Deaths Funeral Service Tomorrow For J Arthur Smith
Funeral services for J Arthur Smith will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at Myers Chapel with the Rev Dale Harmon presiding and burial in Opdyke cemetery. Military rites will be performed by the American Legion. He died yesterday morning at his sister Josie L Orrick 2217 Casey Avenue. He was 67 years seven months and 13 days old. Surviving are three sisters Josie L Orrick Mt Vernon Philip Schuster Opdyke and A A Kirgan Fort Recovery Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Arthur Smith
Myers Chapel
Dale Harmon
Opdyke Cemetery
American Legion
Smith
Josie L. Orrick
Casey Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Philip Schuster
Opdyke
A. A. Kirgan
Fort Recovery
Ohio
Myrtle Edmison Dies at 63 in Wayne City
Myrtle Edmison a Wayne City housewife was found dead at home by neighbors around 7 p m She was 63 funeral services will be held at Richardson Chapel Wayne City with burial in Thomason cemetery She was born December 9 1892 in Wayne County to Ora and Catherine Neff and married Earl Edmison in 1938 who died in 1945 She was a member of Wayne City Baptist church Survivors include one brother Charlie Neff and three sisters Lorene Turner Beatrice Musgrave and Anna Rash
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Jane Edmison
Wayne City
Edmison
Richardson Chapel
Lloyd Trotter
Thomason Cemetery
Wayne County
Ora
Catherine
Jones) Neff
Earl Edmison
Five Accidents In Mt V Area No One Injured
Five accidents occurred in the Mt Vernon area yesterday and this morning with no injuries. At 9 15 am Betty Shirley Boyd and Leland Elliott collided on state highway 15 east of town as Boyd turned right. At 4 30 pm Breazeale and Dobbs collided on state highway 37 north of the city near the railroad underpass after Breazeale stopped to turn left. At 8 pm Co il and Garrison collided on a rural road in Farrington township near Leonard Wilson s store. Inside Mt Vernon city limits two crashes: Yoest backed into Wilson s car on south Tenth street damaging Wilson s vehicle about 35. Beck and Collins collided at Tenth and Conger and Beck was fined 85 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Betty Shirley Boyd
Lamar
Leland Elliott
Boyd
Velma Breazeale
RFD
Ed Dobbs
Dix
Breazeale
Dobbs
Cloyd Coil
Lonnie Garrison
Rfds
Keenes
Farrington
Leonard Wilson
Neola Emily Yoest
Union
South Tenth Street
Barbara Wilson
Jefferson Avenue
Wilson
George Beck
Fairfield Road
Ervin W. Collins
South Ninth Street
Tenth and
Conger
Beck
Hospital Notes from Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial
In Good Samaritan admissions include Josiah Paul Kint and several Mrs. Ingram Moore Runkle and others. discharges include Master Aloyisius Vincent Jackson and multiple named patients. Jefferson Memorial lists admissions Ruth Conner and Bonnie. discharges Walter Garrison Keenes and others with several named patients and babies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Josiah Paul Kintson
Betty Mae Ingram
Evaline Moore
Esther Runkle
Aloyisius Vincent Jackson
Nell Stonesypher
van Michall Morgan
John Howard Kinniard
Vera Ruth Crider
Willie B. Hubbard
Larry Fally
Wanda Louise Piercy
Kenneth Dwaine
Arlene May Hawkins
Dianne Gay
Josephine Butle
Jefferson Memorial
Ruth Conner
Bonnie
Walter Garrison
Keenes
Gilbert Poston
Dahlgren
Bernadine Seiberman
Salem
Martha Payne
Woodlawn
Ruth Walker
Peggy Rainey
Peggy Darlene
Births: Owens and Hicks welcome new children in town
Mr and Mrs Charles Herbert Owens of 1006 South 19th welcomed a son Charles Thomas at Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds two ounces born 1 56 yesterday afternoon A daughter Debra Lynn arrived for Mr and Mrs Kenneth Clark Hicks of 1421 North 11th Street at Gondamanthan at 1052 this morning weighing five pounds thirteen ounces. Canada plans heliocopters and geology teams to probe oil and gas prospects each season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Herbert Owens
South 19Th
Samaritan Hospital
Charles Thomas
Kenneth Clark Hicks
North 11Th Street
Gond Samantan
Debra Lynn
Mt. Vernon Marine Sergeant to Get Discharge
Marine Sergeant Donald R. Wilson of Mt. Vernon will receive his discharge this month. A 1952 Mt. Vernon High School graduate, he served 14 months in Korea and 15 months at Camp Pendleton, California, where he is a radio communications voice operator. He lives off base with his wife, Carole Drennan, a 1953 Mt. Vernon High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Wilson
Mt. Vernon
Camp Pendleton, Calif
Donald
Mt. Vernon High School
Korea
Camp Pendleton
Carole Drennan
Set
Wilson
Auto Dealer Franchises Get Federal Court Safeguard
President Eisenhower signed a bill allowing auto dealers to sue manufacturers in federal court for franchise disputes including damages and costs. He called it a partial solution and ordered antitrust reviews to consider further actions, warning the measure may intrude on private enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
War Vets Kids Free At Illinois State Fair Prices
War veterans and children under 12 admitted free when accompanied by adults. General admission costs 50 cents per person and per vehicle between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily. Grandstand events vary in price, with Friday Paul Whiteman show at 3 dollars for a box and 2 dollars for reserved seating. Aug 18 prandstand tickets list 3 dollars for box and 2 dollars for reserved. Auto and motorcycle races priced 3 dollars for a box and 3 dollars for reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Paul Whiteman
WLS
Air travel updates and a Malaya latex claim
Gene Tumbleson flew to Terre Haute Indiana and returned last night and from here to Alton. Clifford Fields flew from Chicago to Mt Vernon this morning. Bill Tumbleson made a flight to Memphis Tennessee today. Hap Bollar flew to Chicago this morning. Aged rubber trees in Malaya are now made to produce latex by application of hormones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Tumbleson
Terre Haute
Ind
Alton
Clifford Fields
Chicago
Mt. Vernon
Bill Tumbleson
Memphis
Tenn
Hap Bollar
Malaya
Arrests Reported After Cali Blast Plot
Arrivals from Cali report several arrests linked to Tuesday’s dynamite blast. Death toll estimates reach up to 1,200 with officials noting thousands injured. President Rojas Pinilla calls it political sabotage as Colombia tightens media controls and imposes travel bans.
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Panama
Cali
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Diaro of
Colombia
Rojas Pinilla
Soviet Note Signals Parley On Suez and Other Canals
The Soviet note suggests that if an international conference can settle the Suez Canal issue it should apply to other major sea routes. It hints London could offer a path to settlement on freedom of navigation and questions of internationalizing key canals and straits.
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London
Suez Canal
Panama
U S Rocket Reaches 70 Miles In Sky At White Sands
Military scientists launched the two stage Dan rocket from White Sands Proving Grounds New Mexico. It soared to 70 miles into the ionosphere and landed 40 miles away after a thunderous crash like nearby lightning. Instrument nose measured air friction heat pressure temperatures and altitude and sent radio reports to earth.
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White Sands Proving Grounds
N. M
Mt Vernon Lodge AF and AM Special Meeting Notice
A. F. A. M. special meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 Friday August 10 at 7:30 p.m. Work in the second degree. Members urged to attend. Visiting brethren welcome. George H. Border W. M. and Wm. E. Reavis, Sec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F
Mt. Vernon
NAM Warns Democrats Don’t Tinker With Economy
Chicago NAM president Cola G Parker warned the Democratic Platform Committee that tinkering with national policies could erase prosperity overnight. He said the economy’s stronger growth relies on a program to protect confidence, while Coleman of the U S Chamber urged tailored government, lower business taxes, and sharp limits on labor unions and foreign aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Chicago
National Assn
Democratic Platform Committee
NAM
Cola G. Parker
Parker
John S. Coleman
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Harry S. Truman
Coleman
United States
Average Pay On Federal Job in 1955
The government reported the average federal employee in the continental United States earned 4102 dollars a year in 1955. The Civil Service Commission said half of the 2,045,626 employees earned that rate or more, marking a 192 dollar or 4.9 percent increase over 1954.
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Washington P
United States
Civil Service Commission
Man Trapped in Fence Dies in Ottawa
An 86 year old Ottawa man Patrick Fitzgerald died Wednesday night after being trapped over 24 hours beneath a steel mesh fence that surrounded government corn bins. He was found Monday night and suffered shock and exposure while attempting to crawl under the fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ill
Patrick Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Yank Warships Visit Barcelona
Barcelona authorities announced that twenty nine ships of the U S 6th Fleet will visit Barcelona during August. The move appears to counter rumors that part of the American fleet would head to the Eastern Mediterranean because of the Suez conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
U.S
Mediterranean
Temperatures on tablet with Liberty Statue mark July 4 1776
A tablet carried by the Statue of Liberty bears the inscription July 4, 1776. The note links historic founding dates to a symbolic object, drawing attention to the commemorative legacy.
Entire School Board Quits In Fraud Probe
The seven member Brooklyn School Board resigned after county officials ordered their ouster amid a fraud probe. State grand jury had been recalled to investigate alleged fraudulent payroll checks drawn on funds of the Lovejoy School District in Brooklyn, an all Negro suburb of East St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
Til
Board of Education
Brooklyn
Clarence D. Blair
St. Clair County
Richard Ty. Carter
Lovejoy
Two Sentenced In County Court
Judge Dale Andrews ruled in three county court cases in Lafayette. Tushy, 35, Woodlawn, pleaded guilty to issuing a check to defraud and was placed on probation for one year with restitution of 867 and costs of 170.90 at 1.50 daily. Fairchild, 59, Mr Vernon, pleaded guilty to petty larceny and received six months at the Vandalia state farm. Sechrest, 34, pleaded guilty to a vagrancy charge and got six months in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Andrews
Lafayette Tushy
Woodlawn
Walter Fairchild
Vernon
Vandalia
Gordon Sechrest
Flogging Abolished in U S Military Punishment in 1861
The United States ended flogging as a military punishment on August 5 1861 since which time guard house or kitchen police have been used as alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
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RockeieNer Center
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Columbia University
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Sue Bacon
Jackson
M. E. Jackson
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Southern Illinois
National Bridal Service
Lipton Tea
Wheaties
Jackson & Martin
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Waltonville Road
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Heinz
Roy
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Sandusky Market
Gowler’s Groc
Marlow Road
van Horn Market
Zora
C&m Food Shop
Cello
Musselman’‘s
Ned Dower
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Sullwater Victory
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