Cemetery Told To Accept Negro Body
Illinois officials order Valhalla Gardens of Memory to answer discrimination charges after a Belleville cemetery allegedly refused to bury Ester Saverson, a 62 year old East St. Louis city commissioner. The complaint was filed with the Illinois Human Relations Commission by Marion E. Officer, a mortician from East St. Louis. Officer said the cemetery told him they only bury Caucasians.
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Chicago
Belleville
Michael J. Howlett
Illinois Cemetery Care Act
Illinois Human Relations Commission
Howlett
Ester Saver
East St. Louis
Freda Azbill
Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum
Illinois
Marion E. Officer
Centreville
Arbill
Valhalla
Saverson
Colleges Offer Wide Range of Recreation and Park Programs
More than 100 colleges and universities run major recreation and park curricula. About half award master's and doctoral degrees in the field, reflecting extensive graduate options nationwide.
Funeral services for Mrs Cryer Bryant held this afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Cryer Dorothy L. Bryant were held this afternoon at the Davis Funeral Home with Rev. Harold R. Dude officiating. Organist was Mrs Ruth Huseby. Pallbearers were David Schaible Wayne Schaible Harold Svendsen and Earl Svendsen. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Cryer
Dorothy L.) Bryant
Davis Funeral Home
Harold R. Dude
Ruth Huseby
David Schaible
Wayne Schaible
Harold Svendsen
Earl Svendsen
Evergreen Cemetery
Mrs. Alva Ferguson Funeral Services Reported
Funeral services for Mrs. Alva Ferguson also known as Elizabeth J. Ferguson were held this morning with Davis Cainan Dale officiating. Christine Blythe sang a solo and Mary Ruth Upton played the organ. Pallbearers included Thelbert Combs Arthur Combs Omer Brockman Herbert Redford James Latimer and Hubert Rushing. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Alva
Elizabeth J.) Ferguson
Davis Funeral Home
Cainan Dale
Christine Blythe
Mary Ruth Upton
Thelbert Combs
Arthur Combs
Omer Brockman
Herbert Redford
James Latimer
Hubert Rushing
Evergreen Cemetery
Funeral Services for Alfred Jensen Held at Finland Chapel
Alfred Jensen funeral services were held this morning at the Finland Chapel with the Rev Norval Wigtil officiating. Burial followed at Sample Cemetery.
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Alfred Jensen
Finland Chapel
Norval Wigtil
Sample Cemetery
Delta Phi Art Show Set for May 19 at Morris Community High
Preparations underway at Morris Community High School for the ninth Delta Phi Art Show on Sunday May 19 from 2 30 to 8 30 p m in the gym. More than 1 000 objects by 115 art and ceramics students of Joseph Corsello and Mrs Carol Prenzler. A Delta Phi banquet precedes at 1 p m in the cafeteria with new officers to be announced. Live music will accompany the show and awards will be given for top art and ceramics pieces, with winners announced on Honors Day May 22.
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Morris Community High School
Delta Phi
Joseph Corsello
Carol Prenzler
MCHS
Corsello
Cris Hiney
Radio City Hall: Own Hospital Dormitory and Newsroom
New York Citys Radio City Music Hall features a full hospital restaurant dormitory recreation rooms telephone system radio communications costume workshop cleaning and repair facilities and its own newspaper The Call Board.
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New York City
Radio City Music Hall
Call Board
Ottawa Newsman Edward J. Kelly Dies at 72
Edward J. Kelly, 72, associate publisher of the Ottawa Daily Times, died Thursday after a six month illness. A native of Ottawa, he served the paper 53 years, starting as a $6 weekly reporter and later moving through news, advertising and business roles before becoming general manager in 1954 and associate publisher in January. Survived by widow Marian, funeral Monday at St Columba Church with burial in St Columba Cemetery in Ottawa.
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Ottawa, Ill
Edward J. Kelly
Ottawa Daily Times
Ottawa
Kelly
The
Times
Marian
St. Columba Catholic Church
St. Columba Cemetery
Rostron among 34 Wheaton ROTC cadets to receive bars
Steve A Rostron son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Rostron Minooka will be among 34 Wheaton College ROTC cadets to receive gold second lieutenant bars at commissioning ceremonies June 10. The 8 am service in Pierce Memorial Chapel precedes the June Commencement. Rostron is assigned to the signal corps.
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Steve A. Rostron
Arthur Rostron
Minooka
Wheaton College
ROTC
Pierce Memorial Chapel
Rostron
Signal Corps
New Hippo Born at Jungleland in Thousand Oaks
In Thousand Oaks California AP reports Sammy and Nila welcomed a 30 pound hippo at Jungleland on Thursday with no definite name or gender yet declared by attendants.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
Sammy
Nila
Jungleland
Northwestern Board Orders Investigation Into Campus Occupation
A subcommittee was named by Northwestern University board to probe the weekend seizure of a campus building by about 100 students. Trustees debated the administration's agreement with Negro protesters and the move toward broader black enrollment, housing, and cultural programs.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Board of Trustees
Northwestern
Northwestern Subcommittee to Report to Board on Recommendations
The subcommittee promised to report conclusions and recommendations to the full board of trustees as soon as possible. Northwestern is a private university with about 6,400 undergraduate students at Evanston campus. roughly 125 are Negro.
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Northwestern
Evanston
Capitol Floors Mix Terrazzo Marble and Minton Tiles
The Capitol features floors of terrazzo flagstone marble and intricate mosaics with ornate Minton tiles from England. Each material requires a distinct cleaning process and cleaning material to maintain its finish and preserve its structure.
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Capitol
England
Area Vocational Funds Available Clarified
State funds for an area vocational school cover construction fifty percent transport eighty percent and instructional equipment and teacher salaries are sixty percent. The Herald incorrectly listed the third and fourth items in a Voice of the People letter.
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the Herald Thursday
Voice of the People
Know the Area Code and Dial Direct for Mother's Day
Know the Area Code from the directory front pages. Dial direct to mother to reduce delays and enjoy lower station to station rates. If busy signals occur on Mother's Day, wait a few minutes and retry. We appreciate your cooperation.
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Mother
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RIDER
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Bedford
New Hippo
Northwestern Board
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