Deaths Ofville Braddy Former Resident Dies In Byron Alabama
Orville Braddy 65 a former Mt. Vernon resident died Wednesday at his home in Byron Alabama near Rockford He lived on Cherry street Mt. Vernon until 15 years ago then moved to Byron where he was in farm real estate He is survived by his wife Anna a son Lester and a daughter Velma both of Byron two brothers Roy and Ernest a sister Rose Foley and a half brother Charley Keele Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 00 p m at Byron and burial will be there
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Orville Braddy
Mt. Vernon
Byron
Rockford
Prady
Cherry Street
Anna
Lester
Velma
Roy
Ernest
State Center
Town
Rose Foley
Broughton
Til
Charley Keele
Jefferson County
Martin A. Hake Dies At Centralia
Martin A. Hake of Centralia husband of Mabel Hoit died recently. He worked at Hutter clothing store in Centralia for 38 years. Funeral Friday at 3:00 p.m. at the First Methodist Church in Centralia with viewing at Queen Boggs Funeral Home until noon. Survived by wife and two daughters Mrs. Freda Ann Tyler and Mrs. Rose Marie Malan, both of Centralia.
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Charles W. Hoit
Martin A. Hake
Centralia
Mabel Hoit
Mr. Hake
Hutter
Frank Wiswell Funeral Friday
Frank Ed ward Wiswell 67 will be laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery after services at 10 a m in the Purley Funeral Home chapel. Rev Elmer Hawkins will officiate. The body lies in state at the Purley Funeral Home. Wiswell of 25 Bell Street was killed at 5 45 am Wednesday when struck by an L and N passenger train near Seventh Street crossing.
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Frank Edward Wiswell
Purley Funeral Home
Elmer Hawkins
Oakwood Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Wiswell
Bell Street
Seventh Street
Father of Mt. W. Resident Dies
Robert Wagner of Meadow Wreok addition is notified of the death of his father Es C. Wagner of Royal Oak. He will be buried Saturday June 18 at Royal Oak.
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Robert Wagner
Meadoww Wreok
Es C. Wagner
Royal Oak
Amelia Withrow 97 Dies in Wayne City
Mrs Amelia Withrow of Wayne City aged 97 died at 8:00 am Wednesday at Lowery Nursing Home Mt Vernon Burial in Arlington Prairie cemetery Rev Niles Stone to officiate She born Missouri May 7 1858 daughter of Lewis and Harriet Young Married to Sylvester Withrow Sr who died 1918 Survived by two sons two daughters 15 grandchildren 38 great grandchildren two great great grandchildren and two sisters Etta McKitrick and Laura Withrow
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Wayne City
Amelia Withrow
Lowery Nursing Home
Mt. Vernon
Richardson Chapel
Niles Stone
Arrington Prairie Cemetery
Withrow
Missouri
Lewis and
Harriet
Harris) Young
Sylvester Withrow
Grace Suilins
Etta McKitrick
Kansas City
Laura Withrow
Rolla
Kansas
Hospital Notes at Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial
Good Samaritan admits Alma Dooley Mamie Bledsoe Marian Kreger Laura Cowan Thelma Crider Stanley Rosenberger Discharges Mary Ann Poirer Richard Barlow Dixie McCamment Alice Simmons Nell Olson Jackie Strain Robert Crider Jefferson Memorial admits Eva Lisenby Merritt Strickland Donna Wells Discharges Myrtle Borchett James Neil Storment Roy Holt Betty Jo Storment Dix Ed Champ Woodlawn Ashley notes
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Good Samaritan
Alma Dooley
Mamie Bledsoe
Marian Kreger
Laura Cowan
Thelma Crider
Stanley Rosenberger
Mary Ann Poirer
Richard Barlow
Dixie McCamment
Alice Simmons
Nell Olson
Jackie Strain
Robert Crider
Jefferson Memorial
Eva Lisenby
Dix
Merritt Strickland
Donna Wells
Myrtle Borchett
Ashley
James Neil Storment
Roy Holt
Champ
Woodlawn
Betty Jo Storment
Births in Waltonville and Cherry today at Good Samaritan
A son was born last night at 9:05 to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fry of Waltonville at Good Samaritan hospital. He weighed eight pounds four ounces and is named Thomas Earl NT. Also a daughter born this morning at 9:52 to Mr. and Mrs. James Hendren Cherry at Good Samaritan hospital. She weighed six pounds three ounces and is named Connie.
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Thomas Fry
Waltonville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Thomas Earl
James Hendren
Cherry
Connie Ti
West seeks unity before Big Four talks
The West moves to unify its secret strategies for talks in San Francisco and Geneva. Dukes arrives with Britain and France as West Germany joins Friday. British and French ministers secure group terms. Adenauer to join Saturday. Meetings aim to present a united Western front to Molotov before the July 18 Geneva summit.
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Associated Press
New York
San Francisco
Geneva
U.S
Dukes
West Germany
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Konrad Adenauer
Boston
V. M. Molotov
Switzerland
Eisenhower
Eden
Edgar Faure
Nikolai Bulganin
Molotov
Rty
Two Girls Shot While Walking To School In Md Suburb
Police hunt a .22 caliber killer after two teens Nancy Shomette 16 and Michael Ryan 14 are found shot fourteen times in a rustic park near Lane Manor close to College Park. Coroner rules show bullet wounds, no stabbing, neither victim sexually attacked. Ryan is a Washington police officer. Crude efforts made to cover the bodies with branches.
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Associated Press
Washington
John T. Maloney
Prince Georges
Nancy Marie Shomette
P. E. Shomette
Michael Ann Ryan
Thomas W. Ryan
Lane Manor
College Park
Ryan
Pretty Young Blondes Rob North Side Drug Store
Two 22 year old blondes robbed the St. Louis Pharmacy on Chicago's North Side after pulling revolvers and forcing clerk Nate F. Kartman and an errand boy to the back room. They claimed the money was to feed a baby son, taking about $40 and a pair of baby panties en route.
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Associated Preep
Chicago
North Side
Nate F. Kartman
St. Louis
Kartman
Hartman
June Primary Plan Defeated in Illinois House
The Illinois House blew down Gov. Stratton's June primary bill as the House Elections Committee urged defeat. Rep. John Lewis led a failed bid to block the committee report, with 55 favoring revival and 77 needed, while 72 opposed.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Tll
Illnois House
Stratton
House Elections Committee
John Lewis
R-Marshall
House
Shrine Circus draws record crowd in Mt Vernon
A Shrine Circus in Mt Ver non drew over 6000 people, the largest southern Illinois crowd for the event. Circus Chairman Frank Weatherford thanked locals for cooperation and noted proceeds fund the Shriner Crippled Children Hospital in St Louis.
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Shrine Circus
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Frank Weatherford
Jefferson County
Shrine Club
Weatherford
Shriner
Crippled Children
St. Louis
Critical Blood Donor Drive to Visit Mt Vernon
A Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Mt Vernon on Monday June 20 at the Biocose Lodge on Eighth Street from noon to 6:00 PM. Donors may call 2083 to schedule appointments or walk-ins are welcome. The St Louis Regional Blood Center reports blood supplies will be very low until about July 6, prompting a regional push to boost donations.
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Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Biocose Lodge
Eighth and
Broadway
St. Louis
Insurance Firm Opens Mt Vernon District Office
The Guarantee Reserve Life Insurance Company, based in Hammond Indiana, has opened a district office at 100812 Main in Mt Vernon. District manager W L Mendenall of 1000 S 26th street has led the setup and staff organization over the past year. The firm offers hospital and surgical insurance plus medical bill and income protection and plans an intensive countywide campaign.
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The
Guarantee Reserve Life Insurance Company
Hammond
Ind
Mt. Vernon
Main
W. L. Mendenall
S. 26Th Street
Mendenall
Lyman Talbert Named New Waltonville Principal
A. Lyman Talbert resigns as Mills Prairie principal to take the Waltonville Community High School principalship he helped establish 16 years ago. Mrs. Talbert and Miss Mildred Haefele also resign from Mills Prairie. Walter Puckett, former county superintendent of schools at Carmi, will succeed Talbert.
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A. Lyman Talbert
Mills Prairie School
Waltonville Community High School
Mra. Talbert
Mildred Haefele
Mills Prairie
Walter Puckett
Carmi
Talrt
States Move Toward School Segregation End
Nashville and Frankfort announce steps to end segregated public schooling. Tennessee outlines a long range integration plan for state colleges with target years and phased admission for Negro graduate students and undergraduates. Kentucky declares the state day law permitting separate and equal facilities no longer exists in practical terms.
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Adreas
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Kentucky
Tennessee State Board of Education
Frankfort
W. Owen Keller
Odum Murder Case Opens in Marion
The prosecution began its case against Fred Odum, 41, a Marion radio repairman, charged with murder in the death of Navy veteran Norman, 24. A jury of 11 men and one woman was impaneled before Judge Clarence L. Wright at Williamson County Circuit Court. Norman died from a skull fracture after being struck with a piece of firewood during a August picnic at Crab Orchard Lake. He leaves two children.
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Marion, Hl
Fred Odum
Marion
Williamson County
Clarence L. Wright
Odum
Norman
Crab Orchard Lake
Navy
Auto Truck Collision Kills Two In Peotone
KANKAKEE Ill Two Kan kakee men were killed Wednesday night in a head on collision near Peotone between an automobile and a truck. John T McIntyre 23 of 407 S Poplar Ave and Joseph Barzantny 39 of 715 Park Pl were the dead. Barzantny was a used car dealer and McIntyre was his driver. The truck driver Orval Camden 48 of Cobden was hospitalized in shock with good condition reported.
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Kankakee
Ill
Peotone
John T. McIntyre
S. Poplar Ave
Joseph Barzantny
Park Pl
Barzantny
McIntyre
Route 54
Orval Camden
Cobden, Ill
St. Mary's Hospital
Window Fan Stolen From Cafe Rear At 311 South Tenth
John Mack reported a 20 inch window fan stolen from the rear of his restaurant at 311 South Tenth Street. Two men in a truck were seen at the cafe rear. The theft occurred between noon and 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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John Mack
Eity Mee
South Tenth Street
Arthur Milward Installed Lions President in Mt Vernon
Arthur Milward was installed as president of the Mt. Vernon Lions Club for the coming year at the regular luncheon held at Hotel Emmerson. Officers installed included Robert Melcher as first vice president and Robert Ward as second vice president, with Dr. R. B. Guthrie as secretary treasurer and C. E. McMulin as tail twister.
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Lions Club
Hotel Emmerson
Sead Melcher
Robert Ward
R. B. Guthrie
C. FE. McMu
Twister
Malcolm Hirons
George Tyler
J. Marvin Powers
Francise
Arthur Milward
Hurley Mudder
Fairfield
Henry Davis
Grayville
Fred Kinsey
Byr Tamer
Delo Photocraft
Mt. Vernon
Millicent Ledbetter
Edith Reznick
Miss Ledbetter
Returning POWs Would Have To Face The Music
Emergency press report states 21 American prisoners who stayed in Communist China may return home if they choose. White House and several departments warn returnees will be held accountable for any wrongful acts. Relatives report Cpl Otho G Bell of Olympia Washington and Cpl Lewie W Griggs of Jacksonville Tennessee now seek to return, with six others hoping to leave Red China soon. Two POWs Edward S Dickinson Cracker's Neck Virginia and Claude J Batchelor Kermit Texas later changed hearts and returned, later convicted by Army courts martial for collaboration and given long prison terms.
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China
White House
State, Defense and Justice Departments
United States
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
Lewie W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tenn
Red China
U. S. Control
Cpl
Edwards. Dickenson
Cracker's Neck
Claude J, Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Baby Kangaroo from Baltimore Zoo Is Cared For After Pouch Ejection
Josie, a 10 inch newborn kangaroo and the first born at Baltimore Zoo, was expelled from her mother over a limp. Zoo director Arthur Watson placed her with Mrs Louella Earl for feeding while Dr Robert P Wagers treats the limp with a cast to realign a slipped tendon.
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Baltimore
Josie
Baltimore Zoo
Arthur Watson
Zoo
Mrrs
Louella Earl
Robert P. Wagers
Butler Well Pleased With Texas Tour
Democratic National Committee chairman Paul M. Butler pursues a Texas peace tour to ease intra party feuds and boost efforts to unseat Republican Rep. Bruce Alger. He criticizes the Texas press and says Democrats can resolve differences without national help, while denying snubbing Gov. Allan Shivers amid ongoing tensions within the state party.
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Dallas
Texa
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Texas
Butler
National Committee
Bruce Alger
Washington
Dallas Morning News
Hal C. Peck
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Allan Shivers
Democrats
Eisenhower
John McKelvey
Democratic Advisory Council
Shivers
Shivers Butler
Austin
Lubbock
Big Spring
Ayrshire District Show Set At Salem Fairgrounds
The Southern Illinois Ayrshire Breeders Association will hold its annual district show at the Salem Fairgrounds on Saturday June 18. A judge from the University of Illinois will preside along with Bob Dix of DeGraf Ohio. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded to winners. Quentin Lacey of RFD 3 Mt. Vernon is association president.
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Salem Fairgrounds
University of Illinois
Bob Dix
DeGraf
Ohio
Quentin Lacey
RFD 3
Mt. Vernon
Marine Corps League Meeting Scheduled at City Hall
The Marine Corps League will meet tomorrow night June 17 at City Hall at 7:30. All members are urged to attend to discuss several important matters.
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Marine Corps League
Riots Hit Government Buildings in Argentina
The article details a mid day bombing near the Casa Rosada and a continued battle at Government House in Buenos Aires. Troops occupy central areas as revolts spread to Rosario and tension with the Roman Catholic Church escalates with excommunication penalties and priest-led raids. At least 29 injured in street clashes.
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Casa Rosada
Government House
Rosario
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Vatican
Manuel Tato
Tato
Rome
Five Big Forest Fires in Jefferson County Last Year
Jefferson County accounted for five of the 21 large fires in the forestry district IT, with Wayne County leading at seven fires. Over 10,000 acres burned, representing more than three fourths of district losses from over two hundred fires. Forester Martin Anderson cited limited local reporting and noted good protection on federal and adjacent private land as a factor in preventing larger fires. He highlighted 53 fire control groups working with the Division of Forestry and urged more local organization for bottom land timber and abandoned farmland protection. Forestry Headquarters, Benton.
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Jefferson County
Martin Anderson
Thimnois
Wayne County
Hamilton
Jefferson Coun
Franklin County
Marion County
Forester
Anderson
Federal Forest Service
Division of Forestry
Forestry Headquarters
Benton
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Mt. W
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Frisco
Big Shrine Circus
Mt.v
MT. V. Lions Club
Lions
Democrat
Rockford Pate Can Beny
Swenternee Venae
Moline
Peoria
Ayrshire
Salem
Italy
District Forester
William Dawe
Rockport
Mass
Lura Flower Shop
LURA
Nave
Bermuda
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