Death of James R Boyles Near Whittington Funeral Planned
James Rolland Boyles 54 of Benton area died suddenly at 3 30 p m yesterday in a West Frankfort doctor s office. He was a coal miner and farmer, lifelong Franklin county resident, son of the late Louis J and Julia Hindman Boyles. Survived by wife Margare Runnels, two daughters Juva Lyn Fassler St Louis and Jean Ann Nielsen Clinton Town, two brothers Bernell Highland Park NJ and Harry Chicago Heights Ill, two sisters Opal Lahr Clinton Iowa and Juanita Peterson Washington IA. He was a member of Whittington Missionary Baptist church with funeral Sunday at 2 p m conducted by Rev Marvin Richardson. Burial Maronic and Odd Fellows Cemetery Benton. Body lies in state Ina Funeral Home Ina, after 2 pm today.
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James Rolland Boyles
RFD
Benton
Whittington
West Frankfort
Mr. Boyles
Franklin County
Louis J
Julia (Hindman) Boyles
Margare Runnels
Juva Lyn Fassler
St. Louis
Jean Ann Nielsen
Clinton
Town
Bernell
Highland Park
N. J
Harry
Chicago Heights
Ill
Opal Lahr
Iowa
Juanita Peterson
Washington, II
Whittington Missionary Baptist Church
Marvin Richardson
Maronic
Odd Fellows
Ina
Mt Vernon Dumping Ground to Stay Open Seven Days
City Manager Harlow Richardson announced the Mt Vernon dumping ground south of the city will remain open all week. Previously gates closed at noon Saturdays and reopened Monday mornings, prompting residents to dump outside. No city employees will be on duty Saturday afternoons or Sundays, but gates will stay open for public convenience with signs directing proper dumping.
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Harlow Richardson
Mt. Vernon City
Ormer
More Rain And Twisters For Texans
A squall line swept across northern Texas bringing heavy rain hail and thunder. At least three tornadoes were reported but only one touched ground causing no damage. Rain totals reached up to four inches in Lubbock Big Spring and other western Texas towns with flooding and downed manhole covers. A tornado near Mineral Wells west of Fort Worth knocked down trees in an uninhabited area.
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Dallas
Texas
Lubbock
Big Spring
West Texas
Mineralells
Fort Worth
Colorado City
Bowie
Clarendon
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
Regional pilots report short hops between cities
J. T. Hurt made a morning flight to Mattoon. Glenn Shultz flew from Carbondale to Mt. Vernon and returned yesterday. Myron Sons of Springfield traveled Mt. Vernon to Chicago today. Larry Forrestal flew to Centralia and back today. Bill Tumbleson also flew to Centralia and returned this morning.
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J. T. Hurt
Mattoon
Glenn Shultz
Carbondale
Mt. Vernon
Myron Sons of
Springfield
Chicago
Larry Forrestal
Centralia
Bill Tumbleson
Rescuers Tunnel Toward Miner in Pennsylvania Mine
Rescuers continued tunneling into a mine shaft at Lykens Pennsylvania 24 hours after coal miner David Snyder 34 was trapped by a cavern He has not been heard since 2 p m Friday A companion 15 feet above him escaped without injury and rescue teams expect to reach the trapped area tonight Snyder is the father of three children
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Lykens
David Snyder
Short Mountain
Snyder
Hogan Holds Slim Lead Over Snead At Festival
Ben Hogan tops the field with 131 strokes at the Sam Snead Golf Festival in White Sulphur Springs W Va heading into the final 36 holes. Paul Harney and Ben Hogan are one stroke back, with Billy Casper another stroke behind. The field includes 47 pros battling for 10000 in prizes on the Old White Course.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Sam Snead
Ben Hogan
Mountain Resort Links
Paul Harney
Worcester
Mass
Billy Casper
Bonita
Calif
Phoenix
Big Seven League Expands to Big Eight
Lincoln Nebraska reports the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletics Association expanded the Big Seven to the Big Eight by admitting Oklahoma A and M. The school will soon be Oklahoma State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, changing its nickname from Aggies to Cowboys, effective by June.
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Lincoln
Neb
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Atletics Association
Big Seven
Oklahoma A
Oklahoma State University For Agricultures and Applied Science
Aggies
Organize New Pro Cage Loop With 6 Cities
Fort Wayne Indiana UPA formed the American Assn a pro basketball league with six midwestern charter cities Toledo Dayton Waterloo Chicago Fort Wayne and the Tri Cities Moline Rock Island and Davenport Illinois Prospective members Lansing Des Moines and Indianapolis may join by a May 31 meeting. The league plans 40 minute games and a 40 to 46 game schedule.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
UPA
American Assn
Toledo
Dayton
Ohio
Waterloo
Iowa
Chicago
Tri-Cities
Moline
Rock Island
Ill
Davenport
Lansing
Mich
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Murray Mendenhall Sr
Jules
P. L. George
Micke Fitzgerald
Tri - Cities
Virgil Gladieux
Constitution
Armed Forces Day display highlights new U S weapons
Uniformed Soviet and American officials gathered as Army Navy Air Force and Marine units paraded by Constitution Avenue for Armed Forces Day. Visitors viewed new systems including the Domarc Rascal Redstone Nike Hercules Ajax and Regulus missiles along with tanks artillery and small arms.
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Washington
U. S
Russia
Poland
L J
Navy
Air Force
Constitution Avenue
Wilson
Andrews Air Force Base
Alexander Rodifonov
Army
Filippo Bachinski
Fedor Presnakov
United States
USAF
Strategic Air Command
Baccalaureate at Bluford Sunday to feature address
Robert M. Munday superintendent of Webber Township High School announced the 21st annual high school baccalaureate will be Sunday May 19. Reverend F Lloyd Trotter will deliver the address with invocation and benediction led by Reverend Lloyd Howard.
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Robert M. Munday
Webber Township High School
F. Lloyd Trotter
Lloyd Howard
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted List
Jefferson Memorial records show admissions for Wesley Ralph Smith Ashley John J Ellison Woodlawn Mrs Imogene Hester and discharged entries for Mrs Dorothy Rise Bluford Mrs Georgia jsmore Bonnie Henry J Richardson Belle Rive C L Harris Gary Payne Edna Hart Dahlgren Good Samaritan admissions include Mrs Theresa Rynski Clarence Bullock Ray Hails Mrs Alice Peacock Mrs Theresa Duncan Master Charles Biggerstaff Mary Ann Stringer Barbara Jean Modglin Master David Carr Discharges list includes Mrs Inez Stockton Mrs Minnie Odell Ricky Horton Mrs Etta Myers Karen Rose Kilgore Yewell Elmore Harry Shields Mrs Betty Sigworth Mrs Neva McLaughlin Tom Crowder Mrs Ruth Hodges Mrs Donna Jean Stephenson Charles Huntman.
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Dorothy Rise
Bluford
Georgia
Good Samaritan
Theresa Rynski
Clarence Bullock
Ray Hails
Alice Peacock
Theresa Duncan
Charles Biggerstaff
Mary Ann Stringer
Barbara Jean Modglin
David Carr
Inez Stockton
Minnie Odell
Ricky Horton
Etta Myers
Karen Rose Kilgore
Yewell Elmore
Harry Shields
Betty Sigworth
Neva McLaughlin
Tom Crowder
Ruth Hodges
Donna Jean Stephenson
Charles Huntman
Chicago man posts bond in drunken driving case
George McClure, 52, of Chicago, held on a drunken driving charge, posted a $350 bond Friday and was released from the county jail. He was arrested on the charge by state police earlier this week.
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George McClure
Chicago
Absentee student delays Penn statistics test in safe
At the University of Pennsylvania a statistics test planned for May 10 was locked in a satellite safe at the Wharton School. The absent minded guard failed to arrive, missing two postponements and prompting the faculty to cancel the exam.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of Business and Finance
Statistcs
Wind Forces Third Delay in Atomic Test Blast
Threatening winds forced a third postponement of the atomic test explosion at the Nevada site. The shot, scheduled for 5 a.m. PDT, was delayed again after a midnight weather reading showed winds could carry fallout toward southern Nevada populations. The device, similar to the first in the summer series, sits on a 500-foot tower and has energy about 10,000 tons of TNT.
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Nevada
Nevada Test Organization
United States
Sword of Bunker Hill Meeting at Mt Vernon Temple
The Sword of Bunker Hill Order will hold a meeting at the Mt Vernon Masonic Temple on Saturday evening May 18 at 7 30 p m Bring candidates All members welcome Lloyd Esmon Panmander Also Barbershop Chorus Meet at American Legion Home Monday May 20 at 7 30 p m Dr J R Cochran Secretary invite singers
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Little Egypt
Order of Sword of Bunker Hill
Mt. Vernon Masonic Temple
Lloyd Esmon
Panmander
Barbershop Chorus
American Legion
J. R. Cochran
Sec’y
Capehart backs budget cuts in GOP meeting stance
Senator Homer Capehart of Indiana told a Cincinnati gathering he will vote to cut President Eisenhower's budget, signaling possible three billion dollars in reductions. He cited cuts in education foreign aid and housing, while others like Bricker and Simpson criticized the high level of federal spending and Democratic programs. GOP leaders urged unity despite discontent over the budget, with Indiana and Wisconsin chairmen noting limited support for national campaigns.
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Cincinnati
Homer’ Capehart
Indiana
Eisenhower
Sen
Capehart
John Bricker
Ohio
Washington
Richard Simpson
Pennsylvania
Congressional
Sen. Capehart
Meade ‘Alcorn
GOP
Congress
Wisconsin
Philip G. Kuehn
Milwaukee
Robert W. Matthews
Daniels announce birth of son at Jefferson Memorial
Mr and Mrs Glenn Daniels of RFD 7, Mr Vernon, welcomed a son born at 12 50 this morning at Jefferson Memorial hospital. The infant weighed seven pounds one half ounce.
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Glenn Daniels
RFD
Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Detailed Weather Forecast for Illinois and Public Fine
Skies remain cloudy across Illinois with thunderstorms in southern counties and cooler readings in the north. Temperatures ranged Friday from 77 in the northwest to 48 in Rockford. Vandalia logged about 1.5 inches of rain. Donald E. Meador of RFC 4 Tuka was fined $5 and costs for illegal mufflers before Police Magistrate J R Thomas.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Centralia
Rockford
Donald E. Meador
RFC 4
Tuka
J. R. Thomas
Rackets Probe Weighs Labor Leaders In Probe
The Rackets Committee widens its inquiry into union leadership as United Steelworkers adopt an ethical code. David J. McDonald seeks another term, defeating Donald C. Rarick. Beck repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment regarding union finances and conduct while weighing stepping down for the union’s good. Teamsters talk of upcoming Miami Beach convention. Montgomery Ward stock voting alleged to influence firm employees amid possible ties to Beck.
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United Steel Workers Union
David J. McDonald
Donald C. Rarick
Mc‘Keesport
Beck
Newsmen
Chicago Daily News
O'Brien
The
Teamsters
Union
Miami Beach
Montgomery Ward
Washington
Alfons Landa
Sewell Avery
Landa
McClellan
John A. Barr
Wards
Teamsters Union
Prudential Men From Mt Vernon District Attend Florida Conference
Thirty three members of Prudential Insurance Co.s Mt Vernon district office gather at Hollywood Beach Hotel for the Mid America Leaders Conference in Hollywood By the Sea Florida. Led by manager Ernest M Dare the group includes staff managers and agents honored for outstanding 1956 sales and part of 1300 top district agency men from Indiana Illinois.
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Hollywood By-The-Sea
Florida
Prudential Insurance Co
Mt. Vernon
N. Ninth St
Hollywood Beach Hotel
Ernest M. Dare
Elmerl. Friend
Donald E. Howard
Harvey H. Hughes
Evan E. Lovan
Russell B. Laur
Thomas J
Public request for conference to clarify company record
Newspaper reports show union members still oppose the committee. A formal request seeks a conference to make proper statements and answer questions, aiming to expose the record clearly and repair the company’s reputation.
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Benny) Arnold
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S.I.U
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Mt. Vernon High School
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Rigg
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Evansville
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Jefferson Memorial
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