Deaths Shorty Pace 65 Mt Vernon area
Funeral services for 0 G Shorty Pace 65 of 1820 Cherry St will be Thursday at 1 30 pm at Hughey Pulley Funeral Home with Rev Herbert Bennett. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by wife Kyra a son Andy Pace two granddaughters Nikki and Carol a brother Carl Pace three sisters Margaret Badgett Nellis Pemberton Helen Robinson and a brother Doc and sister Ann deceased. Pace was born Nov 3 1906 in Jefferson County and worked 22 years on the harness race track circuit in Chicago before retiring in 1970. He was a member of First Community Church Mt Vernon Mt Vernon Moore Lodge and Eagles Club. Friends may call after 5 pm today.
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G. Shorty
Pace
Cherry St
Hughey- Pulley Funeral Home
Herbert Bennett
Oakwood Cemetery
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jefferson County
Homer
Nette Moss Pace
Kyra Yearwood
Mt. Carmel
Chicago
First Community Church
Mt. Vernon
Nikki
Carol
Carl Pace
Margaret Badgett
Nellis Pemberton
Helen Robinson
Ottawa
Doc
Ann
Assassination attempt disrupts Phnom Penh embassy area
A bomb failed to explode near the U S Embassy in Phnom Penh injuring no one. Police set roadblocks near the Independence Monument as investigators suspect a pedicab device detonated by a motorcyclist. Two Americans were killed and 13 wounded in a September attack at a softball game. No arrests reported. Enders, the diplomat, called the incident routine and mentioned the prior U S embassy attack one year ago.
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Enders
U.S
Phnom Penh
Independence Monument
Conflict of Interest Question at East Moline Racetrack Hearing
East Moline mayor F Joseph Ryan faced questions at a Illinois Racing Board hearing over a possible conflict due to his role as vice president and general counsel for Fast Moline Downs Inc. The hearing on harness racing began Oct. 16 but adjourned without a decision. The board may seek an attorney general opinion on potential state law conflicts.
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East Moline
UPI
Joseph Ryan
East Moline Downs
Illinois Racing Board
Alexander MacArthur
Ryan
Fast Moline Downs Inc
Chicago
MacArthur
East Moline Downs Inc
Greater East Moline Realty Corp
William Dowsett
East Moline Metal Products Co
Abcut
Emprise Corp
Alteged
Fmprise
Gem Realty
Racing Board
Moline Downs
Dr Charles Reel To Speak At Local Medical Dinner
Dr. Charley Reel of the Southern Illinois Clinic will address the American Association of Medical Assistants dinner at 7 p.m. Wednesday October 1 at the Ramada Inn in Mt. Vernon. He will present an introduction to oral maxillofacial surgery with a slide show. Dinner is 3.60 per person and reservations are due by Monday October 9 to Norma Fair.
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Charley Reel
Southern Illinois Clinic
American Association of Medical Assistants
Ramada Inn
Mt. Vernon
Reel
Norma Fair
Percy Predicts GOP Clean Sweep At Chicago Dinner
Senator Charles H. Percy forecast a Republican clean sweep in November at a Chicago fundraiser attended by Vice President Spiro Agnew. Nixon spoke via closed circuit TV. Agnew noted for foreign policy remarks. Percy praised party unity and predicted Ogilvie’s Illinois win by at least 250,000 votes. audience booed during intro. Nova paragraph explains a star phenomenon.
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Chicago
Tillinois
Charles H. Percer
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Percy
Nixon
New York
Republican Party
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Washington
Galesburg
Ill
Not APARTMENT OBJECTORS Hail City Rezoning Cue
AL Cole reports a lengthy city council meeting on rezoning for a planned unit development. Mayor and councilmen paused as Hill’s request drew objections from residents and attorney Don Musick. A decision was deferred to next regular meeting with Hill to return to the planning commission if approved.
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Rolland Lewis
Maneay
Hill
City Planning Commission
Don Musick
Till
Hog market prices for 200 to 240 pound hogs
No. 1 and No. 2 hogs weighing 200 to 220 pounds sold 28.00 to 28.50 per cwt with No. 1 at 28.75 and Mixed No. 1 and No. 3 at 200 to 240 pounds rang ing 27.50 to 28.00. Sows moved 22.00 to 25.00 per cwt.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Deadlock Breaker Tentative Wage Plan Moves Forward
Washington AP reports House Democrats and key Southern Democrats reached a tentative agreement on raising the minimum wage. The plan would lift the rate to 1.90 in 60 days and to 2.10 a year later for nonagriculture workers, with lower phases for farm workers students and teenagers. Mills and Waggonner led the talks ahead of an October 3 vote on conference approval.
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Washington
House
Organized Labor
Wilbur D. Mills
Dark
Joe D. Waggonner
D-Labt
Senate
Mills and
Waggonner
Fatal Collision Near Sumner Kills Dorothy Biggs
MERE Dorothy Biggs about 55 of rural Sumner was killed Tuesday when her car went out of control and was struck by an oncoming meat truck. Passenger Frances Creech of rural Sumner suffered multiple injuries. Driver Marion E Wilson of Mattoon, the trucker, was uninjured. Police say the car ran off the road south of Sumner, returned, slid sideways and was hit on the driver's side by the truck.
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Sumner
UPI
Dorothy Biggs
Frances Creech
Lawrenceville
Marion E Wilson
Mattoon
Here
Chickens Wreak Havoc in Coral Gables Exclusive Neighborhood
In Coral Gables on San Mateo Avenue about 18 months ago two chickens were kept despite a ban. They multiplied to about 20 and crow at 4:30 am, disturbing sleep. City officials, including Asst. City Manager Hank Potterfield, tried removal. a man sued and fired shots when challenged. The birds remain wary and hard to trap.
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Miami
Fla
Capistrano
Canada
Coral Gables
San Matco Avenue
Hank Potterfield
Potterfield
Jefferson County Board Extends Tax Complaint Period
Chairman Harold Shields announced that the filing period for 1972 assessments in Mt. Vernon and Shiloh townships is extended to October 4. State law mandates at least 10 days, so the board moved the deadline from Friday to the following Wednesday.
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Jefferson County
Jacksons Group Given Permit To March In Daleys Neighborhood
In Chicago the city granted a permit for up to 10000 people to march from PUSH Expo 72 at the International Amphitheatre to city hall through Mayor Daleys Bridgeport neighborhood. The march follows Jesse Jacksons vow to press for voter registration booths amid the five day expo expected to draw about 70000 visitors. A federal ruling denied a restraining order to reopen registration offices and denied PUSH a request for temporary booths. The Arabian is cited as the oldest thoroughbred horse in the world.
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Jesse Jackson
Richard J. Daley
International Amphitheatre
Operation
PUSH
People United To Save Humanity
City Hall
Daley
Bridgeport
Jackson
Julius J. Hoffman
U.S. District Court
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
Not Public Event Bar Network TV At Agnew GOP Dinner
Television crews and most reporters were barred from a $1000 a plate Republican fundraiser where Vice President Agnew spoke at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. Agnew and Gov. Ogilvie drew cheers before traveling to the Prairie Farmer Farm Progress Show in Galesburg. NBC and CBS complained their cameras were denied access though some journalists entered briefly amid security. The fund said the event was not public and admitted about 20 reporters to limit potential admissions. Singer Sinatra attended along with Sen. Percy who faced boos during introduction.
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Chicago
Spiro Agnew
Conrad Hilton
Agnew
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois United Republican Fund
URF
Ogilvie
Galesburg
New York
Richard Nixon
CBS
NBC
Associated Press
Larry Stoddard
Secret Service
Stoddard
United Republican Fund
Nixon
Sears
Frank Sinatra
Charles Percy
Percy
Var noun Meetings Varnell Rebekah Lodge Seeks Guests
The regular meeting of Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296 will be held in the I.O.O.F. hall Thursday evening September 28 at 8 00 oclock. Officers of Rebekah District association No. 25 will be guests for the evening. Lillie Johnson N.G. Naomi R. Bogan Sec.
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
C.F
Rebekah District Association No
Lillie Johnson
Illinois AFL-CIO Plans Straw Poll Amid Neutrality Policy
The Illinois AFL-CIO moves to poll state convention delegates on presidential preferences, risking conflict with Meany's neutrality directive. Stanley L. Johnson warns the plan may be misconstructed and clash with the International and Meany, who ordered neutrality. Delegates at the four day convention exceed 2,000 as Bernard Lucas cites a Pu cinski lead, while McGovern and Nixon options are added to the straw poll discussion.
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Chicago
Illinois
Afl-Cio
House
International
George Meany
Ilnois
Stanley L. Johnson
Meany
Aflcio Executive Council
Bernard Lucas
P-55 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
Lucas
Johnson
Roman Pucinski
Charles Percy
Sen
George) McGovern
Nixon
Jack Spiegel
United Shoe Workers of America
International Afl-Cio
Colorado
McGovern
Two Men Hurt in Truck Crash Near Irvington
Early morning crash on Route 31 near Irvington left two men injured. Nashville resident Raymond Stanowski, 34, and Tama rca's Edwin Lamezik, 41, were taken to Washington County Hospital in Nashville. The pickup veered off the road, skidded, rolled into a deep drainage ditch on its left side. injuries and conditions not released.
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Nashville
Tamarca
Route 31
Irvington
Raymond J. Stanowski
Edwin A Lamezik
Washington County Hospital
Stanowski
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