Funeral for Belle Rive resident Maggie Cross set in Belle Rive Baptist Church
Mrs. Margaret Maggie Cross of Belle Rive dies at 86. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. in Belle Rive Baptist Church with Rev. Bird Green and Rev. Grover Dorris officiating. burial in Opdyke Cemetery. Body at Myers Chapel after 10 a.m. Wednesday. movable to church at noon Thursday for viewing. Survived by son T Rosier Cross, brother Homer Moore, sister Cora Taylor, Mt. Vernon.
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Margaret
Maggie” Cross
Belle Rive
T. Roster Cross
Pace Avenue
Belle Rive Baptist Church
Bird Green
Grover Dorris
Opdyke Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mrs. Cross
Jefferson County
Thomas F
Catherine (Scrivner) Moore
George Albert Cross
T. Rosier Cross
Mt. Vernon
Homer Moore
Bluford
Cora Taylor
Alice R. Nooner Dies at 76 in Carmi Hospital
Alice R. Nooner of Flora former Mt. Vernon resident died at Carmi hospital at 11 last night at age 76 years ten months and 22 days. Funeral Friday at 1 30 p m at Myers Chapel with Rev. Bayne Wilson officiating and Oakwood Cemetery burial. Friends may call at Myers after 2 p m Thursday. Born June 24 1878 in Moores Prairie Township she was married to William C. Nooner who preceded her in death. Surviving grandchildren are Jack Archer of Eldorado and Mrs. Richard Casburn of Flora and eight great grandchildren.
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Alice R. Nooner
Flora
Mt. Vernon
Carmi Hospital
Nooner
Myers Chapel
Bayne Wilson
Oakwood Cemetery
Myers
Moores Prairie Township
William C. Nooner
Jack Archer
Eldorado
Richard Casburn
Harold Osborn Dies Suddenly At Age 56
Harold Osborn of Mt. Vernon died suddenly of a heart attack at 11 45 a m while riding in a car with his wife Gladys en route to visit a daughter He was 56 years two months and 20 days old The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 pm in the Chapel of the Pulley Funeral Home Rev Bird Green officiating Burial will be in Old Shiloh cemetery He was born February 26 1899 in Jefferson county to I C and Ollie Allen Osborn He married Gladys Starky February 28 1925 and she survives along with two sons Charles and Kenneth H both of Louisville Kentucky two daughters Imogene McCoy and Evelyn Robinson both of Mt Vernon seven grandchildren two brothers Clarence of Centralia and Glen of Mt Vernon and four sisters Ethel Saylor Maud Bogan Martha Jolly and Lora Bond One sister Anna Sorenson and two brothers Homer and Thomas preceded him in death
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Harold Osborn
RFD 2
Vernon
Osborn
West Main Street
Gladys
Pulley Funeral Home
Bird Green
Old Shiloh
Mr. Osborn
Jefferson County
I. C
Ollie (Allen) Osborn
Gladys Starky
Charles
Kenneth H
Louisville, Ky
Imogene McCoy
Evelyn Robinson
Mt. Vernon
Clarence
Centralia
Glen
Ethel Saylor
Maud Bogan
Martha Jolly
Lora Bond
Pasadena
Calif
Anna Sorenson
Homer
Thomas
Hoppa Child Dies Rites Wednesday
Carol Ann Hoppa one year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoppa of Ashley died at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Children's Hospital St Louis after a month of illness. Services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at St Michael's church Radom. Survived by parents, a brother Jimmie and sister Janet Sue. Funeral home arrangements by Kringer in Ashley.
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Carol Ann Hoppa
Richard Hoppa
Ashley
Children’s Hospital
St. Louis
Carol Ann
St. Michael’s Church
Radom
Kringer Funeral Home
Jimmie
Janet Sue
Dutch cabinet falls after rise in rents vote
In The Hague Premier Willem Drees faces likely resignation after the lower house rejected a plan to raise some rents by 10 percent. The Labour and Catholic coalition government lost 50 to 48 votes, signaling an end to the cabinet formed on September 1 and prompting expectations of submitting resignation to Queen Juliana.
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Hague
Netherlands
Willem Drees
Drees
Juliana
Sane
Campbell Baby Born At Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Homer Campbell of 1405 White welcomed a daughter born at 11 00 yesterday morning in Good Samaritan hospital The infant weighed five pounds thirteen ounces and has been named.
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Homer Campbell
White
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bulganin Warns USSR Lags in Tool Output
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin warns at a Kremlin conference that Russia lags in producing machine tools, oil, metals, and chemicals. He says production planning will be split into long-term and short-term phases with separate commissions. Khrushchev and Malenkov attend.
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Associated Press
London
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Moscow
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khruschev
Georgi Malenkov
Meeting for Patton Commandery No 69 Held May 19
A stated conclave of Patton Commandery No. 69 will be held Thursday May 19 at 7:30 p.m. A potluck supper is planned for 6:30. George H. Ogletree E C Cecil N Lovin Rec confirms details.
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Patton Commandery No. 69
George H. Ogletree
E. C. Cecil N
Lovin
Sugar Camp Cemetery Trustee Election Meeting Notice
A meeting at Sugar Camp Cemetery is slated for Saturday evening May 21 to elect a new Trustee and repair seats for Memorial Day. Memorial Day services will be held Sunday May 29 in the afternoon. Truste e.
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Sugar Camp Cemetery
Mt Vernon considers annexation rules and street work
City council discusses annexation standards for new areas and requires future developments to meet specs before inclusion. A 90 day public hearing rule for zoning reclassifications is proposed. Officials plan tax-book updates for newly annexed zones, and street widening funds are allocated.
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State Highway Department
Chester Lewis
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lewis
William C. Rackaway
Rackaway
Jefferson County Civil Defense
Manien Highlands
Earl D. Gertie
Alvin Lacy Williams
Centralia Road
Wilshire Drive
Harrison Street
Tenth
Housewife Wins 375000 Prize in Puzzle Contest
A California housewife, Mrs Lelia Boroughs of Beverly Hills, won 375000 dollars and a 2500 car as top scorer in the American puzzle contest run by Unicorn Books Inc. Felix Waldo Meeker of Reseda, California, won 300000 dollars and a 2500 car for leading the encyclopedia puzzle-quiz contest by Unicorn Press Inc based on New Funk and Wagnalls content. Third prize in the American puzzle contest went to George Poet of Chicago, 75000 dollars and a car.
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New York
California
Lelia Boroughs
Beverly Hills
Calif
Unicorn Books, Inc
Felix Waldo Meeker
Reseda
New Funk & Wagnalls
The
Unicorn Press, Inc
George Poet
Chicago
High School Senior Killed in Route 54 Crash Near Bradley
An 18-year-old Kankakee High senior, David Gast, died in a two car collision on Route 54 near Bradley Monday night. Four others were injured, including Gast’s two fellow seniors Emerson Blackstock and Ronald Jenkins, and Kenneth W. Statler and his wife Mary Statler of Champaign. All injuries were listed as fair at St. Mary’s Hospital. The car carrying the students overturned and burned. bystanders freed the occupants.
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Kankakee
Bradley
David Gast
Gast
Emerson Blackstock
Ronald Jenkins
Kankakee High
Kenneth W. Statler
Mary
Champaign
Japanese School Children Injured in Train Crash
A special train carrying 1,400 schoolchildren collided with a stalled U S Marine truck and trailer loaded with flammable paint near Mt Fuji. Two seriously injured and at least 31 others hurt as the train jumped rails and burned. In Kyushu an added bus fire injured 387 primary students. several may die.
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Tokyo
U. S
Kyushu
Japan
Mt. Fuji
Stratton Seeks Creation of Illinois Public Assistance Dept
Governor Stratton's House leaders proposed legislation to create a Department of Public Assistance to oversee roughly 280 million dollars in relief, old age pensions, and child aid. The current Illinois Public Aid Commission would stay but serve in an advisory role under direct governor supervision.
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Springfield
Stratton
Illinois
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Department of Public Assistance
Former Justice Owen J. Roberts Dies at 80
Former U S Supreme Court associate justice Owen J. Roberts died at home in Chester Springs after a heart attack. He was 80, born May 2, 187? and retired from the bench in 1945. His widow and daughter Elizabeth Hamilton were at his bedside. Roberts had been ill for some time and recently hospitalized in Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Phoenixville
Owen J. Roberts
U. S. Supreme Court
Roberts
Elizabeth Hamilton
Herbert Hoover
Philadelphia
Chester Springs
Slavs Close Two Catholic Schools in Rijeka Fiume
Belgrade Yugoslavia President Tito's government closed two Roman Catholic high schools in Rijeka after five staff were convicted of hostile activities against the state. The theological school received a five year closure and the classical school three years. Sentences ranged from one to six years for four defendants, with charges of slandering state authorities and propagating fascism. The Borba report also accused Bishop Ivan Pavinsic of trying to sway witnesses.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Adriatic
Rijeka
Fiume
Borba
Yugoslav Communist Party
Josip Kapsh
District Court of
Ivan Pavinsic
Chinese Reds Reject Protest Over Air Battle
The Communists rejected a U S protest over a May 10 Yellow Sea air battle near Sinuiju North Korea. Maj Gen Harlan C Parks said the letter distorts facts and the clash occurred 55 miles southwest of Sinuiju supported by radar tracking flight logs and pilot reports.
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Associated Press
Munsan
Korea
Communists
U.S
Yellow Sea
Sinuiju
North Korea
Harlan C. Parks
U. S. Air Force
UNMAC
Parks
Liaoning Province
China
Air travel notes from Abilene and Moline figures
Jack Hughes of Abilene Texas flew here yesterday and spent the night. Earl Outland flew Jerome Glassman to Moline this morning.
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Jack Hughes
Abileen
Tex
Earl Outland
Jerome Glassman
Moline
In God We Trust to Appear on Paper Money Bill Approved
Washington The House Banking Committee approved a bill to add the inscription In God We Trust to all U S paper money. The phrase now appears on coins and would be added to note designs when new dies are cut. Rep Bennett D Fla sponsors the measure noting new dies are being planned.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
U.S
Bennett
D-Fla
New Bill To Buy Polio Vaccine In Illinois
SPRINGFIELD Ill A new bill seeks one million dollars to purchase Salk polio vaccine for 250000 Illinois youngsters under 15 who do not qualify for free shots under the national program. Rep John Lewis says a prior emergency measure must be replaced to allow spending by June 30 1957. The House advanced the bill without the usual committee review.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
John Lewis
Marshall
Stratton
Lewis
Don't Park Cars In Intersections During Street Oiling
Mt Vernon public works urges motorists to avoid parking in intersections as grading for the summer street oiling program proceeds. Public works superintendent Emmit Lemay says blocked streets require nearby parking but banned intersections because it creates a fire hazard and can delay fire trucks.
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Mt. Vernon
Emmit Lemay
Public Works
Hospital Admissions and Discharges at Jefferson Memorial
Hospital notes list admissions at Jefferson Memorial including Mrs. Bessie Fox Miss Anna Mason Master Stevie Strickland Claude Pickett Mrs Theda Shehorn Mrs Belle Groves and William Albert Sanders. Discharges include Kern Masters Kell Larry Purdue Mrs Yvonne Lunnmann and Mrs Audrey Gold. At Good Samaritan admissions cover Mrs Pearl Irene Wiggins Mrs Helen Louise Fitzgerrell Ina Mrs Jane Regina Kielbey William Tunnei Marjorie Pauline Thompson Lara Ferne Fuban Clyde Wright Reeves and Lesta May Bruggen. Discharged at Good Samaritan include Mrs Mary Laur Thomas R Reed Mrs Phyllis Lee Young and baby Debra Ann John Louis Willis William Arthur Cochran Eldon Richard Brown Fairfield.
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Bessie Fox
Keenes
Anna Mason
McLeansboro
Stevie Strickland
Claude Pickett
Theda Shehorn
Belle Groves
Willam Albert Sanders
Kern Masters
Kell
Larry ‘Purdue
Yvonne Lunnmann
Wayne City
Audrey Gold
Good Samaritan
Pearl Irene Wiggins
Rodgeway
Helen Louise Fitzgerrell
Ina
Jane Regina Kielbey
William Tunnei
Marjorie Pauline Thompson
Lara Ferne_Fubank
Clyde Wright Reeves
Lesta May Bruggen
Mary Laur
Thomas R. Reed
Phyllis Lee Young
Debra Ann
John Louis Willis
William Arthur Cochran
Eldon Richard Brown
Fairfield
Vaccine Holdovers Spark Polio Inoculation Doubts
Mass inoculations of school children resumed after a week hiatus while Public Health Service teams recheck vaccine safety. In Los Angeles Spokane Phoenix parents withdrew permission to vaccinate due to postinoculation polio cases. Health Service confirmed 73 postinoculation polio cases and stressed no proven link to the Salk vaccine.
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Los Ane Gcles
Spokane
Wash
Phoenix
Ariz
Clarence G. Salsbury
The
Health Service
Marciano Cockell Championship Fight At Granada Theatre
The Rocky Marciano versus Don Cockell title fight will be shown at the Granada Theatre this Friday and Saturday. Fox Theatres manager H M Burnett says all nine rounds will be screened with outstanding sequences in slow motion.
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Rocky Marciano
Don Cockell
Granada
H. M
Cally) Burnett
Fox Theatres
Tries To Collect Taxes On Mail Order Cigarettes
Illinois revenue director Richard J. Lyons says out of state cigarette mail order houses must supply the names of Illinois buyers to enforce tax payments. He estimates the practice drains 400000 to 8500000 dollars in annual revenue and warns the attorney general could sue individual purchasers if taxes remain unpaid.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Richard J. Lyons
Illinois
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Washington, D. C
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Slant
Koringa
Paris
Marie Windsor
Jack Hupp
Aviatrix
Maryse Bastic
Atlantic
Airport News
Jefferson Memorial
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Mt. Verlin
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