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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1968

Page

9

Cold spell brings snow and rain across region

A cold spell is forecast with snow mixed with rain from the Pacific coast to the northern Plains. Snow flurries will sweep the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley to New England. Eastern areas turn cold while the Rockies stay milder. High Sunday about 49, low 25, overnight 25. Precip from 7 am today 0.04 inches. Lake stage notes show Crab Orchard 8 inches below spillway, Little Grassy 3 inches below, Devil's Kitchen at spillway, Lake of Egypt 2 inches above.

Pacific Great Lakes Ohio Valley New England Crab Orchard Lake Little Grassy Lake Devil’s Kitchen Lake Lake of Egypt

Ky Returns From Paris Seeks Nonrecognition Policy

Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky arrived in Saigon and reaffirmed that Vietnam would never recognize the Viet Cong’s National Liberation Front while planning to deal with all opposition after peace returns. He suggested meeting the NLF in Vietnam to save taxpayers money and said international forces would guard the North South border once North Vietnamese forces pull back. He also voiced willingness to resign if peace and freedom free of Communist domination could be achieved now.

Saigon Nguyen Cao Ky Paris National Liberation Front South Vietnam Viet Cong NLF Vietnam South Nguyen van Thieu Thieu

Frances H Reeves of Carbondale Dies at 69

Frances H Reeves of 616 N Almond St Carbondale died at 4 53 am Sunday in Sty rest Nursing Home after a month as a patient She was 69 Born Jan 17 1899 in Birds Mill Mo to Kenneth and Ava Parks She married Hiram E Reeves Dec 25 1920 Survivors include husband sons Roy Angwin Calif Roscoe Gary Ind daughters Mrs Richard Howell Carbondale Mrs Charles Neagele Murphysboro Mrs William Raines Tiffin Ohio 28 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services will be 9 am Tuesday at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church Carol and a Rosary at 730 pm tonight at Huffman Funeral Home Burial in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery

Alma Bryant N. Bridge St Carbondale Doctors Hospital Anna Harrison Edna Rushing Abshaer John Bryant Cairo Bryant Jesus Only Church of Joyn Bonita Threlkel Jonesboro Frances H. Reeves N. Almond St Styrest Nursing Home Bird’s Mill Kenneth and Ava Mae Jackson Parks Hiram E. Reeves Reeves American Legion Auxiliary

Joyful dawn as Pueblo crew finally freed

Families nationwide woke to 3 a.m. calls confirming the release of the USS Pueblo crew after 11 months in North Korea. Parents and spouses recalled shock then elation as they prepared for reunions while caution lingered about final return to U.S. officials.

New York Times New York Navy Pueblo North Korea Jams Shepard Williamstown Mass

Widow of Rev Silas Nance Dies at 70 in Carbondale

Esther Grace Nance 70 widow of the late Rev Silas Herbert Nance of Dutch Ridge died at 3 30 a m in Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale. She was a former Cairo Emmanuel Baptist Church pastor’s wife and active in Dutch Ridge Baptist church Jackson County Farm Bureau Auxiliary and the Clear Creek Association Woman's Missionary Union. The couple observed their 50th anniversary in 1967. he died in 1967. She leaves two daughters and a brother three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at Van Natta Funeral Home Carbondale with burial at Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery west of Carbondale. Friends may call after 4 p m Tuesday.

Esther Grace Nance Silas Herbert Nance Dutch Ridge Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale Nance Cairo Emmanuel Baptist Church Forrest Crews Rt. 2 Carterville Raymond Thom Elizabethtown Harold Gregory Wheaton van Natta Funeral Home Lowell West Cypress Baptist Church Dale Clemens Lakeland Baptist Church Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery

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