Deaths George A Slankard Dies at 71 In Lesser
Funeral services for George A Slankard 71 editor of the Lesser Review and former Benton Standard publisher will be held at 2 00 p m Saturday at the Lesser Methodist Church with Rev Fred Beck officiating Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery He died at 530 a m Wednesday at his Lesser home He was born October 30 1852 in Marion Ill married Helen O Neil May 30 1919 surviving are a son and daughter a brother and sister and two grandchildren The body lies in state at Brayuela Funeral Home in Lesser after 430 p m today
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George A. Slankard
Methodist
Lesser
Fred Beck
Maple Hill Cemetery
Slankard
Stankard
The
Lesser Review
Benton Standard
International Typographical Union
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
A.F.A.M
Sesser
Marion
Ill
William D
Elizabeth (Swafford) Slankard
Helen O'Neil
George QO. Slankard
Ralph the Are Gallery
White Hall
Mich
Carl Stankard
Eva Ray
Brayuela Funeral Home
Doepke Dies At 73 On Opdyke Road
Charles Doepke died at 6:00 p m today at his Opdyke Road home at age 73 years two months and 24 days. A Mt. Vernon Stove Foundry retiree, he is survived by wife Nettie Doepke a stepson Virgil Murphy stationed with the U S Air Force in Greenville Mississippi a nephew Charles L Deeepke of St Louis and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Home.
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Charles Doepke
Opdyke Road
Doepke
Mt. Vernon
Pulley-Gutzler
Mr. Doepke
Jefferson County
C. F. and
Margaretha (Klusman) Doepke
Nettie Doepke
Set
Virgil Murphy
U. S. Air Force
Greenville
Miss
Charles L. Deeepke
St. Louis
Rites Saturday For Cole Infant
Funeral services for Judy Rae Cole the day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyndell Cole of Belle Rive will be at 10 00 am Saturday at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren Rev John Lee will officiate The baby born Wednesday in Good Samaritan Hospital died Thursday at Children s Hospital St Louis Survivors include parents Lyndell and Carol Cole of Belle Rive a brother Michael Duane two sisters Tammy Jo Trudy Mae and grandparents Arron Cole of Belle Rive and Wanda Egan of Centrali
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Judy Rae Cole
Lyndell Cole
Belle Rive
Gholson
Dahlgren
John Lee
Good Samaritan Hospital
Burial Saturday For Glenn Child
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Robert Glenn of Dahlgren was born dead at noon Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services are set for 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Gholson Chapel, Dahlgren. The body lies in state at Gholson Funeral Home after 4:00 p.m. today. Survivors include parents Robert and Peggy Glenn, sister Carrie Lynn at home, grandparents Nathan Glenn of Dahlgren and Alin Murch of Pensacola LA.
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Robert Glenn
Dahlgren
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gholson Chapel
Gholson Funeral Home
Robert
Peggy
Jernigan) Glenn
Carrie Lynn
Nathan Glenn
Alin Murch
Pensacola, la
Rites Held For Tennyson Child Infant son of Clyde and Marian Tennyson
Christopher Robert Tennyson was born dead at 12 43 pm Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Graveside services were held at Bethel cemetery with Rev. L R Sherry officiating. Survived by parents Clyde and Marian Guill Tennyson, grandparents Robert Guill and Earl Teal, great grandparents Alva Carnes and others in Mr Vernon and San Bernardino California.
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Christopher Robert Tennyson
Clyde Tennyson
South 26Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bethel Cemetery
L. R. Sherry
Clyde
Marian (Guill) Tennyson
Robert Guill
Earl Teal
Vernon
Alva Carnes
San Bernardino
Calif
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions
Jefferson Memorial admits Peterson A Epps. Discharges include Alva Dare Dorothy Allen Goldie Copple Burrell Garrison Reene McEfee Charlie Austin. Good Samaritan admits Mary Kehrer Dennis Henry Carnes Eula Fern Hazlip Joseph W McGonigal Amos Franklin Smith Zelma Keller Rickey Don Cluck Ursula Lavina Catton Donald Joseph Scott Willie Lee McDaniel Otto Laswell. Discharged: Mrs Lutishe Mae Rollins and baby Eugenia Renee Minnie Maude McKitrick Dorothy Eva Chirk Elliott Franklin Eiler Harry Edward Coberly Mrs Doris Wallace and baby Stephen Todd.
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Jefferson Memorial
Peterson A. Epps
Alva Dare
Dorothy Allen
Goldie Copple
Burrell Garrison
Reene McEfee
Charlie Austin
Good Samaritan
Mary Kehrer
Dennis Henry Carnes
Eula Fern Hazlip
Joseph W. McGonigal
Amos Franklin Smith
Zelma Keller
Rickey Don Cluck
Ursula Lavina Catton
Donald Joseph Scott
Willie Lee McDaniel
Otto Laswell
Mrs.Lutishe Mae Rollins
Local live stock market prices slip across hogs and sows
Prices paid on the local live stock market were down five cents today. The top was fourteen dollars for hogs weighing 190 to 220 pounds. Sows declined to twelve dollars for 300 weight down, sows 300 weight and over eleven dollars and seventy five cents, down. Boars were eight and nine dollars.
Mt Vernon Market Wheat Soybeans and Corn Prices
Mt Vernon grain quotations report afternoon prices show Wheat at 1.97 Soybeans 2.51 and Corn 1.04. Market activity centered on local buyers and sellers in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices Report From National Stockyards
National Stockyards market brief shows hogs 8,500 head with 25 to 35 lower, 170 to 250 pound barrows and gilts 14.00 to 65 dollars, sows 275 to 600 pounds 10.75 to 12.75. Cattle and calves limited with no market for some grades. cows 11.50 to 14.50. Sheep and lambs steady with good to prime lambs 16.00 to 19.25 and ewes 4.50 to 5.50.
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USDA
Chicago Produce Prices Steady at Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter wholesale prices steady with scores AA 93 and A 92, other grades 90 to 89. eggs also near steady with Grade A whites at 39 44 cents and mixed grades around 39 cents.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and poultry price listings st louis market
St Louis market report shows consumer egg grades A large 39 41 A medium 33 55 A small 23 25 and B large 3206 wholesale standards 3a 27 28 checks 20 Hens heavy 15 16 light under 5 lb 546 646 broilers and fryers 16 17 Yb 89.
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St, Louis
Chicago grain market update stalls major sales
Chicago AP reports no wheat oats or soybean sales. Corn prices quoted for No 2 yellow at 1.1544-16, No 3 yellow at 1.12%-16, No 4 yellow at 1.0642-13. Soybean oil 83g n.
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Chicago
Cook County Board Likely to Reject Birth Control Clinic
CHICAGO AP The Cook County Board of Commissioners plans to reject an anonymous donor offer through Planned Parenthood Inc to establish a one year pilot birth control clinic at Cook County Hospital. The offer carries a Dec. 1 deadline and was not acted on at Thursday’s meeting. Board President Seymour F. Simon said support appears lacking.
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Chicago
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Cook County Hospital
Planned Parenthood Inc
Seymour F. Simon
Plight of Negroes Reported to Worsen in Chicago
CHICAGO AP. A government official and civil rights leader say the economic plight of Negroes is deteriorating. Lisle C. Carter Jr. cites Negro family income around 3000 annually versus 6000 for white families and warns of a class shut out from upward mobility due to automation and discrimination. Carter spoke at the National Urban League Midwest Health and Welfare Conference.
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Chicago
Lisle C. Carter Jr
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Carter
National Urban League
Midwest Health and Welfare
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital Shine With New Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Lee Witges of RFD 1 Scheller welcomed a son named David born at 9 20 yesterday morning weighing six pounds ten ounces. Mr and Mrs Bennie Lee Bodine of 418 South Seventh Street welcomed Brenda Lee born at 4 50 yesterday afternoon weighing seven pounds 12 ounces. Mr and Mrs Robert Parks of No 1 Parker Drive welcomed Robert Gregory born at 7 18 last night weighing eight pounds. Mr and Mrs Ronnie Pigg of 2014 Logan welcomed Susan Elizabeth born at 8 26 last night weighing eight pounds six ounces.
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Lee Witges
RFD 1
No. 1
Parker Drive
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Gregory
Ronnie Pigg
Logan
Susan Elizabeth
Knights of Columbus Meet Scheduled for Tuesday Evening
The Knights of Columbus will gather next Tuesday, November 26, at 8:00 PM in the K. C. Hall. All members are urged to attend as an outstanding program has been arranged. Bernard Aydt, Grand Knight.
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Knights of Columbus
K. C. Hall
Bernard Aydt
Truck Hits School Bus Tragedy Near Stanton
Three Negro teenagers from Stanton died when a chemical tanker rammed a rear of a school bus, sending it over a levee into river backwater. Nine students injured. Highway Patrolman said brakes failed and bus occupants likely drowned after the bus went into water.
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Stanton, Tenn
J.C. Malone
Joseph Brewer
Neal May
Stanton
Walter Duffy
Here
Duffy
Vincent Abston
No Publicity On Bird Man s Burial
SPRINGFIELD Mo AP A prison system spokesman declined to reveal burial plans for Robert F Stroud the Bird man of Alcatraz Age 73 died in his sleep at the medical center His immediate survivors include a brother Al G Marcus of Honolulu and a sister Mamie Stroud 80 of Metropolis Ind An attorney said Miss Stroud s correct address may be Metropolis NL but could not be located immediately.
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Springfield
Robert F. Stroud
Alcatraz
Jesse Harris
al G. Marcus
Honolulu
Mamie Stroud
Metropolis
Ind
Stroud
Miss Stroud
United Fund Bar-B-Que Nets Promising Pledge Total
New Prospects committee reports on a successful United Fund Bar-B-Que in Mt. Vernon. They anticipate at least 450 net for the fund and praise citizens for a sell-out event. The drive groundwork continues with committee planning for next year and redistribution of uncontacted pledge cards.
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New Prospects Committee
United Fund
Mt. Vernon
City Hall
Iinois
Quick Quiz: cord of wood and space age start
A cord of wood equals eight feet by four by four feet, totaling 128 cubic feet. The space age began with the Soviet Union launching Sputnik on October 4, 1957.
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Soviet Union
Trumann Farm Family Slaying Ends With Suicide
In Trumann Arkansas a 34 year old farmer Sam Pennter killed his wife Belinda Gairhan his step daughter 6 and two others including his mother in law and sister in law during a drunken two hour rampage before fatally shooting himself A green crayon note on the kitchen table proved incoherent Police tied the family dispute to the killings and suicide
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Trumann
Ark
Ray Holmes
Sammy Penters
Juanita
Belinda Gairhan
W. J. Byrd
Jimmy Moon
Holmes
Penter
Belinda
Byrd
Herman Tal Jey
Luther Taylor
Edgar Sullins
Buron Jackson
Cars Collide At 9th and Harrison in Mt Vernon
In Mt Vernon last night a collision at Ninth and Harrison involved Pamela I. Travis of Salem and Stanley F. Kiselewski of 722 Dewey. Both cars sustained about $75 in damage. Kiselewski was charged with failure to yield right of way.
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Mt. Vernon
Pamela I. Travis
Salem
Stanley F. Kiselewski
Dewey
Ninth
Harrison
Kiselewski
Detailed Weather Report MT VERNON Five Day Forecast
Northern Illinois will see temperatures 3-5 degrees above normal through Wednesday with a warming trend early to mid week and .5 to 1 inch of rain expected, mainly in the east. Southern Illinois will run 4-8 degrees above normals with colder weekend then warming, and showers totaling 1 inch or more next week.
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Illinois
Missouri Bootheel
Illinois Faces Rain and Winds from Weekend Storm
Strong gusty winds and thundershowers move through Illinois with temperatures in the upper 50s to mid 60s and 70s in the south. Rain amounts vary, Belleville and St. Louis report around 1.4 inches while Vandal in the north records over 1 inch as Springfield, Quincy, and Moline see lighter totals and weather continues.
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Chicago
Illinois
Beleville
St. Louis
Vandalia
Al Jolson Born in Russia in 1886 Says Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes musical comedian Al Jolson was born in Russia in 1886. The aging star became a landmark performer in American stage and film.
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al Jolson
Russia
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mt Vernon to hear final Master Plan at city hall
Mt Vernon residents are invited to a Tuesday night meeting at 8 in the Mt Vernon City Hall council room. Planning Commission will receive the final report on the 18 month Master Plan by Gerwin Rohrbach of General Planning and Resource Consultants. The 15 to 20 year growth guide includes current conditions, improvement opportunities, and development recommendations. John Stables urges attendance to inform and involve citizens.
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City Hall
Planning Commission
Gerwin Rohrbach
General Planning and Resource Consultants of
St. Louis
Commission
Fea
Mt. Vernon
Rohrbach
John Stables
Congo Expels Soviet Diplomatic Mission
Congo orders the Soviet diplomatic mission expelled from Leopoldville for subversive dealings with antigovernment exiles across the Congo River in Brazzaville. Premier Cyrille Adoula says no severance of relations, hints 48 hour departure window, and vows to review any new credentials.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Leopoldville
Cyrille Adoula
Moscow
Congo River
Brazzaville
Adoula
Sergei Nemtchina
United Arab Republic
Congo Republic
Christophe Gbenye
Andre Lubaya
Kasai
Boris Voronin
Yuri Miakotnykh
Benik Beknazar - Jitzbachev
Novosti
Voronin
Brussels
Miakotnykh
Aeroflot Airlines
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Lu Mumba
No GOP Draft Declared by Miller for 1964 Nomination
AP report from St Louis states Republican National Chairman William E Miller said there will be no draft for the 1964 GOP nomination and urged hopefuls to seek the nomination through state primaries. He listed Rockefeller and Goldwater as potential candidates and said Nixon is not a candidate. Miller spoke during a 13 state regional GOP meeting and expressed optimism about winning the presidency and House in 1961 with better organization in Chicago and St Louis areas.
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ST. Louis
William E. Miller
GOP
Rep. Miller
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Miller
House of Representatives
Missouri
Ilinois
Chicago
Hell
Dive For U2 Pilot's Body Near Key West
Navy divers continued a Gulf search for Capt. Joe G. Hyde Jr. after a U2 jet crashed into the sea northwest of Key West during a secret mission. Vessels and aircraft scoured a wide area as officials cited mechanical failure and unspecified mission details.
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Key West
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Joe G. Hyde Jr
Navy
Defense Department
Strategic Air Command
Cuba
Air Force
Hyde
Theft of Gasoline Reported near Opdyke
Gasoline was stolen from a storage tank at the home of Sidney Faas, three miles north of Opdyke. Thieves forced the lock and siphoned the fuel, the sheriff's office reported.
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Sidney Faas
Opdyke
Local residents visit, travels, and events in McLeansboro
McLeansboro residents host and visit relatives in Cahokia Jackson Tenn Shawneetown Bloomington Elmdale Benton Des Plaines and Carbondale. Notables include Lois Hale Nellie Wilson Ed and Ed Shuster Joe Spruell Gary Oehlert Ruth Darnell and Charles Patton. Sam and Wilson Stanley new prison sentence noted. Thanksgiving service planned November 27 at First Methodist with Billy Duncan delivering message. A white swan at McLeansboro reservoir departed southward with plans to return next spring.
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Mcleansboro
Lois Hale
Nellie Wilson
Ed Shuster
Robert L. Shuster
Cahokia
J. W. Biggerstaff
Wesley
Bill
Jackson
Soviet protest over autobahn checkpoint dispute stalls US convoy
The Soviet Union rejected a U S protest over a 42 hour delay of a U S Army convoy on the Berlin autobahn Nov 4 5. Moscow demanded Americans dismount for headcounts and warned of further interference on the 110 mile link to West Germany.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Berlin
U. S
West Berlin
West Germany
Kremlin
U.S
Two Suits For Divorce Filed In Circuit Court
Two suits for divorce were filed in circuit court yesterday. Loretta K. Trotter sues Lloyd Wesley Trotter for cruelty and seeks custody of two minor children. they married June 27 1960 and separated November 1 1963. Jack McCoy sues Elizabeth Anne McCoy for desertion and seeks custody of two minor children. they married March 4 1957 and lived together until November 1 1962.
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Loretta K. Trotter
Lloyd Wesley Trotter
McCoy Vs
McCoy Jack McCoy
Elizabeth Anne McCoy
Police Court Fines for Drunk and Disturbance Offenses
Sher man Bullock fines listed for Sam Pritchard ten dollars plus costs on a drunk charge. Robert Lee Weir ten dollars and costs on a disturbance charge. Shirley Weir ten dollars and costs on a disturbance charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Bullock
Sam Pritchard
Robert Lee Weir
Shirley Weir
Branson seeks court action in Illinois remap case
Illinois State Rep. Fred Branson asks the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in the House reapportionment stalemate. He seeks either upholding the Republican-drawn redistricting bill or directing the Electoral Board to accept petitions from current districts. The dispute centers on 23 Chicago districts versus 21.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Ilinois
Fred Branson
Rcentralia
Branson
Supreme Court
Illinois Electoral Board
Otto Kerner
High Court
Gale Williams
R-Murphysboro
Chicago
George Dunne
Springfeld
Dunne
Cook County
Private Plane Crash Kills One
Oscar Hoffman, 62, president of Superior Typesetting Co. in St. Louis, died when his twin engined Piper Apache crashed two miles northwest of Ellisville, en route to his father's funeral in Waterloo, Illinois. The crash occurred in a wooded area east of Babler State Park, about 20 miles west of St. Louis, with wreckage scattered across the site.
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Ellisville
St. Louis
Oscar Hoffman
Mchiville
Superior Typesetting Co
Hoffman
Chicago
Waterloo
Ill
Babler State Park
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