Deaths Raymond Beard Dies At 68 Rites Saturday
Raymond Eugene Beard 1204 Casey Avenue died at 4 30 this morning aged 68 years three months and 15 days He was a cook Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 p m at Myers Chapel Rev Andrew Karer to officiate burial in Oakwood cemetery American Legion Post 141 will conduct the services Body may be viewed after 11 a m Friday Beard born September 7 1887 in Mt Vernon He was first married to Edna Hoots who died in 1931 He married Marjorie Ore on October 4 1944 who survives A World War I veteran he belonged to the American Legion and Moose Lodge
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Raymond
Eugene Beard
Casey Avenue
Beard
Myers Chapel
Andrew Caraker
Oakwood Cemetery
American Legion
Mr. Beard
Mt. Vernon
Edna Hoots
Marjorie Ore
American Legion Post 141
The
Moose Lodge
Alzula Williams Dies at 76 in Bluford
Alzula Williams 76 of RFD 1 Bluford died at 12 15 pm today at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 10 am at Richardson Chapel Wayne City with burial at Thomason Cemetery. She was born October 1 1879 in Coles County Illinois daughter of W O Hickey and Mrs Hickey. She married Walter Williams fifty four years ago who survives along with four sons Arthur Glen L Guy of Bluford and Ray of Keenes four grandchildren and two brothers H C Hickey Fairfield and J W Hickey Ava Tl.
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Alzula Williams
RFD
Bluford
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Thomason Cemetery
Williams
Coles County
W. O. Hickey
Walter Williams
Arthur
Glen L
Guy
Ray
Keenes
H. C. Hickey
Fairfield
J. W. Hickey
Ava
Mrs Holdren's Mother Dies in Crocker Missouri
Word arrived this afternoon of the death of Mrs Mary M Wrinkle mother of Mrs A Holdren of No 5 Hinman place Death occurred at Crocker Mo Mrs Wrinkle's home The Holdren family was summoned from Mt Vernon Saturday at 130 PM from the Hedges Funeral Home in Crocker
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Mary M. Wrinkle
A. Holdren
Hinman Place
Crocker
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Meeting at Vernois Post No 1
Veterans Of Foreign Wars at Vernois Post No 1 will hold a regular meeting at the post dugout starting at Pete Swafford commander Gene Sanders adjutant.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ieee
Vernois
Soit
Pete Swafford
Gene Sanders
Bathhouse price rise sparks housewives protest
Tokyo residents react to a five cent price increase by bathhouse owners to offset higher water rates. The House Wives Federation condemns the move, warning it could push families toward financial ruin and burden the poor.
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MT. Vernon
Associated Press
Tokyo
Housewives Federation
Illinois Temperatures Hit Highs Across Cities
Illinois cities including Quincy Springfield Vandalia and Scott Air Base report rising temperatures with notable heat across the region causing heat advisory considerations and afternoon heat indexes climbing.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Rocklord
Quincy
Springfield
Vandalia
Scott Air Base
DSD Best Defense For H Bomb Fallout
New York advises DSD distance shelter and decontamination as key defenses against atomic fallout. Fallout consists of radioactive atoms from the bomb and debris, some lasting years. Tips include seeking shelter with a coat over the head, washing fallout from clothing, using earth dikes, avoiding contaminated drains, and adding clay to water to precipitate fallout before boiling.
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New York
Earth
Stevenson's Son Moved to Chicago Hospital
Goshen Indiana reported John Fell Stevenson 19 son of Adlai Stevenson to be transported to Passavant Hospital Chicago for treatment after a highway crash that killed two Harvard classmates. The Harvard pre law sophomore was among injured.
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Associated Press
Goshen
Ind
John Fell Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Passavant Hospital
Chicago
Harvard University
Stevenson in satisfactory condition after Goshen hospital injury
Elder Stevenson and his injured son Adlai Jr arrived in Goshen with plans for treatment at Passavant Hospital. Adlai Sr rode with Adlai Jr toward Chicago in a private car as Dr James Stack warned of possible kneecap replacement but unlikely permanent disability. A telegram from Dwight D Eisenhower offered prayers for John’s recovery.
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General Hospital
Goshen
Ray Messick
Stevenson
Adlai Jr
Chicago
F. L. Hascall
Goshen News
James Stack
Passavant Hospital
Adlai Sr
Passavant
John
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sachs Would Give Governor Salary All To Charity
Chicago businessman Morris B. Sachs, city treasurer, says he would run for governor on his own terms, financing his campaign independently yet willing to accept party support downstate. He pledges to donate his governor salary to charity, as he does with his treasurer pay, giving $1,000 monthly to public-supported institutions.
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Chicago
Morris B. Sachs
Illinois
Democratic
Sachs
Democrats
Lithuania
Fire kills six in Brooklyn apartment blaze starting from wrappings
Two children and two adults died in an eight family building fire in Brooklyn traced to a cigarette dropped into a wastepaper basket filled with Christmas wrappings. Firemen reported the blaze began early today and investigators noted large losses from stored crops to rats costing about 382 million dollars annually in the country.
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New York
Brooklyn
Hospital Notes and Discharges From Jeffeson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan admits Gilbert Hall Vernie Render Maxine Rackaway Verner Earls Robert Hall Della Adams Michael Dobbs discharge Jeff Hedger Leonard Hester June Walker and baby James Patrick Eula Prince Della Novak Christine Shields. Jefferson Memorial admits Martin Marteeny Bill King Great Force Ark discharge Hettie Smith McLeansboro Mary Ellis Conita Gazette Mary Jane Holman Rose Massey and baby Joyce Lynn.
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Good Samaritan
Gilbert William Hall
Vernie R. Render
Maxine Grace Rackaway
Verner William Earls
Robert Lee Hall
Della Myrtle Adams
Michael Clarence Dobbs
Jeff Hedger
Leonard Cleveland Hester
June Linda Walker
James Patrick
Eula Mae Prince
Della Geraldine Novak
Christine Antonia
Ella Lee Shields
Jeffeson Memorial
Martin Marteeny
Bill King
Great Force
Ark
Hettie Smith
McLeansboro
Mary Ellis
Detroit Newspaper Strike Enters Fourth Week
Detroit amid a sustained newspaper strike with contracts reached with two of eight unions and talks set with the stereotypers who walked out December 1, closing all three city dailies.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Lustig's bid for captainship and council action debated
The majority of the Commission supports Lustig's bid to return to a former position but council ordinances blocked it. Lustig may take the competitive examination for captain along with Marlow and others. Watts asks for a legal opinion on Lustig's appointment and Burnette as captain. Watts says Burnette should remain as assistant chief and Lustig and others should be allowed to test for captain. A note cites tin world output rising from 8,300 tons in 1800 to 175,000 tons in 1953.
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Lustig
Marlow
City Atty
Williams
Watts
Burnette
Cockroach Holiday Guests At Naval Base
Four hundred cockroaches are guests of the Navy in Jacksonville for the Christmas holidays. They were brought from Pensacola Pensacola, Memphis, Barin Field Barin Field and Charleston to be treated with chlordane based insecticides. If the pests die off as planned, it will be a success.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Pensacola
Memphis
Air Transport Link Brings Rudd and Bird to King City
J L Sons of Springfield New Jersey flew in this morning to pick up Joe Rudd and Norman Bird who had stayed the night in King City.
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J. L. Sons
Springfield
Joe Rudd
Norman Bird
King City
Navy to Recruit Abe Lincoln Companies in Illinois
The Navy will recruit two Illinois companies called the Abe Lincoln Companies in January from Jefferson county area. Enlistments occur January 18 and 30 at the St. Louis recruiting station. The men will train together at Great Lakes and take 14 days recruit leave at the same time, graduating together.
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U. S. Navy
Illinois
Jefferson County
Abe Lincoln
Navy Recruiting Station
St. Louis
L. R. Wright
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Illnd
Navy Department
Driver Falls Asleep, Truck Ditches On Route 37
Arkansas driver Bill King of Green Forest said he dozed off at 4:30 am and his tractor trailer plunged down an embankment on State Highway 37 about four miles north of Dix. He escaped injury. the tractor was heavily damaged while investigators noted the trailer appeared undamaged.
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Arkansas
Dix
Bill King
Green Forest
Ark
Saline River flood control project approved
Senator Everett M. Dirksen announced The Bureau of the Budget has approved a Saline River and tributaries improvement project for flood control. Estimated cost is 4,756,000 dollars. The approval will be presented to Congress when it reconvenes in January.
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Everett M. Dirksen
The
Register-News
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
Parker suspected in staged death and confession
Des Moines reports Mrs. Robert Morrison says Parker helped her write sympathy notes after the death of Nancy Morrison. A criminalist from Chicago, John E. Reid, arrived as consultant and Parker confessed to the crime and the staged rape death scene. Morrison expressed caution awaiting further confirmation.
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John E. Reid
Chicago
Robert Morrison
Nancy
Des Moines
Parker
Lincoln
Keenes couple welcome son Scott Gregory Talbert
Mr and Mrs Wesley Talbert of Keenes announced the birth of a son at 5 51 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds ten ounces. The newborn was named Scott Gregory.
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Wesley Talbert
Keenes
Good Samaritan Hospital
Scott Gregory
Christmas Song Selections From Various Artists
A garbled catalog lists multiple Christmas songs and albums from artists such as Bing Crosby Nat King Cole and Perry Como. It references White Christmas and Wintertime Suite among others with album prices around 4.40 and 2.84 dollars.
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Pat Boone
Perry Come
Jeni James
Ames Grothers
Nat "King
Bill Healey
Georgie Shaw
Bil Haley
The
Cheers
Boyd Gennett
Rose Morgan
Fontane Sisters
Dulle Lender
Seventeen
Don Cornell
Dorie Ony
Daye P. Mergen
Roger Williams
Forgive
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Les Peuch
Four Celis
Fentane Sisters
Lawrence Welk
Adelaide
Sammy Davis
Dr. Nuttin
Joe Ward
Daddy Lecks
Art Meeney
Mommy
Santa Claus
Jimmy Beyd
M. Whiting
Jakely
Jingle Belle
Singing Dogs
Bing Crosby
Bis Bud
Stan Vereberg
McGuire Sisters
Frosty the Snow Man
Gene Autry
LeRoy Andersen
Nat “King’ Cole
Yeog Yergesson
Marie Lanza
Three Suns
Micheel Carr
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