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Mt Vernon Register News

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Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1963

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Deaths Edna Mae DeMent 80 of Clark County Indiana

Mrs Edna Mae DeMent of 605 Route 17th street died at 2 30 am Monday at Clark County Memorial Hospital Jeffersonville Indiana She was 80 years old widow of Albert J DeMent Funeral Thursday 2 00 pm Myers Chapel Rev Carl Whittington will officiate burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery Body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 3 00 pm Wednesday She was born July 26 1883 in Jefferson County daughter of C G C and Eliza Perkins Mayfield lifetime resident of the county She is survived by two sons Lowell DeMent of La Habra California Hilton DeMent of Bristol Pennsylvania one daughter Mrs Walton Card Clarksville Indiana one brother Frank Mayfield Auburn Indiana seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

Edna Mae DeMent Routh 17Th Street Clark County Memorial Hospital Jeffersonville Ind DeMent Albert J. DeMent Myers Chapel Carl Whittington Bethel Memorial Cemetery Jefferson County C. G C Eliza (Perkins) Mayfield Mt. Vernon Township Wesley Methodist Church

Daniel Yeager Dies At 87. Rites Thursday

Daniel Yeager 87 of 1017 Herbert Street died Saturday afternoon at St. Mary's Hospital East St. Louis. A past master of Forest of Lebanon Masonic Lodge No. 71, he will lie in state at Parker Funeral Home 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral 10 a.m. Thursday at Parker Funeral Home officiated by Rev. D. W. Jackson. burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by grandson Elliott Webb of Peoria Illinois and granddaughter Loretta Jackson of Toledo.

Daniel Yeager Herbert Street Yeager St. Mary's Hospital East St. Louis Forest of Lebanon Masonic Lodge Parker Funeral Home D. W. Jackson Oakwood Cemetery

Hospital Notes and Admissions List at Local Memorial

Discharged: Arthur Lisenby Avis Lee Charles Martin Everett Crider Mrs Annette Flora and baby James Noel. Admitted: Audrey Jean Settle William Jesse Stroud Bobby Glenn Liles Maxine Henry Leila Abraman Boyd Nettie Lee Porter Cindy Kaye Brown Maria Jascina Kehrer Mary Lou Neal Daisy Lee Os borne Virginia Hattie Gregory Ruth Margaret Miller Alva Vals Dare Joseph William McGoni gal Sabrina Jane Turner Jeffrey Brian Reynolds Janet Grace Pennell Mary Elizabeth Duncan. Discharged: Veneta Mae Groves William Jesse Stroud Mrs Velma Lorene Mooney and baby Beverly Diane Mrs Alberta June Newton and baby Caria June Linda Marie Shef field William Clyde Osborn Beulah Pearl Dunavan LeRoy Reynolds Clarence Fleming James Albert Smith Mrs Carolyn Joyce Wells and baby Lisa Renee Mrs Wanda Faye Hampton and baby John Lee Fred Thomas Sanders Margaret Alice Pigg Lela Lucille Pierce Margaret Kathryn Zimmer Willie Mac Jones Mrs Darlene Mary Bird and Darla Jo Katherine Morris Mildred Juanita Kolmer Naomi Myrtle Scott Mrs Lucy Lee Harlan and baby Ricky Lee Mrs Rose Lynn Bochatin and baby Donette Marie Dorothea Bell Wilkey Mary Lou Neal Mrs Margaret M Aldrich and baby Heather Karen Carolyn Barbara Filip Mrs Joyce Ann Simpkins and baby Melanie Jayne Betty Sue Zimmer Ruby R Overton Bobby Glenn Liles Katie Wood William Elmer Riley Mrs Joan Delores Pierce and baby Ronetta Jo Jessie Wilson Gus Draege Maxine Henry of Bluford.

Jefferson Memorial Arthur Lisenby Avis Lee Charles Martin Everett Crider Annette Flora James Noel Good Samaritan Audrey Jean Settle William Jesse Stroud Bobby Glenn Liles Maxine Henry of Bluford Leila Abraman Boyd Nettie Lee Porter Cindy Kaye Brown Maria Jascina Kehrer Mary Lou Neal Daisy Lee Osborne Virginia Hattie Gregory Ruth Margaret Miller Alva Vals Dare Joseph William McGonigal Sabrina Jane

Births Report From Good Samaritan Hospital

Mr and Mrs Dayton Harlan of 1803 south 15th street welcomed a son Ricky Lee born Saturday night at 6 19 in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds ten ounces. Mr and Mrs Raymon Aldrich of RFD 1 Texico welcomed a daughter Heather Karen born Saturday afternoon at 56 o'clock weighing six pounds fourteen ounces. Mr and Mrs William Pierce of Bonnie welcomed a daughter Ronetta Jo born Sunday afternoon at 3 32 weighing nine pounds two ounces. Mr and Mrs Bradford Story of Inn welcomed a son Jerry Todd born Sunday night at 8 39 weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Mr and Mrs Ray Bauman of Lesser welcomed a son Kevin Ray born Saturday night at 7 45 weighing six pounds five ounces.

Dayton Harlan South 15Th Street Good Samaritan Hospital Ricky Lee Raymon Aldrich RFD 1 Texico Heather Karen William Pierce Bonnie Ronetta Jo Bradford Story Inn Jerry Todd Ray Bauman Lesser Kevin Ray

Regular Meeting of 40 et 8 at American Legion Hall

The 40 et 8 promenade holds its regular meeting at 7 30 this evening at the American Legion hall. An officers election will be conducted and all members are urged to attend. Paul Quinn is listed as chef de gare.

American Legion Hall Paul Quinn

Markets Mt Vernon Hog Market Slips With Mixed Hog Prices

Prices on the local live stock market were down with hogs leading the decline. Top hog price reached 15.85 for 200 to 230 pounds, while sows slipped to 14.75 for 300 pounds and over 14.25, and boars fell to 8.25 and 10.25.

MT. Vernon

Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon

Mt Vernon prices show wheat at 1.67 soybeans 2.50 and corn 1.27 as quoted in Mt Vernon this afternoon.

Mt. Vernon

Chicago live poultry and butter and eggs market snapshot

Chicago wholesale markets report no change or slight upticks in live poultry prices with roasters and fryers listed. Butter prices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange show steady to unchanged levels across grades, while eggs move modestly higher with whites and various quality standards noted.

Chicago USDA Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Eggs and live poultry price ranges in St Louis report

AP bulletin from St Louis lists consumer egg grades and weights: large 38-39 for eggs, medium 31-33, small 18-20, B large 32-33, standard 31-32, unclassified 24-26, checks 18-22. Hens heavy 14-154, light over 5 lbs 9, under 5 lbs 64-74, and broilers and fryers 15-14-16-14.

ST. Louis

Livestock prices at National Stockyards fall modestly

At National Stockyards, hogs 14,500 head down 25-10 from Friday's averages with 260 lb barrows and gilts 16.00 17.00, sows 13.00 16.00. Cattle 7,000 and calves 400 little trend. steers 93.00 24.25, heifers 22.00 23.50, cows 14.00 15.50, bulls 16.50 18.25, vealers steady to 1.00 higher, choice 26.00 31.00. Sheep 2,000 about steady. good to prime 18.50 21.00, cull to good 5.00 7.5.

Inl USDA

Wheat and soybean sales absent in Chicago grain report

Chicago grain note shows no wheat or soybean sales. Corn prices listed for No 1 yellow to No 4 yellow with small percentage ranges and a sample grade yellow, while oats No 1 extra heavy mixed 68 applies and soybean figures appear garbled.

Chicago

Wall Street advances in heavy trading after Labor Day

The stock market rose in heavy trading led by gains in motors electronics and office equipment. Sperry Rand American Motors Studebaker Chrysler and IBM drove activity while Control Data jumped nine points and Texas Gulf Producing fell about three. Bonds were mixed as prices drifted.

New York Stushbree Sperry Rand American Motors Studebaker Chrysler Wall Street IBM Xerox Electronic Associates Polaroid Eversharp Electronic Speciality Korvette Havey Texas Gulf Merck American Stock Exchange U.S

Union Orders Gary Men Back To Steel Mill

Gary Indiana AP union officials ordered 15000 striking workers at USS Gary Works to return to their jobs this afternoon, ending a 13 hour wildcat walkout that could have disrupted auto industry steel supplies. The walkout followed the suspension of a union grievance committee member after an alleged supervisor strike. The return order came from Local 1014 president Mark Tincher and subdistrict director Orville Kincaid.

Gary, Ind Gary USS. Steel Corp Mark Tincher United Steelworkers Orville Kincaid

Kennedy Kids Take Yacht Ride on Labor Day

President Kennedy and the First Lady sailed from Hyannis Port to Nantucket Island aboard the White House yacht Honey Fitz. Caroline and John Jr. joined five friends ashore at a Coast Guard lookout, while the couple remained aboard.

TIT Associated Press Hyannis Port Mass Kennedy Nantucket Island Coast Guard White House Caroline John Jiv

Two Bodies In Cesspool In Tennessee Lake Drain

Private 30 acre lake to be drained today in Crossville Tennessee as investigators search for missing mother Mrs. John Reed and identify two children John Anthony Reed age two and Rose Marie Reed age four found dead in a septic tank near the lake. Authorities seek Sammy Ammons known as Big John Williams for questioning. husband of Mrs Reed lives nearby. The bodies of the children were found after a tourist reported a possible hand in the tank. The deaths are ruled a double homicide.

Crossville Sammy Earle Ammons Knoxville Ammons Big John Williams Strader

Hartke Urges Faster Interstate Road Work

Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana called for quickening interstate highway construction to cut 2 3 years from completion and save 4000 8000 lives and about 12 billion dollars in property damage. He said a bill to repeal a funding delay provision would accelerate the 42000 mile system toward a 1970 completion rather than 1972.

Washington Vance Hartke D-Ind Hartke

Integration at Baton Rouge reaches high schools

In Baton Rouge Louisiana four Negro girls entered Istrou ma High School becoming the first of 28 Negroes scheduled to enroll in the 12th grade across four city high schools. Police guarded entrances as newsmen and onlookers were kept back while the students had private preenrollment last week.

Baton Rouge Istrouma High School Louisiana

Eleven Negroes Enter Carolina Schools for Desegregation

In Charleston South Carolina eleven Negro children entered four public schools marking the first desegregation below college level. No incidents occurred as they arrived with some parents present. Fifteen Negro children attended previously segregated Roman Catholic schools in Charleston today under a voluntary desegregation program after a federal order.

Charleston 8.C South Carolina Francis F. Reh Diocese of U.S Jude J. Robert Martin Jr

Ex-Car Shoppers Swap Tales of Good Old Days

Ex car shoppers recall Mt. Vernon shops closing and old rounds in 1926 Michigan City job search. Many have faded, some remain in Mt Vernon or shift to other lines, with reunions drawing ex crew from across Illinois Indiana and Missouri. Most plan to return next year for the Sunday before Labor Day gathering.

Ing Mt. Vernon Ike Ray Morgan Centralia Danville Belle Rive Woodlawn Decatur Bonnie Alton Dix Perryville Beech Grove Ind Kell Wilmington, Ill Bruford McLeansboro Joliet Chicago Belvidere Texico Granite City Inn Ewing DeKalb St. Louis

Twins Meet At Springfield Selects 2024 Officers

The International Twins Association named three sets of twins from St. Louis as officers for the coming year at its annual meeting in Springfield. Kings Tim and Terry Knox and Queens Janet and Judy Isert led as officers with Floyd and Lloyd Jacques as co-presidents. Sixty percent of the 250 twin pairs attended, including Kim and Aimee Dickinson from Geneva, Switzerland, honored for longest travel. The youngest twins were Jack and Jane Schafer, four and a half months old from Springfield, and the oldest were Zena De Bolt and Zadia Gordon from Ohio. Grand Rapids, Michigan, was chosen as next year’s meeting site.

Springfield International Twins Association St. Louis Association Kings Tim and Terry Knox Janet Judy Isert Floyd Lloyd Jacques Kim Aimee Dickinson Geneva Switzerland Jack Jane Schafer Ill Zena de Bolt Unionville Center Ohio Zadia Gordon Plain City

Red Professor Flees To West

Hamburg Germany AP Hans Mayer East German national prize winner and liberal intellectual defects to West Germany during a lecture tour He will not return to Leipzig University where he taught for 15 years Mayer won the prize in 1925 for works on classical and modern literature His defection is seen as a bombshell for Soviet bloc intellectuals Mayer aged 56 is known as a close friend of leading Eastern writers.

Hamburg Germany Hans Mayer West Germany Mayer Leipzig University Soviet Bloc

Chicago high school student slain by rooming house owner

Theodore Soufis, 73, owner of a Chicago rooming house, ordered to appear in felony court on a murder charge after he reportedly fired at three youths leaving a basement apartment. Victim Robert Heth, 15, a Lake View High student, was shot in the back. Companions David Fredrickson, 14, and Donald Ashburn, 16, with him, said Soufis fired as a warning after warnings to quiet down.

Chicago Theodore Souifis Robert ‘Heth Lake View ‘High School Wrs Soufis Heth David Fredrickson Donald Ashburn Homicide Unit Paul Rowlands

Transfer Crump To Joliet Prison

Paul Crump the convicted murderer whose death sentence was commuted by Gov. Otto Kerner was moved from Pontiac State Penitentiary to Joliet State Prison after a request by Acting Warden Haske! Alvey. State Safety Director Joseph Ragen said Crump 33 was transferred Monday due to disciplinary violations and age considerations.

Springfield, II Paul Crump Otto Kerner Pontiac ‘State Penitentiary Joliet State Prison Pontiac Joseph Ragen Crump Haske! Alvey Joliet Ragen

Severe Midwest storms cause farm damage and injuries

Severe storms swept Midwest states with tornadoes and high winds. In Wisconsin four southwestern counties and Stephenson County Illinois saw damage to nearly a score of farms, power lines down, and minor injuries. Green and Lafayette counties bore the heaviest damage while rainfall neared four inches in parts of Wisconsin.

Illinois Board seeks $915,000 for Herrin loans

The Illinois Board of Economic Development asks the Area Redevelopment Administration to approve two loans totaling 915000. Central Technology Inc seeks 293000 for expansion and the city of Herrin requests 620000 to expand water supply facilities. Approval would create at least 790 jobs.

Springfield Ill Illinois Board of Economic Development Area Redevelopment Administration Oto Herring Otto Kemer Central Technology, Inc Herrin

Khrushchev Ends Visit With Tito in Belgrade

Soviet Premier Khrushchev left Belgrade after a two week vacation with Tito, signaling closer Soviet Yugoslav ties. They exchanged warm goodbyes at the airport and said talks had cleared the way for tighter relations, while China sent only a minor embassy official to the departure.

Belgrade Yugoslavia Khrushchev Tito

Rockefeller urges bold tax cuts to save gold

New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller calls for large immediate tax cuts and a plan to protect the U S gold supply. In a Monday night statement he criticizes President Kennedy for timid fiscal policy and warns of a crisis of confidence in the dollar from continued payment imbalances.

New York Nelson A. Rockefeller J Big Kennedy Rockefeller

Lyndon Opens European Tour

Stockholm AP report says Vice President Lyndon B Johnson arrived in Sweden on a 15000 mile goodwill tour of Scandinavia. He called it a mission of friendship and new confidence and carried greetings from President Kennedy and over a million Americans of Swedish descent. Premier Tage Erlander welcomed him at Arlanda Airport near Stockholm, noting the visit would strengthen US Sweden ties.

Stockholm Lydon B. Johnson Scandinavia Kennedy Johnson Arlanda Tage Erlander Cabiet Erlander Sweden United States

Fire at Big Star Market Causes Smoke Damage

A small fire at Big Star Market located at 33rd and Broadway started when an electric cord to a deep freeze shorted. A carton of books ignited. firemen reported only slight damage and smoke.

Big Star 33Rd Broadway

Weather page with weekend heat and rainfall totals

A detailed forecast notes Saturday high 88 and Sunday high 84 with lows around 57. Mena reports 89 for Saturday with 65, and rainfall totals show .02 inches from Monday 7:00 a.m. to Tuesday 7:00 a.m. plus 23.53 inches for 1963 to date. Past highs are listed as 84/91, with five and ten year comparisons. Wednesday sunset and twilight times are also included.

Weather toll from storms hits northern Illinois region

Cloudy cool weather follows Monday night rain with more showers expected tonight. Central and southern sections see lingering showers and mild afternoon temperatures. Winds damaged roofs and caused fires in Winnebago and Carroll counties. no injuries. Tornadoes minor in Stephenson County with no damage. A Chicago man sustained minor burns from lightning while resting at home. Ten city homes struck by lightning. a South Side police station ralon lost power for 45 minutes. Rain totals: northern Illinois about half an inch. Chicago and Rockford report over 1.25 inches. Flooded viaducts on Chicago's South Side. Southwestern Wisconsin hit by a severe system with twisters, farm damage, injuries, and four inches of rain near Wausau. Temperatures in northern Illinois held in the 70s by brisk northerly wind, with highs of 89 at Quincy and 87 at Paducah.

Associated Press Midwest Wisconsin Stephenson Illinois Green Lafayette Wausau Wis Kansas Missouri Dodge City Kan Rockies Pacific Coast Great Lakes Ottest Southern Plains Interlor Valleys California Weather Bureau Winnebago Carroll Stephenson County Chicago South Side Ralon Rockford Quincy Paiducah Rantouland Dubuque

Meet The New Teacher Mrs. Betty McClure At West Salem

Mrs. Betty Jean McClure of No 8 Evergreen will teach at West Salem school this year. She graduated from Holdenville high school and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Oklahoma State University after study at Mt. Vernon Community College and Southern Illinois University. A First Methodist member, she serves as Circle and Sunday School teacher and belongs to West Salem PTA and the Girl Scouts. She is married with three children.

Betty Jean McClure Evergreen West Salem School McClure Holdenville Okla Oklahoma College For Women Oklahoma State University Mt. Vernon Community College Southern Illlinois University First Methodist Church West Salem P. T. A Girl Scouts

Fire Inspectors to Sweep Mt Vernon Oct 30

A 80 man team of experts will conduct a one day fire inspection of Mt. Vernon business buildings and schools on October 30. It will be the first complete fire inspection here in ten years. State Fire Prevention Association officials will arrive with the fire prevention committee of the Chamber of Commerce to work out details.

Mt. Vernon State Fire Prevention Association Chamber of Commerce

Picketing at Jefferson Bank in St Louis Amid Court Contempt Hearing

Civil rights group members from St Louis Ministers and Laymen Association picketed the Jefferson Bank and Trust Co as nine CORE leaders faced contempt charges in Circuit Court. The protesters carried signs alleging racial discrimination while about 15 association members demonstrated outside.

ST. Louis Jefferson Bank and Trust Co Congress of Racial Equality Jefferson Bank CORF Michael Scott

Mills Calls For Levees And Lakes In Effingham

Effingham Illinois AP Mills urges Southern funds to spend on flood control and reservoir work. He notes Wabash basin floods cause about $1 million in annual damage and calls for sizeable levee and lake development. Rep George Shipley says the region spends too little on flood protection as water projects grow with demand.

Effingham Ill Southern Funds Miles E. Mills Duffingham Wabash Valley Association Wabash Basin George E. Shipley D-Tll

Rejected Suitor Kills Paris Girl

Paris, II. James A. Lawson, 49, charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Ruby Fitzsimmons, 20. Police say Lawson, a farm worker, shot the woman Sunday after she rejected his attentions. He was arrested in his apartment. Miss Fitzsimmons worked at a Paris shoe factory and died Monday.

Paris, II James A. Lawson Ruby Fitzsimmons Lawson Miss Fitzsimmons Paris

Earthquake Hits Kashmir Valley Killing About 100

Reports from New Delhi say a quake struck 56 villages in a 50 square mile area of the Kashmir Valley on Monday, killing about 100 people and injuring around 500 as most residents were in fields.

New Delhi India M Kash‘mir

Kennedy Returns From Cape Cod Amid Civil Rights Crisis

President Kennedy flew back to Washington from Cape Cod ahead of schedule amid Alabama school desegregation tensions. He acknowledged civil rights stand has cost him support in the South and perhaps elsewhere, and urged a strong nuclear test ban treaty while warning against an inadequate agreement.

Washington Kennedy Cape Cod Alabama Andrews Air Force Base Otis Air Force Base Mass White House Hyannis Port South Walter Cronkite Columbia Broadcasting System CBS Senate

Russia Would Protect China Under Treaty

Tokyo report says Moscow Radio announced that the Soviet Union would shield China if attacked, under the friendship and mutual assistance pact. The broadcast asserted the 1950s agreement remains in effect despite Chinese-Soviet differences and discouraged China from pursuing atom bomb development by promising nuclear backing.

Tokyo Soviet Union China Moscow Radio

Traffic fines listed by Justice H B Harlow

J P Court traffic fines assessed by H E B Harlow justice of the peace include Lawrence J Burke Orlando Florida 5 and costs for failure to have reciprocity plate on a truck George W Campbell Kokomo Indiana 5 and costs for failure to have an operator s license John LaBotte Johnston City 5 and costs for wrong lane usage Prentice West Indiana Evansville Indiana 10 and costs for speeding 75 miles per hour in a 65 mile zone

J. P H. EB. Harlow Justice of the Peace Lawrence J. Burke Orlando Fla George W. Campbell Kokomo Ind John LaBotte Johnston City Prentice West Evansville

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