Death of Vernon Clarence Sprinkle veteran and local businessman
Vernon Clarence Sprinkle 78 of 521 Herbert St died 7 15 p m Wednesday at home. He owned Speedy s Pit Bar B Q on South 10th St and was a World War I veteran. Funeral 2 p m Sunday at A M E Zion Church with Rev Fred Edwards and Rev Homer Hill. burial Oakwood Cemetery. Body in state 7 9 p m Saturday at church. Parker Funeral Home arranging. Survivors include wife Nora a son Hershel White Vincennes Ind a daughter Harriet a brother Lawrence Champaign two sisters Lena Russell Mr Vernon Detroit Mich and several nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents four brothers and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Speedy’ Sprinkle
Herbert St
Speedy
South 10Th Street
A.M.E. Zion
Fred Edwards
Homer Hill
Oakwood Cemetery
Parker
Tlome
Mr. Sprinkle
Carini
James Madison
Sally
Martin) Sprinkle
American Legion Post
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Nora
Hershel White
Vincennes
Harriet
Vernon
Lawrence
Champuien
Lena Russell
Margaret Handy
Detroit
Mich
Alene Holman Whittington Dies at 55 in Benton
Mrs Alene Holman Whittington 55 of Whittington died at 1025 p m Wednesday at Franklin Hospital Benton She born Illinois February 19 1917 daughter of Willis and Gertie Day widow of Lee Solman Rebecca lodge member Funeral at Johnson Funeral Home Whittington Saturday at 1 pm officiated by Rev Ron Burnet Burial Shiloh Cemetery Visitation after 4 pm Friday Survived by husband one son Jim Benton two daughters Margaret Funkhouser Sharpsville Ind and Claudean Fry Hawaii eight grandchildren four great grandchildren and one sister Marie Kingery Sharpsville Ind
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alene Holman
Whittington
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Holmen
Illinois
Willis and
Gertie
Thom‘ason
Lee Sol‘man
Rebecca Lodge
Johnston Funeral Home
Ron Burnet
Shiloh
Holman
Jim
Margaret Ethel Funkhouser
Sharpsville
Ind
Claudean Fry
Hawaii
Marie Kingery
No American Combat Deaths In Vietnam Week For First Time Since 1965
AP reports no American soldiers were killed in action last week in Vietnam marking the first such week in over seven years. Five Americans died from nonhostile causes, seven wounded, and four missing or captured. South Vietnamese casualties total 409 killed and 1,710 wounded amid ongoing offensives. enemy deaths were 4,625 last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Honoi
South Vietnam
Hog market prices for 200 to 240 pound hogs and sows
No. 1 and No. 2 hogs at 28.50 to 29.00, average 200 to 220 lb. Mixed No. 1 and No. 3 at 28.00 to 28.50 for 200 to 240 lb. Sows ranged from 21.50 to 24.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockyards
Market and livestock prices from Mt Vernon and New York
Prices quoted in Mt Vernon include soybeans 3.12, wheat 1.82, corn 1.24 and egg and poultry rates. Livestock receipts at National Stockyards show hogs, cattle, and sheep with varied price ranges. New York stocks open with little change after yesterday's weakness, Dow at 940.25, volume around 12 million NYSE shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
American Stock Exchange
Amex
Damage at 1 64 site aims to halt work shows vandalism
Vandals caused an estimated 10 000 to 15 000 dollars in damage to paving machinery at the 1 64 construction site six miles south of Wayne City near Route 142 over the weekend. Electrical control panels on a paving train were smashed and fuel oil poured into radiators. Harry North, field office manager for F F Mengel Co, said the act appeared targeted to stop work, not random vandalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne City
Rt. 142
Harry North
F. F. Mengel Co
North
Wisconsin
Hospital Notes Hamilton Memorial Visiting How's Admitted and Discharged
Lists admitted and discharged patients across Hamilton Memorial Good Samaritan Jefferson Memorial with visiting hours and patient names addresses and towns including McLeansboro Centralia Mount Vernon Salem Wayne City and other communities. Names include Lewis Crow Cora Sue Yates Marsha Upchurch Mary Oehlert Janet Stewart Theresa Perry and many others with varied street addresses and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Memorial
Lewis Crow
McLeansboro
Cora Sue Yates
Marsha Upchurch
Mary Oehlert
Janet Stewart
Theresa Perry
Good Samaritan
Jesse Becoat
Centralia
Mae Warren
Maple
Donna Bourg
Briarwood
Barbara Cockram
Evan Sinks
Lesser
George Brown
Waltonville
Goldie Finn
Mt. Vernon
Juanita Morgan
Dorothy Smith
Cave-In-Rock
Hogan Hungate
West Frankfort
Oral Pace
Cherry
James Casconi
Kell
Louise Fleckenstein
Dahlgren
Steven Wilson
South 9Th
Ralph
IRS Offers Tax Help Tomorrow in Mt Vernon
The Mt Vernon IRS office will be open 8:00 to 11:30 and 12:15 to 4:45 for in person assistance on September 22. Taxpayers are urged to call 242-6533 for quick answers by phone, as more people use telephone guidance for federal tax questions. The office is located at 611 Casey Ave.
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Mt. Vernon
Tom W. Cooley
IRS
Cooley
Casey Ave
Mt Vernon High Varsity Variety Show Sept 28 and 30
Mt Vernon Township High School presents a two night Variety Show on Thursday September 28 and Saturday September 30. Four masters of ceremonies Nancy Davis Mark Lipps Kay Michel and Mark Payne lead an evening of vocal instrumental dance and comedy. Jim Miller directs with stage lighting effects. Tickets are $1.50 for adults and $1 for students available from speech department students stage crew or at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Nancy Davis
Mark Lipps
Kay Michel
Mark Payne
Jim Miller
Booby Trap Plot Spreads From Amsterdam to Africa
Intelligence reports an international plot to mail booby trapped envelopes to Israeli targets spreading to Africa. Bombs found in Kinshasa embassy box and in Paris London Brussels Geneva Vienna Tel Aviv Montreal and New York. one diplomat died in London. Police pursue alleged Jewish extremist links and arrests risk escalation.
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Africa
North America
Europe
Kinshasa
Zaire
Belgium Congo
Paris
London
Brussels
Geneva
Vienna
Tel Aviv
Montreal
New York
Israel
Amihai Paglin
Irgun
Jewish Defense League
Munich
Amsterdam
New Scott Air Base Commander Named
Lt Gen Paul Carlton was named commander at Scott Air Force Base and nominated for a four star general rank. He will succeed Lt Gen Jay Robbins, who became interim commander after Gen Jack Calion left for Wright Patterson. Carlton leads the Strategic Air Command 15th Air Force at March Air Force Base, California.
SIU Painters Vote Today On Ending Strike
Edwardsville Wisconsin early morning report on painters union voting to end a six day strike. SIU officials sought a temporary injunction but Circuit Court denied the petition. John S Rendlemar campus president notes washing walls would be left to painters. Operating Engineers Local 525 members honor picket lines. Air conditioning ran below capacity.
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Edwardsville
Southern Ilinois University
John S. Rendlemar
A. Andreas Matoosian
Egineers Local 525
Murder at Rock Island leaves two men in focus
In Rock Island Illinois William Diltz 42 was fatally shot. James TD Goodman 37, a roofing contractor and brother in law, was charged with murder after the two quarrelled at Goodman's home. Diltz had arrived from El Cajon California as a temporary resident. He was shot five times with a .38 caliber revolver and Goodman was held without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
William Diltz
James TD. Goodman
Diltz
Rock Island
Goodman
el Cajon
Calif
Wabash River Basin Project Aired Today
Indiana officials outlined state goals for water resource development in the Wabash Basin and Great Lakes Seaway system at the National Waterways Conference. Speakers included Harry M. Mack of Ohio Valley Improvement, Clifford Summers of the Missouri Water Resources Board, and Dr. Harold Marshall of the National Bureau of Standards. The three day conference opened Wednesday with about 330 attendees from across the United States. The conference, founded in 196N, groups 110 waterway related businesses industries and agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Wabash Basin
Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway
Speskus
Harry M. Mack
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Clifford L. Summers
Missouri Water Resources Board
Harold E. Marshall
National Bureau of Standards
United States
Waterways Conference
Mehrhoff to lead new San Francisco Bay Refuge
L A Mehrhoff, longtime Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge manager near Marion Illinois, is named manager of the new 21000 acre San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Announcement by John Findlay, regional director of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service. Mehrhoff is a 1955 University of Arizona graduate with a master’s in range and wildlife management and has held multiple assistant manager posts and refuge leadership roles across Oklahoma New Mexico Missouri Iowa and Illinois before joining Crab Orchard in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
UFI
L. A. Mehrhoff
Crab Orchard
Marion
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
John Findlay
Gian di Aire
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Mehrhoff
University of Arizona
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
Okla
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
N.M
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Mark Twain Wildlife Refuge
Mississippi River
Unidis
Missouri
Iowa
Snce
New San Francisco Refuge
Trains Collide Twice In Illinois Wrecks Claims Life
Passengers on the Burlington Northern Illinois Zephyr were involved in two collisions in Illinois. A tank truck at a crossing west of Mendota exploded after a crash, killing driver James Gallagher. Engineer Robert Thorne and brakeman Dennis Tripp were critically burned.
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Mendota
Ill
UPI
Burlington Northern
Illinois Zephyr
Here
James Gallagher
Ladd
Robert Thorne
Galesburg
Dennis Tripp
Thorne
Tripp
Spring Valley Hospital
Gallagher
Amtrak
Chicago
Berwyn
Circuit Prisoner Portrait of a Life Behind Bars
The piece recounts a prisoner once doomed by the death penalty, later commuted to life, paroled, and finally declared sane again by the Circuit Court in Montgomery County. He reflects on his long road, the artificial limb replacing his own after diabetes complications, and his aim toward Chicago where a 44 year old nightmare began for David Chanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard B. Ogilvie
Montgomery County
Ilinois
Chicago
David Chanks
Stolen 1958 Impala Found Missing From Brehm-Hanna Lot
Salesmen at Brehm-Hanna Chevrolet on 1318 Salem Road reported a 1958 Impala stolen from their lot after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Police were told the vehicle disappeared from the display. Doris Haddock of Boonville, Indiana faced restitution after a $40 bad check delivered to Curry and Johnson on June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brehm - Hanna Chevrolet
Salem Road
Doris Haddock
Boonville
Ind
Curry & Johnson
Main St
Ki-Op Stand Burglarized At Casey Junior High Field
A Casey Junior High student reported a break in at the Ki-Op Athletic Field concession stand near the school. Kiwanis officials alerted by police said a search found nothing missing.
City issues permit for $25,000 residence at Lime Street
Robert Smith received a city permit yesterday to erect a $25,000 residence at 9101 Lime St. The filing confirms the approved location and project scope.
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Robert Smith
Lime St
Fines levied in circuit court on city police tickets
Fines assessed yesterday include David Shelton Bonnie speeding ten dollars, Bruce C. Osborn Nason careless driving ten, Jack E. Laird Opdyke Avenue careless driving fifteen, and Carl E. Hopkins Salem speeding fourteen. State police tickets fined Clifford D. Beal 506 S. 17th Street unauthorized driver thirty five, Sue E. Wolfe 407 North Street speeding fifteen, Paul E. Miller 612 S. 15th Street no valid license thirty five.
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David Shelton
Bonnie
Bruce C. Osborn
Nason
Jack E. Laird
Opdyke Ave
Carl E. Hopkins
Salem
Clifford D. Beal
S. 17Th St
Sue E. Wolfe
North St
Paul E. Miller
S. 15Th St
Thrasher Granted Divorce in Circuit Court
Michael D. Thrasher was granted a divorce from Anna Kay Thrasher in circuit court yesterday. The ruling ends their marriage and finalizes the legal separation between the two parties in the jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael D. Thrasher
Anna Kay Thrasher
Divorce Suit Filed Between Modglins In Circuit Court
Robert Clifford Modglin filed for divorce from Police Modglin in circuit court citing mental cruelty after a 1970 marriage and 1972 separation. They seek custody of two minor children. Two deceit charges were dismissed at the complainant’s request. Terry Warner’s charges were dropped after restitution of a bad check for 115 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Clifford Modglin
Police Modglin
Terry Warner
N. 12Th St
Eula Fisher
Evan Curry
Accountants To Meet Friday In Alton Illinois
The Southern Ilinois Chapter of the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants will hold its September meeting in Alton on Friday September 22 at the Lockhaven Country Club. Glenn Ingram Jr president and Jeannette Cochrane executive director will discuss topics including accounting assistance to minority groups and continuing education for CPAs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants
Alton
Illinois
Lockhaven Country Club
Glenn Ingram, Jr
Jeannette Cochrane
Certified Public Accountants
Two men released on bond in drug case filings
Dana Soloman, 24, of 919 N 11th St, had bond cut from 5000 to 2000 after reduction. He faces possession of instruments for cannabis use by subcutaneous injection and pleaded not guilty. Lynn Easley, 26, of 1200 S 28th St, had bond reduced from 15000 to 5000 on unlawful delivery charges and entered a not guilty plea. James Lockwood, 31, of Mr Vernon, pleaded not guilty to delivery of depressants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana Soloman
N. 11Th St
Soloman
Lynn Easley
S. 28Th St
James Lockwood
Vernon
City Police Probe Auto Accidents Overnight and This Morning
Police reported three separate crashes with Alma J. Williams and Charles Frazier involved in the Park Plaza and South 10th Street incidents. Frazier cited for driving too fast for conditions. A three-car Airport Road crash injured Joanne Slack and Deborah Mullins. Mullins charged with following too close. Slack treated and released from Good Samaritan Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frazier
Columbia Ave
South 10Th Street
Frazier
Airport Road
Joanne P. Slack
Route 7
Deborah K. Mullins
Deborah Mullins
Joanne Slack
Good Samaritan Hospital
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Vietnam
MT. Vernon Grain
ST. Louis
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V.F. W
Sun
S. 8Th
Bennie Bodine
Bishop Court
Darlene Young
South
Raymond Berry
Janice Boughers
Danielle Hughey
June Irvin
Gerald Wayne
Belle Rive
Frances Having
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Robert Keith
Norris City
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David Wayne
Woodlawn
Jewel Thompson
Irene Quinn
College
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Aughley
Billy Petersen
Opdyke
Raymond Hannibique
Everett Mathus
Jefferson Memorial
John Mack
Broadway
Lana Schubach
Ashley
Flossie Humphrey
South 24Th
Wilson Crawford
Dix
Douglas Smith
Eleanor Marshall
Helen Starr
Daniel Wilson
East St. Louis
Arlene Warren
Reba Gale Lisenby
David Hill
Stonefort
Roger Melton
Clifford Dale Beal
South 17Th
Lyman Draper
South 25Th
Verna K. Anderson
THE
Associated Press
New Scott Air Base
SIU
Ralph Melton
Margaret
Wabash
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Reg
Hamburger
Register-News
Circuit Court
Bill
Bill Kniffen
Alma J. Williams
Nora St
John F. Storment
S.W. Crescent Dr
Park Plaza
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Mae Davis
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O’ Jays
Hollies
Gary Glitter
Brandy—Looking Glass
Honky Cat
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You
AI Green the Guitar Man
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GO All
Rasberries
Ben
Michael Jackson
Power OF Love
Joe Simon
Beautiful Sunday
Daniel Boone
Sonny James
Jerry Wallace
Loretta Lynn
Billy “Crash” Craddick
Tammy Wynette
George James
Mel Tillis
Faron Young
Joe Stampley
Oney
Johnny Cash
Connie Smith
Buck Owens
Susan Raye
Whiskey River
Johnny Bush
Dave Dudley
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