Deaths: Nancy Ann Craig funeral set in Bellmont
Mrs. Nancy Ann Craig 64 formerly of Bellmont died Monday at Mt. Carmel Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at Bellmont Methodist Church at 2:00 p m tomorrow with burial in West Salem Illinois. The body lies in state at Short Funeral Home Mt. Carmel and will be moved to the church at noon for viewing. Survivors include sister Mrs. Ethel Kramer of 406 South 15th Street who leaves today to attend.
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Bellmont
West Salem
Ill
Short
Mt. Carmel
Craig
Mt. Carmel Nursing Home
Ethel Kramer
South 15Th Street
Khrushchev and Nina Attend Lille Fashion Show
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his wife Nina visited a fashion show at Marcel Bous sac mill in Lille. Mrs Khrushchev praised low cost cotton dresses, while Khrushchev appeared tired but walked two hours through textile plants. A five year old girl presented flowers and earned three kisses from Khrushchev. The trip included directives to skip planned visits and conclude with Rouen overnight before talks with De Gaulle.
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France
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Catenay
Normandy
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Paris
de Gaulle
Castro aide denies plot to fake bombing
Havana AP Castro aide Juan Orta denies involvement in a scheme to fly two Americans to Cuba to discredit the U S government. William Schergales, who flew from Florida March 21, alleged Orta and other officials plotted the ruse. Schergales claims a February Havana meeting tied him to Rundquist, a former US Air Force pilot. Orta says he only knows what he reads. Rundquist is wounded and hospitalized.
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Miami
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Damasco Montesino
Fulgencio Batista
Washington
Rundquist
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Military Investigation Department
Matanzas Military Hostionl Military Hospital
Dating course to aid happy homes in New York high schools
An AP report notes a one semester elective course planned for New York City high schools to teach dating and popular behavior. It aims to create wholesome, responsible individuals for both boys and girls beginning next fall.
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Hospital Notes Include Multiple Admits and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial lists admitted Chandler Harrison Schrum Bruford Willis E Smith Charles A Hodge Kathryn Gail Thompson Discharged Ethel Lydia Russell Judith Alison Walker Grace Mae Sloan Lizzie Sigworth Carl Dorner Good Samaritan Admitted Anna Elizabeth Taylor Joyce Ann Kinder Carolyn Sue Holman Essie Kirkland Freida Arretha Piper Harvey Huffstuttler Discharged Norma Maxine Bond Mabel Lucille Gersbacher Elizabeth Marie Rapp and baby Susan Elizabeth
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Bruford
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Good Samaritan
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Joyce Ann Kinder
Carolyn Sue Holman
Essie Kirkland
Freida ‘Arretha Piper
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Elizabeth Marie Rapp
Susan Elizabeth
Illinois Five Day Forecast Warm spell then cool week
Illinois forecast shows temperatures 4 to 8 degrees above normal with highs 50 to 57 in the north and 56 to 65 in the south and lows 32 to 36 north and 35 to 46 south. A warmer trend is expected Thursday or Friday with a turn to colder conditions Sunday or Monday. Precipitation totals range from a half inch to one inch with showers or thunderstorms likely Saturday or Sunday and possibly beginning Friday.
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Illinois Tornado Damages In Freeburg And New Athens
A tornado, hail and fog threaten southern Illinois with damage to business districts in Freeburg and New Athens. No injuries reported as a section of a milling plant roof is blown off, a freight car toppled, and trees and lines fall. Forecasters predict warmer, then colder conditions with showers possible by weekend across the state. Temperatures reach up to mid 70s in several cities.
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Calvin Schulte
Mr and Mrs Calvin Schulte of 1111 North Street welcomed a son born at 12 14 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds eleven and a half ounces.
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North Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Poultry Farmers Vote To Join Teamsters In New Jersey
In Vineland and Lakewood 1000 poultry farmers joined the Teamsters with Hoffa present to organize farm groups nationwide. In Jefferson County free chest x-rays for adults 30 plus begin April 4, with a mobile unit visiting Dix Woodlawn Waltonville Bluford Belle Rive Mt. Vernon and other communities through April 22 offering skin tests and radiographs for tuberculosis heart disease cancer and other conditions.
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Tax cut bill to halve cabaret tax approved
The Senate sent to President Eisenhower a bill reducing the night club and cabaret tax from 20 to 10 percent. It passed the Senate by voice vote after House approval. If signed, the tax cut would take effect May 1.
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Probe Links Wortman To Syndicate
The June 3 1958 report ties Wortman to a syndicate, noting six years earlier the firm worked on Wortman’s home but no collection pursued due to his labor peace efforts through the St. Louis bricklayers union. It also cites postwar financial dealings with Illinois official Orville Hodge, later convicted of stealing state funds.
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Emergency proclaimed in South Africa amid unrest
Police hunted for rioters after a day of mourning turned violent in Johannesburg. The African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress backed a day-long work stoppage protesting the killing of 72 Black people by police last week. Alan Paton and other leaders were reported among those detained or fleeing, as unions and government factions clashed over the crackdown.
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Midwest Floods Claim Six Deaths Across Nine States
Thunderstorms pounded Illinois Missouri and southern Wisconsin with no injuries reported yet the floods caused extensive property damage and at least six fatalities: three in Missouri two in Nebraska and one in Illinois.
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Missouri
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Army OKs New St. Louis Bridge
The Army Engineers accepted a joint Missouri Illinois plan for a new free bridge across the Mississippi at Chain of Rocks north of St Louis. The Interstate Route 270 Bridge would sit 2000 feet upstream from the present Chain of Rocks Bridge with vertical clearances of 21 feet at high water and 34 feet above a proposed low water dam across the main stem river.
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Condemn Two to Death for Mass Murder
Convict Floyd Wells testified that Richard Hickock and Clarence Clutter motive centered on money Wells claimed Clutter kept in a home safe. Wells later admitted the money detail was false, while stating Hickock planned the robbery after the slayings.
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Reds and West Remain Far Apart on Test Issue
After Eisenhower and Macmillan met, U S and Britain seek 90 day treaty aim but major disputes persist over inspections and control, staffing, vetoes, and peaceful tests. Soviets push for fewer inspections and parity in control, while West demands technical variety and limited veto power, shaping Geneva talks.
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Couple Married In Buggy Observe 60th Anniversary
VIENNA ILL AP A horse and buggy wedding in which Mr and Mrs J W Carlton were victims of a prank will be celebrated April Fools Day, the Carltons 60th anniversary. They were married on a dusty road near Vienna with 100 uninvited guests attending a funeral nearby. The minister married them as they sat in the buggy. They have six daughters including twins. Carlton served 30 years as Johnson County circuit clerk, farmed, and taught in a rural school. They plan a winter trip to Florida by jet plane.
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Cancer Control Month Emphasized by Mt. Vernon Mayor
Mt. Vernon Illinois mayor Virgil T. Bailey proclaims April as Cancer Control Month and urges citizen participation in the Cancer Crusade starting April 1 under the Newcomers Club. The proclamation notes April designated for cancer awareness and promotes early detection, education, and fundraising for research.
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Mt. Vernon
Newcomers Club
Roy Johnson
County Crusade
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J. F. Valentine
Newcomers
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al E. Bolin
D. L. Pfarrer
Leitzell
Congress
American Cancer Society
Ilinois
Big Business Now City Slickers Turn To Farm Life
A confectionery operator kills one bandit and wounds another during a robbery in East St. Louis as police seek identification for the dead youth. In Knoxville, Tenn., farm credit speakers warn farming is big business needing heavy financing and debt, with notes showing farm income far below urban earnings and investments rising to 30 000 to 100 000 to yield about 3 500 yearly.
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Ill
Uless Akin
Butch
Annette
Akin
Knoxville
Tenn
Lee R. Martin
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H S Boys Get Probation For Hoodlumism
Six Springfield teenage boys from Fellshans and Bishop Griffin high schools received one year probation after pleading guilty to malicious destruction of property for throwing ice and a bottle through a window at Springfield High School coach Ray Page. Judge William Conroy ordered payment of damages, apologies to Page and school officials, monthly probation reports, and ban from school athletic and social events during probation. The youths included Mike Foley 17 Peter Bolt 18 William Gabriel 16 Jim Rosa 16 Stephen Walke 18 and Gene Truax 16.
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Springfield
Ray Page
Fellshans
Bishop Griffin
Sangamon
William D. Conroy
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Page
Mike Foley
Peter Bolt
William Gabriel
Jim Rosa
Stephen Walke
Gene Truax
Senate Faces Civil Rights Bill After House Revisions
Civil rights legislation moves as House Judiciary Committee revisions go back to the Senate for action. Senate leaders plan to call up the measure, while Dirksen amendments broaden penalties for obstructing court orders and permit officials to sit in on Negro registration hearings, risking further House delay.
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Senate
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Judiciary Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
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Blind student lands teaching post in Palatine junior high
Barbara Winters, 21, a totally blind senior from State Normal University, has signed a contract to teach English and social studies to visually able junior high students in Palatine, a Chicago suburb. An aide will assist with records while she teaches. Palatine officials call her an outstanding teacher prospect and say no other blind teacher is known in the district. Winters, from Princeton, Ill, has a B average and is among 12 outstanding seniors in a class of 600.
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Normal, Ill
Barbara Winters
Palatin School
Barbara
Princeton
Fatal Crash on Expressway Claims Teen Driver
An expressway collision in Normandy involving a 16 year old driver Samuel E Foster from Pattonville and a 38 year old teacher Salvadore Gallo from Northwoods left Foster dead after his car crossed a divider and struck Gallo’s vehicle. Gallo remained in critical condition at St Louis County Hospital.
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Normandy
Samuel E. Foster
Pattonville
Salvadore Gallo
Northwoods
St. Louis
Gallo
St. Louis County Hospital
Closure at Old Ben Coal No. 14 affects 300 workers
A closing notice at Old Ben Coal Co mine No. 14 in Buckner Illinois ends operations indefinitely. About 300 miners face layoff as the mine shuts down on Tuesday per company spokesman.
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Buckner, Ill
Old Ben
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