Deaths Charles A Keen Wayne City Dies Funeral Friday
Charles Albert Keen 79 a retired farmer died at 5 45 p m yesterday at his home in Wayne City He was born in Wayne county Nov 6 1876 the son of Elvis and Francis Keen He is survived by his second wife Leota Hamilton two sons Newton Wayne City and Harry Lawrenceville a daughter Stella McCord Keenes eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren three brothers Tom Rockford Orville Virden Curt Waverly and one sister Nettie Dodd Springfield Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p m at Richardson Chapel Wayne City with Rev Everett Le May officiating Burial will be in Ten Post Oak Cemetery
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Charles A. Keen
Wayne City
Charles Albert Keen
Mr. Keen
Wayne County
Elvis
Francis
Dickey) Keen
Cora Perryman
Leota Hamilton
Newton
Harry
Lawrenceville
Stella McCord
Keenes
Tom
Rockford
Orville
Virden
Curt
Waverly
Ill
Nettie Dodd
Springfield
Richardson
Dies At Home Near Sesser Euphrates Galloway 78
Euphrates Galloway 78 died at 6 30 p m Tuesday at his home near Sesser. Funeral service at Hazel Dell church southeast of Sesser Friday at 2 00 p m with burial in Harmon cemetery. The Rev Lepton Harpole to conduct. Survived by three sons Gilbert Ralph and Stanton all of Sesser and two daughters Grace Stockton of Sesser and Sybil Bolen of Benton.
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Euphrates Galloway
Sesser
Hazel Dell Church
Harmon Cemetery
Lepton Harpole
Eisenhower to Send State of the Union Jan. 5
The White House reports Mrs Eisenhower stays in Washington with PBS Hagerty saying a return for Congress opening is unnecessary. The president will deliver the annual State of the Union message to Congress on January 5, two days after they convene, detailing the 1955 legislative program.
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White House
John S. Doud
Denver
Washington
Eisenhower
John S. Eisenhower
Walter Reed General Hospital
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Hagerty
Births: Janet Louise Stout and others in local hospitals
Mr and Mrs Roy Stout Jr of Austin Texas welcomed a daughter Janet Louise born Saturday at Breckenridge Hospital weighing seven pounds one ounce. Mr and Mrs Fred Wedemeyer Fairfield Road welcomed a daughter at 507 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital. A daughter arrived at 1040 this morning to Mr and Mrs Paul Tyler of 2007 Lake Street weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Mr and Mrs Charles Johnston of St Charles Missouri welcomed a son Charles Kent born December 17 at St Josephs Hospital. Russell Johnston and Bert Morton noted in city records.
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Roy Stout, Jr
Austin
Tex
Breckenridge Hospital
Janet Louise
Roy Stout
Dale Tate
Fred Wedemeyer
Fairfield Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Barbara Ellen
Paul Tyler
Lake Street
Charles Johnston
St. Charles
St. Joseph's Hospital
Charles Kent
Russell Johnston
This City
Bert Morton
Carter
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial records list admissions including Leo Johnson Eddie Quartermian and several others with Dix and Ina entries. Discharges feature Mrs Randall Tay lor Jeweldine Opal and others, including babies. Good Samaritan notes multiple admits and discharges such as Master Willam Olver Spitler and Little Miss Karen Kay Wittenbrink.
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Jefferson Memorial
Leo Johnson
Eddie Quartermian
Dix
Mary Kiefer
Belle Rive
Nancy Yandell
Pearl Palmer
Steven Ligon
Ina
Randall Taylor
Bany
Jeweldine Opal
Bonnie
Wilma Hester
James Thomas
Good Samaritan
Willam Olver Spitler
Paul R. Scots
Madeline Elaine Arnold
Clinton Ray Dethrow
Robert Leroy Glenn, Jr
Walter Ole
Amvets Auxiliary Special Meeting Set for Tonight
A special meeting of the Amvets Auxiliary will be held tomorrow evening December 29 at 8 00 in the club meeting room at 13th and Main Elsie Tucker serves as president.
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Amvets Auiliary
Elsie Tucker
Comet III sets pace in cross Atlantic jet flight
The Comet III, a 74 ton four jetliner, flew nonstop from Montreal to London in 6 hours 8 minutes claiming a civil airliner record. Royal Aero Club notes no official record due to lack of observation. The flight was part of a 35,000 mile world proving trip ending in Montreal.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Atlantic
Montreal
Royal Aero Club
John Cunningham
Hatfield
England
Cairo
Bombay
Singapore
Irwin
Sydney
Melbourne
Perth
Auckland
Fiji
Honolulu
Vancover
Toronto
de Havilland Aircraft Company
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
North Atlantic
Three youths placed on probation in county court
Three teenagers pleaded guilty to petty larceny in county court. Larry Roberts 18 George Isaacs 18 and Marvin Richardson 17 were fined 50 dollars plus costs and placed on probation for one year by Judge Dale Andrews They were ordered to restitution of 36 for six mediators stolen at the Greenberg salvage yard A fourth youth Marvin Broughton 20 Benton pleaded innocent to the same case
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Larry Roberts
George Isaacs
Marvin Richardson
Dale Andrews
Greenberg Salvage Yard
Marvin Broughton
Benton
Raid on Newsstands Targets Diario de Noticias In Brazil
In a predawn raid police seized 15,000 copies of Diario de Noticias and searched stands for 38,000 more as Brazil faces a state of siege under President Nereu Ramos. Censorship of domestic press and radio is enforced while overseas dispatches escape ban until Kubitschek takes office on Jan 31.
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Associated Presa
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Diario de Noticias
Nereu Ramos
Juscelino Kubitschek
Anti-Prohibition Crusader Dies
Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, 68, renowned anti-prohibition crusader and political figure, died at her Washington home after health declines since 1943. Widow of Dwight F. Davis, secretary of war under Hoover and Davis Cup donor, she had a notable athletic career and was the first woman named to the Republican National Committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dwight F. Davis
The
Philippines
Hoover
Davis
Storms At Sea Delay Big Liner
NEW YORK The liner America docked a day late from an Atlantic crossing as furious winds and pounding seas slowed the ship to near crawl speeds. Captain Frederick Fender said speeds were cut to 10 knots last Friday amid hurricane like winds to 70 mph, giant waves, and heavy swells. Normal cruising speed is 23 knots. From English Channel ports, the voyage averaged just over 18 knots as the North Atlantic weather line up matched the Farmer's Almanac prediction of a severe winter.
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Associated Press
New York
America
Atlantic
Frederick Fender
English Channel
North Atlantic
Culbertson Bridge Expert Dies in Sleep at 64
Ely Culbertson a renowned bridge authority died in his sleep at 64 in Brattleboro Vermont from heart failure due to oxygen deficiency. He helped popularize contract bridge, led world federation peace efforts, and founded World Federation Inc. He married three times, with two children from his first marriage and a son from his second. a dramatic life spanning revolutions, theater, and international bridge leadership.
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Associated Press
Bridge Authority
World Federation
Culbertson
Josephine Murphy Dilion
Loyce Nadya
Bruce Ely
Reno
Culbertsons, Inc
Dorothy Renata Baeline
New York
Peter
Alexander
The
World Federation, Inc
Romina
Romania
Geneva
Paris
Yale
Mexico
Spain
Million Acres Flooded in Northern California
Army engineers estimated that one million acres of northern California were under water at the height of last week's flood. About 600000 lay along the coast and 400000 in valleys. A second item notes a New Year’s Eve dance for 500 guests at the executive mansion in Springfield.
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Associated Press
SAN Francisco — Army Engineers
California
Springfield
Gov. Stratton
Sandra
Diana
Executive Mansion
Aly Khan Ordered To Pay $100000 For Daughter Visits
In Los Angeles a court heard Rita Hayworth’s $150000 suit against Columbia Pictures. Aly Khan agreed to post 100000 for Yasmin’s visits to the Aga Khan and to guarantee her return. The settlement also provides an 8000 annual living allowance, weekly Moslem instruction, and removes a $48000 annual trust from Rita’s Reno divorce. Hayworth’s broader divorce from Dick Haymes is noted.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Aly Khan
Yasmin
United States
Rita Hayworth
Aga Khan
Aly
Rita
Columbia Pictures
Prince Aly
Miss Hayworth
Joseph
France
New York
Reno
Nev
Dick Haymes
Playmates Save Boy Buried Alive
In Loma Linda California a cave collapse left 12 year old Darrell Rogers trapped under three tons of dirt in the Santa Ana River wash. His brothers Clyde 15 Irving Clark 14 Robert Teils 12 and Clyde 9 dug with their hands to free him and he was rushed to county hospital in critical condition with a fractured rib and punctured lung.
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Associated Press
Loma Linda
Calif
Santa Ana
Darrell Rogers
Clyde
Irving Clark
Robert Teils
Actress Irene Dunne Injured in Home Fall
Hollywood star Irene Dunne fell at her home on Friday and had Christmas dinner from a wheelchair. She feared a serious hip injury at first, but X rays showed no fracture and she is recovering at home.
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Associated Press
Irene Dunne
Government ownership dominates global railway mileage
Report notes that more than half of the world’s railway mileage is owned by governments. It highlights public ownership levels across continents and raises questions about the balance between state control and private operation in rail transport policy.
Orthodox Jewish Wedding Performed Outdoors in Chicago
In Chicago an outdoor Orthodox wedding was held under a starry sky with Rabbi Mordachi Goldzweig and Miss Helen Sattler joined by seven rabbis. About 300 spectators watched at the Parkway Hotel on the Near North Side as the couple received the seven blessings. The ceremony, in Hebrew, featured a canopy, wine sips, and a ceremonial breaking of the glass. Food at the reception was supervised by rabbis and served by 15 students from the Hebrew Theological Seminary.
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Chicago
Heaven
Mordachi Goldzweig
Helen Sattler
New York City
Moses Goldzweig
Congregation Tifereth Moshe
Hebrew Theological Seminary
Sabrejet explodes over Levittown in training crash
Air Force Captain T Bruce Buechler, 30, in a routine training flight at 35 000 feet, reported an explosion jammed controls and caused the plane to enter a slow spiral. He bailed out at 10 000 feet as the fuselage and wreckage crashed between rows of homes, demolishing a car. He landed in a front yard with only a bumped knee.
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Levittown
N. Y
Air Force
Long Island
T Bruce Buechler
Buechler
Barge to Rescue Cows On Levees
In Sacramento an Army tug towed a barge up the river to rescue 1500 to 2000 cows stranded on levees around Nicolaus, 17 miles north of the city. The Civil Defense office said the tug would reach the animals today and move them to fed locations.
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Sacramento
Calif
Sacraento River
Nicolaus
Here
State Office of Civil Defense
Cartoonist Ham Fisher Dies by Suicide in New York Studio
Ham Fisher, creator of Joe Palooka, was found dead in Moe Leff’s studio in New York. A note cited failing eyesight and diabetes as causes. Fisher swallowed pills. He was 54, survived by wife Marilyn and daughter Wendy Lee. He once held he high fame with Palooka in about 800 newspapers.
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New York
Ham Fisher
Joe Palooka
Fisher
Hammond Edward Fisher
Moe Leff
Morris Weiss
Englewood
N. J
Marilyn
Wilkes-Barre
Lancaster & Chester Railroad
American Title & Mortgage Co
Miami, Fla
Sadie B. Fisher
Wendy Lee
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