Deaths Mother Of Mt V Residents Dies At Effingham Ill
Sarah Louise Berry aged 76 died at 10 am Friday in St Anthonys Hospital Effingham She was mother to Edson and Edwin Berry of Mt Vernon and wife of John Survived by two daughters Mrs Virgil Pays Montrose and Mrs Fred Hutton Stewardson two sons and a stepsister Mrs Effie Elliott Champaign Funeral 1 30 pm Monday at Montrose Methodist Church burial Montrose Cemetery Body lies in state at Bishop Funeral Home Greenup until am Monday then taken to church
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St Anthony's Hospital
Effingham
Edson
Edwin Berry
Mt. Verdon
Berry
Montrose
John
Virgil Pays
Fred Hutton
Stewardson
Montrose Methodist Church
Montrose Cemetery
Bishop Funeral Home
Greenup
Lou Gurley of Wayne City Dies at 91
Mrs. Lou Emma Gurley 91 of Wayne City died at 2 pm Friday at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Widow of James R. Gurley she had been a member of Wayne City Christian church for over 50 years. Services Monday at 2 pm at the church. burial in Thomason cemetery. Visitation starts Sunday after 10 am at Richardson Chapel. Born Kentucky December 31, 1865, she leaves two sons Elston and Lyman, two daughters Edna Davis and Ruby Musteen, several grandchildren and greats, and two brothers.
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Lou Emma Gurley
Wayne City
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
James R. Gurley
Gurley
Kentucky
Charles A
Anna E. (Runyon) Speer
Elston
RFD
Dahlgren
Lyman
Edna Davis
St. Louis
Ruby Musteen
Cameron
Weaver Speer
Jeffersontown
Roger Speer
Kelleyville, Okla
Mt. V. Man Buys Prize Herefords At Carmi Sale
James H. Fullerton of Mount Vernon RFD 3 purchased the two top Hereford females at the White County Hereford Breeders Association annual sale in Carmi. He will add WPH DW Melody, Reserve Grand Champion, and WPH Belle Mischief, second in class, to his herd of 22 brood cows of Domestic Mischief and Domestic Woodrow.
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James H. Fullerton
RFD
Mt. Vernon
White County Hereford Breeders Association
Carmi
Armory Site Sale Approved for Fairfield Airgrounds
Fairfield Illinois. W President Frank Dixon of the Wayne County Fair Assn says Army Corps of Engineers in Chicago approved sale of a portion of Fairfield airgrounds for a new Army reserve armory. Sale price set at 15000 dollars. A similar armory is under construction in Centralia and another is planned for Olney.
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Fairfield
Ill. W
Frank Dixon
Wayne County Fair Assn
Army Corps of Engineers
Chicago
Army Reserve
Centralia
Olney
British Honduras Revolt Talks Spark Colonial Cutbacks
Belize officials rush troops into the Central American colony after charges that a leading politician discussed union with Guatemala. The move follows tensions over the political stance and potential upheaval within British Honduras.
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Belize
British Honduras
Guatemia
Births Mr and Mrs Walter Jackson Welcome Daughter
Mr and Mrs Walter Jackson of RFD 7 are parents to a daughter born at 6 08 o'clock last night in Good Samaritan hospital. She weighed six pounds five ounces. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Clarence FC Koenig of Nashville Tenn in Baptist Hospital of that city last night weighing eight pounds. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Elmer Joes and Mrs and Mrs OF Boorty, all of this city.
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Walter Jackson
RFD
Vernon
Good Samar
Tan Hospital
Clarence FC Koenig
Weather report for Missouri and Chicago area cold spell
Detailed weather report notes decreasing clouds and colder air across Missouri with partly cloudy north and fair south tonight and Sunday. Warmer in the southwest, colder in the extreme southeast tonight, then warmer in the south and central portions Sunday. Highs 35 to 45 north, 45 to 50 south. Lows tonight in the low 30s north, near 40 south. Chicago area expects continued chill with subfreezing nights and daytime readings just above the frost line. Friday's highs ranged from 51 to 57 in various cities including Quincy and Chicago.
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Springfield
Vandalia
Mobin
Peoria
Rantoul
Rockford
Prince Charles Loses Cap At Cheam School Concert
Prince Charles, three years old, bowed to the audience at Cheam School Friday night during carol singing when his school cap fell off. He blushed bright red and paused to pick it up, then dropped it again in his excitement. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were expected to attend.
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England
Prince Charles
Cheam School
Queen Elizabeth 1
Prince Philip
Burglary at Mt Vernon Plant Steals Valves
Burglars broke into the Creosoted Forest Products Company office at the southeast edge of Mt Vernon last night. Police reported two bronze valves valued at over 100 dollars stolen after entry by breaking a window.
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Creosoted Forest Products Company
Mt Vernon
Drunk Narrowly Escapes Death in Incinerator
In Louisville Kentucky Clarence H. Shackleford, drunk, crawled into an incinerator behind a public facility to shelter from a van takings. A dump truck moved the container into a 25 foot pit. a crane operator spotted his arm and he was rescued before the power shovel could scoop again. He was arrested on a drunkenness charge.
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Louisville
Kyother
Omar
Clarence H. Shackleford
Shackleford
Firemen Respond to Oil Heater Fire at Home
Firemen were called at 8:15 last night to the home of Mrs. Donald Cunningham at 8212 South Wh, where an oil heater flared. Firemen reported no damage.
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Donald Cunningham
South Wh
Khrushchev Mixed Up On Sputnik Story
Washington reports scientists find no evidence that any part of Russia s Sputnik 7 rocket fell in the United States. Khrushchev claimed a carrier rocket fragment landed here, but officials say the stub stayed aloft or burned up. Experts suggest any impact would have been in southeast Asia.
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Roo
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United States
Sohata Khrushchev
Moscow Radio
Khrushchev
Moscow
Hugh Odishaw
U.S
U.S. National Committee For the International Geophysical Year
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Pifer Called Home As Mother In Grayson Falls Ill
The Rev and Mrs Lester K F Pifer were summoned to Grayson Kentucky late last night due to the serious illness of Mrs C G W Stone, the mother of Mrs Pifer. Pifer, minister at Central Church of Christ, was at a Mt Vernon Centralia basketball game when the call came.
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Lester KF. Pifer
Grayson, Kyv
CG. WL Stone
Pifer
Central Church of Christ
Mt Vernon-Centralia
Taylor says Jupiter project ready but timing uncertain
In San Antonio Gen Maxwell D Taylor Army chief of staff states the Jupiter satellite project is ready to go yet refuses to estimate launch timing if authorized. He notes Navy Vanguard test difficulties and says the U S should not assume Russians faced no problems in Sputnik launches.
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Tex
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Taylor
Tastor
Grace A Henry Rebekah Lodge to Hold Regular Meeting
Members of Grace A Henry Rebekah Lodge No. 292 meet in regular session Monday at 7 30 in the NOOF Temple. Officers to be elected and a fifty cent gift exchange planned. Visitors welcome in Soda Springs Idaho. A 27 year old mother of four was struck by a freight train after stepping from her car at a railroad crossing in this southern Idaho town.
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Henry Rebekah Lodge No
Noof Temple
Soda Springs
Freight crash halts on icy street near town
Mrs Eldon Perkins of Soca Springs braked on ice as a freight neared an intersection, the car slid onto tracks and was struck by the train, the vehicle demolished and dragged about 200 feet. Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M holds a special meeting December 6 at 7:30 p.m. all Brethren urged to attend. Ralph W Murphy, Wor. William E Reavis, Sec. 12-9
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Mt. Vernon
$125,000 Award For Back Injury
A 23 year old Streator woman was awarded $125,000 damages by a federal jury for injuries in a July 1, 1955, train wreck near Papineau Iroquois County. Nancy Kauth, University of Illinois student, claimed a dislocated back from the derailment on a Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway train.
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Nancy Kauth
University of Illinois
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
Papineau
Iroquois County
Rain record set as Memphis totals pass old mark
A long day of rain washed out the schedule and at 8:44 p.m. the city’s total rainfall for the year exceeded 73.50 inches, surpassing an 1877 record. The event marks Memphis’ wettest year on record to date.
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Memphis
Tenn
No Deduction From Tax Over Lack Of A Job
US Tax Court rejects Willard M. Bostick of Maple Heights Ohio for claiming loss deductions from lack of employment. He argued 1954 earnings of 2218.85 with 1920 hours for sale and only 986 sold at 360 per hour, claiming a 17713.5 loss and zero tax. The court called his theory tenuous and unsupported by law. Hawaii note appears as unrelated data.
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Washington
Willard M. Bostick
Maple I Heights
Ohio
Bostick
Plan 4 Missile Sites In Britain
The New York Times reports a U S Britain accord to build and man four intermediate range ballistic missile sites in Britain. Secretary McElroy testified to the Senate on Nov 27 that 1500 mile missiles would be in service by year end 1958. Three squadrons to be British and one by the U S Air Force. estimated site cost about $4 million largely funded by Britain.
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New York Times
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Britain
Mcklray
Senate
Washington
The
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Freshmen Fined for Car Ban Violations at SIU
In Carbondale Southern Illinois University fined three freshmen $50 each for violating the rule banning cars for freshmen. Assistant dean of men Robert Etheridge said the penalties are the first issued since the ban began last fall.
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Carbondale
Southern Tilnnis University
Robert Etheridge
Jeff Chandler Divorce Suit Alleges Cruelty
LA actor Jeff Chandler, 38, faces a divorce suit from wife Marjorie Haskell Chandler, 47, filed after 11 years of marriage. She seeks custody of their two children and made no detailed accusations in the complaint.
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Dler
Marjorie Haskell Chandler
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions
At Jefferson Memorial many patients admitted including Alvin Moore Felle Rive Mrs Velma Flier and Ralph Storment Ben Bullock Discharges include Jittle TPavid Raver James Myers Gilbert Davis Edmund Keiser and Miss Betty Carlotta Marks.
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Felle Rive
Velma Flier
Ralph Storment
Ben Bullock
Good Samaritan
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Leota Ward
Mary Ann Hays
Laura Joy Willams
Kate Brachig
Jittle
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