
Charles Woodrow Coffman, 49, of St Louis and former Ina resident, dies in a St Louis hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Missionary Baptist Church Ina with Rev John Maulding officiating. Burial in Kirk Cemetery. Body lies in state at Yna Funeral Home after 5 p.m. today. Survivors include five brothers Frank Wayne Coffman Ina Larry Coffman Mt Vernon Lowell Coffman Beall Texas Leland Coffman Gardenia Gal and a sister Miss Pauline Coffman Ina. Coffman was a World War I veteran.
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Charles’ Woodrow Coffman
Missionary Baptist Church
Ina
John Maulding
Kirk Cemetery
Yna
Mr. Coffman
St.Louis
St. Louis
Frank and
Wayne Coffman
Larry Coffman
Mt. Vernon
Lowell Coffman
Beald
Leland Coffman
Gardenia
Gal
Pauline Coffman
Coffman
Wm. A. Young Funeral Today
A Christian Science service for William A. Young was held at 2:00 p.m. at Myers Chapel with Mrs. Edmund Hais as reader. Burial followed in Oakwood cemetery. Young, 59, of 407 South Path Street, died at 7:00 a.m. Monday at the Triangle Inn, west of Ashley, which he owned. Born March 15, 1902 in Kitson county Minnesota, he married Dorothy Speck January 4, 1924 in Stillwater. He was a member of the Moose Lodge, the Legion of the Moose, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
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Myers Chapel
Edmund Hais
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Young
South Path Street
Triangle Inn
Ashley
Kitson County
Minn
Oliver and
Ellen
Holm) Young
Stillwater
Dorothy Speck
Young
Moose Lodge
Legion of the Moose
Order of Eagies
Graveside Rites For Ruth Norton
Graveside services for Mrs. Ruth Norton, a former Mt. Vernon resident, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Pleasant Grove cemetery with Rev. Herbert J. Wilson officiating. Norton, of Danville, Illinois, died Monday in that city. She was born January 11, 1900, in Mt. Vernon, daughter of Joe and Theodosia McMeen. She married Clarence Norton, who survives, along with a son Edward Norton of Arizona, two sisters Iva Bundy of Mt. Vernon and Ruby Daney of West Frankfort, and one grandchild.
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Ruth Norton
Mt. Vernon
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Herbert J. Wilson
Norton
Danville
Joe
Theodosia (Walker) McMeen
Clarence Norton
Edward Norton
Arizona
Iva Bundy
Ruby Daney
West Frankfort
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges at Keenes and Good Samaritan
Hospital notes list admissions for William Blaine Ellis and Eugene Raymond Miller in Keenes along with June Alene Hall of Centralia. Discharges include Margaret Estelle Taylor Judith Ann Youngblood Dennis Wayne Youngblood and others. Good Samaritan records many admissions including Nina Beth Spruell Robert Lee Guill Lillie Mae Min or Rose Matilda Goffnell Barbara Ann Jones Susan Mary Zilch Esther Parker and more. discharges include William Marie Nolan Terrell Edward Wells Betty Ruth Ellis Joan Barciszewski and others.
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William Blaine Ellis
Keenes
Eugene Raymond Miller
June Alene Hall
Centralia
Margaret Estelle Taylor
Judith Ann Youngblood
Dennis Wayne Youngblood
Good Samaritan
Nina Beth Spruell
Robert Lee Guill
Lillie Mae Minor
Rose Matilda Goffnell
Barbara Ann Jones
Susan Mary Zilch
Esther Parker
Etha Latham
Sophia Eva Skortz
Quentin Lacey
Brian Kevin Pemberton
Richard Dean Frazier
Wilma Virginia Buoy
William Marie _Nolan
Terrell Edward Wells
Betty Ruth Ellis
Joan Barciszewski
James Edward
Geneva Gracie Bean
Kent Alan
Janie Lou Higgins
Danny Lee
Norma Jean Webb
Carolyn Joyce Nichols
David Wayne
Egbert Graham
Thomas Ralph McPherson
Anna Ethel Williams
Births in Carlyle and Dahlgren Named Jeffrey Alan
Mr and Mrs Uteh Carl Stinnett of Carlyle welcomed a daughter born yesterday at Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing 6 pounds 12.5 ounces. Mr and Mrs Charles Spruel of Dahlgren welcomed a son born at Good Samaritan hospital at 1 27 this morning weighing 9 pounds 11 ounces named Jeffrey Alan.
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Uteh Carl Stinnett
Carlyle
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Charles Spruel
Dahlgren
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bon Jeffrey Alan
Markets Mt Vernon Hogs Prices Rise on Local Market
Prices paid on the local live stock market rose today with hogs up 25 cents. Top at 16.75 for 190 to 220 pound hogs while 300 weight hogs sold around 14.50. Boars ranged from 10.50 to 11.50.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quotes for grain show Wheat at 1.66 Soybeans 2.89 and Corn 1.03 per bushel. Prices provided for local traders and buyers this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Grain Market Report from Chicago AP
No wheat corn oats or soybeans sold. Barley trading at 1.10 to 1.20 per unit. Feed price around 41.00.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Market Summary
National Stockyards Illinois AP USDA report shows hogs 10,500 head with varying weights from 140 to over 290 pounds. Prices range from 10.50 to 18.75 per hundredweight, including No 1-3 sows and other hog classifications. Cattle and calves totals 4,700 with slaughter steers 21.50 to 23.25 and heifers up to 93.25. Utility cows 16.00 to 17.50 and mixed stocker steers around 22.25. Vealers 23.00 to 29.00 depending on grade. Sheep 1,000 with lambs 17.00 to 18.50 and ewes 5.00.
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USDA
U.S
Egg and Poultry Prices in St. Louis Unchanged
St Louis AP reports eggs and live poultry prices remain unchanged with no current fluctuations. No other market movements noted and daily quotes show stability across egg and poultry categories in the St. Louis market.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Poultry Prices Move With Wholesale Variations
Chicago warehoused live poultry prices show a mixed market with wholesale buying under pressure. Special fed fryers list at 114 to 118 cents per pound, toasters 93 to 23 cents, Plymouth Rock fryers 22, ducklings 27, heavy hens 20.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Produce Butter and Egg Prices Steady
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter prices steady with wholesale values unchanged across grades AA to C. Eggs remain firm with wholesale prices unchanged to up one grade, A whites at 32 cents, mixed 32, standards 30, dirties 28 to 44 cents. indicates stable market for dairy and eggs.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Wall Street mixed late afternoon after early gains
Wall Street turned mixed late this afternoon erasing some early gains as volume climbed to about 4.2 million shares. High quality issues led the gains while several names edged down with Texaco, American Cyanamid, and American Telephone notable movers. The American Stock Exchange showed a mixed close with a slight downside tendency.
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Texas Gulf
American Telephone
du Pont
General Motors
Texaco
Woolworth
Sperry Rand
Zenith
American Stock Exchange
U. S
Illinois Strawberry Prices Mixed Across Markets
Market notes show variations with Illinois fruit at 6.00 for best flats and 4.00 for poorer quality. Eight quart flats range from 3.20 to 3.50, indicating inconsistent pricing and product quality across vendors.
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Chicago
Northern and Southern Illinois Weather Outlook
Northern Illinois sees highs 5 degrees above normal 73 to 78 with mid 50s lows and scattered showers tonight into Thursday and again Sunday or Monday. Southern Illinois warms 3 to 6 degrees above 78 to 82 with lows around 60 and a half to one inch rain and intermittent thunderstorms.
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Northern
Illinois
Southern
Soviets Honor Ike's Doctor
Dr Paul Dudley White, famed heart specialist and former President Eisenhower's doctor, says his election to the Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences could improve East West medical communication and, in turn, better international relations.
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Belmont
Mass
Paul Dudley White
Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Girl Lands 4 Pound Carp At Skillet Fork
Sharon Liptrap, 11, of Peru Indiana, landed a four pound carp while fishing with her grandmother near Wayne City yesterday. She used an artificial bait lifelike worm with three hooks on a casting rod. Sharon is visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs George Potrap on Benton road.
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Peru
Indiana
Skillet Fork
Wayne City
Sharon
George Totrap
Benton Road
Yesteroo
City Police Start Summer Work Season
Chief John Wielt orders Mt. Vernon police to begin summer duty with a new uniform. Starting tomorrow officers will report in short sleeves, marking the season’s start.
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John Wielt
Mt. Vernon City
Wielt
Focal Pendstrate
Welcomed by De Gaulle at Orly Airport
At Orly Field a damp wind rippled flags as Kennedy and De Gaulle were greeted by Republican Guard and French forces. A 35 minute drive into Paris followed. Kennedy aims to build Atlantic unity, ease tensions with Khrushchev, and seek common policies on Berlin Laos and disarmament amid Kennedy De Gaulle talks.
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Berlin
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Return to Peyton Place stars Jeff Chandler at Granada Theatre
Jeff Chandler stars as a suave publisher in Return to Peyton Place a Grace Metalious story. A town meeting scene showcases his defense of free speech as the film opens Thursday at the Granada Theatre with strong support from other top actors.
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Peyton Place
20Th Century-Fox CinemaScope
Grace Metalious
Carol Lynley
Jeff
Carol
Granada Theatre
Parks Airport To Reopen For Executive Aircraft Use
EAST ST. LOUIS ILL AP The old Parks Metropolitan Airport south of East St. Louis will reopen as a field for executive aircraft within months. J H Reed of the East St. Louis Chamber of Commerce said the group has options on 53 1 acres plus 136 acres adjacent. FAA approval and rate setting will determine the opening date. The airport, bought in 1958 by Indiana National Homes, Inc., will be leased initially and operated temporarily by the Southwest Metropolitan Memorial Airport Association. Parks will be paid 1 a year for services. eventual expansion could ease Lambert St Louis traffic.
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Parks
FAA
Reed
Indiana National Homes, Inc
Oliver S. Parks
Indiana National
National
Southwest Metropolitan Memorial Airport Assofejection, Inc
Tmlinois Not-For Profit
Lambert- St. Louis Field
Two Break-Ins Reported In Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon police investigated two break ins overnight. Thieves struck McLaughlin's restaurant on West Broadway by forcing a door. Cigars cigarettes and about $65 in cash were taken. Dairy Dell drive in on South Tenth Street was entered through an unlocked service window with no forced entry. pennies bent in a cigar box reported missing.
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Mt. Vernon
McLaughlin's
West Broadway
Dairy Dell
South Tenth Street
McLaughlin’s
Vatican paper warns Kennedy on Khrush talks
L Osservatore Della Domenica says Kennedy will face a tough position in Berlin related talks. It warns that tensions from Cuba Laos South Vietnam Korea and Africa could complicate the discussions and Khrushchev may press new threats and issues.
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Centralia Plan Seeks Industrial Commission for Region
Centralia becomes the first of three neighboring towns to back a plan for an 11 member Unified Industrial Commission to buy and prepare land for expansion within a 10 mile radius overlapping Jefferson Washington Clinton and Marion counties. The measure moves to Central City and Wamac next month.
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Central City
Wamac
Unified Industrial Commission
Jefferson
Washington
Clinton
Marion
Clinton County
Red Cross Blood Drives Save Life After Plane Crash
Miss Barbara Strattan, executive director of the Jefferson County Red Cross, reports Mrs. Tom Oakley credits the local Red Cross with saving her husband’s life after near fatal injuries from a plane crash. Bloodmobile will stay in Mt Vernon at the Moose Lodge this week with 1 00 pm to 6 00 pm Thursday 12 pm to 5 pm Friday and 9 am to 2 pm Saturday. Quotas in pints. donors needed.
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Barbara. Strattan
Jefferson County
American Red Cross
Tom Oakley
Red Cross
Miss Strattan
Mt. Vernon
Moose Lodge
Sun-X Glass Tinting opens Mt Vernon dealer in Illinois
Sun-X Glass Tinting announces Sun-X is exclusive dealer for 28 southern Illinois counties with Gilbert Seibert owner and Chester Seibert manager. Located two miles north of Mt. Vernon on Highway 37 in a new building. Product reduces fade heat and glare, applied as a permanent tint in 14 colors to offices homes churches schools banks hospitals and other glass structures. Two Mt Vernon buildings, Atla-Seal and Speed Wash, feature Sun-X tinted plate glass.
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Sun-X Glass Tinting
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Sun-X
Highway 37
Gilbert Seibert
Chester Seibert
Effingham
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
North 9Th
15Th
Broadway
Local Dentist Shoots Prowler After Peeping Incident
Dr EF Earl Neal of 1809 Pace Avenue fired a shotgun at a prowler, Robert Buddy Guill, 21, after he reported the man peering at the home. Guill was treated at Good Samaritan hospital, released at noon, and later fined $50 plus costs in police court.
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EF. Earl Neal
Vernon
Pace Avenue
Browler
Dr. Neal
Robert
Buddy) Guill
South 22Nd Street
Guill
Good Samaritan Hospital
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