Death notice for Lon Robinson of Hamilton County
Alonzo Lon Robinson age 69 dies at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 12 05 pm Monday. Services at Wesley Methodist Church Thursday 2 pm with Rev A B Clodfelder. burial Memorial Gardens. In state at Pulley Gutzler Funeral Home after 3 pm Wednesday. body lies in state noon Thursday at church. Survived by Grace Garrison wife and two sisters Lu Ella Johnson Hannibal MO and Gertrude Jenkins Bastrop LA. Preceded by parents a brother and five sisters.
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Alonzo “Lon” Robinson
Conger
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Cone
Wesley Method Church
A. B Clodfelder
Memorial Gardens
Pulley - Gutzler
Paul McCowen Rites Wednesday At Waltonville
Funeral services for Paul Stanley McCowen will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Waltonville High School gymnasium with Rev. Marsh Harpole officiating. Burial will follow at Mathabay Hill Cemetery in Lesser. Fry Funeral Home in Walton will host calling after 6:00 p.m. today. The 1e-year-old youth, son of Stanley McCowen of Waltonville, was killed Sunday night in a single car crash on the Waltonville Dubois road near Waltonville.
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Paul Stanley McCowen
Emnasium
Waltonville
Waltonville-Dubois Blacktop
Cotton Joins Goldwater
Washington AP Nor ris Cotton Republican NH announces support for Barry Goldwater and plans to seek a delegate spot at the Republican National Convention. He praises Goldwater for promoting a philosophy of government and a way of life he says this nation must return to if it is to endure.
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Washington
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Goldwater Political Star
Barry Goldwater
Cotton
Armal
Congress
Arizona
Tlam
Yen
Births in East St. Louis and area at Good Samaritan
Mr and Mrs Ronald Wilson announce a daughter Julie Ann born at 7 06 last night at Good Samaritan hospital weighing 5 pounds 8 1 2 ounces. Mr and Mrs Jerry Manley report daughter Stephannie Dawn born at 9 48 at hospital weighing 7 pounds. Mr and Mrs Bill Brockett welcome son Gary Gene born at 11 17 weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces. Mr and Mrs Donald L Cook announce daughter Patricia Ann born at 3 19 this morning weighing 7 pounds 11 1 2 ounces. Mr and Mrs Ernest Brown report daughter Cynthia Diane born at 12 19 this morning weighing 8 pounds 10 1 2 ounces. All births occurred at Good Samaritan hospital.
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Ronald Wilson
Homestead Drive
Good Samaritan Hospital
Julie Ann
Jerry Manley
South 17Th Street
Stephannie Dawn
Bill Brockett
East St. Louis
Cynthia Diane
Hospital Notes and Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges for Opal Lorene Rapp and Kenneth Garrison at Jefferson, with Eula Mae Hicks and Anna Borland discharged. Good Samaritan records multiple admissions including Thelma Mae Shelton and David Morlan, and discharges many, among them Nick Cosley and two with babies.
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Jefferson Memories
Opal Lorene Rapp
Kenneth Garrison
Opdyke
Eula Mae Hicks
Anna _ Borland
Good Samaritan
Thelma Mae Shelton
Alva V. Dare
Virginia June Richard
Charles J. de Witt
Clara A. Baker
Clara Marie Martin
Carolyn Tenney Anderson
Charlene Baker
Herman Rudolph Brechtefeld
Opal Aretha Puckett
David Allen Morlan
Curran Benjamin Jones
Nick L. Cosley
Walter Lynn Cable
Anna Neitzel
Lawrence William Dennis
Brenda Ann Stroud
Jimmie Ray Lowery
Dorothy Rose Horton
Alonita MacGregor
Patricia Lee
YaVonne Barbieri
Bradley Joseph
Norma Jean Colwell
Stephen Craig
Veterans of World War I September Meetings
King City Barracks No 102 VFW meets at Legion Hall at 7 30 p m tonight September 24 inviting 1917 18 veterans to visit and discuss pension legislation Commander E A Feltz. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1376 meets September 26 at 8 p m at the Post Dugout with films of Indianapolis Speedway Races shown after the meeting Adjutant Michael urged attendance.
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King City Barracks No
Legion Hall
E. A. Feltz
Comdr
Vernons Post
Iadl
Ar Michael
Adju Wge
Local hog market ends with mixed gains and varied weights
Prices paid on the local live neck market rose 25 cents to ny. The top marked 15.35 for 200 10 230 lb hogs. Sows ranged from 14.00 for 300 weight to 13.50 for 300 weight and over, down. Boars sold at 8.00 and 10.00.
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Tony
Grain prices quoted in Mt Vernon this afternoon
Prices listed in Mt Vernon for Wheat 1.89 Soybeans 2.58 Corn 1.16 with no additional context. Farmers note current market values for these commodities observed during the afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Report
Hogs 8,500 head, 15 to 50 cents higher, 190 to 260 lb barrows and gilts 15.75 to 16.25, sows 13.25 to 15.00. Cattle 4,000, calves 450, steers and heifers steady, good to choice steers 22.00 to 24.00, good to choice heifers 21.00 to 23.00, cows 13.50 to 16.50, bulls 16.50 to 17.50, feeders 21.00 to 30.00. Sheep 1,100, barely steady to weak, good to prime lambs 17.50 to 19.50, ewes 5.00 to 6.00.
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National Stockyards
USDA
Chicago produce and butter prices in wholesale report
Chicago AP reports wholesale prices for live poultry unchanged to one lower with roasters at 23 to 24 and white rock fryers 18 44 to 19. heavy hens 17 to 18. Butter at Chicago Mercantile Exchange steady with 93 score AA premiums and 92 60, 89 C 56 4. eggs steady to firm with white whites at 70 percent or better grade A.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and live poultry price report from St Louis
AP report lists consumer grade eggs and live poultry prices. Egg sizes A large 38 39 A medium 34 35 A small 20 21 B large 33 34 wholesale 33 34 unclassified 26 27 checks 20 24 hens heavy 16 light over 5 lbs 8 9 under 5 lbs 64 74 commercial broilers and fryers 159 163.
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ST. Louis
Grain price report from Chicago market
Chicago grain notes show corn No 1 yellow at 1.38 and No 2 yellow at 1.3645 funds. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.755 and No 2 yellow 2.794. Oats and soybean oil references listed with sample grades and standards.
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Chicago
Irregularly higher market on New York stocks
Want Street New York AP reports stocks mixed with gains in Chrysler American Telephone and steel makers. Aluminum and sugar groups rise while IBM and Control Data advance. Dow Jones noon averages show modest gains as bond prices slip slightly.
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New York
Chrysler
American Telephone
Alcoa
Brandlds
Ford
General Motors
Xerox
Polaroid
IBM
Control Data
U.S
Pfizer
Liggett & Myers
American Stock Exchange
Arrest 26 on Gambling Stamps in St Clair County
Police from three agencies arrested 26 people, including two alleged Wortman henchmen, for failing to register as gamblers under a 1961 Illinois law. Among those detained, 12 were women, who had brought 50 stamps from the Springfield IRS office. Two pleaded guilty and were fined 50 dollars. two were held on bond. the rest released on bond.
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East ST. Louis
George A
Stormy) Harvill
Belleville
St. Clair County
Illinois State Police
Illinois woman saved after two days in coal bin
S. Illinois report says Viola Shaw, 70, spent two days in a coal bin after a fall and was found Saturday night and recovering. Marion report notes Richard J. McCormick, 42, of Chicago, held for mail theft, fled Saturday and was captured Sunday near Zeigler.
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Lawrenceville, Il
Viola Shaw
Marion, Ill
U.S
Richard J. McCormick
Chicago
Mear Zeigler
Japanese Girl Finds Boys Big U S Food Is Strange
Hisaka Takahara, 11, from Takada City Japan, is a San Jose High School junior student after arriving Sept 10. She comments American boys are big and handsome but American food is strange while seeking a yearlong host family to observe the American way of life and study. Lloyd and Mrs. Shango of San Jose facilitated arrangements after reading her letter to the Lincoln Daily Courier.
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San Jose
Hisaka Takahara
Takada City
Japan
San Jose High School
Hisaka
Lincoln (Ill
Daily Courier
Lloyd Shango
He Picked Up A Rattlesnake
Robert E. Urban, 2 year old, bitten on the right fore finger after lifting a rattlesnake from a sack to show to two University of Minnesota friends. He remained in General Hospital after emergency treatment with anti venom serum flown from Chicago. The serum arrived by United Airlines, diverted from Detroit to Minneapolis, at 4 30 a.m.
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Mineapolis
Robert E. Urban
General Hospital
Chicago
Urban
University of Minneola
Lincoln Park Zoo
United Airlines
Detroit-Minneapolis
Whch
Board defies prayer ruling in Long Beach schools
Long Beach California board of education voted unanimously to continue a pre snack grace at eight nursery schools despite county counsel stating the practice violates U S Supreme Court rulings. The prayer recited before midmorning snack ends with God is good God is great We thank you for the food on our plate.
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Long Beach
Calif
Long Beach Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court
Whiskeytown Dam to supply hot and cold water for fish
President Kennedy dedicates Whiskeytown Dam at Red- ding to provide hot and cold running water for spawning salmon. It is the first Bureau of Reclamation dam with such service. Salmon spawn best at about 55 degrees, while water in the reservoir ranges from 30 to 40 degrees. The dam includes two level control gates to mix outlet water for the exact temperature.
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Redding
Calif
Kennedy
Whiskeytown
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Whiskeytown Dam
Rusk Urges Indonesia To Restore U N Ties
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio in New York that the United States seeks a prompt resumption of normal relations in South Asia and protection for diplomatic establishments there.
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Rusk
Indonesia
United Nations, N.Y
Dean Rusk
Subandrio
United States
South Asia
Illinois warms as sun drives up temps in 70s to near 80s
Illinois forecasts show sunny skies and a southeast breeze lifting temperatures into the 70s with readings near 80 in southern areas. Monday highs reached into the mid 70s while Vandalia, Belleville and St. Louis reported 75 and the Ohio River nearby. Overnight lows were mostly mid to upper 40s, with Dubuque Rockford and Chicago in the 50s.
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Illinois
Vandalia
Bellevue
St. Louis
Ohio River
Dubuque
Rockford
Chicago
Senate OKs test ban with 80 to 19 vote continuation
The Senate approved a final action on the test ban and adopted a Russell proposal requiring ratification of amendments. Debate focused on whether the treaty limits US nuclear use, with supporters hoping it eases Cold War tensions and opponents fearing loss of nuclear superiority.
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Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
United States
Arrest Holdup Suspect Nabbed in Michigan Bank Theft
Jessie D. Sumner, accused of the December 1962 $2,228 robbery of the State Bank of Heyworth, is arrested by the FBI at his Danville home. The case ties Sumner to the Heyworth bank heist and marks a major federal action in Illinois arrests.
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Danville, MI
Jessie D. Sumner
State Bank of
Heyworth
FBI
Rusk Gromyko Talks May Target Moscow Air Route
Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko may quickly agree on a New York to Moscow air route among three items. U.S. sources foresee also possible embassies in Moscow and Washington and a private U.S. link for dispatches.
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United Nations
West Berlin
Pan American Airways
U.S
Moscow
Marines Riding Rockets: Leatherneck Battalions in Space
Washington report says Lt. Gen. Wallace M. Greene Jr. predicted that by the late 1970s 1,200-man Leatherneck battalions may ride space rockets to quell brush fire crises abroad. The statement followed Kennedy naming Greene to succeed Gen. Shoup as commandant. Greene framed space methods as a future military application.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Wallace M. Greene Jr
White House
Kennedy
David M. Shoup
Corps
Greene
Shoots A Dove Lands Two Bass Near Nevada Mo
Sam Bethel and Loren Rector went dove hunting and landed two bass weighing 3 44 pounds in Nevada Missouri. Rector bagged a dove that fell into a pond. Bethel, later recalling fishing gear in his car, improvised a rod and reel and caught a 2 1 2 pound bass on the first cast and a one pound bass on the second cast. He never retrieved the dove.
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Nevada
Sam Bethel
Loren Rector
Rector
Bethel
Gathier Appointed Agency Manager at Mt Vernon Office
Jack L. Whittenburg of Irvington named agency manager for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's Mt. Vernon district office announced by Manager James N. Henneberry. Whittenburg, a Irvington native and Centaria High School graduate, joined Metropolitan June 1, 1959, with his wife Phyllis Pitchford and two children planning to move to Mt. Vernon.
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Jack L. Whittenburg
Irvington
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Mt. Vernon
James N. Henneberry
Whittenburg
Centralia High School
Centralia Junior College
Metropolitan
Phyllis Pitchford
Whittenburgs
Rockefeller to Visit the Pope in Rome
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller of New York began a two day Rome visit with meetings in the Vatican. He met Treasury Minister Emilio Colombo as his wife Margaretta Murphy toured the city. A Vatican official declined to detail the planned audience with Pope Paul VI, noting Rockefeller would be received as state governor rather than a private individual.
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Rockefeller
Rome
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Pope Paul VI
Margaretta Fitler Murphy
Treasury
Emilio Colombo
Vatican
Vatican Curia
U.S
Two Accidents Here Monday In City Streets
No one was injured as two accidents occurred on Mount Vernon streets Monday afternoon. A truck driven by David A. Ivy and a car driven by Robert L. Lindsay collided at Tenth and North. Lindsay was charged with failure to yield right of way. Another collision at Ninth and Casey involved Alva Shehorn and Miriam Hans, with Mrs Hans charged with.
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Mt. Vernon
David A. Ivy
South 24Th
Robert L. Lindsay
North Street
Tenth
North
Lindsay
Alva Shehorn
College
Miriam Hans
Magnolia
Ninth
Casey
Hans
Traffic fines in police court announced by magistrate
Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock assessed fines and costs after trials. Wallace Lee Ackley, 55, Route unspecified, charged with right of way violation. Betty L. Edwards, Route 6, fined $5 and costs for disobeying a traffic signal. Roy L. Liptrap, Route 4, fined $5 and costs for speeding 75 mph in a 65 mph zone.
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Sherman Bullock
Wallace Lee Ackley
Betty L. Edwards
Roy L. Liptrap
Court Fines in Rome Township Include Liquor Transport
H E Harlow, justice of the peace, fined Eddie White of St. Louis $50 plus costs for illegal transportation of liquor. Zebbie Gray, Ben Williams, David Stewart, and Dorothy Dawson, all of St. Louis, each paid $10 and costs for disturbance. QO Jamison of St. Louis was fined $10 and costs for speeding 60 mph in a 50 mph zone. charges filed by county officers who arrested locals in Rome township.
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Jd. P
H. E. Harlow
Justice of the Peace
Eddie White
St. Louis
Zebbie Gray
Ben Williams
David Stewart
Dorothy Dawson
Aluminum and Sugar Price Rises Signal Autumn Rally
New York AP reports price increases on the first autumn day for aluminum ingot and sugar. Reynolds Metals hikes basic ingot aluminum to 23 cents a pound, effective Oct 2, with 24 percent rise for select products. refined sugar up 25 cents per 100 pound bag to 10.80, effective Sept 28. Other gains include carpets, plate glass, steam condensers, and black pepper, prompting economists to note renewed inflation worries amid a tentative business recovery.
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New York
Reynolds Metals Co
Aluminum Co. of America
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical
Reynolds
New York City
Hearings On Rail Work Rules Begin
Public hearings on the railroad work rules dispute start today before a seven member arbitration board led by Ralph T. Seward. The panel will hear testimony from railroads and five train operating unions for about four hours daily over six weeks. Core issues: layoffs of 32 000 locomotive firemen and crew size cuts, with other bargaining continuing. After each session, closed sessions will address seven subsidiary issues exempted by Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Ralph T. Seward
Hearing Set on Dix Phone Co Service in Dix Area
A hearing on a petition for Bell Telephone Co service in the Dix area will resume at 10 a m Thursday before the Illinois Commerce Commission in Springfield. Witnesses favoring retaining Dix Telephone Co service will be heard. Glen Smith says transportation will be provided to Springfield for interested residents meeting at 6:30 a m Thursday at Limestone church.
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Bell Telephone Co
Dix
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Springfield
Dix Telephone Co
Glen Smith
Lase
Limestone Church
Old Fashioned Days Window Display Event
Antique and old fashioned merchandise sought for store window displays on Friday and Saturday October 18 and 19. Participants urged to showcase period items to celebrate the event.
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Lon” Robinson
Goldwater
Mt. Vernon Grain
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Ranton
Vandalla Ee
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Allis Chalmers
Dobbs
Bargain Town
Liz
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Mexico City
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Gromyko
By Lewis Gulick
Roy
Mercury
Egister
Roy Atkinson
W-G Motors
Gathier
Downers Grove, Ill
Citizens National Bank
Edward Volberding
Reino P. Makela
Makela
Downers Grove
CE Hacklander
Hacklander
Federal Deposit Insurance
Fidelity
Jack Whittenburg
Pulley-Gutzler’s
Gutzler
Main St
Dix Phone Co
King City
Toth
Broadway
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