Death of 36-Year-Old Summers in Greenwood Area
Jack Dudley Summers, 36, son of Register-News printer Clarence L. Summers, was killed in a 6:00 a.m. traffic crash near Greenwood Indiana. A printer and sign painter, he will lie in state at Burkhart Funeral Home with funeral services Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in Greenwood and burial in Franklin. He leaves his wife Pauline, three children at home, a father, a brother Robert J. Summers of Beaumont Texas, and two sisters in California and Texas.
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Jack Dudley Summers
Clarence L. Summers
Register-News
Greenwood
Ind
Burkhart
Franklin
Mr. Summers
Clarence L
Ruby Juanita (Dudley) Summers
Pauline
Robert J. Summers
Beaumont
Texas
James Tatum
Whittier
Calif
Charles C. Kindley
Long View
Hattie Yearwood Dies at 86 in Mt Vernon
Mrs Hattie Yearwood aged 86 died at 4 00 am at 4008 South 22nd Street Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Saturday at Myers Chapel Rev Dale Harmon officiating burial at Oakwood Cemetery Body in state at Myers Chapel after 3 00 pm Friday She was born December 12 1870 in Crawford County Illinois to Jacob and Mrs Mace She married George W Campbell and later Frank Buck Yearwood in 1921 surviving daughters Garnet Endicott Ethel Dulaney son Claude Campbell grandchildren great grandchildren sister Gertrude Cochran brothers George Mace Arch Mace and others two daughters and a son preceded in death
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Hattie Yearwood
South 22Nd Street
Myers Chapel
Dale Harmon
Oakwood Cemetery
Myers
Chapel
Yearwood
Crawford County
Til
Jacob Mace
George W. Campbell
Mt. Vernon
Frank “Buck” Yearwood
First Methodist Church
Garnet Endicott
Ethel Dulaney
Claude Campbell
Decatur
Gertrude Cochran
Robinson, Ill
George Mace
Robinson
Arch Mace
Oliver Springs
Mabel Mire
Ales Minall
Funeral Friday Near Broughton For Vesta Rhine
Funeral services for Mrs. Wes Rhine mother of Mrs. Berne Moore of the Bethel neighborhood will be held Friday at 2 00 p m at Hickory Hill church near Broughton Burial will be in Hickory Hill cemetery Mrs Rhine a resident of Broughton died Tuesday night at Pierce Hospital in Eldorado She was born September 15 1891 daughter of Frank and Laura Gholson She was married to Joe Rhine on December 4 1919 She is survived by her husband and two daughters Mrs Bernard Moore of Mt Vernon and Mrs Ethel Durbrow of Chicago three grandchildren four brothers Raymond Gholson of Los Angeles Frank Gholson of Chicago Robert Gholson of Linden Mich and Roland Gholson of Mountain Home Idaho Her parents and a daughter Laura Elizabeth are dead
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Berne Moore
Bethel
Hickory Hill Church
Broughton
Hickory Hill
Cemery
Rhine
Pierce Hospital
Eldorado
Frank
Laura Ghelson
Joe Rhine
Bernard Moore
Mt. Vernon
Ethel Durbrow
Chicago
Raymond Gholson
Los Angeles
Frank Gholson
Robert Gholson
Linden
Mich
Roland Gholson
Mountain Home
Idaho
Laura Elizabeth
Lloyd V. Pepple Funeral Friday
Lloyd V. Pepple, a retired school teacher, dies at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are Friday at 2 00 p m in Myers Chapel with burial in Oakwood cemetery. He resided at 400 South 15th Street and is survived by his wife Anna, a stepmother, and a granddaughter. A son, Richard, died July 31 1955.
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Lloyd V. Pepple
Myers Chapel
Otho Williams
Oakwood Cemetery
Pepple
South 15Th Street
Jefferson Memorialospital
Anna
Donna Pepple
Mt. Vernon
Richard
Hospital Notes And Public Admissions At Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan records admit Anna Gar siaon James Lee Henry Wake n discharge Gilbert Martin Rose Klebolt and baby Steven Robert Effie Smith. Jefferson Memorial admits Nelson Grissom Woodlawn Ronald Wood Woodlawn Cheryl Wood Woodlawn Mrs Ruby Burton Whittington Michael Louis Culli Murder Kerr. Discharged include Louisa Starkey Gary Skidmore and baby Reita Jean Josie Williams Bonnie.
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Good- Samaritan
Anna Garsiaon
James Lee
Henry Waken
Gilbert Martin
Rose Klebolt
Steven Robert
Effie Smith
Jefferson Memorial
Nelson Grissom
Warn Mt. Vernon Homeowners Against Spring Rackets
The Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce warns residents of spring rackets by itinerant operators. It cites the National Better Business Bureau and lists furnace repair scams bait offers and model home pitches. Homeowners are advised to verify firms, obtain price quotes, read contracts, and avoid door to door solicitors and bait offers.
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Mt. Vernon
Ayp
Firat Pines
Amber
Eld
Chamber of Commerce
Williamson Gang
Aia
Eisenhower aide denies guards blocking visitors at White House
President Eisenhower's secretary Bernard M. Shanley told Fairleigh Dickinson students that there are no guards preventing people with differing views from seeing the White House staff. The denial was given during a university talk in Rutherford New Jersey.
Births and twins in Akron and Denver families
Mr and Mrs George Wence of Akron Ohio welcomed a son Gary Fred born at 315 yesterday in Akron Hospital weighing eight pounds seven ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Earl Mannen of this city and Mr and Mrs W D Darnold of Denver Colorado. A son named James Bruce was born to Mr and Mrs James B Kelley at 1247 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing five pounds four ounces.
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George Wence
Akron
Ohio
Gary Fred
Earl Mannen
W. D. Darnold
Denver
Colo
James B. Kelley
College
Good Samaritan Hospital
James Bruce
Johnston proposes 2,125,000 federal workforce cap
Senate Civil Service Committee Chairman Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina unveiled a bill to limit federal employment to 2,125,000, a reduction of around 30,000 from current levels. He said the cap would save about a billion dollars.
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Washington v
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Senate Civil Service Committee
Johnston
Disclose Surgery On Siamese Twins Joined At Head
FRANK CARDY reports U S government scientists described a historic operation separating four month old Siamese twins Virginia Kate and Teresa Kay Bunton joined at the forehead in Mountain City Tennessee. The procedure at NIH Betheseda left them alive and in good health three months later with potential normal development for Teresa.
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Frank Cardy
Washington
House Appropriations ‘Committee
Pearce Bailey
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness
Virginia Kate
Teresa Kay Bunton
Mountain City Tenn
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Brodie
Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie
Roger Lee
Bailey
Public Health Service
Virginia
Teresa
Baisley
Youth Shot By Mistake Dies In Loop Store
Arnold Ratnow 19, window display worker for Kitty Kelly shoe store at 112 S State Ct, died after being shot by Detective William Unger who said Ratnow hurled objects at him as Unger investigated a opened alley door. Investigators believe Ratnow may have mistaken the detective for a burglar.
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Chicago
Arnold Ratnow
Kitty Kelly
S. State Ct
William Unger
Unger
Ratnow
Lake District Sees England’s Greatest Rainfall Record
The Lake District, famed home of England’s poets, records the highest rainfall in the country as the region endures an extreme wet spell. Local weather stations logged unprecedented rainfall totals, prompting travel advisories and garden flood warnings.
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England
Lake District
Mt. V. Residents Hurt In Accident Near Ina
A head on collision near Ina Friday seriously injured Mr. and Mrs. Everett Carpenter and two 15 year old girls Harriet Schroeder and Linda Ann Kirk. The Carpenters are in good condition at Good Samaritan Hospital after surgeries for leg and foot fractures and chest injury. Judy Carpenter was released. Dianne Ward remains hospitalized in St. Louis with facial fractures. Three elderly persons were killed.
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Carpenters
Judy
Dianne Ward
Richview Road
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Higher Offer For Hodge Hotel In Fort Lauderdale
Springfield reports a second bid of 575000 for Hodge's apartment hotel in Fort Lauderdale as state trustee seeks to void a 522000 sale to a Michigan firm. Charles A. Pitts of Miami offers earnest money 75000, while judge Dewitt Crow may hear the motion next Tuesday to cancel the Michigan sale.
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Springfield
Til
t—Orville
Hodge
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Hugh Graham Jr
Michigan
Charles A. Pitts
Miami
Pitts
Graham
Dewitt Crow
Michigan Type- Setting Co
Detroit
Fishing and hunting licenses rise under new law
Gov Stratton signed a law increasing hunting and fishing licenses by one dollar but this year keeps the old one dollar fee for fishermen. Effective July 1, next fall hunting licenses increase to 3 dollars, and spring licenses rise accordingly. The first hunting season starts in August with squirrel shooting.
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Springfield
Stratton
Illinois
Seven Buildings Burn In Salem Missouri Fire Destroys North Square
A major blaze in Salem Missouri destroyed seven buildings on the north side of the square including a farm equipment firm cafe two taverns a small hotel a second hand shop and a grocery. Estimated damage reached 250000 with no injuries reported. Cause unknown. Salem sits about 100 miles southwest of St. Louis.
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Salem
Salem Square
St. Louis
Heavy Quake Damage on Adak Island Reported
ANCHORAGE Alaska heavy quakes last week in the Aleutians caused extensive damage on Adak Island and frightened children who woke screaming at night. More than 80 aftershocks followed the March 9 quake that sent Pacific tides high. Roads split, buildings damaged, and guardrails appeared misaligned. Navy officials reported extensive light damage to Adak infrastructure.
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Alaska
Aleutians
Adak Island
Ward Wells
Aleutian Island
Wells
Adak
Midway
Navy
Kodiak
Report Mistake In Cancer Study
A federal cancer expert told a House subcommittee that a reported link between a cigarette smoke ingredient and cancer is not yet proven. Dr. John R. Heller, director of the National Cancer Institute, noted that the Paris finding used a tar from a laboratory, not cigarette smoke itself, and cautioned against drawing conclusions from the earlier report.
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Washington
John R. Heller
National Cancer Institute
House
Appropriations
Heller
Neuparanes Buu ‘Hoi
Currie
U S Sees Good Return On Foreign Aid Reports
Washington reports three survey groups say the United States is getting a good return on billions spent for military aid to non Communist nations. The report, released by a special Senate committee, notes costs may rise rather than fall and hints at possible further steps.
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Washington
United States
Tony
Senate
U.S
Military Aid Programs Seen as Deterrent to Expansion
A report by Columbia University's Institute of War and Peace Studies and the Systems Analysis Corp. of Washington evaluated three groups and found military aid a valuable deterrent to Communist expansion. It stated the United States investment has materially stabilized the free world and discouraged aggression.
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United States
Free World
Columbia University
Institute of War and Peace Studies
Systems Analysis Corp. of
Washington
British government tugs liner as dockers strike at Southampton
Dockworkers at the port of Southampton protest government use of tugs for the liner Queen Mary to call at New York. The strike, backing a 10 per cent wage rise, threatens the terminal. Shipyard workers, engineers, and railway unions also threaten nationwide walkouts amid wage demands.
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Southampton
New York
Bes Aa
Porkers
Iain MacLeod
Old Shawneetown Mayor In Trouble
Judge Joseph Hale of Gallatin County set bondsmen a Friday deadline to produce Paul Stefko mayor of Old Shawneetown who missed court and forfeited bond on charges of resisting arrest and aiding a prisoner escape. A bench warrant was issued for Stefko with a new trial date to be set when he appears. The incident traces to a scuffle on Aug 11 with deputy Jim Fox during an attempted arrest after Stefko’s election clashed with Sheriff Millard Holloway over jurisdiction in Old Shawneetown.
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New Shawneetown
Joseph Hale
Gallatin County
Paul Stafko
Old Shawneetown
Stefko
Hale
Statko
Emharaee
Jim Fox
Greeks Reject Cyprus Mediation Plan
Greek Cypriots and the Greek government rejected a British approved NATO mediation plan to conciliate Britain Greece and Turkey over Cyprus. British secretary Lennox-Boyd said NATO could seek settlement while Greek and Greek Cypriot leaders opposed the idea. Turkey signaled openness though its Foreign Ministry noted UN talks already proposed reconciliation. About 400000 Greek Cypriots favor union with Greece while 100000 Turkish Cypriots oppose.
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Rus
NATO
Alan Lennox-Boyd
House of Commons
London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Mediterranean
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Foreign Ministry
U. N
Weather shifts across Missouri and Illinois with rain and cold snaps
A detailed weather report describes Missouri rain and thunderstorms spreading across the state with locally heavy downpours in the southeast and extreme south. It notes mostly cloudy skies east and north tonight, partial clearing Friday, and highs around 45 to 55 with lows near 30s. In Illinois, warm spells precede rain mixed with snow in the north and rain in the south, with overnight lows dipping below freezing before warming into the 50s. Rockford logged 23 degrees, marking one of the coldest spots.
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Missouri
Cooter
Chicago
Illinois
Rockford
Severe Weather Hits Texas With Floods and Hail
Heavy storms swept southeast Texas and central regions with floods from torrential rains. Five tornadoes touched down statewide with no major damage reported. Texas City saw golf ball sized hail and 10 inch Sunday rains, while Victoria reported pea sized hail. Thunderstorms drenched Houston Galveston College Station and Alfredo as Dalhart froze briefly with a 3 inch snowfall turning to rain in the Panhandle.
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Hall
Texas
Dallas
Texas City
Victoria
Houston
Galveston
College Station
Alredo
Dalhart
Panhandler
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