Stassen Loses Pennsylvania Primary Race
Harold E. Stassen, seeking a political comeback, lost the Pennsylvania Republican primary by a wide margin to Arthur T. Meppe. In other races, Maryland Democratic hopefuls David L. Lawrence and J. Millard Tawes claimed nominations, while Hugh Scott surged in the Republican Senate race and George Leader led the Democratic field.
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Thomas D'Alesandro
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Hugh Scott
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Pate Riceis
Philadelphia
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Alesandro
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Rend Lake Meeting At Nason Friday
A meeting on Rend Lake will be held at 7 30 p m at the Nason grade school. Howard Mendenhall, manager of the conservancy district, will speak and answer questions from area residents. Everyone in the Nason area is invited to attend. The event aims to explain Rend Lake plans.
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Nason
Howard Mendenhall
Conservancy District
Rend Lake
Woman Banker Retires After 42 Years at Bank
Mrs Parsons ends a four decade career at First National where capital grew from 125000 to 1010000. She joined as a substitute teller and note clerk, rising to assistant cashier in 1949 and later supervisor of bookkeeping. She notes the bank expanded from eight to 32 employees.
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First National
Airport hops connect King City and Mt Vernon flights
R E Hoyt flew from King City airport to Detroit on Tuesday. R A Davis arrived at the local airport from Franklin Kentucky and left yesterday. Sam Raymer reached Mt Vernon airport yesterday on a Kansas City flight. Jim Seyler flew from the University of Illinois to King City yesterday. Gene Tumbliecson arrived at Mt Vernon airport this morning from East Alton.
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King City
Detroit
R. A. Davis
Franklin
Sam Raymer
Mt. Vernon
Kansas City
Jim Seyler
University of Illinois
Gene Tumbliecson
East Alton
Varnell Rebekah Lodge Meet Set for May 22
The Varnell Rebekah Lodge will convene at 8:00 p m tomorrow night May 22 at the L O C F Temple Alice Collins N G Toml Bogan Sec y
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Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge
C.F
Illinois weather forecast and five day outlook
Illinois and Missouri weather briefs report cool, clear today with 40s to 50s and sun pushing readings toward 70s. Five day forecast shows slightly below normal temperatures with mixed precipitation and showers mainly Friday and Thursday, while Missouri remains partly cloudy with scattered storms and mild temperature shifts.
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Chicago
Illinois
Missouri
Birth for Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Greene son Jack Bruce
Mr and Mrs Irvin Greene Route 6 are the parents of a son born yesterday evening at 7 23 in Good Samaritan Hospital The infant weighs seven pounds five ounces and is named Jack Bruce.
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Irvin Greene
Route 6
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jack Bruce
Flags Available For Graves Of Veterans Here
Gold Stripe Chapter 28 DAV plans to furnish a limited number of flags for veterans’ graves in Jefferson county for Memorial Day May 30. Commander Victor A. Hundley explains a pickup plan at 225 South Tenth Street Mt. Vernon. Residents must provide their name and the veteran’s name for registration. flags will not be given to children.
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D.A.V
Jefferson County
Victor A.hundley
South Tenth Street
Mt. Vernon
Big Fire Hits Cold Storage
A massive blaze damaged four processing firms with Lake Packing Co. wholly destroyed. Dense smoke redirected transport over a wide area and drew about 2000 onlookers. City health inspectors planned talks with federal officials after inspecting stored meat. The building was owned by Fulton St Wholesale Market Co. An unrelated note mentions Aboriginal marriage rules in remote Australia.
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Lake Packing Co
Fulton St. Wholesale Market Co
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Admitted to Jefferson Memorial include Claire Wall Clyde E Knox Woodlawn Donald Eugene Karch Enfield Mrs Hazel Porter Keenes Debra Cunningham Mrs Wanda Mae Riley Dix Mrs Mary Mathews Inn Discharged Hugh Wilkey James Martin Admitted to Good Samaritan include Mrs Melva Clark Brian Fohnestock Miss Donna Beckham William Reyling Mrs Helen Cross Terry Ben Bourjland Mrs Myrha Schmidt Discharged John Dale Moise Renaud Andy Changnon Mrs Helen Kennedy Mrs Doris Swart and baby Denise Carol Floyd Walters
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Clyde E. Knox
Woodlawn
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Enfield
Hazel Porter
Keenes
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Wanda Mae Riley
Dix
Mary Mathews
Inn
Hugh Wilkey
James Martin
Good Samaritan
Melva Clark
Brian Fohnestock
Donna Beckham
William Reyling
Helen Cross
Terry Ben Bourjland
Myrha Schmidt
John Dale
Japanese Hold Ex Yale Football Star In Murder
Joseph P. Crowley, a Yale football back from the early 1930s, is held by Tokyo police on suspicion of fatally beating his brother-in-law T A Jones Jr. Jones, a New Haven businessman and son of a Yale gridiron great, died May 8. Funeral services will be held in New Haven. Police say Crowley admitted nothing and claimed the whole affair is fantastic.
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Joseph P. Crowley
Yale
T. A. Jones Jr
Jones
New Haven
Agnor Crowley
Shirakawa
Frederick M. Kissinger
Maryland
Crowley
Ers
Auto Collision Causes $300 Damage at 14th and Harrison
Police reported two cars collided at 9:50 PM near 14th and Harrison with about $300 damage. Drivers were Vicki Ellen Crouch of 24 Westwood Drive and Jerry W. Davis of Route 1, Dix. Davis was cited for failure to yield right of way.
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Vicki Ellen Crouch
Westwood Drive
Jerry W. Davis
Route 1
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Crouch
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Pflimlin Seeks Diplomacy as General Is Sent to Algeria
Premier Pierre Pflimlin plans to dispatch Gen. Henri Lorillot to Algeria to confer with Gen. Raoul Salan who backs the settlers seeking De Gaulle’s takeover. Salan rejects any replacement, urging De Gaulle’s return. The National Assembly backed the regime with a 475 to 100 vote to maintain emergency powers in the Algerian war while leaving De Gaulle as a possible option.
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Charles I de Gaulle
Pierre Pflimlin
Algeria
Henri Lorillot
Lorillot
Raoul Salan
Salan
de Gaulle
Pflimlin
Paris
Mediterranean
Alain de Serigny
Community Development Meeting Here Thursday
Galena Illinois reports a community development steering committee will meet Thursday at 7:30 pm in the high school library. Bailey Williams of Southern Illinois University will present a report and discuss forming committees to build a bigger Mt. Vernon. Public attendance invited.
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Mt. Vernon
Wilma Tinsley
Carol Shafer
Karen Jones
Carolyn Turner
YaVonne Canter
Patricia Logan
Nyla Catron
Mr. Vernon
Leitzell
Community Development I
Baily Williams
Southern Illinois University
Ta-Hsueh-Shan Forest Reserve in Taiwan to yield 28 million board feet
The Ta-Hsueh-Shan area on Taiwan's Big Snow Mountain is described as one of the Far East's greatest forest preserves and is planned to produce 28 million board feet of lumber annually. In 1952 the U S National Park Service sent 40 cuttings from Washington DC cherry trees back to Japan after Tokyo trees were cut for firewood during the war.
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Taiiwan
Ta-Hsueh-Shan
U.S. National Park Service
Washington, D.C
Japan
Tokyo
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