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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
4
A long list of Belle Rive residents and visitors attended Memorial Day gatherings and dinners. Notable attendees included Mrs. Lena Waters’s family, the Be ll family from Rockford, and numerous Dewhurst and Irwin relatives. Memorial Day events featured a noon covered dish luncheon at Frank and Jane Baker’s home and several visits across Mount Vernon, Dahlgren, and neighboring towns.
On Koje Island Korea June 5 Allied infantry and engineers split one of the island's large prisoner compounds with a barbed wire fence as 3,340 communist internees jeered. Brig Gen Haydon Boatner ordered the fence to divide 17 large camps housing about 80 000 inmates. Observers noted some order returning after raids to destroy flags and banners.
Mrs. Pearl Horton visits Twin Falls Idaho with daughter Mrs Charlie Crawford. Mr and Mrs Martin Chaney of Carbondale attend funeral of his aunt Lena Waters. Attendees from here include Mrs E H Bechtel Miss Maude Sloodinot Mrs Ernest Tremayne Mrs Nora Sanders and Miss Rena Scrivner. Bernice Simpson and family of Fairfield visit Memorial Day with Mrs Cora Moore and Lesbia and Forrest. Noel C Moore of Springfield visits Mrs Cora Moore and family.
Major boxing match headlines a radio television relay for the Walcott Charles title bout set for 15 rounds. ABC radios NBC TV cover 9 PM CDT with 52 TV stations, omitting Philadelphia. Also lists night program lineup across CBS NBC and MBS networks with shows and times.
Used cars listing notes a 1948 Lincoln Club Coupe with radio overdrive and clean condition. Asking price $895. Located on Salem Road with safe buy implied.
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