Deaths Walter S. Rice Dies At Age 73
Walter S. Rice 316 Caborn died at 6 10 p m Tuesday in Good Samaritan Hospital at 73 years six months and one day Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Friday at Myers Chapel with Rev Melvin Dathout officiating Burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery Body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 4 p m Thursday Survived by wife Edna Chambler three daughters three sons three step sons a sister 20 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren He was born March 2 1893 in Jefferson County former employee of Moss Tie Company and member of Free Will Baptist Church
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Walter S. Rice
Caborn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Rice
Moss Tie Company
Myers Chapel
Melvin Dathout
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Jefferson County
William F
Martha Jane (Haney) Rice
Murphysboro
Edna Chambler
Renalda Beppler
Juanita Lampe
Irvington, Ill
Wavey Stater
Centralia
Lela Randolph
St. Louis
William L. Rice
Hull
John F. Rice
Mt. Vernon
William L. Seidenstricker
Ashley
Roy L
Arthur Seidenstricker
May Dodson
City
The
Free Will Baptist Church
Carrie Massow Former Resident Dies in Phoenix
Carrie Lengfelder Massow, 78, longtime resident who with her first husband ran Lengfelder Meat Market in town, died Saturday at her Phoenix home. Burial is set for Thursday in a Chicago cemetery. Survived by nieces Mrs Ezra Herbert of Mt Vernon and Mrs Agnes Smith of Chicago and great nephew Arthur Herbert of Minnetonka Minnesota.
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Carrie Lengfelder Massow
Phoenix
Ariz
Lengfelder
Chicago
Massow
Ezra Herbert
Mt. Vernon
Agnes Smith
Arthur Herbert
Minnetonka
Minn
Graveside Rites For Virgil Smith
Graveside services for Virgil Smith will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday at West Salem cemetery with the Rev. Roy Van Horn officiating. He died Saturday in General Rose Hospital Denver at age 72. Former Mt. Vernon resident born February 3, 1884. Survived by three sisters Mrs. Fred Puckett East St. Louis, Mrs. Sam Dowdy Los Angeles, Mrs. Dora Clark Seal Beach, and a brother Joe C. Smith Mt. Vernon.
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Virgil Smith
West Salem
Roy van Horn
Myers Chapel
Smith
Denver
Colo
General Rose Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Nelson
Mary Smith
Fred Puckett
East St. Louis
Sam Dowdy
Los Angeles
Calif
Dora Clark
Seal Beach
Joe C. Smith
This City
San Francisco Riots Prompt 2000 Guardsmen Curfew
Gov. Brown called 2,000 guardsmen and ordered a citywide curfew after deadly violence in San Francisco. A youth was shot in the back amid fires and flying glass as Mayor Shelley tried to intervene. Auto traffic was halted in Negro districts and bars closed until morning. Between 600 and 700 youths, mostly residents of Hunters Point, were involved. Looting occurred in Fillmore as rumors spread.
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John F. Shelley
Thomas Roche
San Francisco
Brown
Youth For Service
Hunters Point
Pinkney
Austin Scott
Associated Press
Fillmore
Weather Snapshot For Mt Vernon And Nearby Areas
Mt Vernon Tuesday highs reach 62 with 48 overnight. Rainfall from 7 am Tuesday to 7 am Wednesday records .12 inches. Year to date rainfall totals 26.24 inches. Compare past years with highs of 79, 74, and 77 at corresponding dates. Thursday sunrise 5:53 sunset 5:49 CST.
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MT. Vernon
C.S.T
Illinois mild temperatures boost sunny day across state
Associated Press reports temperatures were mild and skies mostly sunny in Illinois. Northern readings ranged from the high 40s to the 70s, southern areas in the lower 70s. tonight’s lows mid-40s to mid-50s with possible showers in the north and scattered showers in the south Thursday. little temperature change expected. Early lows included Champaign 42, Moline and Peoria 43, Springfield 44, Vandalia 46, Rockford and Belleville 49.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Champaign
Moline
Peoria
Springfield
Vandalia
Rockford
Belleville
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla City
Omaha
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Molin
South Bend Wenerencencans
Paducah
Five Day Temperature Outlook for Southern Illinois
Temperatures over the next five days in Southern Illinois will run 3 to 9 degrees below seasonal normals. Expect cooler conditions by Friday with minor further changes thereafter. Normal highs range from the low 70s in the north to the upper 70s in the south, while normal lows span near 50 in the north to the upper 50s in the southeast. Precipitation averages a quarter to half an inch, with scattered showers mainly over the weekend.
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Ilinois
Walter Gutzler Leaves Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Walter Gutzler, a conservation representative for the Illinois Department in southern Illinois, has been released after a month at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. He plans to recuperate at his Bluford home and will be available to receive visitors. He reports feeling much better.
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Walter Gutzler
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Bluford
Gutzler
Southern Illinois
Illinois Conservation Department
Curfew Police Shoot Fatal Shot as City Turmoil Rises
Citywide unrest erupts after a fatal shooting by a police officer during a curfew enforcement. Off duty officers were ordered to shoot to kill if threatened and to arrest those who disobeyed after a single warning. Mayor Shelley suspended the involved officer pending investigation and stated there would be one law for all, asserting the car was stolen and rejecting racial double standards.
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Shelley
Knife found near Percy home in Valerie case
Kenilworth police and the Chicago crime lab study a rusty 3 to 4 inch blade found on a bluff near Valerie Percy’s beach home. Percy’s father Charles H. Percy may resume his campaign in October as the family remains in seclusion.
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Kenilworth
Valerie Percy
Chicago Police Crime Laboratory
Charles H
Chuck) Percy
Percy
Chicago
Robert M. Daley
Valerie
Daley
Scott Cohen
Percys
Sharon
Daniel Dragel
Hospital Notes list admissions and discharges across region
The notice records admitted patients Wallace Beardon Marion Charles Winkler Brownsville Road Abe Maynor 1207 south 12th Ruby Beatrice Isaac Normal Ti Orville Elija Trobaugh Belle Rive Donna Hattie Lambert 607 Salem Road Mona M Clark RFD 6 Mayme Ruth Valentine 504 south 18th Nora Matilda McMahon Mc Leansboro Charlie Columbus Cantrell Salem II Mabel Louise Goddard Dix Discharged Jacob Antone Wathes Dahlgren Good Samaritan Dwight Hughey Norris City Ruth Webb 1316 Casey Victoria Stamper Benton I Ethel Allen 1213 south 26th Margaret Niekrenz Ashley Rd Ruth Carkin 819 Maple Nettie Lee Porter 903 Cleveland Horatio Wilson Wayne City Louis Armstrong 1807 Pace Helen Johnston RFD 4 Doris Allen 713 south 22nd Hattie Buhler 1902 Perkins Beverly Klinker Belle Rive Jewell Thompson 1104 south 13th Martha Brewer Waltonville Clara Miller 404 south 22nd Sylvia Pogue 1104 south 24th Edward Champ Woodlawn Elizabeth Standerfer Dahlgren Mrs Colleen Higgins and baby James Michael 408 south 47th Walter Wilson 1012 south 7th Anna Faas Opdyke Richard Whalen Oak Forest md Irma Igo 504 south 19th Andrew Sayer Louisville Ky Brian Rush 1118 south 13th Sharon Lappin Bluford Katherine Patton RFD 1 Elmer Lowry Union Grove Wis Robert Goss No 4 Evergreen Murray Patterson 1206 south 28th
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Orville
Elija Trobaugh
Belle Rive
Donna Hattie Lambert
Salem Road
Mona M. Clark
RFD
Mayme Ruth Valentine
South 18Th
Nora Matilda McMahon
McLeansboro
Charlie Columbus Cantrell
Salem
Mabel Louise Goddard
Dix
Jacob Antone Wathes
Dahl
Dwight Hughey
Norris City
Ruth Webb
Casey
Victoria Stamper
Benton
Ethel Allen
South 26Th
Margaret Niekrenz
Ashley Rd
Ruth Carkin
Maple
Nettie Lee Porter
Cleveland
Horatio Wilson
Wayne City
Louis Armstrong
Pace
Helen Johnston
Doris Allen
South 22Nd
Hattie Buhler
Perkins
Beverly Klinker
Jewell Thompson
South 13Th
Martha Brewer
Waltonville
Clara Miller
South
Sylvia Pogue
South 24Th
Edward Champ
Woodlawn
Elizabeth Standerfer
Dahlgren
Colleen Higgins
James Michael
Walter Wilson
Anna Faas
Opdyke
Richard Whalen
Oak Forest
Irma Igo
Andrew Sayer
Louisville
Brian Rush
Sharon Lappin
Bluford
Katherine Patton
Elmer Lowry
Union Grove
Wis
Robert Goss
Evergreen
Murray Patterson
Traffic Fines from Circuit Court Docket
Circuit court assessed fines for two motorists. James Perrin of St. Louis was fined $10 for improper lane usage. Elaine K. Fowler of No 4 Hillcrest was fined $10 for following too close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Perrin
St. Louis
Elaine K. Fowler
No. 4
Hillcrest
Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Market Prices Down at Noon
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were down 33c with top hogs at 21 75 for 210 to 240 lb Sows 300 weight and over 20 00 down Boars 14 00 and 14 75 After 12 30 p m today prices will be based on next day s prices
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quotes show soybeans at 2.84 per bushel, shell corn 1.43, ear corn 1.40 in the afternoon market report. The figures reflect grain values for local farmers and traders in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago grain and poultry prices reported by AP
Chicago Mercantile Exchange and USDA data show butter grades AA A and B with scores around 74 percent, eggs at or above 70 percent grade A whites and mixed grades, while live poultry roasters and red white rock fryers are listed with figures in the mid-20s to high-20s percent range.
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Chicago
USDA
Livestock price estimates from National Stockyards
AP reports for Thursday show futures and price ranges across hogs cattle calves and sheep at National Stockyards Ii: hogs 6 500 head barrows and gilts 190 250 lb 22 50 23 00 sows 180 190 lb 19 50 21 25 cattle 2 000 calves 200 steers 25 25 good and choice 22 75 25 00 heifers 24 25 24 00 cows 16 00 19 00 healers 24 00 35 00 calves 20 00 24 00 sheep 500 spring lambs 23 00 24 00 good and choice 22 00 23 00 shorn ewes 5 00 8 00.
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National
Grain futures prices in Chicago report
In Chicago cash grain quotes Wheat No 2 hard around 1.76 a bushel No 2 red about 1.74 Corn No 2 yellow near 1.42 to 1.42 4n Oats No 2 heavy white about 0.735 Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.98 to 2.99 No 2 yellow about 2.97 per bushel.
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Chicago
Egg and live poultry price report from St. Louis
St Louis AP reports eggs by consumer grades A large 4547 A medium 42-44 A small 255-26 B large 38-40 wholesale standards 38-40 unclassified 29-30 checks 21-22 and hens heavy 14-15 light over 5 lbs 10-11 under 5 lbs no price broilers and fryers no price.
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ST. Louis
Wall Street slides as Dow falls after noon trading
Wall Street opened lower with the Dow Jones industrial average down 7.29 at 786.80 at noon. Du Pont led losses among blue chips while Motorola dropped over 5 points on weaker outlooks. The broader AP average slipped 1.6 to 284.4 as metals, airlines, and glamor stocks retreated in moderate volume.
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New York
du Pont
Motorola
Financial Weekly
Associated Press
Fairchild Camera
IBM
Polaroid
Douglas Aircraft
Xerox
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
International Nickel
Eastman Kodak
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Jones & Laughlin
American Stock Exchange
Students Riot At American Exhibit In Allahabad
In Allahabad, India demonstrators forced the closing of an American space exploration exhibit on a university campus. They shouted against U.S. involvement in Vietnam and protested the Indian American Education Foundation proposed by President Johnson.
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New Delhi
India
Allahabad
Viet Nam
IMA Officials Speak on Government Control and Economy
Southern Illinois industrialists heard William C. Croft, IMA first vice president, urge businesses to fight unwarranted government control and rising regulation. He linked Viet Nam outcomes to maintaining a sound U.S. economy at home. Others at the Mt. Vernon dinner included Hart, Bergren, and Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. V
William C. Croft
Illinois Manufacturers Association
Ilinois
Mt. Vernon
E. Edgerton Hart
IMA
C. J. Covington
Denzer Electric
Orville V. Bergren
LMA
Quentin M. Lambert
Delo
Southern Illinois
Ellis Country Club
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Pyle National Company of
Chicago
Association
Viet Nam
Illinois
Land Judging Contest Brings Jefferson County Schools
A land judging contest for Jefferson county vocational agriculture students will be held Tuesday at 1 30 pm on the Howard Gene Clifton farm near Bakerville Dodds township. Sponsors are the Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District with supervision by Cliff Miles and Manford A Logan. Each school may field five competitors for the team and others for individual honors with a plaque for the winning team and ribbons for top scorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Howard Gene Clifton
Bakerville
Dodds Township
Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District
Cliff Miles
Carbondale
Manford A. Logan
Soil Conservation Service of
Mt. Vernon
Births in City Highlight Five Newborns at Local Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Goza of 1105 South 2nd welcomed Kip DWayne at 8 24 yesterday morning weighing six pounds eleven and one fourth ounces. Ferdinand Jaegers of RFD 2 and a son arrived at 3 06 yesterday afternoon weighing eight pounds one ounce. Robert Piercy of 1323 North 11th welcomed a daughter at 5 45 yesterday afternoon weighing seven pounds twelve ounces. Homer Baker of RFD 5 had a son at 11 45 last night weighing oat pounds five and one half ounces. Richard Minkoff of Knoxville Tenn and wife welcomed a daughter named Lisa Ann born Saturday morning September 24 at St Marys Hospital weighing six pounds seven ounces. mother is former Kaye Purcell, grandparents Mr and Mrs W A Purcell of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Goza
South 2Th
Good Samaritan Hospital
Kip D’wayne
Ferdinand Jaegers
RFD 2
Robert Piercy
North 11Th Street
Homer Baker
RFD 5
Richard Minkoff
Knoxville
Tenn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lisa Ann
Kaye Purcell
W.A. Purcell
Three-vehicle crash kills man near Earlville Illinois
George Howe, 42, of rural Ottawa, was killed Tuesday when his car, a truck, and a combine collided on a county road two miles south of Earlville. Coroner James Thompson of La Salle County confirmed the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlville, Ill
George Howe
Ottawa
James Thompson
la Salle County
Earlville
Airline Strike Is Postponed In 12 Hour Credence Break
The AFL CIO Transport Workers Union delays its planned strike against American Airlines for 12 hours citing progress in all night talks The union seeks about 30 percent wage hikes for 12000 nonoperating workers while American offers a 59 cent hourly raise and better fringe benefits in a three year deal The move follows a history of stalled efforts and emergency boards to avert walkouts with no firm settlement reached yet including wage package disputes and contract term length concerns
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New York
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
American Airlines
American
United States
Canada
Mexico
Machinists
TWU
Eastern
National
Trans World
United
Northwest Airlines
TWA
Johnson
Showtime '66 On Mt. V. Stage Thursday, Saturday
A $201,000 lawsuit over an injury at a Mt. Vernon swimming party was filed in circuit court yesterday. Roger Lee Glasco, 18, by Ruth Glasco, his mother, sues Mt. Vernon Recreation Club Inc. Claim alleges dangerous high diving board placement caused permanent injuries June 4, 1965. Jury trial demanded. Showtime '66 dress rehearsal signals final Mt. Vernon showings Sept. 29 and Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. in the Mt. Vernon Township High School auditorium. Proceeds fund speech activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Roger Lee Glasco
Ruth Glasco
The
Mt. Vernon Recreation Club, Inc
Recreation Club
North 34Th Street
Showtime ’66
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Showtime '66
Jim Miller
Chuck Lee
Starr Michel
Kathie Estes
Bud Farrar
Rick Nance
Showtime 66
Clint Webb
Inquest Planned Into Death Of Robt Westbrook
An inquest will be held into the death of Robert Edward Westbrook 42 of 2112 Richview Road who died after shooting himself in a neighbor's yard following a family quarrel. Coroner John Richardson impaneled a jury but no time is set. Westbrook's wife Rose Marie Westbrook is hospitalized with injuries from the incident. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Pulley Funeral Chanel with Rev John Basick officiating. Graveside rites by American Legion Post 141 will follow at Kirk Cemetery near Inn. Westbrook was an Army veteran of World War II and a mechanic at Holman Motors.
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Vernon
John Richardson
Robert Edward Westbrook
Richview Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Westbrook
Kirk Cemetery
Inn
American Legion Post 141
Mt. Vernon
Werthronk
Central Church of Christ
Holman Motors
Collision damages reported in Mt Vernon parking lot
Police reported more than 155 in damage from an accident in a parking lot on the east side of Mt Vernon yesterday. Edwin L McCrary, 47, Route 1, Dix, backed into a parked car owned by Owen Arthur Robertson, Glendale California. McCrary’s car damage estimated at 55 and Robertson’s at more than 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Edwin L. McCrary
Route 1
Dix
Owen Arthur Robertson
Glendale
Calif
McCrary
Robertson
Wire thieves strike in Jefferson county again
Copper wire thieves with pole climbers are active in Jefferson county. They cut wires from a main line to a service pole and from the pole to an vacant home northwest of Divide. Morley Williams, owner, reported the theft to the sheriff Tuesday afternoon. It marks the third theft of this type in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Divide
Morley Williams
Sheriff's Office
Woman Fined In Check Case in De Kalb Jewelers
Phyllis Broughton aged 23 of De Kalb Illinois was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to deceptive practices. She also made restitution on a worthless 37 dollar 13 cent check given to M E Jackson Jewelry store in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Broughton
DeKalb, Ill
M. E Jackson
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Gov. Brown
Jefferson Memorial
Wallace Beardon
Marion
Charles Winkler
Brownsville Road
Abe Maynor
South 12Th
Ruby Beatrice Isaac
Normal
Circuit Court
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
Indus
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U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Haiphong
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Style HO
Atenes
Cryatev Aurona
Jackson
Emerald
M. E. Jackson
South Side Square
Showtime
Robt. Westbrook
Kniffen
Mercury
S. 10Th Street
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