Deaths Minnie Sanders Of Keenes Dies At Age 66
Minnie Cordelia Sanders 66 of Keenes died at 4 45 this morning at Fairfield Memorial Hospital She was a member of Keenes Missionary Baptist church Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 00 p m Rev Wendell Garrison officiating with burial in Thomason cemetery The body lies in state at Richardson Chapel Wayne City friends may call after 7 00 p m today Survivors include her husband W 2 Sanders a son Herman Sanders of Mt Vernon three daughters Gladys Jackson and Childred Wilkerson of Wayne City Ferne Everts of South Bend Ind six grandchildren three great grandchildren five step grandchildren and four sisters Ruby Hutchinson Grace rilkins Elsie Pinson and Fleeta Sulliven
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Keenes
Minnie Cordelia Sanders
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Keenes Missionary Baptist Church
Wendell Garrison
Thomason Cemetery
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Sanders
Wayne County
S. W
Mae (Johnson) Arnold
W. 2. Sanders
Herman Sanders
Mt. Vernon
Gladys Jackson
Childred Wilkerson
Ferne Everts
South Bend
Ind
Funeral for Irvin Jack Underwood Held Friday
Irvin Jack Underwood 80 died suddenly at the Texaco bulk plant where he served as office manager. Funeral services are set for Friday at 1 30 p m at Myers Chapel with the Rev Robert Frey officiating. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows cemetery Dahlgren. The body is at Myers Chapel where friends may call at any time. He resided at 1004 South 20th Street.
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Irvin
Jack” Underwood
Myers Chapel
Robert Freytag
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Dahlgren
Atate
Mr. Underwood
Texaco
Third
Jordan Streets
South 20Th Street
Francis E. Cook Rites Set Friday at Lebanon Church
Funeral services for Francis Earl Cook will be held Friday at 2 00 p m at the Lebanon church with the Rev Ray Wilkey officiating. Friends may call at Myers Chapel at any time, a Dodds township residence on RFD 4, at age 62.
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Earl Cook
Lebanon Church
Ray Wilkey
Myers Chapel
Dodds Township Fairet
Cork
Mt Vernon Officials To Speak At Board Program
Three Mt Vernon speakers are set for the Southwest Vision of the Illinois School Board Association meeting in Mascoutah. The panel will discuss educational secretaries with Mrs Clara Crowder from the grade school board and Miss Virenia Riley, secretary to the board. The high school board will join a discussion on school finances.
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Mt. Vernon
Southwest Vision
Illinois School Board Association
Mascoutah
Clara Crowder
Viremia Riley
Births in Illinois and Indiana a set of newborns
Mr and Mrs Ernie Garrison of Libertyville Ill welcomed a son named Ernie Gregg weighing eight pounds eight ounces Grandparents Mrs Beulah Ell and Mr and Mrs Leonard Yandell all of Libertyville Mr Charles Donoho RFD 4 TukA and Mrs Donoho welcomed a son Steven Dale born at 517 yesterday in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds three ounces Mr Norman Kohler 404 North 12th Street welcomed a daughter born at 008 this morning weighing six pounds three ounces Mr Clyde McKee of Lincoln Illinois and Mrs McKee welcomed a daughter named Laurie Ann born at 716 Tuesday night in Elkhart General Hospital Elkhart Indiana weighing six pounds twelve ounces.
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Ernie Garrison
Libertyville
Ill
Lake Forest Hospital
Lake Forest
Til
Ernie Gregg
Beulahel
Leonard Yandell
Gon
Charles Donoho
RFD
Tuka
Good Samaritan Hospital
Steven Dale
Norman Kohler
North 12Th Street
Clyde McKee
Lincoln
Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart
Ind
Laurie Ann
Hospital Notes and Discharges at Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial
Good Samaritan admits Doyle Peek Mollie Stanley Fred Poston Arthur Ray Lane Walter Williams Sherman Wiggins. Discharges include Master Larry Bundy Mrs Dorothea Bradford and baby Jackie Don Braddy Robinson Mrs Ruth Bond Mrs Betty Newell and baby David Wayne. Jefferson Memorial admits Mrs Jessie Kincaid Mrs Shirley Dixon Mrs Edith Rhynes Ina Mrs Juanita Starr. Discharged Mrs Shirley Dixon infant Carl Ray Stoltz Lesser Master Jerry Walker Fairfield.
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Mollie Stanley
Fred Poston
Arthur Ray Lane
Walter Williams
Sherman Wiggins
Larry Bundy
Dorothea Bradford
Jackie Don
Braddy Robinson
Ruth Bond
Betty Newell
David Wayne
Jefferson Memorial
Jessie Kincaid
Shirley Dixon
Edith Rhynes
Ina
Juanita Starr
Carl Ray Stoltz
Lesser
Jerry Walker
Fairfield
Contested Control of Fairbanks Morse Noted at Annual Meeting
Financier Leo Silberstein claims to hold a majority stake in Fairbanks Morse, while President Robert Morse Jr calls the assertion phony. Court actions and a pending vote determine control, with ballots impounded and possible weeks before a ruling.
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Chicago
Leopold Silberstein
Fairbanks, Morse
U. S. District Court
Silberstein
Penn-Texas Corp
Jacques Battle
Battle
U. S. Maraial
David L. Subin
Lansdale Pa
Penn-Texas
Colaims Securities
Commington
Iit
Fairbanks
Morae
Union Bank of Zurich
Discount Bank ‘of
Geneva
Hernimen
Morse
Bergman Brynner Take Acting Honors at Oscars
The article notes George Stevens winning best director for Giant and Sydney with A Place in the Sun. Michael Todd accepts best picture for Around the World in 80 Days. Brynner, born on Sakhalin, wins best actor for The King and I. Brynner’s win highlighted alongside five Oscars for The King and I and five for Around the World in 80 Days. Que Sera, Sera wins a surprise Oscar.
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Harry Truman
Miss Malone
Bill Meloney
Dallas
Brynner
Asia
Sakhalin
Siberia
Anna Magnani
King and I
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Stratton Seeks 75 Cents Per Hour Minimum Pay
The House Executive Committee approved bills to create a legislative auditing system for the state auditor and treasurer and to set safeguards on state check writing. Former state Auditor Lloyd Morey opposed the measure. The committee also urged Congress to reject President Eisenhower's federal school construction aid plan, saying school needs are state responsibility.
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House
Lloyd Morey
Congress
Eisenhower
Revenuers Grab Still Boy Built For Scholarship
Spartanburg SC federal agents seized a science contest exhibit built by Burton Snyder, a Landrum High School student, from the U S Dist Atty says action depends on ATTU report. The fourfoot by twofoot by threefoot still used antifreeze can boiler and beer can stack, designed to burn wood, and it lacked a distillery permit. Burton hopes for a prize but must decide about permit to recover the display.
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S.C
Federal Revenuers
Burton Sfyder
John Henry
Alcohol and Tobacco
Columbia
ATTU
U. S. Dist
Joseph Ts. Hines
Burton
Landrum High Behoo
Atr
Suill
Chinese Reds Release Priest From Omaha Missionary
The Rev. Fut. Bence Gross, a Roman Catholic missionary from Omaha Nebraska, was released in Shanghai after six years confinement and house arrest. Another missionary, the Lutheran Rev. Paul A. Mackennen of Baltimore, was freed earlier this month after a five year sentence. Four other Americans remain under house arrest or believed held in Chinese jails.
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Indio
Fut
Bence Gross
Omaha
Neb
Shanghai
Other Gross
Paul A. Mackennen
Baltimore
China
Recase
Father Gross
Shaggpal
Defense Chief Rejects Plan for Censorship
The Defense Department rejects a plan to censor news and sets directives limiting leaks. A single official will declassify material after reviews while the general counsel monitors services to pursue leaks. Agencies must report suspected leaks and notify the Pentagon security office when public items seem to reveal classified information.
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House
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Moss
D-Calif
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Military Services
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Security Review Office
GOP and Dixie Democrats Push Budget Cuts
Washington A Republican and Dixie Democrat coalition pressed to trim roughly 200 million dollars from Labor and Welfare budget requests. The House cut about 14.4 million from Appropriations Committee figures, aiming to keep 1958 spending near 1957 levels by denying personnel expansion. Further cuts of 61 to 88 million were under consideration as passage neared, with final outcomes uncertain until roll calls.
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William J. Arrogant
Washington P
House
Ienhower
Vf Fogarty
Tila
Senate
Secret Beck money affair prompts private union probe
Reported private inquiry into Beck money affairs alleges restitution style payouts ranging from 20 000 to 200 000 dollars with 50 000 missing. It notes sale of a Seattle home for 163 000 and possible use of 196 000 in union funds for a pool and garden projects. Also claims 85 000 paid to Nathan Sheffer for clothing diapers and other items and two adjacent Seattle lots bought for 39 000 later sold to the Teamsters for 135 000.
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Chicago
Inbor
Nathan Shefferman
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The
Teamsters
Meeting of Varnell Rebekah Lodge 296
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No 296 will meet in regular session in the I O C F hall Thursday evening March 28 at 7 30 p m Members are urged to attend and visiting Rebekahs are welcome Lora Kissell N G Naomi R Bogan Secy
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
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Local pilots report morning flights to regional cities
G Shoemaker flew from Carmi to Mt Vernon while Gene Tumbleson headed to Alton. Bill Tumbleton flew to St Louis and Granite City, and Father L J Diumean traveled from Champaign to Mt Vernon this morning.
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Carmi
Mt. Vernon
Gene Tumbleson
Alton
Bill Tumbleton
St. Louis
Granite City
Father L. J. Diumean
Champaign
Treasury balance slips sixty cents in accrued discount notice
A Washington memo explains accrued discount in the savings bond program. It notes month end balances and a cash entry that briefly appeared blank but rose with new certificates, reaching sixty cents by mid March. The report cites specific figures and dates in the ongoing accounting adjustments.
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Washington
Sam
Treasury
Alita
City Council To Meet On Street Maintenance Plan
The city council convenes at 7 30 tonight at city hall for an informal session. Discussion centers on Mt Vernoh street maintenance program this summer and a proposed new telephone company franchise may be on the agenda.
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Mt. Vernoh
City Hall
Search For Bad Check Artist
Jefferson county officers hunted a man charged with posting at least six forged checks in the county. Sheriff Leonard Wood said a forgery warrant will be issued for Paul Baird, 46, of Wayne, a parolee from Indiana. He is described as 46, ruddy, 5 feet 10 inches, 150 pounds, driving a 1949 Chevrolet with no license plates.
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Jefferson County
Leonard Aenales Woods
Paul Baird
Wayne County
Indiana
Chase Kidnap Gang Through Iran Desert Continues
Iran desert pursuit of a kidnap gang continues as officials doubt the bandits knew Americans were among their targets. In Portland, Mrs Taj Wilson, widow of the slain ICA official, mourns at her mother in law's home, gouging her face in a traditional gesture. She has a 914 month old son and is expecting another child in July.
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Portland
Ore
Taj Wilson
ICA
Ora B. Wilson
Tehran
Marriage Reunites After Fifty Years apart in Akron
Daisy Eye and Chester Innskeep, aged 82 and 80, wed again after a half century apart. They previously split in 1807 and, after a recent reunion sparked by a letter, married at the daughter’s home and planned to return to Delavan where childhood sweethearts first met. The couple say they never fought and hope for a quiet life together.
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Ohio
Daisy Eye
Chester Innskeep
Delavan
Robert Thompson
Innskeep
Cleveland
Innnskeep
Paul Kerschner
First Congregational Church
Delawal
New York
Greenfield
Dellarah
Chester
Egypt Accepts Multiple Currencies for Canal Tolls
An Egyptian circular issued after Hammarskjold's Cairo visit states that British sterling and French francs will not be accepted for canal tolls. It lists Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Belgian, Dutch, Italian, or German money as acceptable if freely convertible in the European Payments Union, and allows the Indian rupee for Indian ships. All other vessels must pay in U.S. or Canadian dollars, Swiss francs, or other currencies approved by Egyptian exchange control.
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Hammarskjold
Cairo
European Payments Union
U.S
Red Cross Blood Is Free Rumor Debunked By Chapter
Local Red Cross officials clarified that blood is donated at no charge and that no hospital charges are imposed for the product in use. The drive funds mobile units and lab work with hospitals assisting financially at 3.50 per unit to defray collection and processing costs.
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Monitomery Ward
Rp DeVite Maxey
H. R. Cuchulnnes
May
Ula Warren
Harris & Son
Alvin Pastel
Anna Torre- Troska
Een Preachery
George Owing
L ‘Qaginiater
Andy Jalavent
M den Walker
Huawell McBride
David Davis
Carl Strand
J. A. Hollis
Dale Fates
Wilbur Hibasle
Strattan
Sam Grant
Pearl Potehteay
Chester Tibbets
Ira Shafer
Max
Lou L. Walker
Keith Kaelin
Rodney Thompson
Sam Zerhuath
Bernice Rackaway
Block Home Bureau
Ella Stoneci
Charlie Beal
Wallace Wimberly
Girl Jump From Moving Car on Route 460 Injures Teen
A 16-year-old Mt. Vernon girl suffered minor injuries after jumping from a moving car on Route 460 southeast of town at 9 40 last night. Jessie Kincaid 1108 Bell was treated at Jefferson Memorial Hospital and expected to be released today. The driver a 39-year-old man and a 17-year-old passenger were detained for investigation and released without charge this morning.
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Mt. Vernon
Jessie Kincaid
Bell
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Morris Proposes Western Illinois Metropolitan Area Plan
Dr Delyte W Morris president of Southern Illinois University spoke to Community Inc governors proposing a regional Metropolitan Area plan. The plan would merge parts of St Clair and Madison counties into an inter system of roads and educational banking and credit projects to attract and guide youth toward regional opportunities in the St Louis area.
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St. Clair
Madison
Ar A
Tree Planting Demonstration Postponed to April 8
A tree planting demonstration scheduled for Friday at the John R. Mitchell property on Richview Head has been postponed due to wet ground. Don Lee of Forth Advisér said the postponement was made for a proper demonstration and the event will be held April 8 at the safe place.
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John R. Mitchell
Richview Head
Forth
Don Lee
Campbell Sells Nashville Journal to Paul Dix
Joseph B. Campbell, longtime publisher of the Nashville Journal, announces the sale of the weekly paper to Paul Dix of St. Louis. The deal takes effect April 1. The Journal has published continuously for 95 years. Dix has been United Press bureau manager in St. Louis for 10 years.
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Nashville
Til
Joseph B. Campbell
Nashville Journal
Paul Dix
St. Louis
Dix
United Press
Weather Summary Missouri Illinois Reported
Weather report notes Missouri partly cloudy today with fair tonight and Friday and slightly warmer conditions. Highs range from 50 to 85 north and 60s south, with overnight lows 30s north and 40s south. In Illinois, Chicago area mostly cool and partly cloudy with light rain, temperatures dipping near freezing at several stations including Quincy 29 Moline 30 Peoria 31 Vandalia 31 Rockford 32 and Rantoul 34.
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Moline
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Vandalia
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Surinetjers and
Chica
Police Court Fines Imposed by Allan Dulaney
Police court records show Luther E Alexander Christopher fined $10 and costs on a drunk charge. George Bodine also fined $10 and costs for a drunk charge. Marion L Green paid $2 and costs for failure to have mufflers on a car.
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Allan Dulaney
Luther E. Alexander
Christopher
George Bodine
Marion L. Green
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