Ford Urges Industry Wide Wage Contract in Auto Sector
Henry Ford II proposes that automakers unite to seek an industry wide contract with the CIO United Auto Workers. He cites discussions with other executives and notes GM opposition while Chrysler is unsure. Ford says smaller producers could adapt, citing past industry pattern bargaining in steel and glass.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Henry Ford II
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Ite
Walter P. Reuther
Detroit News
Ford
American Motors
American Motors Corp
UAW
Steel and Glass
Aare
War Trophies Sought for Mt Vernon Veterans Reunion Exhibit
The American Legion seeks war trophies for display at the Mt. Vernon Veterans Reunion at the city park June 28 to July 4. A large tent will host a War Museum with trophies from all wars on special tables and boards. Veterans and collectors may bring items to the American Legion Home at 818 Broadway or call for a receipt. Insurance is arranged and owners will receive credit cards with trophy histories.
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American Legion
Mt. Vernon
City Park
War Museum
Legion
Ilinois
Broadway
Mt. Vernon City Park
Hospital Notes and Good Samaritan Admissions
Hospital Notes lists admissions for Mrs Opal Myers in Salem and Mrs Julia Black in Glen Hughes along with several others and discharges including Merritt Strickland. Good Samaritan unit records admissions such as Mrs Minnie Waite and Master Dale Sapper while noting discharges like Forest Brown and Mrs Vermadel Huff.
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Jefferson Memorial
Opal Myers
Salem
Julia Black
Glen Hughes
Bonnie
Mary Lou Clark
Whittington
Dorothea Bradford
Merritt Strickland
Hattie Cralley
Hettie Smith
McLeansboro
Hazel Mooney
Good Samaritan
Minnie Waite
Morris Yost
Charles Jay
Linnie Patterson
Lizzie Duvall
Dale Sapper
Mona Kekow
Marvin Newell
Eater St. Clair
Ethel Pollard
Roger Eal
Forest Brown
Vermadel Huff
Virginia Fenton
Patricia Carroll
Elaina Marie
Virginia Ward
Jeanette Tyler
Minnie Duensing
Births in Jefferson Memorial Hospital twins and three more sons
Mr and Mrs John Clark of Whittington welcomed twins at Jefferson Memorial hospital. A boy weighed six pounds six ounces born at 9 40 and a girl ten minutes later weighing five pounds thirteen ounces. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Bradford Meadowbrook Addition welcomed a son at 3 34 Monday weighing eight pounds eleven and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Ivan McConnaughhay RFC 7 welcomed a son at 12 29 this morning weighing seven pounds nine ounces named Kevin Shahn.
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John Clark
Whittington
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Lloyd Bradford
Meadowbrook
Ivan McConnaughhay
RFC 7
Kevin Shahn
Church Offers Phone Prayers in Scarsdale
Hitchcock Memorial Church in Scarsdale has a device that plays a recorded one minute prayer. Since its installation on June , parishioners have rung about 700 times daily, at all hours, seeking the prayer.
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Associated Press
Scarsdale
N. Y
New York City
Hitchcock Memorial Church
Fleming defends nude scene in Italian film
Hollywood star Rhonda Fleming says a swimming scene in The Courtesan of Babylon was in good taste though she wore no clothing. She explains the suit dyed darker than her skin caused the apparent nudity and stands by her claim despite the director denying any such scene was filmed.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Rhonda Fleming
Carlo Lodovico Bragaglia
James Bacon
Babylon
Bragagna
Stabbed Man Fined After Friendly Scuffle on Ninth
Mt. Vernon resident L. D. Vann, 46, pleaded guilty to drunkenness and disturbance after a Saturday night incident on South Ninth Street. He received a $50 fine plus costs before Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney. Robert Harris, 42, remains hospitalized with a knife wound, initially booked for assault with a deadly weapon before Harris described the event as a friendly scuffle.
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Mt. Vernon
South Ninth Street
Allan Dulaney
L. D. Vann
Grand Avenue
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Robert Harris
South Ith Street
Vann
Harris
Wins 240000 Damages From Oil Companies
Seattle fed judge jury awards former service station operator George F. Moore 240000 in damages against seven major oil firms for allegedly boycotting him in 1952 over price cuts. Jury found 80000 actual damages and trebled them under antitrust law to total 240000. defendants Standard Oil of California Tidewater Associated Union General Petroleum Richfield Texaco Shell deny illegal agreement. appeal expected.
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Associated Press
Seattle
George F. Moore
Moore
Standard Oil of Californias
Tidewater Associated
Union
General Petroleum
Richfield
Texaco
Shell
Temple Bell To Japan Returns Home From Pasadena
The 700 pound Bell from Tokyo's Gochizan Soji temple, placed in Pasadena City Hall after being found by sailors post VJ Day, is ordered returned to Japan. The Board of City Directors said the bell will be shipped back to the temple to foster international goodwill.
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Pasadena
Calif
U. S
Gochizan Soji
Tokyo
Auxiliary Police To Meet Tonight Mt Vernon
The Mt. Vernon auxiliary police will hold a 7:00 PM meeting at the police magistrate's office. Secretary Odie Farris says important matters will be discussed and all members are urged to attend.
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Mt. Vernon
Odie Farris
Turner Roehm Post No 4 Amvets Meeting Notice
Turner Roehm Post No 4 Amvets will hold a regular meeting at 7 30 tomorrow night in the club rooms An executive session is set for 7 o'clock Following the meetings there will be a social hour and refreshments at the venue
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Turner Roehm
Amvets
Marriage Licenses for Holhubner Deichman Denham Clark
Elmer George Holhubner of Olmstead Illinois wed Yvonne Deichman. Harvey Levi Denham and Mary Alice Clark, both residents of Belle Rive, secured marriages.
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Elmer George Holhubner
Olmstead, Ill
Yvonne Deichman
Mr. Vernon
Harvey Levi Denham
Mary Alice Clark
Belle Rive
Oilman Glenn McCarthy Seeks Third Fortune
Oilman Glenn McCarthy, who has lost two fortunes, predicts a third is near. He cited Bolivian explorations and a New York and Denver syndicate investment, saying U S production once 13,000 barrels daily now rests on a few Oklahoma wells. He estimates two years to produce enough to offset past losses.
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Associated Presse
Houston
Glenn McCarthy
States
U. S
Oklahoma
Wildcatter
New York
Denver
Boy 12 Inherits $8 Million Estate After Tragedy
NEW YORK A 12 year old, William Anthony Burton, inherits a nearly eight million dollar estate after his father Wayne Longergan killed the boy's mother in 1943. The guardian is his maternal grandmother Lucille Wolfe Burton.
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Associated Press
New York
William Anthony Burton
William
Wayne William Lonergan
Wayne Longergan
Beekman Place
Patricia
Max E. Bernheimer
Willam
Lucille Wolfe Burton
Insurance Men At Meeting Here
Louie Fitts of Mt. Vernon hosted an all day meeting at the L and N Cafe for southern Illinois territory representatives of Golden Rule Life Insurance Co. Fitts is district manager for five counties. Attendees came from Mattoon and Murphysboro with Pat Rooney, company president, delivering a brief talk.
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Louie Fitts
Mt. Vernon
Ilinois
Golden Rule Life Insurance Co
Fitts
Mattoon
Murphysboro
Pat Rooney
Rockets Cause Big Damage At Portland Base
Portland Ore twelve rockets were fired from a parked jet fighter at the Portland Air Force base causing two million dollars in damage. The missiles struck a row of parked jets, destroying two and damaging two more with a C-46 transport also hit. No injuries occurred though one missile bounced off a house roof a mile away. Col Elmer McTaggart said an authorized man is being held for investigation.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Portland Air Force Base
Elmer McTaggart
TV From Havana Cuba Viewed Here
Two Mt. Vernon families enjoyed television reception from Havana Cuba last night. Loyd Owens of 812 North Seventh and Charles Allen of 1218 Jones picked up the program on channel a using a southeast antenna. Reception was clear and they watched a sports program featuring nine Spanish speakers. Owens and Allen are Register News employees.
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Mt. Vernon
Havana
Cuba
Loyd Owens
North Seventh
Charles Allen
Jones
Owens
Allen
Godfrey Resigns Navy Commission
Arthur Godfrey resigns his Navy commander's commission claiming he can serve the armed forces better without official ties. The spokesman noted his resignation followed his loss of Navy flying status after declining the periodic physical examination.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Brown School in Chicago to be rebuilt after 98 years
The Chicago Board of Education announced the replacement of the 98-year-old Brown School at 1758 W. Warren on the West Side. Tad Lincoln once studied there in 1866, joining notable alumni Lilian Russell and Flo Ziegfeld. A new Brown School at 54 N. Hermitage will include 24 classrooms a kindergarten two special rooms library and gymnasium among other facilities.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Board of Education
Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Tad
W. Warren
West Side
Lilian Russell
Flo Ziegfeld
Thomas
Tad) Lincoln
N. Hermitage
Lion Cub Gift Brought From Chicago to Churchill London
A 214 month old lion cub is flown from Chicago to London to join former Prime Minister Churchill as a replacement for Rota, his late pet lion destroyed Saturday. The gesture comes from the Suburban Park Forest Lions Club.
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Associated Press
Chicago
London
Churchill
Suburban Park Forest
Bad Axe water shut off after hydrant crash
Bad Axe Michigan population about 3000 faced a two hour water outage Monday when city construction crews backed a truck into a fire hydrant causing the water supply to be temporarily shut off for repairs.
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Associated Press
Auto crash at Van's Marine hits boats in Hollywood
John Flato, 57, lost control of his car Monday and crashed through a plate glass window at Van's Marine Service, bowling over four boats. He suffered a possible back injury.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Fla
John Flato
Van's Marine Service
Flato
Longest Iroquois County resident dies at 104
Watseka Ill. Elizabeth Eyer 104 oldest Iroquois County resident died after five day illness in St Marys Hospital Kankakee.
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Associated Press
Watseka
Ill
Iroquois County
Elizabeth Eyer
St. Mary's Hospital
Kankakee
Rural Fire Crew Responds To Grass Fire North Of City
Rural firemen were called to the Norman Sharp property on Ninth Street north of the city limits at 3 40 p m Monday to control a grass fire. No damage was reported.
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Mt. Verno
Norman Sharp
Ninth Street
Driver License Station To Close
The driver's license station at the court house will be closed all day tomorrow. Driver's license examiners will conduct tests during the day at the Salem Reunion.
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Court House
Salem
Elm felled near Rutland airport ahead of Ike visit
Secret service men arrived in Rutland Vermont ahead of President Eisenhower's visit to report a 70 foot elm on Amherst Weeks farm was too close to a runway. Weeks agreed to its removal and brush cleanup with the airport commission, noting the tree would be kept for firewood.
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Rutland
Secret Service
Eisenhower
Amherst Weeks
Weeks
Airport Commission
Albert Cree
Askew Enlists in U S Navy At Great Lakes Training Center
Bobby Ray Askew son of Mr and Mrs Alvie Askew of S12 north Fourth street has enlisted in the U S Navy He is taking recruit training at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois
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Bobby Ray Askew
Alvie Askew
S12
North Fourth Street
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes, III
Effingham Votes On Lake Bonds Record
Effingham and rural voters cast ballots on a proposed water authority empowered to issue 1.2 million dollars in revenue bonds for a new reservoir. The lake would trap about 414 million gallons of water and flood roughly 4 500 acres in Douglas Township.
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Effingham
Isue
Douglas Township
Peron Memoir Honors Eva as Argentine News Makes Peace
Government radio aired a memorial for Eva Peron at 8:30 pm, marking her July 26 1952 death. The broadcast followed ongoing clashes between Catholics and Peron supporters, including the expulsion of two prelates and a Vatican excommunication of those involved.
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Peron
Eva
Reime
Argentina
Msgr
Manuel Tate
Buenos Aires
Vatican
Tato
Airport News Roundup of Travel
Larry Forrestal returned today from a flight to Alabama. Malcolm Ttrons flew to Cincinnati this morning.
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Larry Forrestal
Alabama
Malcolm Ttrons
Cincinnati
New Sectional Living Room Suites at Mound City Furniture
New living room suites arrive at Mound City Furniture Co with attractive covers and prices from 119.95 to 219.95. The store emphasizes low overhead and ample parking in a low rent area and is open Saturday evenings until 8:00. Located at 819 Broadway.
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Mound City Furniture
Mound City Furniture Co
Mound City
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