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THE REGISTER-NEWS MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1968 DEATHS John Schallert Dies; Rites At Portageville, Mo. Funeral services for John Schallert will be conducted at a.m. Monday at Ha POP- lageville Funeral Home In POP- tageville, Mo. Burial will be in that city.

Mr. Schallert of Dade City, died Wednesday in a hospital in that city. He was the father of Bernard Schallert, manager of the Singer Sewing Center in Mt Vernon. Besides this son, he is sui-vived by two others, Paul Schallert of tageville, and Francis Schallert of Adrian, hla wife, Mrt. Katie Schallert of Dade Qty, four daughters, Mrs.

Agnes Dachs of Maiden, Mi-s. Mary Powell of Collinsville, Marie and aara Schallert, botli of St. Louis; and 16 grandchildren. Mr. Schallert was a retired fanner.

C. R. Hawkins Dies; Funeral At Centralia Clyde Ray Hanidns, SI, of 1431 Mitchen in Centralia died at 7:20 a.m. Thursday in St Mary's Hospital at Centralia. He was a former Jefferson county resident.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Queen- Boggs Funeral In Centralia with the Rev. Glerni Jctoson and tiie Rev. Robert offi- Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Paric cemetery at Centralia. The body will lie in state at the funeral home where friends may call after 6:00 p.m.

today. Mr. Hawkins was bom Nov. 24, 1916, in Jefferson county, the son of Josett Everett and Anna (Pugh) Hawldns. He was married to Martha Ellen Rigney, who survives.

He is also survivde by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Hawkins of near Walnut HiU; a son, John Hawkins, a student at SIU; a brother, Virgil Havdrins of RFD 1, Sandoval; three step-brothers, Harold Pugh, Lowell Pugh, and Dwight Pugh, all of Centralia; two half-brothers, Carl Leon Hawkins of Okawville and Everett Hawkins, of RFD 1, Cen tralia; and four half-sisters, Mrs. Grace Braddy, Mrs.

Enna Orrm, both of RFD 1, Walnut Hill, Mrs. Margaret Byers of Centralia, and Mrs. Mildred Braddy of RFD 5, Cravat. Hawkins, a carman with the Illinois Central Raih-oad, was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of American Local 861. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist church of Cravat and a veteran of World War Two.

Hospitol Notes Jeffenon Memoria! Admitted: Edward Panzier, Ashley. Estetta Stokes, 1105 Conger, Discharged: Charles L. Kern, 516 Jordan. Mrs. Donna Sue Kam and baby, Recil Eugene, Belle Rive.

Good Samaritan Adntitted: Todd Gentles, 16 Lin- view. Cecil Robinson, RFD 2, Ashley. Agnes Starkey, 1013 south 37lh. Gordon Creel, 309 south lltli. Ruth Ann Bain, 1300 south Fifth.

Phyllis Bryant, 3224 Chei-ry. John Hatchett, 936 Conger. Addle Overby, 318 north Ninth George Bailor, 2404 Lamar. Herbert Manley, 1108 Prairie. Jack Roach, Nashville.

Discharged: David Shields. 3221 Apple. Dorothy Fletcher, Benton Rd. Agnes Gilbert, RFD 4. Elnora Sampson, 615 Lamar.

Vauda Allen, 224 south 17th. Gerald Williams, 717 north 11th. Wllma Malner, 511 Casey. Gale White, 1213 Perkins. Alma Williams, RFD 1, DLx.

Janet Pemberton, 925 Airport Road. Mrs. Alma Jean Blagg and daughter, Cynthia Lynn, RFD 7. Hazel Dunbar, Ina. Ruth Odom, 513 Main.

Crete Williamson, Hickory Grove Manor Nursing Home. Bobby Greene, RFD 6. Maggie Warren, 805 Lamar. Vada Wilkerson, 1905 Herbert. BERTHS Jean Robinson, Former Resident Dies In Florida Mi-s.

Jean Robinson, Brandon, a former resident of Mt. Vernon, died Thursday night at a hospital in Tampa, Fla. at the age of 53 years. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at St. Cloud Church of God in Valrico, Fla.

Burial will also be in that cily. The body will lie in state at Stowers Funeral Home in Valrico. Mrs. Robinson was bom Jan. 10, 1915.

She married Acle Robinson who survives. Other survivors include a stepson. Bill Robinson; a brother, Robert Wescott of Chicago; a stepbrother, Myrle Jennings of Mt. Vernon; and a stepsister, Mrs. Roy Cai-son of Michigan City, Ind.

John Hatchett Hurt In Accident On Richview Road Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hardy of Eldorado are the parents of a son born yesterday in a hospital in Eldorado. He weighed six pounds. The grandparents, are Mr.

and Mrs. Warren Hardy, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bakel, all of Mt. Vernon.

35 Mock "Victims" CARED FOR IN 48 MINUTES (Continued From Page One) quh-ed it. Members of the Hospital staff were called according to a pre-designed system of communication and within 15 minutes after the initial call came aU required hospital personnel were on duty and woridng. Sister M. Joanne, Administrator, was very pleased with the speed and dispatch with which the "Disaster Victims" were cared for and she highly praised Sister M. Alma, Coordinator of the Disaster Program.

She stated further that the cooperation of all the organizations involved in the disaster program was tremendous. Only through this cooperation could such an effective Mock Disaster take place. Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Market Prices paid until 12:30 p.m. today were down 25c.

The top was 18.30, 18.75 and 19.00 for 200 to 220 lb. meat type hogs. Sows were 16.50 for 300 weight down; sews 300 weight and over 16.25, down. Boars were 11.50 13.00. After 12:30 p.m.

today prices will be based on next day's prices. Mt. Vernon Grain The following prices were quoted in Mt Vernon this morning. Wheat 1.31. Soybeans 2.55.

SheUed Com 1.11. Chicago Produce CmCAGO (AP) Chicago Mercantile Exchange-Butter steady; whole buying prices unchanged; 93 score AA 66; 92 A 66; 90 89 Cars 90 89 Eggs iiTegular; wholesale buying prices 1 lower to higher; 75 per cent or better gi-ade A whites 32; mixed mediums 26; standards checks Chicago Grain CHICAGO (AP) Wheat No. 2 hard 1.51% No. 2 soft red 1.44%n. Com No.

2 yellow 1.16n; No. 4 yeUow 1.08.% Oats No. 2 heavy white 79n. Soybeans No. 1 yeUow 2.70%.

Soybean oil 8.78n. RIGHTS LEADER SHOT DOWN ON MEMPHIS MOTEL BALCONY (Continued From Page One) John Hatchett, 66, of 819 Conger Avenue, was injured at 6:00 p.m. yesterday when his truck- camper went into a ditch on tlie Richview Road, a short distance west of Mt. Vernon. Hatchett was rushed by Litton ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital, for treatment of multiple injuries.

He remained as a patient today and was reported in fair condition. Tlie accident occun-ed on a cuive of the Richview Road. WHITE FIRED FROM FLOPHOUSE WINDOW (Continued From Page One) found." The weapon, Holloman said, was sent to the FBI laboratory in Washington for ballistics tests. Shelby County Sheriff William E. Mon-is, asked if officers had a palm print from the weapons, replied: "We hope we do." on King.

I would say that Dr. King would consider it a repudiation of his philosophy and his whole way of life," Young replied. King came to Memphis first on Mai'ch 18 to speak in support of the strikers. He drew a crowd of 10,000 to a rally. In which he termed the strike a new phase of the Negro's struggle.

The strike, which began Feb. 12, took on early racial overtones because 98 per cent of the striking force are Negroes, and King called the strike a fight for "economic equality." The strikers have asked for a written union contract, payroll deduction of union dues and higher wages. Mayor Henry Loeb has said he will never gi-ant the wiitten contract or dues checkoff. Call Tennessee Troops Gov. Buford Ellington alerted the Army and Air National Guard of Tennessee and ordered 4,000 troops into Memphis and tlie same number into Nash- viUe.

A curfew, first clamped on Memphis after a King-led march turned into a riot last week, was reimposed. King was in the city preparing to lead another march in support of the city's 1,300 striking garbage collectors, most of whom are Negroes. His party was about to go out for dinner when King walked onto the motel balcony. "And then we heai-d what sounded like a shot," said the Rev. Andrew Young.

"I thought it was a firecx'acker." The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was standing beside King, said the civil right leader's only utterance after the shot was, "Oh!" "The bullet exploded in his face," said Ben Bamch. "It knocked him off his feet." Man Seen Banning Solomon Jones, King's chauffeur, said a "man in white clothes" ran from the scene. Police in Tennessee and Arkansas were looking for a young white man, who witnesses said was dressed in white and was driving a late model white car. St.

Louis Produce ST. LOUIS consumer grades: A large 26-30, A medium 22-26, A smaU 18-20, large 21-24; wholesale grades, standard 21-22, unclassified 2021. Hens, heavy 13-14; light over lbs under lbs broU- ers and fryers LIVESTOCK NATIONAL STOCKYARDS, 111.,, for Monday: hogs 9 000; cattle Calves 100; shepp 40C. Hogs 6.000; U.S. 1-2 200-240 lb 150 hend 210-220 lb 20.00; 1-3 215-250 lbs 18.75-1^,25; 2-3 230-270 lbs 18 sows 1-3 300-400 lbs 16.50-17.50; 400500 lbs 15 lbs Cattle 200; calves 25; utility and commercial 17.0019.00; cutter 15.50-17.00; good to choice slaughter calves 30.0036.00; choice 21.0C-24.0O.

Sh6ep 50; not enough of any class on offer-to CuUy establish market. Wall Street NEW YORK stock market early this afternoon re- vei-sed an early decline and showed more gains than losses after it weathered some precautionary selling in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King assassination. Trading was fairly active, but there was no gi'eat buildup of sielling pressure. After five straight days of advance and two days in which all- time recoi-ds on volume were made, the market was due for some reaction, brokers said, but the fundamental feeling was optimistic despite the shock of King's death.

Airlines renewed their rally of Thursday. CSold-mining stocks were mixed. The New York and American Stock Exchangfes paid tribute to King's memory as each stopped trading for a minute of silence at 11 a.m. The Dow Jones industrial average at noon was up .23 at 872.75, having recovered from a loss of 3.24. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks at noon was im- changed at 312.2 with industrials off .9, rails up .9 and utilities off .1.

Improved prospects for Vietnam peace negotiations continued to bolster market sentiment, brokers said. Columbia Pictures, up a fraction, paced the list on activity thanks to two blocks of 100,000 shares each. Among active issues. Scientific Data rose 4 and Penn Central 3. Steels also continued higher.

Prices moved generally higher on the American Stock Exchange. NEW YORK (AP) Dow Jones noon stock averages 30 industrials 872.75 up 0.23 20 rails 224.95 up 0.85 15 utiUties 123.69 up 0.16 65 stocks 303.02 up 0.46 Weother Here And Elsewhere MT. VEKNON WEATHER Thursday high 47, low 35. Rainfall to date 1968 9.16 inches. One year ago high 85, low 66, Five years ago high 57, low 35.

Ten years ago high 68, low 54. Satuixlay sunrise 5:36, sunset 6:29 (CST). Five Day Forecast Southern lUinois Temperatures will average near the seasonal normals Saturday through Wednesday. Another surge of cool air is expected late Sunday or Monday but warmer temper, atures will return by th6 middle of next week. Normal highs are in the 60s.

Normal lows are in the upper 30s north to the mid 40s south. Precipitation amounts will be heavy, around one occurring as showers and thunderstorms mostly about Sunday. ILLINOIS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It was cool today in Illinois as the wake of the intense spring scattered cold winds in its trail across the Great Lakes area. Skies were clear in northern Illinois but it was overcast most of the day an central and South- em Illinois. Temperatures wore in the 40s in the northern tier and in the SOs in Southern Illinois.

Tonight's lows wiK be In the SOs with Nvarmer readings pre dieted for Saturday. Early temperatures toda; were near the freezing mark across the state. The low was 26 at Rockford. State Tempci'atures: Molino, cloudy 58 31 Peoria, cloudy 59 33 snow 59 33 Rockford, clear 58 25 Qulncy, cloudy 57 33 Vandalia, cloudy 56 34 BeUeville. cloudy 58 36 Chgo G.P., clear 61 31 .02 Chgo clear 60 35 Midwest: Dubuque, clear 4tl 23 Madison, clear 59 18 South Bend, cloudy 60 30 .01 Paducah, cloudy 61 38 Burlington, cloudy 42 30 Tile Weather Elsewhere By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High Low Pr.

Albany, cloudy 72 50 .10 Albuquerque, clear 62 58 rain 65 55 .94 Bismarck, cloudy 38 20 Boise, rain 64 45 .09 Boston, cloudy 56 .01 Buffalo, cloudy 71 31 .19 Chicago, cleai' 60 33 .03 Cincinnati, cloudy 65 39 Cleveland, cloudy 33 .09 Denver, clear 40 20 Des Moines, clear 50 21 .01 Detroit, snow 68 30 .19 Fairbanks, cloudy 45 26 Fort Worth, clear 58 34 Fort Worth, cleai' 58 34 Helena, cloudy 44 33 Honolulu, cloudy 81 72 Indianapolis, cloudy 66 33 Jacksonville, cloudy 87 fo Juneau, rain 40 36 .05 Kansas City, clear 41 25 Los Angeles, cloudy 75 56 Louisville, cloudy 65 39 .07 Memphis, cloudy 72 39 .14 cloudy 7S 73 Milwaukee, clear 6') 24 .01 clear 35 18 .02 New Orleans, cloudy 75 57 .58 New York, cloudy 73 61 Okla. City, clear 51 28 Omaha, clear 38 17 Philadelphia, rain 72 60 .04 Phoenix, clear 79 47 Pittsburgh, cloudy 64 38 .08 PUnd, cloudy 55 44 .13 Ptlnd, rain 51 42 .23 Rapid City, clear 32 17 Richmond, cloudy 80 68 St. Louis, cloudy 58 33 Salt Lk. City, cloudy 58 45 San Diego, cloudy 68 56 San cloudy 56 52 Seattle, cloudy 55 40 Tampa, cloudy 82 67 Washington, rain 73 60 .23 Winnipeg, cloudy 35 17 Fort Worth, clear 58 54 Helena, cloudy 44 33 Pedestrian Hit In Car Accident Herbert Manley, 66, of lUO Prairie, is in Good Samaritan Hospital where he was taken by Litton ambulance after he was struck by a car in an accident at the intersection of 10th street and Perkins avenue. He is reported in fair condition today.

Robert M. Davis, 33, of RFD 1, was driver of the car which hit Manley, Davis reported he did not see Manley. HOWARD COMJWUNITY CHAPEL BRO. WM. BILL COLLINS Preaching Saturday Nighf and Sunday.

Special Singing REV. WILBUR KARCH Poster Welcome Everyone. Menfal Hospital Order State Strikers To Resume Jobs SPRINGFIELD, Dl. (AP) Striking workers at state mental hospitals wete Ordered back to work Thursday, but a union official said "teh strike will go on regardless." Judge William Chamberlain of Circuit Court issued a temporary injunction Thursday directing the workers to end the strike and picketing and to stop making threats to monstrikers. "The strike will continue," said Roy Wine, director of Council 34, Illinois State Employes Union.

"We are waiting to be served with the injunction papers, and of course our attorneys will file a motion to dissolve the injunction," Wine said late Thursday night. Wine estimated that 1.400 workers at 17 of the 19 state hospitals stayed off the job Thursday "and we anticipate a greater number Friday." The strike was called Wednesday night to back up union demands for wage increases. The petition for an injimction by the Illinois attorney general's office said the union "attempted to force the state into a contract which it has no right to enter because it hasn't sufficient funds." Gov. Otto Kemer and Dr. Harold Visotsky, director of the Illinois Department of Mental Health, described the strike as illegal.

Kemer told newsmen in Chicago he had warned fhe strikers he "would not negotiate" if they walked out. In answer to that Wine said, "They have to negotiate sometime." Visotsky said all wards were staffed Thursday despite the strike and "top priority care" was provided by the professional staff assisted by volunteers. However, he called for more volunteers in the Chicago area. Before the injunction was issued, families of patients were requested by Visotsky to get in touch with hospitals to work out arrangements for temporary home visits for the patients. Pickets went up at many of the hospitals Thm-sday, but union workers at some of thn hospitals did not join the strike.

Union workers at the state school at Dbcon voted unanimously Thursday night not to jom the walkout. About 6,500 employes were covered by the strike. They included activity therapists, laundry and dietary workers, psychiatric aides and maintenance employes. CASKET IS OPENED IN MEMPHIS (Continued From Page One) made up the main cast of mourners. Negroes, who somehow seemed to know about the unannounced viewing, filed past mournfully for a last look at the man who had made nonviolence and ihe song, "We ShaU Not Be Moved," the two major factors in the American civil rights movement.

The body was in a bronze casket and King was wearing a black suit, somewhat like the one he had on when he was cut down Thursday night by an assassin's bullet. The wound that took his life showed as only a dark spot on his jaw above the white shirt A spokesman for the funeral home said it was decided to have the public vievring because "people called aU night." Before the coffin was closed, several hundred people had passed by, men and women of all ages and many of them weeping silently. -One woman was carrying a portable radio that was playing the "Memphis Blues" as she filed by the casket. One man paused as he passed the coffin, knelt and gently kissed King on the forehead. He then broke into tears.

Many others touched his face. Several women became hysterical, including one middle- aged woman who began screaming, "Lord, have mercy. Why did this happen to you. Dr. King? Why did it happen to you? What are we going to do? What are we going to do?" The woman then clasped his face, kissed the fallen leader and left.

CALL WHITE HOUSE RIGHTS CONFERENCE (Continued From Page One) NOIVUNATE CZECH PREMIER PRAGUE Cernik, an outspoken progressive and proven economist, was nominated Thursday night for the Czech premiership. It is Just men." Johnson said that when ho heard Thursday night "the terrible news of Dr. Kuig's deatli my heart went out to his people to the young Amerlr cans who, I know, must wonder Jf they are to be denied a fullness of life because of the color of their skin." He said he had called to the White House tlie leaders of tlic Negro community for consultation, and went on say: "No words ot words of fill the void of th(: eloquent voice that has been stilled." Those att6nding the 11 a.m. Cabinet Room meeting, a spokesman said, included: Bayard Rustin, executive director of the A. Philip Randolph Institute of New York; Whitnfey Young, directot of the Urban League; Mayors Walter E.

Washington of Washington and Richard Hatcher of Gary, Clarence Mitchell dfrector' of the NA.4CP's Washington chapter: Mitchells Clarence ni, a Maryland state senator of Baltiniorc; tlie Rev. Wal ter E. Fauntroy, vice chairman of the Washington City Council and director of the Washington Chapter of King's Southern Christian Leadovship Conference. Dorothy Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women; Judge Leon Higgenbotham of Philadciphia; Bishop George Oaber and tlie Rev. Leon Sullivan, whose PhilaSel- phia job for the Negro Ijoor has attracted wide attention.

Also participating were Deputy Atty. Gen. Warren Christopher, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Secretfuy of Housing and Urban Development Robert C. Weaver, Steve Pollak of the Justice Department, Senate Democratic Loader Mansfield, Sen. Thomas H.

Kuchd, House Speaker John McCormaek, Rep. Carl Albert end Rep. William M. MoCulloch, R-Ohio, and members of House staff. Johnson's initial uncertainty appeared to be dictated by at least three considerations: the President Immediately aiuiounced outright cancellation of the Hawaii conferences, this could be interpreted as a sign of panic and perhaps the very violence he was inveighing against.

important, Johnson apparently did not feel he should carry on business as usual lest he seem callous in the face of an act which Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey said "brings shame to our country." Humphrey spoke at a Democratic fund-raising dinner which Johnson had planned to address until he got word of the Memphis assassination. The dinner was called off after Humphrey's statement. most important, Johnson could not be certain whether the King slaying would produce serious racial violence that would make his continued presence in Washington prudent, even though presidential communications permit him to act and react from anywhere in the world. Johnson had planned to make an overnight flight to March Air Force Base, for a breakfast meeting with former President Dwight D.

Eisenhower, then fly on to Honolulu. But, in mid-evening, he put off these plans and issued a statement, read personally on television-radio networks, which began; "America is shocked and saddened by the brutal slaying tonight of Dr. Martin Luther King. ask every citizen to reject the bUnd violence that has struck Dr. King who lived by nonviolence." Harking back to his dramatic announcement last Sunday that he was withdrawing from the 1968 presidential race because he wanted to heal deep divisions within the nation, Johnson said: "We can achieve nothing by lawlessness and divisiveness among the American people.

It is only by joining together and only by working together can we continue to move toward equality and fulfillment for all of our people. "I hope tliat all Americans tonight wUl search their hearts as they ponder this most tragic incident" Johnson earlier had conveyed to Mrs. King his personal sym- patliy and that of Mrs. Johnson. AMERICANS CLEAR ROAPTOKHESANH (Continued From Page One) likely he will form a new government next week.

AMVETS DANCE Saturday, April 6 Muslo by Modern-Aires AMVETS CLUBROOM side the two square miles of fortress than any Leathernecks had since it was taken under siege 76 days ago. The Marine battalion occupied a hill two miles southwest of Khe Sanh for the night and then vras attacked befoire dawn by about 400 North Vietnamese. The Leathernecks drove off the attack, reported the enemy left 93 bodies in the barbed wii-e around the night camp, and said Marine casualties were extremely light It was the heaviest fighting of the five-day-old operation open Highway 9, the only overland supply route to Khe Sanh, and relieve the base. Most of the enemy dead "were killed by dive bombers and artillery. U.S.

headquarters said no Marines were killed and only two wounded in the two-hour fight. The hilltop battie pushed the total number of North Vietnamese reported killed in tite five-day operation to 180. U.S. losses were put at 24 dead and 211 One genei -al in the U.S. command, while not saying specifically what Shifts would be made at Khe Sanh, agteed it would be a good assumption that either one of two things could happen in the near future: the enemy reduces his forces around the base, a withdrawal which U.S.

officers believe has started, the Marines likely will do the same, from the. .6,000 men now there, perhaps down to South Vietnamese or U.S. Army troops may replace some of tiie Marine units. There are now 400 South Vietnamese rangers and another 400 civilian irregulars helping defend the fortress. The officer said there are still North Vietnamese troops around Khe Sanh but "not in the force they were in a while back." "My feeling is that they have a couple of regiments right around there with another regiment close by," he said.

"A while back they had two divisions in there." Enemy Force Reduced In round numbers, he said, the North Vietnamese have reduced their forces around Khe Sanh by 50 per cent from 14,000 two months ago to about 7,000 presentiy. Other estimates of the force besieging Khe Sanh have run as high as 40,000 in the past two months. In another phase of the ground fighting, tiie U.S. Command took the security wraps off a new operation 62 miles nortii of Saigon by unife of the U.S. 25th Inflantry Division "and the 199th Light Infantry Brigade.

The combat sweep, Opei'ation Wilderness, was launched. March 11. Since that time, the U.S. Command said, 223 enemy and 10 Americans have been killed. The command also reported that a U.S.

Riverine Force was ambushed 39 miles southwest of Saigon on a river in the Mekong Delta. Units of tiie U.S. 9th Infantry Division battied an enemy force of unknown size all day Thursday, supported by helicopter gunships. Navy monitor gunboats and armored vehicles. The combined U.S.

force killed 25 enemy soldiers while losing nine dead, the command reported. Arrest Man Here; Will Face Charge In Denver, Colo. Ben Willie Jones, 32, 907 For- test Avenue, was taken into custody by county officers here this week on a tiieff warrant from Colotiado. He has waived extradition and wUl be taken to Denver, to face the charge. JeffersOn county officers were told he Is charged vdth the theft of a ring, watch and three guns in Colorado.

Electric Co-Op Meeting Set At Ina School The second of a series of "community meetings of Tri- County Electric Cooperative wiU be held at the Ina grade school at 7:30 p.m. Thursday; April 11. Host for the meeting will be mt. and Mrs. Calvin They report that tm informational family type meeting has been planned.

"They have also arranged for Jackie Strain and the Sallee sisters to entertain. the group. A. W. Bird, Member Service Supervisor for the Cooperative, will be present to discuss basic wiring and rewiring problems, trouble shooting electric a 1 problems, new appliances and eiiuipment Bird said that he hoped that the members would bring their electrical problems and questions as over a half hour had been set aside for discussion.

Members living in Spring Garden, Moore's Prairie and eastern Elk Prairie township will receive postal invitations. However, the Williams and the Cooperative want all members and friends of the cooperative to feel Invited, Each family attending will receive a "neon" test lite and refreshments will be served at the close of tiie meeting. 11 Men To Take Exams For Police, Fire Jobs Here Eleven men will take competitive examinations tomorrow to qualify for.jfuture jobs on the Mt Vernon fire and police departments. The tests will be conducted by the Fke and Poice Commission to establish eligibility lists for futiu-e openings in the two departments. Physical agality tests will be conducted at 9:00 a.m.

Saturday, with written examinations scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Bluford Students In Music Contest Thieu Warns Saigon Won't Accept Reds SAIGON (AP) President Nguyen Van Thieu has wai-ned the United States that he may repudiate any political agreement on Vietnam in which Saigon has no say, diplomatic sources reported today. Thieu the envoys of the allied governments to the presidential palace Thiu-sday to express his over the coming U.S. contacts with Hanoi. Authoritative informants said Thiou told the diplomats that the United States has no right to discuss any political questions concerning Vietnam in its direct talks with Hanoi; Thieu also re-cmphasized the position of the Saigon government that: There can be no coalition government including the Communists in South Vietnjun.

Saigon will not accept a separate Viet Cong delegation at any lorthcoming peace and Saigon will not accept peace terms which include the neutralization of South Vietnam. American officials said they were not surprised by Thieu's position and "not necessarily in disagreement witli it." 600 HI-TRI GIRLS TO HEAR MISS TEENAGE (Ctontinued From Page One) dee, both local music talents, and some high, school cheerlea- ders doing a pom pom rou- tine will provide additional en-? lertamment. The local Hi Tri Council i has been responsible for the or- ganizaUon of the conference. Al- 1 though Jacque president, had done much ol the preliml-; nary work, due to Jacque's ill- ness Vicki Lalumnndior has had i 10 coniplc-te the details for the i conference. Miss Alice Wilson; and Miss Vickie Pinazzi high school faculty members, are the: sponsors of the Hi- Tri locally.

St. Louis Join Prisoners Riot- ST. LOUIS (AP) About 75 prisoners were transferred from the St. Louis City Jail to hold- over cells at police headquarters following a disturbance Thursday night. A jailer said the prisoners, most of them Negroes, became agitated after learning of the assassination, in Memphis, of the Rev.

Martin Lutiier 'Hpg. CIRCUIT COURT Fines assessed in circuit court included: John Clark, 312 north Sixth street $10 on intoxication charge; Alleena Rieffel, Browns, $10 on charge of driving a car without lights when required: Jerry W. Montgomery, Route 7, $10 on charge of improperly i splaying license plate. Bluford grade school students will compete tomorrow in the southern Illinois grade school solo-ensemble contest at lia high school. The Bluford bus will leave at a.m.

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