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Mt Vernon Register News

Location

Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1955

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Former Lawyer Sues Bobo Rockefeller for 100000

Boston attorney Joseph Sax sues Barbara Bobo Rockefeller and ex husband Winthrop Rockefeller in State Supreme Court for 100000 claimed as owed for legal services in their marriage. He alleges settlement negotiations in 1952 and promises up to 500000, with accusations of adulterous conduct and intoxication.

Associated Press New York Joseph Sax Boston Barbara Bobo) Rockefeller Winthrop Sax State Supreme Court Rockefellers Bobo Rockefeller Winthrop Rockefeller Reno Winthrop Jr

Phantom Gives Money Away In Chicago Again

In Chicago a mysterious phantom philanthropist is involved in two incidents. Masco Stone reports a stranger handed him five twenty dollar bills while repairing a door transom. Police link the man to a prior $300 gift to Cecil Mayes after a test confirmed Mayes spoke truth.

Associated Press Chicago Secret Service Masco Stone Stone Cecil Mayes Evergreen N. C Mayes

Score Of Yanks May Be Held In Russian Camps

Berlin reports US officials speculated that about a score of American soldiers and Navy fliers may be trapped in Soviet slave labor camps. Twelve missing soldiers from Berlin span years with no whereabouts. Eight Navy airmen from a Baltic downed privateer in 1950 also may be there. Detroit’s John H Noble, freed after nine years, said eight of ten crewmen were rescued and held.

Associated Press Berlin U.S Navy Army Kremlin Baltic John H. Noble Detroit

Births announce Klebba baby at Good Samaritan Hospital

Mr and Mrs Benard A Klebba of RFD 2 Mr Vernon welcomed a son born at 11 38 am today in Good Samaritan Hospital The baby weighs ten pounds three ounces and has not yet been named

Benard A. Klebba RFD 2 Vernon Good Samaritan Hospital

Albert Guthrie Funeral This Sunday at 2 PM

Funeral services for Albert Guthrie will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Pulley Funeral Home with Rev. A. L. Fullerton officiating. Burial will be in the West Salem Cemetery. Guthrie, an old-time printer and former employee of The Register-News, died Wednesday night at the LT Printers' Home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The body arrives in Mt. Vernon Saturday night and will be taken to the Pulley Funeral Home where friends may call after 8:00 a.m. Sunday until the funeral hour.

Albert Guthrie Pulley Funeral Home A. L. Fullerton West Salem Guthrie The Register-News L T. A. Printers Colorado Springs Colo Mt. Vernon

Infant Of Former Residents Dies in Mineral Wells

Catherine Elaine Ayers infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Gene Ayers former Mt Vernon residents died in Mineral Wells Texas after birth at the local hospital She is survived by a brother Terry and by both sets of grandparents Rev and Mrs George R Morgan and Mr and Mrs Harry Ayers Funeral services were attended by relatives from Mt Vernon Texas.

Mineral Wells Texas Catherine Elaine Ayers Gene Ayers Mt. Vernon Mineral Wells Hospital Ayers Juanita Morgan George R. Morgan RFD 1 Harry Ayers

High School Bans Pink Attire in Shelton Town

Shelton Washington high school principal George Hermes bans pink shirts and pink trousers as part of a drive to keep focus on school work. The move affects students in the lumber town known for its stag shirt and calk boot heritage.

Hy Associated Pre Shelton Wash George Hermes Hermes

Firemen Respond to Auto Blaze at Lowhone Home

At 8 15 last night rural firefighters were called to 1707 South 15th Street where a car caught fire in the carburetor. Firemen arrived and reported the blaze under control with no damage.

Darrell Lowhone South 15Th Street

Memphis Couple Brief Stop At Local Airport

Mr and Mrs Morris Mills of Memphis Tennessee stopped at the local airport Thursday afternoon while en route from Chicago to their home Russell Crane of Centralia flew in yesterday afternoon Frank Weatherford made a flight Thursday to St Louis Donald McLean returned late Thursday from a trip to Rochester Minnesota

Morris Mills Memphis

Meeting to Improve Yields for Jefferson County Farmers

A Jefferson county meeting at First Presbyterian Mt. Vernon next Wednesday at 10 a.m. features Pat Johnson of University of Illinois. He will cover fertility practices, permanent soil fertility, legumes and grasses, high yielding varieties, nitrogen use, mineral vs legume nitrogen, deep varieties, subsoiling, breath and 1954 projects with colored slides. Farm Adviser Don Lee urges all county farmers to attend for the latest soil and crop improvement information.

Pat” Johnson University of Lollinois Johnson Illinois Jefferson County Don Lee

Weather Hans Lippershey and the telescope tale

A brief note on Hans Lippershey, a Dutch optician credited with early telescope invention in the 17th century, highlighting weather as a backdrop to scientific discovery and the era's technological strides.

Hans Lippershey Opti Gat

Sales Tax Hike Considered to Boost School Financing

CHAMPAIGN ILL The State School Problems Committee chairman says there can be no escape from rising the two cent sales tax if Gov Stratton wants to maintain the current school aid distribution formula Rep Clabaugh Champaign says it would need 58 million dollars in extra appropriations to continue under the present arrangement He notes reports that the tax may rise to 3 percent for a year or months and that the increase could come within the next few months The Tribune and Daily News stories are referenced in the remarks

Champaign Ill State Stratton Clabaugh Chicago Tribune Chicago Daily News The Tribune Commission

Antarctic airlift map outlines 1957 plan

The map shows the first regular airlift to Antarctica to support the 1957 58 U S expedition. A reconnaissance group sails from Wellington aboard the icebreaker Atka toward Antarctica. Plan calls for constant air traffic between New Zealand and a mile long airstrip at Little America.

Antarctic U. S

Hospital Notes Record of Admits and Discharges

GOOD SAMARITAN Hospital lists admissions for Rufus Arnold Bonnie F Medlin Edith May Mick William McKinley Boster and Janet Sue White infant. Discharges include Madge Marie Dougherty Aubrey E Igo Pearline Nan Hall Cheryl Diana Burk Evelyn Roberta Robinson. JEFFERSON MEMORIAL notes admitted Anna Sturgill and June Richards with RFD discharge Bob Ruddick.

Good Samaritan Rufus Arnold Bonnie F. Medlin Edith May Mick William McKinley Boster Janet Sue White Madge Marie Dougherty Harrisburg Aubrey E. Igo Pearline Nan Hall Cheryl Diana Burk Evelyn Roberta Robinson Jefferson Memorial Anna Sturgill June Richards RFD

U S Fleet May Risk Red Guns Follows Prisoner Assurances

A U S Navy discussion in Washington notes assurances given to prisoners by the United States and United Nations on their fate. No UN official confirms progress on releases or sentences as families seek visas to visit. parents of Harold Fischer Jr plan to visit China to see their son among the prisoners, though no official word confirms his status.

Rotary Dulles Washington Hammarskjold Hammmarskjold U.N United States U. N China Associated Press Swea City Iowa Capt Harold Fischer Jr Harold Fischer Sr Korea Capt. Fischer Fischer Chou-Enlai Harold

Mt Vernon Lodge A F A M Special Meeting

A special Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 AF and AM will meet Friday January 21 at 730 p m to work in the third degree Visiting brethren welcome Fern Leaf Camp No 694 Royal Neighbors of America will install officers tonight at 8 o clock in the I O O F Temple Regular business at 7 o'clock in the basement Public invited to attend installation Ollie Melton oracle

Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 A.M Fern Leaf Camp No Royal Neighbors of Americag I. O. O.F. Temple Ollie Melton Oracle

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