Deaths Emma Sides Of Woodlawn Dies Rites Tomorrow
Emma Sides of Woodlawn died Saturday at the home of her grand nephew in Indianapolis. She had lived in Indianapolis four months. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. at Myers Chapel with Rev Don Reaves officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn IOOF cemetery. The body will be in state at Myers Chapel after 4 p.m. She was born in Jefferson County, daughter of Amos and Nancy Reed Lacey. She is survived by a sister Mel He Lewis of Mt. Vernon and several nieces and nephews.
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Emma Sides
Woodlawn
Thomas Grace
Indianapolis
Ind
Myers Chapel
Don Reaves
Sides
Jefferson County
Amos
Nancy
Reed) Lacey
Mel He Lewis
Mt. Vernon
LeBoeuf Hotel Owner Dies at 66 in Kirkwood
William G. LeBoeuf owner of the Hoffar Hotel at Bluford died Sunday of a heart ailment in St. Joseph's Hospital at Kirkwood Missouri. He was 66 and had moved to Bluford from Kirkwood four years ago. A former sales representative for several printing firms in the St. Louis area, he is survived by his wife Ann a daughter Joan and a son William.
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William G. LeBoeuf
Bluford
St. Joseph's Hospital
Kirkwood
Mr. LeBoeuf
St. Louis
Ann
S Joan
William
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted list
Hospital notes record admissions and discharges at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan. Names include Bob Shehorn Gertie Richardson Allen High emith Jewel Wilson Winnie Wiggins Bluford Jake Jr iars McLeansboro Nora Mitchem. Discharges include Paula McGovern Enoch Waller Jessie Fish.
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Jefferson Memorial
Bob Shehorn
Gertie Richardson
Allen B. Highemith
Jewel Wilson
Winnie Wiggins
Bluford
Jake ‘Jriars
McLeansboro
Nora Mitchem
Paula McGovern
Nason
Enoch Waller
Jessie Fish
Gasoline Price War Investigation in Midwest Probe
The Federal Trade Commission will investigate alleged unfair trade practices in a gasoline price war in the Davenport Iowa Rock Island Illinois area. Harry A. Badcock, director of the FTC Bureau of Investigations, said Sen. Senuidenleter of Iowa forwarded a letter about alleged illegal discrimination by oil companies or distributors. An FTC field office will conduct the inquiry.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Davenport
Iowa
Rock Island
Tll
Harry A. Badcock
Bureau of Investigations
Badcock
Sen Uidenleter
FTC
Mt Vernon Lodge to Meet in Special Session
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M calls a special meeting Monday January 28 at 730 pm to work in the first degrees. Members urged to attend visitors welcome. Ralph W Murphy worshipful master William E Reavis secretary. Marine Corps League to hold a membership meeting January 29 at 630 pm at 91814 Main Street all members urged to attend and reach full attendance Marvin McKinney commandant.
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Mt. Vernon
Ralph W. Murphy
W.M. WM. E. Reavis
Sec'y
Marine Corps League
Main Street
Marvin McKinney
Rectal and Colon Troubles Explained Free Book Offer
A 40 page free book explains piles fistula and related rectal and colon disorders and associated stomach conditions. Write Thornton Minor Hospital Butte 1827 911 EB Linwood Kansas City Mio for a copy.
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Thornton Minor Hospital
Butte
Linwood
Kan-sas
Mio
Frank implicated in death re-enactment scene
The state plans murder indictments as Bedwell leads police and reporters through a reenactment of the deaths near Willow Springs woods. He links an unnamed man described as Frank to directing the crime with the two girls and others reportedly visiting a drive in restaurant and a service station before the bodies were abandoned and frozen in a snowbank. State’s attorney Benjamin Adamowski says Frank is the key figure and the investigation hinges on identifying him.
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Oner
Bedwell
Frank
Willow Springs Woods
Lohman
Benjamin Adamowski
Bedwell Tells His Mother He Killed The Girls
Bennie Bedwell admitted to his mother in Cook County Jail that he killed the two Grimes sisters, 15-year-old Barbara and 13-year-old Patricia. Mrs. Ethel Bradberry, 43, reacted with disbelief and said she never thought her son could do such a crime.
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Chicago
Bennie Bedwell
Cook County
Bennie
Ethel Bradberry
Barbara Grimes
Patricia
Grimes
Loretta Grimes
Bedwell
West Madison Street
Frank
South Dakota
William Cole Willingham
City
Willingham
Patrick Deely
Perrick Deely
Frank Sain
Loop Photographic
Deely
Tommy Baldwin
Sain
Deeley
John Duros
Bedwell's Account in Disputed Slayings Probed by Officials
Officials review Bedwell statement after he claimed he met two teen girls at a West Madison tavern with Frank and another man. The group allegedly drank across skid row, then traveled to Willow Springs Woods where the girls were assaulted and left in a snowbank after being found unconscious. The men deny the girls consent and face questioning over the incident.
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Bedwell
Pat
Frank
Barbara
Willow Springs Woods
New York City Snubs Saud And Tito Visits
Mayor Wagner bans official welcomes for King Saud and Marshal Tito in New York. He cites Tito as a communist and anti religious, saying New York will not host either visit, as the city contemplates possible future foreign ruler visits.
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New York
Robert FY
Wagner
King Saud
Saudi Arabia
Washington
Eisenhower
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Brooklyn
Lewiah National Fund
Discrepancies In Confession In Grimes Sisters Case
Chicago reports discrepancies in the confession of Edward L. Bedwell regarding the Grimes sisters murders. Details about sexual relations, timing, and injuries conflict with autopsy findings and hotel records. Prosecutors deem the confession strong enough for conviction, while gaps complicate charges as Bedwell remains under sheriff custody.
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Chicago
Edward L
Bennie) Bedwell
Grimes
Bedwell
Patricia Grimes
Barbara
Benny
Grimes Sisters
Skid Row
Frank Ferric
Grimes Sisters Buried Today at St. Maurice's Church
The murdered Grimes sisters were buried today in Chicago. Two sealed white caskets were carried into St. Maurice's Church as an honor guard of children prayed. Rev. D A Diedrich led the requiem mass at the floral altar.
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Chicago
Grimes
St. Maurice's Church
D. A. Diedrich
St. Maurice's
Alter
Wilson Calls National Guard Draft Dodgers
Washington reports four representatives plan a petition urging President Eisenhower not to invite Tito of Yugoslavia as an official guest. Sponsors McDonough Keating Madden and McCormack say they oppose the invite to avoid undermining the United States stance against communism. Secretary Wilson calls National Guard draft evasion a wartime scandal while defending six months active duty for new guardsmen.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Tito
Yugoslavia
United States
Tito Tocome
McDonough
R- If
Keating
R-Ny
Madden
D-Ind
McCormack
D-Mass
Rep
May
R-Conn
Moscow
Wilson
National Guard
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
National Guard Assn
Tugboat Strike Threatens New York Harbor
NEW YORK members of Local 333 AFL CIO National Maritime Union voted unanimously to strike at midnight Thursday in a contract dispute with the New York Marine Towing and Transportation Employers Assn. The 1,200 sailors on 390 tugboats barges and related craft say the deadline will tie up harbor operations across New York and the Atlantic coast. The standstill centers on working conditions, not money, and a general membership meeting is required to settle the dispute.
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New York
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
United Marine Division
Aflcio National Maritime Union
New York Marine Towing and ‘Transportation Employers Assn
Joseph O'Hare
Local 333
O’hare
James McAllister
Employers
Extend Time For Lake Water Use
The Supreme Court extended through Feb 28 a temporary increase in the Mississippi Illinois waterway diversion from Lake Michigan. The order follows a request by Atty Gen Latham Castle who cited an emergency in navigation due to low water. The court directed Army engineers to determine the necessary increased flow without seriously hindering navigation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lake Michigan
Tlinois-Mississippi
Atty
Latham Castle
Illinois
Ississippi
Army ‘Engineers
Ilinois Waterway
Egypt Seizes 64 Foreign Insurance Firms In Suez Retaliation
CAIRO Egypt completed the seizure of 64 British and French insurance companies in retaliation for the Suez Canal invasion. Their operations will be transferred to nine Egyptian insurers after the Finance Ministry ordered removal from the register. All firms must be government registered to operate.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Finance Ministry
Man shoots wife over rock n roll music in Cincinnati
Police seek Edwin F. Smith, 38, ironworker who admitted fatally shooting his wife Mary Jean Smith, 26, after she went out alone in search of rock and roll music. She died from a shotgun wound beneath the heart, two weeks after the Jan. 18 shooting. Smith faced charges of shooting with intent to kill and was released Friday on $2,500 bond.
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Cincinnati
Edwin F. Smith
Mary Jean
Smith
Hunter Electrocuted in Fountain Pipe Incident
Four hunters lifted an irrigation pipe to free a trapped rabbit when the pipe contacted a high voltage line. Bernard Lopez, 25, was electrocuted and three companions were burned in Fountain Colorado.
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Colo. U
Bernardo Lopez
Monkey dividend mystery in Columbus crate mix up
In Columbus Walter Gray ordered a male golden squirrel monkey from a New York importer. A box arrived with the female and a baby born in transit causing a puzzling shipment mix up. In Fort Carson a trainee repeats his name Kaspar Kaspar, a private from Detroit. Carlsbad police report 44 motorists had tires slashed Sunday, amid town notes of a Jack the Ripper comparison.
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Columbus, Ohio
Walter Gray
New York
Fort Carson, Colo
Kaspar Kaspar
Detroit
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Jack the Ripper
Information officer fired for criticizing Eisenhower policy
Charles Edmundson of the U S Information Agency in Seoul was dismissed after publicly denouncing Eisenhower’s Middle East plan as a blank check for one man rule. Edmundson asserted his personal views in Tokyo and warned U S aid funds attract profiteers and grafters worldwide. He challenged State Department probes and travel bans on reporters to Communist China, saying the policy could spark atomic war.
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Washington
Far Eost
Eisenhower
Middle East
Charles Edmundson
U.S. Information Agency
Seoul
Tokyo
U. S. Information Agency
U. S
Edmundson
Newsmen
State Department
China
School Trustees Ruling Upheld in Detachment Case
The 3rd District Appellate Court upheld the Vermilion County Circuit Court ruling in a school detachment case. The dispute centered on detaching territory from Catlin Township High School District No. 930 and annexing it to Jamaica Consolidated High School District No. 237. The Vermilion County Board of School Trustees had ordered the detachment, and the circuit court affirmed.
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Springfield
N.8
3Rd District
Vermilion County Circuit Court
Catlin Township
Jamaica Consolidated
Vermilion County Board of School Trustees
Births At Local Hospitals From Weekend Notices
Mr and Mrs Lelan Gatewood 113 north 12th street welcomed a daughter at 1057 Saturday in Good Samaritan hospital weighing five pounds five ounces named Gwendolyn ee A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Daniel David Cahill at 109 Saturday afternoon in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing eight pounds two ounces Mr and Mrs Paul Dean Richardson RFD 2 Mr Vernon are the parents of a son born in Jefferson Memorial hospital at 1230 this morning weighing eight pounds eleven ounces named Michael Dean A2C and Mrs Holden Sams 2001 are the parents of a son born at 1220 this morning in Scott Air Base Hospital weighing eight pounds one and a quarter ounces named Mark Douglas Grandparents Mr and Mrs Eldon Hauk of this city
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Lelan Gatewood
North 12Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gwendolyn Ee
Daniel David Cahill
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Paul Dean Richardson
RFD
Vernon
Michael Dean
Holden Sams
Scott Air Base Hospital
Mark Douglas
Eldon Hauk
Weather report and cold snap across the nation
The Associated Press notes hazardous driving in Illinois from freezing rain and ice. southern two thirds of the state slippery while the north reports snow and ice patches. Record cold and snow sweep the West and Rockies with heavy drifts on Colorado passes and bands of freezing rain from Nebraska to Pennsylvania. 2 inches of new snow fall in the Southwest with multiple traffic deaths cited. several passes show extreme drifts and closures.
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Springfield
Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
Poron
Weather Bureau
Porecast
Rockford
Lune
Quinch
WXIP
East St. Louis
Rocky Mountains
Los Angeles
Elf
Citrus Rangers
Wil Orchard
San Fernando Valley
Glendale
Plains
Dakotas
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Grand Junction
Colo
Eagle
Colorado
Red Mountain Pass
Wolf Creek Pass
Hungary Frees American Woman in Communist Camp
Vienna reports Hungary's communist government released Georgette Meyer Dickey Chapelle an American freelance photographer who crossed the border Dec 5. The 36 year old New York City resident described prison life as rough but said she was not mistreated and that she faced about eight hours of questioning. Marriage license issued for Edwin C Sullivan of Peoria and Patty June Smith of Alma Illinois.
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Vienna
Hungary
Georgette Meyer
Dickey) Chapelle
New York City
Five Day Forecast for Illinois Temperatures and Precipitation
Temperatures will average seven degrees below normal in the north and about three degrees below normal in the south. Normal highs range from 33 in the north to 45 in the south, with lows from 17 to 25. Expect colder conditions Tuesday, a brief warmup Thursday, then turning colder again north by Friday or Saturday. Precipitation near half an inch with scattered snow flurries in the extreme northeast Tuesday and rain likely Friday or Saturday.
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Illinois
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Wm. G. LeBoeuf
Bluford Hotel
Good Samaritan
Linda Reece
Ethel Mitchell
Ida Bourland
Darrell Ellis
Helen Smith
Gladys Peckenpaugh
Mary Gilbert
Barney Karnowski
Nannie Jones
Mamie Modglin
Pauline Audt
Emma Shirley
Mary Hughes
Emmett
Cora Burns
Warren Fairchild
Della Fry
Doris Brickey
Clara Minard
Jennie Burks
William Mullinax
Kenneth G. Wood
Eleanor Gray
Helen Lemmons
Charles Maurice
Grace Audt
Gary Mezo
Debbie Wilson
Bobby Hall
Elizabeth Dale
John Kraft
Lewis Savage
Wanda Albright
Clara Sinclair
Paul David
Eva Gates
Alpha. Gentles
S. Faye Crawford
Almeda Quarterman
Elton Cornwell
Bernice Obrien
Larry Trowbridge
Joan Payne
Barbara Ann
Phyllis Mumbower
Catherine Ceglenske
Mary Harriman
Shirley Gregory
Eddie Leon
Paul Kiselewski
A. M
Ted Nears
Edward
Joseph Lohman
Bent
Slong
Lonely Road
Willow Springs
Pal ‘Frank
Saud
Grimes Sister
Romeo
Jackson
M. E. Jackson
South Side Square
Southern Illinois
Dejur
Ace Recording Co
S. 20Th Step
Coats
Ican & Dyeing Co
Austria
Airport News
Charles Easton
Alton
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Iain Bismarck
Boston
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Fort Worth
Grand Rapids
Helena
Kansas City
Louisville
Marquette
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Moline
Peoria
Rantoul
Ntow
Edwin C. Sullivan
Patty June Smith
Alma, Til
Tllinis
Rockfor
Moline Is
Quincy
OCKIO
Vandalia
Scott Air Base
March OF Dimes Dance
The
Moose Lodge
March OF Dimes
Elks
Amvets
Eagles
American Legion
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