Deaths Edward Legg Rites Held in Wayne County
Funeral services for Edward Legg of Wayne City were held at 2 p m today at Hopewell church north of Wayne City. The 82-year-old farmer died Wednesday at Fairfield Memorial hospital. The Rev Niles Stone led the rites and burial was in Hopewell cemetery. Legg born November 8 1873 in Washington county Indiana. Survived by wife Jennie Mae Wells and a son Glen Legg of Fairfield two daughters Mrs Sam Austin of Wayne City and Mrs Roscoe Cundeff of Blu ford 15 grandchildren and 19 brothers Theodore Legs Wayne City Alva Legg George Legg Sims.
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Edward Legg
Wayne City
Hopewell Church
Legg
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Niles Stone
Hopewell Cemetery
Mr. Legg
Washington County
Indiana
John
Malinda Leeg
Jennie Mae Wells
Glen Legg
Fairfield
Sam Austin
Roscoe Cundeff
Bluford
Theodore Legs
Alva Legg
George Legg
Sims
Dies at 63 C P Proudfit to rest Sunday
Clarence Morrow Proudfit known as C P Proudfit, 63, of 1605 White Mt Vernon, died 10:40 p.m. in Marion Veterans Hospital after a two week stay. Funeral at Myers Chapel 2 p.m. Sunday, Rev. Andy Kar ker officiating. burial in Thomason Cemetery. Survived by wife Bess Jackson. WWI veteran. nephew of W Barney Myers. calling after 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Clarence Morrow
C. P
Proudfit
Myers Chapel
Andy Caraker
Thomason Cemetery
White
Mt. Vernon
Veterans Hospital
Marion
St. Louis
William and
Alice (Myers) Proudfit
Bess Jackson
Mr. Proudfit
W. Barney Myers
Dorothy Mannen Dies At 67 In Waltonville
Dorothy Mannen of Waltonville dies at home at 3 16 p m a week after her husband’s death aged 67 years 10 months 7 days funeral at 2 p m Saturday Rev Argyl Houser to conduct burial in Knob Prairie cemetery service venue Fry Funeral Home Waltonville open for viewing from 6 tonight to noon Saturday then to church for lying in state born September 10 1888 in Jefferson county daughter of Stephen Asa and Hulda O Smith Newell married September 20 1911 to Orval Mannen who preceded her in death survived by son Dwight Mannen Waltonville daughter Dorothy Fae Norris Bluford sister Mrs Frank Mathus Bluford preceded by parents husband brother and grandson.
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Dorothy Mannen
Waltonville
Universal
Argyl Houser
Knob Prairie
Fry Funeral Home
Mannen
Jefferson County
Stephen Asa
Hulda O. (Smith) Newell
Mt. Vernon
Orval Mannen
Dwight Mannen
Dorothy Fae Norris
Frank Mathus
Bluford
Hatmaker Quits Race Amid Health, Campaign Woes
Donald B Hatmaker who announced an independent bid for state auditor last week today dropped his campaign plans due to poor health. He cited deteriorating condition and said he will not seek further political office.
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Chicago
Donald B. Hatmaker
Special Meeting of Vernon Lodge A F and A M No 3
A special meeting of Vernon Lodge A F and A M No 3 is set for Friday July 20 at 7 30 p m. Work is a second degree with urging attendance and welcome to visiting brethren. Geo H Border W M Wm E Reavis Secy. Marine Corps League plans a 7 30 p m gathering at 91812 Main Street in new club rooms with all members urged to attend. Jess Risley Adjutant.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
Brethern
Marine Corps League
Main Street
Jess Risley
Little Mike Goes Home In High Spirits
Four year old Mike Sibole who lost his second eye to cancer leaves Orlando hospital with his parents in high spirits He walks down steps with help then heads home His case has drawn praise from Helen Keller who urges hopeful adjustment and a focus on education He is to enroll in a preschool blind class in Miami and already identifies tools by touch showing early adaptation
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Orlando
Fla.p
Mike Sibole
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Mike
James W. Sibole
Miami
Sibole
Illinois Jet Ace Receives Mackay Trophy
Air Force Col Horace A Hanes of Fayette, Indiana, received the 1955 Mackay trophy for a record speed flight in a F100C jet, reaching 822 135 mph on August 20, 1955. He is director of flight test and development at ARDC's flight test center in California. The Mackay trophy, donated by Clarence H Mackay, has been awarded annually since 1912.
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Baltimore
Air Force
Horace A. Hanes
Fayette
Hanes
Air Research and Development Command
ARDC
Flight Test Center
California
Clarence H. Mackay
The
Mackay Radio Corp
U S rejects Russian charges of bomber flights
Washington says the United States found no U.S. military planes in or near the European area at the time of the alleged over flights and that Soviet claims of bombers entering Russian air space are in error. Russian ambassador Zarubin had protested to Secretary Dulles about flights east of Poland up to 200 miles.
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Washington
United States
State Department
U.S
European
Georgi Zarubin
Dulles
Former Joliet City Manager Finds Worry Over Missing Checks
Federal agents probing Joliet city files disclosed that all 1951 canceled checks are missing from City Hall vaults. Mayor Hennessy ordered an investigation as city manager Chester Lewis notes 1951 payments totaled about three million dollars and says the vault combination will be changed after twenty years. Vouchers exist but show no endorsement records.
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Joliet
Treasury Department
Joliet City
James P. Hennessy
City Hall
Chester B. Lewis
Lewis
Texas Police Catch Escapees From Pekin Jail
Pekin Illinois authorities report two escapees from Farewell County Jail in Pekin were captured in Amarillo Texas. Paul Belcher 28 of South Pekin and William McClure 28 of East Peoria fled after forcing open a brick window. They were seized in a stolen car Tuesday and face auto larceny and burglary charges.
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Pekin
Ill
Amarillo
Tex
Farewell County
Paul Belcher
South Pekin
William McClure
East Peoria
Ray Crafton
Crafton
Belcher
McClure
Owen Rouse
Blecher
GOP program cover for convention features Lincoln Eisenhower
In San Francisco GOP members approve a convention program cover showing busts of Abraham Lincoln and Dwight Eisenhower in profile to mark the 1856 1956 centennial. Background imagery includes Golden Gate Bridge Fisherman’s Wharf Chinatown Coit Tower Mission Dolores and a cable car. A Rodin nude sculpture proposal was rejected amid Democratic taunts.
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San Francisco
Abraham Lincoln
Eisenhower
Golden Gate Bridge
Fisherman's Wharf
Chinatown
Coit Tower
Mission Dolores
Rodin
Gate of Hell
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital Add Two Healthy Newborns
Mr and Mrs Herman R Mays of 1404 North 12th Street welcomed a son named Steven Michael born yesterday at 2 00 PM weighing six pounds seven ounces. Mr and Mrs Joe Michael Piotrowski of Ashley welcomed a daughter born today at 6 01 AM weighing seven pounds.
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Herman R. Mays
North 12Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Steven Michael
Joe Michael Piotrowski
Ashley
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admits and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions for John Coxon Ida Mae Bourland Phyllis Bernard Martha Somers Virginia Norris and discharges including Doris Braddy Gary Pierce Joyce Bain Karen Yvonne Riley Forrest Cooper Lois Atkins Phyllis Rapp and baby Michael Paul Ella Furno with other details truncated.
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Good Samaritan
John Coxon
Ida Mae Bourland
Phyllis Bernard
Martha Ann Somers
Virginia Norris
Doris Maxine Braddy
Gary Wayne Pierce
Joyce Ann Bain
Karen Yvonne
William Elmer Riley
Forrest Asbury Cooper
Lois Olive Atkins
Phyllis Ann Rapp
Michael. Paul
Ella Rose Furno
Jefferson Memorial Admit Discharges List
A Jefferson Memorial brief shows admissions and discharges: admitted are Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffries, Bonnie, Miss Carolyn Rol and Lloyd Hughes Jr. Discharged are Mrs. Laura Auxier, Dahlgren, Mrs. Rosalie Gerrod, Belle Rive, Mrs. Earl Funkhouser and baby Linda Diane.
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Jefferson Memorial
Elizabeth Jeffries
Bonnie
Carolyn Roland
Lloyd Hughes, Jr
Laura Auxier
Dahlgren
Rosalie Gerrod
Belle Rive
Earl Funkhouser
Linda Diane
Brewery Elects 1st Executive Vice President
ST. LOUIS John L. Wilson is the first executive vice president of Anheuser-Busch Inc. The newly created post was announced Thursday by August A. Busch Jr. Wilson had quit as president of the St. Louis Public Service Co. in 1951 to join Anheuser-Busch.
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ST. Louis
John L. Wilson
Anheuser-Busch Inc
Wilson
August A. Busch Jr
St. Louis Public Service Co
Anheuser-Busch
Britain drops aid to Egypt for Aswan Dam plan
London reports Britain and the United States have withdrawn offers to help finance Egypt's proposed Aswan Dam. A Foreign Office spokesman said after close cooperation with the United States, participation is not feasible in the current circumstances.
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London
Britain
United States
Egypt
Aswan Dam
Foreign Office
Navy Peace Sealed With Two Arrow Slingers in Glenview
In Glenview Illinois two youths amid a local war with Navy jets agreed to a peace. The boys used low flying jets as targets prompting a Navy request for intercession. Police report a truce was negotiated and no identities are released. Main Vermont New Hampshire noted for elderly population.
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Glenview
Ill
Navy
Glenview Air Station
Main
Vermont
New Hampshire
Drug Sales Probe Targets Grocery Stores
Davenport investigators and local police began a narcotics inquiry into alleged illegal sale of drugs in grocery stores after a physician treated a child who had ingested aspirin from a store shelf. No arrests were made. grocers were warned to stop selling aspirin boric acid and other drugs from the pharmaceutical manual.
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Davenport
Up — Am
Towa
Iowa
Plan Tax Amendment Fight At Outing Here
A front page continuation outlines opposition to a state tax amendment. It notes groups like the Taxpayers Information Council, the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, the Illinois Manufacturers Association, the Illinois Jr. Chamber of Commerce, and the Graphic Arts Association of Illinois opposing a broad taxing power shift. President David R. Stewart says modernization is possible but warns against unlimited General Assembly taxing power and income-based real estate assessment, also noting oil men join in opposition to state income tax, payroll taxes, corporate taxes, or taxes for special interests.
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Taxpayers Information Council
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Illinois Manufacturers Association
Ilinois Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Graphic Arts Association of Illinois
General Assembly
Traffic Fines Tabulated by Police Magistrate
Fines assessed before Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney include Barbara Anne Reinhardt of West Liberty Iowa fined five dollars and costs for fictitious license plates on a car and J. D. Johnson fined two dollars and costs for trespassing with a motor vehicle on a private parking space.
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Allan Dulaney
Barbara Anne Reinhardt
West Liberty
Iowa
J. D. Johnson
Three Democratic contenders head West for final delegate chase
Adlai Stevenson Averell Harriman and Estes Kefauver praised retiring Georgia Sen Walter George as saving Eisenhower’s foreign policy at a $100 dinner in his honor. George, retiring next January at 78 after 34 Senate years, urged peace and readiness. The trio then headed to Colorado for speeches at the state convention.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Walter George
Georgia
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
George
Voice of Peace
Averell Harriman
New York
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Stevenson
Russia
Senate
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mallett seeks broadened probe of state office ties
Democratic candidate for secretary of state David F. Mallett urged Thursday night that investigations of scandals in the state auditor’s office be widened to include Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier. He cited a pending lawsuit over a $300,000 fund built by forced payroll deductions and noted Carpentier’s $23 million in office appropriations. Carpentier, a Republican, faced prior high official accountability calls as part of the Hodge era.
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Mallet
Mallett
Carpentier
To Postpone Sentencing of Truman Aides
Two former Truman administration officials Matthew J. Connelly and T Lamar Caudle were not senten ced before Oct 1 as Judge Gunnar H Nordbye takes over. Nordbye must review 3100 pages of testimony and 560 exhibits to prepare for the case. Both defendants seek a new trial on charges they conspired to sidetrack a tax evader prosecution. Judge Rubey M Hulen, who presided, died July 7.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Matthew J. Connelly
T. Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Ee Division
Federal District
Rubey M. Hulen
Hulen
Connelly
Caudle
Nordbye
Minneapolis
Hot Wire Turns Hot Rod Car Into Electric Chair
In Schiller Park a high tension wire fell across a convertible during a thunderstorm, electrifying the vehicle and forcing six men to act quickly. Driver William Carnahan 23 and five companions crawled from the car after it burned. They escaped without touching metal.
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Chicago
Schiller Park
William Carnahan
Wauconda
Don Carnahan
Nick Nemeth
Fairview, Heights
James Gary
Bobby Schreiner
Two Suits For Divorce Filed In Circuit Court
Two divorces were filed in circuit court yesterday. Patricia Wood seeks custody of a minor child and a divorce from Wilbert Wood on cruelty grounds. An injunction was granted to restrain harassment. They wed May 23 1947 and separated July 10 1956. Hartley Vs Hartley involves John R Hartley accusing Birdie Ann Hartley of desertion. They married August 11 1950 and separated July 14 1955. Attorney Neil H Thompson represents both plaintiffs.
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Patricia Wood
Wilbert Wood
B. W. Eovaldi
Hartley
Neil H. Thompson
U S Won t Build Dam For Egypt Continues
The World Bank planned to lend another 200 million but the United States refusal to proceed, after talks with Britain and notification to the Bank, effectively ends the dam project. Officials said the withdrawal kills the undertaking.
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World Bank
Sai
Wheat Growers Vote Today On 1957 Controls
Wheat growers in 36 states decide today whether to continue federal marketing restrictions for 1957. Two thirds approval needed for operation. If approved, quotas cap selling beyond allotments. support would be $2 a bushel. If rejected, support could fall to about $1.21.
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Agriculture Department
Horse Pulling and Square Dancing at Sumter Fair
Sumter South Carolina hosts horse pulling and square dancing at the fair tonight. Wildwood Scott, owned by Dave L Brown of Chattanooga Tennessee, wins both heats in the 2:20 Pace Purse 500 with Irene Adam finishing second in both heats. Free-For-All Trot and Pace feature tight finishes as Farery and Billy Corbitt claim heats and Rich Rob wins both heats in the pace with strong early leads.
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Sumter
S. C
Dorothy de Sar
Wildwood Scott
Dave L. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
Irene Adam
Hornet
Bartmes and Pollack
West Frankfort
Gumnar Direct
Chester Floyd
Boonville
Ind
Billy Corbitt
Brack Davis
Bonny Tell
John W. Laws
Fairfield
Farery
A. E. Vasseur
Paducah
Billy Corpitt
Finsh
Rich Rob
Frank Dixon
Court Jester Volo
John Laws
Miss Winifred
Paducah, Ky
Hold Boys Who Stole Car Here
Two Joppa Illinois teenagers aged 17 and 15 are held in Metropolis Illinois on charges of stealing a car in Mt Vernon and a truck in Metropolis this week. They were arrested at St Charles Missouri after a Mt Vernon car stolen was found in New London Missouri. The car belonged to Merritt Green of Mt Vernon and the boys are charged with stealing a truck in Metropolis. The truck was found abandoned near Mt Vernon.
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Joppa, Ill
Metropolis
Mt. Vernon
St. Charles
New London
Merritt Green
H-BOMBS DESTROY 73 CITIES
A civil defense exercise outlines a mock Soviet air raid using 125 make believe nuclear weapons. It covers 34 states plus Puerto Rico Hawaii and Washington DC with 85 atomic and 40 hydrogen bombs. The plan tests communications relocation mobilization and civilian casualty handling in a nonwar game.
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Dio
United States
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canada
U.S
Washington, D.C
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Colorado
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