Benton resident Nellie McKee dies at 72
Nellie May McKee 72 of Benton died at her home Wednesday evening. Funeral services are incomplete at Johnston Funeral Home in Whittington. She was born February 19, 1897 in Bement Illinois, daughter of Charles W Read and Ida May Smith Read. Survived by her mother one son Eddie of Hazelwood Missouri three daughters Evelyn Goodpastor Hammond Indiana Mickey Webb Ewing and Billie Wine miller Whittington 11 grandchildren and brother W J Read Bradenton Florida. She was preceded in death by her husband and one son.
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Nellie McKee
Benton
Nellie May McKee
Johnston Funeral
Whittington
McKee
Bement , Ill
Charles W
Ida May Smith Read
Earl ‘Butch’ McKee
Methodist
Eddie
Hazelwood
Rolla
Evelyn) Goodpastor
Hammond
Ind
Roy
Mickey) Webb
Ewing
Herbert
Billie) Winemiller
W. J. Read
Bradenton
Fila
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients List
Admitted patients include George William Emmett En field Neil Webb Tate 934 Conger Herbert W Payne Woodlawn Kelly DeMent 1115 Wescott Henry Coontz McLeansboro with discharges Orpha Rector Paul Schnicker Ora A Adcock Linda Kay Sprague Eileen Burns Parker Sargent Pearl Jones Cora Johnson Edna Hughey Vicci Lynn Grigg Marion Strickland Effie McGuire Fay Payne Jessie Gray Trudy Cole Marian McKenzie Tanaia Ellis Minnie Borman Judith Crowder Lutie Green Ethel Russell Fern Erwin Carolyn Bakley Cecil Gregory Elosie Ratliff Alice Smith Clara Miller Valerie Gali listed for Mt Vernon Belle Rive and Hi Ne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Webb Tate
Conger
Herbert W. Payne
Woodlawn
Kelly DeMent
Wescott
Henry Coontz
McLeansboro
Orpha Rector
Paul Schnicker
Bruford
Ora A. Adcock
Fairfield Road
Linda Kay Sprague
Samaritan
Eileen Burns
Harrison
Parker Sargent
Mt. ‘Vernon
Pearl & Jones
Cora Johnson
Cherry
Edna Hughey
Bonnie
Vicci Lynn Grigg
Marion Strickland
Ith Effie McGuire
Fay Payne
Bluford
Jessie Gray
Trudy Cole
Belle Rive
Marian McKenzie
Lincoln Drive
Tanaia Ellis
Casey
Minnie Borman
1813 High
Land
Judith Crowder
Mt ‘Vernon
Lutie Green
Jones
Ethel Russell
Fern Erwin
Carolyn Bakley
Hoopston
Cecil Gregory
Hickory Grove ‘Manor
Elosie Ratliff
Mt. Vernon
Alice Smith
Mt. Ver
Valerie Gali
Herbert
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital noted for two families
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mathus of Route 4 Vernon welcomed a son at 2 27 this morning weighing four pounds eleven ounces. Mr. and Mrs. William Fry of Route 1 Texico welcomed a son at 12 36 weighing eight pounds eight ounces.
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Dale Mathus
Route 4
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
William Fry
Route 1
Texico
Crime Figure Arrested After Riverside Raid
Chicago based syndicate figure Felix Alderisio nicknamed Milwaukee Phil was arrested after FBI raid on his Riverside home on July 28. Authorities found 33 firearms and charged him with firearms possession while felon. He faces separate fraud and extortion related indictments and remains free on bond.
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Chicago
Felix
Milwaukee
Phil” Alderisio
Ilinois
Riverside
FBI
Alderisio
Colorado
Denver
Air Force Plans 50,000 Cut as U S Forces Slim Down
Washington AP reports the Air Force will cut about 50,000 officers and enlisted personnel, part of a wider 150,000 plus reduction across the armed services. Plans suggest fewer squadrons and possible base closings, with the total active force nearing 3.3 million as Vietnam commitments ease.
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Washington
Air Force
U.S
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Secetary of
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Armed Services
Congress
Laird
Nixon
Vietnam
U. S
Francelia Aims at Guatemala Strikes Belize Coast
Hurricane Francelia slammed into Guatemala and battered southern British Honduras. The National Hurricane Center warned of up to 20 inches of rain and high tides threatening Gulf of Honduras coast villages. Wind speeds reached 110 mph as 4000 people were evacuated and property damage reported along the coast.
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Miami
Francelia
Guatemala
British Honduras
National Hurricane Center
Gulf of Honduras
Punta Gorda
Radio Belize
Welfare Fund ends at Ray Page office in Illinois
Springfield Illinois AP A spokesman says Ray Page is discontinuing the welfare fund as of September 1 with closure by October 1 The decision came from a policy committee in Page's absence Deputy superintendent Verne Cracker notes about 60 to 65 percent of employees contributed roughly 32000 yearly to emergencies such as death flowers and any surplus will be moved to the Ray Page Campaign Fund after meeting commitments
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Springfield
Ray Page
Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction
Page
Verne E. Cracker
Cracker
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Down At Midday
Prices paid until 12 30 p m were down 50 cents US DAO 210 to 230 Tb meat type hogs were No 1 25 50 No 2 25 00 No 3 24 50 Sows 17 75 and 22 50 Boars 14 50 and 15 50 After 12 30 p m prices will be based on next day’s prices.
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Us.d.a
Kirk and Musick
First National Bank
Mt. Vernon
Trust Department of the Executor
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Shown For Wheat Soybeans and Corn
Mt Vernon quotes show wheat at 2.11, soybeans at 2.24, and corn at 1.31 this morning.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Grain price report
Chicago AP lists wheat No 2 hard yellow 1.31n and No 2 soft red 1.30n along with corn No 1 yellow 1.2674 and No 2 yellow 1.26n oats No 2 extra heavy white 61n soybeans No 1 yellow 2.5846n and soybean oil at 8.80n.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Egg prices and grades from St Louis market this week
St Louis market reports consumer egg grades A large 43 47 cents per dozen A medium 34 39 A small 20 23 B large 38 41 wholesale 32 44 medium 26 28 unclassified 21 23 hens heavy 12 light over 5% 10 under 5% 6 broilers and fryers 28 25 to 29.50 this week delivery.
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St, Louis
Chicago Butter and Egg Prices on Mercantile Exchange
Chicago wholesale prices show butter at 93 AA 168, 92 A 67% and 90 B 6744 while eggs sell at grade A whites 4712, mediums 39, standards 43 on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Friday
Estimates from National Stockyards show hogs at 5 000 head, cattle 200, calves 50, sheep 100 for Friday. Hogs mostly 50 lower with various weights listed. barrows and gilts around 26.10 for 1-3 230 lb and 25.50–26.00 for 210–270 lb. sows 25–50 lower. boars 19.50–20.50. Cattle 1 200, calves 100. steers 28.00–29.50, heifers 27.25–27.75, cows 19.00–21.00, bulls 23.50–25.00. vealers 32.00–36.00. Sheep 20. Ewes 9.00–10.00.
Weather Delays 40 kiloton Rulison Blast in Colorado
Project Rulison, a 40 kiloton underground nuclear test near Grand Valley Colorado, is delayed at least 24 hours due to bad weather. Each day of postponement costs sponsor Austral Oil Co about 31000 dollars. Officials cite thunder showers forecast near the test site and reiterate safety precautions.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Coloado
Austral Oil Co
Houston
Tex
Bob Tahlgott
Grand Valley
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Tower Court
Denver
Colorado
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Austral
CER Geonuclear Corp
Las Vegas
Nev
Project Rulison
AEC
Wall Street Opens Steady Amid Mixed Early Moves
The New York market showed a near balance of gains and losses at the open with Pan American off 0 at 16, Gulf Oil up 7 at 37, and Ford down 4 at 46. It ended lower on Wednesday with late buys trimming losses as the Dow fell to 835.67 and the AP 60 average dropped to 293.2. NYSE trading was cut short by a power failure.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
Mead Corp
Eastern Air Lines
Gulf Oil
Ford Motor
Dow Jones
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Episcopal Church Grants 200000 to Black Group
The Episcopal Church funded at least 200000 to the Black Economic Development Conference, marking a breakthrough as a major denomination recognizes the group and hints at broader impact on other churches facing similar reparations demands. A meeting of the National Council of Churches policy board is set for Indianapolis next week to discuss the funding.
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South Bend
Ind
Episcopal Church Wednesday
Black Economic Development Conference
National Council of Churches
Indianapolis
National Committee of
Los Angeles tar pits reopen for Ice Age dig
Scientists at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History resume digging at tar pits behind the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. They extract bones from a congealed cap 150 feet below the surface to study a three million year Ice Age ecology, including birds rodents and small mammals.
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Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles County
County Museum of Natural History
Theodore Downs
Earth Sciences
Museum
Downs
Vietnam War Casualties Dip Slightly At Week’s End
AP report shows 185 Americans killed in action and 1,057 wounded last week, versus 190 killed and 1,367 wounded the prior week. South Vietnamese losses were 354 killed and 966 wounded, with enemy fatalities at 2,493 for the week. Casualties since Jan 1, 1961 reach 38,313 Americans killed, 248,153 wounded, and 1,348 missing or captured. enemy killed total 546,804.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vienamese
da Nang
Hiep Duc
Que Son
U.S. Command
Adopted Boy Beaten to Death in Florida
Sarasota County sheriff charged Ward Willcox and Patricia Willcox with murder after their adopted four year old son died from extensive bruising. The couple, jailed without bond, reportedly took the child to Sarasota hospital where he died on arrival. Authorities described bruises of varying ages from stick and human hand as they investigated disciplined reports.
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Sarasota
Fla
Ross Boyer
Sarasota County
Ward W. Willcox
Patricia
David
Boyer
Knox College Old Main Unroofed by Wind Storm
Old Main at Knox College in Galesburg Illinois, a 113 year old building tied to the Lincoln Douglas debates, was torn roofless by a thunderstorm. Officials estimate damage at 50 000 to 75 000 dollars to the three story structure that houses admin offices. The site became a national historic landmark in 1962 and is the remaining structure connected to the 1858 debate before a 20000 strong crowd.
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Galesburg
Ill
Old Main
Knox College
Knox
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Trading on a Shoestring Margin Defined
A person who trades stocks or commodities on margin with scant capital is described as trading on a shoestring. The phrase captures high risk and constrained buying power in financial markets.
Meet The New Teachers At Game Farm Round-Up
The Greer Family will perform at the Logan Street Baptist Church Fall Round-Up with supper at 6 30 and music starting around 7 15. Betty Brandon arrives as Mt Vernon High School's new typing and clerical practice teacher, her first teaching job, after earning a B S in Education from Southern Illinois University and an associate degree from Rend Lake College. She is married to Max E Brandon, Rend Lake instructor, and they have four children Denny Darrel Donald and Debra.
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Greer
Logan Street Baptist
Betty Brandon
Hillcrest
Mt. Vernon High School
Brandon
Southern Ilinois University
Rend Lake College
Max E. Brandon
Brandons
Denny
Darrel
Donald
Debra
Mrs
Phi Kappa Phi
Pi Omega Pi
Arrest Youth in Burglary Case
A third youth has been arrested in connection with the burglary of the Knox Grocery Store in Woodlawn. Gary W. Connell, 18, of 312 Walnut was charged with burglary in a warrant and posted a $5,000 bond. Two other youths were arrested previously and charged with implication in the burglary.
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Knox
Woodlawn
Gary W. Connell
Walnut
Red Cross Storm Relief Drive Surpasses Local Goal
The Red Cross reports Mt. Vernon and Jefferson county residents raised $711 for Gulf Coast and East Coast storm relief, with a county goal of $1,850. Donations to American Red Cross can be mailed to the local chapter at 226 South Tenth Street as relief efforts continue.
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Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Gulf Coast States
American Red Cross
South Tenth Street
Poem by Rend Lake Dean in national paper
Dr. Howard Rawlinson Dean of Rend Lake College had a poem The Herald published in the Christian Science Monitor Home Forum on August 29. A reader called it a free verse statement about man’s possible achievements focusing on the moon voyage in July.
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Howard Rawlinson
Rend Lake
Dean
National Paper
Rend Lake College
Home Forum
The
Christian Science Monitor
Rawlinson
Normandy Suburban School Levy Vote Near Threshold
In St. Louis area Normandy district residents cast a referendum on a 91 cent tax hike to 5.18 dollars per $100 assessed value for two years. A two thirds majority was required and the count stood at 9,003 to 3,850. Officials announced schools would open Monday pending result.
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ST. Louis
Normandy
Auto Collision on Tenth Street Leaves Two Cars Damaged
Police report a 5:30 a.m. crash on Tenth Street at Broadway. Richard G. Hays 31 of Tuka struck Grover Pittman of Lafayette, Ind. Hays charged with driving too fast for conditions. Pittman’s car about $50 damage. Hays's more than $100.
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Richard G. Hays
Tuka
Grover Pittman
Lafayette
Ind
Tenth Street
Broadway
Hays
Pitlman
Circuit Court Fines Levyed in Local Court
Circuit court fines totaled several modest penalties. Nelson Rex Bravard of Mt. Vernon faced 100 dollars for intoxication. Jimmy A Delaney of Route 6 paid 20 dollars for disturbing the peace. Robert E Smith of Aurora faced 20 dollars for no valid driver's license and 10 dollars for disobeying a stop sign. Thomas R Malin of Route 3 paid 10 dollars for careless driving. Richard Bowens Jr of Colp paid 20 dollars for speeding. Gibson L Petties of 1205 South Seventh paid 15 dollars for failure to report an accident. Stephen Jurkiwicz of Chicago paid 10 dollars for no valid vehicle registration.
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Nelson Rex Bravard
Mt. Vernon
Jimmy A. Delaney
Route 6
Robert E. Smith
Aurora
Ill
Thomas R. Malin
Route 3
Richard Bowens Jr
Colp
Gibson L. Petties
South Seventh
Stephen Jurkiwicz
Chicago
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Carl W. Little
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Mercury
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