Deaths Mrs Bertha Kuenz 94 Orlando Florida
Mrs Bertha Kuenz 94 of Orlando Florida died Wednesday morning in Medical Mercy Hospital She was a former resident of this city Funeral services will be Friday morning at St James Catholic church Orlando Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery Orlando Mass will be at St Marys church in this city Survivors include a son Bernard Kuenz five daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren
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Bertha Kuenz
Orlando
Fla
Medical Mercy Hospital
St. James Catholic Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
James P. Burke
Mrs. Josephine Skortz of Radom Dies at 86
Mrs. Josephine Skortz age 86 of Radom died at Washington County Hospital Nashville at 10 last night. Funeral services set for Saturday 10 a.m. at St Michael's Radom with Father Stanley Ksycki officiating and burial in church cemetery. Rosary at Kringer Funeral Home Ashley Friday 3 p.m. She was born June 2 1881 in Radom daughter of William and Agnes Grzechowiak. Survived by son Thomas Skortz Ashley five daughters Anna Kwiatkowski St Louis Pauline Novak Helen Buretta Ashley Agnes Lance Nashville Clara Dreas DuBois a brother John Grzechowiak Lesser three sisters Helen Steger California Pauline Pelker and Proxy Ignatowsk i Scheller 13 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren.
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Josephine Skortz
Radom
Washington County
Nashville
St. Michael’s Church
Stanley Ksycki
Kringer
Ashley
Skortz
William
Agnes Grzechowiak
John Skortz
Thomas Skortz
Anna Kwiatkowski
St. Louis
Pauline Novak
Helen Buretta
Agnes Lance
Clara Dreas
DuBois
John Grzechowiak
Lesser
Helen Steger
California
Pauline Pelker
Proxy Ignatowski
Scheller
Burial Here For Crenshaw Child
Graveside services for Stephanie Denise Crenshaw infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen Crenshaw will be held at Mt Vernon at 10 30 a m Friday in Oakwood Cemetery Rev Everett Lemay officiating The infant born dead at 7 00 a m Wednesday at Whiteman Air Force Base near Knob Noster Mo is survived by the parents and grandparents Wiley Connelly Kewanee Ill and Mrs Joe Hoge Chanahan Til
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Mt. Vernon
Stephanie Denise Crenshaw
Stephen Crenshaw
Mt. Veron
Stephanie
Whiteman Air Force Base
Knob Noster
Oakwood Cemetery
Everett Lemay
Stephen
Kyra Connelly
Crenshaw
Wiley Connelly
Kewanee, Ill
Joe Hoge
Channahan, Til
Nettie Ayers 74 of Texico dies at Good Samaritan
Mrs Nettie Ayers 74 of Texico died early today at Good Samaritan Hospital. The body was taken to L R Osborn and Sons Funeral Home in Kell. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. She is survived by son Maxey Ayers and daughter Mrs Kenneth Keele both of Texico, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Her husband William Ayers preceded her in death.
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Nettie Ayers
Texico
Good Samaritan Hospital
L.R. Osborn and Sons Funeral Home
Kell
Ayers
Maxey Ayers
Kenneth Keele
William Ayers
Enrollment totals across county show large gains
The county reports 7,123 students enrolled this year and 4,499 at one location. Comparisons include Bethel 155 this year versus 162 in 1966, Farrington 85 this year and 88 last year, Bluford grade 279 up from 252, Webber High 132 down from 122, Woodlawn 137 steady, and St Barbara's 26 unchanged.
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Bethel
Farrington
Bluford
Webber High
Woodlawn High
St. Barbara’s
Births of son to Crim family in Germany
M Sgt and Mrs Charles Crim of Germany welcomed a son born August 16 in a local hospital there. Eric Otto Crim weighs eight pounds six and three quarters ounces. Father serves with the U S Air Force in Germany. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Henry Crim of this city.
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Charles Crim
Germany
Eric Otto
U.S. Air Force
Henry Crim
Weather roundup for MT. VERNON and regions
Wednesday high 84 and low 59. Rainfall to date 27.98 inches inches. Compared with one year ago high 78 and low 52. Five years ago high 77 and low 57. Ten years ago high 71 and low 58. Friday sunrise 5:34 and sunset 6:21 CST.
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MT. Vernon
Albany
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Aes
Winnipeg
Ilinois sees warm, sunny day with regional rain chances
Sunny and cool weather persisted across Ilinois with highs reaching the high 70s to mid 80s. A strengthening sun dispersed morning fog in Moline Rockford and Chicago as southern Ilinois remained warmest with a slight late day rain chance. Cairo reported 65, notably warmer than central and northern areas.
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Ilinois
Moline
Rockford
Chicago
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Thieves Loot Parked Car Near Mt Vernon Square
Police report thieves broke into a locked car parked behind Hunts Lounge on North Ninth Street last night. Victim George Sherman of Srentwood Missouri said they stole a 35 millimeter camera worth 330 dollars a flash attachment worth 75 dollars a .22 caliber pistol and a suitcase of clothing and accessories.
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Mt. Vernon Square
George Sherman
Srentwood
Hunt
North Ninth Street
Sherman
Ford Plants Strike Across States Amid UAW Funds Strain
Ford factories in 25 states strike reducing wage funds to 68 million for roughly 18 weeks. Strike benefits of 20 to 40 dollars per worker and a planned Sept. 26 union convention aim to sustain payments as daily wage losses reach about 33 dollars per worker. The move involves 1.4 million UAW members.
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Ford
UAW
Hog Market Prices at Mt Vernon Report
Prices paid until 12 30 p m showed hogs 25 cents higher with top at 19 25 to 19 50 for 210 to 230 pound meat hogs Sows rose to 17 25 for 300 weight down sows 300 weight and over 17 00 Roars listed at 12 00 and 13 00 After 12 30 p m prices to be based on next day figures
Hog auction prices at Camp Ground mill auction today
Prices paid for NFO gathered hogs at Camp Ground show No 2 hogs 220 to 250 lb base 19.50 top 20.00. Lows 330 down 17.50. Boars 14.00 and 16.00. This item records current livestock market bids and classifications with standard pricing for hog categories.
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Camp Ground
Mt. Vernon Morning Grain Prices
Mt Vernon market report shows wheat at 1.25, old soybeans at 2.61, new soybeans at 2.47 quoted in Mt Vernon this morning. Prices reflect local trading conditions and commodity values for grain buyers and sellers in the area.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Mercantile Exchange Data Brief
Chicago report shows Mercantile Exchange figures for Rutter and Cars with scores around AA 66 percent and 92 A 66 percent while eggs grade A whites and mixed grades occupy specific percentages. The data lists numerical grades and percentages for multiple categories including eggs and car grades.
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Chicago
Mercantile Exchange—Rutter
St Louis Produce Prices and Grades
St Louis AP listing prices and consumer grades for eggs by size and grade. Details include A large 28 to 31, A medium 21 to 24, A small 12 to 14, B large 21 to 23, wholesale standards 20 to 22, unclassified 17 to 18. Hens heavy 12, light 7 to 8, under 5 lbs 7, broilers and fryers 25 to 44.
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ST. Louis
Livestock Receipts at National Stock Yards Friday Auction
AP reports Friday receipts at National Stockyards New Jersey include hogs 5000 cattle 200 calves 50 and sheep 100. Hog prices ranged 19.75 to 20.60 for 200 260 pound barrows and gilts and 17.00 to 18.25 for 280 to 650 pound sows. Cattle totals 1000 calves 150 with good to choice steers 24.00 to 27.25 and good to choice heifers 23.00 to 26.25 plus cows 16.00 to 17.50 and vealers 26.00 to 33.00. Good to choice calves 19.00 to 23.00 and spring lambs 20.00 to 24.00 with shorn ewes 5.00 to 7.00.
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National Stockyards
Chicago grain and livestock receipts report
Chicago AP notes USDA estimates Friday livestock receipts of 5,000 cattle 4,000 hogs 300 sheep. Wheat No 2 hard 1.514% n red 1.48% n Corn No 2 yellow 1.23% n Oats No 2 heavy 73% Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.71 n Soybean oil 9.33 n.
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Chicago
USDA
Wall Street slips after early gains as Ford strike bites
Wall Street pared a midday rise with the Dow at 907.65 up 0.69 as a Ford strike stirs mixed results for the Big Three. General Motors inched higher while Chrysler stayed flat. Some shares rose like RAC and General Electric, others fell including IBM and Xerox amid uneven volume. The Averages showed mixed gains with utilities down and rails up slightly.
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New York
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Associated Press
Allis-Chalmers
General Dynamics
Motorola
Collins Radion
Xerox
Boeing
Polaroid
RAC
International Nickel
General Electric
U.S
Green Giant
IBM
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
Philadelphia & Reading
American Stock Exchange
Ceasefire Breach Across Suez and Jordan River Firing
The Arab Israeli cease-fire broke again with cross canal and river fire near Ismailia and south of Allenby Bridge. Egypt reports five civilians hurt and buildings hit in a two hour duel. Israel cites Jordanian fire with no Israeli casualties. UN observers intervened to end the firefight.
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Jordan River
Israel
Egypt
Ismailia
U.N
United Nations
Allenby Bridge
Jericho
Jordan
Canal
Red Sea
Suez
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admission and Discharge
A list from Jefferson Memorial records shows admissions including Vada Steward Telford Bobby Harold McKinnis Madge Elizabeth Daughhetee and others. Discharges include Fred Alonzo Wood James Arthur Hale Good Samaritan Madson Rollins John Henry Griffin and many more residents across multiple towns and nursing homes.
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Jefferson Memorial
Vada Steward Telford
McLeansboro
Bobby Harold McKinnis
Mt. Vernon
Madge Elizabeth Daughhetee
Hurst
Fred Alonzo Wood
Bluford
James Arthur Hale
Lamar
Good Samaritan
Madson Rollins
John Henry Griffin
Bell
Aline Slinkard
North
Howard D. Hollenbeck
Red R. Leomns
Christopher
Ann R. Rogers
Harry E. Spangler
RFD
Curtis Eugene Scott
Opdyke
Lillie Mae Miller
Sadie Hester
South 22Nd
Jack Woolbright
Kell
Cora Burk
Fairfield Road
Jean Taylor
North 11Th
James J. Tinkler
Conger
Minerva Haynes
South Third
Bertha Underwood
South 9Th
Woodrow Burnette
Harrison
Pansy Fenton
Pace
Grace
Smith
Welkins
Steve Gregory
Evergreen
Peggy Carr
North Johnson
Ricky Kelley
Herbert
Ernest Higginson
Maple
Ethel Eaton
Hickory Grove Manor
Anna Robinson
Ashton Arnaud
Ashley
Thomas Edwards
South
Mary Lemay
Michele Diane
South 25Th
Belvin Bolerjack
Salem Road
Dorothy Burroughs
Shelia Ann
Shirley Ann Kmusha
Christopher Ray
Rebecca Wojtowic
Janice Ansley
Main
Geneva Fay Deery
Lisa Ann
Wilda M. Green
Diane McDaniel
Baby
Lorna Jean
Paul Jones
Norris City
Marines Clash With 4000 Reds In North Vietnam
Air war report says squadrons of American F100 Super Sabre jets engaged North Vietnamese targets. The opening barrage wounded three Americans at district headquarters. Communists exploded a US fuel dump south of the air base destroying several tons of gasoline. The 674th U S combat plane was lost over North Vietnam with two crew missing after an incident Tuesday.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Inverted Jen ny air mail stamp fetches huge values
A 24 cent inverted Curtiss “Jenny” air mail stamp sold for 15 000 after a 24 dollar purchase at the Washington post office in 1918. Four stamps later brought 67 000 in 1964, and current catalog values run around 20 000 each. Experts note prices reflect supply demand and dealer markets rather than fixed worth.
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New York
Washington, D.C
U.S
Scott
Gordon R. Harmer
Harmer
San Francisco Quakes and Nuclear Blast Create Seismic Confusion
AP reports two early earthquakes near San Francisco with magnitudes 3 to 4 and 5.5. Caltech and Berkeley seismologists later attribute the second reading to an underground nuclear test in Nevada, amid earlier Baja California and Hollister quakes causing mixed signals.
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San Francisco
Charles Richter
California Institute of Technology
Caltech
University of California At Berkeley
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Clarence Allen
Baja California
Mexico
Hollister
Richter
Three Day Conference Pushes Liberal Abortion Laws
A Jesuit dean from Boston College Law School urged repeal of all abortion laws in the first six months, while protecting viable fetal life after 26 weeks. At a Harvard Divinity School conference, scholars argued for broader reform, noting most abortions involve married women with many children or single women, and many foresee reduced deaths if laws are liberalized.
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Washington
Boston College Law School
Robert F. Drinan
Drinan
International Conference On Abortion
America
Louis B. Schwartz
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Christopher Tietze
New York
Albert H. Blumenthal
Harvard Divinity School
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
Schwartz
American Law Institute
Blumenthal
Tietze
Population Council
De Gaulle Urges Polish French Peace Role Over Vietnam
President Charles de Gaulle, welcomed by about half a million Poles in Warsaw, calls on Poland and France to help end U S involvement in Vietnam. He notes Poland’s ICC role and France’s ties to Indochina, saying both nations could push for peace if the opportunity arises. Polish officials claim U S bombing of Hanoi suburbs hindered contacts with North Vietnam in December.
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Warsaw
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Vietnam
U. S
Poland
de Gaulle
International Control Commission For
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Governor Signs Bill New Law Sets Street Demonstration Rules
Springfield Wisconsin AP reports Governor Otto Keiser signed a bill setting street demonstration rules in Illinois. Penalties range from 100 to 1000 dollars fines and up to one year in jail with a 500 person limit and 24 hour written notice. The act overrides local ordinances except peak traffic designation and targets peaceable petitioning on public property in a single city day.
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Springfield
Illinois
Otto Keiser
Kerner
Tlinois Toll Highway Authority
Havana
Biosatellite 2 and Surveyor 5 launch from Cape Kennedy
Howard Benedict reports a doubleheader of space missions from Cape Kennedy. Biosatellite 2 carries over 10 million biological specimens to study growth under weightlessness and radiation for three days in orbit. Surveyor 5 aims for a soft lunar landing in the Sea of Tranquillity near Crater Moltke.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Biosatellite 2
Surveyor 5
Earth
Crater
Moltke
Oil Burglary at Gulf Bulk Plant on Benton Road
Twenty-two cases of oil were stolen in a burglary at the Gulf bulk plant on Benton Road. Sheriff's office notes the break-in was first reported Tuesday and only after inventory was completed was the full loss assessed at $258,480.
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Gulf Bulk
Benton Road
Eleven fined in Circuit Court at Mt Vernon
Eleven people were fined in Circuit Court at Mt. Vernon. Names include Nancy Hail of East Harrison with speeding for conditions and a $10 fine. Jack Flanigan of Route 1 with no driver's license and $50. Steven R. Pierson of 1104% South th street for improper passing and $10. David W. Summers of 707 Lamar street for leaving curb with due caution and $10. Thomas L. Langston of Prairie du Rocher for speeding and $10. Steven Carlile of 601 Herbert for fail ure to yield right of way and $10. Major D. Hentz of Chicago for speeding and $25. Henderson S. Wiley of Chicago for speeding and $17. Steve Hearon of Drew, Miss., for no mud flaps on track and $10. Rickey Hale of Route 1 Bonnie for curfew violation and $10. and Larry S. Page of North Salem, Ind., for speeding and $15.
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Mt. Vernon
Nancy Hail
East Harrison
Jack Flanigan
Steven R. Pierson
South Th Street
David W. Summers
Lamar Street
Thomas L. Langston
Prairie du Rocher
Steven Carlile
Herbert
Major D
Hentz
Chicago
Henderson S. Wiley
Steve Hearon
Drew
Miss
Rickey Hale
Bonnie
Larry S. Page
North Salem
Ind
Healthy Adultery Proposed As Better Than TV Links
Washington AP report quotes Dr. Albert Ellis proposing healthy adultery could be acceptable in Judaeo Christian society. He says an unlikely but possible form of marital tolerance exists with an extra marital affair carried without harming marriage. Ellis contrasts healthy adulterers with unhealthy ones who justify desires and harm spouses.
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Washington
Albert Ellis
New York
American Psychological Association
Ellis
Car Fire on Jordan Street From Flipped Cigarette
A lighted cigarette tossed from a moving car ignited a seat in Donald Wilson's vehicle on Jordan Street near Jefferson Motors. Wilson, Route 4, reported parking briefly and returning to find the seat burning. he extinguished it with water and drove to the fire department to confirm the blaze was out.
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Donald Wilson
Route 4
Jefferson Motors
Jordan Street
Wilson
Camper and trailer crash on Highway 37 north of Dix
Sheriff reports a trailer detached from a pickup and struck a cefiper pulled by a car in a morning crash about 7 a.m. north of Dix. John Pruitt 46 Flora drove the pickup and John C Russell Christopher drove the wagon pulling the camper.
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Dix
Bob Ruddick
John Pruitt
Flora
John C. Russell
Christopher
Truck And Car Collide At 27th Street And Broadway
A truck driven by Terry A. Whitlock and a car driven by David Rubenacker collided at 11 27 a m on 27th Street and Broadway causing over $10 damage to each vehicle Whitlock, 29, Route 3, was cited for driving with a faulty turning light The other claim involved a 17 year old from 401 Spruce The rear paragraph mentions brocade origins and the Jaguard loom with no relation to the crash.
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27Th Street
Broadway
Terry A. Whitlock
David Rubenacker
Whitlock
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