Deaths and Funerals Willian David Smith 49 Route 7
William David Smith 49 of Route 7 died yesterday in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Born April 4 1917 in Jefferson County he was a retired postal clerk and World War II veteran. Survived by wife Opal Williams his mother Mabel Smith a son Larry a daughter Joyce Barrett a brother Paul and a sister James Green plus four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Myers Funeral Home.
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Willian
David Smith
Philadelphia
Mr. Smith
Jefferson County
Pearl
Mabel
Minor} Smith
Opal Williams
Myers Fnneral
Opal
Smith
Mabel Smith
Vernon
Larry Smith
Joyce Barrett
Country Club Hills
Paul Smith
Belleville
James Green
Dora Harris Sesser
Dora Harris Sesser died Sunday night at Marshal Browning Hospital in DuQuoin at age 99. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brayfield Funeral Home in Sesser with Rev. John Plunkett officiating. Burial Maple Hill Cemetery Sesser. Born September 20, 1872 in Illinois to John and Katherine Gaddis. Widowed since 1947 after husband William Harris. Survived by several nieces and nephews.
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Dora Harris
Sesser
Marshal Browning Hospital
DuQuoin
Brayfield Funeral Home
John Plunkett
Maple Hill Cemetery
Harris
Illinois
John
Katherine Gaddis
William Harris
Dahlgren Man 92 Dies at Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Lemuel Gage Dahlgren age 92 of Route 2 Dahlgren died at 6 55 am today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. He was cremated at Gholson Funeral Home in Dahlgren.
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Lemuel Gage
Dahlgren
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Gholson
Mrs Mary Mamer of Mt. Vernon Dies at 48
Mary Mamer 48 of 110 Ninth Street Mt Vernon died at 5 33 am at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral at 10 am Thursday at St Marys Catholic Church with Rev James P Burke. Rosary 7 30 pm Wednesday at Hughey ufler Funeral Home. Survived by husband Homer Mamer mother Lena Gambacorta three daughters Linda Hallgren Aurora Cole Christine Reed Anita Mamer two sisters Jeanne Pupchek Gloria Gambacorta two granddaughters. Preceded by father.
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Mary Mamer
Ninth St
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mamer
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
James P. Burke
Hughey,ufler
Father Burke
New York City
Salvatora
Lena Gambacorta
Homer Mamer
Mt. Vernon
Linda Hallgren
Aurora
Cole
Christine Reed
Springfield
Anita Mamer
Jeanne Pupchek
Gloria Gambacorta
All-Sports Day plans advance for Sept 24
Committee chairs named for events at India Hills golf course with sponsors King City Retailers Association Park Plaza Merchants Association and Greater Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. Hampered by details of hinge playing bridge dog calling and tug of war described as part of the day.
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King Chy Retailers Association
Park Plaza Merchants Association
Greater
Jefferson County
Five Fordham suspects flee as golf course killings mount
Five men charged with eight killings at Fountain Valley Golf Course remain on the run. Bench warrants issued for the fugitives identify them as Warren Ballentine Ismael Labeet Raphael Joseph and two unnamed men. Two others already jailed on St Thomas include Meral Smith and Beaumont Gereau. Bail set at 200000 each for the arrested. police maintain a heavy, nationwide hunt around the club site.
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Christian Sted
St. Croix
VL (Ap
Fountain Valley
Warren
Raphael Joseph
Sanchez
Pepe
Pablo
Tonkin
Evans
Meral Smith
Beaumont Gereau
St. Thomas
Smith
Estate Grove Place
Gereau
John Marsh
U.S
FBI
Virgin Islands
Mt.Vernon Mt. Livestock Auction Prices and Market News
Receipts at Price's Livestock Auction Salem include 584 cattle 17 calves 421 hogs 27 sheep. Slaughter cattle ranges cover steers heifers cows and bulls with feeders and hogs priced by weight. mixed lots and sow prices noted. Mt. Vernon grain prices listed for soybeans wheat corn and oats. Chicago prices for wheat corn oats soybeans and pork are provided along with National Stockyards hog cattle and sheep receipts and bid ranges. New York stock market mixed with cautious tone following International tensions and Labor Day implications.
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Springheld
Mlinois Price
Salem
Sll
MT. Vernon
National Stockyards Wl
New York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Munich
Israel
Middle East
U S Jets Hit Hard At Hanoi
U S jets raided Hanoi and suburbs wrecking the Paul Doumer Bridge and four military installations over 300 acres. A Navy A7 was shot down. Bien Hoa air base storage and helicopters were damaged or destroyed. Viet Cong issued a peace statement demanding U S withdrawal with Thieu.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Bien Hoa
Viet Cong
United States
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
7Th Air Force
Paul Doumer
Red River
Inland Steel Mine Promotes Six Supervisors
Inland Steel announces six employee promotions to supervisory posts at its mine. Named are James L. Brown Noble Essick Clifton E. Jones Charles Parton Edward L. Perry and Eugene Williams. Biographical details include prior mining experience education and family residences in West Frankfort Benton Marion and surrounding areas.
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James L. Brown
Noble Essick
Clifton E. Jones
Charles Partoh
Edward L. Perry
Eugene Williams
James Brown
Brown
Frankfort Community High School
Air Force
Amarillo Junior College
West Texas State College
James
Nancy
West Frankfort
Lorena
James Anthony
Coal and Steel Industries
Inland
Essick
Frankfort
Janice
Bradley
Laura
Amy Jo
South Marion Road
First Baptist Church
Clif Jones
Jones
Benton Consolidated High School
Southwest Junior College
Summit
Mississippi
Bend Lake Junior College
Mt. Vernon
Clifton
Judith Ann
Leigh Ann
Kelly Lynn
Old Orchard Drive
Benton
East
W. Boulevard
Marion
Parton
Wilma
Jeffrey
Jennifer
Ed Perry
Perry
Fleming Kentucky High School
Benton Booster Club
Maggie
N. Maple
Kenneth
Ed, Jr
Melissa Ann
West Frankfort High School
Combat Engineers, Includ
U S veto blocks UN call to halt Israeli reprisals
United States vetoes a Security Council resolution demanding a halt to Israeli reprisals, omitting reference to Arab terrorism that provoked them. The vote followed debates on the Munich massacre, Israeli air strikes, and Palestinian guerrilla activity. Ambassadors from the United States, Soviet Union, and China defended their positions amid criticism from Syria and Lebanon. The motion, sponsored by Somalia, Guinea, and Yugoslavia, urged restraint and an immediate pause in hostilities.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
Munich
Syria
Lebanon
China
Soviet Union
U.S
George Bush
Bush
Yosef Tekoah
Israel
Jacob A. Malik
Huang Hua
Peking
World Organization
Haissam Kelani
Edouard Ghorra
Guerra
Kelanis
Somalia
Guinea
Yugoslavia
Midle East
Death of Earl Bullock Dahlgren 75. burial in Dahlgren Oddfellows cemetery
Karl Bullock Earl Bullock 75 of Route 2 Dahlgren died 10:59 a.m. Saturday at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. today at Gholson Funeral Home Dahlgren with Rev. Sehtag and Rev. Kern officiating. Burial in Dahlgren Oddfellows cemetery. Survived by wife Iona Dagg three sons Odell Vernon Ralph Olan two brothers Everett Roscoe six sisters thirteen grandchildren four great grandchildren.
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Karl Bullock
Dahlgren
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Mr. Bullock
Gholson
R. L. Sehtag
Arthur Kern
Dahlgren Oddfellows
Jefferson County
Charlie
Florence (Bradford) Bullock
Iona Dagg
Free Will Baptist Church
Bullock
Iona
Odell Bullock
Vernon
Ralph Bullock
Olan Bullock
Wayne City
Everett Bullock
Roscoe Bullock
Goreville
Lucille Adams
Opdyke
Mary Dulaney
Wamda Teal
Lovella Neff
Lillie Albright
Springfield
Stella Burgin
Champaign
Break-in Reported at I-64 Construction Site West of Mt Vernon
County sheriff deputies received a report of a break-in at the I-64 construction site about ten miles west of Mt. Vernon. A two inch water pump a lathe a 12 foot log chain and three shovels were taken from a trailer. Entry was gained by prying a lock from the trailer.
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County Sheriff's Deputies
Mt. Vernon
Burglary Alarm Halts Theft At Doctor's Park Pharmacy
City police responded to a burglar alarm at Doctor's Park around 9 47 p m Saturday and found a would be burglar had triggered the alarm before he could steal anything. A glass door to the pharmacy and east basement window were broken.
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Doctor’s Park
Theft report: battery cables and wallet stolen in Alamogordo
C R Munday of Alamogordo reports his car battery cables and battery were stolen from his vehicle parked near the Ramada Inn Friday night. Charlene Norman, an employee at Big John’s grocery, tells police a wallet with $160 was taken from her purse in the storeroom Sunday between 1 45 and 2 p m.
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C. R. Munday
Alamoga
Col
Ramada Inn
Charlene Norman
Strawberry
Big John’s
Accidents Reported by City Police Over Weekend
Weekend incidents include Gary N. Lame 19 from Castleton colliding with James A. MecMurty 49 of Lincoln Neb. at 10th and Jordan causing major damage. Lester A. Bond 63 of 814 S 22nd St. hit a trailer behind Raymond L. Abendroth in the 1300 block Main Street with heavy damage to Bond’s car. Robert Eugene Freeman 37 of Dix lost control on Casey Avenue at 9:14 p.m. and struck a light pole while trying to avoid a car turning from Ninth Street.
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Jordan
Gary N. Lame
Castleton
James A. MecMurty
Lincoln
Neb
Main Street
Lester A. Bond
S. 22Nd St
Raymond L. Abendroth
Brownstown
Bond
Casey Avenue
Robert Eugene Freeman
Dix
Freeman
Casey
Ninth Street
Mayor reports car window broken at home
Mayor Rolland Lewis at 100 S 34th St reported damage to the rear window of his car parked at his home between Friday night and Saturday evening. Mrs Gobel Wood of 914 S 5th St said she saw a boy throw a rock through the window of a former bakery building on South Fifth Street at about 6 45 p.m. Saturday.
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Rolland Lewis
S. 34Th St
Gobel Wood
S. 5Th St
South Fifth Street
United Fund Board To Meet Tonight
The Jefferson County United Fund board will meet at 7 30 p m in city hall council chambers. All division chairmen are invited to attend as final plans for drive activities are formulated.
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Jefferson County United Fund Board
City Hall
Citizens For Drug Control Meet Tonight
The Citizens for Drug Control, a new group aiming to curtail illegal drug pushing, will meet at 7:30 tonight at the First United Methodist Church. Chairman Virgil York urges public attendance and input. A TIP program rewards tips on drug pushers, and a speaker will explain drug types and identification. York says the group will supplement existing efforts, not replace them.
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Citizens For Drug Control
First United Methodist Church
Virgil York
T.I.P
York
Fatal stabbing in Champaign of John Shelton
Authorities probe the stabbing death of 57 year old John Shelton whose body was found beside a building in a residential Champaign Illinois area on Sunday according to AP.
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Champaign
Ill
John Shelton
Nixon Gains Rise in Gallup Poll Signals Rebound
Poll of 1,203 registered voters shows Nixon leading McGovern 62 to 29 among Catholics and 64 to 28 among manual workers. Labor union members back Nixon 61 to 30, with some undecided voters and gains since the prior poll.
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Nixon
McGovern
Manual Workers
Gallup
Labor Union
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William Smith
Mr. Vernon
Dora Harris Sesser
Golf Club
Associated Press
Mt.v. Livestock Auction
Federal-State Market News Service Division of Markets
Chicago Grain
Chicago
CH Sago
USDA
Wall Street
John. J. Smith
Fahnestock & Co
Uniroyal
Curtiss-Wright
At&t
Indus
Inland Steel Mine
M. Pace
Inland Steel Company
Coal Properties
U.N
Earl Bullock Dahlgren
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Electric Company, Inc
Belt ‘Telephone Laboratories, Inc
Harold L. Boldwyn
Main St
Mil
U.S. 460
Lewis J. Hillard
Oakland
Lll
Fen
United Fund Board
Aarienadauserte Weoneuee
Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Mabel Fulford
W.M
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec
Casey Surdyke
W-G Motors
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