Deaths: Maud Ford Former Resident Dies in Kansas City
Mrs Maud Ford 74 a former Mt Vernon resident died yesterday afternoon in General Hospital Kansas City Mo She was mother of Max Ford of Kansas City and Mrs Joe Farney of Alton She had three grandchildren and sister to Beulah Piper and Arthur Mc Laughlin Her husband Eric Ford preceded her in death Funeral services set for Assembly of God Church Kansas City at 2 00 p m and burial in Mt Vernon Oakwood cemetery
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Maud Ford
Kansas City
Vernon
General Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Oakwood Cemetery
Beulah Piper
Arthur McLaughlin
Eric Ford
Thomas F. Davis Dies At 78 In Mt Vernon
Thomas Franklin Davis of 319 Casey Avenue died at 1 43 pm yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 78 years nine months and ten days He was a former employee of Mt Vernon Car Mfg Co Funeral Thursday at 130 pm at Myers Chapel with the Rev Bird Green officiating Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery The body lies at Myers Chapel Survivors include nephews and nieces He was born February 25 1877 in Wayne County to H R and Mary Moore Davis and was a member of the First Baptist Church.
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Thomas Franklin Davis
Casey Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Davis
Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co
Myers Chapel
Bird Green
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Davis
Wayne County
H. R. and
Mary (Moore) Davis
First Baptist Church
General Motors Dealers To Get Five Year Contracts
President Harlow H. Curtice announced that General Motors will extend its dealer contracts from one year to five. He told the Senate Judiciary Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee that 17,000 GM retail dealers nationwide would receive telegrams about the change amid hearings examining GM operations. Curtice blamed misinformed public statements for dealer criticism and said the longer agreements aim to prevent misunderstandings and protect GM goodwill.
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Washington
Harlow H. Curtice
General Motors
Senate Judiciary Antitrust and Monopoly
Curtice
GM Persident
Birth announcements from Lockport Albuquerque and Jefferson Memorial
Mr and Mrs Jack Dent welcomed Jackie Wayne born December 2 in Lockport Illinois weighing six pounds seven ounces. The mother is Margie Hester of Bonnie. A son Scott was born December 3 in Albuquerque New Mexico Presbyterian Hospital weighing six pounds seven ounces to Mr and Mrs Timothy P Woolston. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Guard Marvin and the mother is Jane Marvin. Anson Myers and wife at 2510 Casey welcomed Terry Anson born at 9 55 this morning weighing seven pounds four and three quarters ounces.
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Jack Dent
Lockport
Ill
Jackie Wayne
Margie Hester
Bonnie
Timothy P. Woolston
Albuquerque
N M
Presbyterian Hospital
Jane Marvin
Anson Myers
Casey
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Terry Anson
Hospital Notes at Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial
Patient admittances include Orley A. Savage Margaret June Stockett Ethel M Marshall William Jasper Bain Eula Mae Prince Jo Alice Mc Gonigal Olive Maree Dear inger Edward Rufus Peery and Junaita Myers. Discharges feature Blanche Feldman Reginald Harris Clara Staley William Dennis Viola Wooden infant James Wesley Jr Delbert Russell Carlton Norma Ethel Williams baby David Rogene Norma Jean Soger infant Randy Lee.
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Good Samaritan
Orley A. Savage
Margaret June Stockett
Ethel M. Marshall
William Jasper Bain
Eula Mae Prince
Jo Alice McGonigal
Olive Maree Dearinger
Edward Rufus Peery
Blanche Florentine Feldman
Jessie Reginald Harris
Clara Mathina Staley
William Dennis
Viola Joan Wooden
James Wesley, Jr
Delbert Russell Carlton
Norma Ethel Williams
David Rogene
Norma Jean Soger
Randy Lee
Varnell Rebekah Lodge Meets December 8 in Hall
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No 296 will hold a regular meeting in the 10 C F hall on Thursday evening December 8 at 7 30. After the election of officers there will be a fifty cent tax or fee the members are urged to attend and to welcome visiting members.
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Varnell Ee Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
C.F
Rene
al- Sao Rriniz
Langer Urges Dixon-Yates Probe Into 1952 Campaign Fund
Sen. Langer calls for a public investigation to reveal if Dixon-Yates backers donated to Eisenhower's 1952 campaign fund. He seeks subpoenas for Postmaster General Summerfield, Sherman Adams, Stephen Mitchell, and others at a Senate Antimonopoly subcommittee hearing. Kefauver notes the probe could reach the full panel.
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Washington
Sen
Langer
R-Nd
Dixon- Yates
Eisenhower
Senate
Summerfield
Sherman Adams
White House
Stephen A. Mitchell
Kefauver
D - Tenn
Wealthy Austrian admits to Lake Shore Drive murder
Marcus Kammermann a 66 year old cigarette and candy importer from Austria admitted to police that he beat his wife Malwina Kammermann 55 to death in their Chicago Lake Shore Drive apartment after she allegedly cleaned out $60 000 to $70 000 from their bank account and sought a divorce The incident followed a quarrel that began after his return from Europe and culminated about 5 am Monday with Kammermann using ash trays lamps and other loose objects to strike her Police arrested him after neighbors phoned for help and officials said he was held without charge
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lake Shore Drive
Marcus Kammermann
Frank Bychowski
Kammerman
Malwina
Bychowski
Kammermann
Europe
John Griffin
Earl Johnson
Hog Slaughter Sets Record in November in St. Louis Area
National Stock Yards Illinois reports 447,141 hogs slaughtered across six major St. Louis area plants in November, the largest November total on record. The figure is 30 percent above last November, with pork holdings in plant coolers up 38 percent to about 5,000 tons but still below the 20 year average of 7,105 tons.
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National Stock Yards
Jil
St. Louis Area
St. Louis Live Stock Exchange
Fire Heavily Damages Home on Opdyke Ave
Firefighters battled a heavy blaze at a residence on Opdyke Avenue after responding to a grass fire at Carl DeSeims’s home on Airport Road at 1 37 p m and to Opal Porter’s stove flare up at 9 30 am No injuries reported The report notes separate incidents involving Opdyke Avenue and airport road and a stove flare up.
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Opdyke Ave
Carl DeSeims
Airport Road
Opal Porter
Eisenhower Reaches Near Final 1956 Defense Budget
President Eisenhower and top defense leaders reached an almost final agreement on the 1956-57 defense budget in the neighborhood of 34.4 billion dollars a year. Secretary Wilson said no final figure was set but expected no major change from the current level, and no substantial tax cut is anticipated next session. Pentagon comptroller McNeil said the budget is nearly settled and no further White House meetings are planned before final estimates.
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Associated Press
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Wilson
Rowland Hughes
W. J. McNeil
Pentagon
McNeil
Hughes
Washington
Adm
Arthur Radford
Seaman
Joint Chiefs of
Jaff
500000 50 Bed Wing Planned For Mt Vernon TB Sanitarium
Dr Clifford Hall says a 500000 expansion adding a 50 bed wing is needed to reduce a waiting list for tuberculosis patients. Mt Vernon sanitarium currently operates 350 beds and serves multiple facilities. The plan includes a home for the medical superintendent and grounds landscaping, with a shift to attract patients to Mt Vernon.
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Clifford Hall
Division of Tuberculosis Control
State Department of Health
Mt. Vernon
Hall
Reds Accuse India of Goa Attack Plan Amid U S Dissent
The report says Reds urged India to attack Goa while Dulles reaffirmed U S policy opposing force to settle disputes. He stressed Portugal’s colonial ties to Goa and two nearby territories. Khrushchev and Bulganin commented on Portugal’s stance, with Moscow backing India’s claim to oust Portuguese rule.
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Reds
India
Goa
Dulles
Paulo Cunha
Macao
China
United States
Khrushchev
Portugal
Bulganin
Russia
O.K. Plans on Storm Water Project Here
The city plans a storm water program and transfers $6,000 from the engineering services fund to finance the city’s court fight against the water company. No action taken on a $20 raise for Lillie Bennett, sewer department office manager, awaiting end-of-fiscal-year appropriation. Arrangements made to meet district highway officials Thursday on issues in the upcoming major street program.
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Engineering Services Fund
Sewer Commission
Lillie Bennett
Sewer Department
District Highway Department
Shehorn Introduces Color Printing At SIU Class
Leslie Shehorn, plant superintendent of The Register-News, lectured on color printing to a Southern Illinois University Carbondale class of newspapermen. He described his patented color unit used by The Register-News and University of Missouri, displaying samples that impressed attendees including Bob Thompson and John McClure. The session continued with a lively Q&A as the class, meeting Mondays, heard of a general trend toward color in newspapers.
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Leslie Shehorn
Register-News
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia
Shehorn
Donald Hileman
Plan Telecast Of Murder Trial In Texas Court
A jury in Waco Texas is to hear the auto bomb murder case of Harry L Washburn 39 accused in the slaying of Helen Harris Weaver 51 She died in San Angelo on January 19 after stepping on a car starter The case may mark the nation s first televised murder trial with KWTX TV given permission to broadcast live Judge D W Bartlett said telecasting is the coming thing and should be allowed if not distracting Washburn a Houston contractor has been held without bond since January 29 and contends he was 400 miles away at the time The state says the bomb was aimed at her husband Harry Weaver for blocking money transfers to Washburn
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
Texas
Harry L. Washburn
Helen Harris Weaver
San Angelo
D. W. Bartlett
Kwtx-Tv
Bill Stinson
Washburn
Houston
West Texas
Transit Workers Get Pay Increase
EAST ST. LOUIS IL AFL employes and the East St. Louis City Bus Lines reach a contract for a 13 cent an hour raise. Under prior terms drivers earned 1.80 and maintenance men 2. The raise is phased retroactively to June 1 and last Thursday and fully by next June 1. The agreement runs to June 1 1957. A strike was authorized by the union but no walkout date was set.
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Associated Prese
East ST. Louis
AFL
East
Survives 3 Wars Fell by Auto in San Francisco
Albert Gondal, 93, a claimed veteran of the Indian, Spanish-American, and Mexican campaigns, arrived at a San Francisco hospital as a traffic casualty after a car struck him. He bore a broken arm and a black eye and said lipstick marks on his bald head came from a tavern nightcap.
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San Francisco
Albert Gondal
San Francisco Hospital
County Cuts 4800-A-Year Jobs and Lays Off Six Men
The county board laid off six highway department workers with a $4800 annual salary, citing emergencies and seniority rules for recalls. A bid to keep all ten workers on winter part time failed 14 to 6. The board also moved $8000 from the general fund to the depleted county highway fund to cover current bills.
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Mittee
State Aid Road Committee
Highway Department
Richey
Highway 15
Farrell Puckett
Russians Seek Britain to Cancel Geneva Invitation
Soviet leaders during their Asia tour attacked British rule in India and Burma and accused Allied powers of instigating World War I attacks on Russia. Khrushchev and Zhukov criticized Western coverage as biased while defending Soviet neutrality and condemning imperial policies.
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Geneva
Churchill
India
Burma
Khrushchev
Mamaniche
Russia
Soviet Union
Zhukov
Soviet Communist Party
Car Stolen Here Driver Nabbed By State Police
A Wisconsin man, Harry Eugene Chichester, 37, of New London, was arrested by state police in Benton early today after a 1956 car stolen from Mt. Vernon was recovered. He was turned over to Mt. Vernon police and jailed on auto larceny charges. The stolen vehicle belonged to David Keele of 319 Main Street and was taken from in front of the Blue Goose Cafe on Main Street at about 12:40 a.m.
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Wisconsin
Benton
Mt. Vernon
Harry Eugene Chichester
New London
Wis
Demetri Hassakis
David Keele
Main Street
Blue Goose Cafe
Crowd Rush Spurs Chinese Trade Fair Prank Blame
Osaka police attributed a sudden visitor rush at the Chinese Communist trade fair to pranksters who handed out handbills promising free beer. Attendees arrived for displays of machinery but found none, according to authorities.
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Osaka
Japan
Burned body of Schulenburg NAACP leader found
The beaten and burned body of Herbert Johnson, 60, president of the Schulenburg chapter of the NAACP and commander of the Schulenburg Negro American Legion Post, was found on his farm 20 miles west of Schulenburg. Sheriff L O McGinty said a motive could not be established. Johnson appeared to have been struck and burned with his car after Sunday absence. His wife Naomi, 57, found the body. Johnson was a local janitor, farm owner, and livestock trader.
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Schulenburg
Tex
The
National Assn
Here
L. O. McGinty
Herbert Johnson
Negro American Legion
Johnson
Naomi
Mitchell Says Unions Have Right To Be In Politics
Secretary of Labor said organized labor must speak out in politics with a loud voice and is expected to back Republican policies over Democrats. The remarks, prepared for the AFL-CIO convention, echo Eisenhower's message delivered via remote hookup from Gettysburg. Governor Harriman urged broader working class engagement in American political affairs during another convention speech.
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Mitchell
New York
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Averell Harriman
Marion Murder Trial Near End
Closing testimony nears in Williamson County Circuit Court for Albert Priddy a former Carterville police officer charged with murder He is accused of firing a shotgun through a window at Edmond Smith of Carterville who died May 20 after parole from prison The defense cites Priddy was searching for a burglary suspect while witnesses place him near the scene
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Associated Press
Marion
Ill
Williamson County
Albert Priddy
Carterville
Carl Sneed
Priddy
Edmond Smith
Smith
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