Deaths Mrs Phoebe A Scott of Opdyke
Mrs Phoebe Agnes Scott of Opdyke died at Mt Vernon State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at 67 years five months and twenty days Funeral services Wednesday at Myers Chapel with Rev Dwight Rogers officiating Burial in Black Oak Ridge Cemetery Body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 4 p m Tuesday Survived by son Charles Scott daughters Elzona Briske and Clara Wolfe two brothers John and W A Shelton a sister Ethel Callis nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren Mrs Scott longtime correspondent for The Register News member of Marlow General Baptist church
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Phoebe Agnes Scott
Opdyke
Mt. Vernon State
Former Resident Hall Ford Dies In Hammond Ind
Hall Ford 74 of Hammond Ind a former resident of Jefferson county died suddenly at his home. Funeral services and burial will be at 1 00 p m Wednesday in Hammond. He was born October 23 1888 in McClellan township to Thomas and Nancy Ford. Surviving are two children Marvin L and Doris Updergraff one sister Agnes Shelton and five grandchildren. He was a member of the Baptist church and the Masonic Lodge.
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Hall Ford
Hammond
Ind
Jefferson County
Mr. Ford
McClellan Township
Thomas
Nancy Ford
Bessie Reynolds
Marvin L
Doris Updergraff
Richmond
Agnes Shelton
Mt. Vernon
The
Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Harold A. Todd of Sesser Dies at 75
Harold Adelbert Todd, 75, of Sesser died Saturday at John Cochran Veterans Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral Tuesday at Brayfield Funeral Home in Sesser with Mrs. Nona Dame officiating. Burial in Maple Hill cemetery. Born December 15, 1887, son of Adelbert and Clotella Todd. Survived by wife Wilma Arnold. two daughters Mrs. Billy Lou Luttrell and Mrs. Mayabell Hedges of Chicago. four step-grandchildren.
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Harold Adelbert Todd
Sesser
John Cochran
St. Louis
Brayfield Funeral Home
Nona Dame
Maple Hill Cemetery
Brayfield
Mr. Todd
Adelbert and
Clotella (Shockley) Todd
Wilma Arnold
Billy Lou Luttrell
Mayabell Hedges
Chicago
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges at two facilities
Jefferson Memorial admits Russell H Merritt Fairfield Philip Montgomery Pickerell Ina Dana Lambert Charles Willis Martin Hubert Conner Walter Wayne Aitchison Discharged William Barrett Donald Ewald Good Samaritan admits Ann Mae Hodge Roy Moyer Jerome Michael Dreas John Edward Lee Albert William Verheyen Melinda Ethel Russell Harry Gene Menefee Doris Irene Musgrave Cathryn Lucille Thornton Doris Jane Wilson Coral Willoughby Page Ralph Ray Nancy Jo Hilliard James H Robison Cora Yearwood Discharged Zona Mae Boldt and baby Julie Beth Mrs Sheryl Kaye Waddell and baby Stacie Dawn Etta Louella Rogers Nan Zetta Bullock Irene Cook Jackson Vivian D Taylor Roger Allen Bodine Edward Overturf Delia Dove Bertha June Hartley Jerome Michael Dreas John Edward Lee Reuben Olivares Daisy Lee Osborne Marion Rose Peoples Ruth Marie Pilson Janet Grace Pennell Mrs Donna Raye Gammon and baby Thurmaleen Brigette LeNette Mrs Billie Eileen Phelps and baby Beth Eileen Mrs Grace Elaine Laskowski and a baby Melissa Miola Marjorie Maxine Darnell Jerry R Williams Mrs Carol Pettie Levy and baby Patrick Stephen Mrs Janet Elaine Montgomery and baby Alan Dean
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Jefferson Memorial
Russell H. Merritt
Fairfield
Philip Montgomery Pickerell
Ina
Dana Lambert
Charles Willis Martin
Hubert Conner
Walter Wayne Aitchison
William Barrett
Donald Ewald
Good Samaritan
Ann Mae Hodge
Roy £. Moyer
Jerome Michael Dreas
John Edward Lee
Albert William Verheyen
Melinda Ethel Russell
Harry Gene Menefee
Doris Irene Musgrave
Cathryn Lucille Thornton
Doris Jane Wilson
Coral Willoughby Page
Ralph Ray
Nancy Jo Hilliard
James H. Robison
Cora Yearwood
Zona Mae Boldt
Julie Beth
Sheryl Kaye Waddell
Stacie Dawn
Etta Louella Rogers
Nan Zetta Bullock
Irene Cook Jackson
Vivian D. Taylor
Roger Allen Bodine
Edward Overturf
Delia Dove
Bertha June Hartley
Rueben Olivares
Daisy Lee Osborne
Marion Rose Peoples
Ruth Marie Pilson
Janet Grace Pennell
Donna Raye Gammon
Thurmaleen
Brigette LeNette
Billie Eileen Phelps
Beth Eileen
Grace Elaine Laskowski
Melissa Miola
Marjorie Maxine Darnell
Jerry R. Williams
Carol Pettie Levy
Patrick Stephen
Janet Elaine Montgomery
Alan Dean
Mt Vernon Eastern Star Holds 70th Chapter Anniversary
The Mt Vernon Chapter No 233 Order of the Eastern Star will meet in the Masonic Temple on Tuesday Sept 10 at 7 30 pm for Past Officers Night and the 70th anniversary of the chapter. Hallie Stone WM Naomi R Bogan Sec. It quotes Justice Goldberg on constitutional supremacy.
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Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Hallie Stone
W. M
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec’v
Local Livestock Market Steady Amid Mixed Hog and Sow Quotes
Prices were unchanged on the local livestock market today with hogs at a top of 15.50 for 200 to 230 lb. Sows weighed 300 pounds and over at 14.00 down, smaller sows at 14.50 for 300 weight down, and boars selling between 8.00 and 10.00.
Market Prices Quoted In Mt Vernon This Afternoon
Prices seen in Mt Vernon this afternoon show Wheat at 1.72 Soybeans at 2.46 and Corn at 1.26 per bushel.
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Mt. Vernon
Egg and poultry price ranges in St. Louis market
AP report lists egg grades and prices for consumer and wholesale categories. Eggs large, medium, small. extra large and unclassified ranges given. Hens heavy and light weights priced, broilers and fryers quoted per pound.
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ST. Louis
Livestock prices at National Stockyards steady across categories
At National Stockyards Illinois slaughter data show hogs 12,000 head mostly steady to 15 lower than Friday. Barrows and gilts 190-260 lb 15.85-16.25, sows 275-600 lb 13.00-15.35. Cattle and calves 6,000 head with steers under 1100 lb active steady, over 1100 lb slow. cows and bulls steady. Good to choice steers 23.50-25.00, heifers 22.50-24.00, utility cows 13.50-16.00, bulls 16.50-18.50. vealers 22.00-30.00. Sheep 1,700 head with lambs barely steady. slaughter ewes unchanged, good to prime lambs 18.50-21.00, ewes 5.00-7.50.
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National
Ill
USDA
Chicago Produce and Market Prices Report
Chicago AP fronts a market snapshot with USDA live poultry wholesale ranges and roast ers. special fed white rock fryers quoted 18 14 to 21, mostly 19 14 to 20, several young hen turkeys 27 percent. Butter steady to higher, egg prices steady to up marginally with grade A whites 40 cents, mixed 40, mediums 36, standards 34, dirties 27, checks 26 44.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain Market Report Summary
Chicago Grain AP notes no wheat oats or soybean sales. Corn prices listed as No 1 yellow 1.355 percent and No 2 yellow 1.343 percent. Soybean oil futures show a value of 8 n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Ends Mixed As Steels Lead Gains
Wall Street slipped into a scramble late afternoon with steels up on rising orders and rails drifting lower. U S Steel rose a full point while Carriers and motor stocks edged higher. rail issues such as Chicago and North Western Illinois Central and Southern slipped. Dow Jones noon averages show 30 Industrials at 735.80 up 0.43, rails at 172.42 down 1.06, and 18 rail stocks at 143.70 down 0.36 with overall market activity steady at about 5.2 million shares.
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New York
U.S. Steel
Chicago & North Western
Illinois Central
Southern Railway
U.S
Parke
Davis
Electronic Associates
Gerox
Ford
American Stock Exchange
Births in Waltonville Oceanside and Camp Pendleton
Mr and Mrs Monty Allen Montgomery of Waltonville welcome a son Alan Dean born 11 12 am at Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Mr and Mrs Ancil Burwell of No 4 Bishop Court greet a son Michael Alan born 6 15 pm at Good Samaritan hospital weighing five pounds fourteen ounces. Pvt 1/C and Mrs Howard P Williams of 1908 Lemon Ocean side Calif welcome a son Donald Ray born September 5 at Marine Hospital Camp Pendleton weighing six pounds ten ounces. Mother is Barbara Ann Taylor. Grandparents are Warren Taylor of Bluford and Howard R Williams of Mt Vernon.
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Monty Allen Montgomery
Waltonville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Alan Dean
Ancil Burwell
No. 4
Bishop Court
Michael Alan
Howard P. Williams
Lemon
Oceanside
Calif
Marine Hospital
Camp Pendleton
Donald Ray
Barbara Ann Taylor
Warren Taylor
Bluford
Howard R. Williams
Mt. Vernon
Quotes on volunteers and Peace Corps leadership
Timely remarks compare demand to selling ice cream on a hot day. Officials say many projects exist but require more volunteers. William Anderson, retired captain of the nuclear submarine Nautilus, is slated to lead the proposed domestic Peace Corps initiative.
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William Anderson
Quintuplets Cling To Life In Venezuela
Three day old quintuplet boys born to Mrs. Maria Cuervo de Prieto in Maracaibo remain in critical condition. The father Efren de Prieto, a Creole Petroleum foreman, and the mother are both divorcees. Babies weigh 3 lb 15.5 oz to 4 lb 3 oz, placed in incubators with skimmed milk. Governor Vera Gomez pledged government aid and a new house for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Maria Cuervo de Prieto
Western Hemisphere
Maracaibo Hospital
de Prieto
Luis Vera Gomez
Zulia
Romulo Betancourt
New House
Marie
Yvonne Dionne
Emilie
Maria Fernanda
Maria Cristina
Maria Esther
Carlo
Franco
Argentina
Dionne
Mishap mars Johnson tour in Turku Finland
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Finnish chauffeur died in a road accident, dimming his Turku visit as fog shrouded the city. Johnson, tired and subdued, arrived with no crowd present because his schedule had been moved up by about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turku
Finland
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Helsinki
Scandinavia
Arraignment Set Oct 17 in Voting Fraud Cases
The article reports a fraud probe into absentee balloting with Democrats alleging politics by States Attorney Stringer and a Republican county chairman. A May grand jury issued 19 indictments, later quashed for improper jury selection, then a new grand jury returned 59 indictments against 22 people, listing multiple named officials and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Stringer
Republican
Calvin Kirk
Mt. Vernon Township
Charles W. Waite
Goebel Wood
Bob Shaw
George Thomason
Mildred Henry
Arvella Kirk
Kirk
Ruth Wood
Wood
Helen Greene
George McGill
Carl Orrick
Robert Johnson
John Williams
Orville Rich
Juanita Rich
Kenneth Bowers
Hal Cope
Richard Hudson
Herman Lee Davis
Columbus Eggleston
Cleatus Rector
Dorothy Thomas
Detailed Weather Report MT VERNON Saturday to Tuesday
MT VERNON weather shows Saturday high 89 low 52 and Sunday 93 65 with 23.63 inches year to date rainfall. Tuesday sunrise 5 35 sunset 6 18 CST. Northern Illinois temps near normal with little weekly change and light Friday showers. Southern Illinois expects a slow warming trend with little precipitation and highs around the low 80s and lows around upper 50s to lower 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Illinois
Ilinois
Illinois Weather Shines With Mild Sunshine Across State
The Associated Press reports sunny and mild conditions in Illinois with a pattern likely to continue through the week. Early fog cleared as sun pushed highs into the 70s and 80s in the north and into the 90s in the far south, with occasional zero visibility pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Dubuque
Belleville
Vandalia
Paducah
Chicago
Strangler Strikes Again in Boston
The ninth untold Boston area slaying in 15 months revived fear after a December 1962 murder. Victim Mrs Evelyn Corbin, 50, was found dead in her Salem apartment with nylon stockings used as the murder weapon. Police noted two stockings strangling her neck and others present, while prior residents reported heightened precautions.
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Salem
Mass
Greater
Boston
Evelyn Corbin
Corbin
Billy Graham fills Coliseum for large Los Angeles meeting
Evangelist Billy Graham drew what the Graham group counted as 134 940 attendees at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for his last U S crusade speech urging a return to the faith of the fathers. In Pasadena the Jehovah’s Witnesses held an all time Rose Bowl attendance of 118 447 for an afternoon session and 83 024 at night.
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Los Angeles
Billy Graham
U.S
Memorial Coliseum
Graham
Pasadena
Jehovah's Witnesses Everlasting
Good News Assembly
Rose Bowl
President Promised Letter Promised on Test Ban Pact
Continued from page one, the piece outlines expectations for the nuclear test ban treaty. It notes the treaty as modest but potentially easing Cold War fears if observed, with endorsements anticipated from Fulbright and Hickenlooper. It covers diverse Senate views, including 16-1 in Foreign Relations, dissenters like Long and Thurmond, and supporters like Saltonstall and Symington, amid a two-thirds vote hurdle and an unofficial forecast of about 120 votes against or for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulbright
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Long
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
John Stennis
D-Miss
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Leverett
Soviet Union
United States
Why Franklin’s Almanac Was Called Poor Richard's
The almanac earned its title from Franklin adopting the persona of Poor Richard to publish wit and wisdom. He did not publish under the name Richard Sanders, but created the character Richard Saunders as the author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard
Franklin
Richard Sanders
Troopers Enforce School Segregation in Alabama
In Birmingham and Mobile the state troopers, National Guard units, and police tightened controls as two Negroes registered at white schools but did not attend. Governor Wallace pledged to resist integration, invoking executive orders to delay desegregation amid bombings and unrest. Authorities warned of further steps to preserve order.
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U.S
Birmingham
West End
Lingo
Dolan
Wallace
Justice Department
John Doar
Tuskegree
National Guard
Bill Jones
Nefer
Nezro
Board of Education
Mobile
A. G. Gaston
Gastons
White House
Arthur D. Shores
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Tuskegee
Murphy High School
Wallach
Huntsville
Frank Scarlett
Savannah
Scarlett
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Algeria declares one party socialist state under Ben Bella
Algeria's new constitution creating a one party socialist state went into effect amid government claims of overwhelming referendum support. Observers noted apathy and a Berber boycott, with 70 percent turnout reported and near universal approval figures. Berber regions east of Algiers reject Ben Bella, warning of dictatorship as he assumes presidency with broad powers.
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Andrew Borowieo
Algiers
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Kabylie
Ben Bella
Hocine Ait Ahmet
Youth Admits False Fire Alarms In Morning Incident
A 13 year old, Johnny Jones of 819 North Fourth Street, confessed to three false fire alarms in ten minutes yesterday morning. Police traced a call and he was booked, then placed in the custody of a relative.
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Johnny, Jones
North Fourth ‘Street
Akron library finds hot letters among romance returns
Akron librarians report heated love letters tucked in returned romance novels along with unpaid bills, though no cash. Mrs. Elizabeth D O Kane compiled a list of items found in checked in books. Manners College encourages openness to new ideas, even in food, urging small tastes of each dish served.
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Akron, Ohio
Elizabeth D. O'Kane
Manners College
New Librarian at Mt Vernon Junior High
Lucy Elaine Baker is welcomed as the new librarian at Mt. Vernon junior high school. She attended Bethel grade school and Mt. Vernon high school, earned an associate of arts degree in 1958, a bachelor's in education in 1960, and a master's in library science in 1961. She belongs to NELA ILA American Library Association Illinois Library Association and Beta Phi Mu.
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Lucy Elaine Baker
Mt. Vernon
Miss Baker
Bethel
Fighting in Laos Delays Premier Phouma Trip
In downtown Vientiane a two hour clash between right wing and Pathet Lao forces leaves one Pathet Lao soldier dead and another wounded. Neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma postpones his UN departure, as security tightens citywide and AP reporter Antoine Yared is briefly detained.
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Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
New York
United Nations
Associated Press
Antoine Yared
Phoumi Nosavan
Yared
Jury Called for September 30 in Circuit Court
Judge Randall S. Quindry orders a petit jury for circuit court on September 30 with civil matter trails then. He will be in Mt. Vernon this Wednesday for non jury circuit court matters in October.
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Randall S. Quindry
Quindry
Mt. Vernon
Circuit Court
Three Injured In Salem Road Collision
Three persons were injured Saturday afternoon in a crash at Salem Road and Oakland Avenue. James C. Dixon 16 struck a stopped vehicle driven by Norma I Hayes 20. both drivers injured. Passenger Bryan Hayes 13 months old also injured. Dixon charged with careless driving. Several other non injury accidents occurred over the weekend.
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Salem Road
Oakland Avenue
James C. Dixon
North Ith
Norma I. Hayes
Bryan Hayes
Hayes
Dixon
Castro Says Kennedy and Goldwater Both Crooks
Havana AP dispatch quotes Fidel Castro saying the 1964 U.S. presidential race will pit Kennedy against Barry Goldwater, labeling both as cheap crooked politicians. He warns Goldwater’s tough policies against Cuba and vows Cuba will defend itself if elected.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Castro
Cuba
U.S
Dix Telephone Case Wednesday Hearing Set
The Illinois Commerce Commission will hold a Wednesday hearing on Dix area telephone service adequacy and a request for Illinois Bell Telephone Co to serve the area. Dix Telephone Association contends service is adequate while Woodlawn Telephone Co seeks to serve if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Dix
Ilinois Bell Telephone Co
Dix Telephone Association
Woodlawn Telephone Co
Illinois Bell
Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon
Commission
State Office
South Spring Street
Second Sigor North
Wednesay
Seventh Grader with Broken Arm at Pine Lake
John Lee, seventh grader at Mt Vernon junior high, broke both bones of his right forearm when he fell from a swing at Pine Lake two miles north of Mt Vernon Saturday. He is the son of Rep Clyde Lee and Mrs Lee of 818 Pace Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lee
Clyde Lee
Pace Avenue
Pine Lake
Mt. Vernon
Jonn
Sling Shots Taken From Four Boys in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon police disarmed four small boys Saturday confiscating three sling shots and a BB gun after complaints of a disturbance in the southwest part of the city. Officers lectured the youths following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Traffic fines listed by justice H E Harlow
Fines imposed by H E Harlow justice of the peace include Sam Mapp Jr Forest Mississippi ten dollars and costs for lack of reciprocity plates on a truck Charles Moore fifteen dollars and costs for speeding seventy miles per hour in a truck Ralph E Smith Selah Washington fifteen dollars and costs for careless driving Everett Johnson Route 1 Bluford twenty five dollars and costs for permitting an unauthorized person to drive a car Dellas Johnson Route 1 Bluford twenty dollars and costs for driving too fast for conditions and twenty dollars and costs for failure to have a valid driver license Robert E People Bluford twenty five dollars and costs for telling an officer he was driving a car involved in an accident when any other person was driving the car
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H. E. Harlow
Justice of the Peace
Sam Mapp, Jr
Forest
Miss
Charles Moore
Ralph E. Smith
Selah
Wash
Everett Johnsson
Route 1
Bluford
Dellas Johnson
Robert E. People
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