Death notices Lizzie Baker 89 in Vernon County
Lizzie Baker of RFD 4 Vernon died at 9:00 PM on Benton Road at age 89 two months and nine days. Funeral services set for Friday at 2:00 PM at Myers chapel with Rev Rosier Spurlock officiating burial Cobb cemetery. In state at E vers Chapel after 5:00 PM today. She born February 1868 in Carlyle lived last 65 years in the county. Survived by three granddaughters Virginia Roberta and Shirley Webb and two great grandchildren.
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Lizzie Baker
RFD
Vernon
Benton Road
Myers Chapel
Rosier Spurlock
Cobb
E Vers
Baker
Carlyle
John Baker
Infant Danny Karl Martin Dies at 3 Months
Danny Karl Martin, three months old, son of Karl and Amy Martin of Meadowbrook Road, died at 9:30 a.m. at home. Funeral Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Bethel Tabernacle with Rev. Ace Summers. burial in Bethel Memorial. Body to be moved to church at 9:00 a.m. Friday. Survived by sister Rhonda and grandparents Linzy Clark, Aaron Martin, all of Mt. Vernon.
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Danny Karl Martin
Karl Martin
Meadowbrook Road
Bethel Tabernacle
Ace Summers
Bethel Memorial Metery
Myers Chapel
Danny Karl
Mt. Vernon
Karl
Amy
Clark) Mann
Rhonda Run
Linzy Clark
Aaron Martin
Killer Threatens To Slay Witness In Springfield Case
Robert Duane Smith, 19, was restrained after his sentencing for stabbing David Hirschle, 17, to death on December 21. Smith threatened to kill Enron England, 25, a bowling pinsetter who testified, and claimed Smith was in a bowling alley at the time. The slaying occurred in Sangamon County.
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Springfield
Ruth
Esape
Robert Duane Smith
Byudge Clem Smith
Sangamon County
Smith
David Hirschle
Irschle
Enron England
Anyore
Warn Against Swimming At Lake Miller
The sheriff reports numerous complaints of teenagers swimming in Lake Miller seven miles north of Mt. Vernon. Swimming is prohibited and those caught may be arrested and fined. The lake is patrolled regularly.
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Sheriff's Office
Lake Miller
Mt. Vernon
Births in Local Hospitals Highlight Five Newborns
Mr and Mrs Donald E Schlatte of 908 south 23rd street welcomed a son at 1 16 am in Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds eight ounces named Kevin Park. Mr and Mrs Charles Brown of RFD 2 Altonville had a daughter at 7 37 am in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds seven ounces named Rebecca Jane. Mr and Mrs Roger Neal of 802 George welcomed a daughter at 5 15 pm in their hospital weighing five pounds seven ounces named Kara Beth. Mr and Mrs Jack Pickering of Provo Utah are parents of a son born Wednesday morning in the city hospital weighing seven pounds three and a half ounces named Michael Jackson. The mother is the former Grace Holt of this city. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Donald N Wood in St Louis St Louis hospital at 10 30 pm Monday weighing seven pounds five ounces named Douglas Scott.
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Donald E. Schlatte
South 23Rd Street
Od Samaritan Hospital
Kevinark
Charles Brown
Roger Neal
Geeorge
Good Samaritan Hospital
Kara Beth
Jack Pickering
Provo
Utah
Michael Jackson
Govce Holt
Donald N. Wood
St.oie’s Hospital
St. Louis
Douglas Scott
Hospital Notes Food Smarttan Admitted
Admitted lists include Miss Cinda Wilson Glenda Estes Samuel rant Samuel Pawson and Jesse W Thompson elle Rive Mrs Violet Bucha. Discharged names Clifford Black Mills Pauline Britton Robert Wilson Fallon Carl Monroe Bonnie Lou Deen Irvin McLeans tore.
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Food Smarttan
Cinda Wilson
Glenda Estes
Samuel Rant
Samuel Pawson
Clifford Black
Mills
Pauline Britton
Ruby Is
Jefferson Memorial
Jesse W. Thompson
Elle Rive
Violet Bucha
Robert Wilson
Fallon
Carl Monroe
Bonnie
Iss Lou Deen Irvin
McLeanstore
Chamber Fights Eisenhower Programs At 45th Meet
The U S Chamber of Commerce issued 69 new policy declarations opposing federal spending and Eisenhower plans. Delegates adopted resolutions against school construction loans, atomic power plant construction by utilities, aid to depressed areas, subsidized housing financing, and broader Social Security coverage. Philip Talbott was introduced as the chamber's new president at the banquet.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
Congress
Chamber
Philip
Talbott
Washington, D. C
Atomic weapons form standard U S arsenal says Pentagon
Secretary of Defense Charles E Wilson and Admiral Arthur W Radford told the House Military Appropriations subcommittee that atomic weapons are integrated into all plans and can be used in big or little war as needed. Radford noted force levels assume their use and Wilson said the U S must use atomic weapons if war is forced upon it.
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Washington
Congress
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Radford
Wilson
United States
Radio makes solons gabby in Illinois House
In Springfield Illinois a narrow 73 to 69 vote by the House ended regular weekly recordings of its proceedings for rebroadcast by WTAX. Rep Ben Rhodes urged the action saying some members talk too long while Rep Paul Powell argued transcriptions help verify press reports of remarks.
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Springfield
Ill
House
WTAX
Ben Rhodes
R-Normal
Paul Powell
Vienna
Atomic Plant Near St. Louis Completes Refinery
The Uranium refinery near Weldon Spring Missouri has been completed and turned over to the operating contractor as part of a 44 million dollar project in St. Charles County. Remaining work includes finishing the green salt and metal plants plus laboratories and pilot units. Operational testing has begun.
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Weldon Spring
Mo.p
Atomic Energy Commission
St.Charles County
Benson Says Major Farm Laws Failures
Secretary Benson told Congress that major provisions of present farm laws are failures and urged remedial legislation. He warned that technological advances and rising costs erode current controls, praised existing leeway on price supports, and noted a total federal farm aid outlay of about 11.75 billion since 1932 with possible higher costs next year.
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Ovid
A. Martin
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
Eisenhower
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellender T
U S Officials Offer Poland 91 Million Aid Package
U S officials tentatively offer Poland aid totaling 91 million dollars, including about 65 million in surplus farm commodities. The package would be roughly three times larger than the original offer, with negotiations likely to continue for about two more weeks after talks began last February.
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Washingtonspr
U. S
Poland
Eisenhower
Russia
State Department
Irritable and ailing Eisenhower after 100 days
Washington reports Democrats cite a Democratic Digest review of Eisenhower’s first 100 days in the second term. The document calls the president irritable, ailing and nervous, detached from work, and losing party influence while the world’s respect from World War I era fades.
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Washington
Democratic Digest
Eisenhower
Democratic National Committee
Ike
Improvements At Prisons Needed
Springfield Ill A state official says time and money are needed to improve conditions at Menard and Pontiac prisons Dwight Reformatory for Women and Vandalia State Farm Director Joseph Bibb said Illinois ranks well in the nation in prisoner care But the John Howard Assn cites overcrowding inadequate facilities and lagging morale programs Zemans calls for a state county conference to plan for rising populations and Bibb blames Cook County authorities for crowding in Vandalia and Dwight
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Springfield
Ill
Menard
Pontiac
Dwight Reformatory
Vandalia State Farm
Joseph Bibb
Illinois Public Safety Department
Illinois
John Howard Assn
Eugenes
Zemans
Vandalia
Dwight
Bibb
Cook County
Vanidalia
Pigeons Won't Balance Budget
Washington anti- budget remark as Charles E. Wilson tells a House subcommittee that the Defense Department has rid of carrier pigeons and faces disposing of about 14 billion dollars of surplus property annually. Rep. Errett Scrivner notes the budget issue and Wilson notes a possibly flippant reply.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
House Appropriations
Pentagon
Errett Scrivner
R-Kan
Defense Department
NATO Ministers grapple with Soviet threat and nuclear policy
General Lord Ismay warned that alliance strength in numbers could not oppose the Soviet Union without nuclear weapons. In West Germany, Socialists campaign against nuclear arms for the new army as Chancellor Adenauer seeks another term. Topics include Middle East developments, Russia's aims, disarmament offers, Germany reunification, Eastern Europe, and Cyprus tensions.
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Lord Ismay
Britain
Soviet Union
West Germany
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
NATO
Middle East
European
Siberia
Alaska
United States
Germany
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Absentee Balloting Opens for 3 Jefferson County Judges
Absentee voting starts Saturday May 4 at the County Clerk’s office with Lester F. Davis in Mt Vernon Illinois for the June 3 judicial election. May 4 is also the final day to register to vote. prior registrants need not re register. Circuit judges from a 12 county district include Krebs Gulley Quindry Hill Karber. Mt Vernon mayor proclaims White Clover Day urging citizens to wear white clover to honor service members.
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O. R. Buford
Mt. Vernon
Amvets
Earnest Miller
Dan Greene
Jefferson County
Lester F. Davis
Circuit
Caswell J. Krebs
Roy Gulley
Benton
Randall Quindry
Fairfield
Robert Hill
James Karber
Ridgway
I. O. R. Buford
Illinois
Presbyterians Donated $10,000 To NAACP in Out of Court Settlement
The Presbyterian Church USA moderator confirmed a Ku Klux Klan claim that church funds totaling $10,000 were given to the NAACP to settle a libel suit in Sumter South Carolina. Attorney Nash had filed a $120,000 suit alleging damage to his reputation over school integration petitioners. Nash offered to return donated funds if the NAACP listed donors and pledged no suit. otherwise funds would go to Shriner Hospital or Sumter First Presbyterian Church.
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Columbia
Presbyterian Church
Ku Klux Klan
National Assn
Advancement of
South Carolina
NAACP
Atty
Shepherd K. Nash
Sumter
S. C
Eugene
National Assn.sor Ie
Nash
Sumter Daily Item
Sumter County
Shriner's Hospital For Crippled Children
Greenville
Klan spread in Britain sparks debate in Parliament
London Home Secretary Richard A. Butler admitted the Ku Klux Klan has spread to Britain but says activity remains small. Labor MP Fenner Brockway testified KKK agents operate in seven towns with several hundred members as Jamaicans and Africans continue arriving in increasing numbers over the past years.
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London
Richard A. Butler
Britain
Butler
Fenner Brockway
Labor
KKK
Paris
Soderstrom and Castiglione, Co
Exley
G. Walker
Dunigan
R. Walker
Briggs
Associated Press
Weather report United States cool and wet across regions
Partly cloudy and cooler today with continued cool conditions tonight and Friday. Highs in the 70s, lows 50s to 60s in many areas. Missouri shows considerable cloudiness with occasional rain and scattered thunder showers south and north portions. Cooler northeast tonight and north and east central Friday. Chicago area cooler with scattered showers, mild today then cooler. Texas sees heavy rain and flash floods along Trinity and Sabine rivers, with evacuations near Deweyville and rising flood risks. Cooler Canadian air moves southward bringing lower temps across the northeast and Great Lakes region.
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Missouri
Chicago
Mlinois
Weather Bureau
Rockford
Moline
Springfield
Vandalia
Mercury
Texas
Miami
Associated Press
Louisiana
Trinity River
Dallas
Sabine
Trinity
Deweyville
Orange
Tex
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
New England
Theorth
Police Court Fines Set by Allan Dulaney
Fines were assessed by Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney for several motorists. George Smithpeters paid $25 and costs for reckless driving. Frank Owens of Bonnie paid $10 and costs on a drunkenness charge. Richard Martin paid $5 and costs for speeding 35 mph in a 25 mph zone. William Somers paid $2 and costs for lacked a valid driver’s license.
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Allan Dulaney
George Smithpeters
Frank Owens
Bonnie
Richard Martin
Wieliam Somers
Little Egypt Drying After April Floods in 195?
In southern Illinois the month of May began with generally clear skies after April's heavy rainfall. Mount Vernon logged 10.21 inches, a 57 year record. Carbondale-Herrin-Murphysboro area recorded 12.16 inches, Murphysboro faced up to 10 feet of floodwater. other towns reported multiple inches, rivers stayed high, farmland soggy but receding floods allow some drying and farmers delaying early plowing.
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Centralia
Mis
Illinois
Mount Vernon
Carbondale-Herrin
Murphysboro
Marion Veterans Hospital
Benton
Mattoon
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