Deaths Mrs Julia Pickett 50 of Oaklawn Ill
Mrs Julia Juanita Pickett died last night at her brother W D Pickett s home in Whittington Illinois She was born in Oklahoma daughter of Dave and Dollie Pickett She married Ambrose Pickett who survives Her survivors include five brothers W D Pickett Q F Pickett Ollie Pickett Willard Pickett Avon Pickett Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 00 p m at Johnston Funeral Home Whittington with burial in New Hope cemetery The body lies in state after 4 00 p m today for calling hours
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Julia Juanita Pickett
Oaklawn
Ill
W. D. Pickett
Whittington
Johnston Funeral Home
Marsh Harpole
New Hope Cemetery
Pickett
Oklahoma
Dave
Dollie (Cockrum) Pickett
Ambrose Pickett
Q. F. Pickett
Ollie Pickett
West Frankfort
Willard Pickett
Fisk, Mo
Avon Pickett
Illiopolis
Bradley Husband of Patricia Webb dies in Denver
Relatives report the death of C. W. Bradley 45 on Thursday morning in Denver Colorado. He was the husband of Patricia Webb daughter of Roger G Webb of this city. Funeral services were held today in Denver. He is survived by his wife and three sons Robert of Canada Roger and Jack of Denver.
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C. W. Bradley
Denver
Colo
Patricia Webb
Roger G. Webb
Mr. Bradley
Robert
Canda
Roger
Jack
Minor Accident On Broadway In Mt Vernon
One minor auto accident occurred Friday in Mt Vernon as Frank A. Harlow driving east in the 800 block of Broadway had a truck door swing open striking a parked car owned by Francis Coberly of 305 Cedar Drive. Damages were about 150 dollars.
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Mt. Vernon
Frank A. Harlow
Casey
Broadway
Francis Coberly
Cedar Drive
Factory Leaders Appear On Panel In Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon business leaders gathered as O Day Corp spoke on employment problems claiming the issue is practically nil. They credited a capable employment agency and adequate workers. Donald Musick welcomed attendees with J C Livingston moderating the four quarterly Chamber meetings under new by laws. Discussion covered arline service a community survey improved attitudes PR and an industrial park among others.
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O'Day Corp
Mt. Vernon
Donald Musick
J. C. Livingston
Musick
Livingston
Kerner Sees Slow Progress in Mental Health Hospital Plans
Former Cook County judge Kerner urged action on a new mental health hospital site, noting a 1959 budget recommendation of 226 million by the Board of Public Welfare Commissioners and a reduced 176 million in Stratton’s biannual plan. He warned Illinois must act to lead among states in mental health care.
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Kerner
Board of Public Welfare Commissioners
Stratton
Cook County
Nixon’s evolving role in politics and crises
Chicago AP notes Nixon’s expanding duties beyond vice presidency. It cites his steadiness during Eisenhower’s illnesses, his diplomacy amid steel strikes, and his public defenses of Kennedy against communism. The piece highlights two defining moments: the 1958 Venezuelan mob incident and the 1959 Moscow debate with Khrushchev, underscoring his growth and the “new Nixon” debate.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Harry S. Truman
Korea
John F. Kennedy
Herb G. Klein
Richard Nixon
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Richard Milhous Nixon
Whittier
Calif
Russia
White House
First General Baptist Church Sunday Schedule and Guest Service
First General Baptist Church invites Second General Baptist to join in the service prayer meeting. Sunday School starts 9 45 with William Phelps superintendent and Matti McDonald assistant superintendent. Evening service at 7 30. Velma Smith teaches Thursday at 7 30.
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William Phelps
Matti McDonald
Second General Baptist
Praer
Velma Smith
Texico Bible School and Mission Activities Summary
Bob Raver leads 9:30 Bible School for all ages. Bud Eveland hosts 10:30 Communion and preaching by Bob Harry Black. 8:00 p.m. Bible study led by Bob Raver. TV missionary color films shown at 7:30 p.m. August 7.
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Bud Eveland
Bob Harry Black
Bob Raver
Revival Meeting Moves to Fairgrounds Tent
Assembly of God at 122 North 7th Street, Pastor L. R. Duncan, reports revival continues and shifts to a tent at the fairground beginning Saturday night. Services start at 8:00 p.m. nightly with five young Oklahoma preachers Rev Jerry Burns Rev Billy Burns Rev Delbert Bailey Rev Joe Hoosier and Rev John Paul Jackson as evangelists.
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Fairground
Oklahoma
Jerry Burns
Billy Burns
Delbert Bailey
Joe Hoosier
John Paul Jackson
Park Avenue Baptist Church Schedule Notes
Hospital Notes list a full weekly church timetable at Park Avenue Baptist in Everett with Pastor Lemay and Wayne Reynolds. Entries include morning worship, Sunday School, training unions, evening services, Tuesday and Thursday Bible study and Dorcas, deacon and business meetings, choir rehearsals, and recent admissions and discharges.
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Park Avenue Baptist Church
Park Avenue
Everett Lemay
Wayne Reynolds
Clayton Johnson
Training Union
Henry Schramm
W.M.A
G.a's
B.a.'s
Sunbeams
Brotherhood
Joe Sutton
Joe Vincent
Ark
Lora Lu Timmons
The
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G.a.’S
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Sue Draper
Tamara‘ Pace
Elaine
Dix
Births Preston Dulaney and Zei families welcome babies
Mr and Mrs Preston Dulaney of 627 South 19th Street are the parents of a daughter born Friday at 6 36 PM at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds eight ounces Set and Mrs Peter Zei of St Louis Missouri are the parents of a baby boy born Wednesday July 27 weighing seven pounds six ounces named Peter David Mrs Zeis the former Dorine Poston daughter of Mrs Dolly Ventress of Route 4 Mt Vernon
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Preston Dulaney
South 19Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Set
Peter Zei
St. Louis
Peter David
Zeis the
Dorine Poston
Dolly Ventress
Mt. Vernon
Carmi Firm Wins Levee Improvement Contract in Illinois
The Bob F. Lane Co. of Carmi received a $61,791 contract for levee improvements in the Mer met Lake Conservation area, awarded Friday by the Illinois Division of Architecture and Engineering.
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Springfield, I
Bob F. Lane Co
Carmi
Mermet Lake
Illinois Division of Architecture and Engineering
Woman Seeks Divorce and Child Custody in Circuit Court
Mary Soloman filed suit for divorce from Paul Soloman in circuit court late Friday charging desertion. She seeks custody of a minor child. The couple married November 9 1946 and lived together until June 1 1959.
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Mary Soloman
Paul Soloman
Stevenson Helps Kennedy Drive In Congress Campaign
Adlai E. Stevenson, nominee in 1952 and 1956, arrived ahead of Johnson for the campaign effort. He stayed at the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. David K. E. Bruce in New Windsor Maryland and said there have been no strained relations with Kennedy since the nomination.
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Nedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
Johnson
David K. E. Bruce
New Windsor
Stevenson
Kennedy
Child Chokes To Death On Aspirin In Freeport
A 7-year-old girl, Teri Lee Simmons, died after choking on two aspirin at home in Freeport Wisconsin. Her mother Kay Simmons called emergency services as the Fire Department Rescue Squad arrived, but resuscitation failed after a pocket knife throat operation opened the throat and could not remove the tablets.
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Freeort
Teri Lee Simmons
Kay Simmons
Freeport
South Koreans Sink Red Warship in brief naval clash
South Korea reports sinking a North Korean gunboat in a five minute engagement at 5,000 yards. Four South Korean sailors were injured aboard their destroyer escort. This marks the first confirmed sinking of a Communist naval craft since the 1953 armistice.
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Seoul
South Korea
Fines Assessed by Police Magistrate Thomas
James E. Fitzgerald colored fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving. Clarence P. Schanz Jr fined 5 dollars and costs for speeding 40 mph in a 30 mph zone.
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J. R. Thomas
James E. Fitzgerald
Clarence P. Schanz, Jr
Best Convention Seat Is In Front Of TV Set
Hollywood AP says TV viewing offers a broad, clear view of national conventions. In person observers miss the behind the scenes campaign activity, caucuses, and press conferences that shape convention business, while TV provides a fuller picture.
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Hollywood
Lonvention Hall
Army Pilot Dives Into Lake Near Winnetka Beach
Fort Sheridan pilot Edward L. Johnson ditched his L-19 aircraft about 200 yards off Tower Road pier in Winnetka while en route to Fort Sheridan. After landing in 15 feet of water he swam to a pleasure boat and was driven ashore. The Army recovered the plane that night. damage estimate unavailable.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Lake Michigan
Co. W. O
Edward L. Johnson
Tower Road
Winnetka
Johnson
Army
Rockefeller Returns From National Convention to Rest
Gov Nelson Rockefeller and party landed at Westchester County Airport in a private plane after a lengthy Republican National Convention in Chicago. He praised the event and said next steps involve organizing for November for both state and nation.
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Harrison
N.Y
Chicago
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Westchester County
Malcolm Wilson
Rockefeller
Feller
Nevada gamblers lose 45 million in first quarter 1960
In Carson City Nevada the State Gaming Commission reported that card dice and slot players lost more than 45 million dollars to Nevada's legal gamblers in the first quarter of 1960. The state collected 2 617 079 dollars from gaming revenue and table licensees.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
State Gaming Commission
Wealthy Widow Slain On Lake Resort Island
State police in Mackinac Island seek new leads in the strangling death of Frances Lacey a 19 year old widow from Dearborn Michigan. Two men were held briefly for questioning before being released as investigators press for clues.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Lake Huron
Robert Bilgen
Frances Lacey
Dearborn
Starved Rock State Park
Ottawa
Bilgen
Illinois Weather Brings Cooler Conditions Across State
Cooler weather moved across Illinois ending a heat siege with clouds reducing sun in the north. Temperatures dropped up to ten degrees to the low 90s, while southern counties awaited the cooling by nightfall. Overnight lows were in the upper 60s as scattered showers touched the south. Chicago tied with 94 degrees for the hottest state reading, with other highs listed in the 90s. A pleasant Sunday with around 80 in the north and slightly higher in the south was forecast.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Ilinois
Belleville
Chicago
de Ayers
Rockford
Moline
Springfield
Vandalia
Nikita Pleads For Algerian Rebel Executed in Lyons
Abderramahine Laklifi, 28, was executed before dawn at a Lyons prison after leading a commando unit that attacked a Lyons police station in September 1958, wounding several people. Khrushchev had appealed to De Gaulle to spare the Algerian’s life.
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Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
Abderramahine Laklifi
Lyons
Laklifi
Five Miners Killed In Belgium Bus Truck Crash
In Soignies Belgium a bus carrying coal miners collided with an oil tank truck on Friday night. Five miners were killed and 17 injured seriously in the crash.
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Soignies
Belgium
Illinois Commission Cuts Alton Water Rates
The Illinois Commerce Commission, in line with a Supreme Court decision, orders a 5 percent reduction in Alton Water Co rates. The prior Dec 18 1957 order was appealed by the City of Alton to Madison County Circuit Court, which was upheld by the Supreme Court after modification.
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Chicago
Illinois Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Alton Water Co
Madison County
Alton
Raul Castro says Cuba will not touch Guantanamo base
Cuban Minister of Armed Forces Raul Castro told the Athens Daily Post at Athens Airport that Cuba will not touch the U S naval base at Guantanamo Bay. He spoke during a stopover home from Cairo.
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Athens
Greece
Raul Castro
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Fidel Castro
Athens Daily Post
Cairo
Five Climbers Die As Mt Blanc Rockslide Hits France
A rockslide on Mt Blanc in Chamonix, France, killed a woman, raising the year’s mountain death toll to five in the French Alps. The incident occurred Friday and adds to ongoing peril for climbers in the region.
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Chamonix
France
Mt. Blanc
French Alps
Funeral for RB47 Flier Maj. Palm Planned
Washington AP says military honors were set at Dover Air Force Base for Maj. Willard G. Palm commander of the RB47 downed by the Soviets. Palm’s body arrived at Dover after the Soviet capture of his crew and piracy over the Barents Sea. Two crewmen remain alive. three others are missing.
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Washington
Willard G. Palm
Dover
Del
Air Force Base
Palm
U.S
Moscow
United States
Barents Sea
Racing Car Driver Killed at Scotland County Fair
MEMPHIS Mo AP Floyd Yaeger 35 owner of Pittsfield Illinois speedway was killed when an axle broke his racing car. He was thrown from the car during the feature race at the Scotland County Fair as his father’s car plunged over an embankment. He is survived by his widow three sons and a daughter.
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Memphis
Pittsfield
Ill
Floyd Yaeger
Scotland County Fair
Free Swimming Instruction At Park Stopped
Jefferson county recreation director J. D. Shields announced that free swimming instruction at the city park pool has been cancelled. Bill Robinson, operator of the city pool, says the instruction for non swimmers was stopped yesterday. The Jefferson County Committee on Youth Development sponsors the activity each summer and pays the salaries of the swimming instructors.
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J. D. Shields
Jefferson County
City Park
Shields
Bill Robinson
Jefferson County Committee On Youth Development
Winfrey Named to National ACCE Committee
Joe Winfrey, manager of the local Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was selected for the Communications Evaluation Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. Appointment made by FE A Palmer, ACCE executive director, with Lester Milligan of Mason City, Iowa, as chairman. The meeting is set for October 11 in Louisville, Kentucky, for the 1960 ACCE annual gathering. Winfrey recently completed a three year term as a director of the Illinois Chamber Executives.
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Joe Winfrey
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
American Chamber of Commerce
FE. A. Palmer
Providence
Rhode Island
Chamber of Commerce
ACCE
Lester Milligan
Mason City
Iowa
United States
Louisville
Kentucky
American Chamber
Winfrey
Ilinois Chamber
Fire Scare At A. P. Grocery Strikes Early Morning
A fire scare at 3:00 this morning sent firefighters rushing to the A. P. Grocery at Eighth and Broadway. Firemen reported a motor burned out on a refrigerator unit causing smoke. Damage was limited to the motor.
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Eighth and
Broadway
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