Deaths John P. Francis Of RFD Bonnie Dies At 94
John Pope Francis of Bonnie died at 12 05 a m today at Good Samaritan Hospital after a 16 day stay. He was 4 years one month five days old at death? The obituary lists multiple generations and survivors including three sons James Wilson, John Howard, and Glen G Francis. two daughters Dottie Crosno and Maude Care. three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services are scheduled Thursday at 1 30 p m at Myers Chapel with burial in Kirk cemetery. Friends may call after 4 00 p m Wednesday. Born April 30 1862 in Jefferson County to James W and Lucinda Skinner Francis. Preceded in death by wife Edith Fitzgerrell December 29 1935.
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John Pope Francis
RFD
Bonnie
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr. Francis
Myers Chapel
Kirk Cemetery
Jefferson County
James W
Lucinda (Skinner) Francis
Edith Fitzgerrell
James Wilson Francis
John Howard Francis
Glen G. Francis
Mt. Vernon
Dottie M. Crosno
Maude
Widow of Mt W Doctor Myrtle Smith Dies
Mrs Myrtle Smith of 1800 Isabella widow of the late Dr Robert Smith died at 2:00 pm Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a four week illness Burial is set for Wednesday at 3:00 pm at Myers Chapel with the Rev Lloyd Trotter and Rev Bird Green officiating Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery She was a lifetime Jefferson county resident and married Dr Robert Smith in December 1935 She was a member of East Hickory Hill Baptist church Surviving are three sisters Maud Adams Gladys Wood Lela Riemenschneider and three brothers James Green Travis Green Wayne Green
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Myrtle Smith
Isabella
Robert Smith
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Lloyd Trotter
Bird Green
Oakwood Cemetery
Smith
John Robert
Lizzie
Owens) Green
Jefferson County
East Hickory Hill
American Reds Ask Chinese Reds To Release Yanks
The Communist Party of Connecticut urged Mao Zedong to free 13 American prisoners held by Communist China, including John T. Downey of New Britain. Chairman Sidney S. Taylor stated the release could improve U S China relations.
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New. Haven
Conn
Communist Party of Connecticut
Chi One
John T. Downey
New Britain
Morton Downey
Mao Tze Tung
Sidney S. Taylor
Connecticut Communist Party
Hospital Notes from GOOD SAMARITAN and JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
Listing admitted and discharged patients at GOOD SAMARITAN and JEFFERSON MEMORIAL. Names include Leona Rosan na Rapp Gertrude Mc Cord Harry Er vin Cecil Haynes Donald Haynes Arley Kash Susan Isabel Tilant Norma Jean Shelton Eulalia Cat ton Norma Eve lyn Knox Shirley Marlow Diana Lynn Clifford Musgrave Joellen Friel Tarana Friel Jean Willard Tarbel Barbara Set tle Daniel Marvin Olive Combs Edna Spitler Opal Webb Gary Lee Bullock Thad Kingston Whittington Minnie Bradford Idella Lowry Ella Lane Margaret Miller Patrick Pearl Lee Brown Coral Laugh miller.
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Good Samaritan
Leona Rosanna Rapp
Gertrude McCord
Harry Douglas Ervin
Cecil Wayne Haynes
Donald Lee Haynes
Arley Kash
Susan Isabel Tilant
Norma Jean Shelton
Eulalia Catton
Norma Evelyn Knox
Shirley Mae Marlow
Diana Lynn
Clifford Eugene Musgrave
Joellen Friel
Tarana Friel
Jean Willard Tarbel
Barbara
Births in Kell and Dix Area at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Fred H Spangler of Kell welcomed a son Roger Dare born Monday at 3 00 PM weighing four pounds seven ounces. Mr and Mrs John Warren of Dix welcomed a daughter Janet Marie born yesterday at 1 58 PM weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Mr and Mrs Everett Baily RFD 2 Macedonia welcomed a son Ronald Kevin born last night at 8 37 PM weighing eight pounds thirteen ounces. Mr and Mrs Harvey Mount of Kell welcomed a son Ricky Allen born this morning at 7 56 AM weighing seven pounds fourteen ounces.
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Fred H. Spangier
Kell
Good Samaritan Hospital
Roger Dare
John Warren
Dix
Janet Marie
Everett Baily
RFD 2
Macedonia
Ronald Kevin
Harvey Mount
Ricky Allen
Mt Vernon council sets Oct 1 annexation deadline for sewer users
Mt Vernon council adopts plan to disconnect residents outside the city who use city sewers unless their properties are annexed by Oct 1. City attorney says annexation moves likely under way while other actions include water tank repairs, zoning hearings, and budget approvals.
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Campbell
Mt. Vernon
Alvin Lacy Williams
Ilinois Cities Water Co
Country Heights
Zoning Commission
Setzekorn
11Th and
Bell
Heard
Williams
Forrest Avenue
Missouri-Pacific
Illinois Commerce Commission
al Ansorge
Ansorge
Councilman Wood
22Nd
College
Casey
Richardson
Car Overturns Injuring Two Girls Near Mt Vernon
Two 17 year old girls were treated at Jefferson Memorial Hospital for minor injuries after a car overturned on Waltonville Road about three miles southwest of Mt. Vernon. Betty Cockrum and Becky Buchanan, both of Bonnie, were released after treatment. Authorities said details of the accident were not learned.
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Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Waltonville Road
Mt. Vernon
Betty Cockrum
Becky Buchanan
Bonnie County
Saar Transfer Talks Advance Between Adenauer and Mollet
French Premier Guy Mollet and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer agreed on a three year transition plan to reunify the Saar with West Germany by January 1, 1957. The accord provides for a three year customs and economic union transition, continued French coal rights, and an international canal linking the Moselle and Rhine rivers.
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Luxembourg
Guy Mollet
Konrad Adenauer
Saar Valley
Germany
West Germany
France
Saar
Moselle
Rhine
Great Lorraine
Heinrich von Brentano
Maurice Faure
Faure
League of Nations
Third Reich
Personal Income Reaches Record 317 Billion in April
The Commerce Department said April personal income rose to a record annual rate of 317 billion, up nearly 2 billion from March. Wages and salaries climbed about a billion, driven largely by manufacturing gains from higher hourly earnings and more factory jobs, with April wage income at 218.7 billion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Caudle Trial Details Oil Royalty Buy Gift Claim
Defense argues Caudle confronted tax lawyer over oil royalty bought in his name as part of a alleged scheme to derail a tax case. Prosecutors say Schwimmer bought royalties for Caudle and Connelly to influence the government case against Irving Sachs. Connelly testified he bought the royalty for 750 dollars as an investment. Schweimmer paid 3600 dollars.
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ST. Louis
T. Lamar Caudle
Caudle
C. Arthur Anderson
Justice Department
Harry Schwimmer
Anderson
Schwimmer
Matthew J. Connelly
White House
Truman
Irving Sachs
Sachs
Connelly
John Lashly
Lashly
California In Political Spotlight Continues on Page One
Rhode Island Democrats picked a 16 vote delegation to the convention though pledged they are likely to support Stevenson. Wisconsin rivals Wiley and McCarthy argued on the Senate floor about king makers and Eisenhower haters behind Wiley’s rebuff at the state convention. The Wisconsin GOP endorsed Rep Glenn Davis for a September 11 primary. Wiley alleged a $150000 campaign jackpot prompted Davis to run, which McCarthy dismissed as an insult and said Republicans had repudiated Wiley as a poor senator.
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Rhode Island
Stevenson
Wisconsin
Wiley
McCarthy
Senate
Glenn Davis
Davis
Canadian Legislator in Alberta Mass Murder Suicide
Alberta legislator John E. Clark killed his wife, four children, and two men at his farm home and then shot himself. Police found Clark, 41, in nightclothes near a mudhole 600 yards from the farmhouse. Assistant Commissioner Curleigh said police deem the case a multiple murder followed by suicide. Clark had represented Stettler district since 1952 and had suffered nervous breakdowns.
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Erskine
Alta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alberta
John E. Clark
G. M. Curleigh
Clark
Stettler
Illinois Temperature Readings in Several Cities
Readings show high temperatures across Illinois with Rockford at 82 and Moline 56, Peoria 80, Quincy 81, Rantoul 62, and Peoria 59 noted alongside.
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Illinois
Rockford
Moline
Peoria
Rantoul
Quincy
Free Will Baptists Meet In Benton This Weekend
Mt. Vernon and Jefferson county churches will be represented at the yearly Free Will Baptists meeting in Benton. The session opens June 6 at 7 30 p m at the Benton Free Will Baptist Tabernacle with a missionary film by Leslie Elliott of Nas han state director of foreign missions titled Regions Beyond. On Friday and Saturday evenings Rev Damon Dodd of Nashville Tennessee will speak.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Free Will Baptists
Benton
Free Will Baptist Tabernacle
Leslie Elliott
Nasan
Foreign Missions
Damon Dodd
Nashville, Tenn
Fired For Beard Sues For 25000
A former Atlanta transit operator filed a 25000 damage suit against the Atlanta transit system and Amalgamated Street Car Local Union No. 732 alleging civil rights violations after he was fired April 23 for growing a beard. He says the discharge followed his assertion of the right to chin whiskers and claims the firm cited conduct disturbing to discipline.
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Atlanta
Beard
Atlanta Transit System
Amalgamated Street Car Local Union No
Gerald F. Barnes
Barnes
Stevenson Wins Florida Primary by 13 736 Vote Margin
Tallahassee Florida returns show Adlai Stevenson 230 285 to Estes Kefauver 216 549 in the May 29 Florida Democratic primary. Stevenson earns 22 delegates to the Democratic National Convention while Kefauver takes six.
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Tallahassee
Fla.p
Adlai Stevenson
Florida
Estes Kefauver
Secretary of State
Stevenson
Kefauver
Deny Adlai Will Lose Delegates Nomination at Primary
At the Illinois Republican convention more than 700 delegates approved three candidates for University of Illinois trustees Joseph B. Campbell W Donald Forsyth and Richard Nelson. A state platform was postponed to a Chicago session after Labor Day.
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Sachs
University Ofllinois
Joseph B. Campbell
Nashville
W. Donald Forsyth
Springfield
Richard Nelson
Evanston
Chicago
Paschen
Airport News Flights To St Louis And Springfield Illinois
Larry Forrestal completed a round trip flight to St Louis this morning. George Ward also flew to Springfield Illinois today, returning later.
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Larry Forrestal
St. Louis
George Ward
Springfield
Ill
Manchster threats target Cyprus governor Harding
Leaflets threaten Sir John Harding with death for Cyprus crimes as a Greek Cypriot extremist group slips into Britain. Harding, guarded by detectives, visits London for Cyprus talks while Eden vows no forced Cyprus settlement. Hammarskjold wins UN backing to press for peace with Israel and Arab states, continuing good offices under armistice limits.
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London
Manchester
John Harding
Cyprus
Harding
Britain
Mediterranean
Eden
Greece
Marriage License for Clarence Drew and Franch McKinney
Clarence Drew of Dahlgren and Franch McKinney of RFD 2 Blu ford obtained a marriage license.
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Clarence Drew
Dahlgren
Franch McKinney
RFD 2
Bluford
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Saar Transfer
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N. Y
Chuck Easton
Joe Harlow
Bill Tumbleson
Leon Tate
Mary Jane Studio
Free Will Baptists of State
Adlai
Deny Adlai
Airport News
Benoist Bros. Hardware
Lomar Power
H.lp
Hiawatha
Hammarskjold
Central America
United Nations
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U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
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Israel
Council
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John Nickell Company
North Oak Street
Centralia
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