Death notice for George Emery Todd in McLeansboro
George Emery Todd 71 of 200 Marshall McLeansboro died at 5 30 a m at Hamilton Memorial Hospital McLeansboro Funeral 3 00 p m Sunday at Gholson Funeral Home Mc Leansboro Rev Billy Duncan officiating Burial Blooming Grove Cemetery Body lies in state at Gholson after 7 00 p m today Survived by wife Bernice Parkinson a foster daughter Hester Grace Cates Dallas Tex a brother James Todd Akron Ohio and two sisters Hazel Wadeika Napa Calif and Sarah Hamilton Akron Ohio Veteran World War II member of the eee Legion (text cuts)
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George Emery Todd
Marshall
McLeansboro
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Gholson Funeral Home
Billy Duncan
Blooming Grove
Gholson
Mr. Todd
Hamilton County
Thomas Isaac
Hester
Bell) Todd
Bernice Parkinson
Hester Grace Cates
Dallas
Tex
James Todd
Akron
Hazel Wadeika
Napa
Calif
Sarah Hamilton
Todd
Eee Legion
Anna Linn 79 Dies at Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Anna Juretta Linn of 1710 Highland View died at 5:50 am at Jefferson Memorial Hospital aged 79 years, nine months, and 14 days. She was born December 4, 1884 in Aurelia Iowa. Survived by husband Edward Linn three sons Harold Harmon Marvin Linn a daughter Ruth Waud two grandchildren two great grandchildren and a brother Charles Maxey. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. She was a Wesley Methodist Church member.
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Anna Juretta Linn
Highland View
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Pulley-Gutzler Funeral Home
Linn
Aurelia
van Max
Edward Linn
Harold Linn
Beech Grove
Ind
Harmon
Marvin Linn
Vernon
Ruth Waud
Urbana
Charles Maxey
Portland
Oregon
Wesley Methodist Church
Foam Fills Fire Station In Walla Walla? (Note: Please verify location)
Firemen in Washington state test a new foam machine that smothers flames with detergent. During demonstration in a five story tower, foam rose to the top in under three minutes and then flooded the station, eight feet deep, spilling outside before the machine was halted.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Washington
Broken Hip Fatal at 107 in Georgetown
Mrs. Sarah Hall, a Black woman born a slave, died Wednesday at age 107. She attributed her age to her hip fracture from a fall on August 31. Raised by a slave family in Hopkins County, Kentucky, she moved to Georgetown in 1900 and organized two Baptist churches near Danville.
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Georgetown
Sarah Hall
Hall
Lincoln
Hopkins County
Danville
New Incident in Far East Sparks Confusion
Reports indicate Communist PT boats may be involved again in the Far East, with garbled messages complicating verification. Officials work to confirm events while a concrete outcome is the cancellation of Robert S. McNamara's Chicago trip for a planned speech.
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Tonkin Gulf
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Chicago
Railroad strike loom after pension and wage board ruling
Six unions including sheet metal workers boiler makers machinists carmen electrical workers and firemen and oilers edge toward a Tuesday walkout after a presidential emergency board backed five year pay guarantees for workers displaced by war or tech changes. Emergency halting provisions are exhausted and unions are free to strike.
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Carmen
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Hold Steady at Midday
Markets report Mt Vernon hog market prices unchanged at 12:30 p.m. The top reached 16.30 for 200 to 300 weight hogs while 300 weight sows ranged around 9.00. Prices to be posted for the next day after today’s session.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon supply prices show wheat at 1.32, soybeans at 2.63, and corn at 1.21 per bushel quoted in Mt Vernon this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Produce Market Signals Flat Wholesale Prices
Chicago Mercantile Exchange quotes butter steady while wholesale buying prices show little change. Grades A whites, mixed, mediums, standards cited with minor shifts. dirties remain unquoted. Car and other commodity figures noted, reflecting barely steady demand and mixed price indications across quotients.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile
St Louis Produce Prices For Eggs And Poultry
St Louis AP reports egg and live poultry price ranges by grade and size. Consumer eggs include large and medium categories with regional grading terms, wholesale standards list standard and unclassified. Broilers and fryers priced at 16 to 17 cents per pound.
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ST. Louis
Livestock prices at National Stockyards report
Hogs 7500 head steady to 23 lower sow 25 lower cattle 60 calves 100 no established market choice steers 4. B to 5 cows 13 to 15 vealers 18 to 20 sheep 20 choice and good lambs 21 to 22.50 ewes 11 to 50.
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Til
Chicago Grain prices and grain types in Chicago
Chicago AP reports grain prices with Wheat No 2 red at 1.51 percent and No 2 heavy at 1.0 percent. Corn No 1 yellow and No 2 yellow each at 1.30 percent. Oats No 2 heavy white at 71-714n. Soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.8mm and soybean oil at 9.90n.
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Chicago
Wall Street ends mixed as indexes drift after early gains
Wall Street traded unevenly late in the day following an early rise with active volume around 6.2 million shares. Major names moved in fractions to about a point, with steels and motors weaker after a point drop for Du Pont while Boeing gained modestly. IBM fell 3, Xerox slipped over 1, and U S Steel declined more than a point as oil, drug, and nonferrous stocks rose. Dow Jones noon averages showed declines in the Industrial and Rail components while theTech and Utilities held small gains.
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New York
Wall Street
du Pont
Boeing
Chrysler
Ford
Dram Shop Suit Seeks $15,000 in Brenden Case
Ralph L. Brenden and Arlene Brenden filed in circuit court yesterday alleging the Brass Key Tavern served alcohol to their mother Jean M. Brenden. They claim the injuries from her car crash in front of the tavern reduced her ability to support her children and seek $15,000 in damages.
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Ralph L. Brenden
Arlene Brenden
Lawrence Hite
Helen Hite
Brass Key Tavern
Jean M. Brenden
Two Boys Placed on Probation in Delinquency Hearings
Two youths appeared before Judge Alvin Lacy Williams on delinquency charges. Archie Lee Fairchild, 16, of 1305 South 12th, admitted a May 10 break in at Home Beverage Co and received one year probation. Michael Eugene Hayes, 15, of Mr. Vernon, faced a January 11 Park Inn Cafe break in and was placed on probation for one year.
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Alvin Lacy Williams
Archie Lee Fairchild
South 12Th
Home Beverage Co
Michael Eugene Hayes
Vernon
Park Inn Cafe
Weather forecast for Mount Vernon and Illinois region
Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures across Northern and Southern Illinois with highs in the 70s and 80s and lows around 60. Rainfall totals of up to an inch expected over the weekend with cooling later in the period. Chicago reports cloudy conditions giving way to clearing by night and Saturday.
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Illinois
Illinois Weather Chicago
Weather Bureau
Midway
Peoria
Rome Chapter of Eastern Star Holds Meeting At Masonic Temple
Members of the Rome Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, will hold a stated meeting Monday evening at 7 30 at the Masonic Temple in Dix. Advance Night will be observed. Patricia Tate, W M, Ervin Hawkins, W P.
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Rome
C.E.S
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Dix
Patricia Tate
W.M. Ervin Hawkins
W.P
Fines Set in Circuit Court For Varied Traffic Charges
Circuit court fines totaled for several defendants including Thomas F. Campbell 10 dollars for intoxication Albert G. Povolish 20 dollars for no license Joel T. Agee 10 dollars for driving too fast Michael W. Davis 10 dollars for careless driving Arnold E. Kaylor 16 dollars for speeding Alva E. Flanagan 200 dollars for reckless driving Lynn Pierson 15 dollars for speeding Thomas Cowley 10 dollars for improper right turn Harlon Hoffman 15 dollars for speeding.
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Thomas F. Campbell
Albert G. Povolish
Nashville
Joel T. Agee
Vincennes
Ind
Michael W. Davis
Arnold E. Kaylor
Romance
Ark
Alva E. Flanagan
Lynn Pierson
Nashville, Tenn
Thomas Cowley
Harlon Hoffman
McAlla
Ala
Five Accidents One Injury In The Mt. V. Area
Five crashes occurred in the Mt. Vernon area on Thursday. One person, Robert Reynolds, 34, of RFD Mt. Vernon, was slightly injured on Millis curve along U S Route 460. A truck driven by Miller veered onto the shoulder to avoid an oncoming car, toppled into a ditch and rolled. Four other noninjury crashes occurred in Mt. Vernon at Tenth and Newby involving James Holway and Franklin Williams. at Tenth and Harrison with Clyde Childers, Rowland Clark and Co D Ham. at Tenth and Westcott with Rickie Moore and Larry Harrison. and in the 900 block of South 20th involving Ann Ruddick’s parked car and Paul Davis Jr. A passing car reportedly forced Davis to strike the parked vehicle.
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Mt. Vernon
Robert C. Reynolds
RFD
Millis
Miller
Tenth
Newby
James J. Holway
Pana
Iil
Franklin T. Williams
Harrison
Clyde R. Childers
Marion
Rowland F. Clark
North 16Th
Co. D. Ham
Isabella
Childers
Rickie D. Moore
South Tenth
Larry Harrison
South 23Rd
Westcott
Moore
South 20Th
Ann Ruddick
South 25Th
Paul Davis Jr
South Third
Davis
Gorgeous royal wedding links Greece to Denmark
Anne Marie, heir to Denmark, wed Constantine II in Athens, with 1600 guests as Archbishop Chrysostomos officiated. The ceremony featured a long bridal train and six bridesmaids, amid a national holiday and imperial procession through a sunlit Athens. Constantine plans a private honeymoon as rulers and royalty from Europe looked on.
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Garetha
Sweden
Ingrid
Constantine
Chrysostomos
Greece
Alexei
Moscow
Russia
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Bride
Frederik
Denmark
Anne-Marie
Mt. Lycabetus
Athens
Paul
Cyprus
Anna-Maria
Unemployed Sit to Starve Off Appetite in Cyprus
Unemployed workers on Cyprus reportedly spend all day sitting to suppress appetite. The passage notes the need to avoid stimulating hunger while idle. The remark reflects hardship and social conditions amid limited relief. Marconi achieved transatlantic radio signaling for the first time on December 12, 1901.
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Cyprus
Marconi
Atlantic Ocean
Humble Oil Plans Evansville Area Office Move
Humble Oil & Refining Co announces a new Evansville Indiana area production office to coordinate operations in Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Michigan with J S Bottler Jr as area production manager The Evansville office expected to be activated by January 1 1965 moving about 65 employees and consolidating Chicago and St Elmo Carmi Illinois offices while field units stay at current localities The Oak Brook Illinois office will coordinate marketing in the 18 state Central Region Editors Note Vernon was among cities considered for the area office.
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Humble Oil & Refining Company
Evansville
Indiana
J. S. Bottler, Jr
Humble
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
Chicago
St. Elmo
Carmi
Oak Brook
Vernon
Insurance Men Hear Broyles at Central Illinois Underwriters Meet
Senator Broyles of Mt. Vernon addressed the Central Southern Illinois Association of Life Underwriters on Communism and its impact on Americans. He cited FBI Director J Edgar Hoover as backing his statements with factual proof and recalled his long fight against Communism dating to 1949 and 1957. Vern Bond welcomed members and urged support for a strong year. The Life Association includes men from various companies dedicated to improving service to policyholders and clients.
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Central Southern Illinois Association of Life Underwriters
Broyles
Mt. Vernon
J. Edgar Hoover
America
Vern Bond
Life Association
Goldwater charges LBJ as big spender in heated rally
Goldwater blasted Lyndon Johnson as the wildest spender during a late night appearance in New Orleans Tulane Stadium drawing 25 000 to 30 000. He linked Johnson to the Bobby Baker scandal saying Baker haunts the election and the White House itself while aides feared crowd trouble in Greenville forced him to skip an airport reception.
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Goldwater
Greenville
Paul F. Wagner
New Orleans
Tulane
Johnson
Bobby Baker
White House
Waltonville Miners Plan Big Picnic At Eagles Park
Waltonville mine workers and management join Local Union 9111 for the first annual mine picnic at Eagles Park Herrin on Sunday September 20 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. About 700 to 1,000 people expected with $3,000 funding split equally by union and company. Activities include rides, food, band Top Hat, prizes, and safety incentive talks aimed at better labor management relations.
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Waltonville
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Union 9111
U.M.W. of A
Eagles Park
Herrin
Chicago
Frank Nugent
Gene Taylor
Herrin Vfw
Taylor
Orient No. 3
John Garski
Floyd Watts
Jerry Swanson
al Chiaventone
John Steckenrider
Births in Hobart and Kell and Dahlgren families
Mr. and Mrs. Billy M. Horton welcome son Barry William born Thursday at Porter Memorial Hospital Valparaiso weighing eight pounds one and a half ounces. Grandparents are W. W. Colvin Mt. Vernon and Woodrow Horton Belle Rive. great grandmother Pearl Horton Belle Rive. Larry Alvis Kell parent of son born last night at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds three ounces. Arthur V. Karcher Dahlgren parents of daughter Melinda Renee born at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds three and a half ounces.
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Billy M. Horton
Broadman Tr. Park
Hobart
Ind
Porter Memorial Hospital
Val Paraiso
Barry William
W. W. Colvin
Mt. Vernon
Woodrow Horton
Belle Rive
Pearl Horton
Larry Alvis
Kell
Good Samaritan Hospital
Arthur V. Karcher
Dahlgren
Melinda Renee
African Paintings On Display Here Saturday
Original oil paintings by a West Africa born artist, discovered by a French mentor in Paris, will be shown starting Saturday at 9 30 a m in the Security Bank of Mt Vernon lobby. Selections include canvases in varied sizes drawn by a six year old on a beach using sand as canvas.
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Security Bank of
Mt. Vernon
Africa
Sam
Confo
Paris
France
Joe Sutton
Ie Vernon Nise
Lee Mw
Sutton
Marvin Powers
GOP Welcome For Thurmond In Senate Move
Washington AP report notes Sen. Strom Thurmond announced switching from the Democratic Party to support Sen. Barry Goldwater for president. Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen praised Thurmond as courageous and urged welcoming other Democrats who seek more effective service under the Republican banner.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
Barry Goldwater
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Thurmond
Scott Carpenter Promoted and Named Executive Assistant
Washington AP report says astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit Earth, is promoted from Navy lieutenant commander to commander. He will also serve as executive assistant to Robert R. Gilruth, director of the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.
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Washington
M. Scott Carpenter
Navy
Robert R. Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Macomb to Get 5 Million Plant in Illinois
DETROIT AP Federal-Mogul-Bower plans a 5 million dollar plant at Macomb Illinois to produce cylindrical roller bearings. The facility will serve Midwest construction and farm equipment firms. Construction begins in October with completion expected by late 196. The plant will create about 500 jobs.
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Detroit
Federal- Mogul-Bower, Inc
Macomb
Ill
Midwest Construction
Hospital Notes and Good Samaritan Admissions
Jefferson Memorial reports admissions for Albert Cyril Mas chger Jerry Lynn Hafstetter of Waltonville David Michael McKee of Ina and discharges including Mickey McDonald James William Dunlap Mrs Wanda Butler and baby Mark Allen Mrs Marie Hawkins and baby David Leon Good Samaritan lists admissions Lawton Charles Spangler Vella Lorean Tedrow Sadie Bell Etheridge Betty Jean Belt Carol Ann Belt Alice Ruth Peacock Frank Nelson Shields Joseph Patrick Bradigan Discharges Anna Belle Beckham Karen Elaine Gibson Betty Sue Reece Norma Jean Kash Reba Mae Adams Cindy Elaine Cochran Martha Evelyn McKenzie Earl Woodworth Norma Sharon Bowles Donna Jean Robertson.
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Jefferson Memorial
Albert Cyril Maschger
Jerry Lynn Hafstetter
Waltonville
David Michael McKee
Ina
Mickey McDonald
James William Dunlap
Wanda Butler
Mark Allen
Marie Hawkins
David Leon
Good Samaritan
Lawton Charles Spangler
Vella Lorean Tedrow
Sadie Bell Etheridge
Betty Jean Belt
Carol Ann Belt
Alice Ruth Peacock
Frank Nelson Shields
Joseph Patrick Bradigan
Anna Belle Beckham
Karen Elaine Gibson
Betty Sue Reece
Norma Jean Kash
Reba Mae Adams
Cindy Elaine Cochran
Martha Evelyn McKenzie
Earl Woodworth
Norma Sharon Bowles
Donna Jean Robertson
Ford Agrees To UAW Pact Like Chrysler
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers reached an in principle agreement paralleling Chrysler’s pact with improved retirement benefits, paid time, vacation, holidays, and wage and benefit increases. The deal includes enhanced health coverage, Christmas bonus provisions, and concrete steps to keep Ford competitive with Chrysler. No general wage increase before 1965, but full premium coverage begins next month for life and disability, with hospital surgical medical insurance for retirees starting November.
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A. F. Mahan
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
UAW
Malcolm Denise
Ford
Denise
Chrysler Corp
Sup Perienter
Aristmas
Bth Graf
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Barre
Mt. Vernon Monument Co
Salem Rd
Mt. Vernon, Ill
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Gop
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Glendall Davis
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