Mt Vernon sewer extension opens taps in most areas
Mt Vernon announces completion of most of the sewer extension with new taps available south of Jones and west of 12th street, Simpson subdivision, and Merritt Davis subdivision on Peach Street. East of 12th Street awaits lift station completion. Permits required at city hall. Local labor funded by a $125,000 sewer and revenue bond.
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Mt. Vernon
Jones
12Th Street
Simpson
Merritt Davis
Peach Street
Jones Street
Arch Whitlock
Sewer Department
City Hall
Ofce
Federal Judges Refuse To Halt Integration Bid
In New Orleans and Houston federal judges refused to halt school integration actions. U S District Judge Ben Connally ordered Houston integration starting in first grade with a plan to add a grade each year. Appellate judges declined to stay Connally's ruling. Separately NAACP sought to restrain Gov. Davis from disrupting New Orleans public schools set to begin Sept. 7. A third motion involves white parents seeking to keep New Orleans schools compliant with federal orders.
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New Orleans
Houston
Tex
Publc
Louisiana
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Houston School Board
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District
Ben Connally
Richard T. Rives
John Minor Widsom
Appellate Court
Connally
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Jimmie Davis
Davis
Wright, Rives
U.S. District Court
Herbert W. Christenberry
Wright
Christenberry
Rives
Montgomery
Not Running, She Was Flying Away
In Pontiac Illinois AP report Trooper Joyce stopped 15 year old Amy Olly Smith speeding at 120 mph on US 66 near Chenoni. She claimed she was running away from Milwaukee but police later verified the Milwaukee address and she was fined 100 dollars plus costs.
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Pontiac
Ill
William Joyce
Wlinoig State
Amy Olly Smith
Milwaukee
Joyce
U.S. 66
Chenoa
Amy
Polly Smith
Justice of the Peace
Alonzo Power
Smith
N. 40Th St
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Discharged
Discharged: Mrs Edna Mildred Martin of Bluford. Admitted: S T Casey, Mrs Suzanna GaVette, Mrs Sara Belle an, Mrs Nellie Johnson, Mrs Sarah Austin, Mrs Florence Ragan, Noble Garrison, Master Robert Beasley, Burrell Bundy, Louis Schlimme, Mrs Bernice Kirk. Also Don Kyle, Master Pinney, Mrs Sadie Paul, Lauren Carter, Rhonda Ireney, Mrs.
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Jefferson Memorial
Edna Mildred Martin
Bluford
S. T. Casey
Suzanna GaVette
Sara Bellean
Nellie Johnson
Sarah Austin
Florence Ragan
Noble Garrison
Robert Beasley
Burrell Bundy
Louis Schlimme
Bernice Kirk
Alma Collison
Alpha Gentles
Landa Short
Don Kyle
Pinney Putes
Sadie Paul
Lauren Carter
Eer Cha
Bkregory
Ley Snow
Rhonda Ireney
Congo Slides Toward Communist Bloc in Cold War Era
Western diplomats see the Congo slipping toward the Communist bloc as Premier Lumumba reshapes policy and sues for greater power. A Soviet delegation, including cultural minister Zhukov, arrived amid unrest and secessionist moves as Dag Hammarskjold probes UN protection. President Kasavubu and Lumumba face a fragile, tribally divided leadership while mass demonstrations test the government.
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Leopoldville
Conro
Patrice Lukumba
Africa
United Nations
Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Interior Ministry
Congo
Anicet Kashamura
G. A. Zhukov
Pravda
Lumumbas
Conference of Independent African States
Joseph Kasavubu
Ambassadors Split Between Career and Political Posts
Washington reports that about 90 American ambassadors exist, with roughly 25 political appointees and 65 career diplomats. Most envoys are expected to stay in place after a new president takes office, as resignations will only be accepted from noncareer appointees, leading to only a few changes in the $20,000 to $27,500 annual posts.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Kennedy
Foreign Service
Truman
Senate
Officers Shoot It Out In Fort Worth Mix-Up
In Fort Worth Texas two sheriff's deputies and two armored car guards mistook each other for bandits during a nighttime stakeout at a supermarket. A gunfight wounded Deputy Windle Coy Ray and James E Hutcherson as others fled. Both sides blamed no one, saying no robbery attempt occurred.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Tarrant County
Harlon Wright
Windle Coy Ray
James E. Hutcherson
Haltom City
St. Joseph Hospital
Wright
Ray
Hutcherson
Nottempt
Granite City Man Beaten To Death
Madison County authorities say a 66 year old Granite City man may have been murdered after his body was found Tuesday near the Chain of Rocks Canal entrance to the Mississippi River. Vincent B. Portell was tentatively identified. autopsy showed chest and rib fractures and authorities say foul play is likely. Portell worked at American Steel in Granite City and was last seen Sunday night about 10 miles from the scene carrying a substantial sum of money.
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Edwardsville
Madison County
Chain of Rocks Canal
Missiaelppi
Vincent B. Portell
Granite City
Portell
Willard V. Portell
W. W. Billings
Billings
American Steel Foundries
Grante City
Deaths Across States Include Publishing Exec and Store President
HARRISBURG AP Stu art M. Chambers 172 retired treasurer and director of Pulitzer Publishing Co dies Thursday night of a heart attack in a hotel. He and his wife were en route from New York to St Louis. Chambers retired in 1955 after 38 years with the St Louis Post Dispatch. HASTINGS AP Byron Hooper 59 longtime associate of J M McDonald Co which runs 109 general stores in 12 states dies Friday ten days after being elected president of the firm.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Stuart M. Chambers
Pulitzer Publishing Co
St. Louis
Post-Disatch
New York
Chambers
The
Post-Dispatch
Hastings
Neb
Byron Hooper
J. M. McDonald Co
Cross Shaped Indian Ruin Found Near Dixon Mounds
Archaeologists from the Illinois State Museum uncovered the first cross shaped Indian ruin in North America near Dixon Mounds State Park Illinois. The site shows post holes wall trenches charred logs and signs of a religious or ceremonial building with a four directional symbolic cross. Finds include corn ash hickory nuts cooking stones a clay wall fire basin and a complete miniature fiery vessel. Fire destroyed the ancient structure.
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Springfield
North America
Lewiston
Ill
Illinois State Museum
Joseph R. Caldwell
Dickson Mounds State Park
Coma Deepens for Iowa Girl Bitten by Rabid Skunk
Janie Thoreson, 11, of Estherville Iowa, remained in a coma on the 38th day after a skunk bite July 3 while vacationing in South Dakota. She received anti rabies immunizations, slipped into a coma July 19, and was moved to University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis in critical condition, now off a respirator with feeding by tube.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Iowa
Janie Thoreson
Estherville
South Dakota
Janis
University of Minnesota Hospital
Oak Park Meets California in Pony League World Series Final
Oak Park Delaware will face West Covina California tonight for the Pony League World Series championship after both teams won semifinal games. Oak Park defeated Houston 6-2 Thursday while West Covina beat Houston 54 Friday.
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Washington, Pa
Oak Park
West Covina
Calif
Houston
Tex
Texas
Railroad Strike Set For Sept 1 Details Probed
Philadelphia AP reports the Pennsylvania Railroad posted furlough notices to 52 000 workers as a strike looms set for September 1 The dispute centers on contracting out work and work rules with the AFL CIO Transport Workers Union and the National Mediation Board meeting next Monday The notices do not affect 2 000 managerial employees and most affected unions crews shop and maintenance workers on PRR s 75 000 staff are involved in the potential strike
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Transport Workers Union
National
PRR
Afl-Cio Railroad Can
Illinois Cyclist Killed In St. Louis Crash
Wayne Spray 19 of New Madden Illinois died in a north St. Louis crash when his motorcycle collided with a northbound truck. A friend traveling with him escaped with minor injuries. Truck driver Frank J. Yoch 60 was booked on suspicion of manslaughter and electric traffic signal violation. Spray was ejected about 20 feet.
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ST. Louis
Wayne Spray
New Madden
North St. Louis
Gerald Hoepker
Addieville
Frank J. Yoch
Blair
Florisgant
New Fire Engine Demonstration Goes Sour in Galesburg
In Galesburg Illinois, a $25 100 fire engine on parade for state inspectors operated for about an hour before malfunctioning. Water spurting from an improper discharge toppled the water pump and damaged components. The engine was towed back to station by the city’s 1936 pumper it replaced.
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Galesburg
Ill
Wayne Nelson
Addieville Widow Killed In Crash
Mrs. Alice Hoepker a 48 year old widow from Addieville Tennessee was killed when a car driven by her son Elmer C Hoepker Jr 16 collided with the side of a rock truck two miles south of Millstadt on Friday The truck driver Fred Schaak 47 of Belleville Illinois was uninjured and Hoepker Jr also escaped injury
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Millstadt, Jr
Alice Hoepker
Addieville
Millstadt
Elmer C. Hoepker Jr
Fred Schaak
Belleville
Ill
Deserter accuses U S Army attache of espionage in Moscow
Soviet TV aired charges by Vladimir Sloboda 31 against Col Theodore Hoffman U S Army attache in Moscow amid a wider purge. Hoffman dismissed the accusations in West Germany where he vacationed with family and planned to return to Moscow September 4.
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Moscow
U.S. Army
Theodore F. Hoffman
Vladimir Sloboda
Soviet Union
U.S
George Payne Winters Jr
Col. Hoffman
West Germany
Sloboda
Hoffman
Germany
Pughtown
Army Intelligence School
Ft. Holabird
USS Army
Hel
Heidelberg
Driver Killed As He Watches Race At Fresno Track
A stock car crash at the Kearny Bowl track in Fresno killed spectator Ray Albert a 30 year old San Jose native known as Ray Carney. Four officials nearby were also hurt as the car flipped over a retaining wall. The driver C Walkingstick of Fresno escaped injury.
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Fresno
Calif
Ray Albert
San Jose
Ray Carney
C. Walkingstick
Albert
Kearny Bowl
There Is Method To Their Madness
Joseph and Ralph Brekan from Spring Valley sowed watermelon seeds by spitting them on the sidewalk. The patch grew into three melons on the front lawn, prompting a fence installation and a moved mailbox as the family embraces a yard with less lawn to mow.
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Spring Valley
Joseph
Ralph Brekan
Charge Driver After Crash At 12th Broadway
Two Mt. Vernon auto accidents caused about 250 dollars in damage with no injuries. Orville Tate and Eugene C Bradley collided at 12th and Broadway. Bradley charged with running a stop sign. A second collision on Shawnee Street and Liberty Road involved Robert Schmieder and Deroy Kuykendall, with damage around 100 dollars.
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Mt. Vernon
Orville Tate
North Tenth
Eugene C. Bradley
Route 1
de Soto
12Th
Broadway
Tate
Bradley
Robert F. Schmieder
Casey
Deroy Kuykendall
Columbia
Ill
Shawnee Street
Liberty Road
Relatives Of Bonnie Woman Escape Flash Flood
Mrs. John Dobbs of Bonnie reports a narrow exit for relatives in a West Virginia flash flood. Frank Marrs and his wife from St Louis helped rescue 12 year old Larry Marrs, nephew of Mrs Dobbs, as they tried to flee by car from the rising waters at West Union.
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John Dobbs
Bonnie
West Virginia
Frank Marrs
St. Louis
Ernest Marrs
West Union
W. Va
Marrs
Dobbs
Larry
U S Craft Hit Luzon Beach
Six U S Navy landing craft hit Lingayen beach in Luzon carrying food and clothing for flood victims. The operation followed a Pangasinan governor appeal as roads were impassable, delaying land transport.
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Manila
Lingayen
Luzon
Philippines
Pangasinan
Illinois Driver Wins Drag Race at Cordova Track
Arnie Beswick of Morrison Illinois won the stock car qualifying race in the world series of drag racing at Cordova with a quarter-mile lap speed of 100.897 mph. Lyle Fisher of Tucson Arizona set the fastest speed 108.360 mph in fuel burning dragsters as the seven hour event unfolded. The report also touches on Social Security benefits and notes Andrew Johnson’s long political career.
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Cordova, Ill
Arnie Beswick
Morrison
Lylé Fisher
Tucson
Ariz
Meet The New Teacher At Dr Andy Hall School
Dr Andy Hall School adds new faculty member Mrs A H Waters to teach educable mentally handicapped children. She is a Danville Illinois High School graduate who attended Mt Vernon Community College and Southern Illinois University. Mrs Waters belongs to First Methodist Church Jefferson County Historical Society and Patton Commandery Auxiliary. The Waters reside at 318 S 22nd Street with their two children.
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Andy Hall
A. H. Waters
Waters
Danville,llinois
Mt. Vernon
Tragedy Marks Slam Bidding In Card Game Analysis
Oswald Jacoby discusses slam bidding in bridge noting that the tragedy of rare hands makes the North South pair deserve congratulations for reaching a slam. He explains why exact science fails and how luck and skill converge in this high level bid.
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Oswald Jacoby
Assa
Bridge Hand Fragment Shows North East West Setup
A fragmented bridge notation presents a hand with North holding K eK Q1084 and West holding 9832. The sequence 110842 appears, indicating suit entries or trick details, though the full context and result are unclear.
Slam Bid Derailed by Suspicious West in Bridge
In a bridge match South aimed for five diamonds after a 20 point hand, but chose four spades and then six no trump against North’s slam bid. North sensed the chance for a red-suit slam, but West’s opening ace of spades and subsequent defense spoiled South's plan, preventing the 12 tricks.
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South
North
West
East
Vandals Slash Downtown Store Awning Damage
Knife slashing vandals caused 60 dollars in damage to an awning at the Remnant House, 115 North Tenth Street. Police were notified at 8:30 last night.
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North Tenth Street
Police Court Fines Set By Magistrate Thomas
Fines assessed by Police Magistrate J. R. Thomas include Early Miller 15 dollars and costs for drunkenness and disturbance and Estel D. Talbott of Potomac Illinois 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving.
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J. R. Thomas
Early Miller
Chistes Estel D. Talbott
Potomac, Ill
Roof burglar hits S Tenth Street store
Burglars entered Gebhart Store at 921 South Tenth Street by breaking a skylight on the roof last night. Missing items include two electric razors and a transistor radio valued at $74. Police report the entry via roof skylight.
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Gebhart
South Tenth Street
Billfold Stolen At Phone Booth In Mt Vernon
Mamie Feltman reported a theft of a red plastic billfold containing $34 from a public phone booth at Tenth and Main in Mt Vernon at 3:00 p m Friday. She said she set the billfold down while making a call and returned about an hour later to find it missing.
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Mt. Vernon Poiice
Mamie Feltman
South 15Th Street
Tenth and Main
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