Florida Smith 82 Dies At McLeansboro
Florida Smith 82 of McLeansboro died at 7 30 p m Friday at her son Becan Smith s home RFD 2 Broughton Services 2 00 p m Monday at Little Springs Primitive Baptist Church southwest of Dale with Rev Oscar Wallace and Rev T Leo Dodd officiating Burial in adjoining cemetery Body lies in state at Donelson Funeral Home McLeansboro after 6 00 p m today Born December 1 1879 in Hamilton County daughter of Moses and Mary Leathers McGee Married to John L Smith who survives Survived by three sons Oscar of RFD 2 Broughton Virgil of Detroit Mich Dawain of Cleveland Ohio two daughters Mrs Lucille Johnson of McLeansboro Mrs Dorothy McMahon of Champaign a sister Mrs Ola Cardwell of Marion Ind eight grandchildren ten great grandchildren
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Florida Smith
McLeansboro
Becan Smith
RFD
Broughton
Little Springs Primitive Baptist Church
Dale
Oscar Wallace
T. Leo Dodd
Donelson
Smith
Hamilton County
Moses and
Mary (Leathers) McGee
John L. Smith
Oscar Smith
RFD 2
Virgil Smith
Detroit
Mich
Dawain Smith
Cleveland
Lucille Johnson
Dorothy McMahon
Champaign
Ola Cardwell
Marion
Ind
Lillian Gillis Rites Monday
Funeral services for Miss Lillian Gillis will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday at Pavey Chapel CASE church at 12th and Newby, where she was a member. Burial will follow in Oakwood cemetery. Friends may call at 4:00 p.m. Sunday at Pavey Chapel C.M.E. church until the funeral hour. Miss Gillis, 61, of 522 Grand Avenue, died Wednesday in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Lillian Gillis
Pavey Chapel
Case Church
12Th
Newby
R. A. Britton
Oakwood Cemetery
C.M.E
Miss Gillis
Grand Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
Floyd Gholson Funeral Today In McLeansboro
Funeral services for Floyd B. Gholson aged 82 will be at 2 00 p m today at Donelson Funeral Home in McLeansboro with Rev Hugh Widick officiating Burial will be in the 100 F Cemetery at McLeansboro He died at 730 p m Thursday at Hamilton Memorial Hospital He was born August 29 1879 in Hamilton County son of James and Louisa Dawes Gholson He married Polly Chelf Trout who survives Also surviving are son James Everett Gholson of Alton daughter Mrs Mary Boyer of McLeansboro six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Mr Gholson was a member of Star General Baptist Church near Eldorado
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Floyd B. Gholson
Donelson
McLeansboro
Hugh Widick
Mr. Gholson
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
Hamilton County
James and
Louisa (Dawes) Gholson
Polly Chelf Trout
James Everett Gholson
Alton
Mary Boyer
Gholson
Star General Baptist Church
Eldorado
Funeral At Ina For Doris McGill
Doris Jean McGill, former Benton resident, died Friday at her Calumet City home. Funeral at Ina Funeral Home Sunday 2:00 p.m. Burial in Kirk. Body lies in state with visitation after 7:00 p.m. today. Survived by husband Walter McGill of Calumet City, son James, father Carl E Lawson of Benton, and two grandchildren.
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Doris Jean McGill
Benton
Calumet City
Ina
Kirk Cemetery
Walter McGill
Calumet, Ill
James
Carl E.lawson
Effie Lee Knox Dies At 81 Funeral Monday
Effie Lee Knox died at 4 20 this morning at her home 712 South 12th Street at age 81 years 11 months 14 days Funeral services set for Monday at 1 30 p m at Myers Chapel with burial in Odd Fellows cemetery at Woodlawn Friends may call after 3 00 p m Sunday She was born February 13 1880 in Jefferson County daughter of Henry and Verona Hawkins She was married to Frank P Knox who died in 1952 Survived by one son Cheslie Hawkins Waltonville one brother Leroy Hawkins Mt Vernon one sister Iva Belle Hamblin Mt Vernon three grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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Effie Lee Knox
South 12Th Street
Myers Chapel
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Woodlawn
Knox
Jefferson County
Henry and
Verona (Church) Hawkins
Frank P. Knox
Janie E. Wilson Dies in Detroit Funeral Here
Janie Elizabeth Wilson 54 of Detroit Michigan died Wednesday at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Body to Pulley Funeral Home with services pending at Belle Rive Christian Church. Born October 21 1907 in Crutchfield Kentucky she was daughter of Joe and Laura Ferguson. She was twice widowed, first of James Ferguson and then William Wilson. Survived by daughter Jean Teal sister Ruby Winn Belle Rive and brother J D Ferguson LaPorte Indiana.
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Janie Elizabeth Wilson
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Receiving Hospital
Pulley Funeral Home
Belle Rive Christian Church
Wilson
Crutchfield
Joe
Laura (Duncan) Ferguson
James Ferguson
William Wilson
Jean Teal
Mrs
Ruby
Winn
Belle Rive
J. D. Ferguson
LaPorte
Ind
Earl Shrum Dies At 68 In Mt. Vernon
Earl Shrum 68 of 919 Westcott died 6 p m Friday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital Funeral services 2 p m Monday at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev Melvin Larson officiating Burial will be in Laird cemetery Body lies in state at Pulley Funeral Home after 4 p m Sunday Survivors include widow Ora Foutch deceased one stepson Windel Prichertt one daughter Earlean Tolley one sister Cecile Mack five grandchildren six great grandchildren He was born June 11 1893 in Wayne County to Edward and unnamed mother and was preceded in death by a son and siblings
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Earl Shrum
Westcott
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Melvin Larson
Laird Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Mr. Shrum
Wayne County
Edward Shrum
Ora Foutch
Windel Prichertt
Abilene
Texas
Earlean Tolley
Mt. Vernon
Cecile Mack
Chicago
Infant Dies At Hospital In Wayne City Rites Held
Penny Lee Kriel infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kriel of 2231 Broadway died at 6 00 p m Friday two hours after birth in Good Samaritan Hospital Funeral service held Sunday at Richardson Chapel Wayne City officiated by Rev Everett Lemay Burial in Thomason cemetery Body in state at Richardson Chapel after 10 00 a m Sunday Survived by parents and grandparents Jack Richards of Wayne City and Charles Kriel of Iowa City Iowa
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Penny Lee Kriel
Richard Kriel
Broadway
Good Samaritan Hospital
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Everett Lemay
Thomason Cemetery
Richard and
Judy (Richards) Kriel
This City
Jack Richards
Charles Kriel
Iowa City
Plan Chicago Mental Clinic on North Side
Gov Otto Kerner announced a new mental health clinic to serve the metropolitan area on Chicago's North Side at Oak Park Avenue and Irving Park Road. The 66 acre site will house 160 beds for mentally ill adults 20 for alcoholism 20 for geriatrics 40 for mentally retarded children 20 for emotionally disturbed children and a sixth section for general services. Groundbreaking for the other five Illinois clinics is not expected until 1963.
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Springfield
Chicago
Perpane
Otto Kerner
Friay
Illinois
Oak Park Avenue
Irving Park Road
Kerner
South Side
Rockford
Champaign-Urbana
Peoria
Decatur
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Names List
Jefferson Memorial admits include Mrs. Myrtle Mae Hayes of Woodlawn and Mrs. Mamie Britton Ward of Dahlgren. Good Samaritan admits list Bessie D Blake Charles Moore Harold Earl Albright Teresa Diane Draper Fred A Holland Rita May Goin Joe Daniel Davis. Discharges include Marie Clark Mary Louise Miller James Leon Smith Lewis Don Goolsby Tonna Lee Southern Kyra Jean Connelly Loris Virginia Firebaugh Michael Joe Pero Joann Clara Walker Don Silas Milliner Mrs Evelyn Louis Stewart and baby James Ray Mrs Ann Grewe and baby Patrick Alan Annabelle Fairchild.
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Jefferson Memorial
Myrtle Mae Hayes
Woodlawn
Mamie Britton Ward
Dahlgren
Betty Ann McCoy
Good Samaritan
Bessie D. Blake
Charles Moore
Harold Earl Albright
Teresa Diane Draper
Fred A. Holland
Rita May Goin
Joe Daniel Davis
Marie Clark
Mary Louise Miller
James Leon Smith
Lewis Don Goolsby
Tonna Lee Southern
Kyra Jean Connelly
Loris Virginia Firebaugh
Michael Joe Pero
Joann Clara Walker
Don Silas Milliner
Evelyn Louis Stewart
James Ray
Ann Grewe
Patrick Alan
Annabelle Fairchild
Glenn Family Calm Ahead of Space Flight
Mrs Glenn remains confident despite delay as Vice President Johnson and family share wishes. Carolyn and David Glenn express faith in their father’s mission while parents and Castors gather at dawn for early coffee and rolls.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Carolyn
Lyn
David
Glenn
H. W. Castor
New Concord
Ohio
Cape Canaveral
Washington Evening Star
Dave
Dad
Illinois Weather Beams Warmth After Stormy Weekend
Clear skies return to Illinois after Friday rain ends, with seasonably cold but improving temperatures expected this weekend. A 30 mile Mississippi River ice jam near Cairo prompted river workers to chase loose barges that damaged piers and boats along the Ohio and Mississippi. Hazardous driving appeared on some roads due to refrozen ice glaze and scattered slick spots, with morning readings ranging from Chicago 18 to Springfield 24 degrees.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Mississippi
Ohio River
Tlinois
St. Louis
Molinois
Chicago
Belleville
Moline
Peoria
Quincy
Rantoul
Rockford
Springfield
Vandalia
Tolley Rollins Births At Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Elbert Tolley of 1206 South 26th street welcomed a son at 6 05 PM weighing eight pounds 12 ounces named Michael Leon A son born to Mr and Mrs Robert Eugene Rollins of 1308 Cherry at 9 13 AM weighed six pounds two ounces named Robert Eugene Jr Both events occurred at Good Samaritan hospital
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Elbert Tolley
South 26Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Michael Leon
Robert Eugene Rollins
Cherry
Robert Eugene, Jr
Link Luciano With Dope Ring
A historical recap ties Luciano to a sprawling New York vice network and a prosecutors rise. Thomas E. Dewey, at age 34 in 1936, framed Luciano as a top racketeer, with Luciano admitting bootlegging gambling and narcotics but denying trafficking in women. Luciano served time, was released, then deported, while later U S narcotics groups pursued a $150 million dope ring related to him.
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al Capone
Frankie Yale
Arnold Rothstein
Legs Diamonds
Luciano
Thomas E. Dewey
Vice
New York
Dewey
Lucky
IHG
Italy
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics
Washington
Early Buddhist charms printed under Empress Shotoku
The earliest printed charms discovered date to about 770 in Japan under Empress Shotoku. They were produced on imperial order and reproduced in a million copies.
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Shotoku
Japan
Astronaut John Glenn’s Launch Delayed by Weather
The Atlas rocket launch to orbit John Glenn was postponed due to heavy clouds and weather. News crews, engineers, and recovery fleets stood by as technicians drained fuel and preparations continued for a new attempt, with Glenn in good spirits and ready for a possible one or three orbit mission.
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United States
Atlantic Ocean
Cape
Africa
Glenn
Earth
Loose Barges Batter Cairo Docks In Ice Churn
After an ice gorge breaks up on the Mississippi near Cairo a chain reaction frees about 150 barges. Captains rush crews back as 90 barges remain at the terminal and 50 more break loose upriver. Locals report the riverfront jam and bridges taking damage from drifting chunks of ice.
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Richard Peddie
United States of Federal Barge Line
J. T. Alquist
Stephen Foster
American Commercial Barge Line
United States
Cairo
Peddie
Robert Peddie
Jess Marks
Burl Tickett
Cairo City
Set
Tickett
Ohio River
Mississippi
Thrilling Sport Bobsledding Roots and American Upgrade
Swiss origin circa 1890 and early American visitors sought greater thrills in tobogganing by adding owners to boost speed, shaping the sport's development into a more dynamic competition.
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Switzerland
U S Britain to Blast Red A Ban Stand
Washington says Moscow blocks genuine progress on a nuclear test ban insisting on self inspection and opposing a strong international verification system. Western powers will push for a combined approach at Geneva talks opening March 14 with 18 nations, while warning further talks are unlikely to succeed without verifiable controls.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Geneva
U.N
U.S
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Rain and Snow Melt Trigger Big River Runoff Across Nation
Wide rain and melting snow turned to slush, swelling rivers nationwide. Wabash overflowed at Montezuma, Lebanon flooded its streets, and Lima area roads were inundated. Eastlake and Willoughby Hills faced flooding from the Chagrin River. Ohio River barges broke loose near Cairo as the ice jammed Mississippi. Thunderstorms hit Mississippi and Alabama. a broad rain belt extended to New England. Cold front chilled North Dakota Minnesota. International Falls at 11 degrees. Temperature varied from subzero in the north to 70s in Florida and 40s in the West coast regions.
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Indiana
Montezuma
Lebanon
Lima
Ohio
Spencerville
Columbus
Miss
New York State
New England
Pacific Northwest
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
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Minn
New Mexico
Lake Erie
California
Texas
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Middle Atlantic
Florida
Driver Killed When His Auto Crashes Train
East St Louis man Robert A. Pearson 60 was killed when his car collided with a 23 car freight train at the North 37th Street crossing of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. His wife Ange lene 52 was critically injured with a severed right limb in the same crash reported near East St Louis. Train brakeman W C Ross Evansville Ind said Pearson drove into the path of the freight warning signals protected crossing deadlines with drop gates and flashing lights. Mrs Pearson offered no statement at the scene.
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East ST. Louis, Tr
East St. Louis
Robert A. Pearson
Angelene
W. C. Ross
Evansville
Ind
Pearson
North 37Th Street
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Ozark Celebration prompts Mt Vernon schools early dismissal
Mt Vernon students from the high school and junior high will be released at 2:00 p.m. next Friday to attend the Ozark Air Lines celebration at the local airport marking daily service to the community. City grade schools will stay in session. Los Angeles Angels pitchers led the American League in strikeouts with 973 and walked 713 in 1961.
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Mt. Vernon
Ozark Air Lines
Los Angeles Angels
John Glenn
Ozark
Clyde Lee
Kerner
Smuggler Nabbed Over Four Pounds of Vitamin B12
New York AP report says Customs halted Italian dealer Constantino Peretti at Idlewild Airport after four pounds of reddish purple vitamin B12 were found in his bags. Valued at $90,000 with duties of $22,496, officials called the seizure unprecedented in U.S. history.
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New York
Customs Service
United States
Constantino Peretti
Via Mercalli 80
Rome
Idlewild
Switzerland
U.S
Lawrence Fleishman
Customs
New Jersey
Runaways Found Will Be Returned Home
Three Mt. Vernon teenagers, two boys and a girl, who ran away this week were located in Winslow, Arizona. Authorities said they were apparently headed for California and will be returned to their parents.
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Mt. Vernon
Wingslow
Arizona
California
Beckmeyer Announces Run For Illinois Legislature
Bob Beckmeyer of Nashville announces as a Republican candidate for representative in Illinois 57th district in the April 10 primary. A former lawmaker from the 44th district, he served on appropriations military and veterans affairs roads and bridges license and miscellaneous and agriculture committees. He is a WWII veteran, ex district commander of the American Legion, active in veterans affairs, and ran Nixon campaign volunteer efforts in four states. He also helped establish a 1000 acre Washington county park and conservation lake, operates a Nashville department store, and sits in the Evangelical and Reformed Church Elks and Kappa Sigma member at Wabash College.
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G. BR
Bob” Beckmeyer
Nashville
General Assembly
Ilinois
Beckmeyer
69Th General Assembly
American Legion
Nixon Volunteer Campaign Committee
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nashville Chamber of Commerce
House of Representatives
Washington County
Evangelical and Reformed Church
The
Kappa Sigma
Membe Wabash College
Bright 13 year old questioned in Our Lady of the Angels fire
In Chicago psychologists report a 13 year old youth linked to the Our Lady of the Angels School blaze is bright with an IQ of 110 and not mentally defective. He is held on a delinquency petition for five fires in Cicero, where he lives, and has not been questioned by authorities about the school fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Our Lady of the Angels
Family Court
John V.P. Stewart
Alfred J. Cilella
Cicero
Cilella
Firemen Answer Two Alarms In Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon firefighters answered two alarms on Friday. At 19th and College a taxi owned by Paul Bond caught fire from a carburetor backfire, damaging wiring and the hood. A later scare near No 9 Bishop Court prompted units to rush out again, but no fire was found.
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Mt. Vernon
19Th and
College
Paul Bond
No. 9
Bishop Court
Vandalism at Mt Vernon car shops reported
A vandalism incident was reported at the old Mt Veron car shops where W G Motors stores items. Police said intruders climbed a ladder and shattered a window to enter the building and discharged extinguishers onto cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
W-G Motors
Two Injured In Accidents Here
Two persons were injured not seriously in Friday evening accidents. Guy Overby, 54, Belle Rive, was hit while crossing Tenth and Jordan at 5 15 p m and released after exam at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Neal E. Phelps, 717 Park Avenue, was the driver. charges filed for failure to report an accident and no valid license. Janet Kaye Ehsler, 16, 1110 Park Avenue, suffered a neck injury when a parked car was struck at Tenth and Prairie at 7 10 p m by a car leaving a space, driven by a Here seher Tl man.
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Guy Overby
Belle Rive
Tenth
Jordan
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Neal E. Phelps
Park Avenue
Phelps
Janet Kaye Ehsler
Tenth and
Prairie
Janet
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