Deaths Mrs. Tennyson Dies In Indiana
Edna Glover Tennyson 66 reared in Mt. Vernon and Dahlgren died at a South Bend hospital. She lived in South Bend with her son Charles since her husband Raymond died two years ago. Funeral services in Decatur, her former home, are incomplete. Survived by son and two daughters Eloise Forsyth Emmagean Kawinski four brothers and four sisters.
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Edna Glover Tennyson
Mt. Vernon
Dahlgren
South Bend
Ind
Charles
Raymond
Decatur
Eloise Forsyth
Emmagean Kawinski
Elmer Glover
Emery Glover
Norman Glover
Clarence Glover
Jessie Keef
Helen Mathus
Clara Glover
Lottie Fitzgerald
Springfield
Nazarenes Send Missionaries To Africa and Formosa
At the general assembly in Kansas City about ten thousand delegates witnessed the consecration of twenty eight new missionaries, bringing total mission staff to 342 across 33 areas. The Rev Carl Mischke warned of competing forces in Africa amid rising communist influence while the Rev Ray Miller urged aid for Formosa refugees amidst global religious outreach. Nearly 12,000 attended communion at the morning service as Nazarene leaders outlined mission plans for Central Africa Formosa and Okinawa with a student choir from Nazarene colleges.
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Kansas City
Church of the Nazarene
Central Africa
Formosa
Okinawa
General Assembly
Heart of Africa
Carl Mischke
Ray Miller
Drection E Church
Nazarene Colleges
Nampa
Ida
Bethany
Okla
Kankakee
Ill
Hospital Notes Show Patient Admissions and Discharges
GOOOD SAMARITAN lists admissions for Percy Carl Kennedy and others with discharges including Thomas Daniels and Janet Edmison. JEFFERSON MEMORIAL records admissions of Dorothy Capps Ronald Jones and others and discharges including Joyce Oliver and James Tate and baby.
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Goood Samaritan
Percy Carl Kennedy
Phyllis Ann Sigworth
Ida Mae Bourland
Mabel Ellie Buchanan
Evelyn T. Borden
William Patrick Ryan
Elvira Swain
Eugene Gowler
Robert Clay Hamilton
Thomas Edgar ‘Daniels
Elmer Irvin
Woodrow Burnette
Homer Charles Wilson
Athalia Jamison
Janet Elizabeth Edmison
Donna Jean Bruce
Carl Flannigan
Madge Marie Spirling
Tronnie Brent Downs
William Wesley Martin
Margaret Theresa Frey
Carl Victor Farmer
Joanne Riley
James Erie
Leonard Lee Thompson
Pearl Elizabeth Shaffer
Evelyn Ann Tuttle
Charles Byron Sordelet
John Sterling Pittman
Nancy Carolyn Woolsey
Juliany
Jefferson Memorial
Dorothy Capps
Ronald Jones
Sara Taylor
Whittington
Josephine Pierce
Mary Dyer
Bernice Hyde
Ray Yost
Donald Bennett
Marie Crank
Gertie Morgan
Myrtle H. Torum
Amy Armstrong
Bluford
Joyce Oliver
James Tate
James Gregory
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital Listed
Mr and Mrs Max Garrison 1016 south 7th street welcomed a daughter Bar bara Jean born 653 pm Saturday weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Mr and Mrs William Carlyle 215 south 16th street welcomed a son Matthew Brian born 1054 pm Saturday weighing seven pounds five ounces. Mr and Mrs Donald Taylor RFD 3 Mr Vernon welcomed a son Kenneth Floyd born Sunday 1210 pm weighing six pounds three ounces. Mr and Mrs Dwight Kinsey 15 Beverly Heights welcomed a son Richard Earnest born 736 pm weighing six pounds thirteen ounces.
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Max Garrison
South 7Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Barbara Jean
William Thomas Carlyle
South 16Th Street
Matthew Brian
Donald Taylor
RFD
Vernon
Kenneth Floyd
Dwight Kinsey
Beverly Heights
Richard Earnest
U.S. Population Estimated at 167 Million May Totals
Census Bureau estimates the United States population at 167,649,000 as of May, up 209,000 from April 1 and 10.9 percent higher than the previous year. The figure includes armed forces overseas as part of the national total.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
United States
Bureau
State VFW Encampment Delegations Return from Springfield
Commander Paul E Artis of Cornois Post 1376 and Christine Coffey led Mt Vernon unit delegations at the 37th annual VFW and Ladies Auxiliary encampment in Springfield A dozen resolutions and actions dominated the meeting including a defeated bid to move Department Headquarters from Chicago to Springfield and a unanimous call for WWI veterans pensions matching those of earlier wars The resolutions are expected to be adopted by the national organization in the 1956 encampment in Dallas Texas
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Paul E. Artis
Cornois
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Christine Coffey
Auxiliary
Springfield
Mt. Vernon
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary
Artie
National Organization
Dallas
Texas
Five plead innocent in county court today
Five pleas of innocent were entered in county court today before Judge Dale Andrews. Requests for jury trials were made by all defendants. Mrs. John H. Betty Ingram pleaded innocent on a charge of using checks to defraud. Lafayette Lusby pleaded innocent on a charge of checks to defraud. Fred Andrew Holland vagabond. Arthur Bledsoe pleaded innocent to a charge of driving while intoxicated. Lawrence Jacobson was arraigned on a charge of reckless driving, and trial was set for Thursday.
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Dale Andrews
John H
Betty) Ingram
Lafayette Lusby
Fred Andrew Holland
Arthur Bledsoe
Lawrence Jacobson
Mamie Eisenhower Visits White House for Brief Return
Washington reports that First Lady Mamie Eisenhower returned to the White House today from Walter Reed Army Hospital where the President was hospitalized. She went to greet her mother Mrs. John S. Doud of Denver who had been visiting at the Gettysburg farm home and planned to return to the White House in the early afternoon.
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Washington
Mamie_ Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
John S. Doud
Denver
Gettysburg
Stated Meeting At Mt Vernon Lodge No 31
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M hosts a stated meeting tonight at 7 30 p m Members urged to attend Visiting brethren welcome Geo H Border W M Wm E Reavis Secy
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Mt. Vernon
A. F
A. M
Nixon Presides In Ike's Place At Youth Session
At the Naval Academy in Annapolis a two day conference on the fitness of American youth opened with Vice President Nixon presiding for a recuperating President Eisenhower. Marion B. Folsom urged a golden age of fitness and federal support for youth programs. Noted participants included Ford Frick Gene Tunney Rogers Hornsby Kenneth Wilson Carl Hansen Clarence Munson and Howard Hobson.
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Annapolis
Nixon
Eisenhower
Naval Academy
Marion B. Folsom
Clarence L. Munin
Michigan State
Yale
Howard Hobson
Bolivia elects Siles Zuazo president amid U S aid pledge
Bolivia’s Hernan Siles Zuazo won the presidential vote in a democratic shift tied to a promised government reform of tin mines and land reforms. He favored continued U S aid of about 20 million dollars annually to fight inflation, defeating Oscar Unzaga de la Vega of the Socialist Falange as results trickled in from interior regions.
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Ay Sulius Golden
Siles Zuazo
National Revolutionary Movement
MNR
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Bolivia
United States
Oscar Unzaga de la Vega
Socialist Falange
Unzaga
CBS affiliates defend current network relations before Senate panel
CBS television affiliate leaders told a Senate Commerce subcommittee that federal regulation of network operations would be dangerous. John Hayes of the Washington Post broadcast division said the hearings shifted into a trial of networks and affiliates, alarming operators nationwide. Hayes chairs a CBS affiliate committee backing existing relationships and practices.
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Washington
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Senate Commerce
John
Hayes
Washington Post Broadcast Division
Communications Commission
Post Broadcast Division
Wtop Radio and Television
Wmbr Radio and Television
Jacksonville
Fis
CBS Television
Gray Seeks Federal Aid for Distressed Areas
Rep. Gray says hopes high that new Area Redevelopment Act will pass this year. Sen. Douglas subbing revised bill, proposing a domestic point four program to boost cooperation between government and private enterprise. Loans could cover up to 75 percent of plant costs in rural and industrial redevelopment efforts.
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Washington
Gray
D-Ill
Congress
Sen
Douglas
Senate Labor Subcommittee
House
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Illinois
VFW Auxiliary to Meet at City Hall Tomorrow Evening
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary are called to meet tomorrow evening June 19 at 7 30 at city hall. All members are requested to attend. E M Medders, Secretary.
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V.F.W. Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
E. M. Medders
Marine Corps Auxiliary Meeting Tomorrow Evening
The Marine Corps League Auxiliary will meet tomorrow evening June 19 at 7 30 in the home of Laurita Sanders 1810 College. All members and prospective members urged to attend. Dean McKinney Secretary.
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Marine Corps League Auxiliary
Laurita Sanders
1810 College
Dean McKinney
White Shrine of Jerusalem Meeting With Potluck Supper
A stated meeting of the White Shrine of Jerusalem is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. A potluck supper will precede at 6:30 p.m. Carmencita McCarty is listed as W.HLP and Lois Dustin as W. &.
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White Shrine of
Airport News Report of Local Flights
Gene Tunbieson flew to Terre Haute Indiana this morning. Todd Ward made a flight to Evansville Indiana Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Tunbieson
Terre Haute
Ind
Todd Ward
Evansville
Coal bid specifications for Mt. Vernon schools released
Mt. Vernon City Schools District No 80 advertises coal bid specs available in the Superintendent's Office at Casey Junior High School. Bids must be returned by July. J. L. Buford, Superintendent.
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Mt. Vernon City
Casey Junior High School
Buford Named Foundation Head Fore On Board
J Lester Buford of Mt. Vernon was elected president of the Southern Illinois University Foundation at the annual meeting in Carbondale. He succeeds Claude E. Vick. New officers include Waren Gladders as vice president Lois Nelson executive secretary and Edward Miles Jr treasurer. New directors Jo V Walker R A Bonifield W C Thalman Clifford Fore joined the board along with returning members and others filling unexpired terms after the death of two members.
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Carbondale
Ill
J. Lester Buford
Mt. Vernon
National Education Association
Southern Illinois University Foundation
Buford
Claude E. Vick
Springfield
SIU
Clinton
Brokerage Stores Share Father's Day Gifts For Forgotten Dads
Employees of Mt. Vern non Illinois Brokerage Stores visited public institutions and nursing homes to adopt and gift worn apparel to fathers identified as forgotten. Some invited their adopted dads as dinner guests. program runs 1954 onward across 36 communities. Names of Mt. Vernon participants include Kermit Willmore Erma Standridge Ruby Isaac Ruth Hoell Geraldine Renn Gleason Bean Dorothy Foster Charles Tryban Sybil McCutcheon Juanita Smith Lily Parsons Wayne Frasier Madge Karnoski Imogene Bundy Idalene Witters Opal Rector Celesta Hughey Sue Nordin Bill King May Brown Hattie Harlow Hazel Snodsmith Richard Randall Marion Russell Roger Witters.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Minors Brokerage
Carl M. Dubinsky
Kermit Willmore
Erma Standridge
Ruby Isaac
Ruth Hoell
Geraldine Renn
Gleason Bean
Dorothy Foster
Charles Tryban
Sybil McCutcheon
Juanita Smith
Lily Parsons
Wayne Frasier
Some Russian Troops Leaving East Germany
Bonn report says Britain and France will accept a Russian invitation to send officers to observe the withdrawal. At Heidelberg a U S Army spokesman said a decision would be announced Tuesday. Russians claim 33,500 troops will leave, leaving about 235,000 in East Germany.
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Bonn
Germany
Britain
France
East Germany
Heidelberg
U. S. Army
VFW Calls For Korean Bonus
Springfield Illinois Veterans of Foreign Wars urge Gov Stratton to call a special legislative session to place a Korean bonus on the November ballot. A 37th annual meeting adopted the resolution. A legislative commission will convene July 9 to study bonus plans and possible encampment relocation. John Englander elected state commander. Bernard Bolotott named senior vice commander. Rev O K Sahffer re elected state chaplain.
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Springfield
Ill
Llineis Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stratton
Prnse
Snncaps
Spemgnela
John Englander
Chicago
Bernard Bolotott
Rockford
O. K. Sahffer
Dance
Hillsboro Jailbreaker Confesses Crime Spree
Norman Patrick Kelley, 20, jailed after a Hillsboro breakout, claims a two month spree of 20 robberies 5 burglaries and six car thefts across Illinois and Indiana including Chicago Hillsboro Danville Fayetteville and East St Louis He says he started after leaving Pontiac and admits a May 15 bus driver shooting He was captured as he deboarded a plane in Chicago while two others were captured near Indianapolis
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Chicago
Hillsboro
Ill
Norman Patrick Kelley
Martin Paulson
Paulson
Springfield
Cook County
Kelley
Pontiac Penitentiary
Danville
Fayetteville
East St. Louis
James Heidewald
Montgomery County
Indiana
Raymond Schneider
Warner Yates
Indianapolis
Martinsville
Ind
Kelly
Third Party for Dixie Would Be in Personal Crisis
Senate aide George D Ga warned Southern Democrats against forming a splinter or third party. He told Gov. Timmerman that differences with Democratic leadership should seek within party remedies. He stressed unity over withdrawal and noted he will not attend the Democratic convention or join any independent plan.
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Washington
George D-Ga
George Bell Timmerman
South Carolina
Democratic Party
George
Timmerman
Europe
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rural Fire Calls To North 26th Home
Rural fire crew responded at 8 30 this morning to Byford Pierce's home on north 26th when a gas store flare up occurred. No damage reported.
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Byford Pierce
Nasser raises Egyptian flag at Suez Canal
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser hoisted Egypt’s flag over the Suez Canal zone at Navy House in Port Said amid a nine MIG flyover and a salute from an Egyptian frigate. The last British soldier departed Port Said, ending 73 years of occupation. Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov visited the Delta. The government declared June 18 a national holiday to mark end of occupation.
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Port Said
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal Zone
Nasser
Navy House
Nile
Dmitri Shepilov
Bernesht
Nile Delta
Cairo
Czechoslovakia
Alexandria
Israeli Cabinet Split Deepens as Sharett Quits
Tel Aviv reports Moshe Sharett will resign as foreign minister amid a rift with Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion over Arab policy. Golda Meir succeeds Sharett temporarily as foreign minister, with Mordechai Namir named labor minister.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Shapin
Moshe Sharett
Sharett
Mapai
Democratic Labor
David Ben-Gurion
Zionist Movement
Ben-Gurion
Golda Myerson
Milwaukee
Mordechai Namir
Labor Federation
Labor
Myerson
Florida Boys Send Bicycle To The President
Orlando Boys Club sent President Eisenhower a bicycle in a telegram urging him to take up biking per heart specialist Dr Paul Dudley White. The club hopes his health allows him to attend the national amateur bicycle races in Orlando on July 14 and 15.
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Orlando
Fla
Eisenhower
Paul Dudley White
Signs Bills And Papers No Politics Continued From Page One
President Eisenhower signed 10 bills and approved a $2,808,396 supplemental appropriation to cover government damage claims and House expenses. He accepted Walter McAllister’s resignation from the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and signed two atomic energy documents with Australia and Canada. A Father’s Day hospital visit with grandchildren boosted morale as doctors reported progress and the President enjoyed a meat lunch for the first time since surgery.
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Nixon
Dulles
Sherman Adams
White House
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Walter W. McAllister
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
McAllister
United States
Australia
Canada
State Department
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
Hisenhower
Army
John Eisenhower
David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Mary Jean
Walter Reed Hospital
Howard M. Snyder
Washington
Kan-Did 4-H Club Meeting At West Salem Church
The Kan-Did 4-H Club met on Thursday June 14 at West Salem Methodist Church with 16 members and one visitor. Caro lyn Bickley presented a talk on Seams and Sue Cross spoke on Food Handling. Recreation followed with games and refreshments served.
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West Salem Methodist Church
Carolyn Bickley
Sue Cross
Divorce Granted in Circuit Court
A divorce was granted in circuit court today to Shirley Dean Atchis on from Wayne Lee Atchisson.
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Shirley Dean Atchisson
Wayne Lee Atchisson
Two Minor Accidents on Mt W Streets
Two minor traffic crashes occurred in Mt Vernon over the weekend. In the first, W L Bethard and Lloyd Gammon collided when Gammon turned onto Shawnee while Bethard drove north. damages were 30 and 20 dollars respectively and Gammon was charged with careless driving. The second crash at 10th and Broadway involved William V Miller and Benjamin Gray, with Miller arrested for using the wrong lane. damages were 10 dollars for Miller and 35 for Gray.
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Mt. Vernon
W. L. Bethard
Lloyd Gammon
Wayne City
Bethard
Shawnee
Gammon
Perkins
10Th
Broadway
William V. Miller
Benjamin Gray
Miller
Gray
City Firemen Called Twice
Mt. Vernon firemen were called to two minor fires this weekend. At 11:40 p.m. Saturday a defective motor in an electric refrigerator caught fire at the Bar-B-Q Haven causing slight damage. They responded again at 2:35 p.m. Sunday to a grass fire behind LAN depot at 16th and Main.
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Mt. Vernon
Bar-B-Q Haven
16Th and Main
Marriage Licenses for Mt. Vernon Pairings Listed
Charles E. Sargent of Mt. Vernon weds Ramona Aloah Dalmasso of Mt. Vernon. Neil E. McGregor of Moorhead Minn. weds Almira Stewart of Dix. Gale M. Galloway weds Beverly Elaine Neal both of Mt. Vernon. Billy D. Hamilton of Whittington weds Cleta Ivalene Gulley of Waltonville.
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Charles E. Sargent
Mt. Vernon
Ramona Aloah Dalmasso
Neil E. McGregor
Moorhead
Minn
Almira Stewart
Dix
Gale M. Galloway
Bonnie
Beverly Elaine Neal
Billy D. Hamilton
Whittington
Cleta Ivalene Gulley
Waltonville
Traffic fines in Police Court listed by magistrate
Police Magistrate Allen Dulaney assessed fines for three defendants. Johnnie W. Turpin faced drunken driving with $100 and costs, Johnny D. Moore and Christopher were fined $7 and costs for speeding, and David D. Flota paid $10 and costs for driving too fast for conditions.
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Allen Dulaney
Johnnie W. Turpin
Johnny D. Moore
Christopher
David D. Flota
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LLINI
Memorial Stadium
University of Illnois
David Dodds Henry
Robert D. Calkins
Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C
VFW
Austria
Vienna
Mamie
Geo. H. Border, W. M. Wm. E. Reavis, Sec’y
Ike
Zuazo
TV Networks
Airport News
J. L. Buford
Fore
Dixie
Suez Canal
Florida
Coats
Aluma Kraft
Grover Scott
R.F.D
Ilinois
Benoist Bros
Midland Garden Tractors
Mt.w
John W. Williams
Vernon, Mf
Dobbs Army ‘Store
St. Clair
Trailer Sales, Inc
South Salem
RCA and
Westinghouse
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