Deaths F Lester Capps 89 Former Mt Vernon Resident
F Lester Capps 89 a former Mt Vernon resident died yesterday at his Marion Ohio home He was a retired railroad conductor Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Monday at Myers Chapel with Rev Freytag officiating burial in Oakwood cemetery He was WWI veteran American Legion Post 141 First Presbyterian member Survived by two sisters Mrs Charlotte Alexander Marion and Mrs Weil Valentine Baton Rouge Louisiana.
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F. Lester Capps
Mt. Vernon
Marion
Til
Myers Chapel
Robert Freytag
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Capps
Jefferson County
William and
Mona(Thorn) Capps
American Legion
First Presbyterian Church
Capps
Charlotte Alexander
zWeil Valentine
Baton Rouge
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial Inpatient List
Admission notes include Lorene McNew Sims Grover Shaw and Elva Dodson with multiple addresses. Discharge list features Rachel Reynolds Benton Carl Jones Brownsville Road plus many others across Mt Vernon Centralia Bluford and Kell with long patient rosters.
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Jefferson Memorial
Lorene McNew
Sims
Grover Shaw
North 5Th
Rachel Reynolds
Benton
Carl Jones
Brownsville Road
Births and a fatal car crash reported in Granite City
The newspaper notes three births: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gothard McNew in Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds one and a half ounces. a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Alexander in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds eleven and a half ounces. and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds two ounces. A separate item reports James Elmore, 37, killed when the car he rode in struck a tree in Granite City. the driver Randall rer, 21, was not seriously injured.
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William Gothard McNew
Sims
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
James Alexander
North 7Th
Good Samaritan Hospital
Richard Robinson
South 23Rd
Granite City, Ill
James Elmore
Granite City
Randall Rer
Weather Snapshot For Mt Vernon And Surrounding Areas
Friday's forecast shows a high of 84 and a low of 49 with 0.13 inches of rain. The year totals read 38.51 inches to date in 1969, with historical highs and lows listed for comparison across five and ten years ago. Sunday sunrise is 5 53 and sunset 5 47 CST.
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MT. Vernon
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Minor Girls Case Targets Two Teens Charged With Delinquency
Two 17 year old boys, Ronald Jay and Luther Winkler, were arrested by the county sheriff on charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors. They were held on $5,000 bonds after complaints allege the girls were kept in an abandoned house outside Mt Vernon for two days.
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Ronald Jay
S. 7Th St
Luther Winkler
Mt. Vernon
Manhunt for Others Two Suspects Held in Holdup Murder
Cincinnati scene of a four-women holdup slaying with two men in custody and two suspects sought. FBI joined warrants for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder. Sought are Watterson Johnson, 22, and John Leigh, 20, of Cincinnati. Raymond Kassow, 24, and Carl Ingle, 31, were held for the county grand jury without bond.
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Cincinnati
FBI
U.S. 27
Kentucky-Tennessee
Watterson Johnson
John Leigh
Strunk
Tennessee
Raymond Kassow
Carl Ingle
Ask White Workers To End Clashes In Chicago
In Chicago contractors and unions meet after a second day of clashes near downtown and the U S Customs House over Labor Department hearings on alleged job discrimination. A weekend meeting with Negro community leaders is planned to seek a settlement. Jesse Jackson testified at the hearings.
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Chicago
Labor Department
Coalition For United Community Action
Chicago Building Trades Council
U.S. Customs House
Jesse Jackson
Operation Breadbasket
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
U S Withdrawals Proceed as Vietnam Casualties Fall
The United States plans to lower its Vietnam war troop ceiling to 484000 by December 15 as 35000 troops begin a second pullout. U S battlefield deaths for the year reach 8185, down 33 percent from 1968’s nine month period, while Saigon sources estimate 100000 North Vietnamese troops infiltrated this year.
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U.S
Vietnam
U.S. Command
Nixon
Washington
Saigon
South Vietnam
82Nd Airborne Division
Contempt Turns Two Defense Lawyers in Chicago Riot Trial
In Chicago two defense lawyers Gerald Lefcourt and Michael Tigar were jailed briefly for contempt for failure to appear at the opening of the riot trial tied to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. They were released on recognizance pending appeal as the trial proceeded.
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Chicago
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Gerald B. Lefcourt
New York
Michael E. Tigar
Los Angeles
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
John C. Meiszner
Hoffman
Dennis J. Roberts
Michael A. Kennedy
Albert C. Wollenberg
San Francisco
Raymond Simon
Simon
Rennard C
Rennie” Davis
Davis
Lincoln Park
Richard G. Schultz
Army names Marasco as killer spy in Saigon case
Charges accuse Marasco of shooting Thai Khac Chuyen with a pistol and weight dumping in the South China Sea. A search in July and August failed to recover a body. Saigon reacts to claims of a triple agent. U.S. lawyers plan motions in San Francisco and New York seeks habeas relief and Boyle’s early return. Defense contends charges aim to inflame the public.
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Chuyen
South Ching Sea
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieuw
Crew
Brumley
Boyle
Saigon
United States
U.S. District Court
San Francisco
Henry B. Rothblatt
New York
Green Berets
Rothblatt
Marriage Licenses Reported in September
The notice lists pairs obtaining marriage licenses on September 20 to 26. Names include Harold Marvin Cook and Mable Eben Siegfried of Centralia. David Edman Glascock and Sharon Gayle Hun singer of Carmi. Virtus Monroe Richardson of Belle Rive and Hazel Belle Hollingsed of Bluford. Terry Lee Milligan and Sharon Ann Nelms of Mt. Vernon. Darla Robert Sprouse and Josephine Marie Gash of Oreana. Thomas Jackson Clevenger of Marietta Oklahoma and Ruth A. Joiner of Mt. Vernon. Betti and Ada Marjorie Johnson of Sandoval. Paul Bailey and Patricia Ann Wilson of Mt. Vernon. Jonathan Max Castner of Princeton and Janet Aitken of Mt. Vernon.
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Good Samaritan
Elva Dodson
Jordan
George Owens
Mt. Vernon
Sharon Carter
Conger
Thomas Berry
Eunice Matthews
Wescott
Georgia Bennecke
Benton
Richard Griffiths
Apple
Eva Lloyd
Harrisburg
Edwin A. Shear
Next
Lesser
Mable Shelton
Centralia
Samuel Black
Waltonville
Clara Walls
North
Ivan Clark
George
Howard Spani
Ina
Mary Lou Smith
Jeffrey Pigg
Patsy McAdoo
James Quint
Bonnie
Paul Scott
Opdyke
David Simmons
South 19Th
Jerry Henn
South 12Th
Terry Creed
Michelle Don
Kirby Edmison
Darrell Gene II
Harold Marvin Cook
Mable Eben Siegfried
David Edman Glascock
Maunie
Mil
Sharon Gayle Hunsinger
Carmi
Virtus Monroe Richardson
Belle Rive
Hazel Belle Hollingsed
Bluford
Terry Lee Milligan
Sharon Ann Nelms
Darla
Robert Sprouse
Tuscola
Josephine Marie Gash
Oreana
Thomas Jackson Clevenger
Marietta
Okla
Ruth A. Joiner
Illio Betti
Ada Marjorie Johnson
Sandoval
Paul Bailey
Patricia Ann Wilson
Jonathan Max Castner
Princeton
Janet Aitken
Hospital room rates rise at Massachusetts General
Massachusetts General Hospital announced a new rate scale effective October 1 raising private room costs to 75 to 100 dollars per day from 70 to 90. Semiprivate rooms rise to 75 to 85 dollars per day while ward rates increase to 65 dollars.
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Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
First Baptist Church Mount Vernon Illinois Parish Activities
Church schedule at Briarwood Drive Mount Vernon Illinois led by Pastor Glenn F Boice and Music Director Harry Dunham. Morning worship 10:00 am with sermon and children’s talk, anthem by adult choir, church school 11:10 am, nursery for infants and toddlers.
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First Baptist Church
Briarwood Drive
Salem Road
Mount Vernon, Ilinois
Glenn F. Boice
Harry Dunham
Fred Deichman
John Kent
George Magee
du Bois Center
United Church of Christ
Women’s Mission Society
Jean Austin
Our Church
First Church of God Service and Activities Listing
The First Church of God at 116 So 15th Street lists Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. with Bob Peterson as Superintendent. Morning Worship includes solo by John Boyer and a message by Pastor Herbert D. Nobles. Evening Worship at 7:30 p.m. midweek Hour of Worship and Prayer at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Ladies Day of Quilting Thursday at 9:00 a.m.
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First Church OF God
15Th
Herbert D. Nobles
Bob Peterson
John Boyer
Herbert
Nobles
East Side Baptist Church
Casey Clarence W. Coats
John J. McCoy
Bob Poole
U. S
Woship
Czechoslovak Government Resigns in Communist Purge
Prague AP report: Czechoslovakia’s government resigns in a purge of liberals linked to Dubcek after a two day Central Committee probe. Premier Oldrich Cernik’s cabinet resigns unanimously but he is asked to form a new government. Details of personnel changes to be announced Sunday.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Soviet Union
Oldrich Cernik
Cernik
Ludvik Svoboda
CTK
Svoboda
Dubcek
Communist Party Central Committee
Central Church Notices and Lutheran Service Details
The Central Church of Christ shares service times with a full week schedule including Bible school at 9:00 a.m. Morning worship at 10:00 a.m. and evening service at 7:30 p.m. Faith Lutheran Church lists Sunday School at 8:45 a.m. and worship at 9:50 a.m. with guest sermon on Christian Freedom as Slavery to Christ and Thursday Ladies Aid.
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Central Church OF Christ
North Street
Hugh H. York
Stuart &. York
Bible School
Don Shafer
Owen Herbert, Jr
Dorothy Rockenbach
Stuart E. York
Communion For All Christians
Omega Key Club
Whirlybird
Jefferson Co. Fellowship
Fouts Christian Church
Faith Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
Isabella Donald RE. Kirst
A. H. Korris
Max Wigg
Serminarian
John Marchhausen
Ladies’ Aid
Vandalism Reported at Franklin School
Gale Ballard principal of Franklin School reported to Mt. Vernon police that a door glass and two windows were broken Thursday night. He noted ongoing vandalism since the school year began with several windows broken in recent days.
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Gale Ballard
Franklin School
Mt. Vernon
Two Accidents Reported In Mt Vernon Friday
Police logged two major damage accidents in Mt. Vernon on Friday. A hit and run struck Walter S. Cook's parked car in the 300 block of South Ninth Street at 4:22 p.m., causing more than $100 damage. Later Kenneth R. Hall's vehicle collided with Richard C. Maxton's parked car in the 100 block of South 13th Street at 9:45 p.m., totaling over $100 damage to both cars.
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Mt. Vernon
Walter S. Cook
Centralia
South Ninth Street
Kenneth R. Hall
Jones
Richard C. Maxton
North Ninth Street
South 13Th Street
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