Deaths John Joseph Grzechowiak 92 of Lesser
John Joseph Grzechowiak, 92, of Lesser, died at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday at Franklin Hospital in Benton. He retired as a carpenter and was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church. Funeral services will be at 9:00 a.m. Thursday at St. Charles with Rev. Paulin Dobkowski officiating. burial in the adjoining cemetery. The body lies in state at Fry Funeral Home in Waltonville after 6:00 p.m. today. Rosary at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Grzechowiak, born May 31, 1876 in Radom, is survived by three sisters Pauline Pelker, Proxy Ignatowski, and Helen Steiger. He had lived with Joe Gajewski of Lesser for 28 years.
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John Joseph Grzechowiak
Lesser
Franklin Hospital
Benton
St. Charles Catholic Church
Paulin Dobkowski
Fry Funeral Home
Waltonville
Tilla Silberman Dies Former Mt. V. Resident
Ward reports the death of Mrs. Tilla Silberman born and raised in Mt. Vernon. She died September 15 in Long Beach California after years of residence there. She was the daughter of William T. and Laura Adams. Survived by two sisters Mrs. Jesse Stratton and Mrs. Birdie Webb and a sister-in-law Mrs. Ernie Adams, all of Mt. Vernon.
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Ward
Tilla Silberman
Mt. Vernon
Silberman
Long Beach
Calif
William T
Laura (Vinson) Adams
Jesse Stratton
Birdie Webb
Pet Wems Grove Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Pet Wems Grove, 78, Tuka, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Osborn Funeral Home in Kell, TH. She died Tuesday in Salem hospital. Survived by husband Carl, four sons Darwin Salem Shirley Jacksonville Kenneth and Robert California, six daughters Bernice Centralia Mildred Tuka Mabel Brubaker Salem Mary Daniels Iuka Betty Fulton Lesser, 24 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Two sons and three grandsons preceded her in death.
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Pet Wems Grove
Tuka
Osborn Funeral Home
Kell
Grove
Salem Hospital
Carl
Darwin Wems
Salem
Shirley Wems
Jacksonville
Kenneth
Robert Wems
California
Bernice Shelton
Centralia
Mildred Sylvia
Mabel Duke
Brubaker
Ill
Viola Harvey
Mary Daniels
Iuka
Betty Fulton
Lesser
Police Raid Hits Wrong Flat In Chicago
An elderly hospital elevator operator, Mrs. Alice Bielinski, 62, found her North Side apartment door kicked in by officers seeking a gambling raid. The mistaken raid led to two arrests nearby while three officers apologized and the department vowed to compensate for damages.
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Chicago
North Side
Alice Bielinski
Alice Bieciinski
Zsa Zsa Gabor Skips Court Appearance Contempt Bid
Chicago AP report says actress Zsa Zsa Gabor failed to appear in court as a contempt citation looms. Attorney David Bradshaw seeks a show cause order from Judge Hubert L. Will after Gabor did not testify in a deposition tied to Leo Durocher and Romeo product contracts.
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Chicago
Zsa
Zsa Guhkor
Lawvyer
David Bradshaw
Hubert L. Will
U.S. District ‘Court
Miss Gabor
Leo Durocher
Chicago Cubs
Romco Automatic Transmission, Inc
Durocher
Romeo
Bradshaw
Will
Cus
Market hog prices fall at midday trading session
Prices paid to 12 30 p m were down 25c with top quotes at 19 00 19 25 and 19 50 for 210 and 240 lb meat type hogs Sows brought 15 00 and 17 25 while boars ranged 12 50 to 13 50 After 12 30 today pricing will reflect the next day’s values.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon grain prices listed this morning with Wheat at 1.02 Soybeans 2.39 and Corn 0.95.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis Produce Egg and Poultry Grades Noted
St Louis AP reports consumer grades for eggs by size and grade, with large A 41-45, medium A 40-43, small A 25-29, B large 35-39, wholesale standard 35-37, unclassified 18-20, medium 33-35. Hens listed heavy 13, light over 51 percent lbs 9, under 5 percent, broilers and fryers 25 14-26 percent.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Mercantile and Egg Prices From Chicago Market
AP report lists Chicago Mercantile Exchange figures with scores for Buster 93 and other grades. Egg prices show grade A, mediums and standards ranges, with checks at 23. Live poultry prices include roasters and special red white rock fryers with ranges and percentages.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Livestock prices at National Stockyards Illinois
National Stockyards Illinois reports Thursday livestock estimates with hogs 6 000 cattle 1 000 calves 200 sheep 200. Market classes include vlogs yarrows gilts sows boars and various weights with prices ranging from 15.75 to 32.00 dollars per hundredweight, highlighting high choice and prime slaughter steers at 29.00 and lambs at 27.00 to 28.00.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Wheat No 2 and Soybean Prices From Chicago Grain
Chicago market report lists Wheat No 2 yellow hard at 1.25, No 2 soft red at 1.18. Corn No 2 yellow 1.11, No 3 yellow 1.010. Oats No 2 heavy white 0.6314. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.58 and Soybean oil 7.60.
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Chicago
Schools Open in Boston After Gard Dispute
Boston AP report states public schools reopened without incident after days of disorder. Police and plainclothes officers guarded outside parks and schools while hundreds of Negro and white students faced demonstrations over African garb clothing and necktie rules. National Guard was not mobilized, per city officials.
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Boston
Franklin Park
Dorchester
Park
Black Panthers
Boston English High School
Houston English
National Guard
Kevin H. White
Old Siwash nickname of Knox College traced to Fitch works
An alum George Fitch class of Knox College 1897 popularized the term Old Siwash in his humorous novels about college life, with the nickname becoming a fond reference for Knox College in Tinois.
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Knox College
Tinois
Siwash
George Fitch
Knox ‘97
Tody Seems to Be a Ree Spif Fy
Fragmentary text references a person named Tody with unclear descriptor. The readable portion lacks concrete events, dates, places, or organizations to form a proper news summary. No verifiable actions, outcomes, or affiliations are identifiable from the available text.
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Tody
Important Meeting For State Employes Here
The Sinois State Employes Association will hold a meeting on Thursday September 26 at 7 50 p.m. in the Mt Vernon State TB Sanitarium assembly room. The program will cover coordination of Social Security with the state employees retirement system with speakers Norman F E Lentz and Robert Schalter. All state employees are welcome for full information on this important matter.
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Sinois State Employes Association
Mt. Vernon
All Swing-Wing Planes Grounded
The Air Force grounded about 90 F-111 swing-wing fighters while investigators probe the ninth crash in two years. A panel will review the Nellis Base incident where two pilots ejected after losing control. Five of the grounded aircraft in Thailand had been limited to training flights since earlier Southeast Asia crashes.
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Nevada
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Ford recalls Econoline brake hose issue in 1969 line
Ford Motor Co. urges owners of about 41,850 1969 Econoline vehicles to return to dealers for inspection of front brake hoses possibly installed improperly between April 10 and August 15. About 2,000 may need hose replacement if a front spring contacts the hose, risking brake system malfunction.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Shapiro Appeals to Unions at Illinois Democratic Convent
Shapiro urged unions to back the party promising aid under Democratic policies. He tied Nixon era recessions to policy choices and warned Illinois could either continue progress or suffer slower growth with fewer jobs and investments. The convention endorsed Shapiro and the Democratic national ticket amid rumors of disunity.
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Nixon
Shapiro
Illinois
Democratic National
Moskva cited as mobile platform for Soviet naval infantry
The article argues the Moskva provides the Soviets with a mobile helicopter platform to land naval infantry and conduct antisubmarine warfare from the air, contrasting it with U.S. carriers. It notes Moscow’s black beret force and compares ship displacements and armaments, highlighting the Moskva’s limited firepower relative to U.S. attack carriers.
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Moscow
U.S. Marine Corps
Mediterranean
Humprey press tour calls for medicare and social security rise
Vice President Humphrey urged a 50 percent rise in Social Security benefits over four years and proposed financing part of the increase from general tax revenues. He urged expanding Medicare, shifting funding for medical payments to during working life and protecting seniors from prescription drug costs. He debated Nixon on TV and spoke during a Southern California visit with mixed Democratic show of support. Hospital notes follow. Born a son to Mr. and Mrs. Austin Austin of Dix at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds 12 ounces.
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Humphrey
Southern
California
Hollywood
Joey Bishop
Nixon
Austin Austin
Dix
Good Samaritan Hospital
Nixon rallies amid protests in downtown crowd
President Nixon spoke to a large Democratic and independent crowd in a city march proving his reelection bid. Protesters heckled him but he used a microphone to drown out the chants. He predicted a march to the White House and planned a Denver stop after Seattle.
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Nixon
Vietnam
White House
South Dakota
North Dakota
Idaho
Wallace Club Organized in McLeansboro
Visitors from southern Illinois counties attended the meeting and plans were announced for Wallace-For-President clubs in Wayne, Franklin and Clay counties. Richland County already has an active organization. A highlight was a talk on Communism by Mrs Russell Kelly of Olney.
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Illinois
Wayne
Franklin
Clay Counties
Richland County
Russell Kelly
Olney
Flag change when Hawaii became a state
Hawaii joined the United States and prompted the switch to a 50 star flag design. The arrangement featured five rows of six stars alternating with four rows of five stars in a blue field.
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Hawaii
Eleven Die In Wake Island KC-135 Crash
An Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with 56 aboard crashed at Wake Island during an emergency landing. Eleven were killed and twenty three injured, SAC reported. The aircraft, from Anderson AFB Guam, was heading to the United States. fourteen injured were evacuated to Guam. Names of some crew members were withheld pending family notification.
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Omaha
Neb
Wake Island
Strategic Air Command Headquarters
SAC
Guam
United States
Anderson Afb
45Th Air Division
Loring Afb
Maine
Man Frozen To Death In Gas Incident at Little America
Jerry Wilcoxen aged 26 from rural Lewiston died Tuesday after a propane gas leak enveloped his camper truck during refilling. Coroner George Kauzlarich said a broken fitting on a bulk propane tank released gas reaching as low as 40 degrees below zero. Little America is located in Fulton County.
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Little America, Ill
Jerry Wilcoxen
Lewiston
George Kauzlarich
Fulton County
Wilcoxen
Kauzlarich
Little America
Banishment Order Moves Episcopalian Bishop From Colorado
In Denver, the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado ordered Bishop Joseph Summerville Minnis to surrender ecclesiastical authority and leave the state due to a serious heart condition. The nine bishop court, led by Judge John S. Higgins, cited medical risk if he stood trial for alleged breaches of ordination vows. Minnis must depart by Oct. 15 and may return only with permission. Suffragan Bishop Edwin Thayer now leads the 45,000 diocesans.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Joseph S. Minnis
Minnis
State of
Edwin Thayer
Colorado Springs
Here
Joseph Summerville Minn
John S. Higgins
Rhode Island
Mayor Reports Bribe Attempts In Carbonale
Carbonale Mayor David Keene says he has urged state agencies to probe bribery attempts he faced since spring 1967. He spoke with Jackson County State’s Atty Richard E. Richman and revealed the Illinois Crime Commission has authorized an investigation he hopes starts soon. Keene named a local businessman and warned of a possible organized crime intrusion into Southern Illinois.
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Carbondale, NL
David Keene
Carbondale
Keene
Jackson County
Richard E. Richman
St. Louis
Illinois Crime Commission
Ilinois
1960 presidential state split with Kennedy Nixon Byrd
Breakdown of the 1960 race shows Kennedy carrying 22 states, Nixon winning 26, and Byrd securing 2 states. This snapshot highlights the electoral map division in that election.
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John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Harry Byrd
Mt Vernon car thieves seize three autos in city
Mt Vernon police reported three cars stolen Monday night and recovered by Tuesday. Two accidents occurred Tuesday afternoon on 9th Street and Main Street with damages over 100 dollars. Victims include Joseph L. McCarthy and Jerry H. Towns, and Irl R. Jenkins with Melvin L. Matherly. tickets were issued for backing and failing to yield. Barbara Payne reported a 1962 Buick stolen. the car was recovered at Pace and Pavey avenues. Police continue investigations into the thefts.
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Mt. Vernon
Joseph L. McCarthy
North 16Th Street
Jerry H. Towns
Opdyke
South 9Th Street
McCarthy
Towns
Irl R. Jenkins
South 15Th Street
Melvin
Harold Roffmann
Wildwood Drive
South 23Rd Street
Earl Neal
Pace Avenue
Old Union Church
Barbara Payne
Pace and
Pavey Avenues
Fence Material Theft and Wallet Stolen Reported
Two thefts were reported to Mt. Vernon police on Tuesday. Home Owners Lumber Co. at 3320 Broadway reported three rolls of fence material stolen from outside the building. Katherine Beckman of 1301 North 12th Street said her billfold and checkbook were taken from her automobile Saturday night near King's Bakery, with no money inside the billfold.
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Mt. Vernon
Home Owners Lumber Co
Broadway
Katherine Beckman
North 12Th Street
King’s Bakery
Gordon Richards files for divorce from Mary Lou Richards
Gordon L. Richards filed suit for divorce against Mary Lou Richards in circuit court yesterday alleging mental cruelty. The couple wed December 19, 1966 and separated June 12, 1968, per the complaint.
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Gordon L. Richards
Mary Lou Richards
Weather Outlook for Northern and Southern Illinois
Northern Illinois will see 4 to 6 degrees below normal highs of 69 to 75 and lows 47 to 53, with a warming trend later in the week and a cooler weekend. Showers bring up to a quarter inch later, total. Southern Illinois temperatures Thursday to Monday average five to nine degrees below normal with highs in the mid to upper 50s and lows in the upper 40s, remaining cool most of the period. showers early Saturday amounting to up to a quarter inch.
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Ilinois
Temerat Ures
Worker Electrocuted In Ill. Truck Boom Contact
Frank Sykes, 46, of Metamora, was electrocuted Tuesday when the boom on a Miller Construction Co. truck touched power wires along Illinois 71 near Hennering. He was working to replace deteriorated utility poles.
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Hennepin, Ill
Frank Sykes
Metamora
Illinois 71
Hennerin
Sykes
Miller Construction Co
Decatur
Go To Jail For Chicken Theft
Two young men pleaded guilty to stealing 15 chickens from Opdyke and were sentenced to 60 days in county jail. David Pritchett, 20, of 2893 Fishers Lane, and Larry Lusby, 20, of 525 S. 15th Street, received one year probation with the jail term. The theft occurred at Joe Lampp’s home in Opdyke.
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Opdyke
David Pritchett
Fishers Lane
Larry Lusby
S. 15Th Street
Alvin Lacy Williams
Joe Lampp
Fines Assessed in Circuit Court List
Fines were ordered in circuit court for multiple defendants. Leonard R Thies Windsor Tl ten dollars speeding. Lloyd Lemons driving while license revoked fifty dollars. Randall Cavin Evansville Tl fifteen dollars improper passing. Jared Ellis Route 1 Keenes ten dollars failure to slow for accident. R D Kopp Decatur fifteen dollars no trailer registration. Sandra Heil south 15th street sixteen dollars disobeying stop sign. James Dennis South 33d street twenty dollars careless driving. William C Staulpurr Martin Tenn ten dollars careless emerging from driveway. Charmaine Carney Alsip J twenty dollars speeding. Gent B Holman 714 Columbia fifteen dollars careless driving.
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Leonard R. Thies
Windsor
Lloyd Lemons
Randall Cavin
Evansville
Jaret Ellis
Route 1
Keenes
R. D. Kopp
Decatur
Sandra Heil
South 15Th Street
James Dennis
South 33d Street
William C. Staulcup
Martin
Tenn
Charmaine Carney
Alsip
Gent B. Holman
Columbia
Varnell Rebekah Lodge Meets Thursday Evening
The Varnell Rebekah Lodge No 296 holds a regular meeting Thursday September 26 at 8 00 in the I O C F Temple Mary Gilbert NG Naomi Bogan Sec.
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296
C.F. Temple
Mary Gilbert
N.G
Naomi Bogan
Vernon VFW Post 1376 Meeting Notice
The regular meeting of Vernons Post 1376 will be held Thursday evening September 26 at 8:00. All members are urged to attend. Owen E. Jones Commander.
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V.F.W
Vernons Post 1376
Owen E. Jones
Indians Not Forcibly Kept on Reservations
A statement asserts that American Indians are not compelled to stay on reservations, framing policy as ensuring choice rather than confinement and countering claims of mandatory residence.
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Mt. V
Mt. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Gard
Russ Navy
U.S
Best
Jefferson Memorial
Sam B. McCoy
North 13Th
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Bonnie
Lettie Jones
Park Avenue
Frank Lester Capps
Marion
Good Samaritan
Sharon Kay Pate
Box
Sarah Murphy
Marteeny
Louise Sherman
Ashley
Robert Jeffrey Streuter
Douglas
Hazel Memmer
Gladys Simmons
Texico
Robert Herring
South
Lewis Buffington
Ethel Russell
Mildred Henry
Harrison
Noel French
Julia Moore
North Street
Rodrick Freeman
South l
William H. Palmer
South 13Th
Homer McGehee
Nancy Hall
Tolle Road
Edna Brookman
George
Eva Cornwell
Bluford
Robert Allen Lamar
Judy Harrison
Robert Edward
Just Ferkins
Thomas Odle
South 23Rd
Roberta Geanne Artis
Charla Beth Kirk
William E. Johnson
Woodhawn
Carroll Smith
Cherry
Karla Burkett
Carmen Angela Delene
Twyla Bird
Mannen
Irene McCarthy
Minnie Tinkler
Conger
Barbara Allen Cralley
Donald Braddy
Gdop
Wallace Club
Mcleansboro
FISH
Belle Rive Grade School
Belle Rive Pta
Ken
Ken Bell
Episcopalians
Billford
Eil
Farrae
Circuit Court
Bob
Mercury
Lincoln Continental
Bob Williams
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