Deaths Katie Allen 79 dies in Chicago rites in Ashley
Katie Allen 79 of Chicago died Saturday in that city. Former Ashley resident. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday Hogan Funeral Home Ashley with Rev Homer Herrin officiating. Burial Ashley cemetery. Body in state after 4 p.m. tomorrow at Hogan Funeral Home. Survived by son Gilbert Allen of Texas, daughters Helen Mary Guthwein and Mrs Alice Shirreffs, sisters Lena Kornmeyer Anna Weit Celia Miller, four grandchildren.
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Katie Allen
Chicago
Ashley
Hogan Funeral Home
Homer Herrin
Ashley Cemetery
Allen
Katie Frisch
Louis Guthwein
William Sherman Allen
Gilbert Allen
Texas
Helen
Mary Guthwein
Alice Shirreffs
California
Lena Kornmeyer
Anna Weit
Celia Miller
Cloyd Merritt Dies in Decatur Former Resident Remembered
Cloyd Merritt 55 of Decatur died at 3 15 pm Saturday in a local hospital. A former Mt. Vernon resident, he worked over 20 years at the car shops in this city. Masonic rites set for 2 pm tomorrow at Nale Funeral Home Fairfield with burial there. Friends may call after 10 am tomorrow at Nate Funeral Home. Surviving: wife Forestine Merritt of Decatur. son Gary at home. daughter Mrs Dean Miller of Tuscola. mother Mrs Ethel Scott of Fairfield. sisters Mrs Elsie Skelton of Olney and Mrs David Venters of Fairfield. brother Carson Merritt of Olney. half brother Lawrence Scott of Mt. Vernon. one grandchild.
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Cloyd Merritt
Decatur
Mt. Vernon
Nale
Fairfield
Nate
Forestine Merritt
Gary
Dean Miller
Tuscola
Ethel Scott
Elsie Skelton
Olney
David Venters
Carson Merritt
Lawrence Scott
Ed Tate Dies At Texico Rites At 2 Wednesday
Ed Tate age 83 dies yesterday at his Sallez Pascho home. Funeral service set for 2 pm Wednesday at Union Castle Methodist Church east of Dix with Reverends Gant Weatherford officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Body lies in state at Osborn Funeral Home Dix after 2 pm tomorrow. Tate born November 17, 1874 at Dix. Survived by widow Nora Greene Stewart, former wife Lena Whitlock, brother Manson Tate, sister Elizabeth Phillips, seven stepchildren and one step grandchild. He was a retired farmer and Zion Methodist member.
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Tate
Sallez Pascho
Union Caatel Methodist Church
Dix
Roscoe Gant
Oren Weatherford
Osborn
J. R
Martha E. (McCormick) Tate
Lena Whitlock
Nora Greene Stewart
Manson Tate
Mt. Vernon
Elizabeth Phillips
Zion Methodist Church
Vasco Tate
George Hall
Flora
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Five day forecast shows temperatures about 10 degrees below normal with normal highs 25 to 35 north and 35 to 45 south. Lows range 12 to 19 north and 20 to 30 south. Colder tonight and Tuesday with cooler midweek through Saturday. Snow flurries tonight and Tuesday in the north and snow expected Friday or Saturday, totaling about a quarter inch in the north and half an inch in the south.
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Tinois
Lawsuit Filed for $70,000 Over Mt Vernon Crash
A $70,000 lawsuit was filed in circuit court by Ralph Storment and Carl Storment of Mt Vernon and Belle Rive against Russell Teree of St Clair County. The Storments were injured when their car collided with a tractor-trailer on November 12 1959 along U S Route 460 west of Mt Vernon. Carl seeks $20,000 and Ralph $50,000 for injuries.
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Mt. Vernon
Ralph Storment
Carl S. Storment
Belle Rive
Russell B. Teree
St. Clair Coun
Illinois Weather Averages Drop as Cold Returns
The Associated Press reports a brief warm spell in Illinois gave way to a sharp decline with temperatures falling toward zero in the north and 10 to 15 in the south. A five day forecast shows an average 10 degrees below normal as light snow dusts northern areas. Road warnings note scattered patches of packed snow north of Davenport to Joliet.
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Illinois
State Highway Division
Davenport
Joliet
Democratic hopefuls at party dinner
At a New York party dinner leaders offered limited backing to Kennedy Humphrey and Johnson while Daley and Arvey split applause. John F Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey are named as candidates. Johnson remains unavowed but available. Illinois and Pennsylvania leaders weighed their options ahead of the July convention and June primary.
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Fice
Stevenson
New York
National
Carmine de Sapiro
John F. Kennedy
Richard Daley
Chicago
Jacob Arvey
Illinois
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Johnson
Daley
Ilinois
Clyde Stonemetz Opdyke Farmer Dies At 88
Clyde Rynd Stonemetz a retired Opdyke farmer died at 2:00 p m Saturday at his Route 1 home Opdyke aged 88 years nine months and 12 days Funeral services were at 2:00 p m today at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev Bird Green officiating burial followed in Opdyke cemetery He was born April 11 1871 in Jefferson county son of James and Isabella Jones Stonemetz He married Dora Pace on October 28 1894 who preceded him in death He was a member of the Opdyke Methodist church Surviving are a daughter Blanche Garrison of Opdyke three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren His parents wife one sister and three brothers preceded him in death
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Clyde Rynd Stonemetz
Route 1
Opdyke
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Bird Green
Mr. Stonemetz
Jefferson County
James and
Isabella
Jones) Stonemetz
Dora Pace
Stonemetz
Methodist Church
Blanche Garrison
Melissa Palmer Dies At 89 Rites Wednesday
Melissa Palmer 89 died at Lowry Nursing Home. Born Oct 6 1870 in Pope County to Jasper and Sarah Mayner. Survived by Ruth Lytle, Horace Maynor, Aber Nor. member of Wesley Methodist Church. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Myers Chapel with Rev Clodfelder officiating. Body in state after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Burial unknown.
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Melissa Palmer
Yke Avenue
Lowry Nursing Home
Myers Chapel
A. B. Clod.felder
Palmer
Pope County
Jasper and
Sarah (Frieze) Mayner
Thomas Palmer
Ter
Ruth Lytle
Norman
Okla
Horace G. Maynor
Golconda
Abernor
City
T the Wesley Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon Men Attend State Meeting in Springfield
Joseph P. Bradigan, president for Mt. Vernon Chapter No. 28 of the Minors State Employees Association, and Lonnie Henderson attended the regular quarterly meeting in the St. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield Saturday. The election of state officers for the coming year was the key agenda item, with Bradigan serving on this year's nominating committee.
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Joseph P. Bradigan
Mt. Vernon
Minors State Employees Association
Lonnie Henderson
Springfield
St.Nicholas Hotel
Mr. Bradigan
Strife in Algeria Surges as Settlers Urge French Rule
French settlers vow to keep Algeria French as clashes rise with 21 dead and 153 wounded. Massu-era leadership fades. deputies urge action while De Gaulle offers a vote on three options after the revolt ends. The fear centers on Muslims outvoting settlers in a future Algeria.
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Lion
Algeria
de Gaulle
Massu
Philippe Marais
France
Births Report From Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs John W Wood of 11716 Perkins welcome a daughter Mary Ann born at 1129 Saturday morning weighing 7 5 at Good Samaritan hospital. Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilkerson of Dix welcome a daughter Marcia Kay born at 1013 Saturday weighing 4 4 at Good Samaritan hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert E Mick of 1400 George street welcome a son born at 1216 this afternoon weighing 7 5 at Good Samaritan hospital. Mrs George A Thompson of 1003 Pace welcomed Brenda Joyce born at 1136 yesterday weighing 6 8 at Good Samaritan hospital.
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John W. Wood
Perkins
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mary Ann
Arthur Wilkerson
Dix
Marcia Kay
Robert E. Mick
George Street
George A. Thompson
Brenda Oyce
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial Admit and Discharge
Hospital notes list numerous admitted and discharged patients at Jefferson Memorial. Names include Randall Smith and James Perry among admissions, with many others discharged or noted with babies. Additional entries mention patients Leila Vaughn Leila and Leona Bell, and several repeats of Robert Beal and Mary Keele among discharges.
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Good Samaritan
Lynn Gale Luster
James Hughey Perry
Florence Mary Wood
Zelthia Alice Leech
Florence Beulah Puckett
Verne Irene Mills
Edna Marie Maynes
Anna Belle Kirk
Robert Lawrence Beal
Olive Mae Nadolski
Anna Elizabeth Brimm
Sarah _ Beth Wood
Silas Newburn Cook
Bertha
Leona Bell
Helen DeWitt Jones
Marel Grace Harper
Mary Alice Ellis
Sandra Kay Smith
Stephanine Dawn
Mary Florence Albright
Aleen Kane
Selma Juanita Young
Wally Wildhire III
Martha Marie Foster
Mary Marcia Keele
Mark Allen
Kathleen Venezia
Gary Wayne
Alice Thelma May
Iris Doreen
Rex Clinton Alexander
Violet Marie Miller
Sheila Anna
Alice Violet Pace
Paul Maddox
Jerry Max
England
Barbara Joan Higgins
Gertrude Marcella Audt
Jane Ann
James H. Perry
Roy Blane Birkhimer
Sandra Lee Coleman
Velma Louella Winnand
Cheri Jo
Evelyn
Marie Lance
Frank ‘Lloyd
Jefferson Memorial
Randall Smith
Nt Vaughn
Leila Lorraine Yaney
Rosemary Holloway
Bertha Welch
East St. Louis
Harry Northcutt
Decatur, Dl
Thumb Size Space Motor Aids Satellite Control
New York AP reports a thumb sized Tom Thumb plasma rocket motor that fires charged atoms and electrons to produce thrust. It cannot propel a craft but can provide sidewise forward or backward thrust to control satellites in orbit. Developed by W H Bostick at Stevens Institute and shown at the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, it yields about 41 percent efficiency and uses pulsed energy to vaporize a wire tip.
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New York
W. H. Bostick
Stevens Ivenue
Technology
Hoboken
Bostick and Associates
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Bostick
Thefts And Vandalism Report Weekend Incidents
Three theft and vandalism cases were reported to police over the weekend. A youth carrying a St Louis daily newspaper said another boy took $15 from his paper route, with restitution made by the father and no charges filed. Gene Shultz reported a briefcase with a $200 unsigned check and papers stolen from his car. Harry Henn reported part of his radio antenna sawed off.
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St. Louis
Gene Shultz
Harry Henn
South Fourth
Marriage Licenses Granted in Local Suburbs
Cecil G. Roberts 23 and Bone Marie Loman 18 of Waltonville. Fred E. Norman 30 of Kansas City Mo and Sarah Lee Smoot 21 of 625 North 12th. William L. Pierce 20 and Jo Ann Cash 17 of Bonnie Clyde Branch 23 of Salem and Daisy Luttrell 25 of Odin.
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Cecil G. Roberts
Lesser
Bone Marie Loman
Waltonville
Fred E. Norman
Kansas City
Sarah Lee Smoot
North 12Th
William L. Pierce
Jo Ann, Cash
Bonnie
Clyde Branch
Salem
Daisy Luttrell
Odin
Jamison Invited to Washington for Safety Conference
Earl D. Jamison of Mt. Vernon is invited to attend the President's Conference on Occupational Safety in Washington, D. C., March 13, 1960. Participation is voluntary, promotes safety through education and promotion, not legislation. Jamison has accepted and notified President Eisenhower.
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Eisenhower
Earl D. Jamison
Mt. Vernon
Washington, D. C
Jamison
Pie on Ice in Baltimore Library Awaiting Claims
The Enoch Pratt Library staff are accommodating and hold lost items for 60 days for claim. This policy extends to a lemon meringue pie stored in the staff ice box if needed.
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Baltimore
Enoch Pratt Library
Albert Schweitzer Film At The Granada This Week
Albert Schweitzer a Nobel Peace Prize winner is profiled in a definitive cinema biography showing at Granada Theatre for two days. The Oscar winning feature directed by Jerome Hill with Eastmancolor footage from Lambarene Gunsback and Gunsbach follows his life from birth to founding his jungle hospital and includes score by Alec Wilder and narration by Burgess Meredith.
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Albert Schweitzer
Granada Theatre
Dr. Schweitzer
Jerome Hill
Erica Anderson
Lambarene
French Equatorial Africa
Gunsback
France
Anderson
Mr. Hill
Fredric March
Thomas Bruce Morgan
Burgess Meredith
Alec Wilder Atapoek
Albert
Schweitzer
Gunsbach
Louis de Rochemount Associates
Martin Luther
Local Legion and Chapter Meetings Scheduled in King City
American Legion Post 141 meets at 8:00 p.m. at Legion Home 816 Main. Mt Vernon Chapter 233 EOSE holds a stated meeting January 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Masonic Temple. King City Barracks 102 VWWI meets January 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Legion Hall. auxiliary meets January 26 at City Hall at 7:30 p.m.
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American Legion
Jefferson Post
Legion
Main Street
Rex Medders
Adj
C. E
Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Mary Swingle
W. M
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec'y
King City Barracks No
U.s.a.wal
Legion Hall
John C. Kell
King City Barracks
City Hall
Dimes March Swings Into Final Week Here
The March of Dimes campaign enters its final week with Dr Curtis Parker county chair and Bill Howard Mt Vernon campaign leader announcing events. Mothers March Door Count runs all week with houses receiving a folder to report birth defects or polio vaccine counts.
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Curtis Parker
Bill Howard
Mt. Vernon
Howard
Lambda Rho
Beta Sigma Phi
Arthur Raney
Crack Down Nets 15 State Troopers Traffic Fines
State police checked speeders and violators in Mt. Vernon area over the weekend. Fines issued by Police Magistrate J. R. Thomas included drivers from Owensboro to Chicago, with amounts ranging from 5 to 50 dollars plus costs for offenses such as speeding, illegal liquor transport, improper lane use, and no license. Everett L. Thatcher also paid 10 dollars and costs on a drunk charge.
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Mt. Vernon
J. R. Thomas
Robert Lee Childers
Owensboro
Harold Mace
Thompsonville
Sam Cusumano
Robert L. Lindsay
Jerry E. Hogue
D. E. Kinnaird, Jr
Lyons, Ill
Willie R. Robinson
Chicago
James E. Fox
Herman S. Rogers
East Peoria
W. W. Willis
West Frankfort
Charles V. Hope
Evansville
Ind
Jo Ann McNeill
Marion
Howard C. Roe
Taylorville
M McCullough
Villa Park
Billy
Clifton
Salem
Everett L. Thatcher
Thomas
Four Charged In Burglaries At Rural Stores
Investigation of break ins at two rural grocers led to charges against six youths. Shiloh and Boyd stores cited. Individuals include Jerry L. Isaac 22 Marvin G. Sanders 22 Tommy Eugene Chirk 16 Roy E. Matherly 16 Barbara Chirk 18 Shelba J. Boldrey 20 with various burglary and accessory charges and bonds.
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Shiloh
Boyd
Jerry L. Isaac
Isaac
Marvin G. Sanders
Woodlawn
Shelba J. Boldrey
President Talks To Real Estaters
President Eisenhower defended his foreign aid program and a balanced fiscal plan at a breakfast with about 1,000 members of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. He urged voters to learn the issues and warned against neglect of civic duty in favor of golf or recreation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Assn. of
United States
Missile Gap Not Too Big Says Sharp
Washington AP reports Air Force Secretary Dudley Sharp says a deterrent gap with the Soviet Union may not exist or will be smaller than feared. He stresses overall posture deters attack and declines to give a precise estimate. Senate leaders and Gates dispute or critique the missile gap assessment.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Air Force
Dudley C. Sharp
Sharp
Neil McElroy
Pentagon
Leverett
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Defense
Thomas S. Gates
House Damaged by Fire on South 18th Street
A residence at 410 South 18th Street suffered fire damage Saturday night, starting in a second floor apartment occupied by Everett Williamson from faulty wiring. Fire crews said the second floor burned, with water damage to downstairs quarters as well.
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South 18Th Street
Everett Williamson
First Robin Sighted On Tolle Road In Front Yard
Mrs. James Ragan of 1025 Tolle Road reported to The Register News that a robin was seen in her front yard this morning. She believes it is the season's first robin as spring signals approach.
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James Ragan
Register News Office
Ragan
Tolle Road
Examinations For State Jobs Set In Mt Vernon Area
State Director of Personnel Robert E. Perz announced a January 27 opportunity for Mt Vernon area residents to choose among 82 examinations across fields from office skills and mechanics to radio operation and teaching. Both men and women may apply, with interviews and tests by department representatives at the Illinois State Employment Service office, 225 S Ninth Street, from 9 am to 2 pm.
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Robert E. Perz
Mt. Vernon
Cook
Goard
Illinois State Employment Service Office
S. Ninth Street
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