Death of Minnie Odle Former Albion Resident
Minnie Odle 74 of RFD 2 Albion died 12:15 am Monday at Carmi Township Hospital. Former Mt Vernon resident, she was a member of Liberty Baptist Church Northern Township. Funeral 11 am tomorrow at Liberty Baptist with Rev. O Wayne Thomas Terre Haute officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Claude Barnfield Albion seven grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and sister Mrs Iza Norman Knob Noster Mo.
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Minnie Odle
RFD 2
Albion
Carmi Township
Mt.ernon
Liberty Baptist Church
Northern Township
O. Wayne Thomas
Terre Hache
Ind
Drake Funeral
Benton
Ange
Odle
Minnie Edwards
Fred Odle
Lee Edwards
Claude Barnfield
Iza Norman
Knob Noster
Delbert Goodwin Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Delbert Goodwin will be held Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at the Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev Pady officiating. Burial follows in West Salem cemetery. The body lies in state at Pulley Funeral Home after 6:00 p.m. today. Goodwin, 54, of 395 South Tenth Street, died at 1:50 a.m. Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Delbert Goodwin
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Pady
West Salem Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Goodwin
395
South Tenth Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myrtle Scrivner Dies at 73 in Ina Rites Thursday
Myrtle Scrivner 73 a former Mt. Vernon resident died at 3 am at the Ina Nursing Home. Services 2 pm Thursday at Kringer Funeral Home Ashley, burial in I O O F cemetery Ashley. Survivors include son Howard Scrivner and two daughters, plus siblings and one grandchild. She was a Mt Zion Methodist member.
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Myrtle Scrivner
Mt. Vernon
Ina
Kringer Funeral Home
Ashley
Kringer Funeral
Scrivner
Wayne County
Laura Hughes
Oregon, Til
Lillie Hagerty
East St. Louis
Gertrude Bozarth
Centralia
Bertha Peddicord
Wayne City
Ruth Clampert
Jacksonville
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Red Promise Is Not Enough For France
The article reports Soviet insistence on inspection measures and reluctance to accept a strict safeguards system. Zorin criticizes the lack of a time limit for total disarmament, while dismissing four year timetables as unsuitable but not mandatory. Roshin says expanding pressure to secure a timely disarmament result. Britain seeks details at a three power test ban talks. Eisenhower and Herter consider the Soviet plan seriously.
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Zorin
Alexei A. Roschin
Soviet Union
Geneva
Britain
United States
Washington
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Fire trucks trapped as Syracuse HQ burns in blast
Syracuse Ind AP reports a blaze at the Syracuse Fire Department headquarters where four fire trucks were trapped inside. The fire, believed to have started from an oil burner explosion, drew substantial equipment but proved largely useless.
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Syracuse, Ind
Syracuse Fire Department
Turner Rooh Amvets Post 4 meeting notice
The regular meeting of Turner Rooh Post No 4 Amvets is set for Wednesday March 2 1960 at the Club Room at 13th and Main. All members are requested to attend. Adj Sam Phillips notes eligibility and VFW adjacents mention.
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Turner Rooh
Amvets
Sam Phillips
Adj
Jet misses school and kills three in Denton Maryland
A B57 bomber on a test flight crashed into a small one story home in Denton killing a woman and her two granddaughters, injuring twelve, with the pilot surviving. The blast damaged a nearby school wing housing about 200 children.
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Denton
Air Force
Jessie Brown
Laverne Brown
Karen Brown
Baltimore
Martin Co
Irvin Crossan
William F. Smith
Los Angeles
Warner-Robins Air Force Base
Easton
Martin’s
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware Line
Hospital Notes list new admissions and discharges
Jefferson Memorial admitted George Wren Heaton and several others including Mrs Myrtle Mae Hayse and infant Charles Edward Hicks. Good Samaritan admitted multiple patients such as Mabel R. Cutt and Adah G. Sayer. Discharges include Dorothea Elinor Bradford and Brenda Sue Buoy.
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Jefferson Memorial
George Wren Heaton
Myrtle Mae Hayse
Mary Barbara Acord
Marilyn Jane Gibbs
Charles Edward Hicks
Good Samaritan
Mabel R. Cutt
Adah G. Sayer
Rueben Arthur Walker
Margaret E. Lewis
Romaine Stearns
William George Nelson
James David Nelson
Thomas Henry Smith
Jackie Len Smith
Agnes Rachel Tolbert
Carlie Thomason
William Grover Phelps
Homer Richard Feltz
Dorothea Elinor Bradford
Brenda Sue Buoy
Barney Washington Badgett
Marilee Summers
Birth of James Leslie Acord at Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Charles Robert Acord of 2704 Logan announce the arrival of a son born at 837 oclock last night in Jefferson Memorial hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds five ounces and is named James Leslie.
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Charles Robert Acord
Logan
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
James Leslie
Riots erupt anew in South Africa amid deadly clashes
Vaderland reports unconfirmed 82 deaths on day one of rioting as Sharpeville and Langa face police fire with submachine guns and armored cars. Parliaments pledges restraint amid Pan-African party arrests while whites reinforce doors and guns.
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Vaderland
Sharpeville
Langa
Polce
Nationalist
Hendryk Verwoerd
Pan-African
South Africa
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
Suarpeville
Slippery Highways North of Quincy Illinois Due to Snow Drift
Illinois Division of Highways reports icy conditions on highways north of a line through Quincy Decatur and Tuscola as of 6 am with several routes offering one way traffic due to drifting snow. Weather across the nation shows varied cloud cover and temperatures with multiple cities recording snowfall or clear conditions.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois Division of Highways
Quincy
Decatur
Tuscola
Unseasonable Cold Keeps Illinois in Deep Freeze
A strong northerly wind to 35 mph drives temperatures into the low and mid teens in parts of Illinois with highs around the upper 30s. Forecasters warn no relief soon as overnight lows dip to the low 20s in southern Illinois and the 20s to 30s elsewhere. Snowdrifts create slippery, narrowed traffic in the northern half, with highways reporting slick spots north of a line through Quincy Decatur and Tuscola. Monday’s readings include Rockford 38 and 20 Chicago Grant Park 38 and 24, Springfield 32 28, Peoria 31 24, and Quincy 33 25.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Illinois Highway Division
Quincy
Decatur
Tuscola
Rockford
East St. Louis
Chicago
Grant Park
Belleville
Moline
Dubuque
Iowa
Midway Airport
Vandalia
Springfield
Peoria
Rantoul
Cave Case Photo Tied to Man in Park Slaying Probe
Jorney cites two men claiming they accompanied the suspect to a park cave last summer while awaiting weapons. Blaha and Ceiley identified the waiting spot and were returned to Chicago after interrogation. results not disclosed. Women sightings near the canyon and a LaSalle dealer report link to three hikers, while police seek a 25-year-old blonde with a ducktail.
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Jorney
Ceiley
Blaha
Chicago
Urban Harbeck
Lynn Stackowick
LaSalle Auto
St. Louis Canyon
Stackowick
Emil Tossant
Leutenant
Harbeck
Eisenhower Nominates Postmasters to Senate
President Eisenhower submitted postmaster nominations to the Senate naming J How Meade and Robert L. Delap. Meade is from Piper City and Delap is from likely Delapville, reflecting appointments as federal postmasters pending confirmation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
J. How Meade
Robert L. Delap
Piper City
Wabash to drop Midnight Limited trains KC to St Louis
The Wabash Railroad will discontinue its two overnight passenger trains between St Louis and Kansas City on April 24. Trains No 217 and 218, known as the Midnight Limited, lost about 140000 last year. Other Wabash trains City of St Louis and City of Kansas City will continue. President Herman H Pevier cited failed efforts to reduce losses and a need to operate at near break-even levels due to reduced earnings.
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ST. Louis
Wabash Railroad
Kansas City
Herman H. Pevier
Re zoning Salem Road lot for gas station debated
Mt Vernon council discussed re zoning the Salem Road lot for a gas station. Opponents warned spot zoning would lower home values while supporters argued it could boost the tax base. experts were urged to study city needs before alterations. A large crowd attended as objections mounted to spot zoning.
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Stringer
Mt. Vernon
Don Musick
Manion
Salem Road
Oakland Avenue
Krebs
Lee Robinson
Harry Shehorn
87 Sued for Taxes in 6 Weeks
Arlington Mass AP reports 87 tax suits filed in county court after a county policy to pursue delinquent personal taxes. 15 judgments issued so far. four suspects detained in Watertown for the killing of Franklin K. Theall amid teen gang violence in Arlington. Theall, 26, a tree surgeon, died after a street confrontation near a coffee shop. Police seek additional witnesses and lineups.
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Mass
Boston
Watertown
Franklin K. Theall
Theall
James Bray
Bray
Jefferson County Board
Grand Prairie
L. L. Haney
Centralia
Casner
M. A. Fennel
Woodlawn
Rome
Michael W. Quarterman
Texico
Shiloh
Carl Larson
McClellan
Darold Stewart
Mt. Vernon
Elk Prairie
George Tepovich
Nason
Field
C. E. Kern
Regenhart Construction Co., Inc
Buncombe
Ill
Dodds
Harold Nixon
Spring Garden
Arthur Shewmake
Lloyd R. Scott
Opdyke
Train Wreck Detours Traffic North of Red Bud
A 17 car freight derailment on the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railway north of Red Bud forced detours after a draw bar failure tore up about 400 feet of track. The center of a 130 car train derailed. no injuries reported. Engineer Ralph Bullar and conductor Harold Henry led the train from Murphysboro and East St. Louis respectively.
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RED Bud, I
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Red Bud
D. E. Nicholson
Ralph Bullar
Murphysboro
Harold Henry
East St. Louis
Commit Pastor Who Beat Wife In Randolph County
Mrs. James F. Barnett, 22, wife of Coulterville minister, was reported in fair condition with head injuries at Community Hospital. Her husband, 37, pastor of the Counterville Tilden Methodist Church, was committed to Alton State Hospital on an emergency writ issued by Randolph County Judge Paul H Nehrt.
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Sparta, Ill
Coulterville
James F. Barnett
Counterville-Tilden Methodist Church
Alton State Hospital
Randolph County
Paul H. Nehrt
Nurse Savers Institute Held at Mt Vernon March 25
A one day Nurse Savers Institute will take place at the Mt Vernon Tuberculosis Sanitarium next Friday March 25 with registration at 9:00 AM. The main speaker is Mrs Margaret Giffin Ellsworth of Chicago, former director of hospital nursing for the National League for Nursing. Miss Helen Dunn of the University of Illinois Research and Education Hospital will be pane l leader. The event is open to 100 registered nurses. 90 have signed up. Sister Mary Clare hosts and greets the group. The theme Nurse-Savers will focus on better patient care per the Illinois Hospital Association and Illinois Board of Nursing.
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Nurse Savers
Mt.Vernon Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Margaret Giffin Ellsworth
Chicago
Department of Hospital Nursing
National League For Nursing
Helen Dunn
University of Ilinois Research and Education Hospital
Mary Clare
Clare
Illinois Hospital Association
Ilinois Peamiie of
Mt. Vernon Police Attend State Safety Meeting at SIU
Mt. Vernon Police Chief John Wielt and Captain Andy Webb join a safety meeting at Southern Illinois University as part of 13 regional sessions by the Illinois Division of Traffic Safety. The event promotes the 1960 nationwide vehicle safety check and the Slow Down and Live program with about 500,000 vehicles expected to pass through check lanes this year.
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Mt. Vernon
John Wielt
Andy Webb
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Division of Traffic Safety
Divorces Granted in Circuit Court Session
Three divorces were granted yesterday in circuit court with County Judge Alvin Lacy Williams presiding as guest judge. Cases included Joyce Coffee v Coffey, SeVern Thompson v Thomann, and Irene Balty v Danny City.
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Alvin Lacy Williams
Williams
Caswell J. Crebs
Joyce Coffee
Lisle Coffey
SeVern Thompson
Harold A. Thomann
Irene Balty
Danny City
Police Court Fines Incurred By Local Offenders
Fines imposed by Police Magistrate J. R. Thomas include Thomas L. McKee five dollars and costs for fighting. Charles Summers five dollars and costs for fighting. Charles N. Hall of Harperville Mississippi five dollars and costs for missing a truck safety sticker. Jennie C. Miller of Dahlgren two hundred dollars and costs for reckless driving. Bill R. Marlin is fined and costs for disobeying atop.
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J. R. Thomas
Thomas L. McKee
Charles Summers
Charles N. Hall
Harperville
Miss
Jennie C. Miller
Dahlgren
Bill R. Marlin
Nixon pushes farm plan ideas beyond Eisenhower circle
Vice President Richard M. Nixon moves beyond the Eisenhower orbit to draft a farm program. He has consulted former Rep. Clifford Hope and may meet Sen. Milton Young as he weighs crop controls and flexible price support concepts amid negotiations with Ezra Taft Benson. Nixon aims to present a GOP farm platform to the next convention, balancing conservative and reformist ideas with input from farmers and lawmakers across states.
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Jack Bell Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower Administration
Nixon
Clifford R. Hope
Milton Young
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Benson
Arbuthnot
Brock
Middle West
Vicennement
Iowa
California
First National Bank of Mount Vernon Ranked 1813th
The American Bankers Association lists the First National Bank of Mount Vernon as 1813th among the nation’s 18350 banks, up ten places since 1958. As of December 31, 1959, deposits totaled 13,728,050 dollars, with Illinois hosting 234 banks above ten million dollars. Illinois remains the only state with over 200 such institutions.
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The
American Bankers Association
Mount Vernon
First National Bank
United States
Ilinois
Illinois
Thieves Fail In Burglary At Gas Station
Mt. Vernon police investigated a late night break in attempt at a gas station at 1814 Perkins after two window panes were found broken but entry blocked. A second report noted two spotlights valued at 10 dollars stolen from a car on 315 South 18th.
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Mt. Vernon
Virgil Odle
Perkins
Larry Dean Mick
South 18Th
Warrants Issued On Parking Tickets In Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon meter maids continued collection of delinquent overtime parking tickets issuing eleven more warrants yesterday. By day’s end three of the eleven paid up their tickets at rates of 1.00 for regular, 0.50 for overtime, and 0.80 for delinquency. No fines or costs were assessed.
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Mt. Vernon
St Louis Votes On School Bonds In Special Election
ST LOUIS AP Voters faced a high stake special election on school bonds totaling 27.5 million dollars and a 26 cent tax hike to relieve overcrowded classrooms and raise teacher salaries. A two thirds majority is needed for the 24.287 million bond for building and 5.238 million for fire safety. a simple majority for the tax increase to 1.77 dollars per 100 of assessed valuation. Polls close at 7 pm.
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ST. Louis
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