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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
3
A statute of limitations sets a fixed period within which lawsuits must be filed for legal redress. If the period expires, the suit is forever barred.
Hollywood profile of Pat Hingle tracing a boyhood of many jobs from soda jerking to truck driving. Born near Denver and raised in Chicago Detroit and Atlanta he left school at 14 to self support. Navy service as a steam engineer preceded an acting career on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and film No Down Payment at Fox. He married in 1947 and has a young daughter.
CHICAGO 64 year old attorney Bailey Stanton killed his ex wife Dr Margaret Stanton and wounded himself in a North Side Cadillac shooting He told doctors to let him die while police believe he murdered his spouse to prevent her planned remarriage A note indicated an act of mutual departure and a desire for cremation if medical research acceptance failed Stanton had ties as an author art collector and explorer and had remarried and divorced several times during their marriage
Dorothy Roe reports on marriage counselor Samuel G. King and his book How to Win and Hold in Mate. He warns that the belief in a sole perfect partner is unrealistic, noting many men can be suitable mates. He lists risk types and urges caution with bachelors over 35.
A Jacksonville State Hospital farm worker, James McConnell of Manchester Illinois, died when a tractor throw threw him into a plow share after striking a raised water pipe. The tractor moved on to a nearby creek before stopping. He was working on land owned by the Illinois Braille and Sightsaving School.
Leroy Lawrence of Belleville Tl. was elected president of the Interment Association of America at the conclusion of its annual convention Wednesday.
Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings announces planned improvements on State Bond Issue Route 142 from north of Mt Vernon to south of Mt Vernon including a 2.5 mile relocation and a 3 span viaduct over the Southern Railroad. Public hearings may be requested by June 15 1957 to discuss the project and its economic effects. District Engineer to publish further notices if requested. May 28 1957.
Madison Wisconsin voters will cast a special election Aug 27 to fill the U S Senate vacancy created by the death of Senator Joseph McCarthy. The term ends January 1959. Governor Vernon Thomson set the date and announced a July 30 primary to select Republican and Democratic nominees. Four Republicans have announced and Arthur McGurn is the sole announced Democrat. other contenders include Clement Zablocki Henry Reuss and William Proxmire.
Chicago clerk Mrs Helen Rejlek in the Loop store resisted a young robber who drew a gun and demanded money. She told him it was not real, ordered him to leave, and he departed with about 26 dollars in the till. Rejlek, who has outsmarted bandits four prior times, says she is obeying her boss’s orders not to resist.
Dallas resident Catzumi Otsuka appeared in District Court with Judge D B Wood to finalize a name change. He stated the new name as George I Catzumi Otsuka and noted that everyone calls him George.
The Young Girls' Class of Nazarene Church hosted a slumber party at Mrs. W E Taylor's home with games and TV, ending with a midnight lunch. Attendees included Barbara Stover Norma Lane Pat and Sharon Huddle Brenda Brookman Barbara Taylor and the Williamson and William son families. News also notes graduation exercises at McLeansboro with former neighbor Joe Gately, and a string of weekend visits and visits to relatives across Olney Wayne City West Frankfort E St Louis Centralia Mt Vernon Evansville and Evansville employment. Carla Mae Daniels visited relatives near Centralia, while other locals hosted guests from Chicago and Champaign.
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