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Mt Vernon Register News

Location

Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1954

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Ike Opposes Any Slash in Foreign Aid

President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve the full foreign aid request of 3.447 billion dollars, calling cuts unjustified and unsafe amid the Communist drive for world domination. He cited Southeast Asia turmoil and the Indochina War, stressing military and other support to strategically important nations.

Associated Press Washington Eisenhower Congress Southeast Asia United States House Foreign Affairs Murray Snyder White House Snyder

Atomic Workers Reject Pay Offer, Threaten Strike

About 4,500 CIO production workers in Oak Ridge Tennessee and Paducah Kentucky rejected a six cent hourly raise recommended by the atomic energy labor relations board. Paducah locals voted to empower a strike and Oak Ridge planned a secret ballot strike vote. AFL production workers in two plants also considered the proposal. The CIO sought a two cent rise, AFL asked nineteen cents. current wages range from 1.58 to 2.40 per hour. Both CIO locals voted for retroactive pay to April 15 if approved.

Associated Press Oak Ridge AFL AFL Ateete Trades and Labor Council CIO Paducah

Deaths and Funerals Former Opdyke Resident Dies in Gary

Nathaniel Garrison 60 a former Opdyke resident died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital Gary He was purchasing agent for the hospital The body will arrive Mt Vernon Friday and go to Myers Chapel for calling Funeral Friday at 2 00 p m Rev Roscoe Hollis will officiate burial in Opdyke cemetery He born Jefferson county married to Zadia Collins Surviving include wife a brother J R Garrison Valparaiso Ind a son Milton killed in Germany during World War II

Nathaniel Garrison Opdyke Methodist Hospital Gary End Mt. Vernon Myers Chapel Roscoe Hollis Mr. Garrison Jefferson County Zadia Collins Munele Tad J. R. Garrison Valparaiso Ind Milton Germany

Lizzie Lenora Young Funeral Set for Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Lenora Young, a former Bluford resident, will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m at Oakdale church near Bluford with Rev. Marshall Irvin officiating. Burial follows at Oakdale Cemetery. The body remains at Pulley Funeral Home. Mrs. Young died in Springfield Monday night.

Lizzie Lenora Young Oakdale Church Bluford Marshall Irvin Divernon Oakdale Cemetery Pulley Funeral Home Young Springfield

House For Sale Sign Reunites Father And Son

In Los Angeles a house for sale sign leads to a 25 year reunion between Vincent Bisogno Sr. and his son Vincent Bisogno Jr. when a realtor notices the same surname on a mail box and connects them. The two are happily reunited.

Los Angeles Vincent Bisogno John Collins Rivera District

Decision On Air Academy Site Planned For June 28

Denver and Colorado Springs are favored as potential Air Force Academy sites along with Lake Geneva and Alton. Secretary Talbott said a final choice would come on June 28. All three locations are described as magnificent, with one likely to win.

Associated Prove Denver Colorado Springs Air Force Academy Air Force Talbott Lake Geneva Wis Alton

Saturday Evening, June 26 6p. m to 8 pm

The notice lists a two hour event on Saturday evening from 6 to 8 PM. Details are sparse but the window indicates an organized gathering or program scheduled for that date and time. Names, place, or organizer are not provided in the readable text.

Philco

L. E. Gowler Dies Ex-Tax Assessor in Mt. Vernon

Lawrence Filmer Gowler 71 retired farmer and former Vernon township tax assessor died at home after long illness. Born June 21 1883 in Jefferson County he was a Camp Ground Baptist Church deacon. Survived by son Roy L Gowler Mt. Vernon daughters Evele Weatherford Mt. Vernon Myrtle Greer Mt. Carmel sister Grace Adminson LaGrange half brother Gleason Gowler Mt. Vernon and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Camp Ground Baptist Church with burial at East Sabens Cemetery. Body at Myers Chapel. visitation after 7 p m Thursday and church service Saturday at 2 p m.

Lawrences Filmer Gowler Vernon Gawler Gowler Jefferson County Camp Ground Baptist Church Buria Wah East Sabens Myers Chapel Mr. Gawler Henry M Margaret C McConnaughhas Gawler Cora Ellen Keele Roy L. Gowler Mt. Vernon Evele Weatherford Myrtle Greer Mt. Carmel Grace Mdminson LaGrange Gleason Gowler Lucille Rtsing

Planes Search For Body Of Soldier In Ohio River

Army planes from Fort Leonard Wood joined in a river search near Mount City for Sgt George S McIntire 36 who drowned Monday afternoon. An Army inquiry heard testimony from five civilians in the water with him as state and local crews dragged the river for the missing man, a native of Mount City and recruiting officer based in Carre.

Associated Preas Mountd Ctty Pt. Leonard Wood Ohio River Sid LC George S McIntire Army Board of Inquiry McIntire Mount City Artie Witnois Caire

Site inspection marks foothill area near Colorado Springs

Tatboatt conducted a thorough one day inspection of a proposed site northwest of Colorado Springs. The focus lies in the rolling foothills between Colorado Springs and Monument, Colo.

Colorado Springs Monument, Colo

Blue Lustre Carpet Cleaning T:

The article promotes Blue Lustre as a home carpet cleaning advance marketed as vacuumable foam with a long handle British applicator, jet dry, and vacuum steps. Douglas Drug markets it as an early offering, highlighting ease comparable to playing shuffleboard.

Douglas Drug

Sent Illegally to Insane Asylum Seeks Millions

Miss Mary W. Speers 74 seeks 18.5 million dollars in a lawsuit filed by attorney Eugene Krasicky Tuesday in Detroit Circuit Court. Defendants include Detroit city Warne County Michigan four doctors and officials of the state mental institutions. Speers was committed as a mental patient in 1946 while charged with passing a bad check and released in 1952 on orders of Circuit Judge Lila M. Newell who ruled the commitment had been unconstitutional.

Associated Plans Latrost Mary W. Speers Michigan Eugene Krasicky Iret Detroit Warne County Michie Speers Jaid Shye Lila M. Newentelt Dewal

Osteopaths Win Court Victory in Licensure Case

An Appellate Court reversed a 1952 ruling and ordered licenses for graduates of the Chicago College of Osteopathy as physicians and surgeons. College president Dr. R. H. MacBain hailed the decision as a great victory, noting the college’s recognition in other states. The state Board had refused licenses arguing the college was not qualified to teach medicine and surgery in all its branches.

Associated Prena Chicago Chicago College of Osteopathy Superior Court James J. McDermott R. H. MacBain Bilig Ave Department of Registration and Education College of Osteopathy

Who Burned The $10,000 Bill Discovery in Dunn

Associated Press reports a Dunn resident found a fragment of a $10,000 bill at a Benson town dump. The partial note showed a $10,000 denomination and part of a serial number. Bankers explained potential Treasury recovery based on the fragment, noting uncertainty over how it ended up discarded.

Associated Dunn N.C Dunn Bants Benson Lee Treasury Department

Bombs Fall On Town In Honduras Continued Page One

In Honduras a town is bombed as the invasion is blamed on the United States by local press and radio. Guatemala reimposes a ban on press telephone calls to and from the censorship heavy country without explanation.

Honduras United States U.S

Births in Houston and Ohio and Missouri families

Mr and Mrs William M Rutherford of Houston Texas announce the birth of a daughter Joyce Elizabeth at Herman Hospital weighing seven pounds two ounces The mother is the former Mary Catherine Hopkins Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Homer Rutherford of Salem Road and Mr and Mrs Dale Hopkins of Broadway The father is Gregory Louis born at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds one ounce to Mr and Mrs Louis Jobe of Salem Road Also Mr and Mrs Ray Adcock of 2457 Ashland Avenue Cleveland Mo announce the birth of a daughter Linda Diane at St Marys Hospital St Louis on Monday at 7 p m Weighing six pounds TP ounces Mrs Adcock is the former Miss Mary Frances Cooke daughter of Mr and Mrs Grover Cooke of Fairfield Road Mt Vernon

William M. Rutherford Houston Texas Joyce Elizabeth Herman Hospital Vernon Homer Rutherford Salem Road Dale Hopkins Broadway Mary Catherine Hopkins Louis Jobe Salem Mary Frances Cooke Grover Cooke Fairfield Road Mt. Vernon

Veterans of Foreign Wars Vernois Post meeting notice

Veterans of Foreign Wars Vernois Post 147 will hold a regular session at The Ways Out W220 Main St at 8 00 pm on Thursday June 2. Attendance is urged. Auxiliary meets Thursday June 24 at 7 30 pm Mt Vernon party hall. Warnel Rebekah Lodge 296 observes Friends Night during the regular session at Temple on Thursday June 24 at 7 30 pm. Members urged to attend and visiting Rebekahs welcome. Stella Northcutpt N G Naquete Al Bogain Rep Secy

Veterans of Foreign Wars Vernois Main St Arged Gene Coffey Comdr Warnel Rebekah Lodge No Eo.q Ke. Vemple At & Pg. m Rebekahs Stella Northcutpt

Fail to Reach Agreement on Steel Contract

Pittsburgh businessman reports IO United Steelworkers president David J. McDonald launching a push to secure a new steel contract within a week as a strike looms at midnight next Wednesday. US Steel Corp. counters with an unsatisfactory proposal. Wage policy talks and hospital, pension, and annual wage protections are being sought.

Pittsburgh David J. McDonald IO United Steelworkers McDonald U. S. Steel Corp Big Steel

Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions

Admission listings include Mrs. Mary Glenn of Dahlgren and Master Arthur Godfrey Cavens among others at Jefferson Memorial. Discharges note Larry Sinks and Mrs. Opal Laswell among those leaving.

Jefferson Memorial Mary Glenn, Dahlgren Lowry Harrison Loman Arthur Godfrey Cavens Terry Michael Pigg Luetta Chapman Larry Sinks Opal Laswell Hettie Smith Good Samaritan Birdie Cordelia Jackson Eleanor Dunbar George M. Cox Eva Hawkins Mary Elizabeth Talley Amos Neubuhr, Jr. Walstonville Gladys MM. Peckenpaugh

Bank Cashier Facing Charges In Large Bank Shortage

Jackson City Bank and Trust cashier Ronald T. Walker was arrested on a fugitive warrant in Michigan over a shortage of about 50000 in bank funds spanning 16 years. He confessed to taking money to cover bills, and planned to face charges in Michigan after a hospital checkup.

Associated Prev Jampa Kia Jackson Mich U. S Fiere Toda Ronald T. Walker Jackson City Bank Trust Cl St. Petershire J. Ro Reichert Walker Wiltow Run Florida Michigan

Air travel notes and bids announced by district official

Donald McLean and Jim Clark arrived from a Chicago flight yesterday while Earl Outland and Jake Ruppen made local and regional trips to Fairfield St. Louis and Des Moines. Coal bid specs for Mt Vernon City Schools District No BG are now in the Superintendent's Office at Casey Junior High. bids due July 6.

Donald McLean Chicago Jim Clark Earl Outland Fairfield Jake Ruppen St. Louis Jake Rupp Dick Rath, Jr Bes Moines Iowa Mt. Vernon City Casey Junior High School J. IL. Buford

Actress June Haver May Wed MacMurray Marriage Hint

Hollywood buzz says actress June Haver and actor Fred MacMurray may wed near July 6. A close friend cites MacMurray's wish to wait past the anniversary of his first wife’s death last year, with both parties keeping details private.

Hollywood June Haver Fred MacMurray

Actress’s Civil Marriage Plans Stir Catholic Fears

The article discusses actress details about her divorce from musician Jimmy Zito and a possible civil marriage to MacMurray. A priest friend warns she would be “out of the fold” and lose Catholic sacraments if the union proceeds. It notes a brief convent stay about two years ago.

Jimmy Zito MacMurray

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