Death of John A. Emmons 85 Lake Worth Fla former Mt Vernon resident
John A. Emmons 85 of Lake Worth Florida and former Mt. Vernon resident died at Coral Gables Veterans Hospital in September. He served as national commander of the Navy Marine Association and held memberships in the Elks Lodge Palm Beach Sons of the American Revolution and Mt. Vernon Lions Club. He is survived by his wife a brother and a sister with Mt. Vernon relatives notified of his passing.
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Lake Worth
Fla
Mt. Vernon
Emmons
Mae Beal
L. N. Beal
Beal
Beal's Pasture. the Area, South of Logan and East of 17Th Street
Coral Gables Veterans Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Navy-Marine Association
Elks Lodge
Palm Beach
Sons of the American Revolution
Whittington, C G Dies At 81. Rites Planned Saturday
Charles G. Whittington of 1300 Mainstreet died at 1 15 am today at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 81 years five months and 22 days old. Funeral services will be held at 10 30 am Saturday at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Chapel with Rev. Tracy Dees officiating. Burial in Cobb cemetery. Body lies in state at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Home after 4 00 pm Friday. Survived by wife Emma Billups, daughter Pauline Thompson, brother Arjell Whittington, and three grandchildren. He was born March 20 1882 in Murphysboro. parents Francis and Sarah Clark Whittington. He was preceded in death by four brothers.
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Mainstreet
Good Samaritan Hospital
Tracy Dees
Pulley- Gutzler Funeral Chapel
Cobb Cemetery
Pulley - Gutzler Funeral Home
Mr. Whittington
Murphysboro
Francis and
Sarah
Clark) Whittington
Emma Billups
Pauline Thompson
Arjell Whittington
Herrin
Senator Broyles Named to Four Illinois Senate Committees
Senator Paul W. Broyles of Mt. Vernon has been appointed to four interim committees of the Illinois Senate. He joins the highway planning, pension laws, Senate maintenance and American heritage committees. Interim committees conduct studies and prepare recommendations for the next session.
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Paul W. Broyles
Mt. Vernon
Illinois Senate
Pension Laws
Senate Maintenance
Senate
Births Reported in Decatur and Nearby Areas
Births announced for Eric Wayne Logan at St Marys Hospital Decatur Sept 10 weighing eight pounds five ounces to Spd and Mrs David BE Logan of Ft Sill Okla Carrie Sue Myagit born Sept 7 at Miners Hospital Christopher weighing six pounds five ounces to Mr and Mrs Wayman Sledge Bonnie and Dewey Hawkins of 1100 South Sixth Belleville Gina Gayle born Sept 10 at St Louis Maternity Hospital weighing seven pounds one and one half ounces to Mr and Mrs H W Fleener Gelf and Mrs Iola Hawkins of this city. Grandparents named Wilmer Logan Waltonville Laura Shelton Belleville Wayman Sledge Bonnie H W Fleener Gelf and Iola Hawkins.
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David BE. Logan
Ft. Sill
Okla
St. Mary’s Hospital
Decatur
Eric Wayne
Wilmer Logan
Waltonville
Laura Shelton
City
Tom Myagit
Lesser
Miners’ Hospital
Christopher
Carrie Sue
Wayman Sledge
Bonnie
Dewey Hawkins
South Sixth Street
Belleville
St. Louis Maternity Hospital
Gina Gayle
H. W. Fleener
Gelf
Iola Hawkins
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admittances and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial records show admissions for Anna Bor land Frank Frost and Bill Thompson along with others at 408 South 10th Street. Discharges include Dorothy Rollinson Alonzo Cole Robinson Walter Aitchison and several others. Good Samaritan notes admissions for Coy Anderson Mary Bayer Lucille Lincicome James Bridges and more. discharges include Betty Gilbert Nettie Porter and others.
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Jefferson Memorial
Anna Lucille Borland
Frank Frost
Bill Thompson
South 10Th Street
Dorothy Rollinson
Alonzo Cole Robinson
Walter Aitchison
Sue Ann Ackley
Brenda Sue
Good Samaritan
Coy C. Anderson
Mary Elizabeth Bayer
Lucille Lois Lincicome
James Louis Bridges
Marcella Esther Fico
Jerry R. Williams
George Wesley Givens
Rolla Trent Linville
Audrey Jean Settle
Golda Ritchey
Betty Rae Gilbert
Nettie Lee Porter
Diana Maria Hopkins
Baby
Kelley Jean
Joseph William McGonigal
Cathryn Lucille Thorton
Ruth Metcalf
Doris Irene Musgrave
Jemma Susan Klein
Pearl R. Dobbs
Local Court Fines For License and Signal Violations
Justice of the peace H. E. Harlow assessed fines in Carbondale. James A. Sykes paid 10 dollars and costs for driving without a license, William R. Kell paid 5 dollars and costs for disobeying a traffic signal.
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J. BP
H. E. Harlow
Justice of the Peace
James A. Sykes
Carbondale
William R Kell
Federated Club Postpones Picnic Tonight
The Mildred Sherrad Federated Club has postponed its planned picnic due to illness among members. A new date will be announced later. Odessa Hall, president.
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Federated Club
Mildred Sherrad
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Drop On Hog Sale
Prices paid on the local live stock market were down 25c today with top hogs at 15.25 for 200 to 230 lb. sows down to 14.00 for 300 weight, down. sows 300 weight and over 13.50, down. Boars offered at 8.00 and 10.00.
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MT. Vernon
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quotes show prices for goods including wheat at 1.76 soybeans 2.48 and corn 1.24 during this afternoon trading with local market activity noted.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock prices at National Stockyards Ir
Hogs 10,500 mostly 25 lower, weights 190 to 260 and 275 to 600 lb. Cattle 1,300, calves 200 steady with good and choice steers 22.50 to 24.00, heifers 21.75 to 23.00, cows 13.50 to 16.00, bulls 16.30 to 18.00, wealers 22.00 to 31.00. Sheep 400 steady to weak, lambs 18.00 to 20.50, ewes 5.00 to 6.00.
Egg and poultry price guide from St Louis market
AP report from St Louis lists consumer grade eggs with large A 39-40, medium A 35-37, small A 18-19, B large 33-34, wholesale standards 33-34, farm run 26-27, checks 20-24. Hens heavy 15-16, light over 15 lbs 8-9, under 5 Tbs 6-7, com seein broilers and fryers 15%4-
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ST. Louis
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Butter Prices Steady
Chicago AP reports butter prices at wholesale level remain steady across grades with 93 score AA and mixed quality categories. Buyers see 70 percent of butter grade A whites and various standard, dirties, and checks priced around established ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain market report snapshot
Chicago report shows Wheat No 1 mixed at 1.89 percent, Corn No 1 yellow 1.3642, No 2 yellow 1.3612, No oats unavailable for soybean sales. Soybean oil price indicated as $n.
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Chicago
Market slips from peak in uneven late trading
Wall Street ended a volatile session slightly lower as volume near 5.3 million shares traded. Rail gains helped late activity while most top automakers fell. Parke Davis dropped, IBM and other names slid, and bond prices eased. Dow Jones noon averages showed declines across the board.
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Studebaker
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Eversharp
U.S
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West Virginia
Control
National Air Lines
American Smelting
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Xerox
American Stock Exchange
Weather Summary for Vernon MT Wednesday Forecast
The high reaches 88 and low 65 with rainfall from 7:00 a m Wednesday to 7:00 a m Thursday totaling .43 inches. Year to date rainfall is 24.8 inches, compared with past years highs and lows and sunrise at 5 38 and sunset at 6 13.
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Mt, Vernon
Mrs Nhu Defends Viet Nam Policy Against Kennedy
Belgrade based Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu says President Kennedy is misinformed about Viet Nam and that better information is needed. She accuses him of appeasing opposition and notes Kennedy suggested personnel changes to address the Buddhist crisis. She leads South Vietnam’s delegation to the Interparliamentary Union and plans to address its eight day meeting.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Kennedy
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Nhu
Negroes Attend South Carolina University in 86 Years
Three African Americans enrolled at the University of South Carolina for the first time since 1877 as campus activity and police support indicated a quiet integration. Henri Monteith, Robert Anderson, and James Solomon registered, paid fees, met with deans, and dined with students at a campus cafeteria amid friendly greetings from white peers. Clemson had earlier integrated Harley Gantt in January.
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Columbia
S.C
University of South Carolina
Cod Henri Monteith
Robert G. Anderson
Greenville
James Solomon
Sumter
Zealot claims orchestrating Jerusalem demonstrations
In a press conference Dov Ber Zohar a frail bespectacled salesman aged 27 said he headed the Circle of Activists a group that organized Tuesday’s attacks by Jewish zealots on Christian schools in Jerusalem Jaffa and Haifa The claims drew protests from Britain France and Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol مأ
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Haifa
Dov Ber Zohar
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France
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Plan Zoning Around New SALEM Illinois Reservoir Area
Marion County boards discuss joining Bond Fayette Clinton counties in a joint planning body to zone Carlyle Reservoir area. Engineers warn of sub standard roads and need for protective zoning as farmland converts to recreation. Water fill set to begin by 1966 with 70000 daily visitors expected and development centered in Clinton County.
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Marion
Carlyle Reservoir
Illinois
Board of Supervisors
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Fayette County
Clinton County
Army
Kaskaskia
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Ask Laos Reds To Free Yanks
U S Ambassador Leonard Unger urged coalition and Pathet Lao officials to seek the release of survivors from a U S C46 cargo plane shot down on September 5 near Tchepone. The craft carried three Americans and four Asians on a Royalist refugee supply mission chartered by the U S Aid Agency for the Laotian government.
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Vientiane
Laos
U.S
Leonard Unger
Pathet Lao
Tchepone
Aid Agency
Father seeks Supreme Court over UN command son
Walter W. Cupples of Concord New Hampshire asks President Kennedy to remove his 17 year old son Robert W Cupples from the United Nations Command in Korea. Attorney Arthur J J Bohn says NH Governor James W King may join as party to a suit. The case could set a general precedent affecting many US service members.
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Fila
United Nations Command
Korea
U.S. Supreme Court
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Concord
N.H
Kennedy
Robert W. Cupples
U.N. Command
Arthur J.J. Bohn
Cupples
James W. King
New Hampshire
Bohn
Dirksen Leads Push to Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Pact
Senate support for the limited nuclear test ban treaty rose toward 80 votes with Democratic and Republican leadership uniting. President Kennedy and Senate Republican Leader Dirksen backed the pact with assurances, while Sen. Jackson reserved judgment. Dirksen cited Eisenhower's approval conditioned on guarantees.
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Senate
Associated Press
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Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Mike Mansfield
United States
Russell B. Long
D-La
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Goldwater Attacks New Frontier in Chicago Speech
Senator Barry Goldwater told a Republican Women gathering in Chicago that not one problem has been solved by the New Frontier and denounced Kennedy administration policies. He warned of expanding federal power and urged grassroots funding for local and state races, stressing the GOP remains the minority party.
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R-Ariz
New Frontier
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Grant Signs Bill Creating Yellowstone National Park
President Ulysses S Grant signed the bill creating Yellowstone National Park on March 1 1872 establishing the first national park in the United States and preserving a vast area around the Yellowstone region.
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Ulysses SS. Grant
Yellowstone National Park
Admit Theft Of Gasoline By Two Juveniles
Two 16 year olds were picked up by Mt. Vernon police last night and one admitted stealing gasoline from cars on south 17th street. Formal charges had not been made this morning against the youths.
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Mt. Vernon
South 17Th Street
Tear Gas Used as 11 Arrested in High Point Riot
In High Point North Carolina police used tear gas bombs to quell a near riot as about 2000 white demonstrators hurled rocks eggs and missiles at Black protesters. Nine Black individuals faced trespassing and congregating charges while two white men were charged with carrying weapons. Bonds set at 50 each. Main Street was blocked for over an hour during dispersal efforts.
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High Point
N. C. Gap
Floyd Mehan
Chicago council passes open occupancy bill
Chicago(AP) The new ordinance banning racial or religious discrimination by real estate brokers moved toward the courts after the City Council approved it 30 to 16. The vote split the usual Democratic majority as about 4,000 white property owners protested outside City Hall. The march, led by the Property Owners Coordinating Committee, drew mainly women pushing babies, while opponents cited property rights concerns and the Chicago Real Estate Board vowed to test the law in court.
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City Hall
Chicago Real Estate Board
Percy E. Wagner
Property Owners Coordinating Committee
Dent
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David Beckoff
Mt Vernon Township H S welcomes new English teacher
Charles Bundy will teach English at Mt Vernon Township High School and Community College this year. Born in Salem he graduated from Kinmundy Alma High School and Southern Illinois University. Before grad school at SIU last year he spent two years at a daily newspaper in Centralia.
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Charles Bundy
Mt. Vernon Township
Mr. Bundy
Salem
Kinmundy-Alma High School
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Bundy
Centralia
GOP Birth Control Study Panel Named in Illinois
Springfield AP. Six Republican lawmakers were named to a 15 member Illinois commission to study the legal and moral aspects of providing birth control devices to women on relief rolls. The group will report in 1965 on the current program and possible expansion to all mothers on public aid. Six Republicans named and four Democrats yet to be named. Gov Kerner to appoint five public members.
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Ill
Donald D. Carpentier
East Moline
Harris W. Fowell
Naperville
Gordon Kerr
Brookport
Robert Austin
Frank Marek
Cicero
William Robinson
Chicago
Otto Kerner
Illinois Public Aid Department
Shawnee Gap Bill Endorsed by Officials and Rep Gray
WEST FRANKFORT IL AP The National Forest Reservation Commission endorsed the Shawnee Gap land program to unite the two Shawnee National Forest sections. Rep Kenneth J Gray says 125000 acres of marginal farmland would be annexed to fill the gap with emphasis on northern Johnson and southern Williamson counties. Pope County would not be affected, protesters say.
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National Forest Reservation Commission
Shawnee Gap
Shawnee National Forest
Kenneth J. Gray
D-Ill
Johnson County
Williamson County
Gray
Ohio
Mississippi
Pope County
Gray backs WWI veterans pension bill signatures urged
Congressman Kenneth J. Gray said in a telegram he has signed a discharge petition to bring to the House floor a bill granting World War I veterans a $100 monthly pension with income limits plus increases for widows and dependents. He calls the chance of securing enough signatures this session fair.
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Register- News Today
Kenneth J. Gray
House
Two Injured In Accidents In City
Two persons were injured in separate late Wednesday accidents. Daisy I. Diel of 2508 Jones was injured when her car hit a tree in the 1300 block of south 12th street. Susan J. Reininger of 3213 Blackberry was hurt when her car struck a parked vehicle in the 3200 block of Apple. Reininger was charged with careless driving and the parked-car owner Mrs. Thomas L. Metcalf of 609 Strawberry with illegal parking.
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Daisy I. Diel
Jones
South 12Th Street
Susan J. Reininger
Blackberry
Apple
Thomas L. Metcalf
Strawberry
Susan Reininger
Man Collapses at Scene of 12th Street Fire
Mt. Vernon man Harry Schmitt of Route 3 collapsed while firefighters controlled a blaze at his unoccupied two story home at 1417 South 12th Street. He was treated at Jefferson Memorial Hospital and released. The attic fire started when a candle was set in the attic while Schmitt inspected old papers. Firefighters used booster hose to contain the fire causing attic damage.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Harry Schmitt
Route 3
South 12Th Street
Schmitt
New Record Enrollment At Woodlawn High
Woodlawn Community High School reports a 1963-64 enrollment of 145, the highest in the school's history, up from 128 last year, marking a notable increase in student attendance.
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Woodlawn High
Woodlawn Community High School
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