Funeral for Louis W. Davis Salem merchant
Louis W. Davis former Mt Vernon resident who owned the Davis 5 and 10 Store in Salem died at Salem Memorial Hospital Saturday at 7 p m He was assistant manager at the Mt Vernon Woolworth store in the late 1930s In ill health two years and critically ill two weeks He was to wed Virginia Benoist of the city He would have been 38 this week Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at First Methodist Church Salem Body in state at McMackin Funeral Home Survived by widow mother in Poplar Bluff Mo two children Stephen and Jenna Lou brother Mark Davis and sister Sue Davis both of St Louis
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Louis W. Davis
Mt Vernon
Davis
Salem
Salem Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon
First Methodist Church
McMackin Funeral Home
Mr. Davis
Poplar Bluff
Stephen
Jenna Lou
Mark Davis
Sue Davis
St. Louis
Rites Tomorrow For Jerry Young Accident Victim
Funeral services are set for Ralph Jerry Young of Riverton Wyoming Tuesday at 2 p m at Myers Chapel with Rev Andrew Cavaker officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Young, an oil driller and World War II torpedoman, was killed August 5 in a Riverton auto crash. He served in the Navy submarine service and belonged to Wyoming VFW and American Legion posts. He was born January 31 1925 in Augusta Kansas. He is survived by his wife Jeanne, father William R. Young Mt Vernon a son Jerry Lynn a daughter Sherry Jean and three brothers W C Young Bob Young and David Young all of Mt Vernon. Friends may call at Myers Chapel.
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Ralph Jerry Young
Riverton
Wyo
Myers Chapel
Andrew Cavaker
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Young
Navy Submarine Service
American Legion
Wyoming
Augusta
Kansas
Jeanne
William R. Young
Mt. Vernon
Jerry Lynn
Sherry Jean
W. C. Young
Bob Young
David Young
Samuel Dunovan Dies at 80 in Bonnie Illinois
Samuel A Dunovan died Sunday at 1 40 p m at the family home RFD 1 Bonnie age 80 He was a farmer living on the same place 49 years Survived by wife Nora four sons Ray at home Lee Bonnie Harold Opdyke John Mt Vernon two daughters Mrs Lottie Fryar Bonnie Mrs Lizzie Merriman Inn one brother James Bonnie nine grandchildren two great grandchildren Two brothers a sister and a son preceded him Burial Tuesday at 1 p m at South Hickory Hill church Rev Marsh Harpole will conduct the service Body will be removed 2 p m today from Fry Funeral Home Waltonville to the residence in state until the funeral
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Samuel A. Dunovan
RFD
Bonnie
Mr. Dunovan
John and
Elva (Mossberger) Dunovan
Elk Prairie Christian Church
Nora
Ray
Lee
Harold
Opdyke
John
Mt. Vernon
Lottie Fryar
Lizzie Merriman
Inn
James
South Hickory Hill Church
Marsh Harpole
South Hickory Hill
Fry Funeral
Waltonville
Emma Davis Dies at 86 in Benton Funeral Set
Emma Davis aged 86 died Sunday night at Good Samaritan Hospital after two years in Quinn Nursing Home. Widow of the late Collenel Davis she was a member of Central Church of Christ. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM at Freeman Funeral Home Benton with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Mt Vernon. Beds will remain at Freeman until the service.
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Emma Davis
Good Samaritan Hospital
Infant Stowe Zane Massey Dies in Chicago
Relatives announce the death of three day old Stowe Zane Massey infant son of Zane and Ruth Massey of Kankakee Wisconsin. The child died at Research Hospital in Chicago. Mrs Massey is the former Ruth Downen of Mt Vernon.
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Stowe Zane Massve
Zane
Ruth Massey
Kankakee
Chld
Research Hospital
Chicago
Massey
Ruth Downen
Mt. Vernon
Iran Russia to form joint commission on differences
Tehran Iran January 10 The Iranian Foreign Minister said Russia and Iran will establish a joint commission to address outstanding differences between the two countries.
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Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Russia
Creal Springs Doctor And Two Others Killed
VAN BUREN Missouri elderly Dr Charles Koonz 75 his wife Margaret 73 of Great Springs Missouri and Mrs Kate Jordan 64 of St Louis were killed in an auto crash Sunday Dr Koonz apparently lost control after crossing the Current River bridge and the car crashed into a nearby drug store which was closed There were no other injuries
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Associated Press
van Buren
Charles Koonz
Margaret
Great Springs
Trl
Koonz
Kate Jordan
St. Louis
Former Queen Of Egypt Asks Government Aid
Cairo Egypt Ex Queen Narriman, former wife of King Farouk, told Egyptian authorities she is broke and seeks financial assistance from the government. The Al Ahram newspaper reports she also asks the return of personal effects left in four palaces when she and Farouk went into exile last year. She has lived quietly at her mother's villa since returning to Egypt last March.
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Associated
Proes Cario
Egypt
Narriman
al Ahram
Farouk
Children Bitten By Dog and Kitten
Two children were bitten here Sunday afternoon. Gene Hamilton aged 4 of 308 Broadway was bitten by a dog and the owner will keep the dog tied for 14 days for observation. Sidney Sigworth of 1405 South Ninth Street reported his son bitten by a kitten to police. The kitten will be kept under observation for two weeks.
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Gene Hamilton
Broadway
Sidney Sigworth
South Ninth Street
City Firemen Respond to Two Weekend Alarms
Mt. Vernon firemen answered two alarms during the weekend. At 1:15 a m Sunday they were called to Hunt's Coffee Shop at 120 north Ninth where a wiring short caused no damage. At 3:30 a m today they were called to the Dowazer Electric Co at 510 south First street where the fire alarm was ringing but no fire was found.
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Mt. Vernon
Hunt's
North Ninth
Dowazer Electric Co
South First Street
Hospital notes and discharges from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions and discharges including Rachel Reynolds Lena Watson Loren Dodson Paul Hoover and others with city and county details. Good Samaritan notes admissions Edith Wafer Millie Lewis Mary Someiski Nathaniel Rogers and others with multiple discharges including Wanda Mitchell and infant Deborah Kay and many more.
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Jefferson Memorial
Rachel Reynolds
Benton
Lena Watson
Loren Dodson
Paul Hoover
Wayne City
Atha Mapp
Lydia Berry
Dorothy Henry
Herbert Brashers
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pauline Jones
W. W. Irwin
Keenes
Irene Vaught
Phyllis Lane
Bluford
George Cantrall
Metropolis
Eleanor Sneed
Good Samaritan
Edith Wafer
Millie Lewis
Woodlawn
Mary Someiski
Nathaniel Rogers
St. Louis
Howard Douglas Laws
Champaign
Larry Withrow
Fairfield
James L. Deaton
David Edward Hicks
Dan Henley
Carolyn Roland
Madlyn Hall
Wanda Mitchell
Deborah Kay
Rose Marie Smith
Freda Hughey
Filla Mae McDaniel
Birth announcements from Jefferson Memorial and area hospitals
A list of birth notices from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan Hospitals. Eddie Mack Henry born at 5:42 p.m. weighing 6 pounds 11% ounces. Louie Anthony Mapp born at 6:35 a.m. weighing 7 pounds 1 1/4 ounces. Karl Vincent Vaught born at 4:43 a.m. weighing 7 pounds 5.5 ounces. A unnamed girl to Gordon Mifflin weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces. Karen Lynn Toney born Aug 9 at Camp Breckinridge. Jane Kay Sammons born Saturday weighing 9 pounds 7 ounces. Cynthia Gayle Cummings born 2:01 a.m. Saturday weighing 6 pounds 1/2 ounce.
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Mack Henry
Vernon
Eddie Mack
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
James Mapp
Cherry Street
Louie Anthony
Charles Vaught
Bishop Court
Karl Vincent
Gordon Mifflin
RFD
Good Samaritan Hospital
Scott Toney
Camp Breckinridge
Karenynn
Toney
Helen Hicks
Frankie Hicks
Bonnie
John Sammons
Effingham
Jane Kay
John Komas
Floyd
Bill) Cummings
Cynthia Gayle
Pedestrian Struck By Car In Mt Vernon Intersection
Raymond Huston Rector, 62, of Mt. Vernon, sustained injuries at 8 10 Sunday after being struck by a car at Ninth and Main streets. The driver was John Elvis Smith of RFD 4, Mt. Vernon.
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Raymond Huston Rector
Mt. Vernon
Ninth and
Main Streets
John Elvis Smith
RFD 4
Limb Falls On Taxicab Damages Auto In Rain
A taxicab was damaged in a rain storm accident at 4 30 p m Saturday. J H Bolerlack of No 9 Evergreen Place was driving east on Casey Avenue near Seventh when a large limb fell from a tree and struck the car top. There was some damage.
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J. H. Bolerlack
Evergreen Place
Casey Avenue
Seventh
Race Driver Injured at Mt Vernon Fairgrounds
Herbert Barchers aged 24 of Cincinnati Ohio was injured Sunday during automobile races at Mt Vernon Fairgrounds. His car hit a fence causing fractured ribs bruises and a laceration to his left arm. He was treated at Jefferson Memorial Hospital and released this morning. He lives at 2342 Nicholson Street Cincinnati.
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Herbert Barchers
Cincinati
Ohio
Mt. Vernon Fairgrounds
Barchers
Jefferson Memoral Hospital
Nicholson Street
Cincinnati
Son's Release Is Birthday Present in Sparta
A Sparta couple scrap a planned birthday party to honor their son Charles after his release from a North Korean prison camp. Mr and Mrs Louis W Mines say Charles will be six on Wednesday and his wife has a birthday Friday. They say they have already received the greatest present in the world.
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Associated Press
Sparta
Louis W. Mines
Charles
Mines
Four Chicagoans Drown In Lake After Boat Sinks
ANTIOCH Illinois Four Chicago residents drowned Sunday when a speedboat overturned and sank in Channel Lake. Two others in the boat swam ashore. The dead were Merrill R. Wilson 40 Philip Miret 30 pilot of the craft Carol Jones 17 and Mrs La Verne Mortenson 34 Delbert Wilson 35 of Maywood owner of the boat and Mary Ellen Larsen 19 of Chicago swam ashore. They told Lake County authorities the boat went out of control while trying to make a sharp turn.
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Antioch
Sees Change In Men's Fashions
In Houston a garment industry spokesman says the traditional men’s business suit with coat, pants and vest is fast disappearing. L. H. Jones of Nashville, president of the Southern Garment Manufacturers Assn., notes a trend toward more comfortable clothes for work and leisure. He foresees fewer neckties but not their end. The association is in convention here.
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Houston
Tex
H. Jones
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Garment Manufacturers Assn
Earthquake Hits Greek Island Ithana Killing Two
ATHENS Greece Ithana also called Ulysses island suffered a quake that killed two people injured twenty and caused about two hundred houses to collapse according to reports reaching here today from the west coast of Greece.
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Athens
Greece
Ithana
Ulysses
Police Court Fines From Local Session
Fines assessed in police court included Harry Lawson paying 19 dollars and 40 cents for a drunk charge B Rucker fined 15 dollars and 40 cents for speeding Northern W Grooms fined 6 dollars and 40 cents for double parking.
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Harry Lawson
B. L. Rucker
W. Grooms
Rural Firemen Demonstration And Three Weekend Runs
The rural fire department made three runs for grass and rubbish fires over the weekend with no damage. Calls occurred at Richey’s Welding Shop on Fairfield Road, Stewart Grain Elevator on Benton Road, and Loretta Henson’s home on East 30th Street. A city park demonstration showcased a new high and low pressure fire truck. State Forester Fred Buchanan presented films on building a fire line and stopping forest fires.
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Richey
Fairfield Road
Stewart
Benton Road
Loretta Henson
E. 30Th Street
Fire Zone Board of Trustees
Fred Buchanan
Iuka
Belleville TV On Air Tonight
WTVI of Belleville begins commercial operation tonight as the second TV outlet for the St Louis area with a Cincinnati Redlegs vs St Louis Browns benefit exhibition telecast. Channel 54 in UHF. converters needed. Local and network programs planned 4:45 p.m. to midnight on weekdays and 12 noon to 11 p.m. on weekends.
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Associated Press
Belleville
St. Louis
WTVI
Cincinnati Redlegs
St. Louis Browns
Hoover Is 79 in Quiet Birthday Observance
Former President Herbert Hoover quietly marked his 79th birthday in San Francisco with a low key dinner among friends. The Republican planned no public celebration and stated he would continue to serve as a consultant on federal government reorganization.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Taylor and Milner Purchase At 2500 Perkins Avenue
Mr and Mrs W R Taylor sell their five room modern home at 2500 Perkins Avenue to Mr and Mrs Maxey Milner. Mr Taylor is Yard Master at Illinois Central Railroad Bluford. Transaction handled by Virgil T Bailey Inc local real estate firm.
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W. R. Taylor
Perkins Avenue
Maxey Milner
Mr. Taylor
Ilinois Central Railroad
Bluford
Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
U.S. Threatens Retaliation Over Prisoner Repatriation
Secretary Dulles indicated the United States would adopt reciprocal measures if Communist prisoners are withheld from repatriation, while noting no official word on American POWs refusing to return. He cited reports of some prisoners refusing release and said crimes by Chinese and North Korean prisoners affect repatriation with UN prisoners also involved. He suggested a complex timeline for confirming atomic test radioactivity and distinguishing hydrogen devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ther Dulles
Dulles
Washington
United Nations
Russia
Rice for Korea aid voyage departs from Oakland
The freighter New Rochelle Victory sails from Oakland with 8,000 tons of rice for Korea, the first shipment under the United States new aid program. Two other vessels are also set to depart later today with barley.
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Korea
Oakland
Calif
New Rochelle Victory
United States
Two Suits for Divorce Filed in Circuit Court
Two divorce actions were filed Saturday in circuit court. Abejean Rector seeks divorce from James Leland Rector on cruelty grounds, citing their marriage on March 18, 1946 and separation on June 23, 1953. Mahala Black seeks divorce from Ernest Black on cruelty grounds, with a restraining injunction noted. The Hassakis and Ecker firm represents both plaintiffs.
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Circuit
Abejean Rector
James Leland Rector
Mahala Black
Ernest Black
Hassakis and Ecker
Cor Skids In Path Of Ambulance
Nathaniel Rogers, son of Mr and Mrs Chet Dye of RFD 6 Fairfield, is the subject of an accident notice. Survived by three sisters Jean Shepard June Lee and Dorothy Brendan, all of Fairfield. Body taken to Lewes Funeral Home in St Louis Missouri for burial.
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Chet Dye
RFD 6
Fairfield
Jean Shepard
June Lee
Dorothy Brendan
Nathaniel Rogers
Lewes
Dickson Street
St. Louis
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Samuel Dunovan
Mossberger Park
Henry Mossberger
Casey
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Prizo
Maurice E. Estes
Insurance Agency
Krekel
Edmison
Curtis
Centralia Road
Mr. Milner
South 11Th Street
U. S
Cor
Mel
Ordtans
Camel
Cmn
Guy J. Kerley
The
Junior Chamber of Commerce
America
W-G Motors, Inc
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