Deaths and Funerals for Katharine Greer
Funeral services for Katharine D. Greer will be held at Hughey Ulley Funeral Home with Rev York and Rev Fulerton officiating. Burial follows at Mt Vernon Memorial Gardens. She was born Oct 8 1917 in Illinois and married Earl F. Greer in 1994. She is survived by her mother Hattie Lanham two sisters and a stepson.
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Katharine D. Greer
19Th St
Hugheyulley Funeral Home
York
Merle Fulerton
Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens
Greer
Illinois
Frank H
Hattie
Kleen) Lanham
Earl F. Greer
West Side Baptist Church
Ladies Auxiliary
VFW
Hattie Lanham
Mt. Vernon
William Earl Greer
Hoffman Estates
Evelyn Knapp
Frankie V. Lanham
Bertha Mannen obituary Mt. Vernon Missouri
Bertha Mannen 90 of 536 Fairfield Road Mt. Vernon died 6 55 p m yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital Funeral services 1 30 p m Wednesday Fry Funeral Home Walton ville with Rev Ross Partridge officiating Burial Knob Prairie cemetery She was born February 22 1882 in California Missouri daughter of Peter Reid and Elizabeth Crum She married William Mannen November 22 1903 he died in 1959 Survived by son John Mennen Ford du Lac Wisconsin three daughters Mrs Edith Roberts Kansas City Missouri and Mrs Gladys Purcell and Mrs Dorothy Mitchell Mt. Vernon a sister Mrs Dora Tritt Brush Colorado nine grand children 23 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Preceded in death by her parents husband and two sons.
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Bertha Agries Mannen
Fairfield Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Fry Funeral Home
Waltonville
Ross Partridge
Knob Prairie
Marnnen
California
Peter Reid
Elizabeth (Orr) Crum
William Mannen
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
John Mennen
Ford du Lac
Wis
Edith Roberts
Kansas City
Gladys Purcell
Dorothy Mitchell
Mt. Vernon
Dora Tritt
Brush, Colo
Ida Epperson McLeansboro Obituary
Mrs Ida B Epperson 92 of McLeansboro died at 6 10 pm yesterday at Hamilton Memorial Nursing Home Visitation today after 4 pm at Gholson Funeral Home Chapel in McLeansboro funeral 2 pm tomorrow Rev Stephen Phillips officiating Burial in McLeansboro Oddfellows Cemetery She was born October 10 1880 in Gallatin county daughter of Marion and Anna Moore Perking She leaves John P Epperson Lesser two grandchildren five great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Ida B. Epperson
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Nursing Home
Gholson Funeral Home
Stephen Phillips
Gallatin County
Marion
Anna (Moore) Perking
Methodist Church
John P. Epperson
Lesser
Texico Woman Mrs Blankenship Dies at 77
Mrs Flossie Blankenship 77 of Route 1 Texico died Sunday morning at Fireside Nursing Home Centralia. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at L R Osborn and Sons Funeral Home Kell with Rev Forest Weems officiating. burial in Panther Fork cemetery. She was born Olmols daughter of John and Mary Finn and married John B Blankenship November 4 1916. She belonged to Pleag yant Grove Baptist church. Survived by brother John E Blankenship Texico and Harry Finn Sm doval and grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Flossie Blankenship
Route 1
Texico
Fireside
Centralia
L. R. Osborn and Sons
Kell
Rev. Forest
Weems
Burla
Panther Fork
Funieral
Woodlawn Woman 77 Dies. Rites Pending
Bess B Gaston 77 of Woodlawn died on arrival at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Born October 2, 1895 in Jefferson county she married W B Gaston March 18 1914 in Mt Vernon. Survived by husband two sons Harvey Gaston Catherine Kirkpatrick Brockport NY two sisters Anna Carey Nomi Kniffen St Louis four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Myers Chapel. She was member of Woodlawn Christian church and Eastern Star.
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Bess B. Gaston
Woodlawn
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Myers Chapel
H. Bell Gastort
Vernon
Harvey Gaston
Flagstaff
Ariz
Catherin Kirkpatrick
Brockport
N.Y
Anna M. Carey
Naomi Kniffen
St. Louis
Political and market roundup with Illinois races and stock news
Illinois voters face tight chef waged contests as Ogilvie, Hanrahan, and Daley factional lines shape the suburban race. Nixon McGovern and Percy lead in polls while Cook County battles loom. National Stockyards hogs and cattle trade update. Wall Street gains follow Vietnam talks progress and Nixon re election signals.
Hog market quotations for weights and grades
No 1 and No 2 hogs 200 to 220 lb priced 26.75 to 27.25, No 1 at 27.76. Mixed No 1 and No 3 200 to 240 lb sold 26.25 to 26.75. Sows ranged 20.50 to 23.50.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Market prices from Mt Vernon and St Louis
Prices quoted in Mt Vernon this morning include soybeans at 3.30, wheat 2.03, corn 1.20. In St Louis eggs consumer grades range from 31 to 40 for A large to 19 to 31 for A small, wholesale grades from 25 to 30 for A large, standard 22 to 24, medium 8 to 20, and unclassified 8 to 10. Hens heavy over 6 pounds and medium 5-6 pounds priced, ready to cook broilers and fryers for this week’s delivery quoted at 26.75 to 27.75.
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Mt. Vernon
ST. Louis
Chicago grain prices report with varied futures
AP reports Chicago market quotes for Wheat No 2 soft red at 2.2154 per unit, No 2 hard red at 2.133%4n, Corn No 2 yellow at 1.28n, Oats No 2 extra heavy white at 84n, Soybeans No 1 yellow at 3.48%n, Soybean oil at 9.97n, and No 2 yellow corn last sold Friday at 1.29% per unit.
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Chicago
Butter and eggs market report from Chicago trade
USDA notes butter prices steady at wholesale levels with 93 score AA 69-69 and 92 A 67-68, 90 B unquoted. Eggs: weekly issue only on Wednesday and Friday.
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Chicago
USDA
Peaceful bear campaigns against Nixon in Midwest tour
In West Frankfort and Milwaukee reports a playful anti Nixon campaign by Byron Buckeridge, a 60 year old Ashland College teacher driving a VW labeled Can t Bear Nixon. He travels 4000 miles through Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota and New England with a furry bear costume to gauge public sentiment and hopes to influence the election outcome.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Volkswagen
Nixon
Byron Buckeridge
Ashland
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
New England
Madison
Buckeridge
Ogilvie Presses On In Campaign Closing Hours
Governor candidate Ogilvie defended his income tax stance and stop and frisk law while criticizing Walker on a television ad. He sought white ethnic votes at South Side churches, watched the Bears Lions game, held a news conference, and planned a final Springfield stop before flying to vote in Northfield. Polaroid stock slipped 7 percent before recovering after mixed reactions to a new instant camera.
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Ogilvie
Walker
South Side
Chicago
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Conrad Hilton
Thomas Drennan
Jim Mack
Dorothy
Dow Jones noon stock averages mixed gains edge
New York AP reports Dow Jones noon figures with 50 Industrials at 984.50 up 0.38, 26 Transports at 224.20 down 0.23, 15 Utilities at 119.66 up 0.38, and 15 Stocks at 321.44 up 0.15. Market movement shows mixed gains across groups.
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Wall Street New York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Monte Gordon
Dreyfus Corp
Nixon
Gordon
New York
Hijacker Captured In Japan
A masked man hijacked a Japan Airlines Boeing 727 with 128 aboard seeking a Cuba flight and 2 million dollars. After eight hours of negotiation the hijacker was captured by undercover police at the airport. no one was hurt. The suspect claimed multiple identities and planted bombs, but authorities found no casualties.
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Tokyo
Cuba
San Francisco
Tatsuji Nariioka
Los Angeles
Japan Air Lines
Fukuoka
Japan
Nagoya
Vancouver
Mexican
Pleme
Chile Ends Historic General Strike After 27 Days
In Santiago and nationwide, Chileans return to work as the lengthy strike ends temporarily. President Allende’s government concedes some demands while naming Gen. Carles Prats to the cabinet and planning a two-week trip abroad for the president.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Allende
Carleg Prats
Prats
Cuba
Mexico
United Nations
New York
Walker recounts Avery incident and voter turnout plan
Walker recalls Sewell Avery carried from his Montgomery Ward office by troops in the 1940s as the government seized Ward operations during a labor strike. He notes 24,000 volunteers will canvass voters Monday and Tuesday, stressing actions over speeches to boost turnout.
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Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward & Co
U.S. Army
Avery
Montgomery Ward
Walker
U.S. Navy
Jefferson County Names State Scholars in 1973-74 cohort
Twenty nine Jefferson County high school students were named State Scholars in the 1973-74 program. Illinois State Scholarship Commission selected 13,200 Scholars statewide from 51,500 entrants, using high school records and exams.
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Jefferson County
Ilinois
Mr. Vernon
Michael W. Bevis
Thomas Bigley
Peggy Ruth Body
Dale G. Bramlat
Clyde Coberly
Stephert J. Dixon
Karen S. Freytag
James R. Garrigon
Greta Greer
Marsha L. Greer
Ricky L. May
Melinda I. MecCasin
Holly J. McClure
Brian K. Pemberton
Don Kalani Smith
Joseph T. Sonsini
Steven C. Stewart
Samuel J. Trotter
Bluford
Craig A Donoho
Kenneth D. Johnson
William C. Osborn
Waltonville
Eddie G. Dees
Thomas Earl Fry
Thomas A. Shurtz
Bonnie
Stephen W. Harvill
Robert M. Lawrence
Dix
Edwin Austin
Ina
Barry F. Sink
Woodlawn
Aneta Bell Martin
Illinois
United States
Illnois State Scholarship Commission
Deerfield
U.S. Helicopters Shot Down Near Da Nang Amid Tide of Attacks
Communist forces shot down three U.S. helicopters within 14 miles of Da Nang, killing two Americans and wounding three. An AH1 Cobra burned after being hit. two OH6 scouts were downed with casualties. The battles boosted U.S. losses to 8,488 aircraft. B52 raids deepened toward North Vietnam as Hanoi denounced the air and naval strikes.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
North Vietnam
Vinh
Indochina
Nhan Dan
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
20Th Parallel
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Vietnamese Foreign Ministry
Vietnam News Agency
United States
Panhandle
Hanoi
Ha Tinh
Thach Ngoc
South Vietnam
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Bess Gaston Woodlawn
Cook County
Atty
Edward V. Hanrahan
Daley
Hanrahan
Bernard Carey
Sen
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Percy
Pucinski
Scott
Lyons
George Lindberg
Crystal Lake
Dean Barringer
Anna
Secretary of State
General Assembly
GOP
George Shipley
Robert Lamkin
Abner Mikva
Samuel Young
Frank Annnunzio
John J. Hoellen
The
University of Ilinois
MT. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
ST. Mary’s Holiday
and Bake Sale
West
Frankfort
West Frankfort
Les Rose
Fred Harking
Pifoteer Packing Co
Goodson Auto
Harkins
Polaroid Corp
Wall Street Journal Today
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Polaroid
Jefferson County Shrine Club
MT. Vernon Armory
Jack Staulcup
Thia
Democratic Labor Movement
Leon Vilarin
National Labor Command
Geneva
Aurora
Jefferson Co
Junior Amveta
Post 4
Amvets Club
Alan Sledge
Myers and Service
Vernon, Illinois
Altho
Molle
Harry
Harry Stamper
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