Deaths Mrs Gertrude Bateman 91 Sesser
Mrs Gertrude Bateman 91 of Sesser died Wednesday afternoon in Linwood Nursing Home Benton Funeral services set for 2 00 p m Friday at First Baptist Church Sesser with Rev Jerrell White officiating Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery body lies in state Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser after 6 00 p m today She was born August 15 1877 daughter of Lambert and Mary Murphy Dorris She married Alonzo Bateman who died in 1944 Survivors include one daughter Marguerite Page two sons Clyde Bateman of Sesser and Scott Bateman of Monmouth 12 grandchildren 33 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren.
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Gertrude Bateman
Sesser
Linwood
Benton
First Baptist Church
Jerrell White
Maple Hill Cemetery
Brayfield Funeral Home
Lesser
Lambert
Mary (Murphy) Dorris
Alonzo Bateman
Marguerite Page
Clyde Bateman
Scott Bateman
Monmouth
Walter Scruggs Educator Dies at 65 in Charleston
Dr. Walter M. Scruggs 65 former director of Eastern Illinois University Division of Life Sciences died Sunday after weeks in Charleston Community Hospital Funeral services were held Tuesday at Wesley United Methodist Church burial at Mound Cemetery He was father of David R Scruggs of Mt Vernon Former Mason Ill High School principal and Mundelein Ill superintendent in 1928 29 an authority on elementary science teaching methods
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Walter M. Scruggs
Eastern Illinois University Division of Life Sciences
Charleston Community Hospital
Wesley United Methodist Church
Mound Cemetery
Scruggs
David R. Scruggs
Nora
Mt. Vernon
Eastern Illinois University
Mason, Ill
Mundelein, Ill
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial Admission List
Admission: Alta R. Howard 1112 Perkins Marion Wallace Beardon 907 South 6th. Discharged: Bernice Belle Morgan Dix Myrtle Ashby Hickory Grove Manor Good Samaritan Elizabeth Lappin Waltonville Clara E. Crowder 310 North 10th Charles Kuenz 1116 Main Zair Hutchison 322 Jordan Charles V. Grant 24 Cherry Drive Orval Tillford Dix Franklin Sudduth Woodlawn Edna Mulvaney Texico Evelyn Harlan Route 3 Mt. Vernon Evelyn Ellis 609 South 20th Wayne Newton 107 Castleton Wilfred Tweedy 106 North Fifth Phillip Dudley Dix Lena Mitchell 1207 South 24th Edgar Burks 1700 Franklin Avenue Danny Robertson Woodlawn Dillard Halls 1218 South 25th Mabel Thomas 316 North 6th Michelle Bee 1516 Pace Janna England 411 North 6th Thelma Page 815 Jordan Mrs Betty Mack and baby daughter 1104 Lamar Otto Laswell 607 South 12th Linda Bryant Benton Road Lwa Tucbrug Salem Maggie Dycus 2006 Broadway Lewis Whittington 1321 North Vth Tuala Mays Route 2 Mt. Vernon Curtis Osborn 1304 Wescott Dave Sexton Scheller Kathryn Thornton 130 Park Street Robert Lawrence Bonnie Maude McDaniel Route 5 Mt. Vernon Roy Brookman Bluford
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Elizabeth Lappin
Waltonville
Clara E. Crowder
North 10Th
Charles Kuenz
Main
Zair Hutchison
Jordan
Charles V. Grant
Cherry Drive
Orval Tillford
Dix
Franklin Sudduth
Woodlawn
Edna Mulvaney
Texico
Evelyn Harlan
Mt. Vernon
Evelyn Ellis
South 20Th
Wayne Newton
Castleton
Wilfred Tweedy
North Fifth
Phillip Dudley
Lena Mitchell
Edgar Burks
Franklin Avenua
Danny Robertson
Dillard Halls
Mabel Thomas
Michelle Bee
Pace
Janna England
Thelma Page
Betty Mack
Lamar
Otto Laswell
Linda Bryant
Benton Road
Lwa Tucbrug
Salem
Maggie Dycus
Broadway
Lewis Whittington
North Vth
Tuala Mays
Curtis Osborn
Wescott
Dave Sexton
Scheller
Kathryn Thornton
Park Street
Robert Lawrence
Bonnie
Maude McDaniel
Roy Brookman
Bluford
One Rocket Orbits Four Spacecraft
A single rocket circled four spacecraft above the equator west of South America. The fourth satellite, a heavy radiation probe, was jettisoned after a final trajectory adjustment into a slightly elliptical orbit, permitting a cruise at 21 000 to 22 500 miles altitude. The main payload LES 6, the Lincoln Experimental Satellite, weighed 360 pounds and used radio relay gear to link concurrent conversations between 300 Strategic Air Command aircraft, MIT Lincoln Laboratory reported.
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Equator
South America
Earth
Lincoln
Lincoln Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Strategic Air Command
Market hog prices slip by mid day readings
Markets prices paid until 12:30 p m were down 25c The top was 18 75 19 00 and 19 25 for 210 and 240 lb meat type hogs Sows were 14 75 and 17 00 Boars were 12 50 and 13 50 After 12 30 today prices will be based on next day's prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon price quotes list wheat at 1.02 soybeans at 2.39 and corn at .95 for the morning session. Local market figures show grain values in Mt Vernon as recorded today.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago market quotes mix butter eggs and cars
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange lists butter at scores 93 69 and 92 69 with grade AA 69 and 90 B 67 percent. Eggs grade A whites 42 mediums 41 standards 39 checks 23. Car prices show 90 B 6844 9 C 63 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg price listings from St. Louis market update
From St Louis ST AP the commodities page lists consumer egg grades A large 39-43 A medium 38-41 A small 25-29 B large 33-37 wholesale 31-33 unclassified 18-20 medium 30-31 hens heavy 13 light over 5% lbs 9 under 5% lbs 5 broilers and fryers 24-26 other prices unchanged.
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St, Louis
Livestock quotes from National Stockyards feed Friday
National Stockyards estimates show hogs 6,000 and cattle 250 with calves 50 and sheep 100. Hogs 7,000 with barrows and gilts at 20.00 to 20.25 for 210-300 lb plus 18.75 to 19.75 for lighter 3-4? 300 lb. Cattle 1,000 and calves 100 with steers 900-1,100 lb at 25.00-27.00, heifers near 25.75, cows 16.00-18.00, bulls 21.00-22.00, vealers 30.00-32.00, calves 18.00-21.00. Sheep 400 with spring lambs 27.00-28.00 and matted sheep 27.50. ewes 4.00-7.50.
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National
INI
Chicago Grain Market Notes and Prices
Chicago AP reports grain prices with wheat No 2 yellow hard at 1.26 percent, soft red at 1.19 percent, corn No 2 yellow at 1.10 percent, oats No 2 extra heavy white at 63, soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.55 percent, and soybean oil at 7.50.
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Chicago
Wall Street advances on strong volume in buoyant trading
In heavy trading on Wall Street New York the stock market rose with many issues up more than one point. The Dow 30 advanced to 940.33, up 2.05, as big blocks traded in American Telephone Monsanto Walter Heller and Chrysler amid inflation fears and an optimistic 1969 growth outlook.
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New York
Labor Department
American Telephone
Monsanto
Walter E. Heller
Chrysler
New Ford price rise cited at $50 with taxes and fees
Ford announces an average $47 per car price increase plus seven percent federal excise tax and dealer charges pushing the showroom rise to about $50. Chrysler will study Ford pricing before finalizing its 1969 model costs while American Motors had not yet released figures. Headrest regulation could add $16 to Ford and GM prices or $26 for Chrysler.
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Chrysler
Ford
U.S
American Motors
Senate Debates Fortas Nomination And Fortas Fee
Senate leaders faced a prolonged debate on Fortas' nomination to Chief Justice with Sen. John Stennis objecting to the process. Sen. Griffin led the opposition arguing the $15,000 fee for a summer law seminar was improper. Sen. Mansfield praised Fortas as qualified but criticized the fee as compromising judicial independence.
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Fortas
Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
John Stennis
Dmiss
Supreme Court of the United States
Stennis
Michigan
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
Mansfield
American University
Supreme Court
Collision kills man on U S 40 west of Greenup
Greenup Illinois Troy E Redman 32 of Greenup died in an early morning two car crash on U S 40 west of Greenup The other driver Thomas E Lemon 26 of Torch Ohio escaped injury in the incident reported by AP
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Greenup, Ill
Troy E. Redman
Greenup
U. S. 40
Thomas £. Lemon
Torch
Ohio
Ozark Air Lines Celebrates 18th Birthday
Ozark Air Lines marks 18 years since starting St. Louis to Chicago service with three stops. The carrier now serves 59 cities in 12 midwestern states including Denver and Louisville. President Thomas L. Grace notes expansion and rising passenger numbers.
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Ozark Air Lines
Ozark
St. Louis
Chicago
Denver
Colo
Louisville
Tulsa
Okla
Nashville
Thomas L. Grace
Kansas City
Springfield
Wallace Nixon border state claims in 1968 campaign
Nixon campaigns in the West tying Humphrey to the Johnson record and presses Wallace as a potential 1968 spoiler in Texas Tennessee and Florida. He argues Johnson riots contrast with Eisenhower era stability as crowds hear him in Denver amid a split field and wary Republican strategy.
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Phrey
Deep South
Nixon
Texas
Johnson
Humphrey
Wallace
Tennessee
Florida
Eisenhower
Denver
America
Washington, D.C
Dwight Eisenhower
White House
Humphrey pledges UN anniversary push for peace
President hopeful Humphrey argues the nation cannot act as global cop and would mark the United Nations 25th anniversary in 1970 to explore new ways to make it work for peace. He cites the UN birthplace in San Francisco as part of the plan.
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Humphrey
United Nations
San Francisco
Reds Take Heavy Loss In Battle
South Vietnamese headquarters said enemy equipment found elsewhere this month could equip 50 battalions. Fighting renewed near Duc Lap camp in the central highlands. U S troops reported 35 enemy killed. 3 Americans died and 8 wounded. In Saigon a terrorist grenade exploded near a police station, killing a Vietnamese woman and wounding about a dozen others.
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Nam
Duc Lap
Central Highlands
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Saigon
Students In Mexico City Burn Buses
Radicals in Mexico City clash with police as students burn buses and assault shopkeepers who resist demands for university autonomy. Unconfirmed reports cite fatalities and injuries amid ongoing demonstrations linked to the 1968 Olympics preparations and government actions.
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Mexico City
Muro
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
National University
Woops
Olympic Village
Mt. V.ernon seeks demolition of dangerous 2nd Street building
The City of Mt. Vernon filed in circuit court to force Pauline Mann to demolish a dangerous building at 307 South Second Street. The petition asks for an order authorizing demolition and for the demolition cost to become a lien on the property.
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Mt. Vernon
South Second Street
Pauline Mann
Youth Hit While Riding Bicycle
Six year old Michelle Bee was struck by a car driven by Louise E. Heaney as he rode a bicycle on Isabella Avenue in the 1600 block. He was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital with cuts and bruises after the 6:45 p.m. Wednesday collision.
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Michelle Bee
Pace
Louise E. Heaney
Oakland
Good Samaritan Hospital
Isabella Avenue
Brain demands oxygen far beyond its small share
The brain, though only 2 percent of body weight, consumes about one fifth of the body's oxygen. This disproportion highlights the brain's high metabolic needs and reliance on a steady blood supply for function and health.
Voters Urged to Register by Oct 8 in Jefferson County
County Clerk Dewey Barton reminds Jefferson County residents that to vote in the November 5 presidential election they must be registered by October 8 in the county clerk's office. Those already registered at same address need not reregister. Key dates include October 5 for presidential ballot applications, October 7 for absent voter applications, October 21 for in person voting for presidential ballot only, and November 5 Election Day.
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Dewey Barton
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Court House
Barton
Pope Paul VI at 71 Faces Modern Challenge
Pope Paul VI turns 71 amid open dissent to his ban on artificial contraception. Priests theologians and some bishops advise personal conscience, while others suspend dissenting clergy. Chilean lay and clerical sit in a cathedral as polls show many British Catholics reject the ban.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Paul
Chile
Britain
Public Aid Appoints Caseworker in Jefferson County
Byron Lee Meade Jr. of 805 Harrison was named a caseworker in the Jefferson county office of the Illinois Department of Public Aid. The appointment was one of 15 downstate postings announced today by Harold O. Swank, state director.
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Byron Lee Meade Jr
Harrison
Jefferson County
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Harold O. Swank
Stolen Mercury Cougar Found In Mississippi
Police report a 1967 Mercury Cougar stolen from W G Motors on August 24 has been found in Walls, Mississippi. The car was stripped and not running and is stored in a local garage until the owners claim it.
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W-G Motors
South 10Th Street
Mississippi
Walls
Miss
Supervisors Tour Franklin-Williamson Health Dept Visit
Five Jefferson county supervisors led a bus tour of the Franklin Williamson Bi-County Health Department in Johnston City. The visit, sponsored by Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce health committee, aimed to study a potential Jefferson county health department. Participants included supervisors Vern Hamson and E H Keifer, George Heidenreich, Clarence McCauley, and E A Driggers, with additional Jefferson county PTA representatives Mrs. Glenn Pierce and Mrs. John Lomax. The contingent observed a full time professional staff led by public health director Dr. David Richerson, sanitation personnel, and public health nurses. Public relations director Mrs. Earl Myers noted further public information meetings ahead for the Nov. 5 election, with Oct. 14 and Oct. 17 PTA events and a Lambda Rho sorority visit scheduled nearby.
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Jefferson County
Franklin - Wiliamson
Johnston City
Mt. Vernon
Parent- Teacher Association
Glenn Pierce
Bluford
John Lomax
Dodds
David Richerson
Franklin
Williamson
Earl Myers
Chamber
Health Committee
Grand Prairie Parent-Teacher Association
West Salem
Lambda Rho Sorority
Suitcase Stolen From Parked Car
James Sago of Lewisport Kentucky reported Tuesday night a brown suitcase was stolen from his unlocked car at the Park Inn lot 220 South Fifth Street. Entry was gained by pushing in a vent glass. The suitcase held clothing sheets and laundry items including a corduroy jacket gray sweater two pairs of trousers three shirts four sheets one pillow case and socks and underwear.
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James Sago
Lewisport
Mt. Vernon
Sago
Park Inn
South 5Th Street
Suit Filed for Divorce in Circuit Court
William F. Martin filed suit for divorce against Sharon Kay Martin in circuit court here yesterday charging mental cruelty. He seeks visitation rights with a minor child. The couple married March 19 1966 and separated August 31 1968.
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William F. Martin
Sharon Kay Martin
Traffic fines in circuit court for careless driving and licenses
Bruce Scott of Fairfield paid 25 dollars for failure to display proper identification on a truck. Paul Earl Johnson of Route 1 Ewing paid 10 dollars for failure to have a valid operator's license. William Yearwood of Route 3 paid 25 dollars on a careless driving charge.
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Bruce Scott
Fairfield
Paul Earl Johnson
Route 1
Ewing
William Yearwood
Route 3
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Perkins
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Wall Street
American Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Indus
Milwaukee
Wis
Selective Service Office
MR. Kirk’s
Mt. V
Roy Wilson
South 15Th
Jerry Neal
Kelly Springfield
Martin
Texaco
Waltonville, Il
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Associated Press
2Nd Street
Charley Huff
Philco
Roy Taylor
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the Rascals
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