Funeral set for Alice Black of Waltonville
Mrs. Alice Lucile Black 54 lifelong Waltonville resident and wife of Edd Black died at 7 20 am at Franklin County Hospital Benton after a week-long illness. Born September 21 1900 in Jefferson County she married Black October 5 1921 in Pinckneyville. Funeral 2 00 pm Saturday at Church of Christ Waltonville burial Maple Hill Cemetery Lesser. Survived by husband two daughters Rose Marie and Evalena at home. one daughter preceded her in death.
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Alice Lucile Black
Waltonville
Edd Black
Franklin County Hospital
Benton
Black
Jefferson County
H. C
Eva Maria (Smith) Benthall
Pinckneyville
Church of Christ
Maple Hill Cemetery
Lesser
Myers Chapel
Ford plan to buy stock half price sparks wages clash
At a Rouge plant mass meeting, Carl Stellato of the UAW spoke against renewing the five year contract while workers cheered a shorter work week and a guaranteed wage plan. Ford's stock purchase proposal aims to supplement unemployment benefits during idle periods, with secrecy surrounding talks.
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Ford
Carl Stellato
Rouge
Stellato
UAW
General Motors
Jefferson County Men Sentenced After Guilty Pleas
Two Jefferson county men received one to two year penitentiary sentences after pleading guilty before Circuit Judge Charles T. Randolph. Carl M. Huff, 44, jailed for burglary. Robert Mick, 22, sentenced for auto theft. Donald Cunningham, 21, placed on two year probation for grand larceny.
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Jefferson County
Charles T. Randolph
Carl M. Huff
Robert Mick
Donald Cunningham
Five Divorces Granted In Circuit Court
Judge Charles T Randolph in circuit court recently granted five divorces. Parties include Ruth Evalyn Massey vs Stowell Zane Massey Roland S Lowery vs Opal Lowery Roberta J Riley vs John T Riley Alice Mary Keller vs William Keller and Frances Baldwyn vs Harold Lee Boldwyn The Boldwyn suit was filed today and the divorce granted this morning citing desertion Custody of three minor children awarded to Mrs Boldwyn The couple wed May 22 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Evalyn Massey
Stowell Zane Massey
Roland S. Lowery
Opal Lowery
Roberta J. Riley
John T. Riley
Alice Mary Keller
William Keller
Frances Baldwyn
Harold Lee Boldwyn
Boldwyn
Hospital Notes and Good Samaritan Admissions
In Jefferson Memorial Hospital notes list admitted patients Mrs Doris Newton Mrs Mary McGinty Eldo Stone and Enoch Waller with discharges for Mrs Pearl Wells Mrs Freda Warren and Fairfield. At Good Samaritan admissions include Master Henry Jer ome Mannen Mrs Cordelia Em ma Chick Mrs Goldie Agnes Deckard Little Miss Pamela Di ane Estes and Master Keith Robert Kaelin with discharge of Mrs Shirley Mae Rainey and infant son Charles Edward.
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Jefferson Memorial
Doris Newton
Mary McGinty
Eldo Stone
Enoch Waller
Pearl Wells
Freda Warren
Fairfield
Good Samaritan
Henry Jerome Mannen
Cordelia Emma Chick
Goldie Agnes Deckard
Pamela Diane Estes
Keith Robert Kaelin
Shirley Mae Rainey
Charles Edward
C A Shipley Held On Driving Charge
C A Shipley, 65, of Mt Vernon Route was held in county jail on a charge of driving while intoxicated. State Patrol officer Tom Leffler arrested him about yesterday near Mt Vernon Highway.
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C. A. Shipley
Mt. Vernon
Tom Leffler
Illinois approves 300000 for premature baby care
Illinois House Appropriations Committee unanimously backs a $300000 program to care for premature babies in St Francis Peoria St Johns Springfield and Christian Welfare East St Louis hospitals. State health dept had planned to drop the centers July 1 as federal support ended.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Downstate
Illinois House Appropriations Committee
Alan Dixon
Belleville
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
St. John's Hospital
Christian Welfare Hospital
East St. Louis
Sate Health Department
Roland R. Cross
J. Keller Mack
Ininois Medical Society
Illinois
Mack
Cross
Air travelers arrive at Mt Vernon from multiple cities
A batch of passengers arrived at Mt Vernon today from Chicago St Louis Springfield and other cities. John Kupka Sam Sapris L Wintgrintz and S Wintgrintz flew in from Chicago while Bill Sims came from St Louis and Nelson Webber from Springfield. Don McLean Vincent Dun can Larry Forrestal and Roy Levitt with Earl Snarr and Leo Chambers also traveled, linking Mt Vernon with Lexington Champaign Olney and Houston.
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John Kupka
Sam Sapris
L. Wintgrintz
S. Wintgrintz
Chicago
Bill Sims
St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Nelson Webber
Springfield
Don McLean
Vincent Duncan
Lexington
Larry Forrestal
Champaign
Roy Levitt
Earl Snarr
King City
Leo Chambers
Olney
E. E. Runsenott
Houston
Tex
Mt.Vernon
Marriage License For Butts Mundy And Sweeney
Darrell Eugene Butts Kin mundy and Rowena Elaine Sweeney of Sandoval obtained a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Eugene Butts
Kinmundy
Rowena Elaine Sweeney
Sandoval
Meetings Note from Mt Vernon Fraternal Groups
Special meeting of Mt Vernon Judge No 31 A F and A M Friday June 3 at 730 PM with work in Second Degree. Visiting Brethren invited. Also Fern Leaf Camp No 694 Royal Neighbors of America meets Friday 730 PM at Oddfellows Temple. Jefferson County Detachment Marine Corps League meets 730 PM Friday City Hall council room. Modern Woodman Junior Club 8299 meets June 6 745 PM Bluford grade school.
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Mt. Vernon
A. F
A. M
James R. Apgar
W. M. WM
Reavis
Sec'y
Fern Leaf Camp No
Royal Neighbors of America
Oddfellows Temple
Maude Miller
Oracle
Jefferson County
Marine Corps League
Pete Kates
Modern Woodman of America
Bluford
Fliers Talk Freely At Interview Continue Page One
The group discusses back pay amounts totaling 14828 dollars and reflects on their capture between September 1952 and January 1953. They describe lengthy imprisonment in Mukden Manchuria before moving to Peiping on April 8 and facing trial on May 14. Cameron credits Dag Hammarskjold with aiding their release and anticipates meeting the secretary general as a pivotal life moment.
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Fischer
Mukden
Manchuria
Peiping
Cameron
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Therm
Hammarskjold
Egg marked 2 3 6 exhibited at Register-News
A blackbird egg bearing the numbers 2 3 and 6 was displayed at the Register-News office. The egg, found on Memorial Day on Harry Buchanan’s farm near Belle River, was sent in by Mrs. Della Browder of 623 South 12th Street.
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Register-News
Della Browder
South 12Th Street
Harry Buchanan
Belle] Rive
Stoppped Six Nazi Tanks Audie Murphy Medal of Honor Story
Ten years ago on an Austrian air strip a general pinned the Medal of Honor on Audie Murphy a Texas boy too young to grow a mustache. He single handedly halted a German tank assault killing 50 and winning the nation’s highest decoration. Murphy later became a film star and this photograph of the ceremony surfaced publicly today.
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Hollywood
Texas
Audie Murphy
Red Cross
Murphy
Yakima
Wash
No Plane Rides For Aunt Mandy
LOUISVILLE Ky An air plane ride Not for Aunt Mandy She will be 104 in September Mrs Amanda Gatewood says she will go to heaven because she has always lived right and helped poor people She traveled by auto from Bedford Kentucky to visit relatives
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Associated Press
Louisville
Mandy
Amanda Gatewood
Bedford
State Inspectors Charge Illegal Garbage Feeding
Matt W. Degenhardt of 1210 Warren avenue was charged with feeding garbage to swine without a state permit after night vigil by Dr S S J Lewis and assistant Jesse E Teerick near Mt Vernon restaurants. The law requires all garbage be cooked to a specified temperature before feeding. A first offense carries a fine from 25 to 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt W. Bdegenhart
Warren Avenue
Lewis
Olaf Larsen
Myrel Eidson
Jefferson County
Dr. Lewis
Canada And U S Agree On Defense
Montreal report says Canada's air force head signaled a military decision to guard North America with a unified U S Canada air defense command. Air Marshal C R Slemon told visiting writers that Canada’s Air Defense Command and the U S counterpart are moving toward a single overall unit. A U S Air Defense Command spokesman declined comment.
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Montreal
Canada
Air Force
North America
Air Defense Command
C. R. Slemon
U.S
United States
U. Air Defense Command
Triplets For The Delivery Man
ST. LOUIS. Nicholas G. Cuccia, operator of a parcel delivery service, and his wife welcomed triplet girls on Wednesday. The mother and three babies are reported doing fine. The Cuccias, already parents to a one year old boy, live in a small one bedroom apartment. We’re going to be hanging on the chandeliers, Cuccia quipped.
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ST. Louis
Nicholas G. Cuccia
Cuccia
Cuccias
Sign on Safe Misleads Thieves in Boston Heist
Boston police report Builders Specialties Co office safe sign warned no more than $50 inside but thieves forced the safe open anyway. Investigators say the safe contained $256 at the time of the break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Office of Builders Specialties Co
Release 200 000 More Polio Shots
The Public Health Service said 200000 additional Salk polio vaccine shots would be available for school children. New supplies from Pitman Moore Wyeth and other makers will be progressively released after clearance of 200 cubic centimeters of unused vaccine previously held back since May due to safety concerns.
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Public Health Service
Pitman-Moore Co
Zionsville
Ind
Wyeth, Inc
Maritta
el Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Propose Paint LA Streets Pink
Elizabeth Black former Municipal Arts Department head urged Los Angeles to paint streets pastel colors like pink and mauve to beautify the city reduce glare and accidents. The City Council considered a $50,000 expense but rejected the proposal after a brief review.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Black
Municipal Arts Department
Market for poisonous snakes opens in Rock Hill
In Rock Hill South Carolina L M Tinker a 57 year old construction worker advertises in the Herald seeking live poisonous serpents for use in religious services replacing snakes that have died He and about 15 or 20 others in Rock Hill handle these reptiles during services though they are not part of any church or sect Copperheads and rattlesnakes are preferred.
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Associated Press
Rock Hill
S. C
L. M. Tinker
Tinker
Rock Hill Herald
Wind lifts boat. rose bushes unscathed in Atlanta yard
A baby whirl wind lifted a 100-pound boat about 60 feet and tore a hole in a house roof in the Atlanta yard of Donald E. Magennis. The wind spared other structures and left rose bushes undisturbed as petals remained on the plants.
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Atlanta
Donald E. Magennis
Five Inch Rain Hails Dust Area in Kansas
GREENSBURG Kan An estimated five inches of rain and hail Wednesday deluged this south central Kansas area where dust had been blowing for days. Some farmers reported a total loss of wheat from the hail rain and strong wind.
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Associated Press
Greensburg
Kan
Kansas
Firemen Put Out Smoking Mattress Fire
Virginia Vaughn of 315 South Tenth Street was in bed at noon yesterday when a mattress began smoldering. The room filled with smoke as Mt. Vernon firemen answered the alarm. Damage was limited to the mattress.
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Virginia Vaughn
South Tenth Street
Mt. Vernon
Flag Day Proclaimed for June 14 Nationwide
President Eisenhower urged observance of Flag Day on June 14 and nationwide display of the stars and stripes to honor the national banner and its symbolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associates Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Polio vaccine recipient dies in Texas first case
Gainesville Texas mourns as Ron ald Ford eight dies from polio yesterday, marking the first polio death in the state after receiving a Salk vaccine shot on April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
Ronald Ford
Texas
Uranium Stampede Mirrors California Gold Rush
Bakersfield Calif a uranium stampede is expected to flood Kern River Canyon with up to 3 000 prospectors when staking opens at 10 am Forty five deputies will confiscate all firearms as officials warn of an explosive situation The area covers about 60 000 acres with two mines already located the Kergen claims of Great Lakes Oil and Chemical Co and Miracle Mine of Wyoming Gulf and Sulphur Co Miracle has shipped over 84 000 in value and stockpiled pending claims disputes Prospects rushed in after uranium discovery but the land had been withdrawn and later returned to the public domain after adjustments by Edison and the Bureau of Land Management staking will restart to clear trespass and reclaim the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bakersfield
Calif
California
Kern River Canyon
Here
Leroy Galyen
Kergen
Great Lakes Oil and Chemical Co
Miracle
Wyoming Gulf & Sulphur Co
Yrith
Sierra
Southern California Edison Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Bureau of Land Management
Police Court Fines in Drunken Driving and Liquor Cases
Police Court proceedings with Police Magistrate Allen Dulaney resulted in William Striplin paying 10 dollars plus costs for a drunken charge. John Pullen faced 1900 dollars and costs for drunken driving and 850 dollars plus costs for transporting liquor with a broken seal in his car.
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Allen Dulaney
William Striplin
John Pullen
Tots Saved From Death In Canal
SCHUYLERVILLE New York Wayne Weidman a mill worker left his two children in a car while he paid a bill at a lumber office. The car rolled 10 feet down a slope 12 feet into the Champlain Canal and began to settle in six feet of water. Two bystanders Jeri Mayer and Rollie Haley leaped after it and opened the doors. Wayne Jr. was pulled free and Christine 18 months was rescued. Neither child was injured.
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Schuylerville
N.Y
Wayne Weidman
Champlain Canal
Jeri Mayer
Rollie Haley
Wayne Jr
Christine
Collision on Subway
Two subway express trains carrying workers to downtown offices collided this morning in New York. One train rammed the rear of the other, injuring at least twelve people who required hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Doan's Pills Backache Relief Promises Restful Sleep
Nagging backache and sleepless nights linked to stress and overexertion may accompany mild bladder irritation. Doan's Pills offer pain relief and soothing effects, with mild diuretic action to ease kidney output, promising relief from misery and fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
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Grant
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C.A. Shipley
State
Airport News
London Station
Vixe
Victoria Station
London
Liverpool
International Soundphotos
Callender
Ont
Marie
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Findl
Mesopotamia
Aunt Mandy
AAI Gia
Mt. Vernon's Friendly Jewelers
Associated Frass Rockford
Moline
Iscott Air Base
Ken
26Th & Logan
City Park
Associated Preas
Dagstrom Furniture
Broadway
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Ford Tudor
Ford Victoria
Holman Motor CO
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