Oda Easton, 92, Dies. Funeral Friday at Gordon
Oda Alice Easton died at 5:30 am at Good Samaritan Hospital at age 92. Funeral services will be Friday at Gordon Church near Jamestown at two o'clock. burial in Gordon Cemetery. Born July 6, 1883 in Cumberland County, she is survived by husband Charles L. Easton and five sons, three daughters, two sisters, with three sons and a brother preceding her in death.
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Oda
Alice Easton
South 25Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gordon Church
Jamesville
Gordon Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Easton
Cumberland County
Charles L. Easton
Don
Glenn
Greenup
George
Leonard
Ellsworth
Olive Radcliff
Mildred Zinn
Decatur
Dorothy Ponticus
Ramsey
Lil
Lilie Kisnball
California
Lora Brasier
Tennessee
PACTS PUNCH BIGGER THAN HIROSHIMA CONTINUED
Civil Defense officials praised the test as profitable for civilian defense. The 13th in the 1955 series, it drew about 2,000 observers after earlier postponements. The atomic cloud rose to 43,000 feet as 100 aircraft conducted flights over Survival City, with no radiation fallout reported for populated areas.
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Civil Defense Administration
Ely
Nev
Alvin C. Graves
Former Mt. Vernon Resident Charles Karch Elected Engineer Leader
Charles O. Karch, formerly of Mt. Vernon, was elected president of the Greater Kansas City post of the Society of American Military Engineers at the district office annual meeting. He is the son of Mrs. Eliza Karch and lives in Kansas City Missouri, working with Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company.
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Charles O. Karch
Mt. Vernon
Greater Kansas City
Society of American Military Engineers
Army Engineers
Karch
Eliza Karch
North Sixth Street
Kansas City
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
Hospital Notes and Good Samaritan Admit List
Jefferson Memorial records admit Mrs. Alice Ewing Keenes Mrs. Joy Hall James Browder Belle Rive Discharges include Mrs. Chestine Rogers Bluford Mrs. Marie Dalton RFD 1 Bluford Good Samaritan lists admitted Master John Clarence Nordin Mrs Rosa Elen Thompson Ashley Little Miss Connie Jean Sadders Belle Rive Discharges include Master Stephen Arthur Clinton Mrs Lena Theresa Weber Mrs Helen C Davidson Mrs Marietta McMasters Mrs Susie K Foster George John Tallas Mrs Betty Louise Stone and infant son Richard Lee Master LeRoy Linville Mrs Glenna Faye Green
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Jefferson Memorial
Alice Ewing
Keenes
Joy Hall
James Browder
Belle Rive
Chestine Rogers
Bluford
Marie Dalton
RFD
Good Samaritan
John Clarence Nordin
Rosa Elen Thompson
Ashley
Connie Jean Sadders
Stephen Arthur Clinton
Lena Theresa Weber
Helen C. Davidson
Marietta McMasters
Susie K. Foster
George John Tallas
Betty Louise Stone
Richard Lee
LeRoy Linville
Glenna Faye Green
Birth of Rickey Joe Shreves at Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Shreves of 1604 Broadway welcomed a son born at 254 pm Wednesday in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. The newborn weighs eight pounds 14 ounces and has been named Rickey Joe.
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Robert Shreves
Broadway
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Rickey Joe
Three Youths Burn To Death In Auto Crash
Milford reports three youths died in a Milford area auto collision. Daniel Jaskula 16 Tracy Lowe 19 and Forrest Lewis 18, all of Milford, were killed after their car burned when Bert Munson 18 was thrown from his vehicle. Ralph Boyd 23 of Danville injured, car fire trapped youths, both drivers injured and hospitalized.
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Milford
Daniel Jaskula
Tracy Lowe
Forrest Lewis
Bert Munson
Ralph Boyd
Danville
Munson
Boyd
Iroquois Hospital
Watseka
Charles Struble
Struble
Two Attacks on Broyles Bills
CHICAGO anti-Communist Broyles bills face two attacks. About 1700 Chicago members of 15 organizations meet to urge veto by Gov. Stratton. messages to be delivered by Robert Drake of the American Civil Liberties Union and Rabbi Morton Berman of the American Jewish Congress. In Rockford, the Illinois Bar Assn. Governors Board condemns the bills as endangering civil rights due to vague terms and limits on free expression. The measures, passed by the Senate and pending in the House, would bar Communists from state jobs and compel loyalty oaths for state employees.
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Chicago
Broyles
Stratton
Robert Drake
American Civil Liberties Tinion
Rabbi Morton Berman
American Jewish Congress
Rockford
Board of Governors
The
Illinois Bar Assn
Illinois
Karl C. Williams
Association
Senate
House
White Clover Day Festivity Returns to Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon proclaims May 7 as White Clover Day to aid Amvets. Turner Boehm Post No 4 and Auxiliaries distribute White Clovers downtown with no fixed charge, donations support hospitalized veterans orphans service members and families. Lester Davis chairs the sale with Howard Phillips and Leslie Mannen as co chairs.
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Mt. Vernon
R. Buford
Bright
Turner Boehm Post No. 4
Armvers
Amvet
Amvets
Lester Davis
Cochairman
Howard Phillips
Leslie Mannen
Bob Melcher
Buford
I. O. R. Buford
Illinois
Jaycees to Hold Special Meeting in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon Jaycees schedule a special meeting Monday at 7:00 PM at the L and N Cafe. Guest speaker Percy H. Whiting of New York City promotes sales books and has trained over 74,000 salesmen.
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Mt. Vernon
Local Architects to Design Three Illinois Schools
D. Clarence Wilson firm awarded contracts to design and supervise construction of three new schools in Nokomis Pana and Rantoul Illinois The Nokomis and Pana campuses each budgeted at 1 0 0 0 0 while Rantoul school is slated at 400 000 This marks the Mt Vernon based firm’s fourth Rantoul project in four years with local contractors expected to bid on all three jobs
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D. Clarence Wilson
Illinois
Nokomis
Pana
Rantoul
Mt. Vernon
Plane Crash Off Shore of China
Nationalist reports describe intensified Communist buildup near offshore islands after a busy period on the west pacific front. Reports claim a first air clash near the Matsu Islands and damage to three Red gunboats near Quemoy.
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China
Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Islands
Quemoy
Matsu
East Asia
Peiping
South Viet Nam
South Korea
Bitten by Hog Sends Man to Hospital
Robert Calvin Eubank age 28 of RFD 2 Woodlawn is hospitalized at Good Samaritan Hospital with a severe leg wound from a hog bite suffered last Friday. He was feeding the hog when it bit his right leg and hospital attendants report he is getting along fine.
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Robert Calvin Eubank
RFD 2
Woodlawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Eubank
Eubanh
Tony
Siamese Twins Separated Do Well At Chicago News Conference
Prissana and Napit Polpino, 13 months, recovered from March 29 separation surgery and now walk steadily. The girls, daughters of Nuk and Mrs. Chuan Polpino from Chumpak, near Bangkok, greeted reporters with limited English. They will stay in Chicago until returning to Thailand around May 15 with care funded by Thai government and U S aid.
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Chicago
Prissana
Napit Polpino
Nuk
Chuan Polpino
Chumpak
Bangwe
Thailand
U. S. Foreign Operations Administration
Detroit Men Plan Windsor Haircut Trips
Groups of shaggy haired Detroit men organize trips to Windsor barber shops where a haircut costs $1. May 16 Detroit barbers will raise weekday prices from $1.50 to $1.75 and Saturday prices to $2.00.
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Canada
Detroit
Windsor
Family Has Six Generations in One Keoko Keene Family
Kokomo Indiana report notes Mark Cor Ingels born midweek to James and wife marks sixth generation in the family. The infant’s mother is nineteen, grandmother James McLay is thirty four, great grandmother Hazel Hubbard fifty two, great great grandmother Meta Wheever sixty eight, and great great great grandmother Mary Katherine Walker of Nicholasville Kentucky ninety eight.
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Kokomo
Ind
Mark Cor. Ingels
James Ingels
Keokomo
James McLay
Elis
Hazel Hubbard
Meta Wheever
Mary Katherine Walker
Nicholasville
Car Service Ad for De Soto Plymouth Garage
Used car listing for Carr Service Garage at 816 Main Street De Soto Plymouth offers value in a sales pitch. Open daily until 8 PM with contact by phone 88 for inquiries and appointments.
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SER Carr Service
de Soto
Plymouth
Main Street
Honor Salks Parents Named Jewish Parents of the Year
In New York Associated Press reports Mr Daniel Salk and Mrs Salk, aged 85, are honored as Jewish Parents of the Year by the Federation of Tenend Philanthropies of New York for supporting their son, Dr Dennis Salk, discoverer of the antypelio vaccine.
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Associated Press
New York
Daniel Salk
Denis Ee Salk
Federation of Tenedn Philanthropies of
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