Congress OKs billion for Armed Forces action
Congress approved a 32 billion dollar defense bill for the coming fiscal year without debate by voice vote. The House and Senate accepted conference agreements, sending the measure to President Eisenhower for quick signature. The package funds the Army Navy and Air Force, plus defense department activities, with adjustments including jet bomber output and adjustments to Marine Corps strength.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Hisenhowers
Army
Navy
Air Force
Wilson
Defense Department
Ini
Marine Corps
Fields Sues For Divorce Adultery Custody Fight
James Elmont Fields filed suit for divorce against Ramona Fields in circuit court alleging adultery. He seeks custody of their three minor children. The couple married February 2, 1952 and separated May 27, 1955. Attorney Joe Frank Allen represents the plaintiff.
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James Elmont Fields
Ramona Fields
Joe Frank Allen
Steel Industry Faces Possible Nationwide Strike Action
The union hints at selective strikes among major steel firms while restlessness grows as 500 to 600 Bethlehem Steel workers walk out in Baltimore. Officials deny union responsibility as plants shut in anticipation of action. Eisenhower remains hands off though a widespread idle industry could trigger Taft-Hartley national emergency measures to reopen mills.
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Bethlehem Steel Co. Inaltimore
USW
Necuit Ee
Eisenhower
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital in two families
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs William Alvis at 10 22 PM weighing five pounds eight ounces at Good Samaritan hospital. Mr and Mrs Floyd Edward Wilson welcomed a daughter named Debra Marie at 11 26 AM weighing seven pounds eight ounces at Good Samaritan hospital.
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William Alvis
Neces
Good Samaritan Hosital
Floyd Edward Wilson
Good Samaritan Hospital
Debra Marie
Passaic
N. J
William Smith
Mark
Eugene Farrell
John
International Soundphoto
Hospital Notes and Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Hospital Notes lists admissions for Mrs Nell Jackson and little Miss Mary Ann Stringer and others with discharges including Earl Rogers and several Mrs with names. Jefferson Memorial lists admissions for Ed Dobbs and Dix Mrs Emma Keifer and Dahlgren Mrs Oralee Crouch with discharges for Calvin Tucker and Carl Parker.
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Nell Jackson
Mary Ann. Stringer
Doris Lucille Beers
Earl Rogers
Cornelia Louise Smith
Mary Elizabeth Harlow
David Dee
Mary Maxine Notes
Lilly Marie Parsons
Mary Katherine McCollum
William Rooker
Jefferson Memorial
Ed Dobbs
Dix
Emma Keifer
Dahlgren
Oralee Crouch
Calvin Tucker
Carl Parker
Salem
Resolve Church Services With Evangelist Nettie Bustin
Batesville Ark evangelist Nettie Bustin of Springfield will join Resolve Church Friday Saturday and Sunday night for weekend services this week.
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Resolve Church
Freewill Baptist
Nettie Bustin
Batesville
Ark
Springfield, Jr
Local man fined after minor traffic accident
Lonnie Crumes of Muncie Indiana was fined five dollars and costs by Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney after a minor collision. He faced a charge of illegally passing another vehicle.
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Lonnie Crumes
Muncie
Ind
Allan Dulaney
Marine Corps League Meeting Notice
The Marine Corps League will meet in regular session tomorrow night July 1 at 7 30 o clock at the Amvets club room. All members requested to attend Camp No 694. Neighbors are urged to attend.
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Marine Corps League
Amvets Club
Fern Leat
Plane Crash in North Pacific Kills 4 Airmen
An Air Force C47 transport with a four man crew crashed on Sitkinak Island in the North Pacific. A spokesman said all aboard were believed lost and wreckage was spotted hours after the craft went overdue on a Kodiak flight. Names were withheld.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Sitkinak Island
North Pacific
Elmendorf Air Force Bage Public Information Office
Kodiak
Pepple and area families gather for weekend visits
Sunday guests included Darrell Pepple and family of Rossville Illinois, John Wesley Smith of Centralia, and Maxey Pepple with Charles Ray. Detroit visitors B M Staley and Barbara Ruhl joined C T Byrd and sisters. Various relatives traveled from Kentucky Arkansas Illinois and Michigan for family time and events. A note of congratulations reached Carrolls twins Deanna Lee and Donna Marie from Mamie Eisenhower.
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Darrell Pepple
Rossville
John Wesley. Smith
Centralia
Maxey Pepple
Charles Ray
Stanley Pepple
Dessie Pepple
P. E. Bell
B. M. Staley
Detroit
Mich
C. T. Byrd
Mounds
T. L. Clark
Arkansas
Frank Mann
Lexington
Ross Carroll
Edward Ford
Barbara Ruhl
Pers
Joyce
Cleve Rainwater
Danville
Deanna Lee
Donna Marie
W. H. Carroll
Mamie Eisenhower
B. T. Warren
Omaha
Neb
Mrs. Warren
T. E. Pettinger
Cal. Pettinger
Germany
Richard Foshee
Rockford, Il
Auto Industry Shows Largest Six Months on Record
Auto industry reports its biggest six months, with Chrysler capturing about 19 percent of the 1955 market though it held nearly 13 percent in 1954. Production pace nears a full year record, with fewer than 214 million car units needed in six months. Dealers cut prices to maintain volume, offering steep trade in allowances and discounts amid high inventories and rising wholesale costs.
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Chrysler
Ome
Canadians Get Small Tax Cut
Ottawa reports a modest federal income tax cut affecting about 3.8 million taxpayers. The six month measure lowers take home pay by roughly 10 percent this year and aims to keep Canada’s tax burden below that of the United States. For a single man earning 5000 dollars, federal tax would be 720 in Canada versus 902 in the US. a married man with two children would pay 480 in Canada and 504 in the United States, with old age security charges included.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Bomber Engine Misses House By Only 100 Feet
A flaming engine from a B 47 bomber fell near a Kalamazoo farmhouse missing the house by less than 100 feet. The engine caught fire during a routine flight and the crippled craft returned to its Lockburne Ohio air base. William Stillings said his family was awakened as the engine fell in flames.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Grand Rapids
British Threaten Force To Protect Trade With Reds
In London the British protest Nationalist Chinese interference with two British ships headed for Foochow. The Indhiara and the Helikon were intercepted by a Nationalist warship. the Helikon was fired on and detained seven hours, but both ships eventually reached Foochow.
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London
Britain
Foochow
Royal Navy
China
Robert Turton
Foreign Affairs
House of Commons
Indhiara
Helikon
Two Accidents Here Yesterday
Two minor automobile accidents occurred yesterday afternoon in Mt. Vernon with no injuries. At 4 09 p m a truck trailer driven by Fred Carter of Murphysboro struck a parked car owned by Robert Wlecke in the 100 block of Main Street. At 4 45 p m Claude Dorris backing a pickup collided with Harry L Bryant at Tenth and North streets.
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Mt. Vernon
Fred Carter
Murphysboro
Robert Wlecke
Johnson
Main Street
Claude Dorris
Conger
Harry L. Bryant
South 21St Street
Tenth
North Streets
Three Injured In Fire Near Cairo
A blaze leveled The Villa roadside lodge and two adjoining motels near Cairo costing over 100000 dollars. Six year old Debbie Dunning, Sharon Moore aged 11, and Flora Beal were burned. Debbie jumped from a window while Sharon was rescued after being trapped. Both girls were hospitalized in Cape Girardeau. Beal, a cook, was treated and released.
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Mcclure
Debbie Dunning
John Dunning
Dunning
Sharon Moore
Debbie
Sharon
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Flora Beal
Alexander County
Cairo
Manville's Ninth Wife to Receive $260,000 Settlement
New York Tommy Manville agreed in State Supreme Court to settle $260,000 with his estranged ninth wife Anita Roddy Eden Manville. He will pay $140,000 in cash plus $12,000 annually for 10 years, allowing her to pursue divorce in Nevada or Florida. The couple married July 10 1952 and separated after 12 days.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Anita Roddy-Eden Manville
State Supreme Court
Manville
Easier To Evacuate Than Return Home
South Bend civil defense officials announced Operation Exit proved easier to move people out than back home in the nation’s first large scale evacuation test. About 35,000 evacuated in 40 minutes from the 400 block test area, while reporters estimated 18,000 to 20,000 participants as the return flow began.
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South Bend
Ind
Civil Defense
Mother Of 15 Is Bad Check Writer
Detroit police say Margaret Hamilton 37 has long written bad checks to buy groceries. She was charged Wednesday with a $40 insufficient funds check after police warned she would face prosecution, while her husband Charles 38 defends her as a mother who won’t let her children go without.
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Detroit
Margaret Hamilton
Walter Chlppan
Charles
Margaret
Grave Robbery Admission by Kokomo School Boys
Two Kokomo high school students admitted breaking into a World War I veteran’s grave at Twin Springs Cemetery and removing vertebrae to gain entry into a boys’ club. The June 17 discovery of bones and rotted clothing followed the grave’s six year old pine coffin burial.
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Kokomo
Ind
Tex Scott
Twin Springs
Here
Planes Use Cowboys to Round Up Stray Cattle in Louisiana
Louisiana will deploy airmen and cowboys to corral cattle and horses on state highways when the new stock law starts Friday. Flying police will radio locations to trooper cowboys who will roundup the stock. owners pay a 34 impounding fee and face potential fines and imprisonment.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Barbara Stanwyck Injury Update From California Fall
Doctors in Santa Monica say X rays will determine today if actress Barbara Stanwyck fractured a vertebra after a fall at her home. She tripped Wednesday while descending a staircase.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Barbara Stanwyck
He Makes Baby Quilts at Royal Nebraska
Royal Neb. farmer Elmer E Haskins 75 makes baby quilts and gives them to hospitals for new mothers. Each quilt must go to a baby born on February 8 his own birthday.
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Associated Press Royal
Neb
Elmer E. Haskins
Miller Named Sherwin-Williams Manager In Mt Vernon
Clyde G. Miller, Mt Vernon resident and former Sign Shop operator, named manager of Sherwin Williams new Mt Vernon branch at 1106 Main street. Announced by W. F. Turner, Miller to receive training in finishes and color harmony before a planned opening.
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Miller
Sherwin-Williams
Mt. Y
Clyde G. Miller
Mt. Vernon
Sherwin - Williams Company
Main Street
W. F. Turner
St. Louis
Clyde Miller
Mt Vernon Township
U.S. Air Force
American Legion
Amvets
Loyal Order of Moose, Painters and Decorators
New York Times Reporter Named as Communist Suspect
The New York Times reporter was named by Burdett as a member of a Communist unit and invoked the Fifth Amendment to refuse certain questions. A sixth person, Monroe Stern, testified he never was a Communist. Burdett listed other members including Weingarten, Brown, Lewis, Charniak, Cohn, Barnett, Gordon, Bentley, Adler, Dowling, and Einhorn. August 15 details place Miller and Lois at 532 Fairfield Road with children Cheryl and Randy. Miller is son of C. A. Miller of 724 North Fifth Street.
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Burdett
Monroe Stern
Grutzner
Victor Weingarten
Violet Brown
Weingarten
Charles Lewis
Hyman Charniak
Herbert Cohn
Melvin Barnett
David Gordon
Gladys Bentley
Larry Adler
Lyle Dowling
Nat Einhorn
Miller
Lois Harlow
Fairfield Road
Cheryl
Randy
C. A. Miller
North Figrth Street
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City Park
Methodist Children's Home
American Legion Post
Key City
C. S. Peck
Bill Wood
Associated Press
Bluford
Auto Industry
Mexico
Associated Prose
Airport News
Harry Bollar
la Balle
Los Angeles
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Bernard R.wolf, Jr
Wendy
Herbert Sprague Smyth
Carol
Ivan Jerome
Mineola
N. Y
Douglas Vaughan
Davy Crockett
Prospect Heights
Bering Sea
John Foster Dulles
International
Tiny Republic
Republic of
San Marino
Rimini
Italy
Florence BE. Knight
May M. Brick
Edna Sowers
Francesca Bera
Long Beach
Springfield
Mass
International Soundphotos
Clyde L. Miller
N. Y. Times
St.jos Spir Ron Teen
Dobbs Army Store
Warren’s
Maytag & Bottled
Waltonville Beach
Glassman
Yank, Jr
Anh 9
DuPont
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