St Louis Cardinal Leads Religious Freedom Drive At Vatican
Vatican City RP Cardinal Ritter of St. Louis led eight prelates in pressing for a Vatican declaration on religious liberty. Two American cardinals pleaded for approval. Conservative bishops opposed. Debate ongoing as council aims to issue a liberty declaration before Christmas, backed by Paul VI.
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Vatican City
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter
St. Louis
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Cardinal Ritter
Francis Spellman
New York
Richard Cushing
Boston
Italy
Spain
Council
Paul VI
No Wonder Car Wouldn't Start
Mrs. Allen Ottman of suburban Brighton called a repairman after her car would not start. The repairman identified the problem quickly the engine had been stolen.
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Rochester
N.Y
Allen Ottman
Brighton
Locomotive is built here for Venezuela at Perkins plant
Precision president announced the purchase of the Wagner Electric plant at Perkins and Shawnee. The Rockaway plant remains a crank shaft division. The former Auto Lite and Wagner plants are now the locomotive division. The company adds a room in the Wagner office and completed major restoration of the Auto Lite sides. In 18 months, Precision has grown to 98 employees in Mt. Vernon.
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Precision
Wagner Electric
Perkins
Shawnee
Rockaway
Auto Lite
Wagner
Wagner Plant
Mt. Vernon
Births at Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Mike Poninsky Woodlawn welcomed a son Tim Anthony at 6 20 last night weighing six pounds ten ounces. Mr and Mrs Ernie Young Bluford had a daughter Tina Louise born at 9 27 yesterday morning. Mr and Mrs Merle Schultz 620 Main Street welcomed a son Scott Douglas at 12 09 this morning weighing eight pounds twelve and one half ounces. Mr and Mrs Clifford Lynn 206 South Fourth Street have a daughter born at 6 19 this morning at Jefferson Memorial weighing six pounds six ounces. Mr and Mrs Leroy Wayne Gammon Sims welcomed a son William Wayne at 12 55 this morning weighing five pounds twelve ounces.
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Mike Poninsky
Woodlawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Tim Anthony
Ernie Young
Bluford
Tina Louise
Merle Schultz
Main Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
William Wayne
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Two Facilities
Jefferson Memorial admitted Edgar Walter Over turf Texico Cheryl Gammon Sims Pamela Lynn and discharged Clyde Elwood Page. Good Samaritan admitted Jeas Lee Harrigan Carla Mae Fleener Mary Lee Reed Hattie Evelyn Buhler Hazel Fullerton Carolyn Louise Shehorn William Henry Pirtle Nancy Sue Hart and discharged Violet Lil ian Wilson baby Charles Hosie Gertrude Marie Schilling Beatrice Marion Ellis Howard Brieseacher Edna Jane Halle Cecilia Eldridge Ray F Albert Thomason James Ellag Barker.
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Good Samaritan
Jeas Lee Harrigan
Carla Mae Fleener
Mary Lee Reed
Hattie Evelyn Buhler
Hazel Fullerton
Carolyn Louise Shehorn
William Henry Pirtle
Nancy Sue Hart
Violet Lilian Wilson
Charles Hosie
Gertrude
Marie Schilling
Beatrice Marion Ellis
Howard
Brieseacher
Edna Jane Halle
Cecilia Eldridge
Ray F Albert Thomason
James Ellag “Barker
Here And Elsewhere MT. VERNON Weather Report
The MT VERNON area reports Wednesday forecast a high of 82 and a low of 61 with rainfall totaling 28.86 inches for the year. Comparisons show one year ago high 87 and low 67. five and ten years ago records note higher highs and varying lows. Friday sunrise is 5 42 and sunset 6 06.
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MT. Vernon
Illinois Weather Focuses On Heavy Rain Across State
Heavy rains drenched northern and central Illinois with scattered showers across southern areas. Daytime highs ranged from 58 to 66 in the north, 65 to 74 in the center, and mid 70s to mid 80s in the south. Springfield reported three inches of rain by early morning as Hanoi bal water levels forced street closures in nearby Missouri across the Mississippi. The Weather Bureau forecast more rain for Friday.
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Illinois
Ilinois
Springfield
Hannibal
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Wintry Weather Sweeps Montana and Plains With Snow
The Associated Press reports front pushed into Montana today bringing snow and cold. Temperatures fell to the 20s in many areas while 18 inches fell atop Big Mountain near Whitefish. Freeze warnings and cattle advisories issued for Northern Plains and Rockies as crops harmed by late summer cold and rains.
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Associated Press
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
Big Mountain
White Fish
Weather Bureau
Plains
Rockies
Helena
Cut Bank
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Erie County
Markets Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Report
Prices at Mt. Vernon hog market through 12 30 p m show a .10 drop on top hogs at 22 10 for 200 330 lb. hogs. Sows gained .25 to 20 50 for 300 weight down. sows 300 lb and over were 20 00 down. Boars steady at 12 00 to 12 50. Prices after 12 30 p m set by next day’s figures.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted in Mt Vernon
Prices reported in Mt Vernon showed market quotes this afternoon with Wheat at 1.38 Soybeans at 2.32 Shell corn at 1.28 and Ear corn at 1.15 as the market ranged through the day.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis Produce Prices for Eggs and Poultry
AP from St Louis lists egg and live poultry prices by grade and size. Consumer eggs range from A large 38-40 to B large 30-32 and standard 30-32 for wholesale. Hens priced by weight from heavy 14-15 to under 5 lb 6-24. Broilers and fryers 19-20.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Market Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes butter steady to firm with varied scores including AA 93 and 92 A. Eggs remain fully steady with grade A whites at 40 or higher and other grades showing 33 to 41. Phrasing reflects market shorthand for quick trading data.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Prices From National Stockyards Market Report
National Stockyards report lists Friday estimates for hogs cattle calves and sheep. Hogs 6 500 cattle 300 calves 100 sheep 20. Buyers quoted barrows and gilts 200 270 lbs 22.75 23.50 sows 300 650 lbs 19.50 21.50. cattle 1 500 calves 200 good and choice steers 20.00 26.00 good and choice heifers 20.00 23.75 cows 14.00 16.00 vealers 18.00 29.00. Sheep 300 good to prime spring lambs 21.50 24.50 shorn ewes 5.00 7.50.
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National Stockyards
Market prices for grains and soybeans reported in Chicago
Chicago grain market figures list Wheat No 2 hard 1.5544n No 2 red 1.5644n Corn No 2 yellow 1.2732 Oats No 2 heavy white 7114in Soy beans No 1 yellow 2.6122n Soy bean oil 11 20n.
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Chicago
Wall Street gains as heavy volume lifts blue chips
Wall Street rose late in the day as trading remained strong with about 7 million shares. Major movers included Chrysler higher about a point and IBM up over 3, Du Pont and Union Carbide up around 2, and Boeing dipping on strike news. Airlines and metals shares also advanced while some autos eased.
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Chrysler
Sperry Rand
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Jones & Laughlin
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Republic
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Fairchild Camera
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Mt Y Sailor Honored at Great Lakes Training
William Gary Fuller son of Mr and Mrs William Logan Fuller of 815 North Fourth Street Mt Vernon is home on 14 days leave after finishing basic training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois He enlisted June 30 in St Louis in the Navy Junior College Graduate Training program and two pay grades higher than normal He was honor man of his 83 man company and received a plaque from Captain F W Corle He will attend 20 weeks of aviation electronics schooling at Patuxent River then advance at Naval Air Station Memphis He is a Mt Vernon High School and Mt Vernon Community College alumnus Contact Navy recruiter Donald D Rhodes for information
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William Gary Fuller
William Logan Fuller
North Fourth Street
Vernon
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Fuller
United States Navy
St. Louis
Navy
Mt. Vernon Township
Mt. Vernon Community College
F. W. Corle
Supply Corps
Service School Command
Patuxent River
Maryland
Naval Air Station
Memphis
Tennessee
Donald D. Rhodes
Main
Mt. Vernon
Moon Laboratory Proposal by International Team
Soviet scientists also floated a weather observatory on the moon while U S experts led by C William Henderson and G L Mitcham urged a multinational lunar lab. They forecast landing large payloads by the mid 1970s to support a crewed facility with earth communications and regular flight access.
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Earth
Small Independent TELCOS Protest Toll Revenue Split
Twelve independent Illinois telephone firms petition the Illinois Commerce Commission asking to reopen toll revenue division between independents and larger toll operators. They accuse Illinois Bell and General Telephone of unfair shares, claiming ICC’s July order forces toll losses in their exchanges. The filing lists Chesterfield Medora, Cornell Community, Equality, Farmers Mutual of Ransom, Flanagan, Hardin County, Inland Champaign, Palestine, Egyptian Cooperative Steelville, Hamilton, Mid-Century Fulton County, and McDonough Cooperatives among others.
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Springfield
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
General Telephone Co
Chesterfield-Medora
Mc Leansboro approves sewer contract and reports
Mc Leansboro city council, with Mayor Roulston and five members present, approved the city treasurer and clerk reports and monthly bills. A sewer contract with Powell and Beltz for 1,757 feet of 15 inch line and ten manholes at 20,593 was awarded from a single bid. Work to begin in ten days to relieve overloaded lines. receipts reached 35,979.35 with expenses 33,091.86.
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Mcleansboro
Roulston
Cooney
Powell and Beltz
Centralia
Kermit Yoder
Auction Tops National Bar Row With $4000 Chest er White Champion Boat
4000 at auction headlines the 20th annual National Bar row in Austin Minnesota. Illinois pair William Ken and Lyle Baumgartner of Sullivan Tennessee earned top bid for their chest er white champion boat which sold to Parkinson and Rednaugh of Rensselaer Indiana.
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Austin, Minn
Illinois
William Ken
Lyle Baumgartner
Sullivan, T
Chester White
Parkison and Rednaugh
Rensselaer
Ind
45000 Illinois Mothers On Aid No Husbands
Washington AP report: Illinois Public Aid chief says federal must require birth control services. Harold Swank notes 45000 mothers head families, seeks to boost employment via family planning aid and education programs aimed at eliminating illiteracy and enabling job training.
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Washington
Ilinois Department of Public Aid
Harold O. Swank
Senate
Ilinois
Swank
Guild Strikes New York Times Over Automation Fears
The American Newspaper Guild walked out at the New York Times demanding job protections against automation and mergers. Early editions of afternoon papers went to press on schedule as publishers warned they might shut six other metropolitan dailies. Negotiations resumed after a short recess with mediator Theodore W. Kheel predicting progress. The strike, affecting 2,200 Times staff across departments, included a picket line but did not halt the next edition.
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NEW York
American Newspaper Guild
New York Times
Theodore W. Kheel
Afl-Cio Guild
Times
The
Newspaper Publishers Association of
Afternoon Post
the Times
Washington vandalism cost to repair school windows
Washington AP reports last year 118320 dollars were spent to fix broken windows in Washington schools, six thousand dollars more than the previous year. A total of 26518 panes were replaced across districts.
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Washington
Deputy Arrests Youth Over Draft Card Wallet
Will County deputy sheriff Wayne Milford Gregory stopped a lounge check on U S 30 near Joliet when a late arrival handed him his wallet. Inside was a draft card with his name birth date and address taken in a raid over a year earlier. The youth Donald Lee Schuck, 20, Shorewood was charged with attempting to use false identification. The deputy said Schuck was not the man who took the wallet.
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Lockport
Donald Lee Schuck
Shorewood
Joliet
Schuck
Bridge Collapse Delays Calumet Harbor Freighters
Eight ocean freighters and three lake vessels waited in Calumet Harbor after a 162 foot bridge section fell into the Calumet River during dismantling. Two workers died and five were injured. Mayor Daley promised a Friday night reopening as 26 Army engineers labored to clear the channel trapping four Norwegian ships, two German vessels, an Israeli ship, and the Liberian calllope.
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Calumet Harbor
Calumet River
Richard J. Daley
John Mattina
The
Army Engineers
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Uncle Sam To Support Dancers
The House approved a program to fund artists scholars and performers directly by the federal government creating a national foundation on the arts and humanities with 21 million dollars yearly. Rep Robert Griffin criticized the plan calling it a czar over the arts but the measure passed by voice vote and awaits Senate approval to become law for Johnson administration proposals.
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House
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Senate
Johnson
National Foundation On the Arts and Humanities
Lodges Wins Watermelon Eating Contest at NMSU
Larry Lodges ate seven watermelons to win a freshman outing at New Mexico State University. His prize included two watermelons and 15 gallons of gasoline, as reported from Las Cruces.
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Las Cruces
N.M
Larry Lodges
New Mexico State University
Lodges
Fox Mt Vernon Resident Conducts ESP Research
Dr. Margaret Anderson, Mt. Vernon area resident and Mt. Lebanon High School psychologist, leads a seven member team in a Menninger Foundation study examining links between ESP and creativity. In tests with Pennsylvania students, consistently creative children showed higher correct button presses on unseen keyboards, while sporadically creative children showed negative results, prompting calls for further validation.
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Margaret Anderson
Mt. Vernon
Anderson
Charles Nation
Rushton Drive
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Press
Mt. Lebanon High School
International Parapsychology Association
Monroeville
Lewis To Attend Managers Parley In Montreal
Mt. Vernon city manager Chester Lewis will attend a meeting of the International City Managers Association opening Saturday in Montreal Canada. He will take part in study sessions on central business planning cleanup methods financing of city projects and operation techniques.
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Mt. Vernon
Chester Lewis
International City Managers’ Association
Montreal
Canada
Lewis
Meeting on Planning for Central Business District
City officials and Mt. Vernon business representatives meet with planners and consultants to discuss parking and financing matters for central business district development. General Planning and Resource Consultants of St. Louis serves as the city planning firm. City Manager Chester Lewis called the meeting to explore financing and other planning considerations.
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Mt. Vernon
General Planning and Resource Consultants of
St. Louis
Chester Lewis
Seven motorists fined in circuit court for traffic offenses
Seven individuals received fines in circuit court for traffic violations. William H. Palmer of 1209 South 15th disobeyed a stop sign. Harry D. Warren of Benton was cited for speeding. Carroll L. Hoffman Route 1 Mt. Vernon for careless driving. John P. DuBoski Titusville N J driving in a wrong lane. Robert W. Collins Route 2 Salem for failure to yield. John D. Hirons Waltonville for failure to yield. Jimmie R. Du Sharme Route 2 Woodlawn for speeding.
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William H. Palmer
South 15Th
Harry D. Warren
Benton
Carroll L. Hoffman
Mt. Vernon
John P. DuBoski
Titusville
N. J
Robert W. Collins
Salem
John D. Hirons
Waltonville
Jimmie R. Dusharme
Woodlawn
Johnson daughter funds school beautification project
Lynda Bird Johnson uses $1,500 prize from Look magazine to beautify an elementary school in Washington. Funds will be spent on shrubs and plantings to enhance the school grounds.
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Washington (Ap
Lynda Bird Johnson
Washington
Look Magazine
White House
Motorist Killed by Freight Train in Chicago Heights
Miss Catherine Zamzow aged 16 of Richton Park died Wednesday after her car was struck by a Michigan Central freight train in Chicago Heights. She lived at 22411 Ridgeway in the Chicago suburb.
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Chicago Heights
Catherine Zamzow
Richton Park
Michigan Central
Zamzow
Ridgeway
Chicago
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