Death of 97-Year-Old Ina Woman Renews Funeral Plans
Ina area resident Mrs. Margaret Dunbar 96 years, 11 months, and 18 days, died at 7 10 a m at her east Ina home. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p m at Ina Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Bird Green. Burial in cemetery southeast of Whittington. Viewing at Ina Funeral Home after 2 p m Thursday. Survived by daughter Irene Dunbar and son Harry Dunbar, sister Mary Richeson of Long Beach, California, three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Margaret (Whittington) Dunbar
Ina
Ina Missionary Baptist Church
Bird Green
Whittington
Irene Dunbar
Harry Dunas
Mary Richeson
Long Beach
Calif
O'Day tied to Madison house of prostitution case
Sandra O Day, linked to the Greenlease ransom case, faces a circuit court assault charge in Edwardsville. McGarvey testified he paid for protection to keep his Madison house of prostitution operating. He recalled paying bribes as part of the protection racket, amid the Kansas City case's $600,000 transfer that remains unresolved.
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Ardsville
Ill
Weamwiat Garland Ee McGarvey
Prosgies
Madison
Sandra
June O'Day
Greenlease
Edwardsville
McGarvey
Austin
Macon County
McGarye
Madison Couneee
Murder blow to summit meeting shocks world leaders
President Eisenhower condemned the execution of Nagy and his associates in Hungary, calling it a great setback to the summit conference. He said the act shakes civil society and undermines confidence in Communist imperialists.
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Washington
Toret N
Tiserhower
Ference
Nagy
Birth of Michael Todd Karcher in Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Karcher of Belle Rive welcomed a son at 6 21 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital. The baby weighed nine pounds four ounces and has been named Michael Todd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Karcher
Belle Rive
Good Samaritan Hospital
Michael Todd
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial adds Mrs Frankie Low ery, Mrs Nina Reininger, Mrs Wilma Severs, Mrs Bessie Cross of Dahlgren and welcomes Thelma Page, Daniel Logan, Little Vicki Mou trie, Mrs Marietta Lamberson. Discharges include Walter Green, Wesley Ray, Charles Anthis, Dowell Robertson, Ike Dalton, Ricky Webb, Mrs Pauline Branson, Mrs Doris Musgrave, Homer Feltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Frankie Lowery
Dahlgren
Nina Reininger
Wilma Severs
Bessie Cross
Walter Green
Kell
Wesley Ray
Sims
Good Samaritan
Thelma Page
Daniel Logan
Vicki Moutrie
Marietta Lamberson
Charles Anthis
Dowell Robertson
Ike Dalton
Ricky Webb
Pauline Branson
Doris Musgrave
Homer Feltz
Notice of Letting for Jefferson County Maintenance Materials
Sealed proposals will be received in the office of the County Superintendent of Highways until 10 00 A M CST June 27 1958 for furnishing materials for maintenance of various patrols in Jefferson County. Proposals read aloud at that time. Submit on forms provided by the County and enclose in a marked envelope. Right to reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities reserved. 10 percent proposal guarantee required. A surety bond for full amount of the award will be required BY ORDER OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS By JACK K TROTTER County Highway Department 1668 6-24
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Superintendent of Highways
CST
Jefferson County
MFT
Jefferson County Board OF Supervisors
Jack K. Trotter
County Highway Department
County Way Department
Machine Picks Bomber Course from GE Computer
Washington AP General Electric Co has developed an airborne digital computer for fighter bombers. Described to military electronics specialists the unit handles navigation weapon selection firing control approach maneuvers bomb release and optimal return altitude and speed. Developed by GE Light Military Electronic Equipment Dept Utica New York and described by M R Johnson manager of the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Electric Co
Light Military Electronic Equipment Department
Utica
N. Y
M. R.johnson
Armament and Control Secon
Way To Measure Magnetic Force In Space Found
Washington AP reports two government scientists have refined a method to measure magnetic forces in space. The rubidium magnetometer uses a vaporized rubidium tube and light direction to detect magnetic strength, aiming to fit on earth satellites and moon rockets for unprecedented sensitivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg, Va
P. L. Bender
National Bureau of Standards
Deane Egol
Wabash levee breaks ease Vincennes flood pressure
A new Wabash River levee break lowered flood pressure at Vincennes but flooded thousands more acres of cropland. The Oak town area saw levee failure despite sandbagging, washing floodwater within two feet of U S 41. Officials weigh emergency loans for Indiana counties as waters recede elsewhere.
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Indianapolis
Vincennes
U. S. Agriculture Department
Indiana
Eben
Oaktown
U. S. 41
Big Niblack
Mount Carmel
Ill
Wabash Ferries
St.Francisville
Terre Haute
Russellville
Illinois
Wabash
Wilbur Wright Jr
Robinson
Lafayette
Covington
Agriculture Department
Washington
Belleville Brewery Strike Settled in Two-Year Contract
Nearly 600 Carling Brewing Co workers in Belleville ratified a two-year contract after a shutdown since early month. Twelve more employees, steamfitters and electricians, weigh a similar offer. Wage increases include 10 cents per hour retroactive to June 1 and another 10 cents next June 1, plus improved holidays and vacations. Basic rates are $2.78 per hour for bottlers and $2.91 for brewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Carling Brewing Co
Carling
Carlings
Lady Talks Too Much In Court Contempt Case
BELLEVILLE API residents report Mrs Dorothy Nev er angered when barred from self representation in a divorce suit. Circuit Judge Quinten Spivey cited her for contempt after she refused to appear with counsel. Deputies were sent to enforce attendance and Nev er faced a 10 day jail term.
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Belleville
Dorothy L. Never
Quinten Spivey
Neumayer
Washington
Illinois Jobs Fall Off Four Thousand Nine Hundred
Illinois employment in May totaled 3,288,300 workers not counting farm jobs, down 4,900 from April. Manufacturing and durable goods led declines by about 17,000 each, while gains appeared in construction about 7,000, retail trade 3,000, and food processing 2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Srowth
Illinois State Employment Service
Vets Reunion And Convention Here In July
Mt Vernon hosts a three day VFW and American Legion convention in July. Mayor Virgil Bailey and Commander Leo Morgan welcome attendees. Omar Mc Mackin will speak after officer elections, with lunch at the American Legion Home. A 2 PM Sunday parade climaxes the event with bands, firing squads, drum and bugle corps, floats, and Budweiser mules. Parade chair Jack Alexander calls it the largest southern Illinois Legion procession. Glenn Hawkins reports many dignitaries have booked for the convention. Entertainment chairs are Bobbie Wilson and Paul Horton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Virgil T. Bailey
Leo Morgan
Omar Mc‘Mackin
American Legion
King City Club
Eisenhower defends Adams amid Goldfine dispute
In a news conference 257 reporters attended as President Eisenhower addressed the Adams Goldfine matter. He condemned Hungary deaths, noted Lebanon actions studied by UN officials, and warned gifts are not bribes while stating Adams took gifts but did not seek or receive special treatment for his friend Goldfine.
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Adams
Hungary
Eisenhower
Imre Nagy
Pal. Maleter
Free World
Soviet Union
Lebanon
United States
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
U.N
White House
Goldfine
Boston
Rep
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Federal Trade Commission
Truman
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Missouri Weather Summary in Brief
Missouri remains mostly fair with moderate temperatures. Southeast areas stay fair while the west and north turn partly cloudy tonight with a chance of scattered showers in the northwest. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and mild conditions with widely scattered thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s today, tonight’s lows near 60, and in the northeast to mid 60s elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Five Day Forecast Illinois Temperatures Below Normal
Illinois forecast shows temperatures averaging six to ten degrees below normal with normal highs 79 to 85 north and 84 to 99 south and lows 58 to 63 north and 63 to 70 south. Cooler trend Friday with warming Sunday or Monday. Precipitation around a quarter to a half inch with showers tonight and again Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois Weather Chicago Temperatures Rise Slightly
Illinois forecast shows warmer readings in Chicago but cooler, damp weather statewide with scattered afternoon showers. Five day outlook expects average temperatures 6 to 10 degrees below normal. Moline reached 69 while Springfield hit 80.
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Illinois Weather
Chicago
Ilinois
Moline
Springfield
Truman Aide Strives to Avoid Prison in Tax Case
In St Louis AP report Matthew J. Connelly once White House appointments secretary under Truman seeks a stay of execution on a two year prison term for conspiring to defraud the government in a tax case. He and ex Justice Department official T Lamar Caudle were to surrender Saturday to begin their sentences.
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ST. Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
White House
Truman
Connelly
Federal District Court
T. Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Coast To Coast And Back Again Under 18 Hours
Border to border and coast to coast in 17 hours 50 minutes sets a record for the Lockheed JetStar utility transport. Pilots Ray Goodey and Bob Schumacher flew from Edwards AFB Calif to Washington MA and Florida before returning to Burbank. Actual flying time was 14 hours 50 minutes with an average speed of 456 mph for the 6700 mile trip. Stops occurred at McChord AFB Tacoma Westover AFB Chicopee Falls and McCoy AFB Orlando.
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Burbank
Calif
Ray Goodey
Bob Schumacher
Edwards Air Force Base
Washington
Massachusetts
Florida
McChord Afb
Tacoma, Wash
Westover Afb
Chicopee Falls
Mass
McCoy Afb
Orlando
Fla
Strange wild animal sighting in Texico area
In Texico and Dix, northern Jefferson County residents chase a large unknown creature seen near Hawkins grain elevator. men set steel traps. prior hunts for unidentified wild animals drew hundreds but yielded only rabbits and possums. Local officials and residents await confirmation of the animal’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texico
Jefferson County
Hawkins
Emmerson Hawkins
Dix
Spring Garden Township
Businessmen Buy Village in Eastport Maine
A group of 19 greater Boston businessmen purchased Quoddy Village at Eastport Maine for 250000. The sale was announced by Sidney W Grossman of L Grossman Sons which has owned the community since 1950. The village of 200 buildings on 142 acres was built by the federal government about 20 years ago with the Passamaquoddy tidal power project. The buyers formed Quoddy Village Corp to develop the area for recreation light industry and low cost retirement homes. The tidal project began in the late 1930s and was revived by a US Canada joint effort to exploit the bay tides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy, Mass
Greater Boston
Quoddy Village
Eastport
Maine
Sidney W. Grossman
L. Grossman Sons
Passamaquoddy
Quoddy Village Corp
Roosevelt
Passamaquoddy Bay
United States
Canada
Rocky Rothschild Arm Wounding Questioned in Jail Death Attempt
Investigators probe whether the six inch arm wound of Charles Rocky Rothschild, 33, a former Cairo, Illinois policeman held in Spartanburg County jail, was a death by own action attempt while awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary. His cut was discovered at 11:25 a.m. by jailers after visitors had seen him. He had pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a July 1957 safecracking near Greer, and will be sent to Columbia to begin a five year term.
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Spartanburg, S. C
Cairo, I
Spartanburg
B. B. Brockman
Charles
Rocky) Rothschild
Columbia
Rothschild
Greer
Royce Holden
Columata Hospital
Airport News Flier Inbound and Outbound Flights
Airport patrons Larry Forrestal Stan Zoziara Frank Weatherford and Glen Featherston flew to St Louis this morning Chuck Easton and family traveled to Springfield Today Paul Schulze flew from Chicago to Mt Vernon and C J Billingtow traveled from Benton to Mt Vernon then to St Louis today
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Larry Forrestal
Stan Zoziara
Frank Weatherford
Glen Featherston
St. Louis
Chuck Easton
Springfield
Paul Schulze
Chicago
Mt. Vernon
C. J. Billingtow
Benton
Philippines Leader Seeks Aid Not Charity From Congress
President Carlos P. Garcia told Congress he seeks understanding and assistance, not charity, to stabilize the Philippines. He said progress is half done and the country, seeking long term credits around 300 million dollars, aims to be a democratic ally in Asia. Washington meeting with Eisenhower followed a state visit and a White House dinner.
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Washington
Carlos P. Garcia
U.S. Congress
Congress
America
Asia
Garcia
Philippines
United States
Capitol
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Republic
Columbine III
White House
Car flips end over end injures Waltonville teens
Two Waltonville teenagers escaped death after a car driven by 19 year old Charles Dees went out of control on a curve east of Waltonville when a tire blew out. Dees suffered bruises and was released after treatment while 18 year old passenger David Wayne Logan remained hospitalized with a broken arm and bruises. State troopers described the car as heavily damaged.
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Waltonville
Charles Dees
Dees
David Wayne Logan
Good Samaritan Hospital
Logan
Need Sheets and Pillow Slips For Cancer Patients
American Cancer Society loan closet officials urge Mt. Vernon residents to donate old white sheets and pillow cases to be made into bandages for cancer patients. Bring items to the T.B. Hospital or call Mrs. Harry Thompson at 31 to arrange pickup. The closet now cares for 11 patients, needing about 4,400 bandages monthly, with supplies running low.
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American Cancer’ Society
Mt. Vernon
T.B. Hospital
Harry Thompson
Mirage funnels and floods roil Texas weather
A Texas storm brought showers from El Paso to Laredo with heavy clouds over southwestern regions. Floods in hill country rose then receded, marooning residents. Floyd Miller of San Angelo drowned in the Concho River while trying to save his stepson, 11, as floodwaters swept them away.
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Dallas
Texas
el Paso
Rio Grande
Laredo
Floyd Miller
San Angelo
Concho River
Legion
Weather Bureau
Miller
Concho
Robert Robinson
Young Robinson
Dog Bites Man Owner Fined In Rabies Case
Mt. Vernon resident Phillip Karch pleaded guilty before Police Magistrate J R Thomas to keeping a dog not vaccinated for rabies. He was fined $15.45 and ordered to cover medical expenses for the man bitten. the charge was filed by a rabies inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Phillip Karch
J. R. Thomas
Karch
Seven Women On Jury Hear $42,500 Auto Lawsuit
A circuit court jury of seven women and five men heard evidence in a $42,500 automobile accident lawsuit. Orville and Opia Iddings sue Harvey Ross Petty for $20,000 each for injuries and $2,500 for car damage. The May 23 1957 collision on state route 37 near Dix involved the Iddings car and a Petty vehicle towing another car. The Iddings resided in East St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville
Op Iddings
Harvey Ross Petty
Iddings
Dix
Petty
East St. Louis
Youth Injured In Collision In North
Donald Lee Hell aged 17 of 320 Main Street was injured in a two vehicle crash at Williams Street and Tolle Road. Police said Alta N. Shelton of Route 6 drove north on Tolle Road while Heil pulled from Williams Street and struck the Shelton car. Heil was fined $5 and costs by Police Magistrate J R Thomas for wrong lane usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lee Hell
Main Street
Williams Street
Tolle Road
Alta N. Shelton
Route 6
Heil
Shelton
J. R. Thomas
Flower thefts warned by Oakwood cemetery police chief
Police Chief Verner Pigg warned thieves stealing flowers and plants from urns at Oakwood cemetery. He cited at least seven lots affected since Decoration Day and announced special patrols to stop the thefts with jail and prosecution for offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verner Pigg
Oakwood Cemetery
Yesterardf Pigg
Telescope stolen from car on South Tenth Street
A large valuable telescope was stolen from a parked car on South Tenth Street yesterday. Police said the telescope belonged to Cliff Baldridge of Chi-Cabo.
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South Tenth Street
Cliff Baldridge
Chi- Cabo
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John Lewis
Marshall
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Senate
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Rocky Rothschild
South Carolina
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