Deaths Notice From Woodlawn For Fred M Heilig
Fred M Heilig brother of George Heilig of Woodlawn died at 6:00 PM at his East St Louis home aged 57 after four months of illness Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1 PM in East St Louis with burial in that city Heilig is survived by wife Doris and three daughters Helen Doris and Shirles, and two brothers George of Woodlawn and Lawrence of East St Louis.
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Fred M. Heilig
George Heilic
Woodlawn
East St. Louis
Mr. Heilig
Wiliam Oard Reashcyn
Burg) Heilig
St. Louis
Mr. Heide
Eleen
Doris Hayhurst
Caresh
Shirles Wright
E. St. Louis
George
Lawrence
Ida Mae Kelso Dies Former Keenes Resident at 96
Ida Mae Kelso, aged 96, former Keenes resident, died in East St. Louis. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:00 PM at the Garrison Temple Church. Burial follows at Garr Temple cemetery. She was born March 23, 1866 in Wayne County, daughter of James and Saran Garrison. Surviving are her husband John Kelso, daughter Mrs. R. C. Young, and brothers Joe Garrison and Oliver Garrison.
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Mae Kelso
Keenes
Garrison Temple Church
Kelso
East St. Louis
St. Mary's Hospital
Garr Temple
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Wayne County
James and
Saran (Dewees) Garrison
15Th Street
John Kelso
R. C. Young
Blood
Joe Garrison
Granite
Oklahoma
Oliver Garrison
Emma Howard Former Texico resident dies at 75
Emma Howard of Texico died Saturday evening at 7 at Anna. She was 75, born in Jefferson county, daughter of Oliver and Adeline Hawkins, a Kell Christian church member. She married Henry Alonzo Howard, who died in 1946. Survived by two sons Clarence of Texico and Farr E. of Centralia, two daughters Ruby Daniels and Daisy Hiltibold of Centralia, one sister Bertha Tate of Kingman Ind., 17 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral at Antioch Christian church near Texico Tuesday at 2 p.m. Rev Beal of Mt. Vernon presiding. Burial in Antioch cemetery. Visitation at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix up to funeral hour.
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Emma Howard
Texico
Anna
Centralia
Bertha Tate
Kingman
Ind
Antioch Christian Church
Rev. Beal
Mt. Vernon
Antioch Cemetery
Osborn Funeral
Dix
Rites Held For Anna Paisley
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Paisley were held at Pleasant Grove First Church at 2 p m with Rev Dennis Ramsey officiating. The Detroit aged 77 widow of Robert H Paisley who died Feb 4 1941, she lived in Pleasant Grove previously. Surviving are three sons James Paisely in Japan John Paisely in Baltimore Md Ernest Paisley in Kansas City Mo and two daughters Esta Monthoe and Grace Paisley in Detroit.
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Annie . Paisley
Pleasant Grove 1St
Dennis Ramsey
Paisley
Pleasant Grove
Detroit
Mich
Robert H. Paisley
James Paisely
Japan
John Paisely
Baltimore
Ernest Paisley
Kansas City
Esta Monthoe
Grace Paisley
ASK RUSSIA U S TO JOIN SUEZ BOARD
Negotiators planned to form an international control board and convene a conference of world sea powers to enforce the plan after talks among Pineau Murphy and Eden. In Cairo Henry Byroade and Wasser met 90 minutes amid U S withdrawal of funding for Egypts Aswan Dam.
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Pineau
Murphy
Eden
International Control Board
Cairo
U.S
Henry Byroade
Wasser
United States
Egypt
Aswan
Nasser
House of Commons
Mt Vernon Lodge Meets Tonight For First Degree
Special meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 AF and AM is set for 7 30 this evening. Work in the First Degree. All members urged to attend. Visitors welcome. GEO. H. BORDER, W M. WM. E. REAVIS, Sec.
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AFF Alm
Mt. Vernon
AF & AM
Geo. H. Border
W. M. WM
E. Reavis
Boy Dies After Soap Box Derby Crash
Gary teens Tad Hoback and Lar Abblerim competed in a soap box derby event. Doug Hoback, age 14, suffered critical injuries during warmup and died the following day in Porter Memorial Hospital. Investigators described the crash and the ongoing absence of spectators as the event proceeded, with families mourning the loss.
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Boy
Derby
Gary
Tad
Dougr Hoback
Ina. Bey
Nmationat
Feta
Specta- Johnson
Tech
Lar Abblerim
Doug
Porter Mell
Valparaiso
Ned Hoeback
Ers
Candace
Shar
Funds for Navy and Air Force construction approved
President Eisenhower signed a military construction bill providing more than 6 million dollars for Navy and Air Force projects in Illinois. The package allocates 12,730,000 for the Naval Hospital at Great Lakes, 5,460,000 for the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, and 4,847,000 for Scott Air Force Base at Shiloh.
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Washington
Tinois
Eisenhower
Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Naval Training Center
Scott Air Force Base
Shiloh
Stassen signals resolve in Nixon renomination clash
House Republicans debate Nixon renomination as Stassen reiterates refusal to run. ADA criticizes Nixon, while Kefauver and Humphrey consider paths to the Democratic ticket. Texas primary reshapes race with Price Daniel and Yarborough in runoff threat and Winfield O. Daniel trailing.
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House
Nixon
Stassen
Philip G. Kuehn
Wisconsin
Kuehn
GOP
Eisenhower
Washington
Vermont
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Attornties
Roosevelt
Truman
Sen
Kefauver
Tennessee
Humphrey
Minnesota
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Price Daniel
Atty
Raron Yarborough
Lee O'Daniel
U.S
Russian bear steals circus yaks and dazzles Parisians
An article contrasts Russian circus methods with Western training. It highlights Popov, a renowned clown from the State Circus School, famed for his costume and mimicry, and notes 13 trained bears stealing the show burlesquing human acts while performing across Paris and Brussels.
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Popov
Russia
Pravda
Paris
Brussels
Senators Agree On Oil Imports
A bipartisan group of 31 senators, 15 Republicans and 16 Democrats, said oil imports exceed the level set by a presidential committee. They urged Defense Mobilization Director Arthur Flemming to take remedial action to restrain imports for national defense.
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Washington
eSen
Parksen Ors Abade
Defense
Arthur
Flemming
Local Visits and Rain Bring Good Crops
Keen es and Mrs Harry Smith visited last week with Halam Houk family in Champaign. Mrs Marie Hartford of Texas visited her father Oscar Richardson and relatives. Mr and Mrs W R Griam visited their daughter Clinton Edwards family in Kentucky. We are having plenty of rain and good crops and gardens. Sunday visitors at Will Sanders included Grace Claxton Herman Sanders Jess Wilkinson Mr and Mrs Herman of Wayne City Mr and Mrs Dale Leouker and children visiting George Leouker and relatives. Mr and Mrs Buggers of St Louis spent the weekend here.
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Harry Smith
Halam Houk
Champaign
Marie Hartford
Texas
Oscar Richardson
W. R. Griam
Clinton Edwards
Kentucky
Will Sanders
Grace Claxton
Herman Sanders
Jess Wilkinson
Herman
Wayne City
Victoria Shaw and Roger Smith Honeymoon in California
Victoria Shaw 21 and Roger Smith 23 are honeymooning in Northern California after marrying Saturday. The Australian actress and Smith, whose family lives in Nogales, Arizona, met in a drama class at Columbia Studio.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Victoria Shaw
Roger Smith
California
Smith
Nogales
Ariz
Columbia Studio
Six Million Dollar Expansion Planned for Peoria Plant
Peoria plant of the firm to receive a six million dollar addition increasing capacity by 150 percent. Plans also call for improvements to facilities at Toccoa Georgia and Indianapolis. Peoria project to be completed by April 1 1957, says President Merle R. Yontz.
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Peoria. TH
Peoria
Merle R. Yontz
Toccoa
Indianapolis
Confusion Over Polio Shots At Coldwater Clinic
Coldwater doctor’s office details a family visit as Mr and Mrs John Lothamer bring children for final anti polio shots. Children named Sharon 14 John 12 Peter 7 Rose 7 Jessie 6 Timothy 4 Simon 3 Mary 2 Joseph 1. A 16 year old daughter did not receive an injection.
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Coldwater, Mich
Coldwater
John Lothamer
Jim
Sharon
John
Peter
Rose
Jessie
Timothy
Simon
Mary
Joseph Lothamer
Marriage Licenses Report Names Cotton Hefley and Eaton Wagner
E N Cotton Villa Grove TI and Minnie Mae Hefley Mr Vernon Oscar Thomas Eaton and Hermine Wagner Fairfield received marriage licenses as recorded, indicating two couples listed in the local notices.
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E.N. Cotton
Villa Grove
Minnie Mae Hefley
Mr. Vernon
Oscar Thomas Eaton
Herminia Wagner
Fairfield
Duck Sinks If Oil Is Removed From Feathers
A duck loses buoyancy when its feathers are stripped of oil, causing water to wet the surface and sink the bird. This demonstrates the insulating and water-repellent role of preen oil in feather structure and buoyancy.
Third Week Of Court Martial Underway For Ribbon Creek Drowning
The third week of the Merne and Sex court-martial opens with defense attorney Matthew C. MeoResn challenging the innocence claim in the drowning of Tessian of montis during a drill. Prosecutor Maz Caaries B. Sevier argues former drill instructor McKeon and Sevier directed 74 recruits into Ribbon Creek marsh where six drowned, asserting culpable negligence.
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ELANT
Matthew C. MeoResn
Zn Berman
New York
Werness
Tessian
Montis
B. Sevier
Jacksonville
Sevier
McKeon
Accidents Near State Park Hill Bay Injure Man
Two separate weekend crashes near Kickapoo State Park Road west of Danville left Forrest E. Poynter dead and Harold Divan injured after a car struck Poynter then another vehicle hit Divan who aided police. J W DeMoss of Oakwood drove the first car. Frank Wolfe of Danville drove the second. Wolfe charged with driving under the influence.
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Danville
Forrest E. Poynter
Oakwood
Kickapoo State Park Road
J. W. DeMoss
Frank Wolfe
Harold Divan
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital Include Five New Babies
Mr and Mrs Arthur Lewis Fullerton Woodlawn welcomed a son Arthur Morris at 12 48 Sunday afternoon weighing eight pounds two ounces. Mr and Mrs Marvin Edward Masters welcomed a son Bradley Gene at 1 32 Sunday morning weighing seven pounds eleven ounces. Mr and Mrs Charles Cooksey welcomed a daughter at 2 19 this morning weighing six pounds six ounces. Mrs Frank Thompson welcomed a son George Frank Thompson Jr at 11 30 this morning weighing seven pounds six ounces. Mrs Bernard A Klebba welcomed a son weighing 11 pounds three ounces at 12 15 this afternoon.
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Arthur Lewis Fullerton
Woodlawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Arthur Morris
Marvin Edward Masters
North 17Th Street
Bradley Gene
Charles Cooksey
Forrest Avenue
Frank Thompson
George Frank Thompson
Bernard A. Klebba
RFD 2
Nab Ex-Convicte For mistreating Boys and Women
A former convict involved in abuse cases is traced through a 1936 commitment to the Illinois Training School for Boys at St Charles, a 1941 sentence to Joliet penitentiary for robbery, parole in 1950, return in 1951, release in 1952, and numerous investigations for alleged improper liberties with young girls.
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Ilinois Training School
St. Charles
Jeliet
Smith
Honor 24 Army Copter Pilots to Receive Commendations
White House ceremony planned Thursday at 11 a m to award commendations to 93rd Cargo Helicopter Squadron and air crew from the 24 Army Copter unit. Honorees include 1st Lt. Keonerh R. Niederbrach of Decatur Illinois and other pilots for actions preventing a major disaster at Huachuca Arizona.
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Huachuca
Arizie
QesemoArmy
White House
Rose Canden White House
Compensation laws out of date say labor official
Los Angeles reports that a Department of Labor official, Arthur Larson, argues workers compensation laws are outdated and should be updated by the individual states rather than the federal government. He calls them the granddads of social legislation, the forerunner to Social Security and related programs, during the opening of a convention.
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Los Angeles
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges List Names
Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial record admits and discharges with numerous patient names across multiple towns including Belle Rive Bluford Woodlawn and McLeansboro. Entries note admitted patients Lester McReynolds Hattie Scroggins Jimmie Nance Irene Dulaney and others with many discharged patients listed by surname and first name.
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Good Samaritan
Robert Stewart
Georgia
Pansy Pace
Roger Brooks
Fred Nelson
James Cooper
Hazel Owens
Hilda Lane
Elinor Holding
Tra Brady
Almeda Runnels
Dewey Roy
Virgil Newsom
Clayton Braden
William Martin
Sadie Hester
Olive Myers
Susan Diane
Donna Bruce
Charles Lee
Ruth Body
Becky Lynn
Mary Belle Beal
Gary Wayne
Florence Keck
Opal Rodoetz
Minnie Waite
Aldine
J A- Lamandier
Heier Bayer
Hobart
Laur
Howard Jones
Jefferson Memorial
Lester McReynolds
Belle Rive
Hattie Scroggins
Jimmie Nance
Irene Dulaney
Deloris
Irene Johnston
US and Russia Plan Entertainer Exchange In 1957
American showman Billy Rose says the Soviet Union agreed in principle to send 400 Russian entertainers to the United States while 500 American entertainers would visit Russia next year. A draft agreement, initiated by Geord Orvid, deputy minister of culture, calls for four Russian and four American troupes during 1957 with New York and Moscow premieres and six city tours. Rose said the State Department expressed approval in principle.
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Moscow
Billy Rose
Soviet Union
Principe
United States
Russia
Rose
Geord Orvid
New York
U. S
State Department
Ike And Mamie Go To Church
President Eisenhower kept watch on the Suez Canal crisis from his Gettysburg country home and prepared to act on bills from Congress. He attended church with Mrs. Eisenhower, a first appearance since his June 9 emergency operation, while aides prepared to fly in with enacted legislation.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Congress
Dulles
Egypt
Washington
Gettysburg Presbyterian Church
Town Flood Ravages Clayton NJ Stores and Animals Evacuated
In Clayton New Jersey residents faced a sudden flood despite no rainfall. A damaged storage tank released about 400 tons of water, wrecking fences, a chicken coop, a cow barn, a tool shed, and several gardens while snapping trees and damaging five houses. Evacuations occurred with no human injuries reported and 68 chickens listed missing. An elephant’s water needs are noted in a curious aside.
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Clayton
South Jersey
Primatene opens bronchial tubes for asthma relief
A new tiny tablet named Primatene offers relief from asthma attacks without prescription. Medical tests claim it loosens mucous, reduces bronchial tension, and provides several hours of freedom from spasms, marketed at 98 cents with a money back guarantee.
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New York, MN. Y
Whitebell Pharmecal Companip
Temperatures Across Illinois Cities Reported
Readings show varied temperatures in Rockford Morine Peoria Quincy Springfield Vandalia and Scott Air Base with forecasts calling for mild highs and cool nights across the region. Local conditions reflect a mix of sun and clouds as residents track daily weather changes.
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Rockford Morine
Peoria
Rantou
Quincy Springfield
Vandalia
Scott Air Base
Last Union Vet Is Unconscious
Albert Woolson, 109, last survivor of the Civil War Union Army, remained in critical condition at St Luke's Hospital in Duluth Minnesota. He lapsed into unconsciousness Saturday and had been treated for lung congestion. Hospital attendants reported no change for hours as three daughters kept vigil at his bedside. Woolson was receiving periodic oxygen and intravenous feeding.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
St.Luke’s Hospital
Woolson
Sticks With Job For 65 Years
CHICAGO Ella Klatcher began seeking work 65 years ago, found a position she liked and has stayed. She celebrates her 80th birthday with colleagues at Mann Brown & McWilliams. The secretary says she plans to work another decade and cannot imagine retirement or life away from the office.
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Chicago
Ella Klatcher
Mann Brown & McWilliams
Miss Klatcher
Edwardsville Judge Dismisses Club Prevue License Case
Judge Foss D. Meyer dismissed an injunction suit to stop revocation of Club Prevue's liquor license. He also ordered dismissal of a temporary injunction obtained May 28 by manager Jack Langer to give time for study. Illinois Liquor Control Commission revoked the license March 26 and rescinded a Madison County order granting a local license. A permanent injunction motion by Langer remains pending.
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Edwardsville
Foss D. Meyer
Jack Langer
Meyer
Ilinois Liquor Control Commission
Madison County Liquor Control Commission
Langer
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