Deaths B F Giddings Former Resident
B Frank Giddings 65 of Dix died Wednesday at 12 20 pm in Veterans Hospital Kansas City Missouri. Born Fron tenac Kansas January 22 1892 he was son of Dr J M and Christina Mitchell Giddings and a World War I veteran who never married. Survived by sister Mary L Connaway of Texico. Funeral Sunday 2 pm at Dix Christian church with Rev Verniel Garren and Rev Lester Riley. Burial Zion Grove cemetery with Centralia Legion post in charge. Call at Mrs Connaway home near Texico after Saturday. body in state until funeral.
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B. Frank Giddings
Dix
Veterans Hospital
Kansas City
Mr. Giddings
Frontenac
Kansas
J. M
Christina (Mitchell) Giddings
Pee Mary L. Connaway
Texco
Pearl Reynolds Dies At Age 72 In Illinois
Mrs Pearl M Reynolds longtime Jefferson county resident died at 9 30 pm at the home of her daughter Mrs Virgil Ferren in Chatsworth Illinois She was 72 years two months ten days old Born November 13 1884 in Jefferson county she lived in the Woods Apartments for years and moved to Chatsworth two years ago She is survived by daughters Mrs Allene Price and Mrs Helen Ferren a son Dean Reynolds a sister Mrs Ethel Coleman a brother R W Riddle two grandchildren and three great grandchildren Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery with services at Myers Chapel. She was in state at Myers Chapel Friday afternoon ready for the Saturday rites.
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Pearl M. Reynolds
Mt. Vernon
Virgil Ferren
Chatsworth
Reynolds
the Woods Apartments
South 19Th
Helen
Myers Chapel
Oakwood
Jefferson County
William and Mary (Morgan) Riddle
Allene Price
Oakland Avenue
Helen Ferren
Ill
Dean Reynolds
Benton Road
Laura Johnson Dies at 73 in McLeansboro
Mrs. Laura May Johnson, 73, died today at 5:50 am at her daughter’s home in McLeansboro after an illness. Funeral at New Salem Baptist Church Saturday at 2:00 pm with Rev. John Dean and Rev. Junior Lee. burial in Smith Cemetery. She was born March 80, 1883 in Hamilton County and survived by her husband Andrew Johnson, three children, a brother and two sisters.
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Laura May Johnson
Dorothy Smith
North Washington
McLeansboro
New Salem Baptist Church
John Dean
Junior Lee
Smith Cemetery
Gholson
Johnson
Hamilton County
David W. Reed
Andrew Johnson
New Salem
Grace and Baby Get Along Well at Monaco Birth
Princess Grace and her newborn daughter Princess Caroline were reported in excellent condition after the birth, with Grace taking a brief hour stroll later in the day and the palace announcing increasingly frequent intervals on her feet. Prince Rainier III rested as Monaco celebrated with dancing and music in the public square.
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Monte Carlo
Grace
Palace
Caroline
Prince Rainier III
Monaco
Dan G Melton Ladies Encampment Meeting Notice
The Dan G Melton Ladies Encampment No 182 will meet at the I C C F Temple tomorrow evening January 25. A potluck supper at 6:30 with attendees bringing table service and a covered dish. Business session to follow at 7:30. Verna Mae Owens and Effie Marlow listed. VFW meeting at 7:30 tonight in the Post Dug-out with refreshments afterward.
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Dan G. Melton
1.C.C.F. Temple
Verna Mae Owens
C.M. Effie Marlow
Veterans OF Foreign Wars
V.F.W
Marv McKinney
Ike to Seek School Funds for Public School Construction
President Eisenhower plans to send a special message to Congress next Monday renewing his plea for more than one billion dollars for public school construction over the next four years. The White House announced the date but provided no proposal details.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Ex Senator Brooks Leaves $100,000 Estate
Former U.S. Senator C Wayland Brooks of Illinois died last week from heart ailment at 59. His will filed in Probate Court shows a $100,000 estate. One-third goes to widow Mary and two-thirds to son Russell of Meridian Idaho.
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Chicago
U. S
Wayland Brooks
R-N
Mary
Russell
Meridian
Idaho
Brooks
GOP National
Hlinois
Calls for White Paper on Mideast moves through Congress
Senators Humphrey and Aiken defend the administration plan amid doubts about force use in the Middle East. The House Foreign Affairs Committee nears completion of its Middle East resolution, with amendments under study to specify that 200 million in aid be for the current year and cap any single country at 30 million. Eisenhower warns against separating economic and military aims.
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Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Middle East
Humphrey
Aiken
Forein
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gordon
House
Eisenhower
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Democrats Call for Nasser Help on Suez Crisis Solution
Seventy Democratic members of Congress urged Secretary of State Dulles to press Egypt's President Nasser to aid in solving Middle East tensions. They backed Israel's withdrawal, sought assurances against returning to conditions that blocked Israeli shipping, and warned that resisting Soviet threats alone fails if a communist-armed power can close the Suez Canal at will.
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Washington
Congress
Dulles
Egypt
Nasser
Middle East
Israel
Suez Canal
Eisenhower
Hospital Notes and Admits at Jefferson Memorial
Hospital notes list admits at Jefferson Memorial including Mrs Hazel Porter Keenes Mrs Jessie Fish Ray born Tittle Scheller Don French Texico and Mrs Grace Hampton Enfield plus other admitted and discharged names at Good Samaritan and noted baby Debbie Galloway and Norman Wayne among discharged. Names include Mrs Bernice OBrien Mrs Virginia Bechtel Thelma Webb John Clark Phyllis Mumbower Master John Stringer and others.
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Jefferson Memorial
Hazel Porter
Keenes
Jessie Fish
Rayborn Tittle
Scheller
Don French
Texico
Grace Hampton
Enfield
Roscoe Thomas
Springerton
Pauline Coffey
Milwaukee
Wis
Peggy Wood
Lillian Shehorn
Clyde Keen
Orsie Gray
Broughton
Good Samaritan
Bernice O’brien
Virginia Bechtel
Thelma Webb
John Clark
Phyllis Mumbower
John Stringer
Mary Modlin
Dorothy Jean Chesnik
Ira Whitaker
Mitzie Darlene Browder
Emily Cope
Almeta Runnels
Louise Vaughn
Debbie Galloway
Norman Wayne
Gladys Bond
Estella Newell
Fada Richardson
John Michael McGannon
Mary Lou Eubanks
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital Lisa Dawn and another daughter
Mr and Mrs Lester Smith of 315 South 4th Street welcomed a daughter at 3 02 this morning weighing five pounds eleven ounces named Lisa Dawn. Mr and Mrs Donald Payne of 408 South 26th Street welcomed a daughter at 8 17 this morning weighing six pounds light ounces.
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Lester Smith
Nsouth 4Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lisa Dawn
Donald Payne
South ‘26Th Street
Outstanding Workers For Club Are Honored
The Mt Vernon Jaycees honored outstanding workers of the year during Jaycee Week events at the L N Cafe. Awards went to Dick Barlow, Gene Connaway, Art Laird, and a special commemorative plaque for The Register-News and WMEX. Marion Heifner praised their community service, with past presidents and Jaycee Quartet providing entertainment.
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Mt. Vernon
Junior Chamber of Commerce
L. & N. Cafe
Paul Dickerson
Jaycees
Jayceees
Dick Barlow
Gene Connaway
Art Laird
Alve Gutter
Jack Setzekorn
Wayne Bennett
John Perino
Wally Wilcox
Jim Winter
Eddie Allen
Tom Reese
Ross Webb
John Echols
Harry Scheppel
John
Arnold DeWitt
Paul Traylor
Bob Kraft
Max Davis
Paul Speckham
Dickerson
Register-News
WMEX
Bob Thompson
Ray Cheney
Marion Heifner
Jimmy Moore
Roger Webb
Alve Gutzler
Hal Feltmeier
Dick Barow
Jaycee Quartet
Homer Campbell
Hal Wolfe
David Albright
David Brown
Oversize Grave Planned for 600-Pound Kennedy
In San Francisco an oversized coffin and extra wide grave were ordered for 43 year old Bill Jumbo Kennedy who weighed 600 pounds at death on Wednesday night. Kennedy had played tackle for the University of San Francisco in the early 1930s and later took up wrestling, reaching 475 pounds before his death.
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San
Rancisco i
Bill
Jumbo) Kennedy
University of San Francisco
Bethel Fire Razes Two Commercial Buildings Near School
A Bethel Connecticut fire destroyed two commercial structures and damaged Bethel High School windows. The blaze tore through a magnesium ladder factory and damaged a Dolan Co. garage with about a dozen trucks. No cause yet determined and students received a day off for inspections.
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Bethel
Conn
Bethel High School
White Light Structure Co
B. J. Dolan Co
Wabash River Blackout Hits Peru Indiana Town
Peru Indiana 15 000 residents faced a near blackout as the Wabash River rose draining two municipal power motor units one for hours then returned one unit to service by 11 p.m. Power restoration happened section by section through overnight as temperatures fell. Hospitals received emergency service while 30 industries and all 10 schools closed.
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Peru
Ind. W
Wabash
Indianapolis
Fugitive on FBI Top 10 List Nabbed Today
FBI agents captured Alfred James White in Memphis after a tip led to a hotel arrest. White, 53, had been on the Ten Most Wanted list since June 7, 1954, for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for assault following a gun battle during a failed burglary in West Hamlin West Virginia. White, a native of Mount Sterling Ohio, had past convictions for larceny automobile theft and robbery. He offered no resistance and admitted to the arrest.
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Memphis
Tenn
FBI
Alfred James White
Mount Sterling
Ohio
C. E. Piper
White
Weather Across Illinois and Missouri With Freezing Rain Forecast
Cloudy Illinois with subfreezing overnight lows and freezing rain or sleet in the extreme southwest. Quincy dropped to 9 degrees, Peoria 10, Springfield 10, and Belleville 19. Missouri forecast calls for freezing rain or sleet, then snow west and north tonight, with milder temperatures elsewhere Friday. century-old Arzawa heating and the first commercial radio broadcast noted as historical curiosities.
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Chicago
Illinois
Quincy
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Rockford
Moline
Peoria
Rantoul
Uincy
Soult
Guardsmen Finish Polio Fund March in Illinois
Two young National Guardsmen from West Frankfort Jerry Plasters aged 19 and Pvt Larry R Yates aged 18 completed a four day polio fund march. They began in Carbondale and raised about 800 dollars as they covered the final 15 miles from Christopher to West Frankfort.
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Christopher
Jerry Plasters
Larry R. Yates
West Frankfort
Carbondale
Suspect with alias living at hotel since November
Piper said White was unarmed when captured. agents found three pistols, a sawed-off shotgun, a knife, and an air rifle in his car. He had been living under an alias at the hotel since last November and refused to reveal activities since his arrival or FBI pursuit two years ago.
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Piper
White
FBI
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