Deaths James F Dickey Dies At 72 Rites Tomorrow
James Franklin Dickey 72 died at 5 45 p m Sunday at the home of his daughter Mrs Milderd Marshal of Sims He was a resident of Mt Vernon and staying with Mrs Marshal during illness Born January 1 1883 in Wayne county to Henry and Mary Dickey He married Chloe Melton who survives Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p m at Richardson Chapel Wayne City with Rev Glen Means officiating Burial in Thomason cemetery Body lies in state at the chapel Survived by son Glen Dickey Wayne City daughter Mrs Marshal six grandchildren brother Tom Dickey Mt Vernon four sisters Effie Melton Wayne City Millie Spicer Orlando Fla Eva Feather Kinmundy Etta Keen Pekin A son Burrel was killed in Sicily during World War II.
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James Franklin Dickey
Mildred Marshal
Sims
Mt. Vernon
Marshal
Mr. Dickey
Wayne County
Henry and
Mary (Johnson) Dickey
Chloe Melton
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Glen Means
Thomason Cemetery
Dickey
Glen Dickey
Tom Dickey
Effie Melton
Millie Spicer
Orlando, Fla
Eva Feather
Kinmundy
Etta Keen
Pekin
Burrel
Sicily
Lizzie Littrell of Kell Dies at 76 in Jefferson Co
Mrs. Susan Elizabeth Lizzie Littrell 76 died at 2:50 p.m. Sunday at her Kell area home. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at Panther Fork church with burial in a nearby cemetery. The body was at Osborn Funeral Home in Kell. She was born September 1 1879 in Jefferson County daughter of Taylor and Martha Lisenby. On January 1 1908 she married Ben Littrell who survives. Also surviving are two sons Jim at home and Helen of Mt Vernon, one daughter Ona Fields of Kell, six grandchildren, two brothers Abe Lisenby of Dix and Aud Lisenby of Iuka, and one sister Mrs Louie Rector of Texico.
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Susan Elizabeth
Lizzie” Littrell
Kell
Panther Fork
Osborn Funeral Home
Littrell
Jefferson County
Birth Announcements From Kermit And Nearby Areas
A series of birth notices lists Timothy Glenn Scoggin born July 19 in Kermit Texas to Mr and Mrs Mackie Scoggin weighing seven pounds three ounces Beverly Jo Jones is mother of Raynelle Arlene born July 22 in St Louis Maternity Hospital Ray Dwayne Hayes is father while in Japan service, Beverly Bailey is mother of Raynelle Arlene Robert Earl born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing nine pounds three and a quarter ounces to Mr and Mrs Ernest Roberson Meda Kay Hirons born at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds ten ounces Angela Leigh Eubanks born at Good Samaritan weighing six pounds fifteen ounces Geoffrey Mark Rowan born at Good Samaritan weighing ten pounds eight and a half ounces.
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Mackie Scoggin
Kermit, Tex
Timothy Glenn
Scoggin
Billie Jo Jones
Ray Dwayne
Hayes
St. Louis Maternity Hospital
Raynelle Arlene
Beverly Bailey
United States Air Force
Japan
Virgil T. Bailey
Ernest Roberson
Inn
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Robert Earl
Stephan Rowan
North 4Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Geoffrey Mark
Airport News Flight Trips Mentioned for Several Individuals
Larry Forresta flew to Albany Alabama this morning J B Hardison flew from Chicago to Mount Vernon Tom Oakley and M J Mitchell also traveled this morning heading for Dallas Excerpt shows multiple brief airline movements without clear outcomes or dates.
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Larry Forresta
Albany
Ala
J. B. Hardison
Mt. Vernon
Chicago
Tom Oakley
M. J. Mitchell
Dallas
World War I veterans to meet at Legion Hall July 26
King City Veterans of World War I meet in regular session at the Legion Hall at 7 30 p m Tuesday July 26 inviting all veterans to attend. Election of delegates to the state convention and other business will be on the agenda with visits welcome. Also notes on auxiliary and Masonic lodge activities are included. Pope Pius XII receives U S Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce for first audience since envoy to Italy more than two years ago.
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King City Barracks No
Legion Hall
Ralph E. Baskin
King City
Associated Press
Vatican City
Pius XII
U. S
Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
Big Four Foreign Ministers Meet Again in Fall
Geneva reports say the Big Four began a second stage of negotiation to ease world tension. Experts back home will refine disarmament and European security plans for follow up in late summer and fall, with a Geneva ministers meeting planned in October to tackle German unification and security.
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Geneva
U. S
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Eden
Germany
Europe
Washington
Bulganin
Faure
Paris
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admitted and Discharged Names
Admitted: Leland Sledge Reginald Cunningham Anthony Acuff Joliet Elizabeth Brooks Pearl Veatch Anita Hunt Hattie Wood Kell Discharged: Carole Kroe Rer and daughter Susan Leigh Carolyn Willis Matilda Shoemaker Alice Spurlock Helen Crouch Carolyn Kiselewski Scheller James Anderson Pauline Jones Myrtle McGinnis Paul Alcorn Fisher Clara Sonsini and infant Joseph Thul DeWight Catron Robert Modglin Myrtle Malito Kell Paula Audt Virgil Odom Evelyn Savage and baby Terry Dale Admitted: Marion Roberson Ina Oscar Smith Opdyke Alex Groves Discharged: Antionette Flanagan Robert Goree Lennie Wilkins Fairfield Novella Murphy Fairfield Evalo Sursa and baby Vicky Lynn Chloe Ann Krissful zy and baby Charles Daniel.
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Good Samaritan
Leland Sledge
Reginald Cunningham
Anthony Acuff
Joliet
Elizabeth Brooks
Pearl Veatch
Anita Hunt
Hattie Woodward
Kell
Carole Kroe Rer
Susan Leigh
Carolyn Willis
Matilda Shoemaker
Alice Spurlock
Helen Crouch
Carolyn Kiselewski
Scheller
James Anderson
Pauline Jones
Myrtle McGinnis
Paul Alcorn
Fisher
Clara Sonsini
Joseph Thul
DeWight Catron
Robert Modglin
Myrtle Malito
Paula Audt
Virgil Odom
Evelyn Savage
Terry Dale
Marion Roberson
Ina
Oscar Smith
Opdyke
Alex Groves
Antionette Flanagan
Robert Goree
Lennie Wilkins
Fairfield
Novella. Murphy
Evalo Sursa
Vicky Lynn
Chloe Ann Krissfulzy
Charles Daniel
Quit Trying To Deport Crooner Dick Haymes
The Justice Department abandoned its bid to deport crooner Dick Haymes after a federal judge ruled he never left the United States during a May 1953 Hawaii trip to woo Rita Hayworth. Haymes, a native of Argentina, faced deportation since March 1954 on immigration violations and alleged military service exemption issues.
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Associated Prats
Washington
Justice Department
Dick Haymes
Department
U. S. Dist
Burnita S. Matthews
Haymes
Matthews
United States
Hawaii
Rita Hayworth
Argentina
Immigration Service
Board of Immigration Appeals
Bear mauls campers in White Mountains Arizona incident
Bloodhounds pursue a marauding bear that attacked two campers miles apart in the White Mountains near Springerville. J T Elliott of Phoenix and Warren Magnuson of Casa Grande were clawed by the same beast on Sunday as sheriff records state. Elliott recalled the bear grabbed his head as his group returned to their car noting rain protection helped save him.
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Springerville
Ariz
White Mountains
J. T. Elliott
Phoenix
Warren Magnuson
Casa Grande
Rdsgs
Apache County Sheriff's Office
Elliott
35 New Street Lights Installed in Mt Vernon
Illinois Power Company announced today that thirty five new street lights have been installed in Mt Vernon. City Manager Chester Lewis said most new intersection lights are in the south part of the city as part of a residential lighting improvement program. The council has debated a white way system for downtown Mt Vernon and main thoroughfares.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois Power Company
Chester Lewis
Zoning Fight Over Bible Sign Sparks LA Hearing
Los Angeles city zoning officials consider John 8 12 sign on Euclid Bourguignon garages in a residential district. Bourguignon defends the scripture as moral and legal, saying it will stay until a court orders removal. Neighbors allege illegality under Municipal Code 12 08.
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Los Angeles
Zonin
Euclid Bourguignon
Jesus
Bourguignon
Police Court Fines From Various Dwi and License Violations
Police court fines imposed by Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney include Kenneth Bowers East St. Louis 100 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated 50 dollars and costs for transporting liquor with seal broken 2 dollars and costs for no driver’s license Harvey Hallam RED 5 Fairfield 100 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated Charles F Rawls Fairfield 100 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated Virginia Clark 20 dollars and costs for drunk and disturbance M A Fennell Woodlawn 2 dollars and costs for no driver’s license and 2 dollars and costs for illegal mufflers on a car.
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Allan Dulaney
Kenneth Bowers
East St. Louis
Harvey Hallam
RED 5
Fairfield
Charles F. Rawls
Virginia Clark
M. A. Fennell
Woodlawn
Talbott Under Scrutiny Over Outside Work and Income
Senate Investigations subcommittee probes Harold E. Talbott secretarieship role with Paul Mulligan & Co. The Air Force secretary earned about 50,000 a year from the firm’s profits while his own salary is 18,000 annually. Mulligan describes the firm as management engineers surveying clients and training staff to cut costs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harold FE. Talbott
Air Force
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Talbott
Paul B. Mulligan & Co
New York
Mulligan
Five Moroccans Killed In Meknes Riots During Grandval Visit
Five Moroccans died and ten were wounded as clashes erupted between police and nationalist demonstrators in Meknes during the first visit to the region by French resident general Gilbert Grandval. Demonstrators waved the Moroccan empire flag and demanded the return of ex-Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef. Fires flared in the Arab quarter as rioting persisted at noon. The death toll was believed higher than reported.
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Fross
Meknes
Morocco
Choose Site For Proposed School In McClellan
An unofficial Saturday poll shows a majority of McClellan consolidated school district voters favor the H. A. Morgan property as the site for a new grade school. Voters selected between two proposed sites and will face a bond issue and site choice on a future ballot.
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McClellan Consolidated
H. A. Morgan
Zoo's New Baby Weighs 40 Lbs
NEW YORK The Bronx 700 welcomes a baby hippopotamus weighing 40 pounds. The birth, a rare event for a hippo born in captivity, excited zoo officials after discovery over the weekend. Rose the mother was expected to give birth in May, but nothing happened. Skeptics doubted the pregnancy.
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Associated Press
New York
Bronx
Rose
Beard pride wins unemployment benefits ruling
NEW YORK The State Labor Department says a van dyke beard is not inherently repulsive and grants unemployment benefits to a hotel pool attendant fired for growing it and refusing to shave. The referee reversed a prior denial, noting the beard as an individual choice not harming the employer. Identities remain private under New York law.
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Associated Press
New York
State Labor Department
Labor Department
Trolley Workers End 34 Day Los Angeles Strike
In Los Angeles transit resumes as trolley and bus service returns after 34 days, the longest local strike. About 1,152 to 493 vote at a mass meeting approved a two year contract with a 14 cent hourly raise in three steps, escalator clause, paid holidays, four weeks vacation after 25 years, life insurance, and minor working changes. Operators return to work at 1.97 dollars hourly from 1.91.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles’ Coast
Division
AFL Amalgamated Assn
American
Blind News Stand Owner Robbed in Carbondale
Laverne Troutman, a blind news stand operator in Carbondale, was robbed Sunday of 37 dollars. He said the thief asked for a newspaper then grabbed the money and fled.
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Associated Press
Carbondale
Laverne Troutman
Troutman
DAV Installs New Officers For District
The Egyptian District of the Illinois Department of Disabled American Veterans held its annual convention in East St. Louis at the Broadview Hotel. Anthony Kosta of Granite City was named district commander, with Ar thur Dial Vandalia as Sr. Vice Commander and William Needham Centralia as 1st Jr. Vice Commander. Other officers include Robert Turner Granite City 2nd Jr. Vice Commander Tony Huber East St. Louis Judge Advocate Ernest Teddy East St. Louis Chaplain and Frank Holn Centralia Sgt. at Arms. Outgoing commander Joe P. Boyle of Mt. Vernon. Ladies Auxiliary elected Virginia Tebby East St. Louis commander and Margaret Houseman Granite City Sr. Vice Commander among others. Floyd Groothuis Mount Vernon served as installing officer.
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Department of Illinois
East St. Louis
Broadview Hotel
Anthony Kosta
Granite City
Arthur Dial
Vandaltia-Sr
William Needham
Centralia
Robert Turner
Tony Huber
E. St. Louis
Ernest Teddy
Frank Holn
Joe P. Boyle
Mt. Vernon
Ladies Auxiliary
Virginia Tebby
Margaret Houseman
Viola Malachow
Vandalla Jr
Clara Goethuis
Alma Bingl
June LaRose
Granites City
Police Officer Scared By Snake
Venice Indiana police dispatches reported a four foot snake at headquarters Sunday night. Raymond Mikol alerted via radio for help claiming trouble at headquarters. Lt. Keith Griffin and Patrolman R. D. Brawley arrived and killed the gray black snake.
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Associated Press
Venice
Raymond Mikol
Mikol
Keith Griffin
R. D. Brawley
Steer Rescued From 16-Foot Cistern in Carbondale
Carbondale Illinois John Armstrong found a 500 pound steer in a cistern on his farm after Sunday School services. Fire Chief Almont Crawshaw directed a tow truck crew to hoist the animal from 12 feet of water. The steer emerged unharmed and was returned to safety.
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Associated Prose
Carbondale
Ill
John Armstrong
Almont Crawshaw
Marriage License for Gerald Backs and Patsy Schaeffer
Gerald Vernon Backs and Patsy Charlene Schaeffer, both of Centria, obtained a marriage license.
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Gerald Vernon Backs
Patsy Charlene Schaeffer
Centralia
General Motors Records High Payroll in 1955
General Motors reported a record worldwide employment average of 624,954 and a payroll totaling 1.563 billion dollars for the first six months of 1955. U.S. employment averaged 498,933 with weekly earnings of 103.09 dollars, up from 89.91 last year. The six-month payroll rose from 1.329 billion in 1954.
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Associated Press
Detroit
General Motors Corp
U. S
CIO
United Auto Workers
Storms End Heat Wave With Cool Canadian Air Arrival
Northern and eastern United States saw relief as a cooler Canadian air mass lowered temperatures by up to 15 degrees. The heat break spread from New England to the Great Lakes, while renewed southerly winds lifted readings again in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Northern Plains. The Great Basin remained cooler with showers, and violent storms accompanied the heat wave breakup, including two reported tornadoes in Missouri and severe storms in Chicago and St. Louis with no casualties.
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Associated Press
United States
Canada
New England
Middle Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Great Basi
Missouri
Chicago
St. Louis
West Coast
Great Basin
Atlantic Coast
Hitchhiker Shoots and Robs Man Near Mt. Vernon
An investigation continued after a hitchhiker shot and robbed a man near Mt. Vernon. Authorities sought a 1953 blue top Dodge Coronet with license 1 101 678, plus another car linked to the suspect. Witness Descriptions: about 5'11", 170 pounds, dark complexion, wearing blue jeans, work shirt, and army fatigue cap. The victim, Acuff, was en route to Mt. Vernon to visit his brother Ward. wife and daughter planned to return to Joliet.
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Acuff
Leonard “Smokey” Wood
Sheriff's Office
Mt. Vernon
Ward Acuff
Joliet
Ike Reports to Nation on Air Tonight
President Eisenhower addressed about 5,000 people at a homecoming event, noting uncertain conference results but promising new contacts and a friendlier world. He and Mrs. Eisenhower then went to the White House amid cheering crowds, attended National Presbyterian Church services, and returned home. Secretary Dulles, arriving at the airport, said objectives were achieved and perhaps more.
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Ted
Eisenhower
White House
National Presbyterian Church
Dulles
Tokyo Plans Reactor for Experimental Atomic Power
Tokyo is planning to construct a multipurpose 10,000 kilowatt experimental atomic reactor costing 200000 to 250000 dollars, the Economic Planning Board announced today.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Japan
Economic Planning Board
Mayor Removes Dead Dog After Police Decline
Salt Lake City report shows M. S. McRae asked police to remove a dog killed by a car. Police declined and referred to the dog catcher, who did not answer. McRae then called Mayor Earl J. Glade, who sent a man with an open trunk to remove the dog, and drove away.
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Salt Lake City
M. S. McRae
McRae
Earl J. Glade
Mayor Glade
May Build New Prison Near Olney
Senator Dirksen says one of two new federal prisons may be built in southern Illinois near Olney. Senate Appropriations Committee approves 500000 for planning both prisons, awaiting House conference. If approved, site selection proceeds with Bureau of Prisons input and alignment to population center near Olney.
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Washington
Sen
Dirksen
R-Ill
Illinois
Olney
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Sen. Dirksen
Atty. Gen. Brownell
Bureau of Prisons
Census Bureau
Man and stepdaughter drown in creek near Marion
A man Fred Meyers 59 of Paulton and his daughter Ruby Trusty 15 drowned Sunday in a creek near Paulton seven miles northeast of Marion. Meyers tried to rescue Ruby who stepped into water over her head. Both struggled and sank as the pair fought to stay afloat. A rescue crew could not revive them.
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Associated Preas Marion II
Paulton
Marion
Fred Meyers
Ruby Trusty
Meyer
Meyers
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James F. Dickey
Lizzie Littrell
Airport News
Mt. Vernon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Brethern
James R. Apgar
W. M. Wm Reavis
Jefferson Memorial
Curtis-Florist
Centralia Road
Bear
Camper's
McClellan
Zoo
Mossberger
Henry Mossberger
Eddie Mifflin
Southern Illinois
Dodie Evans
L.A
DAV
Sunilvurinal Sionyiti
Associated Presa Rockford
Moline
Peoria Sateen
Rantoul
Quincy Eevee
Springfield
Vandalia Sisneste
Scott Air Kase See Ee Eee Eerneseret
General Motors
Mt. V
Ike
Nation
Man
Girl
of Business
Douglas Drug CO
Mpers — Funeral Service
Mammoth
RAND
Oxfords
Canvas Oxfords
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