Tax revenue climbs to record 1965 total
Washington reports total federal tax collections for fiscal 1965 at 114.4 billion dollars, up 2.2 billion from 1964. Personal income taxes fall by 0.93 billion to 53.7 billion, while corporate income taxes rise 1.8 billion to 26.1 billion. Excise taxes reach 14.8 billion and estate and gift taxes total 2.7 billion. Interest and penalties add to other income. administrative budget receipts stand at 93 billion.
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Washington
White House
School Buses Barred From Swim Sessions in Illinois
State School Supt. Ray Page denied state aid for Beecher City School District No. 20 buses used in a summer swim program. He said buses may only transport students to and from school and school sponsored activities. A bulletin clarifies the rule after a crash involving a bus used illegaly for a summer swim program killed a visiting child.
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Springfield
Ray Page
Page
Beecher City
Effingham County
Ferozepore Shelling Escalates Across Fronts
Reports from the India Pakistan war front claim Indian forces captured five posts in the Jammu Kashmir sector and took 15 Pakistanis prisoner while asserting the destruction of 114 Pakistani tanks. Pakistan counters with claims of Indian tank losses and mobile equipment damaged.
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Jammusialkot
Kashmir
Karachi
Pakistan
India
Sialkot
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial admits Ina Carlton Ca py Marie Storment of Walnut ill and discharges Ina Carlton. Good Samaritan admits Herschel Tate Grace Irene Buerkle SGeldia Mae Beckham Leroy Rober ton Bertha Louise Brieseach er Delores Louise Mount Charles Edward Hicks Joseph Wendell Kohut Charles Glen Wells. Discharges include Donna LaVon Owens Ola Marie Spangler Joy Elizabeth Ayers Dr M M Lambattis William Jessie Stroud.
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Jefferson Memorial
Ina Carlton
Capy Marie Storment
Walnutill
Good Samaritan
Herschel Tate
Grace Irene Buerkle
Sgeldia Mae Beckham
Leroy Roberton
Bertha Louise Brieseacher
Delores Louise Mount
Charles Edward Hicks
Joseph Wendell Kohut
Charles Glen Wells
Donna LaVon Owens
Ola Marie Spangler
Joy Elizabeth Ayers
M. M. Lambattis
William Jessie Stroud
Births in Illinois and LaGrange families welcome two daughters
Mr and Mrs Dennis Kennedy of Harvey Illinois announce a daughter Denise Anne born Monday night August 23 at 11 47 in Ingalls Memorial Hospital weighing nine pounds seven ounces. Grandparents T B Zacheman and Mrs August Karcher of Dahlgren great grandmother Mrs August Karcher great grandfather T M Bright of McLeansboro. Mr and Mrs Harold Hayes of LaGrange announce a daughter Robin Regina born Thursday in a LaGrange hospital weighing eight pounds. Grandparents Forest Hayes and Mrs Hayes of Bonnie.
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Dennis Kennedy
Harvey, Ill
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Denise Anne
T. B. Zacheman
August Karcher
Dahlgren
T. M. Bright
McLeansboro
Harold Hayes
MT VERNON WEATHER REPORT HIGHS NEAR NINETY
Here and elsewhere the forecast notes Thursday high 89 and low 62 with rainfall totaling 26.01 inches in 1965 to date. One year ago the high was 95 and the low 62, five years ago 74 and the low, ten years ago 92 and 70. Saturday sunrise 5 37 CST, sunset 6 16.
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MT. Vernon
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Onggpeecan
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Ari Penese
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla. City
Areesmereee
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lke City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Illinois Weather Drops After Warm Thursday Heat
Chicago and northern Illinois cooled after highs near 90 with most of the state in the 70s to 80s. Skies stayed cloudy with showers in central and southern areas. Rain totals reached .53 inch in Chicago and .79 inch in Rockford, with cooler air and northerly winds overnight.
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Chicago
Illinois
Mercury
Springfield
Vandalia
Belleville
Rockford
Northern Illinois Temperatures Projected To Dip This Week
Weather outlook shows Northern Illinois temperatures 5 to 8 degrees below normal from Saturday through Wednesday with normal highs near 73 to 79 and lows around 53 to 58. Expect about one inch of precipitation in showers mainly Saturday and again Tuesday or Wednesday. Southern Division will run 3 to 9 degrees cooler by midweek with highs 81 to 86 and lows 57 to 63, with showers Saturday and Sunday totaling three quarters to an inch or more.
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Illinois
Diineis
Slaying Suspect Boggs Nabbed With Girlfriend In Flagstaff
Boggs and a girl friend were captured in a Flagstaff pawn shop after he tried to pawn a camera radio and typewriter. A jail matron quoted Miss Radcliff calling him nearly incoherent while Richardson said Boggs offered no resistance during the arrest. Boggs used Willis name on a gasoline card when identified. The sheriff said the pair had stayed in a Flagstaff motel and were driving a sedan registered to Leaker. John Harvey of a Flagstaff service station spotted the car after investigators left its description.
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John Harvey
Flagstaff
Daisy Gunmaker Sued for Equal Pay for Women
The Daisy Manufacturing Co. faces a Labor Department suit in Arkansas claiming it pays women less than men for equal work. The government cites violations since June 14, 1964 under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Daisy disputes the government's outline of noncompliance and calls the process unclear. Daisy markets BB air rifles and brands itself as a leading nonpowder guns maker.
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Robert Bachman
Daisy
Reject Heresy Charge Against Bishop Pike
In EAST GLACIER MONT AP Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church rejected heresy charges against Bishop James A. Pike of California. They also refused to allow him to ordain a woman deacon, a plan he withdrew. The presiding bishop said Pike faced criticism and noted the meeting’s controversial but constructive tone.
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East Glacier
Mont
Protestant Episcopal Church
James A. Pike
California
Pike
John E. Hines
Hines
Waltonville Miners Plan Big Picnic Sunday
Waltonville Miners announce a free all day picnic with food drinks carnival rides pony rides and dancing to the Ray Palmer Band. The event budget tops 2500 with union supplying 1230 and company matching 1250. Officials including Frank Nugent and N T Camicia invited. last year drew 1000 people including 400 children.
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Ray Palmer
du Quoin
al] Chiaventone
Jerry Swanson
School Board Talks Fifty Dollar Cash Fund Tax
The board discusses a fifty dollar cash fund tax with penalties for abuse. Alford cites need for a new dishwasher at the junior high cafeteria and a possible replacement plan. Puckett questions menu planning and the potential for a dietician to improve lunches. Central prep of lunches is raised as a discussion point with no action. West Salem basement space houses a kindergarten class as families move in, prompting a study on school boundaries to be completed by year’s start. Federal aid is limited to program additions benefiting the impoverished and must be managed to avoid public misperceptions. Chief Good Voice: Lawrence Welk is adopted into a Sioux tribe during a North Dakota crafts festival.
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Alford
Ferrell Puckett
Puckett
West Salem
Bismarck
N.D
Lawrence Welk
Good Voice
Welk
Strasburg
North Dakota
Father Divine Dies Leader of Negro sect dies in Washington
The movement founder Father Divine died as followers recall his vows and the marriage to Edna Rose Ritchings, kept secret then revealed at a Philadelphia banquet. His peace mission, begun in the early 1920s, amassed substantial property while preaching divine provision.
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God
Father Divine
Austin Norris
Divine
Miss Charity
Job Patience
Angel Glash
Peaceful Samuel
Mission Hotels
Peace Mission
Local social notes from McLeansboro and nearby towns
Weekend visits and family travels across Illinois towns are listed. Pontiacs Melvin Nelson family stayed with Nelson and Coulter households. visits include Echols in Herrin, Cross in Evansville, Hawking in Alton, Rhine in the area, and further travels by Moss, Ward, Hinch and Shuster groups. European tour noted for Stafford family.
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Melvin Nelson
Pontiac
Inl
Carl Nelson
Kenneth Coulter
John Echols
Clyde Echols
Herrin
Madelyn Tolley
Ronald
Harold Cross
Evansville
Inc
Margarite Hawking
Alton
Labor Day
Colleen Rhine
B. C. Miller
Melvin Storm
Jan
Imperial Beach
Calif
Bertha Woodruff
Benton
Irene Goodman
Irvin
Old River
New Haven
Ellis Stafford
Berwyn
Emily Stafford
Europe
Bertha Moss
Earl Moss
Champaign
Paul Moss
Decatur
Jasper Clark
Hopedale
Frank Ward
Harry Ward
Market Hog Prices With Day's End Update
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were 2c higher with top at 22 25 for 200 to 220 lb hogs Sows 300 weight and over 20 00 to 20 50 Boars 12 00 to 12 50 After 12 30 p m prices will be based on next day's prices
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon grain quotes show wheat at 1.38, soybeans 2.52, old corn 1.28, and new corn 1.20 this afternoon reflecting local market levels and commodity values.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Prices Report
Chicago AP notes CME Butter firmness with 93 score AA 61 percent and 92 A 61 percent, 90 B 60 percent, 89 C 0 percent. Eggs steady to firm with 70 percent or better grade A Whites 9, mixed 39, mediums 31, standards 30, checks 22. Cars 9 B Gl s.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
St. Louis Produce Prices for Eggs and Poultry
AP reports current price ranges for eggs by consumer grades A and B across sizes, wholesale grades, and live poultry weights. Prices span large to small egg sizes, hen weights, and broilers with varied per-unit figures.
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ST. Louis
Livestock Receipts at National Stockyards Virginia
Estimated receipts for Monday at National Stockyards Virginia show hogs 7,000 cattle 6,500 calves 400 sheep 800. Hog prices 170 to 300 pounds 20.00 to 23.25, 300 to 650 pounds 21.25. Cattle and calves listed with cows 13.50 to 15.50 and vealers 19.00 to 27.00. Sheep 200 with spring lambs 21.50 to 24.50 and ewes 5.00 to 7.75.
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National Stockyards
Chicago Grain Market Prices Report
CHICAGO AP notes no wheat or soybeans trading. Corn No 2 yellow bids 1.32 to 1.32 19, No 4 yellow CCC at 1.29, No 2 extra heavy white 72 percent, and soybean oil around 11.25.
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Chicago
Wall Street Ends Mixed Despite Texaco Gain
Irregular late trading sees gains and losses across major stocks with Texaco up about 2 points. General Motors and American Smelting rise around 1, while Corning Glass and Polaroid fall over 1 and 2 points respectively. Pan American leads volume, with several names including East ern Air Lines, Sinclair, Magnavox, Lockheed and CBS higher by about a point. Dow noon averages show modest changes across indices.
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New York
Texaco
General . Motors
American Smelting
Eastman Kodak
Montgomery Ward
Corning Glass
Polaroid
Pan American
Merritt-Chapman & Scott
Eastern Air Lines
Sinclair
Magnavox
Lockheed
KLM Airlines
Hudson Bay Mining
Foxboro
Fairchild Camera
CBS
Fairchild Hiller
Combustion Engineering
General Steel Industries
Tall Buildings For SIU Dorms
In Carbondale Illinois Southern Winds University opened low bids totaling 11 347 524 for two 17 story dormitories housing 1632 students. The existing complex includes a 17 story women’s unit and three four story men’s halls. Simmons Construction Co of Decatur led the general bid at 6 4 million.
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Carbondale
Southern Winds University
Simmons Construction Co
Decatur
Betsy Presses Inland From Gulf Coast Storm Toll Feared
As Betsy bore down on the Gulf Coast the hurricane forced mass evacuations. About 185,000 moved from the Cajun delta and lake shore areas, with 40,000 more abandoning vacation coastlines. The storm veered toward Mississippi and Louisiana, causing widespread power outages, looting patrols, and a large refugee presence at Biloxi Pass Christian and New Orleans area.
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Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Pass Christian Island
Gulfport
Fleet
Delta
Lake Ponchartrain
Florida
Bahamas
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Cameron
Audrey
Pass Christian
Biloxi
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
Ponchatrain Lakeshore
Metairie
Lafourche Parish
Betsy
Atlantic
Pleasure
Nassau
Florida Keys
Mobile
Ala
Lake Charles
Molsant International
Illinois Supreme Court sparks pay dispute over staggered Senate terms
In Springfield, AP reports the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that senators must run for four-year terms next year and in 1970, even if elected in 1964 to a four-year term. State Sen. George Drach argues compensation for the two-year remainder is due, while noting the ruling’s fairness concerns and call to restore staggered terms for stability.
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Springfield
Dlinois Supreme Court
Senate
George Drach
Drach
Unusual Gift From Arkansas Reaches Mt. Vernon Mayor
Mt. Vernon Mayor Joe Martin received a $10 check in the mail from James S. Bloomer of West Fork Arkansas. Bloomer, buying a home in Mt. Vernon, sought help finding the owner and, thanks to the mayor's assistance, secured a deed through the owner’s brother in Oklahoma. The check, intended for the Mt. Vernon Community Center, arrived with gratitude for civic help.
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Joe Martin
Mt. Vernon Community Center
Arkan
James S. Bloomer
West Fork
Ark
Arkansan
Mt. Vernon
Martin
Oklahoma
Bloomer
Vernon
Planning commission hires first adviser in Egypt project
CARBONDALE Ill AP The Greater Egypt Planning Commission has hired its first adviser with a graduate degree in planning. B N Kapoor 2 a native of India holds degrees in urban planning and zoning from institutions in India and the United States The four year old commission guides economic planning in Franklin Williamson Jackson and Perry counties.
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Carbondale, Ill
Greater Egypt
Woman Killed In Road Mishap Near St Elmo
Mrs. William Patterson aged 54 of Falls Village Connecticut was killed when thrown from a pickup truck pulling a camper after a tire blowout drove off Interstate 70 into a ditch three miles west of St. Elmo. Her husband sustained minor injuries and was treated at Fayette County Hospital in Vandalia.
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St, Elmo, TH
William Patterson
Falls Vilage
Connecticut
St. Elmo
By George Man In Deep Trouble Over High Weeds
George Tucker, 32, was jailed for failing to cut weeds on his Bell Street properties at 520 and 525. Judge Deneen Matthews fined him $25 and court costs, with payment due by August 28. after missing the date he was ordered arrested and held under $1,000 bond. The nuisance charge was brought by Verner Pigg, new city health officer.
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Centralia
Mt. Vernon
George Tucker
Tucker
525
Bell Street
Deneen Matthews
Verner Pigg
New City
Quick Clean Center Laundry Opens on 24th Street
Frigidaire Quick Clean Center Laundry at 24th street and Perkins Avenue opens for business. Owned by Johnnie and Barbara Jones it will operate 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM daily with attendants 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Offers one day dry cleaning using Frigidaire washers.
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Frigidaire-Quick Clean Center
24Th Street
Perkins Avenue
Johnnie and
Barrbara Jones
Quick Clean Center
Ozark Sets New Record in August Passenger Traffic
Ozark Air Lines reported 121,880 passengers in August, up 28.9 percent from a year earlier, with single day records set on August 13 and 20. For the year ending August 31, total revenue passenger miles reached 212,247,571, a 22.1 percent rise, and eight months totals stood at 145,650,742 miles, up 23.1 percent.
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Ozark Air Lines
Paul J. Rodgers
Ozark
Qzark
False Alarm at Ford National Auto Supply
At 2 15 this morning firemen were called to Ford National Auto Supply where a sprinkler system alarm sounded. There was no fire.
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Ford National Auto Supply
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Waltonville
Patrick Puckett
Eileen Smith
Indiana
Atlantic City
N. J
Clayton Howell
Carl Hinch
Manteno
Ed Shuster
Mt. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
SIU
Dorothy Dandridge
Mexico City
Hollywood
NEA Telephoto
Mt. V
Egypt
George
Marvin
Marvin Dye
W-G Motors
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