Death of Stella Hinman Compton in Bowling Green
Stella Hinman Compton dies at home in Bowling Green Kentucky with burial planned at Mt Vernon and Oakwood cemetery. Born October 1 1882 in Mt Vernon she was daughter of Robert N Hinman and Ella Burghart wife of Clayton A Compton now deceased. Survived by daughters Dorothy Claudia Margaret Grant Beatrice Sanford and sons Henry Wesley Clayton, a brother John H Hinman and two nephews Robert J and Gene M Hinman. Graveside services set for Friday at Oakwood cemetery.
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Stella Hinman Compton
Bowling Green
Kentucky
Mt. Vernon
Myers Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Dale Harmon
Compton
Robert N
Ella (Burghart
Eisenhower Doubts WV Religious Issue Is Ended
President Eisenhower said he is not sure observers are correct that West Virginia’sDemocratic primary ended the religious issue in the 1960 campaign. He reaffirmed his strong stance against injecting religion into politics while noting Sen. John F. Kennedy’s sweeping victory over Hubert Humphrey in a Protestant stronghold. He did not fully endorse pollsters’ West Virginia forecasts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Virginia
John F. Kenn
Humphrey
Fairfield And Carmi Show Gain In Population
Southern Illinois towns show mixed census changes with Fairfield up 731 to 6,307 and Wayne City 902, while Centralia falls from 13,817 in 1950 to 13,771 in 1960. Carmi rises to 6,067, Salem loses 45, and overall county totals trend downward in preliminary reports.
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Centralia, I
White County
Marion
Wayne
Clay
Hamilton
White
Wabash
Lawrence
Richland
Edwards
Birth of Millie Mae Ellis in Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Hillard Oran Ellis of Keenes welcomed a daughter named Millie Mae born Monday afternoon at 4 30 in Jefferson Memorial Hospital. The baby weighs nine pounds one and a quarter ounces.
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admits and Discharges List
Patient admissions include Irvin Anthony Ohl Taft David Haynes Halsey Leon St Clair Roy William Smith Betty Jane Wilkins and Lavetta Wilson Discharges include Ruth Marie Jackson and baby Janice Michelle Newton Jackson Wendell Todd Norris Roy William Smith William Champ Nettie Frances Keller Annabel Ishmael William Donald Riley Harry Emmerson Staley Russell Dean Reynolds Georgia Irene Scott and baby James Michael Shuford Watts Coffman Ruth Alice Allen and baby Stephen Burnell Billie Johanna Carman
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Good Samaritan
Irvin Anthony Ohl
Taft David Haynes
Halsey Leon St. Clair
Roy William Smith
Betty Jane Wilkins
Lavetta Wilson
Ruth Marie
Jackson
Janice Michelle
Newton Jackson
Wendell Todd-Norris
William Champ
Nettie Frances Keller
Annabel Ishmael
William Donald Riley
Harry Emmerson Staley
Russell Dean Reynolds
Georgia Irene Scott
James Michael
Shuford Watts Coffman
Ruth Alice Allen
Stephen Burnell
Billie Johanna
Carman
Rebekah Lodge No. 296 Meeting Notice in Varnell
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296 will meet in regular session in the 1.0.C.F. hall Thursday evening at 8:00. Members are asked to invite a guest. Signed N. Mikr Bogan, Secretary.
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
C.F
Latte
N. MI KR. Bogan
Mee Sec
Illinois Weather Outlook From Cloudy to Warmer Sun
Ill inois faces unseasonal chill as temperatures dip into the 30s in Quincy and Rantoul with readings in the mid 40s to 50s across the state. Northwestern clearing may bring frost tonight while overall temperatures run 3 to 10 degrees below normal. Light showers dampen southern areas as overcast skies ease to intermittent sun in the north.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Quincy
Unseasonably cool period with gradual warming weekend
Temperatures will average about 5 degrees below normal in the northwest to 10 degrees below normal in the southeast. Normal highs 68 to 77, lows 47 to 58. Cooler start then warming into the weekend. Precipitation 0 to 0.25 inch east, little to none west. Rain in the east tonight and Thursday, possibly again Sunday or Monday.
City Moves To Tear Down Old Buildings Here
Mt Vernon votes to demolish dilapidated structures starting with 320 South Third Street after condemnation as a public nuisance. Ten days to repair or city may remove the house and bill the owner. An inspection committee led by City Engineer M J Adamson with Arch Whitlock and Sydney Burnette surveys further properties for action.
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Mt. Vernon
South Third Street
M. J. Adamson
Arch Whitlock
Sydney Burnette
Indict Benton Man In Killing In Rural Illinois
A 22-year-old Benton man Glenn Dawson was indicted on murder charges by a Marion County Circuit Court grand jury. He is held on the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Ronald Hall of rural Thompsonville. The shooting followed an argument involving Hall’s brother Gerald and Harry Ray Smothers.
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Marion, II
Williamson County
Benton
Glenn Dawson
Ronald Hall
Thompsonville
Dawson
Ronald
Gerald
Harry Ray Smothers
Bourbonnais
Smothers
Hall Brothers
St Louis Expected to Lose Population in 1960 Census
The regional census office in St Louis predicts the city may show up to 100000 fewer residents in the 1960 count based on current returns. Jack Traverse notes the decline may be inflated by illegal rooming houses and noncooperative apartment dwellers, with 715000 counted so far and 1302 households set for follow up.
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ST. Louis
Jack Traverse
St. Louisans
Markets Report from National Stockyards
Market notes show livestock trends with gilts and hog weights around 180 to 270 pounds selling largely 12 to 16 dollars, sow prices mainly 12.50 to 14.25, and boars 11 to 16. Bulk cattle data lists slaughter steers and cows across utility to high grades, feeder steers around 23 to 31 dollars, with bulls 18 to 20 dollars. Sheep entries include lamb and ewe pricing with lambs at 18 to 24 dollars and ewes around 3 to 6 dollars.
Chicago Produce Market Notes for Butter and Eggs
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter steady with receipts 1,391,000 and wholesale buying prices unchanged. Prices listed by grade include 93 score AA 5744, 92 A 5744, 90 B 56, 89 C 554%. Eggs remain about steady with receipts 17,200 and wholesale prices unchanged. whites 3344, mixed 3314, mediums 29, standards 32, dirtless checks 31.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Prices Steady Despite High Day of Receipts
Chicago AP report notes USDA live poultry receipts in Chicago on Tuesday totaled 31,000 head. Wholesale buying prices remained steady to 2 cents higher with roasters at 27 to 28 and white rock fryers at 21 to 24 cents per pound.
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Chicago
USDA
White Rock
Egg and poultry prices steady in St Louis report
St Louis AP notes eggs and live poultry markets with consumer grade A mediums priced 28 to 30 cents per dozen. Fryers and broilers listed at 2 to 3 pounds with no change in wholesale white meat prices. other prices unchanged.
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ST. Louis
Cash Grain Market Report with mixed commodity quotes
In Chicago, grain prices show no wheat or soy sales. Corn No 3 yellow at 1.36 percent with sample grade yellow 1.15 to 1.19 percent. Oats No 1 heavy white 1944 and No 2 heavy white 79. Soybean oil at 8 percent. Barley bids include making choice 1.15 to 1.25, feed 92 to 1.05.
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Chicago
Wall Street Ends Mixed After Recovery Movement
Wall Street erased early losses to finish mixed as trading stayed moderate with about 2.9 million shares. Universal Match and Polaroid cut 4-point losses but clawed back, Motorola pared a 4-point drop, Chrysler rose about one point, and gains noted in American Tobacco General Electric and International Paper while Merck and Sinclair slipped. Government bonds remained steady to slightly higher, corporates eased marginally.
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New York
Universal Match
Polaroid
Motorola
Chrysler
American Tobacco
General Electric
International Paper
Merck and
Sinclair
U.S
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted in Local Market
Mt Vernon post midday prices show soybeans at 2.02, wheat at 1.87, and corn at 1.06.
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Mt. Vernon
Plumbers Union Bans Coffee Breaks In New Contract
In Chicago the Local 130 plumbers union reports a two year contract covering 6800 plumbers with a coffee break ban to ensure eight hours work for eight hours pay. The package includes wage boosts of about 31 cents for plumbers and 33 cents for carpenters plus welfare and pension fund additions.
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Chicago
Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union
Stephen M. Bailey
Cook
DuPage
Lake Counties
Mother of many Geary woman has large descendants
Mrs. J. L. Pedigo of Geary Oklahoma, aged 72, is noted as the mother of 11 children. She also has 52 grandchildren, 66 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Congressmen Support Ihe in Plane Incident
Congressmen back Ihe in plane incident as tensions rise over U2 flights. State Department asserts the United States will defend its allies, naming Turkey Pakistan and Norway as basing points Khrushchev cited. C L Johnson says the Soviet photo of the crash is a fake and Powers cites engine failure rather than a missile.
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Khrushchev
U.S
State Department
America
Department
Turkey
Pakistan
Norway
C. L. (Kelly) Johnson
Red: ‘Star
Powers
Eisenhower Defends Open Skies and U2 Espionage Policy
President Eisenhower argues against distractions from global problems while defending open skies and covert intelligence work. He says secrecy fuels Cold War tensions, espionage is distasteful but vital, and that the United States should not rely on military forces for intelligence. He notes Soviet denial of the U2 shootdown and recalls the 1955 Geneva proposal.
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Nion
United States
Eisenhower
Russia
Boy Sends Balloons With Name Across States
Ponca City Oklahoma boy Mike Payne age eleven releases balloons tagged with his name and tracks where they land. One balloon traveled to Louisiana providing a small adventure across state lines.
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Ponca City
Okla
Mike Payne
Louisiana
Flood Aid Bill Faces Defeat Amid Amendments
SPRINGFIELD Illinois AP A Democratic state senator predicts defeat for Gov Stratton's 150000 flood relief bill if amended by two colleagues who want to specify aid for Canton and Herrin districts. Other senators urge targeted allocations while some fear broad relief prompts wider demands. The bill directs the state division of waterways to allocate funds for municipal and subdivision flood relief facilities.
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Springfield
Ilc
William G. Stratton
Robert Welch
Canton
William Grindle
Herrin
Ora Smith
Biggsville
Henderson
Rock Rivers
Schlagenhautf
Mississippi River
Quincy
Welch
Spoon River
Grindle
Alexander
Pulaski
Illinois
State Division of Waterways
Dirksen Sees Good Prospects From Paris Summit
Senator Everett Dirksen reports President Eisenhower remains optimistic about achieving constructive steps at the Paris summit despite the shoot down of an American spy plane. Dirksen, after breakfast with Eisenhower, said the President does not believe the incident will derail talks with Khrushchev, de Gaulle, and Macmillan.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Eisenhower
Paris
Dirksen
Senate
Nikita Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Spy Photo Hints Old Soviet Bombers From Yugoslav Archive
U S experts analyze a Soviet air base image released through Pravda and argue the planes pictured are likely obsolete TU4 bombers, the Soviet version of the B 29. Analysts note the aircraft are propeller driven and doubt jet bomber models appear in the photo.
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Washington
U. S
Moscow
Esoviets l
Pravda
United States
Fpc chief recalls ex parte calls in gas case
Jerome K Kuykendall chairman of the Federal Power Commission faced questions from a House committee about improper private phone calls on a gas pipeline case. He admitted a Corcoran call last October discussed the rate of return, said reporting followed a trade publication disclosure. Corcoran, a Roosevelt adviser, is counsel for Tennessee Gas Transmission Co.
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Washington
Jerome K. Kuykendall
Federal Power Commission
Thomas G. Corcoran
Kuykendall
House ‘Committee
Corcoran
FPC
Paieline Company
Robert Lishman
House
Legislativer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co
Canada
Ike Leaves by Jet for Paris Summit Saturday
President Eisenhower will depart from Andrews Air Force Base by jet at 7 45 p m Saturday for a summit meeting in Paris starting Monday. The trip includes a one hour fuel stop at Harmon Air Force Base Newfoundland and an expected Orly arrival at 9 30 a m Sunday. White House said TV radio address before departure is not confirmed. The U S delegation will include Secretary of State Christian Herter Livingston Merchant undersecretary Foy Kohler and Brig Gen Andrew Goodpaster.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Paris
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Harmon Air Force Base
Newfoundland
Orly
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Livingston T. Merchant
Foy D. Kohler
Coeds Guilty Of Drowning Monkey
Five coeds from San Francisco State College were convicted of drowning a spider monkey at Fleishhacker Zoo. Judge Lenore Underwood sentenced them to Saturdays working for the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The youths, aged 18 to 19, were arrested after a late night at a moat surrounded monkey island following a rainout sorority beach party.
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San Francisco
San Francisco State College
Fleishhacker Zoo
Lenore Underwood
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Carol Coggin
Joanne Pomeranz
Peggy Thoene
Lorelei Brede
Darlene ‘O'Donnell
Monkey Island
Miss Illinois Pageant Scholarships Set for Mt Vernon
The Illinois Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Association approved 2500 in scholarships for top contestants in the Miss Illinois Pageant. The pageant is scheduled for Mt Vernon on June 3 and 4 1960.
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Illinois
Mt. V
Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Association
Chicago
Mt. Vernon
SIU Hosts College Sales Meeting and Banquet
Mr and Mrs Earl D Jamison and Vernon Weiss attended SIU Carbondale campus events including the Selling In The 60s conference organized by the marketing department and Small Business Institute. They also joined the Marketing Club banquet at Engels Restaurant with speaker Ben Smith of Southwestern Bell.
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Earl D. Jamison
Vernon Weiss
S.I.U
Carbondale
Department of Marketing
Small Business Institute of the University
Marketing Club of Siu
Engel’s
Ben Smith
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
His Shortcut Stops Airliners Near Detroit Airport
Tiff R. Aderhold, 40, told police he drove onto the Detroit Metropolitan Airport runway while his wife urged him to take a cutoff to the expressway. He sped about 70 mph before stopping. within 20 minutes four airliners could not land and three others could not take off.
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Detroit
Tiff
R. Aderhold
Detroit Metropolitan
Aderhold
B P W Club Endorses Tax Election June 6
A Montgomery report covers a white Illinois professor Richard Nesmith jailed after his second conviction for disturbing the peace over an integrated luncheon in a Deep South city. His wife and 10 MacMurray College students were freed on appeal. The case centers on racial tensions around a Negro cafe incident. Other defendants, including seven Negroes and a Boston University student, faced related trials. The Mt. Vernon Business and Professional Women Club endorsed the Tuberculosis Care and Treatment Excess Tax Law, urging a YES vote on June 6, 1960, to fund care and treatment without new taxes.
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Montgomery
Ala
Illinois
Richard Nesmith
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Nesmith
MacMurray
Nesmiths
David W. Crosland
Boston University
Sam Rice Baker
Mrs. Nesmith
David C. Gibson
Moline
Thomas W. Ramshey
South Bend
Ind
Bill Hatlestad
Detroit Lakes
Minn
Charles Bradburn
Pittsfield
Judith Emnerling
Aurora, Ill
Sharon Maton
Pana
Ill
Jeanne Walker
Dixon, Ill
Jacqueline Desvaux
Paris
France
Jeanne Bergsten
Tonkawa
Okla
and Theil Bauman
Arlington, Va
Mt. Vernon
Henn
Leah McPherson
Rule Supervisor Can't Join Union
The National Labor Relations Board upheld Sears Roebuck and Co. dismissal of Jewel Lamb a supervisory auditor at a St. Louis warehouse for attending Teamsters Union meetings during an organizing drive. Lamb was fired Nov 21 1958. NLRB ruled she as a supervisor could be barred from union meetings and fired for disobedience. Ballot in a representation vote counted 24 to 24 with Local 688 failing to gain a majority. The Sears facility was on South Vandeventer Avenue in St. Louis. Joseph Pulitzer cautioned reporters to seek truth beyond prejudice.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Sears Roebuck and Co
St. Louis
Teamsters
Miss Jewel Lamb
Teamsters Local 688
NLRB
National Board
Miss Lamb
Sears
Vandeventer Avenue
Kennedy Endorsement Prompts Support for Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson called Kennedy's West Virginia primary victory a strong endorsement of his views and record. Stevenson issued a statement noting Kennedy campaigned vigorously and urged further rallying behind the senator in the Democratic race.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sen. Kennedy
West Virginia
Senator Praise for Humphrey Campaign Victory Endorsement
A statement lauds Hubert Humphrey for an election victory seen as reflecting broad appeal and strong support for his views. The speaker credits Humphrey’s months of campaigning with highlighting administration failures and notes ongoing backing from friends, including the speaker.
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Hubert Humphrey
Senate
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