Deaths Harry B. French of Centralia dies at 56
Harry B. French 56 of Centralia dies at home after an extended illness. Funeral services set for Friday 1:30 pm at Queen Boggs Funeral Home Centralia with iccf lodge rites at 8:00 pm Thursday. Born April 18 1906 at New Castle Wyoming he leaves a wife Fern Fetgatter a son Maurice two daughters two sisters a brother and six grandchildren. He was a Methodist.
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Harry B. French
South Elm Street
Centralia
Queen Boggs Funeral Home
Hillcrest Memorial Park
I.C.C.F. Lodge
Queen-Boggs
Mr. French
New Cassle
Wyo
Harry B
Lucy Jane (Arnold) French
Fern Fetgatter
Maurice French
Elgin
Marcella March
Mt. Vernon
Marilyn French
Russell French
Central City
Alice Senn
Lela Farthing
Delila Wilson
Lucille Kelly
St. Louis
French
Methodist Church
Frank Standerfer Dies at 70 in McLeansboro
Frank Standerfer 70 of McLeansboro died at 11:00 p m Tuesday in Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are 2:00 p m Thursday at Gholson Funeral Home with Rev. Myrel Melton officiating. Burial in L O O F cemetery. Born February 2 1892 in Hamilton County to Hamilton and Josephine Fitzgerald Standerfer. Survived by wife Betty Duncan and sister Amanda Standerfer. World War I veteran. Body lies in state at Gholson Funeral Home until 6:00 p m today.
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Frank Standerfer
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Gholson Funeral Home
Myrel Melton
Standerfer
Hamilton County
Hamilton and
Josephine (Fitzgerald) Standerer
Betty Duncan
Amanda Standerfer
Receipts Down At Stockyards Amid NF O Tension
EAST ST LOUIS AP The St Louis National Stock Yards Co reports receipts off 20 to 25 percent this week with some packers noting 33 percent declines while hog prices rise 25 to 30 cents per hundred pounds to 19 and cattle up 50 cents. NFO blames withholding actions though officials cite prior heavy marketing and possible weather or rumor effects. Mount Vernon hog market sees receipts near normal despite NFC presence though exact figures unavailable.
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East ST. Louis
St. Louis National Stock Yards Co
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Gilbert Novotny
Mount Vernon
Illinois
Carmi Gap Filler Annex Sold at Auction
Carmi Industrial Sites, Inc. submitted the high bid of 525 dollars at a General Services Administration sale for the Carmi Gap Filler Annex in Carmi. Brady Snyder of Carmi placed a 110 dollar bid that was accepted.
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Chicago
Carmi Industrial Sites, Inc
General Service Iistration
Carmi
Missing Stop Sign Causes Accident Here
A missing stop sign at the intersection of 17th and Penns led to two accidents in Mt. Vernon yesterday afternoon. William L. Guy of Colorado Springs collided with Lloyd Purcell of Perkins at 17th and Penns, while Birdie Compton and Rolla C. Carter collided at 10th and Main after Carter stopped to avoid running down a group of high school boys.
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Mt. Vernon
William L. Guy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lloyd Purcell
South 25Th
17Th
Penns
Colorado
Perkins
Birdie Compton
Main
Rolla C. Carter
Flora
Tenth
Carter
Compton
Hoover Tumor Was Cancerous Hoovers Health Update
New York AP Herbert Hoover 88 received word from his doctor that progress after the intestine tumor removal eight days ago is encouraging. Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center officials said the malignant growth was removed with no anticipated recurrence and that the patient has resumed normal activities including writing and smoking a pipe.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Rudolph N. Schullinger
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions for Fred Spiller Waltonville Wanda Butler Aurora MS Barbara Neal Mary Melissa Friederick Irvington Good Samaritan admits Esther Connolly Wilma Buchanan Andrew Patterson Hattie Holmes Effie Greer Alelia Thomas Bonita Ayers Susie Danner Essie Shrum John Beard Dollie Mosley Discharged Ida Robinson Sandra Lewis Mary Lakey Nora Rogers Irene Mosiman
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Jefferson Memorial
Fred Spiller
Waltonville
Wanda Butler
Aurora
Barbara Neal
Mary Melissa i Friederick
Irvington
Good Samaritan
Esther Irene Connelly
Wilma June Buchanan
Andrew Walter Patterson
Hattie Mae Holmes
Effie Eloise Greer
Alelia V. Thomas
Bonita Joyce Ayers
Susie Isabel Danner
Essie Shrum
John Foster Beard
Dollie Marie Mosley
Ida Sue Robinson
Sandra Sue Lewis
Mary Elizabeth Lakey
Nora Gladys Rogers
Irene Jane Mosiman
Births in Rolla Aurora and Mt Vernon Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Jerry Harpole of Rolla Missouri announce the birth of a son named Jeffrey Scott at 844 this morning weighing nine pounds four ounces Grandparents are Mrs Alice Harpole and Mr and Mrs Howard Settle Donnie LeRoy born to Mr and Mrs Gordon Butler of Aurora Illinois at 750 last night in Jefferson Memorial weighing eight pounds seven and a half ounces Mr and Mrs Calvin Disroe Jr of 1007 Herbert are parents of a son born at 635 this morning in Good Samaritan weighing eight pounds Richard LaDonne Donoho of RFD 3 Bluford born at 710 this morning in Good Samaritan weighing eight pounds eleven ounces Mr and Mrs James G Piercy of RFD 2 Mt Vernon are parents of a daughter born at 221 this morning in Good Samaritan weighing seven pounds four ounces Mr and Mrs R Hayes of RFD 6 Mt Vernon are parents of a son born at 1256 yesterday afternoon in Good Samaritan weighing seven pounds twelve ounces.
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Jerry Harpole
Rolla
Jeffrey Scott
Alice Harpole
Howard Settle
Inn
Gordon Butler
Aurora
Ill
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Donnie LeRoy
Calvin Disroe, Jr
Herbert
Good Samaritan Hospital
Richard LaDonne Donoho
RFD
Bluford
James G. Piercy
Mt. Vernon
R. Hayes
Ben Bella Back In The Saddle Again
The article describes a compromise between civilian politicians and guerrilla commanders to preserve authority after France’s departure. The Political Bureau would run as provisional government without Wilaya interference, but dissolved the Wilaya command. The regular army would not enter Algiers, with order maintained by police and Ben Bella loyalist commandos led by Yacef Saadi.
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France
Wilayan
Wilaya Command
Algiers
Yacef Saadi
Local Live Stock Market Prices Rise Promptly
Prices paid on the local market rose today with hogs topping 18.75 per 200 to 230 pounds and up 0.75. Sows advanced to 16.75 for 300 pounds down, while 300 weight and over sows stood at 16.25, a decline. Boars ranged from 9.00 to 10.00 as bids moved higher by context.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quoted prices show Wheat at 1.92 Soybeans 2.24 and Corn 1.05 this afternoon indicating local market rates for principal grains. The figures reflect trading activity in Mt Vernon with buyers and sellers watching price movements in the grain sector.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Illinois
Nationwide livestock report lists hogs and cattle trading across several weight classes with varied price ranges. Hogs range from 13.50 for light sows to 19.73 for 200-240 lb hogs, cattle show bulk choice steers at 28.00-29.50 per cwt and calves up to 28.25, while sheep and lambs bring 17.50-22.00 per cwt for spring lambs and 5.00-6.00 for slaughter ewes.
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National Stockyards
Ill
USDA
Chicago Produce Prices Hold Amid Mixed Trading
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Butter prices steady with wholesale bids largely unchanged across grades AA to C. Eggs show steady to modest gains in wholesale prices across whites and yolks. Live poultry prices mostly unchanged to slightly higher with roasters and fryers noted in USDA bids.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago
USDA
Chicago Grain Market Report Summary
Chicago AP notes no wheat oats or soybean sales. Corn sample regrade yellow 96 to 1.00. Soybean oil 77ab to 8.00. Barley making choice 1.23 to 1.35. Feed 93 to 1.10.
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Chicago
Egg and live poultry prices listed for St Louis market
St Louis Produce lists egg grades and live poultry prices. Eggs graded A large 37-39 cents per dozen, A medium 29-30, A small 16-18, B large 27-28, standard 25-27, farm run 21-23, check 15-17. Hens heavy 15's over 5 lbs serving 9-10, under 5 lbs 6-8. Commercial broilers and fryers 18.
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St, Louis
Wall Street Edges Lower In Light Trading
Wall Street edges lower this afternoon with 2.8 million shares traded. Dow Jones average sits near 600 at 601.07, down 1.38. factions like chemicals and rails weak, aircrafts and utilities uneven. IBM drops after early gains, Chrysler up on August production.
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Richard H. Hoernig
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Chrysler
Two East Germans Reach West Berlin After Border Breakthrough
Two young East Germans drove an eight ton truck through two barbed wire fences climbed a third and swam a canal to safety in West Berlin. Police said the men aged 22 to 25 came from Seehof Com munist territory and reached safety behind McNair Barracks. An East German border police man in civilian clothes also crossed.
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Berlin Wall
Murphysboro Utility Sold to Central Illinois Pub Service
Cen tral Illinois Public Service Co announced it will acquire Illinois Electric and Gas Co Murphysboro through a stock exchange. TE&G serves about 18,000 gas and 4,500 electric customers in Southern Illinois and operates in Carbondale Carterville Du Quoin Herrin Marion Johnston City West Frankfort Benton Christopher Buckner and West City.
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Springfield
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Illinois Electric and Gas Co
Murrphysboro
Illinois and Electric Gas
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Carbondale
Carterville
du Quoin
Herrin
Marison
Johnston City
West Frankfort
Benton
Christopher
Buckner
West City
Te&g
Illinois
Britain Orders Soblen Ousted
LONDON AP Britain rejected Robert A. Soblen final clemency plea and ordered deportation to the United States as soon as practicable. Soblen, 61, faces a life sentence for wartime spying for the Soviet Union and has fled since June after absconding on $100000 bail and fleeing to Tel Aviv. He landed in Britain July 1 after an Israeli flight incident. His lawyers argued humanitarian grounds citing leukemia and blood cancer, but courts denied stay or asylum.
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London
Britain
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Soblen
Soviet Union
Tel Aviv
Israel
New York
Registration tomorrow at Jefferson county retarded children school
Jefferson county opens its seventh year of services for retarded children with registration Thursday at Edison school from 9 to 10 am. Two classes operate at Edison and Franklin. A $2.50 monthly fee is charged. Transportation and supplies provided. Dorothea Hayman and Anne Garrison teach. United Fund supports the program. funds stay in county.
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Jefferson County Association For
Edison School
Jefferson County
Franklin
Edison
Dorothea Hayman
Anne Garrison
United Fund
Daly denied ballot entry for U S Senate run
SPRINGFIELD Ill AP The Illinois Electoral Board denied Lar Daly a place on the November ballot as an independent candidate for U S senator Daly failed to meet petition rules with signatures from Cook County only and no 50 counties statewide Secretary of State Charles F Carpentier announced all major party nominees were certified Gov Otto Kerner presided The late Frank Reid Jr Aurora was listed among certified nominees and will be replaced on the 15th district Republican ballot by the district committee
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois Electoral Board Today
Lar Daly
U.S
Daly
Charles F. Carpentier
Cook County
Otto Kerner
Everett M. Dirksen
Sidney Yates
Chicago
Frank Reid Jr
Aurora
Witth
Springfield
Reid
Congress
15Th
Congressional District Committee
NFO Delays Lewistown Livestock Auction
National Farmers Organization members from Iowa and Illinois delayed a Lewistown livestock sale Tuesday but the auction proceeded with about 500 onlookers and no violence. Sheriff Wilbur Wallace said bids were refused by the sales manager, while Oren Lee Staley of Rea Mo said the disturbance was overstated and many nonmembers also attended.
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Lewistown
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Wilbur Wallace
Iowa
Ilinois
NFC
Illinois
Staley
Peaches On The Beach And Trees Peak This Season
The report notes peak peach activity with fruit ripening on trees and harvest opportunities on coastal beaches. Local growers and vendors report strong demand, while weather patterns influence picking windows and market availability.
11 934 177 Fishermen Buy Licenses In U S
Washington AP Interior Department reports 11 934 177 fishermen bought licenses last year 64 062 dollars in revenue 782 more than 1961 and 3 081 579 more than prior year. Hunters total 11 798 890 licenses. states Colorado Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin not in counts.
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Washington
Interior Department
Hunt
Colorado
Michi
Gan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
California
Pennsylvania
Mt. Vernon Weather Report Details
Weather briefing shows Tuesday high 84 and low 69 with rainfall from 7:00 a.m. Tuesday to 7:00 a.m. Wednesday totaling 32.90 inches for the date. compares recent highs of 91 and 71 with earlier readings 82 and 69 and notes sunrise at 5:32 a.m. and sunset at 6:25 p.m. (CST).
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MT. Vernon
Meet The New Teachers Mrs Nance Joins Casey Junior High
Mrs Sue Nance of 406 North 16th Street begins this school year as a new teacher at Casey Junior High. She previously served eight years as a substitute in Carbondale schools from kindergarten to senior high. A Benton High School graduate, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1955 from Southern Illinois University. She belongs to Beta Sigma Phi, Women’s Missionary Guild of the Christian Church, and the Newcomers Club.
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Sue Nance
North 16Th Street
Casey Junior High School
Nance
Carbondale
Benton High School
Southern Milinois University
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Women's Missionary Guild of the Christian Church
Newcomers Club
Four Arrested in $35,000 U.S. Mail Theft Case
FBI arrests four Peoria area residents in a $35,000 theft from two mail pouches shipped from Chicago to Peoria on Aug 2. Dale L. Jordan Thelma Harris Tony O Dell detained on $20,000 bonds. Phyllis Whitlow at large, husband William sought on federal warrant and armed. About $2,000 recovered. scheme involved swapping pouches at Santa Fe depot ChiIl i cothe and placing substitute pouches in Peoria. The missing pouches were later found near Mineral, Indiana.
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Peoria, Ill
FBI
Chicago
Peoria
Dale L. Jordan
Thelma Harris
Tony O'Dell
Phyllis Whitlow
East Peoria
William
Whitlow
Jordan
Santa Fe
Chillicothe
Rock Island
Mineral
Illinois Weather Averages 60s Preview Across State
The Associated Press reports autumn arrives with a cool front driving temperatures down overnight. Chicagos 50 tops a string of lows from 44 in Rockford to 48 in Springfield and Vandalia with south towns near 46 to 48. Highs in the 60s north and 70s south expected later, with a warming trend into Thursday and Friday and a cooler weekend. Precipitation seen as showers around Saturday, with southern Illinois facing continued near normal temps through Monday.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Chicago
Rockford
Moline
Peoria
Quincy
Springfield
Belleville
Vandalia
Parochial School Opened With 208 Students
St. Mary's parochial school here opened its eighth year yesterday with 208 students 110 boys and 98 girls First day enrollment this year was a slight decrease from last year.
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St. Mary’s Parochial School
Theft Pays Art Dividend at St Louis Museum
The St Louis Art Museum recovered eight works including The Artist's Sister after a theft last year. The missing Cezanne was worth $150,000 and the reverse side revealed another painting worth about $65,000, named Peasant Models. The Artist's Sister was bought for $7,500 in 1934 and was on loan in France when stolen.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Art
France
Marseille
Traffic fines set by Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock
Police court records show penalties for several defendants. Elzy Rector fined 200 dollars plus costs for reckless driving. Willie Mack charged 5 dollars and costs for failure to yield right of way and 35 dollars plus costs for driving without a license. Donald Gene Dobbs fined 5 dollars and costs for leaving curb without due caution and 5 dollars plus costs for no driver's license. Linus M. Kiefer of Belle Rive charged 10 dollars and costs for careless driving. Lester Maxey fined 5 dollars and costs for failure to yield right of way. William Montgomery of Olney fined 5 dollars and costs for failure to yield right of way.
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Sherman Bullock
Elzy Rector
Willie Mack
Donald Gene Dobbs
Linus M. Kiefer
Belle Rive
Lester Maxey
Wiliam Montgomery
Olney
Little Miss Peanut Contest Opens for Mt Vernon Girls
Mt Vernon and Jefferson county girls can still enter the Little Miss Peanut contest. Girls ages 5 to 8 are eligible and 44 have already entered with 10 places remaining. Entry forms are available via Kiwanis members or Mt Vernon Tire Service at 12th Broadway. The festival is set for 7 45 PM Friday at Mt Vernon High School auditorium.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Kiwanis Club
Sight Flying Objects Reported Over Northern Wisconsin
Officials in an 80 mile wide area of northern Wisconsin reported high flying objects in the northern sky early today fueling speculation that a Soviet Sputnik had broken up in the atmosphere. Edward Halbach of the Milwaukee Astronomical Society linked the sightings to the expected re entry of Sputnik IV, launched by the Soviets about two years ago.
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Eagle River
Wis
Wisconsin
Edward Halbach
Milwaukee Astronomical Society
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