Deaths Mrs. Joe Rawls Funeral Monday At McLeansboro
Laura Estelle Rawls 78 of West Market street McLeansboro died in Pearce Hospital Eldorado Friday. Born September 6 1879 in Hamilton County she married Joe Rawls April 25 1902 at McLeansboro who survives. Funeral Monday at 10 AM First Presbyterian Church McLeansboro with Rev Maulding and Rev Vinton burial Blooming Grove cemetery. Surviving: husband son George, brothers A B Anderson and Wm H Anderson, sister Mrs Madelyn Mattingly. Body in state at Gholson Funeral Home Bielcampers after 2 PM today.
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Laura Estelle Rawls
West Market Street
McLeansboro
Pearce Hospital
Eldorado
Hamilton County
John L. Anderson
Joe Rawls
Rawls
MecLeansboro
Presbyterian See
Eastern Star and White
Line
First Presbyterian Church
John B. Maulding
Allan Vinton
Blooming Grove Cemetery
George Rawls
A. B. Anderson
Wm. H. Anderson
Peoria
Madelyn Mattingly
Golconda
Gholson Funeral Home
Biel Cannpers
Tony
Algerian Rebels Tortured By The French
A long withheld official report says a French government commission found torture and inhuman treatment of Algerian rebel prisoners by French forces. The commission inspected eight camps housing 5 000 to 6 000 people and cited deaths by asphyxiation and gas in two cases, noting disciplinary action against French commanders.
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Parisa
Algeria
Aln-Isser
Mercier-Lacombe
Morgantown Merchants Brace for $2 Bill Flood Test
Sterling Faucet Co paid all its more than 1,000 employees with $2 bills to test distribution and effect of the unusual payment method. Local merchants braced for the expected influx of the new currency as workers began spending and exchanging the notes.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Sterling Faucet Co
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
The Jefferson Memorial unit lists admissions including Donald Eugene Karch Vanda Hancock and Melvile McCoy in Newport Arkansas and discharges such as Mrs Wayne Reynolds and baby Patricia Ann Miss Jessie Fish Mrs Atha Dobson and others at McLeansboro Wayne City Good Samaritan admits Charlayne Tinney Lillian Heck Ralph Melton Mary Keller Myrtle Smith Merle Shurtz Gwendolyn Wilkey Harry Smith Daniel Cahill Master Wayne Strubinger Mary Hall Discharged include Mrs Gambella Barucomis Phyllis Sigworth Clifford Hargrave Ghent Holman Moise Renaud and Shirley Higginson.
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Jefferson Memorial
Donald Eugene Karch
Vanda Hancock
Newport
Ark
Melvile McCoy
Wayne Reynolds
Patricia Ann
Jessie Fish
Atha Dobson
McLeansboro
Jack Payne
Larry Wilkerson
Wayne Lee
Wayne City
Good Samaritan
Charlayne Tinney
Lillian Heck
Ralph Melton
Mary Keller
Myrtle Smith
Merle Shurtz
Gwendolyn Wil
Twin boys born at Good Samaritan Hospital
Births report for 2200 Broadway notes Mr and Mrs William Bradley welcome twins. First son arrived 10:40 weighing six pounds seven ounces, second at 10:41 weighing seven pounds. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Wilburn Davis at No 9 Linnview Drive at 6:47 last night weighing seven pounds four ounces. Additional births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Donald R Wilson of Ina at 2:15 this morning and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Thomas Russell Wielt of 800 Harrison at 6:35 this morning weighing seven pounds ten ounces.
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William Bradley
Broadway
Good Samaritan Hospital
Wilburn Davis
Linnview Drive
Legislature shifts school tax burden to localities in 1957
Chicago report states the 1957 Illinois Legislature boosted county assessment multipliers shifting more school costs to localities to cover a 227 million dollar state appropriation for 1959 1960. Charles Miller says the move reduces state share and presses districts to raise local levies amid calls to freeze multipliers at 1956 levels until local assessments adjust.
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Chicago
Miller
Illinois Asn
John W. Alsip
Macon
Car Hits Meters and Store on Broadway
Carson Foster, 19, of 212 South 16th Street, skidded on icy Ley Street near Eighth and Broadway last night. His car struck two parking meters and the A and P store building, causing about 400 dollars in damage. Police charged Foster with driving too fast for conditions. Mt. Vernon streets were icy from freezing frost.
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Carson Foster
South 16Th Street
Ley Street
Eighth and Broadway
Foster
Mt. Vernon
Dave Beck Jury Deliberations Continue On Theft Charge
Seattle seven men and five women failed to reach a verdict after seven hours of deliberations in the trial of 63 year old Teamsters leader Dave Beck. The jury recessed overnight with aides to return at 9 a.m. for further consideration of charges he diverted 1900 from a union car sale. Beck, who refused to answer questions before a Senate committee, campaigns on self preservation claims as prosecutors call him a would be great man who sacrificed employees.
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Seattle
Iwrestle
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
Senate
Charles S. Burdell
Teamster
Dep
Charles Smith
George Revelle
Mt Vernon Lodge to Meet December Sixteenth Evening
A stated meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M is set for Monday December 16 at 7 30 PM All Brethren are urged to attend Visiting Brethren are welcome Virgil H Pige W M William E Reavis Secy
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Mt. Vernon
Virgil H. Pige
W. M
William E. Reavis
Secy
Thugs Refuse To Tell Reason For Meeting
Albany witnesses grilled by a three man subcommittee probing the Apalachin incident report mob bosses gathered at Joseph Barbara’s hilltop home near Binghamton last month. Several delegates from Buffalo testified while most recited the Fifth Amendment. Barbara said he did not know the meeting was planned and did not recognize most attendees.
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Albany
N.Y
Apalachin
Seniof
Joseph Barbara
Barbara
Binghamton
Buffalo
James LaDuca
Lewiston
Anthony Magatdinn
Niagara Falls
Roy Carlisi
Dominick D'Agosttino
Laduca
State Capitol
Senate Chamber
Pigg Installed As Master Of Masonic Lodge
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M held installation for new officers at the Masonic temple last night Brice Jones of Louisville Til served as installing officer John Murphy of Eldorado was installing Marshal Osman H Haile acted as Chaplain Those installed included Virgil 4 Pigg Master Byron Weld Jr Senior Warden Taylor Mabry Junior Warden George R Border Treasurer William E Reavis Secretary Guibert Harlow Senior Deacon Odell E Bain Junior Deacon Joe Bob Pierce Senior Steward Fred R Minor Junior Steward Jack M Border Chaplain Edward Earl Cook Marshal and W KK Liebengood Tyler.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Brice Jones
Louisville
Til
John & Murphy
Eldorado
Osman H.haile
Virgil 4. Pigg
Byron W. Weld, Jr
Taylor R. Mabry
George R. Border
William E. Reavis
Guibert Harlow
Odell E. Bain
Joe Bob Pierce
Fred R. Minor
Jack M. Border
Edward Earl Cook
KK. Liebengood
Tyler
Passenger Faints Triggered Midway Fire Dispatch
At Midway Airport an excited operator misrouted a call to 911 sending 50 firemen and 12 pieces of apparatus to the field. The alarm followed a passenger fainting while boarding a plane causing over 30 minutes of confusion before crews learned the true cause.
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Chicago
Midway Airport
Enitines
Gavin Pleads On Beat Russia To The Moon
Gavin tells senators the United States lags Russia in overall military power and proposes a senior officers staff to streamline decision making. Air Force will build an intercontinental range base at Presque Isle to fire the Snark missile. Shellac used in electrical appliances and inks. Wisconsin has 18,219 acres of state parks. Spanish conquistadors brought chickens to the New World.
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Gavin
William M. Holaday
Defense Department
Mavin
United States
Jis
Russia
Nathan Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Air Force
Presque Isle
Maine
Wisconsin
Senators Probe Activities of Ruether's Union
The Senate Investigating Committee led by Mundt probes reports of improper activities by the United Auto Workers Union amid the Kohler strike. Mundt defends objective inquiry, clashing with AFL-CIO charges of bias while Mazey presses for evidence. Curtis and OCR-Neby support scrutiny and question past expulsions of Teamsters and Bakers unions.
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Washington
Sen. Mundt
RSC
Senate Jackets
United Auto Workers Union
Mundt
UAW
Kohler Co
Wisconsin
Walter Reuther
Curtis Ocr-Neby
Afl-Cio
Curtis
Sen
Goldwater
R-Ariz
Emil Mazey
Mazev
Teamsters
Aflcio
Bakers and Confectionary Workers Union
Pilson and Benton Nurse Die in Overnight Crash
Sunday death claims Ona Pilson and Benton nurse Ruth Jones in a traffic accident near Dahlgren. Mt Vernon police witnessed the fatal crash after Pilson’s tire went flat. he failed to heed warning and continued. Pilson, born 1908, married to Ruth Jones, survived by wife, mother Minnie Pilson, a son Donnie, a daughter Wilma, six brothers and two sisters. Funeral for Mrs Jones set for Monday at 1:30 p.m. at First Methodist church in Benton. Several other area accidents reported with no injuries.
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Mr. Pilson
Franklin County
Peter and
Minnie (Snover) Pilson
Ruby L. Smit
Ruth Jones
Pilson
Opdyke Baptist Church
Allies at Paris Talks Face Difficult NATO Demands
Western leaders including Eisenhower and Dulles head to Paris for NATO meetings amid France Tunisia arms dispute and Soviet anti NATO notes. France seeks stronger NATO unity to back North Africa policy while U.S. and Britain eye broader European support despite antiwar rhetoric and a Western rift.
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Europe
U.S
NATO
Eisenhower
Ivy
Paris
Ifis
Dulles
Gaillard
France
Tunisia
Antinato
Nikolai Bulganin
Italy
Turkey
Norway
Canada
Watch Ticks In Kenneths Tummy
Two year old Kenneth Rogers swallowed his mother's wrist watch after removing the band. X rays show the watch is in his stomach and still ticking. Doctors sent him home and will take more X rays before deciding how to remove the watch.
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Detroit
Kenneth Rogers
Kenneth
Morocco King Ends U.S. Visit
King Mohammed V of Morocco completed a 19 day visit to the United States and left aboard the Columbine I, a plane once used by President Eisenhower. He thanked President Eisenhower and the American people for their kindness.
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New York
Mohammed V
Morocco
United States
Columbine 1
Eisenhower
Chile
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Traffic fines assessed before Police Magistrate Thomas
Charges filed by state police list 5 defendants with fines and costs. Fred T Crone East Alton Ill 83 and costs for improper passing. Donald E Niggeman 24 of Kankakee Ill $5 and costs for driving too fast for conditions. Kenneth R Lawr ence Bonnie S for failure to have a safety sticker on a truck. arerke L Thompson Gilman HI $5 and costs for improper passing. Eddie W Jones Jr Chicago $5 and costs for driving too fast for conditions.
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J. R. Thomas
Fred T. Crone
East Alton
Ill
Donald E. Niggeman
Kankakee
Kenneth R. Lawrence
Bonnie
Arerke L. Thompson
Gilman
Eddie W. Jones, Jr
Chicago
Weather Summary for Missouri and Illinois
Missouri generally fair with warmer patterns in the southeast tonight. Sunday brings considerable cloudiness and mild conditions. Highs 55 to 60, lows 30s north 35 to 40 south. Chicago Illinois reports sunny skies and mild temps near 44 to 50 after freezing night. Sunday expected similar. Friday highs near 54 in Springfield and Vandalia, overnight lows around 23 to 30 across the region.
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Chicago
Illinois
Springfield
Vandalla
Rockford
Associated Press
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Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
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Helena
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Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Marquette
iMemphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
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New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Phoenix
Portland
Orerain
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Electronic brain burns at Oakland Navy Center
In Oakland California a TBM electronic brain at the Naval Supply Center caught fire and was destroyed after tying itself in knots. Rear Admiral C G Dekay commanding officer said the fire ruined one unit of the computing machine. Cause of the fire not determined.
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Oakland
Calif
Oakland Naval Supply Center
C. G. Dekay
Iran quake death toll reaches 1287 in western Iran
A post and telegraph official reported 1,287 killed in a severe earthquake in western Iran. Five victims died in one village, with 205 bodies recovered in Seraah. Trucks bring food, medicine, and tents as authorities assess the toll. No final figure given. Nearby Greece felt quakes but without casualties. Catastrophe in Mongolia reported with landslides. casualties not released.
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Tehran
Tran
Post and Telegraph
Iran
Seraah
Caspian Sea
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Mongolia
Tass
Outer
Soviet Union
China
Sinkiang Province
Tokyo
Shopper Passes Our St Louis
An elderly woman on a city bus slumped in her seat and revived only after a police touch. Medical aid tried but she recovered and said she was simply exhausted from Christmas shopping. A priest and a police cruiser were summoned to the scene.
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ST. Louis
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Scott Air Base
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