Deaths Mrs Reba Baker Dies Funeral To Be Thursday
Mrs Reba Louise Baker 47 Route 1 Bluford died yesterday at home Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Thursday at Mt Zion Baptist Church Rev Merle Fullerton to officiate Friends may call at Myers Chapel after 4 p m Wednesday Body to be taken to church at noon Thursday Burial Mt Zion Cemetery Born Dec 3 1918 in Centralia daughter of Elston and Anna Matthews Married 1955 in Chicago to Taylor Baker who survives Also survived by her mother Anna Matthews of Chicago three sons Elston Salisbury Robert Salisbury Kenneth Salisbury all of Norco La a daughter Patria Ellis of Joliet Ill a sister Mrs Agnes Letanoski of Streator Ill
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Reba Louise Baker
Route 1
Bluford
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Merle Fullerton
Myers Chapel
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Baker
Centralia
Elston and
Anna (Rude) Matthews
Chicago
Taylor Baker
Anna Matthews
Elston Salisbury
Robert Salisbury
Kenneth Salisbury
Norco
Patria Eillis
Joliet
Arzi
Agnes Letanoski
Streator
Westbrook family tragedy ends in suicide during reconciliation bid
A family tragedy ends with Westbrook taking his own life at 6 45 am while custody of six children remains unresolved. Records show he and his wife Rose Westbrook petitioned on August 22 to suspend proceedings for reconciliation, granted by the court. Born April 30 1924 in Detroit he was an Army veteran of World War I and a member of the Central Church of Christ. Survivors include Rose and six children, four sons and two daughters, all at home.
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Harry
Mary
Hodge) Westbrook
Rose
Central Church of Christ
Robert
Michael
Randy
Scott
Linda
Barbara
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial Admits List
Admission and discharge notices list patients at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan including Edward Dean Greenwatt 1116 Park avenue and Barbara Simonson 710 Con ger. Also mentions Millard Outland 524 Liebengood and many others by addresses and towns.
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Edward Dean Greenwatt
Park Avenue
William A. Wilkerson
Hickory Grove Manor
Emmerson Steele
Opdyke
Vera Wanda Choate
Wayne City
Millard Harold Outland
Liebengood
Good Samaritan
Births in Wayne City and local hospitals announce new sons
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Charles Choate of Wayne City welcomed a son named LaMar LaPhey born at 3 35 yesterday afternoon in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing seven pounds four ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Flora of 605 south 23rd street announced a son born at 10 50 yesterday morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing four pounds four and one half ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Musick of No. 4 Sunset Drive reported a son born at 2 50 weighing ten pounds one ounce.
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Billy Charles Choate
Wayne City
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
LaMar LaPhey
Edward Flora
South 23Rd Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Donald Musick
No. 4
Sunset Drive
Five Arab Countries Back Widespread Cholera Vaccination
Health officials of Syria Kuwait Saudi Arabia Jordan and Lebanon met in Chtaura Lebanon and urged their governments to inoculate about 15 million people against a cholera threat from Iraq. The gathering focused on a regional public health response and preemptive vaccination plans.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Iraq
Syria
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Lebanon
Chtaura
Weather Summary For Illinois And Midwest
The Chicago and Illinois areas report cool and damp conditions with a drizzle. Monday highs reached the low sixties in many locales while rainfall totals near 0.32 inches were recorded from Monday morning through Tuesday morning.
Vandals Turn Trailers Over on Salem Road
Vandals last night damaged trailers at Carl Morgan's Cities Service station on Salem Road. County officers reported several trailers overturned and some pushed into a ditch. Damage estimates were not available.
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Carl Morgan
Cities
Salem Road
Confessed Killer Freed By Court
New York AP says Joan Powe 26 was freed when Brooklyn judge ruled police did not inform her of rights before her confession to killing her 4 year old son Anthony on Nov 2 1965. She had pleaded guilty to manslaughter but plea was withdrawn after a Legal Aid Society lawyer intervened citing lack of advised alternatives.
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New York
Joan Powe
Anthony
Legal Aid Society
Powe
Hog Market Prices at Mt Vernon Tonight
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were down 10 cents with top at 22 15 for 210 to 240 pound hogs Sows 20 50 for 300 weight down and 20 00 for 300 pounds and over Boars 14 00 to 14 73 After 12 30 p m today prices will be used on next day’s prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon offered soybeans at 2.85 and shell corn at 1.45 with earn corn at 1.42 quoted this afternoon reflecting local grain market levels.
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Mt. Vernon
Cash Grain Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago AP reports grain prices with Wheat No 2 hard at 1.81 per bushel, No 2 red at 1.78, Corn No 2 yellow at 1.45, Oats No 2 heavy white at 0.54, Soybeans No 1 yellow at 3.00, and Soybean oil at 1.140. Prices reflect early trading indications and typical futures basis.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Report Highlights Butter Eggs And Poultry
Chicago Mercantile Exchange prices show butter scores around 74 percent with various grades. USDA live poultry quotes list roasters at 24 to 26 percent and red white rock fryers at 18 to 21 percent, reflecting mixed but steady demand and quality readings.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Livestock price report from National Stockyards
National Stockyards Texas data show midweek estimates for hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep. Hogs 7,500 head, 190 to 260 pound barrows and gilts 22.73 to 23.35, 280 to 650 pound sows 19.75 to 21.50. Cattle 3,500 head, calves 300, good to prime slaughter steers 23.73 to 20.00, heifers 22.00 to 24.25, cows 17.00 to 19.06, good to choice slaughter calves 20.00 to 24.00. sheep 700 head, spring lambs 22.00 to 24.50, shorn ewes 5.00 to 8.00.
Louis Produce Egg and Poultry Prices Report
ST LOUIS AP eggs and live poultry price list with consumer grades A large 4547 A medium 42 44 A small 226 B large 38 40 wholesale grades standard 3 40 unclassified 28 29 checks 20 21 hens heavy 14 15 light over 5 lb 10 11 under 5 lb no price broilers and fryers no price.
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ST. Louis
Wall Street Rally Lifts Stocks At Fast Noon Trading
New York AP reports a lively stock market rally with the Dow up 5.62 at 798.42 at noon and the Associated Press average rising 1.9. Glamour stocks gained 2 to 3 points, blue chips led by IBM, Xerox, and Bellwether names as industrials, rails, and utilities posted broad advances. Monmouth Park saw Jorge Velasquez ride to 75 winners, 16 more than Charles Baltazar.
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Monmouth Park
Charles Baltazar
Johnson Erhard Talks End Then Space Visit Planned
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Erhard wrap two days of talks and head to Cape Kennedy to inspect the spaceport and press for a four to five year moratorium on Germany’s offset agreement that funds U.S. troop costs in Germany. Observers say no firm deal yet. a working group will reconvene with defense and finance officials.
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Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
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U.S
Erhard
Southeast Asia
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Richard F. Gordon Jr
America
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Treasury
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George W. Ball
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U.S. Treasury
Suttons Plan London Meeting
Joe Sutton and Mr Vernon plan an 8000 mile trip via Ozark Air Lines with stops in London Paris Rome to Lagos Nigeria to aid poultry development with the Nigerian Ministry of Agriculture. Mrs Sutton will join in London on Nov 11 to greet him on return.
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Joe Sutton
Vernon
Ozark Air Lines
Lagos
Nigeria
London
Paris
Rome
Agency For International Development
Ministry of Agriculture
Sutton
Europe
Maria Schell Weds Austrian Producer Veit Relin in Civil Ceremony
Swiss film actress Maria Schell married Austrian producer Veit Relin in a civil ceremony in Germany. It is Schell's second marriage at age 40 after divorcing Horst Haechler last December. Relin’s first marriage also ended in divorce.
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Reitmehring
Germany
Maria Schell
Veit Relin
Miss Schell
Horst Haechler
Relin
Donna Walker in critical condition after crash
Donna Walker a 17 year old Mt. Vernon girl remains in critical condition in Barnes Hospital St Louis after a Friday night crash near Tolle Road and Pump House Road. She is partially paralyzed and was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital before transfer. Debra Wielt 17 was less injured and listed in satisfactory condition at Good Samaritan. Family asks flowers be sent after she leaves intensive care. hospital rules bar arrangements in the ward.
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Donna Walker
Mt. Vernon
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Tolle Road
Pump House Road
Miss Walker
North 16Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
St. Louis Hospital
Debra Wielt
Lincoln Drive
June Walker
Donna
Levy Request Boost OK'd Keep Tax Rate Unchanged
Mt Vernon elementary school board in a special meeting approved raising the tax levy request from 320000 to 390000. Superintendent Dr John Alford said the increase does not raise the tax rate for District 80 schools and reflects an earlier under estimate for available funds while the budgeted expenditure remains unchanged.
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Mt. Vernon
John Alford
Alford
Dolls and Dollars Forum Returns To Mt Vernon
The third session of the women’s financial forum series will be held at 9 30 a m Thursday September 29 at the Granada Theatre Mt Vernon. Admission is free, sponsored by First National Bank and Trust Company with Gene Deuser of St Louis as guest speaker on Investment in Your Financial Estate. Door prizes will be awarded. The series continues with October 6 featuring Margery S Ogle on How The Commercial Bank Serves Women.
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Mt. Vernon
Granada Theatre
First National Bank and Trust Company
Gene Deuser
St. Louis
Edward D. Jones and Company
Margery S. Ogle
LaSalle
National Bank
Chicago
Kerner Wears A Neck Brace
Governor Otto Kerner and his doctors weighed possible surgery if the back ailment does not improve. His brief adjusted schedule aims to heal, with a plastic neck brace worn daily and traction at the mansion. An aide noted friends urge a short vacation after four years without one.
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Springfield, II
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Archbishop Ramsey Says Graham Not Needed Now
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael Ramsey, stated in Vancouver that the Christian church needs updating but not Billy Graham. He noted Graham's England crusade gained few lasting changes in English religious habits and urged an intellectual, thoughtful approach over bursts of emotionalism.
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Vancouver
B.C. Iap
Michael Ramsey
Canterbury
Billy Graham
Graham
England
Kamloops
British Columbia
ROTC Freshman Fred Badman Sails Navy Submarine
Penn State tennis star Junior Fred Badman spends the summer aboard a Navy nuclear submarine as part of the ROTC program, gaining service training and discipline alongside his athletic schedule.
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Fred Badman
Penn State
Man Is Critical Three Hurt In Collisions In This County
Three people injured yesterday and today in Jefferson county crashes. Mrs. Curtis A. Isaac, 32, of Normal, Illinois, former resident, suffered cuts in a rural-road collision near Mt. Vernon East Salem church and was admitted to Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Carl Warner, 812 Airport Road, unharmed. Richard Wahlen, 68, of Oak Forest, critically hurt when a truck trailer collided with an auto on state route 37 near Dix. Driver David L. Scott, 25, Bethany, Illinois, hurt but released after treatment. Wahlen treated at Good Samaritan Hospital then transferred to Veterans Hospital in Marion, Illinois.
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Jefferson County
Curtis A. Isaac
Normal
Til
Mt. Vernon
East Salem Church
Carl Warner
Airport Road
Isaac
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Dix
Richard Wahlen
Oak Forest
David L. Scott
Bethany
Good Samritan Hospital
Wahlen
Good Samaritan Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Marion, IL
Scott Lucas Leg Amputated After Circulatory Failure
Washington AP report says former Senator Scott W Lucas may receive an artificial leg after his left leg above the knee was amputated two weeks ago because of a circulatory problem. The 74 year old, former Senate Democratic leader, was listed in fair condition at Georgetown University Hospital. Lucas served in the Senate from 1939 to 1951 after two terms in the House and has law offices in Washington and Springfield Illinois.
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Washington
Scott W. Lucas
Lucas
Georgetown University Hospital
Senate
House
Springfield
Two Cars Collide on Main Street Cited Driver
Two cars collided at 1209 hoek of Main Street at 4 55 Monday causing over 100 dollars damage to each vehicle. Sharon A Reese 23 of 1000 South 2rd was cited for following too close. The other driver Sharon E Davis 29 of 6 Southwest Crescent Drive collided with Reese’s car, police said.
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Hoek
Main Street
Sharon A. Reese
1000 South 2Rd
Sharon Reese
Sharon E. Davis
Cresent Drive
Circuit Court Fines for Traffic and Alcohol Offenses
Circuit Court fines listed for several defendants including Walter B. McKinney of 623 Lamar with $10 on intoxication, Robert E. Wellmaker of Route 2 Bluford with $100 for driving while intoxicated, Walter Gowler Route 4 $150 for reckless driving, Maude Davis 1416 South 12th $150 for reckless driving, Ernest M. Greenwood Arcola Illinois $10 for operating a truck in violation of a restriction, Donald L Houseworth 915 South Sixth $25 cash bail forfeited for speeding, Guy E. Frailey Belle Rive $10 for following too close, Adam Weliczko Chicago $10 for disobeying a traffic signal.
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Walter B. McKinney
Lamar
Robert E. Wellmaker
Bluford
Walter Gowler
Route 4
Maude Davis
South 12Th
Ernest M. Greenwood
Arcola
Ill
Donald L
Houseworth
South Sixth
Guy E. Frailey
Belle Rive
Adam Weliczko
Chicago
Ozark Air Lines Marks 16th Birthday Milestone
Ozark Air Lines, the youngest local carrier, celebrates 16 years since its first flight from St Louis to Chicago on Sept 26 1950. The airline now serves 58 cities in 11 states, with a pending merger with Central Airlines to reach 99 cities and about 10 000 route miles. It has entered the jet era with DC-9s and plans to add more jets and turbines as piston aircraft phase out.
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Ozark Air Lines
United States
St. Louis
Chicago
Ozark
C.A.B
Mt. Vernon
Central Airlines
Mid-America
Spanish War Vet Brig. Gen. Thomas Hammond Dies
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Hammond retired national commander in chief of the U S Spanish War Veterans died Sunday in Providence Rhode Island at age 85. Hammond was among the first U S troops to land in Cuba during the Spanish American war.
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Providence
R. I
Thomas H. Hammons
Hammond
U.S
Cuba
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