College official's wife dies in Mt. Vernon home
Mrs. Ethel Fitch, 60, wife of Bend Lake College business manager Paul M. Fitch, was found dead in bed at her Mt. Vernon residence. Authorities cited a heart condition. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, and a sister. Funeral services were held at Myers Chapel with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Mt. Vernon
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Highland
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Barve Gwin
Decatur
John Dooden
Elmhurst
Myers Chapel
Glyde Funkhauser
Oakwood Cemetery
New Cairo Industry to Hire Eight to Ten Workers
The 2-M Company of Chicago plans a Cairo plant early next year to produce interior latex paints at an existing Commercial Avenue facility. Energy: Harvey Bearden, 20, $110, killing goose not in a pit or blind.
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2-M Company
Chicago
Commercial Avenue
Harvey Bearden
Murphysboro approves police fire pay and staffing deal
Murphysboro city council approves a contract raising pay and expanding the police force from seven to nine. The agreement adds two officers and a clerk radio operator, boosts overtime at 1.5 times, sets six holidays with extra pay, and links annual pay increases to the cost of living plus merit. Clothing allowances for police and fire personnel are enhanced, with firemen receiving new uniforms. Named sources include Tony Stevens of The Southern Ilinoisan.
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Murphysboro
Additon
Merit Board
Saigon reports government control of 92.5 percent in South Vietnam
The Saigon government announced it controlled 16.1 million of an estimated 17.5 million population on November 30, the highest since the war began, with 492,000 people under Viet Cong control and 22,000 in contested areas. The figure shows steady expansion since early 1960s estimates.
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