Deaths Harry Pilson Dead in Washington Funeral Rites
Obituary for Harry Pilson of Long Branch Washington who died August 26 age 63. Services were held at Haven Memorial Chapel in Tacoma. Survived by wife Ruth Pilson two sisters Luta Richardson Vinita Kiepura and four brothers Alva Roy Walter Delmax. Parents and three brothers predeceased him.
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Harry Pilson
Long Branch
Wash
Haven Memorial Chapel
Tacoma
Pilson
Opdyke
Ruth Pilson
Chicago
Peter
Minnie Pilson
Luta Richardson
Mt. Vernon
Vinita Kiep
Mabel Feather Funeral Sunday At New Hope
Mabel L. Feather 68 died Friday at her home north of Wayne City born September 24 1898 in Wayne County daughter of Newberry and Rosa Cline. Funeral at New Hope Baptist Church Sunday at 2 30 p.m. Rev Jesse Miller and Rev Ray Johnson officiating burial Koontz cemetery near Fairfield. Body lies in Richardson chapel Wayne City after 2 p.m. Saturday and at church after 1 30 p.m. Sunday. Survived by husband O B one son Marshal Sark of Fairfield three stepdaughters Roberta Barnard Chicago Eva Gregory Fairfield Elizabeth Shepherd Chester Penn four grandchildren eight step grandchildren.
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Mabel L. Feather
Wayne City
New York Liberalizes Divorce Law Goes Into Effect
Albany New Yorks liberalized divorce statute takes effect listing new grounds such as abandonment for two years cruel or inhuman treatment imprisonment of three years and homosexual or other deviate conduct It sets residency rules including one year if only one partner moves to New York and a prohibition on quickie out of state divorces if a partner returns within 18 months
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Reno
Mexico
Nevada
China May Test Nuclear Missile
LEEDS England AP China may be ready to test its first intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead before year end a scientific conference heard C H G Oldham of Sussex University told a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science He noted China has achieved a hydrogen bomb detonation eight years after its first research facility and less than three years after its first atomic explosion He called China’s aim of catching up with Western science in 20 to 30 years realistic but warned that Mao’s Cultural Revolution disrupted education and training of scientific personnel
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Leeds
England
China
C.H.G. Oldham
Science Policy Research Unit
Sussex University
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Oldham
Hong Kong
Educat
Mao Tse-tung
Masonic Rites for Bro Frank J Riggs Friday Evening
Masons set 7 pm services at Myers Chapel for Frank J Riggs, with invitation from M Bill Salyer and the Byron Weld den asking members to attend.
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AF & AM
Frank J. Riggs
Myers Chapel
M. Bill Salyer
Den
Byron ‘Weld
Labor Day forecast calls for warmer, drier weekend
The Associated Press reports the U S Weather Bureau expects generally dry and possibly warmer conditions for Labor Day weekend. Record highs last month gave way to a warming trend through early September with some showers possible in parts of the country. Relief from heat remains limited outside the Pacific Northwest where fires ease.
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Associated Press
U.S
California
Montana
Idaho
Southwest Desert
Los Angeles
Spokane
Wash
Maine
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Plains
Great Lakes
Air Show at Scott Field Marks 50-Year Flight Anniversary
Scott AFB near Belleville Illinois celebrates the base’s 50th anniversary with a day-long open house and a six-hour air show headlined by the Air Force Thunderbirds. Missouri Air National Guard fighters and Army Golden Knights parachutists will perform with demonstrations of the Phantom jet bomber built in nearby St. Louis.
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Scott Afb
Belleville
Ill
Scott Air Force Base
Farflung Military Airlift Command
Air Force Communications Service
Air Force Thunderbirds
Missouri Air National Guard
Army Golden Knights
St. Louis
Russia Expels Press Attache in Moscow
MOSCOW report states the Soviet government expelled the U S Embassy press attache and refused to allow the agricultural attache to return. The embassy denied any wrongdoing by both men while unofficial U S sources suggest retaliation for visa cancellations tied to a spy case.
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Moscow
U.S
United States
Graf
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Admission and discharge list from Jefferson Memorial and Woodlawn hospital columns. Names include Walter Gowler and Rebecca Wojtowicz among many others with addresses and ward notes. Discharges feature Opal H. Wood Hattie Mae Davis and Joan Earl Dale among listed patients.
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Walter Gowler
Mt. Vernon
William Andrew Smith
RFD
Opal H. Wood
Bluford
Hattie Mae Davis
Anna
Joan Earl Dale
South
Births of a son to W. O. C. and Mrs McCarthy in Fort Rucker
Mr. and Mrs. W O C McCarthy of Fort Rucker Ala welcomed a son born August 23 named Robert James III, with grandparents listed as Mr and Mrs L A Adams of RFD 7.
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W.0.c
Robert J. McCarthy
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Robert James MII
Ll. A. Adams
RFD 7
Weather roundup for MT. VERNON and regions Thursday
Thursday high 75, low 46 in MT VERNON with rainfall to date 27.98 inches. One year ago high 89, low 64. Five years ago high 77, low 69. Ten years ago high 91, low 73. Saturday sunrise 5 28, sunset 6 29 CST.
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C.S.T
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. P
Montreal
New Orleans
New York
Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
Secenresye
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Sone
Illinois Sees Cool September With Record Low Readings
Illinois experiences cool early September with record lows in Moline 41 degrees and other areas. Northwestern Dubuque region logs 42, Springfield 43, Peoria 44, Cairo 54. Labor Day weekend forecast calls for fair weather and slight Saturday warming. Chicago highs ranged 67 to 71, while Bakersfield hit 111 in another report.
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South Bend
Paducah
Burlington
Associated Press
Illinois
Moline
Dubuque
Iowa
Springfield
Peoria
Cairo
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Quincy
Television Pay Offer Sparks NBC ABC Negotiation
In Miami Beach union technicians and engineers at NBC and ABC networks work without contracts as negotiators study a 140 page pay offer. NABET aims for a $275 weekly base for about 3,000 members earning $218 to $230.
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Miami Beach
Fla
NBC
ABC Radio and Television
National Association of Broadcast
AFL Cio
NABET
Arthur Kent
New York
Nabet 18
Hog Market Prices After 12:30 P.M Today
Prices paid until 12:30 today rose by 500 with top quotes at 18.76 and 19.00 for 210 to 20 lb meat type hogs. Sows weighing 300 pounds and under brought 16.75, while sows over 300 pounds were 16.50. Boars traded at 12.00 and 13.00. After 12:30 p.m. prices will reflect the next day’s figures.
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon grain prices quoted this morning show Wheat at 1.24 Old soybeans at 2.64 and New soybeans at 2.46.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock price estimates at National Stockyards Illinois
Estimates for Tuesday show hogs at 10,000, cattle 5,000, calves 200, sheep 800. Hogs 210-240 lb barrows and gilts 20.00-20.35, sows 300-500 lb 16.25-18.25. Cattle 200, calves 50, steers 24.00-25.50, heifers 23.00-24.50, cows 16.00-17.50, vealers 29.00-32.00. Sheep 150, slaughter lambs 23.00-23.50, ewes 5.00-7.00.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Chicago Produce Market Bulletin Summary
Chicago AP report notes butter futures at 93 with mixed grades and scores 66 to 92 from Mercantile Exchange. Eggs show grade A whites 31 and mixed sizes 31 for large 31, mediums 25, standards 25. car grades 90 B 66%.
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Chicago
Mercantile
St Louis Produce Prices and Grading Chart
ST LOUIS AP reports consumer grades for produce with size ranges for eyes, hens, and poultry. Grades include large 28-30 and 20-22 for standard and wholesale categories, with medium 21-33 and small 12-14, plus weights for heavy and light hens and broilers.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain price report snapshot
Chicago grain prices list No 2 hard wheat 1.50n No 2 soft red 1.46n corn No 2 yellow 1.24% oats No 2 heavy white 74 474n soybeans No 1 yellow 2.84%42n soybean oil 9.50n.
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Chicago
Wall Street mixed as market stalls ahead of holiday weekend
Wall Street weakened after a morning rally as investors held back for the Long Labor Day weekend. Dow Jones noon average fell 0.28 to 901.01. Dow Jones 60 stock average down 0.6 to 334.7. Industrials slid while rails and utilities rose modestly amid mixed price moves across issues like General Motors Chrysler Ford Boeing and General Dynamics.
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New York
General Motors
Chrysler
United Auto Workers
Ford
Jones & Laughlin
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Republic
Boeing
General Dynamics
Essex Wire
Ling-Temco-Vought
Continental Copper
International Nickel
Owens Illinois
General Electric
Ilinois Central
Westinghouse
American Stock Exchange
UAW Likely Strike Against GM Over Pensions and Wages
UAW prepares to call a strike against General Motors over pensions averaging about 400 dollars monthly for early retirees and wages in the auto industry around 3.41 dollars per hour plus fringe benefits totaling roughly 84.70 dollars.
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UAW
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chamber Maps Education Work in Mt Vernon
The Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce education committee met to map possible projects for the months ahead. Chairman John Alford led the discussion with Carrie Lee Randall of the Jefferson County Education Association present as a committee member. Plans include a teachers recognition dinner in early 1968 and a spring conference for upper high school students, college students, and Jefferson County employers on career intentions.
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Mt. Vernon
Approval Refused On 50 Targets In Viet Nam Offensive
U S. forces reported 50 targets refused approval with 57 killed or wounded. U.S. countered with radar directed fire on Red positions and B 52 strikes on suspected strongholds. Guerrilla attacks spread through the Mekong delta with mortars hitting three villages and attempted traffic disruption on Highway 4. A U.S. Navy patrol boat was not fired upon after a ruse, bridges near Saigon were blown, and Saigon police logged four terrorist strikes. One Red agent was shot dead. two Vietnamese wounded by grenades.
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Mekong Delta
Highway 4
Saigon
Delta
U.S. Command
U.S. Navy
Nvy
U.S
King Attacks Vietnam War at Chicago Rally
Martin Luther King Jr denounces the Vietnam War at a Chicago rally urging a 1967-68 election referendum on the conflict. He presses Americans to vote out militarism and calls for a people driven decision. Dr Benjamin Spock, cited as a potential running mate, says he would accept a draft but doubts it will occur.
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King
Benjamin Spock
U.S
Vietnam
Spock
Johnson Acts To Feed India
President Johnson announced another million tons of American wheat to aid India facing starvation. The total released reaches 2.5 million tons with 500,000 tons yet to be authorized, pending whether other nations match the U.S. contribution.
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Washington
Johnson
India
U.S
Hank Paris Ads Strain Rockford Family
Hank Paris posted in Rockford papers that he cannot care for the six boys anymore, asking his wife Colleen to hurry home. Colleen, who recently gave birth to their first daughter in a Rockford hospital, cannot return home until Saturday per her doctor.
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Rockford
Hank Paris
Colleen
Rockford Morning Star
Rockford Register Republic
Hank
P.S
Saigon Struck by Series of Bombings and Attacks
A campaign aimed at sabotaging the election inflicted casualties in Saigon. A primary school polling site was hit. a Vietnamese policeman and two civilians were wounded. An electric station blast wounded three. Suspects fled as gunfire roared downtown and a man was detained near the U S Joint Public Affairs Office. At least four attacks in 24 hours wounded three Vietnamese.
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Saigon
U.S. Joint Public Affairs Office
Marchers Defy Ban in Milwaukee South Side Rally
Milwaukee marchers defied an emergency ban sparked by open housing protests by the youth council into the Polish South Side. Father Groppi faced resisting arrest and assault charges, posted a $1,090 bond, and said another march could be planned after a rally at St. Boniface Church.
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Youth Council
Father Groppi
St. Boniface Church
Local Farmers Plan Brownstown Field Day In September
University of Illinois agronomists and Jefferson County advisers invite farmers to the Brownstown Research Center for field day tours starting September 6 at 9 a.m. The event features rotation and fertility changes, fertilizer and lime rates, new wheat corn and soybean varieties, soil pH, weed control, and other corn, soybean, and forage practices. A ride from Mt. Vernon departs at 7:45 a.m. from 814 Harrison Street for Jefferson County farmers.
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University of Innis Agronomist
P.E
Pat
Johnson
Jefferson County
Don Lee
Brownstown Research Center
University of Illinois
Brownstown
Brownstown Center
Southern Illinois
Harrison Street
Mt. Vernon
20 More Magazines At Library
The Mt. Vernon Public Library added over 20 magazines to its reading and circulation list. Titles include America, American City, American Forests, American Rifleman, Audubon, Ebony, Life, Time, Vogue and Readers Digest among others. All magazines circulate for one week.
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Mt. Vernon
American Girl
American Home
Better Homes and Gardens
Consumer Reports
Cosmopolitan
Field and Stream
Good Housekeeping
Ladies Home Journal
Life
Look
McCalls Magazine
Mechanic Illustrated
National Geographic
Newsweek
Parents
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science Monthly
Readers Digest
Red Book
Saturday Evening Post
Seventeen
Time
True
U.S. News and World Report
Vogue
Vatican Aged Cardinals Expected to Quit by Year End
Vatican rumors say most curia cardinals over 75 will resign by year end to clear way for Pope Paul VI’s plan to reorganize the Vatican’s central government. The 79-year-old average age among cardinals and the 95-year-old Morano are noted in the discussion.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Curia
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
Paul
Arlene Diminishes, Not a U.S. Mainland Threat
Winds of tropical storm Arlene weakened far offshore as the first storm of the season. The National Hurricane Center reported at 6 a.m. that Arlene was about 1,800 miles east-northeast of Miami with winds near 45 mph in squalls and posed no threat to the United States mainland.
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Miami
Fla
Arlene
United States
National Hurricane Center
U.S
East Of Ms. V. Three Injured In Car-Pickup Mishap
Three people were injured in a collision on Highway 15 east of Mt. Vernon as a car driven by Edwin L. McKinney 21 collided with a pickup driven by Willie Johnson 68. McKinney was charged with improper passing. All victims treated at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Bluford Road
Mt. Vernon
Willie Johnson
Bluford
Amanda Johnson
Edwin L. McKinen
Johnsonville
Good Samaritan Hospital
McKinney
Johnson
Damages Exceed $1 500 In Three Accidents Here
Three Mt. Vernon crashes yesterday totaled over 1500 in damage. Diana L Williams 18 of Nason and Kenneth G Freeman 32 of Brookland Ark collided at South 10th and Virginia about 346 PM. Freeman charged with following too close. William W Swan 71 of 8M South 22nd and Miguel Estrada 64 of San Benito Tex collided at 10th and Broadway about 1209 PM with over 100 to Swan and about 350 to Estrada. A car and a truck collided in the 300 block of North 12th at 2 PM causing about 500 damage. driver Myrl M Lambattis and truck driver Leo J Harlow listed.
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Mt. Vernon
Diana L. Williams
Nason
Kenneth G. Freeman
Brookland
Ark
South 10Th
Virginia
Williams
Freeman
William W. Swan
South 22Nd
Miguel Estrade
San Benito
Tex
10Th
Broadway
Estrada
North 12Th
Myrl M. Lambattis
Oak
Leo J. Harlow
Lamar
Fifteen People Fined in Circuit Court
Fifteen individuals faced fines in Circuit Court for traffic and related offenses. Names include Thomas W. Mare and Frank H. Parker with penalties for disobeying a stop sign and reckless driving, plus speeding, curfew violations, careless driving, defective equipment, and failure to yield right of way. Amounts range from 10 to 100 dollars.
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Thomas W. Mare
Mt. Vernon
Frank H. Parker
24Th Street
Weldon McCoy
Margaret Ie Sue
Willie Jerry Coates
South 12Th Street
Donald Peterson
Shawnee
James R. Moore
Main Street
Frank Mitchell
Wayne City
William F. Henricks
Fenton
Robert Lichtenberger
Fairfield
Arlen L. Bitner
1300
North 11Th
Peter Bender
Mannen
Gary Lane
Royal
Clyde Barton
East Moline
Chamber Seeks Office Space Information for Large Units
Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce invites owners and managers of offices 3,500 square feet or larger to submit available properties. A petroleum firm’s representatives will visit September 5 to inspect prime first class spaces already screened elsewhere. Interested parties should contact the Chamber.
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Mt. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Mail Boxes Shot At G H Loss Farm Near Shiloh
At the G H Loss farm home just north of Shiloh Church two rural mail boxes were riddled with bullets. A bright red car stopped, two occupants fired several shots, then returned and fired again on the second box. Deputies were notified by Mrs. George Loss.
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G. H. Loss
Shiloh Church
George Loss
Daisy Harriman Dead at 97 Socialite and Democratic figure
Daisy Harriman, widow of J. Borden Harriman, died in her Georgetown home at age 97. A socialite, campaign worker, and pioneer woman diplomat, she shaped Democratic circles for decades and spent a life in public service and advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Borden
Daisy) Harriman
Democratic Party
District 80 board approves teacher raises and cable project
The board approved teacher raises and a coaxial cable installation for Edison Franklin Lincoln and Dr Andy Hall schools. The cable will support educational programs and a closed circuit television system. A new calculating machine for the central office was also approved.
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Edison
Franklin
Lincoln
Dr. Andy Hall
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