Deaths: Kate Green 85 Waltonville widow dies today
Ostina Catherine Kate Green widow of Charles Green of Waltonville died at 12:25 a.m. today in Good Samaritan hospital at age 85 years two months and 20 days. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ Waltonville. Body to lie in state at Brayfield Funeral home Lesser until funeral. Survived by two daughters Mary Hart and Inez Isom both of Waltonville and sister Easter Sinclair of Bonnie.
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Ostina Catherine
Kate) Green
Charles Green
Waltonville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Church of Christ
Brayfield
Lesser
Mrs Al Martz Dies In California
Mrs Al H Martz 81 a former Mt Vernon resident died last Saturday at her home in Hermosa Beach California Her husband died years ago She was born in White County daughter of Daniel and Victoria Wrenwick Funeral services were held Monday burial at Redondo Beach near Hermosa Beach The Martz family left Mt Vernon in 1927 She is survived by three daughters Elsie Blankenship Lowell Fly and Francis McCormick and three sons H D Hermosa Beach B Mercer Englewood Calif Ted Compton Calif
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al H. Martz
Mt. Vernon
Hermosa Beach
Calif
White County
Daniel
Victoria Wrenwick
Redondo Beach
Martz
Elsie Blankenship
Lowell Fly
Francis McCormick
Los Angeles
H. D
B. Mercer
Englewood
Ted
Compton
Rush H Estes Dies At 83 In Mt. Vernon
Rush H Estes dies at 83 at Lower y Nursing Home after a lifetime in Texas and Oklahoma. Funeral service set for Sunday at Myers Chapel with the Rev F Loyd Trotter officiating. Burial in Bethel Memorial cemetery. He was born March 16 1872 in Jefferson county, survived by two sisters and two brothers.
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Rush H. Estes
Lowery
Mr. Estes
Texas
Oklahoma
Myers Chapel
F. Loyd Trotter
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Jefferson County
John P. and
Jane (Cochran) Estes
E. E. Cotton
Sophie Walker
Mt. Vernon
James and
Walter Estes
Hospital Notes Admit Discharges At Jefferson Memorial
Good Samaritan unit lists admissions for Carl Denham Russell Wangler Carl Baker Earl O Daniell and discharges for Cary Carlton Paul Brumitt Mrs Linnie Patterson Jefferson Memorial shows admission for Mrs Virginia Dunnison and discharges for Mrs Marie Dalton Bluford.
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Good Samaritan
Carl Denham
Russel Wangler
Carl Baker
Earl O’daniell
Cary Carlton
Paul Brumitt
Linnie Patterson
Jefferson Memorial
Virginia Dunnison
Marie Dalton, Bluford
Births in Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan Hospitals
Mr and Mrs James Willard Dunnison of 1208 south 12th street welcomed a son at 9 40 this morning in Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing eight pounds eleven ounces named James Willard Jr A son arrived for Mr and Mrs Homer May at 1401 White street at 3 54 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing five pounds two ounces
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James Willard Dunnison
South 12Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
James Willard, Jr
Homer May
White Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cairo Pastor Is Highway Victim
The Rev. John S. Holladay of Cairo Illinois was killed instantly when his car collided head on with another vehicle four miles west of Van Buren on Highway 60. The other occupants, Pvt and Mrs Robert L Maranville of Hazard Kentucky, were taken to a Poplar Bluff hospital with non serious injuries.
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van Buren
John S. Holladay
Cairo
Ill
Here
Oklahoma
Robert L. Maranville
Hazard
Poplar Bluff
Theft Reported of 75 Foot Steel Sewer Pipe
William Kern reports to police that a 75 foot steel sewer pipe was stolen from a shed at the rear of his home on 813 South Tenth. The theft occurred within the past few days.
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William Kern
South Tenth
Navy Plane Downed In Flight Over Alaska Fight
An American Navy plane was forced to crash land on St Lawrence Island after a MIG identification. Pilot Fischer described a sharp east veer from 8,000 feet while flames engulfed the wing. Wounded were Berg Assard Benko and others with three escaping uninjured. Fire from the bomb bay tank exploded during landing as crews received first aid in Fairbanks.
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Fischer
Sonnek
St. Lawrence Island
Aviation Ordance
Martin E. Berg
Berg
Ens
David G. Assard
Terryville
Conn
Edward Benko
Chicago
Kodiak
David M. Lockhard
Alameda
Calif
George T. Sloan
Oakland
John Francis Rump
Malden
Mass
Fairbanks
Thaddeus Maziarz
Elmer R. Janke
Charles W. Shields
Clawson
Mich
Dahlgren Social Notes Highlight Visiting Friends
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Allen visited in Mt Vernon while J. C. Goin mourns Mrs Russel Goin in St Louis. Visitors included Glenn and family from Beverly Hills and Alvin Garrison of Mt Vernon plus Rulah Grigg of Dahlgren. Carol Ann Barbee visits Eddie Rubenacker. Lewis Collison’s Milwaukee kin stay with the Goin family. Tommy Kelly and children from Decatur vacationing in Clearwater. Van A Zahn of Washington to arrive to recall Spanish American War Buddies.
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E. O. Allen
Mt. Vernon
J. C. Goin
Russel Goin
St. Louis
Lee Barbee
Glenn
Beverly Hills
Calif
Alvin Garrison
Rulah Grigg
Dahlgren
Otto Barbee
Carol Ann
West Frankfort
Clearwater
Fla
Ira Spangler
van A. Zahn
Washington D. C
Mr. Zahn
Moores Prairie
Mt Vernon Couples Daily Marriage Licenses
Gale Monroe and Betty June Downen of Mt Vernon. Darrell Dean McKinney of Blue Ford and Phyllis Friedman of Mt Vernon RFD 1. John Robert Warren of Dix and Janet Mathus of Mt Vernon RFD 4.
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Gale Monroe
Betty June Downen
Mt. Vernon
Darrell Dean McKinney
Blueford
Phyllis Friedman
John Robert Warren
Dix
Janet Mathus
Two Youths Admit Thefts In 9 Counties
In Benton Illinois two young men, Robert Warren Bartleson aged 18 and Arthur Owen Hannah aged 22 from Karnack, admitted a string of burglaries across nine southern Illinois communities. Arrested while police surprised them at a wholesale grocery in Sikeston Missouri Monday night, they claimed loot included 18 cases of liquor and two power mowers from a Grand Chain cemetery. The burglaries targeted service stations, schools and stores in Anna, Karnack, Tamms, Metropolis, Joppa, Carbondale, Vienna, Mound City and Grand Chain.
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Benton
Illinois
John Dennis
Sikeston
Robert Warren Bartleson
Arthur Owen Hannah
Karnack
Dennis
Anna
Metropolis
Ill
Grand Chain
Tamms
Joppa
Carbondale
Vienna
Moundtree Grand Chain
Custodians of Schools Meet in Southern Illinois
Jefferson county was well represented at a two day meeting of school custodians from 12 southern Illinois counties in Freeburg Indiana. Mt. Vernon attendees included Clyde Deem Clive E Page Herman Nolta Clarence Nolta W R Taylor Joe Stevenson John Kitch Otis Hayes Bryan Reece Denton Bullock Randall Barker Millard Ularich Hubert Bushong of Grand Prairie and William Sides of Woodlawn.
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Jefferson County
Illinois
Freeburg
County Superintendent of Schools
Mt. Vernon
Clyde Deem
Clive E. Page
Herman Nolta
Clarence Nolta
W. R. Taylor
Joe Stevenson
John Kitch
Otis Hayes
Bryan Reece
Denton Bullock
Randall Barker
Millard Ularich
Hubert Bushong
Grand Prairie School
William Sides
Woodlawn
15th Child For Brooklyn Couple
NEW YORK The Thomas Walshes of Brooklyn welcome their 15th child, a daughter Maureen weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces, as Mildred Walsh recovers at Long Island College Hospital. The family, including 14 other children aged 3 to 21, will adjust to the new arrival with father and house busy.
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New York
Thomas Walshes
Brooklyn
Walsh
Maureen
Mildred
Long Island College Hospital
Eight Youths Attack Motorist on Highway Near Chicago
A group of eight young men pulled motorist John Kavanaugh from his car early today and beat him with a beer bottle. Kavanaugh, 27, suffered multiple injuries requiring eight stitches. Patrolman Santo Bonaguro stopped two youths. the others fled. Suspects identified as William Scully, 20, and James J. Kinsella, 17, were charged with assault.
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Chicago
John Kavanaugh
Santo Bonaguro
William Scully
James J. Kinsella
Scully
The
Dukes
Adlai Junior To Wed Today
Adlai Ewing Stevenson Jr. and Miss Nan cy Lewis Anderson will marry at 5 p.m. in Louisville at the bride's home. Stevenson, 24, of Libertyville, will live in Cambridge after a Canadian wedding trip. he is a student at Harvard Law School.
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Louisville
Nancy Lewis Anderson
Adlai Ewing Stevenson Jr
Peter H. Pleune
Warwick McNair Anderson
Stevenson
Libertyville
Miss Anderson
Cambridge
Mass
M Harvard Law School
Truman urges further talks at U N meeting in San Francisco
President Truman addressed a capacity crowd at the San Francisco Opera House as Molotov attended the U N gathering. Dulles and Molotov were present despite initial Soviet objections to Truman speaking. A Soviet boycott plan and a diplomatic dinner lure reportedly failed to materialize. Molotov hosted an early dinner so guests could attend the meeting.
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Truman
Molotov
San Francisco
Opera House
Dulles
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Plane Crash in India Kills 19 Service Members
Indian air force reports two Dakota aircraft collided near Agra, killing 15 air force personnel and four soldiers as both planes went down in flames.
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New Delhi
India
Indian Air Force
Air Force
Agra
Janitor Triggers Alarm in City Treasurer Office
In Salt Lake City a burglar alarm in the city treasurer's office sounded during a shift change at the sheriff's office. Deputies spotted a red faced janitor, Richard Hathaway, who said he bumped the alarm while moving a waste basket from under a cashier's counter.
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Salt Lake City
Sheriff's Office
Richard Hathaway
Photographer Belcher Captures 10th President at Profile Lake
In Whitefield New Hampshire 75 year old Arnold Belcher of East Kingston a longtime Boston Globe photographer photographed the president during a New England tour at Profile Lake. This marked the 10th president he has shot.
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Associated Press
Whitefield
N. H
Arnold Belcher
East Kingston
Belcher
Profile Lake
New England
Boston Globe
Senate approves bill for 252 million airport grants
Washington action funds construction and improvement of civilian airports nationwide. The bill would distribute 252 million dollars in federal grants over four years to be matched locally, with a one-to-one local share.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Budget Post For Merriam
Robert E. Merriam the unsuccessful Chicago mayoral candidate has been named assistant to the director of the budget. Budget director Rowland R. Hughes announced the appointment for August 1. Merriam who lost to Democrat Richard J. Daley previously served as a Ford Foundation consultant.
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Washington
Robert E. Merriam
Chicago
Rowland R. Hughes
Merriam
Richard J. Daley
Ford Foundation
Rainfall near Glens Falls tops monthly average in 12 hours
A Weather Bureau observer four miles southwest of Glens Falls measured 3.95 inches of rain in 12 hours on Friday, far exceeding June's normal statewide rainfall of three to four inches. The local area received rainfall amounts equal to or greater than typical monthly totals.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
U. S. Weather Bureau
Traffic Fines From Police Court
Donald Bigham paid $10 and costs for speeding 40 mph in a 25 mph zone. W L Chesney was fined $6 and costs for 41 mph in a 30 mph zone. Charles E Riley of Chicago faced $13 for 44 mph in a 30 mph zone. Stanley Edmister of Eldorado paid $6 for overtime parking in a two hour zone.
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Donald Bigham
W. L. Chesney
Charles E. Riley
Chicago
Stanley Edmister
Eldorado
Husband Sleeps Through Triplets
Mrs. Alice Graham age 25 gave birth to triplets at Illinois Research and Educational Hospital between 2:30 and 4:30 a.m. Her husband Charles, a night worker at International Harvester Co., slept through the births and was told only later by phone at 10 a.m. The children include two boys and a girl.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alice Graham
Charles
International Harvester Co
Graham
Illinois Research and Educational Hospital
Jeep Expedition Tragedy in Mojave Desert Near Needles
In Needles California a Mojave desert jeep trip ended in death and vanishing. James R. Thompson 70 of Joshua Tree died. Lyle W. Robertson 49 and Chester R. Bunker 67 were rescued by Air Force helicopter with severe dehydration. Calvert Wilson 45 remains missing in 120 degree heat after the group broke down en route to Freda. A private pilot later sighted the three remaining jeep riders.
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Needles
Calif
Mojave
James R. Thompson
Joshua Tree
Lyle W. Robertson
Chester R. Bunker
Air Force
Needles Hospital
Calvert Wilson
Robertson
Bunker
Freda
Colorado River
Wilson
B. E. Godwin
Big Bear
Heiress Elopes With Policeman
Doris Silver a 22 year old Philadelphia heiress daughter of Herman Silver vice president of the Food Fair stores elopes with Earl Ostreicher a 29 year old Miami Beach policeman. They wed Friday in Fostton Georgia and plan to live in Miami Beach where Ostreicher has served two years on the police force earning 359 dollars a month.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Philadelphia
Georgia
Doris Silver
Herman Silver
Food Fair Chain of Stores
Earl Ostreicher
Folkston
Ostreicher
Roosevelt College
Chicago
USS Jefferson County LST Christened in San Diego
A U S Navy LST 845 will be officially christened the USS Jefferson County at a July 8 ceremony in San Diego Harbor. The ship honors Jefferson counties nationwide. 310,000 Indo-Chinese were moved during the Passage to Freedom voyage. home port is San Diego.
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U. S. Navy
Jefferson County
San Diego Harbor
Calif
LST 845
Bill Greene
Mt. Vernon
Weber
LST
Lst’s
Africa
Europe
Alaska
Australia
Korea
Inchon
Wonsan
Hungnam
Indo-China
San Diego
Peiping Radio Reports Ho Chi Minh Lead Vietminh Arrival
Peiping radio said Ho Chi Minh leader of the Vietminh and his party arrived in Peiping today. The report did not give further details about the delegation or the purpose of the visit.
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Tokyo
Ho Chi Minh
Vietminh
Peiping
Tiny Bats Rescue From Yard Under Blue Jay Attack
Roy McPherson of 300 North Sur Street rescued a disabled mother bat clinging to three baby bats in his yard. The mother had fallen from a tree and could not fly while carrying the youngsters as a blue jay attacked.
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Schenectady
Greg Welsh
Greg
Roy McPherson
North Sur Street
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