Obituaries From Dwight Area Honor Longtime Residents
Mrs Elsie B Corcoran 60 of Highland township died at home after a short illness. She is survived by her husband two daughters a brother and three sisters with services at St Patrick s church and burial at Mt Olivet. Miss Elma M Lydigsen 65 died at home on East Chippewa with funeral at Baker chapel and Oaklawn cemetery. Sharon K Scott 13 who had muscular dystrophy died at home. services at the Methodist church with burial at Round Grove cemetery.
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Elsie Corcoran Dwight
Elsie B. Corcoran
Highland Township
van Qualen
St. Patrick's Church
M. A. Tracy
Mt. Olivet
Elsie Metzka
Kankakee County
Fred
Carrie Metzka
John Corcoran
Joliet
Jacob Niemer
Dwight
Richard Osborn
Streator
Roy Metzka
Kankakee
Charles Boudreau
Floyd Quale
Cathery
Clarence Alvord
Olympia
Wash
Corcoran
The
Altar and Rosary Society
Home Bureau
Elma Lydigsen Dwight
Elma M. Lydigsen
East Chippewa Street
Baker Funeral Home
Baker Chapel
Chester Sheldon
Oaklawn
Order of Eastern Star
Miss Lydigsen
Round Grove Township
Andrew M
Mary M. Jorgensen
Dwight Methodist Church
Rebekah Lodge
Louise
Chris Sorensen
Tillie Holm
Minnie Chase
Gardner
Dwight Sharon K. Scott
Baker Funeral
Methodist Church
Round Grove
Sharon
Morris
Thomas Sommenberg
Eagle River
Wis
Robert Sommenberg
Milwaukee
Funeral Services for Mrs Harriet Isham Bannan
Mrs Harriet Isham Bannan 78 formerly of Mazon died early Saturday in Springfield. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Davis Funeral home with Rev. Clifford Lewis officiating. Pallbearers included James Isham William Isham John Isham Edward Reed Donald Reed and Jack F. Bum garner. Burial followed in Mazon Cemetery.
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Harriet Isham Bannan
Mazon
Springfield
Davis Funeral Home
Clifford Lewis
James
William
John Isham
Edward
Donald Reed
Jack FE. Bumgarner
Ma Zon
Massie Infant Dies at Morris Hospital
An infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Massie of rural Morris was born early Sunday and died at Morris Hospital at 9:30 a.m. today.
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Gordon Massie
Morris
Morris Hospital
Summer driving tips urge safe emergency stops on highways
The article warns drivers that summer travel increases highway use and urges motorists to park well off the roadway during emergencies such as tire changes. It stresses avoiding injury from passing vehicles and keeping the car clear of the road, including when insects cause a stop.
Beene Driver Warned To Pull Over For Bee Interruption
A motorist should pull out of traffic and park when a bee distracts the driver. Open all windows and curbside doors to coax the insect out with a paper. A new Rules of the Road booklet is available free from the Secretary of State, Springfield Illinois.
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Charles F. Carpentier
Springfield
Illinois
Gale and Hise Found Innocent In Court Ruling
James Gale and George Hise were charged with withholding evidence but were found not guilty in Justice W L Dix's court. Fines and costs were cancelled. The body was taken to Davis Funeral Home for burial arrangements.
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James Gale
George Hise
Justice W. L. Dix
Justice Dix
The
Davis Funeral Home
Storms Ravage Oklahoma Texas and Kansas
Violent weekend storms brought hail larger than baseballs injuring nineteen in an open field near Ft. Stockton Texas and damaging cotton. High winds snapped power lines as heavy rains flood parts of Oklahoma and Kansas with over 3 inches in areas and a Santa Fe Railroad line washed out but later restored.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ft. Stockton
Tex
Midland
West
Woodward
Ellis
Lakin
Kan
Santa Fe Railroad
Typhoon Virginia heads toward Formosa impact rising
Typhoon Virginia skirted northern Philippines and roared toward Formosa. In the typhoon center winds rose from 150 to 180 mph as Nationalist China braced for a direct assault.
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Manila
Virginia
Philippines
Formosa
Army Probes Four Mortar Deaths At Fort Sill
The Army continues its investigation into four soldiers killed when 4.2 mortar shells fell during a demonstration attack by Company B 522nd Infantry Battalion at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Initially one shell was reported to have fallen short with 175 men. The casualty count includes fourteen others injured, five seriously, seen by some 300 spectators a mile away.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Weekend Police Reports Include Park Accident and Theft
Morris officers logged three incidents over the weekend. A minor auto collision occurred Sunday in Gould Park when a Newark driver Gerald Vegas rolled into a Clinton Steep car. A blue and white girl’s bicycle was stolen Sunday night from 1245 Butler street. A window at Frank Weber shop on Fourth Avenue was broken, likely by a ricocheting bullet.
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Morris
Gould Park
Gerald Vegas
Newark
Clinton Steep
Seneca
Morse Goodlet
Butler St
Frank Weber
Fourth
Arab infiltrator killed in Negev Desert clash
An Arab infiltrator was killed Sunday during a clash in the Negev Desert between an Israeli army patrol and infiltrators. A government statement said there were no Israeli casualties.
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Jerusalem
Negev Desert
Israel Army
Girard Fiance Joins Public Signatures Campaign
Miss Haru Sueyama joined a move to gather 100000 signatures seeking pardon or acquittal for Specialist 3 C William S Girard of the U S Army. The Ottawa DIL resident faces charges in Japan for inflicting bodily injury causing death of Mrs Naka Sakai on Jan 30.
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Tokyo
Haru
Candy) Sueyama
William S. Girard
U. S. Army
Ottawa
Dil
Naka Sakai
Girard
Louis
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
Miss Sueyama
Bill
McKinley Relative Dies. Suicide Not Yet Determined
Seoul officials say the death of Col. William D. McKinley 41 grandnephew of the President remains undetermined as suicide or other cause. His body was found in his quarters with a bullet wound and a 45 caliber revolver nearby.
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Seoul
Col
William D. McKinley
McKinley
Lebanon Vote Shapes Pro West Coalition Seat Count
Beirut Lebanon with Lebanon's monthlong election three fourths completed Premier Sami Solh's pro Western government has won 42 of 66 seats in Parliament.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sami Solh
Hen Lays Huge Double Egg at Harmony Rhode Island
A hen owned by Eugene Walker produced two eggs joined end to end, weighing about a half pound with a 10 inch lengthwise circumference and eight inches around the center. Dr. William H. Wiley of the University of Rhode Island poultry department explained the first egg reversed in the reproductive tract and began formation again.
Lightning Splits Barn Cattle Die In Upstate New York
Farmer Andrew Bruno said lightning struck his barn during a Sunday night storm splitting the structure in two. One half collapsed onto a road while the other burned killing 39 cattle. The fire also destroyed another barn and a milkshed and power was out for about 30 minutes in Sherburne New York.
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Sherburne
N. Y
Andrew Bruno
Upstate
New York
Will Broadcast Ike's Speech At Governors Conference
The White House announced that ABC CBS Mutual and NBC will record President Eisenhower's address at the Williamsburg Virginia governors conference for broadcast from 10 30 to 11 p m CDT There will be no telecast of the talk.
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Washington
White House
ABC
CBS
Mutual
NBC
Eisenhower
Williamsburg
Castle for Rent in London at No Cost
The Earl of Tankerville offers an 11th century castle with 50 rooms and four towers rent free to a responsible tenant who will maintain the property and pay annual taxes around 472 dollars. Look over the Herald Ads.
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London
Earl of Tankerville
Scientists split on future nuclear test plans
The article reports on continued testing debates with Teller saying the future is more classified than the past and Lawrence endorsing tests while Strauss and others avoid answering about dirty weapons.
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Teller
Lawrence
Strauss
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