Obituary of Sylvester Leffner of Nashville
Sylvester Steve Leffner 48 of Nashville died Friday at Washington County Hospital. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Monday at St Michael’s Radom with Rev. Ksycki. burial in St Michael’s cemetery. Rosary 8 p.m. Sunday. Born December 27 1920 in Ashley. survived by wife Leona, daughter Janet Ann, five brothers and three sisters and a grandchild. Graveside rites by American Legion Post 127 Nashville.
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Sylvester Steve Leffner
Nashville
Washington County Hospital
St. Michael's Church
Radom
Stanley Ksycki
St. Michael's Cemetery
Kringer
Ashley
Mr. Leffner
August
Rose
Gajewski) Leffner
Leona Borowiak
Janet Ann
Frank
Richard
St. Louis
Felix
Wood Dale
Ill
Edward and
Nick
Rites Sunday for Pearl Hutchison Retired Grocer
Funeral services for Pearl Hutchison 76 will be at Central Church of Christ with ministers Hugh York and Stuart York officiating. Burial is Oakwood cemetery. Mrs Hutchison born July 12 1893 in Jefferson county operated Hutchison Farm Market until retirement. Survived by Lillie Olin wife three sons Harold Olin Malcolm Ray and one daughter six grandchildren and several sisters. She died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Pearl Hutchison
Pearl
Hutchison
Central Church of Christ
Hugh York
Stuart York
Oakwood Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mr. Hutchison
South 18Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jefferson County
Henry Douglas
Nevada (Gorham) Hutchison
Lillie Olin
Harold Hutchison
Mt. Vernon
Olin Hutchison
Laguna Beach Calif
Malcolm Ray Hutchison
Kenosha
Wis
Beula Jester
Ethel Hassakis
Ora Avritt
Death notice for Anna M. Sullivan 85
Anna M. Sullivan 85 of 1603 College avenue died at 2 10 am at Good Samaritan Hospital. Services 1 30 pm Monday at Myers Chapel with burial in Mt Etna cemetery Franklin county. Survivors include son Orville and four daughters plus eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Anna M. Sullivan
1603
College Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Clyde Funkhouser
Mt. Etna
Franklin County
Sullivan
George
Matilda (Thacker) Manis
Millard Sullivan
Pinkneyville
Euvera Wade
Decatur
Emogene Nesheim
Barrington
Mrs. Vernon Mendenall Dies in Indiana Car Crash
Funeral services were held in Decatur for Alberta Mendenall wife of former Vernon resident Vernon Mendenall. She was killed on Wednesday in an automobile accident in Terre Haute Indiana and was 44 years old.
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Decatur
Alberta Mendenall
Vernon
Vernon Mendenall
R L Robinson Dies At Age 43 Mt Vernon Native
Richard L Robinson 43 of Moro Illinois native of Mt Vernon died at Alton Hospital. Funeral at Smith Funeral Home Bethal with viewing after 7 PM. Survived by wife Minnie six sons Christy daughter a brother two sisters mother and grandfather. Preceded in death by brother Jack L Robinson.
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R. L. Robinson
Mt. V
Richard L. Robinson
Moro, Ill
Mt. Vernon
Alton Hospital
Smith Funeral Home
Bethalto
Mr. Robinson
Waltonville High School
Carlos
Pauline (Shultz) Robinson
Minnie Morris
Roy Lee
Roxanna
Bruce Alan
David Wayne
Jeffrey Lynn
Steven Ray
Paul Glen
Christy
Voris
Chicago
Charline Adams
Centralia
Estelle, Snider
Steve Shultz
Jack L. Robinson
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
Admit Eugene Curtis Grothoff of Op dyke. Discharges include Mrs. Linda Sue Miller and baby Laura Jane Scheller. Also listed are many residents and visitors such as Dean French Nancy Hoffmann Tyan Clark Jewell Wells Charles Lenard Ruth Ackley Ed Staley Ruth Jane Reece Lola Wood Leona Manne Tony Cates Stanley Borowski Herman Riley Cletis Berry Brian Hampton Magdalene Hamner Brenda Russell Beverly Gaines Alene Quinn James Horner Homer Wood among others in the area.
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Jefferson Memorial
Eugene Curtis Grothoff
Opdyke
Linda Sue Miller
Laura Jane, Scheller
Dean French
McLeanshoro
Nancy Hoffmann
Wilshire
Tyan Clark
George
Jewell Wells
Magnolia
Charles Lenard
Dahlgren
Ruth Ackley
Dix
Ed Staley
Bluford
Ruth Jane Reece
North
Lola Wood
Hickory View
Leona Manne
Tony Cates
Stanley Borowski
Kansas City
Herman Riley
Cletis Berry
Cisne
Brian Hampton
Magdalene Hamner
Brenda Russell
Perkins
Beverly Gaines
Taylor
Alene Quinn
James Horner
Salem
Homer Wood
Mental Health Group To Meet Here Monday
The Mental Health Association will meet Monday September 22 at 7 30 p m at the Mt Vernon Tuberculosis Sanitarium Louis Moore Salem division officer of Children and Family service will be guest speaker He will speak on the needs of young people with various types of emotional problems.
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The
Mental Health Association
Mt. Vernon
Louis Moore
Salem Division
Children and Family Service
Robinson Not Litton Employee
Ronnie Robinson, whose picture appeared in the Register-News after his first solo airplane flight, is an employee of Wilson Cabinet Manufacturing Co. and not Litton's Ambulance Service as previously reported.
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Ronnie Robinson
Register- News
Wilson Cabinet Manufacturing Co
Litton
Births in Bluford Dahlgren and Logan area Sept 19
Mr and Mrs Milton Burns Route 2 Bluford welcomed a son at 7 20 Friday morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds 12 ounces. Mr and Mrs Claude Porter 1600 Wescott welcomed a son at 7 50 Friday morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds 11 1/2 ounces. Mr and Mrs Larry Nice Dahlgren welcomed a daughter at 6 13 Friday evening in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds 1 ounce. Mr and Mrs Everett Welch 2309 Logan welcomed a son at 2 17 Friday afternoon in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds 7 1/2 ounces.
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Milton Burns
Route 2
Bluford
Good Samaritan Hospital
Claude Porter
Wescott
Larry Nice
Dahlgren
Everett Welch
Logan
Panel Rules Sharon Tate Killings Involved Multiple Killers
A two psychiatrists and a psychologist panel says the Tate slayings at Bel Air involved more than one killer and drugs were involved. The coroner noted uncertainty about motive while dismissing sex as a factor and considered a possible death ritual but said a single killer is unlikely.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Bel Air
Thomas Noguchi
Noguchi
Miss Tate
Roman Polansky
Jay Sebring
Abigail Folger
Woitych Fro
Frederick Hacker
Robert Littman
Norman Farberow
TV Set and Jewelry Stolen from Mt V Home
Thieves ransacked the Mt V home of Debby Carey at 222 South 18th Street. Stolen items include a portable TV valued at 229 dollars a ladies wrist watch a set of wedding rings a billfold a costume jewelry and a quantity of phonograph records later found abandoned at 17th and Casey.
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Debby Carey
South 18Th Street
17Th and
Casey
Weather Summary for Mt. Vernon and Surrounding Areas
Friday forecast shows a high of 74 and a low of 55 in Mt. Vernon. Rainfall to date in 1969 reaches 34.36 inches. One year ago today the high was 6 and the low 58, five years ago 87 and 65, and ten years ago 4 and ?. Sunday sunrise is 5:46 and sunset 6:00. CST.
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Mt. Vernon
Mayors Dedicate Bay Area Transit Tube Underwater
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Ali cio and Oakland Mayor John Reading spoke at a ribbon cutting 89 feet beneath San Francisco Bay to dedicate the 3.6 mile underwater Bay Area Rapid Transit tube. The $90 million segment opens with later $50 million for electrification ventilation and train control before first riders in mid 1972, per district officials.
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San Francisco
Oakland
San Francisco Bay
Transbay
Bay Area
Yom Kippur Observance Across Jewish Sects
Yom Kippur begins at sundown Sunday September 21 and ends at sundown Monday as Jews observe the Day of Atonement. Reform Conservative and Orthodox communities fast pray and reflect on ten days of self examination with Kol Nidre prayers and the shofar marking the end. In Mt Vernon area services are at United Hebrew Temple of Southern Illinois in Benton.
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Mt. Vernon
United Hebrew Temple of
Southern Illinois
Benton
Waltonville FFA members win top honors in Salem show
Waltonville youths Wendell Norris and Dale Williams received multiple blue ribbons and high ratings at the Section 21 Future Farmers of America fair in Salem. Norris earned an a rating with blue ribbons for a Hereford steer and calf while Williams earned three blue ribbons with A ratings and a showmanship trophy. Report by Waltonville FFA reporter John Kowalski.
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Waltonville
Future Farmers of America
Salem
Wendell Norris
Dale Williams
John Kowalski
FFA
Mt Vernon Chamber Schedules Three Meetings
Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce sets three meetings for Monday and Tuesday. President Donald Shafer of King City Retailers Association will discuss fall promotions and a welcome for 700 Jefferson county educators. A city county beautification committee plans Fire Prevention Week activities and a talk by Manford Logan on state game farm expansion. A Chamber personnel meeting will tour Made O Day plant hosted by Harry Walter, with Centralia and Fairfield members attending followed by dinner.
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Mt. Vernon
Sydney Burnett
Manford Logan
Herbert St
Harry Walter
Centralia
Fairfield
Lawrence
Bluford Man Hurt In Four Vehicle Collision East Of Mt. Vernon
Tony Cates 21 of Bluford suffered minor injuries when four cars and a pickup collided on Route 15 a mile and a half east of Mt. Vernon at 9 15 last night. He was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital and released. Other drivers were Rope White 45 Lester Breeze 76 Denny Robinson 17 and Dave Schumm 19 all from nearby towns. all vehicles except Schumm’s sustained major damage.
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New Route 15
Mt. Vernon
Tony Cates
Bluford
Good Samaritan Hospital
Rope White
Lester Breeze
Denny Robinson
Dave
Arrest Youth In Break In Attempt Here
Police apprehended a juvenile after a break in attempt at Jim's Billiards on Jordan Street. Officers reported two boys broke the front glass with a hammer. one fled but was caught and held in jail. No charges filed as of morning.
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Jordan Street
Firemen Respond to Truck Blaze on South 13th Street
Firefighters were called yesterday to 1221 South 13th Street to control a blaze in a truck owned by Luther Hatchcraft. They reported rubbish ignited in the truck and destroyed a canvas cover.
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South 13Th Street
Luther Hatchcraft
Small Clashes Mark Day Amid Vietnam War Actions
U S troops reported half a dozen minor clashes in 24 hours with two helicopters shot down. Ground fighting killed 47 enemy. one American killed and seven wounded in rocket and mortar attacks. B 52s flew six missions dropping 150 tons on North Vietnamese base camps near the DMZ. A POW said he infiltrated with about 300 North Vietnamese from Laos and Cambodia. Officials foresee a winter spring offensive aiming to maximize American casualties and disrupt South Vietnamese authority.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Dix Driver Is Hurt In Accident
A Dix motorist suffered a minor injury in a one car crash near Forrest Brown Road and Richview Road at 2:00 a.m. Larry Tinsley, 21, of Dix, was treated and released from Good Samaritan Hospital after his car left the road and struck a ditch.
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Forrest Brown Road
Richview Road
Larry Tinsley
Dix
Tinsley
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vandals Break Store Window At Sears on Broadway
Reported vandalism at the Sears Roebuck store 819 Broadway led to police involvement. Names listed include Donald Wayne Williamson Belle Rive Rebecca Jane Hines Belle Rive William Noyes Perkins Jr Camp Lejeune Karen Lynn Pentecost Mt. Vernon Terry Lee Atchison Mt. Vernon Theresa Dawn Ellis Mt. Vernon Clarence Eugene Hensley San Fernando Betty Gish Mt. Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Sears Roebuck and Co
Broadway
Donald Wayne Williamson
Route 2
Belle Rive
Rebecca Jane Hines
William Noyes Perkins, Jr
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Karen Lynn Pentecost
Terry Lee Atchison
Thersa Dawn
Ellis
Route 4
Clarence Eugene Hensley
San Fernado
Calif
Betty Gish
Hanoi war tactic shifts press US to speed troop withdrawal
Reports cite captured documents showing three changes in enemy battlefield tactics aimed at stretching Hanoi’s war effort and pressuring the United States to accelerate the withdrawal of American troops.
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Hanoi
United States
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