U S Notifies Relatives No Trips To China
Relatives of 17 Americans imprisoned in Red China react to the State Department ban on travel. Secretary Dulles calls the trips imprudent amid China’s belligerent stance. Some families accept the ban, others remain hopeful or disappointed as Scrimshaw pledges travel funds but may withdraw.
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Red China
State Department
Dulles
China
Rolland G. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Lyle Cameron
Formosa
W. G. Parks
Omaha
St. Roland Parks
John W. Thompson
Orange
John Thompson III
Fischers
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Harold Fischer Jr
Philip D. Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Richard Fecteau
Mary Elizabeth Weller Vaadi
Clayton
N. Y
Eugene J. Vaadi
Trene Kiba
Akron
Ohio
A.J.C. Kiba
Scrimshaw
George Scrimshaw
Harry Benjamin
Worthington
Minn
Harry Benjamin Jr
Una Schmidt
Boise
Idaho
Courtney Taylor
Missoula
Mont
Elmer F. Llewelyn
Llewelyn
Marjorie
Lincoln Day Dinner in Mt. V February 11
Jefferson county Republicans hold a Lincoln Day dinner Friday February 11 at 6 30 p m at Hotel Emmerson. Principal speaker is Earle Benjamin Searcy clerk of the state Supreme Court. Limited tickets on a first come first served basis. Call telephone 4
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Jefferson County
Hotel Emmerson
Earle Benjamin Searcy
State Supreme Court
Ae Ee
Birth announced for Susan Lynette Leffler at Jefferson Memorial
State Police Sgt. Tom Leffler and Mrs Leffler of 1209 South 25th Street announce the birth of their daughter Susan Lynette, born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 8 29 a m today, weighing seven pounds two ounces.
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State Police
Tom Leffler
Hit Parade of 1950s Songs Names and Artists
A list of well known songs and performing artists including Earth Angel by Crew Cuts or Penguins Melody of Love by Billy Vaughn Mister Sandman by Chordettes Sincerely by McGuire Sisters Open up Your Heart and Let the Sunshine In by Cowboy Church Sunday School Naight Lady of Shady Lane by Ames Brothers Dim Dim the Lights by Bill Haley No Man Is an Island by Don Cornell Blue Mirage by Ralph Marterie
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Crew Cuts
Penguins
Perry Como
Billy Vaughn
Chordettes
McGuire Sisters
Fontane Sisters
Lover
Jean Weber
Hugo Winterhalter
Hilltoppers
Julius LaRosa
Cowboy Church Sunday School
Sarah Vaughn
Shady Lane
Ames Brothers
Jaye P. Morgan
Bill Haley
Don Cornell
Ralph Marterle
Funeral services set for Albert E. Culli in Dodds Township
Albert Emil Culli a Dodds township farmer died at 6 50 this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 67 years 3 months 17 days Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 00 p m at Bakerville Free Will Baptist church of which he was a deacon Burial will be in Bethel cemetery Friends may call at Myers Chapel after 10 am Saturday At 1 00 pm Sunday the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour He was born October 11 1887 in Fayetteville Ill son of Phillip and Willimena Culli He married Cora Smith who survives He is survived by his wife one son Virgil of Mt Vernon two daughters Edith Lursa Learning Ill and Alice Harpole Mt Vernon one brother John Lincoln Ill one sister Alma Trebble Mt Vernon and 11 grandchildren He was preceded in death by two children.
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Albert E. Culli
Dodds Township
Albert Emil Culli
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bakerville Free Will Baptist Church
Culli
George Waggoner
H. V. Smith
W. R. Spurlock
C. J. Ketteman
Bethel Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mr. Culli
Fayetteville, Ill
Phillip and
Willimena (Bo
Mt Vernon State Fair Opens July 18 With New Acts
Mt. Vernon State Fair will run July 18 through July 23 with nightly shows. The 1955 program opens Monday night featuring Lucky Lott stunt drivers and Rick Ricardo, followed by the McKinley Rodeo on Tuesday and Skeets and Frankie troupe on Thursday. Friday hosts Western Horse Show, Saturday includes horse pull and square dance. daily harness and running races start Tuesday, Egyptian Colt Stakes, photo finish and starting gates used again. New addition includes Jerry Pippiatt and racing mules four afternoons, driven by local amateurs from Mt. Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Skeets
Frankie
Jerry Pippiatt
New York State
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake Freezes Amid Near Zero Chill
Hundreds of Canadian geese, content with the wintry scene at Crab Orchard Lake, remain on the ice as the lake freezes under near zero temperatures in Carbondale Illinois. Their local refuge delays southward migration for the moment, highlighting an unusual seasonal pause.
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Carbondale
Inl
Crab Orchard Lake
Public Auction of cattle and hogs near Mt Vernon magazine style sale
Public sale on Wednesday February 2 1955 at Starvation Farm four miles southeast of Mt Vernon NL on US 460. Lot includes registered Hereford cattle various ages two white face cows roan and red and white cows plus two year old heifers several steers heifers and sows and shoats with feed hay straw and corn. Bangs tested. Terms cash and all paid before move. If weather turns foul sale indoors. Lunch on ground. Auctioneers Roy Taylor Herb Vancel. Clerk Verner Davis.
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Starvation Farm
Mt. Vernon
U. S. Route 460
Guernsey
Jersey
Roy Taylor
Herb Vancel
Verner Davis
Yank Combat Pilots Ready On Formosa
U S combat pilots and Sabrejet fighters poised on Formosa south of Taipei for possible clashes with Communist MIG15 jets. Heavy cargo planes have brought gear to support the 18th fighter bomber wing as Lt Gen Roger Ramey praises the unit and visits Nationalist air force leaders.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
Red
Philippines
Okinawa
Reds
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Globemaster
U.S. 18Th
Roger Ramey
U.S. 5Th Air Force
Ramey
Air Force
Woman Sues For Divorce And Child Custody Here
Laura Belle French filed suit for divorce against Noel Norman French in circuit court here this week charging cruelty. She seeks custody of a minor child. The couple married October 18, 1952 and separated January 21, 1955. Hassakis and Ecker represents the plaintiff.
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Laura Belle French
Noel Norman French
Hassakis and Ecker
Hospital Notes and Discharges Across Multiple Readers
Hospital notes list admissions at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan including Mrs Pearl Gibbs Dahlgren Archie Gaskill Mrs Pat Leffler Mrs Nancy Duncan and others in Blytheville Ark Discharges include Little Miss Nancy Ferguson Miss Barbara Pribble Elmer Sursa Roy Lee Harris Amos Berry Debra Harris and more Also named are Mrs Charlotte E Kinman Sam Smith and several others with Dahlgren and surrounding communities noted as places and people involved
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Jefferson Memorial
Pearl Gibbs
Dahlgren
Archie Gaskill
Pat Leffler
Nancy Duncan
Nancy Ferguson
Barbara Pribble
Elmer Sursa
Roy Lee Harris
Amos Berry
Blytheville
Ark
Debra Harris
Good Samaritan
Charlotte E. Kinman
Sam Smith
Burrell Ferguson
Hazel Irene Ward
Joseph Richard Miller
Shirley Ann Ewald
Walter C. Finn
Martha Dare
Ronnie Hrutecot
Mary C. Schulick
Those Who Gave To The March Of Dimes
Additional contributions to the March of Dimes have been received from multiple donors including Stanley T. Moodie with $50 and Fletcher Farrar with $25. Donations of $15 to Don Torregrossa and $10 from diverse groups follow, along with many $5 and smaller gifts from individuals and organizations such as the Junior Woman's Club, Hawkins Bakery employees, and Senior Scout Troop 18.
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March of Dimes
Stanley T. Moodie
Fletcher Farrar
Jefferson Post
American Legion
Hawkins Bakery
Don Torregrossa
Max Alan Williams
Mary Martha
Logan Street Baptist Church
Ed Linn
W. E. Quinn
Clarence Talbott
Katie L. Terry
Lora Kissel
Albert Gajewski
Edd Rough
L. F. Wilson
Fred High
Iva Newby
Otto Miller
E. J. Hoffman
Ruth Davis
Sterling Dodson
Sherman Wicks
Casper Tish
Du Quoin Man Buys Christopher Progress
Joseph Davidson Jr. of Du Quoin has purchased The Christopher Progress in Christopher Ill. The paper, published since 1949, will change ownership February 1 as Davidson steps into owner duties after prior work with Du Quoin Evening Call Benton Evening News and the St Louis Post Dispatch.
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Christopher, Ill
Christopher Progress
Victor C. Leiker
Joseph Davidson Jr
du Quoin
Davidson
du Quoin Evening Call
Benton Evening News
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
The
Progress
Flues Overheat Cause Two Mt Vernon House Fires
Overheated flues sparked two fires in Mt Vernon homes. Yesterday afternoon firefighters were summoned to Mrs Lena Gilbert at 705 Gilbert where a ceiling near a flue ignited with light damage. At 12 03 am today firefighters responded to R Sinks at 505 Bell where another flue ceiling fire caused minor damage.
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Mt. Vernon
Lena Gilbert
Gilbert
R. Sinks
Bell
Special Meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge 31 A F and A M
A special meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M is scheduled for Friday January 28 at 7 30 p m Work will be in the third degree A bus load of visitors from Granite City Lodge will be present to perform the degree Members are urged to attend Visitors are welcome James R Apgar W M William E Reavis Secretary 1 28
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A. F
Mt. Vernon
A. M
Granite City Lodge
James R. Apgar
W. M. Wm
Governor Seeks 100 More Highway Cops in Budget Plan
Governor Stratton told the Freeport Junior Chamber of Commerce that he will propose adding 100 patrolmen to the State Highway Police and seek a pay raise to professionalize the force. He also noted federal court dismissal of a suit by 30 suburban landowners delaying the 1933 mile toll road project, saying construction may begin in a few months.
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Associates Press
Freeport
Ill
Stratton
Freeport Junior Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
Chicago
Aged Sisters Found Dead in Frigid Home
In St Louis two elderly sisters Mary Ann Ramsay 75 and Georgiana Ramsey 72 were found dead on a bedroom floor with bodies frozen. Neighbors say both had long illnesses and multiple strokes. Autopsies ordered to determine if death came from freezing or natural causes.
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Associated Press
Louis
Mary Ann Ramsay
Georgiana Ramsey
Frances Peistrup
Sis
Two Sex Madd Black Robbers Terrorize Chicago Store
Statewide dragnet launched for two gunmen described as sex mad Black men who attacked a 26 year old expectant mother and a 14 year old clerk in a grocery. Police offered a 1000 reward as more than 300 officers scoured south side areas after the assault. The victims suffered severe injuries and the clerk was sexually assaulted and stripped before the robbers fled with 40 to 50 dollars.
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Chicago
Timothy J. O'Connor
South Side
South Sid
Mary Pascoe
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Ter Seldom Left The House Detail
The report notes that Ter seldom left the house and was hardly able to move about, indicating limited mobility and possible health concerns in the subject’s routine.
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Ter
Bill Outland Joins Air Force at Age 20
Bill Outland a lifelong flier from Mt Vernon joins the Air Force at age 20 to be commissioned as a second lieutenant and receive pilot wings. He has logged about 500 flight hours, flown a UC-78, and previously served as an Air Force captain on wartime routes. His family the Flying Outlands includes father Earl a veteran pilot and mother Kathryn. Brother Jackie began flying at 5 and plans to solo at 16. Bill’s path moved from Mt Vernon High to Wentworth Military Academy before climbing from Cubs to twins engines and jets.
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Bill
Outlands
Earl
Mt. Vernon
Outland
Air Transport Command
Jackie
Kathryn
Little Cubs
Abilene
Texas
Las Vegas
N. M
Miami
Fla
Mt. Vernon High School
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Cubs
Tow Burns Boat With Sugar and Hemp on River
Fire aboard a sugar and hemp barge on the Mississippi at East St. Louis prompted a Coast Guard cutter and tug to move the vessel to the west bank where firefighters extinguished the flames. No injuries reported.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
East St. Louis
Coast Guard
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Shorty Rogers
RCA Victor
Billy May
Land of the Sky Blue Waters
NEW Records
Mt. V. Fair
Crab Orchard
HOGS
Poland
Hampshire
Ray Jones
ESTES
South 10Th Street
Christopher Paper
Swift’s Hatcheries
Swift
Swift & Company Hatchery
Casey Avenue
Mt. Vernon, Ill
Curtis-Florist
Centralia Road
Douglas Drug
United States Chamber OF Commerce
Evansville
Vicinity
Indiana
National Chamber
John C. Loest
First National Bank
Chicago 3
Moose Lodge
Bill Outland
Riley E. Johnson
Johnson Insurance
Agency
Tradin’ Wild
George
Paul
Tradin
Pontiac
Jefferson Motors
Cadillac
Jordan
George and
Paul Tyler
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