Aunt Vira Swaim Dies At 71 In Good Samaritan Hospital
Elvira Aunt Vira Swaim of 1213 Perkins avenue died at 12 04 a m at Good Samaritan hospital aged 73 years one month 11 days Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p m in Pulley Funeral chapel Elder George Wolfe to officiate burial in Oakwood cemetery Friends may call at Pulley chapel after 4 p m Thursday She was born May 1 1884 in Hamilton county daughter of George and Liza Balsover She was first married to Leander Gershbacher after his death married C A Swaim who survives Also surviving are stepsons E K Swaim of Blu ford foster daughter Mrs Grace Whitzell Mt Vernon two step daughters Mrs Dexter Kelley Mt Vernon and Mrs Edna Fay Wood Blu ford Three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
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Elvira
Vira) Swaim
Perkins Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley Funeral
George Wolfe
Oakwood Cemetery
Pulley Chapel
Swaim
Hamilton County
George
Liza Balsover
Leander Gershbacher
C. A. Swaim
Latter Day Saints Church
E. K. Swaim
Bluford
Grace Whitzell
Mt. Vernon
Death Penalty For Rape Beaten
The Illinois House Judiciary Committee rejected a bill to impose the death penalty for rape with extreme violence. The measure, approved by the Senate, failed 17 to 4 in committee, with sponsor Sen. Robert Cherry saying it would deter rapists. Current law carries imprisonment from one year to life regardless of violence. Opponents warned it could prompt rapists to murder victims to destroy evidence.
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Springfield
Illinois House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Robert Cherry
Chicago
Ten Commandments Barred In Long Island Schools
New York State Education Commissioner James E. Allen Jr banned the posting of the Ten Commandments in classrooms of Union Free School District 5 Hempstead and North Hempstead. He ruled the display creates divisiveness and is not sound educational practice.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Long Island
James E. Allen
Board of Education
Union Free School
Hempstead
North Hempstead
Allen
Birth for Gresham family in Galion Ohio
Mr and Mrs Jack Gresham of Galion Ohio former Mt Vernon residents welcomed a son born June 10 at Community Hospital in Galion He weighed eight pounds four ounces and is named Stephen J Grand parents are Mr and Mrs Virgil Gresham of Mt Vernon
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Jack Gresham
Galion
Ohio
Mt. Vernon
Stephen J
Virgil Gresham
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges at two facilities
GOOD SAMARITAN hospital lists admittees William Hicks Harold Garnholz Mrs Elma Kiss Miss Hallie East and }discharges a large roster including Mrs Helen Roberson Master George Morgan Shir Ipey Jean Bender and many others. JEFFERSON MEMORIAL admits Riley McMahon. McLeansboro entries include Michael Staley Henry Tate John Briesacker with discharges such as Mrs Walter Neal and baby Teresa Lynnette.
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Good Samaritan
William Hicks
Harold Garnholz
Elma Kiss
Hallie East
Helen Roberson
George Morgan
Shir Ipey
Jean Bender
Audrey Peterson
Mary Williams
Elizabeth Merret
Mary Marshall
Charles Karch
Jeanette Evans
Roberta Jean
Carolyn Hood
Joseph Winemiller
Wanda Beasley
Jefferson Memorial
Riley McMahon
McLeansboro
Michael Staley
Henry E. Tate
John Briesacker
Walter Neal
Teresa Lynnette
Deloris Thomas
Lima
Ohio
Ralph Strong
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Meet Thursday Evening
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Thursday at 8:00 PM at the Post Dug-out. Marvin McKinney serves as adjutant and urges members to attend.
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VF. W
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxilary
Lila Sanford
Lara Wolfe
Sec’g
Dan G. Melton
I. O. O. F. Temple
Verna Mae Owen
C. M. Effie Marlow
Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
Kissell
N. G. Acm R
Bogen, Sec
Illinois House backs Hodge reform and budget plan
The Illinois House advanced reforms to tighten state spending including an auditor general to run a non code department of audits with a six year term, aided by a five member bipartisan advisory panel. The measure, linked to the Hodge theft case, would report to governor and legislature and be overseen by the legislative auditing commission. The House also expanded the Budgetary Commission, moved sparklers ban, and restricted Sunday car sales. A school PE minutes waiver and an Illinois building authority bill moved forward, while county boards could raise assessment supervisor salaries. Security measures included tougher revocation of licenses after two reckless driving convictions.
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Springfield
Ilc
Senate
Illinois
House
Legislative Auditing Commission
Lloyd Morey
Albert Jenner
Chicago
Orville E. Hodge
Illinois Budgetary Commission
Sam Shapiro
Kankakee
Ilinois
Republican breakfast given by Ike continues diet lapse
Eisenhower did not follow his post 1955 heart attack diet, with Hagerty noting richer foods and larger portions. Over four to five days he ate at the White House, aboard the Saratoga, and at Burning Tree Golf Club, then returned to the White House for lunch and rested with an hourlong nap before dinner.
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Hagerty
Eisenhower
White House
Saratoga
Burning Tree
Maryland
Eisenhower Winsic tory on Soil Bank
Eisenhower winsic tory on Soil Bank continues as Mundt edges to a 40 38 win with four Democrats joining 36 Republicans in last minute switchers. The Senate bill returns to the House with about 24 million less than the House plan and 297 million less than Eisenhower's amended budget request.
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Mundt
Carroll
Cole
Hennings
Humphrey
Minn
Holland
Fla
Dworshak
Idaho
Martin
Williams
Del
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Judge Delays Decision On Girard Appeal In Japan Case
Federal judge McGarraghy ponders if Girard must be tried by a Japanese court or Army court martial in the 21 year old specialist s shooting death case in Japan. Dulles and Defense Secretary argue honoring treaties while attorneys clash on jurisdiction and constitutional rights. The court delays ruling while subpoenas are quashed and motions filed.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
William S. Girard
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Ottawa
Ill
Girard
U. S
McGarraghy
Oliver Gasch
Dulles
Defense Wilson
Japan
United States
Wilson
Army
Brucker
State and Defense Departments
McGallaghy
Earl J. Carroll
Caroll
Joseph S. Robinson
Durrard
Robinson
Gasch
Naka Sakai
Mayflower II Arrives At End Of Tow Rope
Mayflower II reaches harbor end of tow line as guard tug Yankton steadies a hawser amid drizzle and choppy seas. Spectators’ spirits dip with the delayed arrival struggles and the bark’s failure to sail in. Villiers aims to clear health and immigration checks before Plymouth departure, with ceremonies set for 3 30 p m EDT.
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Yankton
Villiers
Plymouth
Cape Cod
Start Building Illinois Atomic Power Station
Scientists industrialists and political leaders gathered near Chicago to witness the start of construction of the Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Illinois first large all nuclear reactor. Cost planned at 45 million dollars, 180000 kilowatts, serving Chicago area by 1960. About 600 workers have finished excavation and will raise the first steel columns for the 190 foot sphere housing turbine room and equipment. Estimated production cost three fourths of a cent per kilowatt hour, about the same as coal plants.
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Chicago
Dresden
Commonwealth Edison Co
Illinois
Justice Court Fines Two for Drunkenness Traffic Hazard
Justice of the Peace Charles Cook fined Donald Hughes of Mt. Vernon and Lola McAbbe of Memphis, Tennessee, $25 plus costs each on charges of drunkenness and creating a traffic hazard on a state highway.
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OF Peace
Donald Hughes
Mt. Vernon
Lola McAbbe
Memphis
Tenn
Justice of the Peace
Charles tCook
Dunkenness
NATO commander states Western forces can destroy Russian targets now
General Lauris Norstad testified to Congress that NATO forces can destroy military targets in Russia at present. He cited 150 NATO airfields and a combined Western capability including SAC, British bomber command, and naval forces as able to neutralize military targets. He warned that even with partial strength an enemy would be destroyed if war were started.
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Washington
Lauris i Norstad
NATO
Russia
Norstad
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Free World Forces
U U. S. Strategic Air Command
Bomber Command
Worsad
Turncoat Andrew Fortuna To Leave China
HONG KONG The U S consulate general says American turncoat Andrew Fortuna of Ionia Michigan is leaving Red China on Saturday. Fortuna was among 21 U S soldiers captured in the Korean War who refused repatriation after 1953. The Defense Department ordered dishonorable discharges for all the turncoats on January 25 1954. The Supreme Court later ruled they could not be prosecuted for actions in uniform. Fortuna recalled poverty in Detroit and said Marxist thoughts helped explain his view while in prison camp. He likely will be headed back to the United States days after arrival.
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U. S
Andrew Fortuna
Ionia
Mich
Red China
Fortuna
U.S
United States
China
Defense Department
Supreme Court
Detroit
Judge Grants 10 Divorces In Circuit Court
Judge Caswell J. Crebs presided as ten divorcees were granted in circuit court yesterday. Decrees issued to Earl Green and Jennie Mae Green, James Knox and Virgie Knox, John H R Sledge and Hazel Sledge, Alice Marie Palmer and Hobart J Palmer Jr, Bobbie D Hays and Shirley D Hays, Mary Martin Owens and Harry Eugene Owens, Flavy Rozelle and Grace Rozelle, Louis Conner and Lillie Conner, Damuel M Simpson and Marcia F E Simpson. Richard Alan Towal vs Emmalee Towal resulted in a divorce awarded to Mrs Towal on counterclaim.
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Caswell J. Crebs
Circuit Court
Earl Green
Jennie Mae Green
James. Knox
Virgie Knox
John H. R. Sledge
Hazel Sledge
Alice Marie Palmer
Hobart J. Palmer Jr
Bobbie D. Hays
Shirley D. Hays
Mary Martin Owens
Harry Eugene Owens
Flavy Rozvelle
Grace Rozelle
Louis Conner
Jamison Opens New Downtown Office and Parking Lot
A remodel completes new offices for Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Jamison at 1116 Main with a three room suite overlooking the Post Office Methodist church area. A new parking lot fronts the 1114 Main site, formerly the McPherson property used by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Earl D. Jamison
Main
Main Street
McPherson
Chamber of Commerce
Methodist Board of Education
Jamison
Post Office
Methodist Church
Atlas missile test ends in explosion at Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral Fla a tall Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile rose two miles before exploding in an orange fireball. Air Force officials said the weapon was fired and blew up shortly after launch with no casualties.
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Fla
Air Force
Defense Department
San Diego
Calif
Convair Corp
General Electric
Air Force Missile Test Center
Atlas
Moscow
Atlantic
Gene Plowden
Associated Press
Six Indicted By Grand Jury Here Yesterday
A Jefferson County grand jury returned true bills indicting six persons on criminal charges in a court house meeting yesterday. Each was bonded by Circuit Judge Caswell J. Crebs. Indicted: Rosemary Smith for receiving and concealing stolen property. Ralph E. Prince accessory after the fact to theft of motor vehicle. Harold Stoltz alias Harry Piper larceny of motor vehicle. Joseph Weltchek illegal possession of narcotics. Paul Baird alias Clarence Moore operating a confidence game and forgery. Roy D. Smith larceny of motor vehicle.
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Jefferson County
Court House
Caswell J. Crebs
Rosemary Smith
Ralph E. Prince
Harold Stoltz
Harry Piper
Joseph Weltchek
Paul Baird
Clarence Moore
Roy D. Smith
Dram Shop Act suit seeks 140000 in Saline County
Betty Jane Ledbetter filed for herself and six children under the Illinois Dram Shop Act seeking 140000 from Red and White Package Store partners George Fink and James McKenna of New Shawneetown. The suit claims John Eston Ledbetter was shot by Joe Chamberlain after liquor was bought from the defendants.
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Harrisburg
Ill
Saline County
Betty Jane Ledbetter
George Fink
James McKenna
New Shawneetown
Illinois Legislature At A Glance Tuesday session
Highlights from Tuesday in Springfield show the House passing a Sunday ban on car sales and trimming requirements for holding physical education classes before sending to the Senate and governor. Senate actions remain pending with several bills moving through, including sparklers, Titnets, a building authority creation, and a state audits department. Senate concurrence in House amendments is still needed.
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House
Senate
Department of Audits
Legislative Audit
Ing Commission
Ilinois
Govieenee
Weather remains unsettled with showers and cooler shifts statewide
Illinois Missouri region dashed by scattered showers and thunderstorms, with cooler air moving south and east. Thursday brings more thunder showers mainly in the south and east central areas, while northwest stays drier. Highs range from the mid 70s to upper 80s, with nighttime lows in the 50s to 70s. Five day outlook shows average heat, mild, then cooling into Friday, warmer again by weekend, and precipitation around three quarters to one and a half inches plus more showers Sunday or Monday.
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Missouri
Three Arrested in Kidnapping Plot In Banker's Son
In Columbia SC three men were taken into custody for allegedly planning to kidnap the 4 year old son of a Clinton bankers family for a $350000 ransom. Suspects Thomas Jacobs Jobie Shelton and William Hill were charged with conspiracy to kidnap detectives said the plot spanned four months.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Clinton
Thomas D. Jacobs
Jobie Shelton
William T. Hill
Jacobs
Thomas P. Jacobs
Presbyterian College
Shelton
Hill
J. P. Strom
State ‘Law Enforcement Division
Strom
Robert M. Vance J Jr
Vance
Resignation of St. Laurent Likely Soon
Ottawa reports the Liberal cabinet faces a hung parliament after a close general election left 110 Conservative seats and 103 Liberals. Most expect St. Laurent to resign this week, urging Gov Gen Massey to appoint Conservative John Diefenbaker to form a government, with Parliament soon recalled.
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Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
House of Commons
St. Laurent
Vincent Massey
John Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Fire Chief Urges Trash Burners to Extinguish Fires
Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Paul Partridge urges residents to cooperate in curbing late afternoon rubbish fires. An ordinance bans trash fires after 5 p.m. and the chief says they plan no enforcement drive, but asks fires be fully extinguished by supper time to reduce nuisance smoldering.
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Mt. Vernon
Paul Partridge
Thief Tale Ends In In Absentia Conviction
Chicago where two men Henry Ellis 23 and Vester Nell 24 faced trial for pilfering a load of groceries. Ellis appeared and offered to search for his partner but never returned. The state tried both in absentia and a jury convicted them. Judge Arthur J. Murphy sentenced each to two to six years, to begin if police locate them.
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Chicago
Henry Ellis
Vester Nell
Ellis
Arthur J. Murphy
Senators Uphold Governor's Veto
In Springfield Illinois the Senate upheld Gov Stratton's veto of a bill to cut public administrator fees in handling estates. The override motion failed with 28 votes, 11 short of needed total, while 20 senators opposed overriding and one voted present. The House previously voted to override.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Senate Today
Stratton
Senate
House
Illinois Brother Champions Push To Free GI In Japan
Louis Girard, a Ottawa Illinois auto shop worker, leads efforts to defend his brother Specialist 3 William Girard, 21, held in Japan for the death of a Japanese woman on a Tokyo area firing range. Louis pressed lawyers, spoke with a White House aide, and urged American court jurisdiction. The family neighbors rally as William, an Army veteran, faces trial after U.S. transfer.
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William J. Conway
Ottawa
Ill
Louis Girard
White House
Bill Miller
Louis
William Girard
Tokyo
iGirard
United States
William
Japan
Alfred
Dorothy
Bill
Louie
Eisenhower
Plumb
Streator
Shirley
Girard
Bill Girard
Francis Connerly
Police Court Fines From Magistrate Thomas Session
Huston Bert Kline paid 15 dollars plus costs for careless driving. Paul Dahl Gren, Bartlesville Oklahoma, paid 10 dollars plus costs on a drunken charge.
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J. R. Thomas
Huston
Bert Kline
Paul Dahlgren
Bartlesville
Okla
Tell Stassen To Go Slow With Soviets
Secretary of State Dulles warned disarmament chief Harold Stassen to tread carefully in private talks with the Soviet Union after European governments protested his unsanctioned meetings with Valerian Zorin. Officials say Dulles and Stassen now back a united allied front and insist on caution to avoid Soviet traps.
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Washington
Dulles
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Valerian Zorin
London
Europe
State Department
Zoria
Britain
France
Canada
Algiers Riot Leaves Dozens Dead and Wounded
Algiers calmed after days of anti French rioting that killed six to twelve Arabs and left dozens injured. French troops imposed a 9 pm curfew as buses and streetcars resumed limited service. A midnight fire struck the edge of the city’s ramshackle flea market amid the unrest.
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Algiers
Algeria
Gray Seeks Saline Flood Control Funding Cut
Representative Gray of southern Illinois urged a House Public Works subcommittee to set Saline County’s share of the Saline River flood control cost at 233000 dollars, arguing residents cannot afford the 930000 or 15 percent of total costs in the Eisenhower budget. He noted unemployment and mine closings, saying the area needs the project but cannot bear the local burden, citing two bond referendums that were defeated.
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Ilinois
House Public Works
Saline County
Saline River
Rep
Gray
D-Ii
Eisenhower
Senate
Bureau of the Budget
Illinois
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