Deaths Fred L Harris 79 Vernon Man Dies Thursday
Fred L Harris 79 of Letzekorn Nursing Home died at 7 p m Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital He was born in Franklin County on November 1888 to Henry and Elizabeth Man ris Harris He married Marie Duncan who preceded him in death He is survived by son Darrell Indianapolis Ind daughters Dorris Davis Mt Vernon and Betty Gilliam s Waterloo New York two brothers the Rev Earl Harris Pinckneyville and Harry Harris New Orleans La two sisters Mrs Pearl Porter Inn and Mrs Ruth Fields Ewing seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Sunday at Williams Chapel Church near Ewing with Rev Howard Chapman officiating Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery Albion Friends may call after 6 p m Saturday at Johnston Funeral Home Whittington
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Fred L. Harris
Vernon
Letzekorn Nursing Home
Good Samaritan Hospital
Harris
Franklin County
Henry
Elizabeth Manis Harris
Marie Duncan
Darrell
Indianapolis
Ind
Dorris Davis
Mt. Vernon
Betty Gilliams
Waterloo
New York
Earl Harris
Pinckneyville
Harry Harris
New Orleans
Pearl Porter
Inn
Ruth Fields
Ewing
Williams Chapel
Howard Chapman
Graceland Cemetery
Albion
Johnston Funeral
Whittington
Clara Scudamore dies at 89 in Wayne City
Mrs. Clara Beth Scudamore, 89, of Wayne City, died at 8 10 a.m. Thursday at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Richardson Chapel in Wayne City with Rev. Charles Webb officiating. Burial in Thomason cemetery. She was born January 6, 1879, in Wayne County, daughter of Norman and Rosa Koontz. Survived by two daughters Vera Bierman of Oklahoma City and Dean Frey of Chicago, and a sister Hattie McRill of Wayne City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Beth Scudamore
Wayne City
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Richardson Chapel
Charles Webb
Thomason Cemetery
Scudamore
Wayne County
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharged Patients
In Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan notes, multiple patients are listed as admitted or discharged. Names include Mary Ellen Rawls Leona Karch Ruth Ann Smith Lillian Richmond Kinhard Huggins Leland Lockwood Michael Allan Melton Shirley Morgan Sharon Gail Leyva Shirley Wich Ciordon Nietcalf Lila Piercy John Nichelson James Dubois Letha Williford Edgar Starkey William Wheeler Marvin Baker Janice Scarbrough Sadie Cots Woodlawn William Ashbough William Beppler Jeffrey Wright Alta Peterson Lonnie Green and others with addresses in Mt Vernon Bluford and surrounding areas.
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Jefferson Memorial
Mary Ellen Rawls
Dahlgren
Leona Karch
Opdyke
Ruth Ann Smith
Salem
Clifford Fields, Sr
North Atd
William Sweeten
Hickory Grove Manor
Lillian Richmond
Crownview
Kinhard Huggins
Herbert
Leland Lockwood
South 20Th
Michael Allan Melton
Shirley Morgan
Mt. Vernon
Sharon Gail Leyva
Briarwood
Shirley Wich
Circle Drive
Ciordon Nietcalf
Bonnie
Lila Piercy
South 22Nd
John Nichelson
South 7Th
James Dubois
South 13Th
Letha Williford
Wilkins
Edgar Starkey
William Wheeler
Sadie Cots
Woodlawn
William Ashbough
South
William Beppler
Jeffrey Wright
Newby
Paul
Bluford
Alta Peterson
Lonnie Green
Liman
Pony Bridle Stolen From Trailer In Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon police report a pony bridle stolen from a trailer parked out the rear of John Hatchett s home on Hh Conger Avenue. No suspects named and no injuries reported.
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Mt. Vernon
John Hatchett
Hh Conger Avenue
Executor's Claim Date Notice for Hattie M Reed Estate
The Estate of Hattie M Reed declares Monday November 4 1968 as the claim date. All claims against the decedent's estate must be filed by that date without summons. Paul W Reed Executor. Joe Frank Allen Attorney Mt Vernon City Building Mt Vernon Wing 244 0025.
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Hattie M. Reed
Paul W. Reed
Joe Frank Allen
Mt. Vernon City
Mt. Vernon
Accident Near Opayke Reported on Rt 480
State police BuQuoin reported an automobile crash on Rt 480 one mile southeast of Opdyke at 12 45 p m Thursday. The vehicles were driven by Phyllis Parry 53 of Dahlgren and Helen XI Folt 48 of Providence Ky No injuries were reported.
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Rt 480
Opdyke
Phyllis Parry
Dahlgren
Helen XI
Folt
Providence
Births in the area at Good Samaritan and beyond
Mr and Mrs Charles Church of 716 South 18th welcomed a son at 12 51 in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds seven ounces. Mr and Mrs Larry Burkett of 724 South 17th welcomed a daughter at 9 22 Thursday morning weighing seven pounds nine ounces. Mr and Mrs Thomas Payne of Bluford welcomed a daughter at 9 12 Thursday weighing six pounds three and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Arthur Buesking of 500 South 20th welcomed a daughter at 2 22 in Good Samaritan weighing eight pounds 15 ounces. Mr and Mrs Phillip Howrey of 1601 South 14th welcomed a son at 2 25 Thursday weighing seven pounds ten ounces. Mr and Mrs Glen Eveland of 208 Rohm Place Roxana Ill welcomed a son Jeffrey Robert born September 16 at Alton Memorial weighing six pounds 11 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs P E Bryant and Mr and Mrs Bud Eveland of Dix and Great T E Bryant of Dix and Mrs Myrah Knapp of Cerro Gordo Tl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Church
South 18Th
Good Samaritan Hospital
Larry Burkett
South 17Th
Good Samaritan Hosital
Thomas Payne
Bluford
Arthur Buesking
South 20Th
Phillip Howrey
South 14Th
Glen Eveland
Rohm Place
Roxana
Alton Memorial Hospital
Jeffrey Robert
P. E. Bryant
Bud Eveland
Dix
T. E. Bryant
Myrah Knapp
Cerro Gordo, Tl
Allies Repel Two Attacks Amid Heavy Losses Near Da Nang
U S troops repelled two enemy assaults with helicopter gunships and artillery, reporting 32 enemy dead and 12 U S killed or wounded in a day of intense fighting around Tay Ninh and Da Nang. In the Mekong Delta and near Go Cong, South Vietnamese and U S forces also clashed, with casualties on both sides. Navy pilots credited with downing a MIG, the 110th recorded shootdown, as air battles continued along the 19th parallel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Tay Ninh
da Nang
Tth Regiment
U.S. Americal
Regiow
Mekong
Saigon
Go Cong
Navy
Anthony J. Narvi
Clifton
Hog market prices at Mt Vernon mixed today
Markets Mt Vernon Hog Market prices paid until 12 30 p m today were down. The top was 19 25 20 50 and 20 75 for 210 and 240 lb meat type hogs. Lows were 15 25 and 17 25. Boars were 12 50 and 13 50. After 12 30 today prices will be based on next days prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted at Market Morning
Mt Vernon market report lists grain prices for today with Wheat at 1.02 Soybeans at 2.37 and Corn showing a 5 percent unspecified figure. Indicators suggest a partial quotation with missing data on corn.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis market update on egg grades and weights
AP report from St Louis on consumer grades for eggs and hens. Details include large and medium egg weights, wholesale grades, and fryer pricing. Markets show standard and unclassified ranges with notes on heavy hens and weight classifications.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Grades and Butter and Cars Scores
Chicago CHICAGO AP report shows butter grades with scores AA 68 percent and AA 68 percent for 93, 92 A 68 percent, 90 B 67 percent, 89 C 61 percent. Cars rated 90 B 67 percent. Eyes grade A whites 50, mediums 49, standards 39.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Grain Prices From Chicago Market Report
Chicago grain prices list wheat No 2 yellow hard at 1.22 percent. No 2 soft red at 1.16 percent. corn No 2 yellow 1.09. oats No 2 extra heavy white 62.14. soybeans No 1 yellow 2.6044. soybean oil 7.75.
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Chicago
Livestock quotes at National Stockyards Illinois
National Stockyards Illinois reports Monday estimates for hogs cattle calves and sheep. Hogs 6 000 barrows gilts 210 240 20 50 20 85 per 100 pounds. Cattle 300 calves 30 cows 16 00 17 50. Sheep 100 spring lambs 26 50 27 00 and 25 00 26 50 for smaller weights.
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National Stockyards
Mixed Wall Street dip and gains at noon broad market
Wall Street opened with mixed results as turnover neared six million shares in two hours. The Dow fell 0.06 to 923.92, while the AP 6-stock average slipped 0.1 to 343.7 as 15 most active issues showed 8 advances and 7 declines. Delta Air Lines led gains in early blocks, with El Paso Natural Gas and Gillette among notable movers.
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NEW York
el Paso Natural Gas
Delta Air Lines
Gillette
Colgate-Palmolive
Associated Press
Pacific Southwest Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
McGraw Hill
INA Corp
Occidental Petroleum
National — General
Great American Holding
Bethlechem
Republic
Jones & Laughlin
ULS
Ford
American Stock — Exchange
Red Foley Dies in Fort Wayne Motel Death
Fort Wayne, AP reports country star Red Foley died of water logged lungs after a heart rhythm disturbance in a motel room. Foley, 49, known for Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy and Peace in the Valley, had toured Fort Wayne just days earlier and held multiple hits across radio and television.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Red Foley
Chattanooga
Gordon Franke
Allen County
Foley
Franke
Clyde Julian Foley
Berea
Country Music Hall of Fame
Floyd Collins
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Gene Autry
National Bar Dance
Sears & Roebuck
Conqueror
Roy Acuff
The
Opry
Sally
Tennessee
Hollywood
Mr. Smith
Washington
Pauline
Betty
Iva
Pat Boone
Shirley
Julie
Jennie
Springfield
Humphrey Challenges Nixon Again In National Push
Campaign dispatch recounts Humphrey's rebuke to hecklers and a renewed challenge to Nixon for a debate. Nixon proposes a cabinet with diverse party members. McGovern endorses Humphrey in Sioux Falls while Muskie laments crowd sizes and organization. Agnew warns against union dues used politically. Phillips backs Humphrey. Maddox hints at wife running for governor in 1970.
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Humphrey
Nixon
Springfield
Gallup
Boston
Sioux Falls
S. D
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Ill
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
GOP
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Lawrence F. O Brien
Channing FE. Phillips
Washington, D.C
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Virginia
Wallace
Alabama
Chessman Judge Gets Sirhan Case
Los Angeles AP reports Sirhan Bishara Sirhan will be tried before Judge Herbert V. Walker, a longtime Los Angeles criminal jurist noted for upholding the death penalty. Walker, named presiding judge for the trial set to start Nov 1, has a storied history including presiding over the Chessman case and a 12 day ACLU death penalty hearing in 1967. Walker, dean of LA criminal judges and a 1953 appointee of Gov. Warren, is also an Episcopal lay leader with civic roles and a son practicing in Santa Ana.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennerly
Herbert V. Walker
Los Angeles County
Walker
Daryl Chessman
Chessman
Earl Warren
U.S
Criminal Courts Bar Association
American Civil Liberties Union
Geral Gottlieb
ACLU
San Francisco
University of Southern California Law School
Dist
Fred N. Howser
Superior Court
Herbert W. Walker
Jan
Santa Ana
Vandals Strike Bonnie House
Carl Milliken reports vandals destroyed and stole contents of his Bonnie home on Rt 4 Mt. Vernon. deputies note a vacant Rt 1 Bonnie house also broken into with rug pad and drapes taken. no property value provided.
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Carl Milliken
Rt. 4
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Bill Hill
Mrs Wallace named to head cancer society in Mt Vernon
In Mt Vernon a local cancer society meeting announced Mrs. Wallace named to lead the society. The board highlighted a $12 million in new buildings over six years and projected $20 million in forthcoming private and public enterprise construction in six years. The Crusade total for 1968 reached $11,080.80 with extensive solicitation across businesses homes and organizations. District 6 fall meeting set for October 29 at First Baptist church Mt Vernon.
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Lewis
Mt. Vernon
Yesteryears
Heim
Alan Anderson
Robert Puntney
Wayne Shull
George Engelmann
C. M. Dixon
Bobbie Teyebaugh
Wallace
American Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
Good Samaritan Hospital
Wallaces
Ivy
Scott
Robert Schalter
District 6
First Baptist
Diploma Night Classes for High School Dropouts
Mt. Vernon township high school hosts a meeting on Monday September 23 at 6 30 pm in Room 306A to discuss starting special adult classes for credit toward earning a high school diploma. Classes meet two nights weekly for 120 hours and may earn one or two credits. Guidance director can provide more information.
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Mt. Vernon Township High School
Russians Send Rocket Around Moon
The Soviet space probe Zond 5 flew around the moon and resumed data relay with ground stations. Tass reported a 1,200 mile minimum distance, noting normal equipment operation and ongoing information processing. The unmanned craft, launched last Sunday, adjusted its path to study lunar area characteristics and circled the moon on Wednesday.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Coordination Computing Center
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodrell Bank Space Observatory
Carard
Illinois Boy Rescued by FBI Agents
FBI agents rescued 15 year old Hillard after an abduction in Oak Brook Illinois. Neighbors saw him enter a car described as black and green with a vinyl top and four ransom calls followed. Investigators linked the case to two men arrested who may have known the family on Chicago's South Side.
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Hillard
William Marks
FBI
Marin
Marks
Oak Brook
Circuit Court Fines Listed for Various Driving Offenses
Circuit Court fines were assessed to several individuals including George P. Mays of Mt. Vernon for illegal transportation of fi cuoy and reckless driving at 25 dollars each. William T. Duffer of Chicago paid 10 dollars for following too closely, Mabel K. Wood of Perkins 14 dollars for speeding, Charles A. Bruce of Mt. Vernon 20 dollars for no valid operator's license, Gibson L. Petties of south 7th street 15 dollars for careless driving, Jesse J. Ross of Mt. Vernon 20 dollars for public intoxication, Webster Killebrew of Evansville Indiana 15 dollars for no valid reciprocity plate, Kelsie 4H Harper of Nashville Arkansas 25 dollars for careless driving, and Geoffrey A. Cropper of Fairfield 10 dollars for driving too fast for conditions.
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George P. Mays
Mt. Vernon
William T. Duffer
Chicago
Mabel K. Wood
Perkins
Charles A. Bruce
Rt. 3
Gibson L. Petties
South 7Th Street
Jesse J. Ross
Webster Killebrew
Evansville
Ind
Kelsie
Harper
Nashville
Ark
Geoffrey A. Cropper
Fairfield
Runaway Girl Caught Here
A 16 year old girl who ran away from her home in Paducah Kentucky was picked up by Mt Vernon police last night. Officers said she was returned to her home.
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Paducah
Mt. Vernon
A I and A M Mt Vernon Lodge Holds Special Meeting
The A I and A M Mt Vernon Lodge No. 31 will hold a special meeting Friday September 20 at 7:30 p.m. Work in the third degree. Brethren urged to attend. Charles Rainey W M Brian Weld Sec.
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A.I
A.M. Mt. Vernon Lodge
Charles Rainey
Brian Weld
Hope Cemetery Association to Meet at Hope School
The Hope Cemetery Association will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday September 21 at the Hope School Building. Sharon Fowler secretary.
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Hope Cemetery Association
Hope School
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Clara Scudamore
Samaritan
Marvin Baker
Mt Vernon
Janice Scarbrough
Opayke
Vinh
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Mt. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
Oo Indus
Lambert Street
Salem Road
Wilshire Drive
Chester Lewis
17Th Street
Lambert
17Th
17Th West
Wilshire
Sirhan
Bonnie House
56Th and Broadway
Neal Bros. Roofing CO
Broadwnay
Midwest Rfg
Moon
Register-News
Michael Glenn Kell
Airport Road
Fairfield Road
Bel-Aire
Douglas
Marteeno
Cessna Lane
Stinson Drive
Mike
Glenn Kell
Summersville School
Young Kell
Mike Kell
Illinois
Circuit Court
Owen
A. M
Sharon Fowler
Secy
M.F.A
Lelan
Finsurance
Lelan Carr
Wal’ville Rd
Bob
Bob Williams
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