Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharged
A hospital note from Jefferson Memorial lists admissions including Iris Carpenter of Woodlawn and Gerald Gibson Reed of 406 North Fifth. Discharges include Ruby Isaac of Normal Illinois and Pearl Jackson.
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Jefferson Memorial
Iris Carpenter
Woodlawn
Gerald Gibson Reed
North Fifth
Ruby Isaac
Normal
Good Samaritan
James William Tate
Shirley Ewald
Belle Rive
William Jackson
South
Martha Burnette
Treva Jones
Centralia
Willodean Whitley
Waltonville
Fred Mooney
Harrison
Pearl Jackson
Harold Stewart
Neal Drive
Sylvia Ann Pogue
South Mth
Ethel Swaney
Karla Dodson
Dave Fisher
Doris Allen
Harvey Thompson
Hickory Grove Manor
Curtis Birkhead
Conger
Myrtle Pigg
Margaret Malick
Ashley
Rodney Willard
Michael Holston
Nashville
Two Newborn Girls Reported in Local Hospital Births
Mr and Mrs Cecil Manning of 914 South 21st welcomed a daughter born at 10 05 PM in Good Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds ten ounces. Mr and Mrs Billie Morrison of 421 Bell welcomed a daughter born at 5 27 AM in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds nine ounces.
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Cecil Manning
South 21St
Good Samaritan Hospital
Billie Morrison
Bell
Young Negroes Help Patrol Riot Area
In San Francisco about 1,200 National Guardsmen kept alert in Kezar Stadium and Candlestick Park as rioting eased. Peace patrol leaders reported no incidents in Hunters Point, curfew remained 8 p m to 6 a m, and 208 adults plus 29 juveniles had been arrested since rioting began. Notable arrests occurred in Haight-Ashbury, while Gov. Brown visited and praised security. Jobless rates among Black residents in the five-county Bay Area remained higher than white rates.
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Kezar Stadium
Candlestick Park
Peace Patrol
Hunters Point
Fillmore
Haight-Ashbury
Filmore
Edmund G. Brown
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay Area
Thomas Cahill
National Guardsmen
Meetings of Rome Chapter 1014 Order of the Eastern Star
Rome Chapter 1014 OES will hold a stated meeting Monday evening October 3 at 8 00 in the Masonic Temple Dix. Sarah Michael W M Nellie Hawkins sec. Past Matrons Club Mt Vernon Chapter 233 OES meets Oct 4 at 7 30 in the Masonic Temple dining room Hostesses Cecile Bond Ruth Atkinson Gladys Ross Pres Naomi R Bogan Secy
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Rome Co.e.s
Rome
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Dix
Sarah Michael
W.M. Nellie Hawkins
Sec
Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Cecile Bond
Ruth Atkinson
Gladys Ross
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec’y
Weather snapshot Thursday highs near 77 with rain
Thursday will reach a high of 77 and a low of 51 with rain beginning at 7:00 a.m. Thursday and ending at 7:00 a.m. Friday, totaling 0.04 inches. Yearly rainfall to date stands at 26.28 inches, with past comparisons showing 1966 values and sunrise at 5:56 a.m. and sunset at 5:44 p.m. (CST).
Weather Across Illinois Forecasts Mixed Sky and Cool Temperatures
The Associated Press notes heavy clouds and light rain across Illinois with 40s morning temps rising to 50s in the north and 60s in the south. Saturday looks cooler then partly cloudy for the north and clear to partly cloudy for the south. Friday night lows in the 40s and a chance of showers late Saturday.
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Ilinois
Weather Bureau
Five Day Outlook for Southern Illinois Temperatures
Five day forecast shows temperatures averaging 7 to 12 degrees below normal from Saturday through Wednesday. Expect cool start then a warming trend around Monday, followed by a dip again. Normal highs are in the low 70s to upper 70s, with lows around 50 to upper 50s. Precipitation roughly a quarter to half an inch, mainly showers Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Dlinois
Glove Links Intruder in Valerie Percy Murder Case
Kenilworth police focus on a black leather faced blood stained glove as the prime link to the intruder who killed Valerie Percy in her bed on September 18. Fiber from the glove matched in the bedroom and on the window screen. Investigators search for the glove’s mate and review 32 new leads amid a total of 300 checked since the slaying.
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Kenilworth
Valerie Percy
Valerie
Charles H. Percy
U.S. Senate
Percy
Daniel Dragel
Chicago Crime Laboratory
Robert Daley
Daley
Third Night of St. Louis Disorder
About 100 demonstrators, mostly Negro teenagers, marched on St. Louis police headquarters for a third night to protest the fatal shooting of a Negro prisoner by a policeman. They chanted Black power and police brutality, stayed peaceful, then moved to a nearby Negro district before dispersing.
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ST. Louis
Negro District
Peace talks revival and Viet Cong representation debate
U S officials discuss Viet Cong presence in future peace talks with Hanoi. Ambassador Goldberg says Viet Cong views could be heard if Hanoi seeks peace, amid shifts from nonrecognition to possible inclusion. Marines take hill after B52 raids over Vietnam.
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U.S
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Arthur J. Goldberg
Hanoi
Inez Threatens U.S. Mainland As Judith Strikes Caribbean
Hurricane Inez eyed the Miami area at 525 miles southeast as it maintained strength and path toward the United States. Judith crippled banana crops on St Vincent while moving westward in Inez's wake. A new tropical depression near the Cape Verde region stirred forecasts for potential tropical storm Kendra pending satellite data.
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U.S
Inez
Miami
Judith
Caribbean
St. Vincent
San Juan
Atlantic
Cape Verde
Kendra
Lesser City Hall Torn Down and New One Planned Charter
Lesser City votes 49 to issue bonds to replace the hall with a brick structure. The site will gain two lots adding 100 feet of frontage to west, enabling all city functions in one building instead of renting space.
Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Market Prices and prices
Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Market reports prices paid until 12 30 p m today with top hog price 22 25 for 210 to 240 lb hogs Sows weighed 300 lb and over at 19 75 to 20 25 Boars at 14 00 and 14 70 and note prices after 12 30 p m today will be based on next day prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
The Mt Vernon market quoted soybeans at 2.84, shell corn at 1.43, and ear corn at 1.40 this afternoon.
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Mt. Vernon
Egg price ranges and grade classifications listed
St Louis AP bulletin outlines consumer grades for eggs and weights for hens and poultry. Eggs large A 44 to 46 cents per dozen, medium A 41 to 44, small A 25 to 26, B large 38 to 40, standard 38 to 40, unclassified 23 to 30, checks 21 to 22. Hens heavy 14 to 15, light over five pounds 10 to 11, under five pounds no price, broilers and fryers no price.
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ST. Louis
Cash Grain Chicago Market Update
AP report notes no wheat corn oats or soybean sales in Chicago trading. Soybean oil priced at 11.25 per bushel. Market activity limited to price movements and minor shifts across grain futures.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices Report From National Stockyards
AP dispatch from National Stockyards shows Monday estimates for hogs at 5 000, cattle 6 000, calves 300, sheep 300 head. Hog values range 23.00 23.50 for barrows and gilts 75 to 190 to 250 pounds, sows 19.00 to 21.00. Cattle and calves priced up to 24.50 for prime vealers, vealers 24.00 to 34.00, cows 15.00 to 18.00. Sheep reported 22.00 to 23.50 for good to prime spring lambs 22.50 for choice shorn lambs, ewes 5.00 to 8.00.
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National
Chicago Produce Butter and eggs quality scores listed
Chicago Mercantile Exchange data shows butter with scores 93 AA 74 percent, 92 A 7454, 90 B 74, 89 C 71 percent. Eggs report 70 percent or better grade A whites 46, mixed 46, mediums 43, standards 43.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Wall Street Holds Above 1966 Low In MixedTrading
Wall Street hovered near the 1966 low at noon with shares drifting modestly. The Dow fell 2.34 to 770.32, AP average down .5 to 278.7 as Pan American, Jones & Laughlin, Delta and IBM moved. several big names rose slightly while others tumbled in cautious trading.
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Dow Jones
Wall Street
Associated Press
Pan American World Airways
Jones & Laughlin
Delta Airlines
IBM
KLM Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Boeing
Xerox
Anaconda
Goodyear
United Aircraft
Raytheon
Polaroid
General Motors
Ford
Kennecott
Union Carbide
American Stock Exchange
Henson To Attend Illinois Meeting
Ellis Henson superintendent of Mt. V non high school and community college will attend a meeting of junior and senior high school administrators October 3 5 at the University of Illinois He is president of the Illinois Association of Secondary School Principals.
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Ellis Henson
Mt. V@non
University of Illinois
Henson
Illinois Association of
Suit for divorce filed by Dorothy H Johnson
Dorothy H Johnson filed suit for divorce from Virgil L Johnson in circuit court here on Thursday alleging cruelty. The couple wed September 2 1933 and separated September 27 1966. The complaint seeks court approval of a property settlement.
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Dorothy H. Johnson
Virgil L. Johnson
Conference at Field School prompts school board warnings
Melbourne Australia AP report notes Raymond Mawson, 26, jailed 4 years for assault after nailing wife Annabel, 24, in a cupboard to stop her leaving. In Illinois, Field Consolidated near Texico hosts a semi annual conference of the Egyptian Division Illinois Association of School Boards warning of greater federal role in schools and panels on revenue amendments maintenance and vocational education.
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Australia
Raymond Mawson
Mawson
Annabel
Southern Illinois School Board
L. Goebel Patton
West Frankfort
Field Consolidated School
Illinois Association of School Boards
Field Consolidated
Texico
Patton
Ilinois Association of School Boards
Walter G. Kimmel
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
John K. Cox
Illinois Agriculture Association
William L. Moore
Vernon
Ogie Ellis
Jefferson County
Eugene McClintock
Kaskaskia
Bob Cole
Herb Mu'key
Midland Laboratories
Mt. Vernon
Charles Smith
Christopher
Presiding
William E. Wetherington
Illinois Office of Public Instruction
W. E. McAllister
Centralia
John Alford
Albert L. Miller
Wayne County
Glen Byram
Board of Vocational Education
Robert Noel
Mt. Vernon High
Medicare Drug Pay Proposed by Senate Committee
The Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to cover outpatient drugs under the voluntary Medicare program. Sen. Paul H. Douglas said the plan would reimburse using generic or chemical names, not brand names, expanding beyond hospital and nursing home coverage.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Paul H. Douglas
D-M1
Mt Vernon General Watson retires after long Okinawa post
General Watson, born in Mt Vernon in 1909, with a storied career as three star general, deputy CINCPAC commander, and U S high commissioner to the Ryukyu Islands. His family roots trace to Mt Vernon and his sons pursue Army and university paths.
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Mt. Vernon
Joel F. Watson
Louise Malloy Watson
Washington, D.C
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Oklahoma
Hawaii
Col. Watson
West Point Military Academy
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U.S
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Ilinois
Fire destroys home on Liberty Road. Mt. Vernon family aided
Rural firefighters report generous support after a six member Fisher family lost their five room house on Liberty Road east of town. Fire Captain Coy Reed thanks donors who contributed 23 dollars and calls for dishes and kitchen utensils plus clothing for two boys aged 14 and 15. Contact 244-3824 to donate.
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Coy Reed
James T. Fisher
Liberty Road
Reed
Rural Fire Department
Truman Confined To His Home
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. AP Former President Harry S. Truman has been confined to his home since his return from a hospital where he was treated July 30 for severe colitis. At 82, he promises to return to office soon though friends note dizziness on standing. Doctors advise minimal movement.
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Harry S. Truman
Truman
Rose Conway
Research Hospital
Kansas City
Brain Wave Test For Killer Speck
Richard Speck, 24, underwent an electroencephalogram as part of a psychiatric review of his competency to stand trial for eight nurse murders. Dr Edward J Kelleher and five other doctors conducted the examination at the Psychiatric Institute. Speck was removed from Cook County jail for the test.
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Richard Speck
Nurs
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Edward J. Kelleher
Cook County
Psychiatric Institute
Jack Johnson
McLeansboro Social Notes Detail Local Movements
McLeansboro residents and relatives travel between Union Grove Wisconsin Palm Beach Florida and Evansville Indiana with visits in Clarksville Tennessee and Golden Pond Kentucky. Local events include the Shuster Monument Co. sale purchase and Flannigan School burglarized with goods stolen.
Reverend Krause to Lead Latin America Evangelistic Mission
Former Mount Vernon resident Rev. Robert A. Krause pastor of Fairfield First Methodist will spend October 4 to 31 in Latin America for a Methodist evangelistic mission. He joins 22 U.S. ministers and lay members for events Oct. 16 to 28 across Bolivia Peru and other countries with Peru as a preaching site.
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Mt. Vernon
First Methodist Church
Fairfield
Latin America
Mr. Krause
Methodist Church
United States
General Boards of Missions and Evangelism
The
Bolivia
Peru
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
Panama
Krause
Charles D. Whittle
Nashville
General Board of Evangelism
Miami
Rio de Janeiro
Mt V Resident Retires From State Position
Springfield Ill Miss Carrie Jacobson 1205 W Main St Mt Vernon heads a list of retirees from state service with 47 years credit in the state employees retirement system Miss Jacobson retired June 21 from the Lincoln State School Department of Mental Health A list of retirees with 20 or more years of creditable service whose pensions were processed for payment during August has been announced by the Retirement System Included is Glen Borah Fairfield who worked 20 years with the Department of Public Works and Buildings
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Springfield
Ill
Carrie Jacobson
W. Main St
Mt. Vernon
State Employees Retirement System
Jacobson
Lincoln State School
Department of Mental Health
Youth Pleads Guilty In Burglary Case Here
Steven Carlile, 17, of 601 Herbert street, pleaded guilty in circuit court to burglary. Judge Alvin Lacy Williams deferred sentencing and set an aggravation and mitigation hearing for October 18. Carlile waived indictment before pleading. He and two other youths face charges in a total of 20 local break-ins.
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Steven Carlile
Herbert Street
Alvin Lacy Williams
Carlile
Circuit Court Fines Man for Intoxication Charge
Ray Franklin Leneave of Route 2 Mt. Vernon was fined $10 in circuit court on an intoxication charge.
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Ray Franklin Leneave
Mt. Vernon
Course Here In Management Of Gas Stations
A ten week short course in service station management offered by Southern Illinois University Division of Technical and Adult Education with Mt. Vernon Township High School begins October 10. Registration at 7:30 p.m. in room 104 Vocational Building. Tuition $8. Classes 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays. Instructor Gene Johns of Marion, an SIU graduate with oil industry experience. Enrollment limited to 25. Pre register by sending the $8 tuition to SIU Carbondale.
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Southern Ilinois University
Division of Technical and Adult Education
Mt. Vernon Township
Harold Engelking
SIU
Gene Johns
Marion
Engelking
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Coin Box Stolen From City Park Booth
A coin box from a public telephone was pried loose and stolen yesterday from a booth in Mt Vere non City Park. Clyde Clark, park policeman, reported the theft to city police.
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Booth
Mt. Verenon
Clyde Clark
Park
B&e Engineering Co
South 10Th
Jackie Lowery
Richview Road
Jordan
Fire damages Mt. Vernon home on Herbert Avenue
Mt. Vernon firemen extinguished a morning blaze at 619 Herbert Avenue. Electrical outlet in the kitchen reportedly sparked the fire. Alarm was sounded around 9:27 a. m. The home owned and occupied by Mrs. Hattie Johnson sustained kitchen wall damage along with water and smoke damage.
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Mt. Vernon
Herbert
A. m
Hattie Johnson
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