Death of Hamilton Co. Democratic Leader Denson at 77
William Wilburn Denson 77 former Hamilton county Democratic chairman died Sunday at his McLeansboro home. A retired insurance agent he lived in MeLeansboro 50 years and was known as Squire. Funeral Tuesday 3 p m at Jones Funeral Home MeLeansboro with Rev. Clair Clark officiating and burial in J C C F cemetery. Born April 17 1871 in Wayne county he married Samantha Belle Hall January 21 1891. Survivors include daughter Mrs Carl Nation and two sisters Mrs Edith Gray and Mrs Olive Attebury.
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William Wilburn Denson
Hamilton County
North Pearl
McLeansboro
Denson
Squire
Me- Leansboro
Jones Funeral Home
Clair Clark
J.C.C.F
J. Denson
Wayne County
John R
Noma Denson
Samantha Belle Hall
Missionary Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Carl Nation
Edith Gray
Olive Attebury
Oregon
Death of Wm T Manley at 91 Rites Tomorrow
William Thomas Manley 91 died at 4 pm in Jefferson County after a long life as a grocer. Funeral services set for 1 pm at Pulley Funeral Home with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by four sons Ernest Mt Vernon Thomas Guy Michigan City Earl Byford and 14 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren. He was born October 24 1966 in Jefferson County to William and Hanna Manley and married Ida Zane Seat who preceded him. He was a Free Will Baptist member.
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William Thomas’ Manley
Good Samaritan Los
Gta
Ll Will. John
Oakwood
Manley
Jefferson County
William
Hanna
Harris) Manley
Ida Zane
J.manley
Thee Free Will Baptist
Ernest
Mt. Vernon
Thomas Guy
Michichigan City
Ind
Earl 2
Byford
Ornia
Hecthens
Former County Resident Lawrence Sullivan Dies in California
Mrs. Ellis Atchisson of 1025 South Sixth Street reports the death of her brother Lawrence Noble Sullivan, 66, a former Spring Garden township resident. He died Friday in Van Nuys California and will be flown to Chicago for funeral services and burial. His son Jayne will travel to Chicago to attend.
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Ellis Atchisson
South Sixth Street
Lawrence Noble Sullivan
Sullivan
Spring Garden Township
van Nuys
Calif
Chicago
Jayne
London Rushes Through Rainy Holiday Amid Strikes
Steady rain fell over London marking the fourth week of a broad strike and the third week of a meat strike. The White Monday holiday brought deserted streets as residents anticipated the summer season and observed a legal holiday in Papen the day after Whitsun.
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London
Papen
Algeria Tightens Exit Rules For Foreigners And Frenchmen
Algeria's insurrectional government announces travel controls as Gen Raoul Salan enforces visas for all French males over 15 and a military fitness certificate for 20 to 48. Foreigners including Italians Spaniards Greeks and Western journalists require special permission to depart.
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Algiers
Raoul Salan
Hospital Notes for Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Admission and discharge lists from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan hospitals include numerous patients. Names, locations, and family relations appear with a dense roll of recent admissions and discharges across multiple wards. Grainage appears as an incomplete trailing fragment.
Bob Holland Receives Air Force Commendation Ribbon
Bob Holland, 424 Casey Mt. Vernon Illinois, received the Air Force Commendation Ribbon for meritorious achievement during June 29 to August 28 1956. As an Airman First Class with the 170th Photo Mapping Group MATS he supported a geodetic survey of the Greenland Ice Cap at Keflavik Iceland and over the uncharted Greenland terrain under severe conditions. His aircraft maintenance under sub zero temperatures and willingness to accompany missions aided the project’s high priority success.
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Palm Beach Afb
Fla
Military Air Transport Service
Robert E. Holland
Casey
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Holland
Air Force
the Register-News
1A70th Photo- Mapping Group
Apcs-Mats
Greenland
Keflavik
Teeland
U S Launches Fastest Atomic Sub Skipjack
GROTON Conn AP The United States launches the fastest and deadliest submarine the 250 foot Skipjack to lead a new nuclear undersea fleet. Adm Arleigh Burke will speak at the ceremony with Mrs George H Mahon christening the vessel. Built by Electric Boat a blimp shaped hull and innovations aim to surpass Nautilus Sea Wolf and Skate. Costs are estimated at 60 million dollars with six more subs ordered.
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Groton, Conn
United States
Navy
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
George H. Mahon
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Cardinal Stritch Still Conscious After Stroke
Cardinal Samuel Stritch, 70, remained conscious and recognized visitors after a restless night. Msgr. James Hardiman, his private secretary, said the Chicago archbishop had suffered a stroke last Monday that left him partially paralyzed and unable to take liquids since Sunday. Doctors reported heart damage from the stroke and he was placed in an oxygen tent as prayers for the dying were offered.
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Rome
Samuel Cardinal
Stritch
James Hardiman
Chicago
Msgr
Hardiman
Births in Dahlgren and Chapman at Good Samaritan
Mr and Mrs Richard Rudolph Rubenacker of Dahlgren welcomed a son born yesterday evening at 5 17 in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds four ounces. Mr and Mrs William Robert of Chapman 1114 Harrison welcomed a daughter born last night at 9 34 in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing five pounds fourteen ounces.
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Richard Rudolph Rubenacker
Dahlgren
Good Samaritan Hospital
William Robert
Chapman
Harrison
France renews Tunisia troop redeployment talks
Reports say Paris aims to redeploy forces in Tunisia to ease tension while Bourguiba presses for withdrawal from outlying posts. Paris signals willingness to negotiate despite risks of Algerian spillover and UN involvement.
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Paris
Diplomate
Tunisia
Remada
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
Algeria
Habib Bourguiba
Bourguiba
Theorces
Hig
Bizerte
Jean-Pierre Benard
Tunis
Benard
France
United Nations
Tunisian
Egypt
Mental Patient Burns Churches
A former mental patient, Isaac Wilson, 35, confessed to starting fires at a church and five other West Side buildings. He admitted church arson at Christ Temple Church, destroyed at about 100000 dollars loss, and a previous fire at a four story former church building causing 30000 dollars damage. Wilson said he set fires because he could not bring his dog to church and he also burned trash cans to deter rats and worms.
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Chicago
Isaac Wilson
Christ Temple
Wilson
First Congregational
Safety Lane Sheds Light On 227 Cars Rejected At Check
In Mt Ver non a three day operation by Jefferson County Safety Council checked 1,498 vehicles. Of these 1,473 cars passed two lanes and 227 were rejected for at least one point. Five trucks failed and 58 motorists corrected faults to pass. Council president John Howard thanked 51 volunteers and local employers for support.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County Safety Council
John Howard
Howard
Safety Council
Howard Today
Chanute Flier Killed In Peru
A sergeant from Chanute Air Force Base and a civilian passenger were killed when a light plane crashed near a Peruvian flight school. Sgt. Carl Harvitt, 28, of Chanute, and civilian Arthur Middleton died as witnesses said the aircraft plummeted and exploded after engine failure at about 400 feet.
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Lima
Peru
Chanute
Air Force Base
Carl Harvitt
3499Th
Harvitt
Olivet
Mich
Patricia
Arthur Middleton
Two Weekend Thefts Reported in Mt Vernon
Two thefts were reported to Mt Vernon police during the weekend. Charles F Garner listed his address at 1121 South 15th Street saying four hub caps were taken from his car parked in the 100 block of North Ninth Street. Eber Jones reported his daughter's bicycle stolen near Horace Mann school, his address listed as 1215 South 28rd Street.
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Mt. Vernon
Charles F. Garner
South
15Th Street
North Ninth Street
Eber Jones
South 28Rd Street
Horace Mann School
Donoho Prairie Cemetery Seeks Contributions
Donoho Prairie Cemetery Association requests contributions to cover rising maintenance costs. Pheba H. Blankenship serves as secretary and treasurer and invites interested persons to donate.
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Donoho Prairie Cemetery
Rightists Try to Seat De Gaulle in France
Corsican loyalists back De Gaulle while Pflimlin risks his job by seeking constitutional reforms. Interior Minister Moch orders security on alert. four NATO ships redirected from Malta to France amid unrest.
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Raoul Salan
Algeria
Paris
de Gaulle
Corsica
Algiers
Pflimlin
Jules Moch
France
Malta
City Beauty Queen Picked By Jaycees
City beauty pageant success with Linda Bennett and Nancy Richards designing the flower garden stage. Contestant Ann Easton helped with placards while Mrs. Leo Eschelbacher and Mrs. Anson Smith directed. James Hertenstein and Walter Ray Randall led as general chairs with Curtis Parker as entries chairman and Jim Gehr, Syl Sanders as ticket co chairs.
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Linda Bennett
Nancy Richards
Jaycees
Dave Scruggs
Jim Witter
Wally Wilcox
Ann Easton
al Easton
Leo Eschelbacher
Anson Smith
James Her
Mt Vernon Chapter 233 Eastern Star Meeting Notice
A stated meeting of Mt Vernon Chapter No. 233 Order of the Eastern Star will be held in the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening May 1 at 7:30 o clock. Memorial. Aletta Whitlock W M Naomi R Bogan Secy.
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Mt. Vernon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Aletta Whitlock
W. M
Naomi R. Bogan
Sec'y
Ladies Auxiliary of WWI Barracks Meeting Set
The ladies auxiliary of Veterans of World War I Barracks 102 will meet tomorrow evening May 27 at City Hall at 7:30. Hazel Morris serves as president and Margaret H Smith as secretary.
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W.W.I
Ladies Auxiliary
Hazel Morris
Margaret H. Smith
Sec’y
World War I Veterans to Meet at American Legion Home
Members of Barracks 102, Veterans of World War I, will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 at the American Legion Home, 816 Main Street. George Binks, commander. Joe Smith, adjutant.
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American Legion
Main Street
George Binks
Joe Smith
Legion Post 141 to Meet at Legion Home Tonight
Members of Jefferson Post 141 American Legion will meet at the Legion Home tonight at 8:00 o clock. Commander Leo Morgan and adjutant E I Tanner will preside.
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American Legion
Jefferson Post 141
Legion
Leo Morgan
E. I. Tanner
Youll Like Everything At Douglas Drugs
A vintage promotional note extols Douglas Drugs as a full service drug store offering a professional prescription service complete stock for health comfort and good appearance with courteous staff and value for every dollar. It invites customers to try the store and promises they will like everything about shopping there.
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Douglas
Italy begins counting 30 million votes after high turnout
Rome AP reports election officials started tallying more than 30 million ballots after a day and a half of voting for Italy's third postwar Parliament. turnout neared 90 percent of 32,506,417 registered voters as police manned booths with few incidents. Final results due Tuesday.
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Rome
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Christian Democrats
Reds
Death Driver Hangs Himself in Jail After Crash
In Ozark Missouri AP reports a car crash near Billings left one man dead and another, Grant N. Didion, 34, jailed on reckless driving charges, allegedly hanging himself in the county jail Sunday night after the rollover that killed his 51 year old friend Wendell Baum of Billings.
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Ozark, Mo
Clay Hodges
Grant N. Didion
Hodges
Didion
Billings
Wendell Baum
Four MT Vernon crashes include driverless car train collision
Weekend on Mt Vernon streets saw four accidents with one injury. A bicycle rider, Carl Ray Stinson, 10, was hurt when his bicycle collided with a car at 21st and South. A driverless car rolled into a freight train at 14th and Broadway, causing about 100 dollars damage. Two other fender benders near Tenth and Jordan left minor damage and a police fine for an illegal left turn. A separate minor crash at South Second and Maple involved Franklin Bond and Katherine Neal with no injuries.
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Mt. Vernon
South 21St Street
Carl Ray Stinson
Howard Woolever
Caborn
14Th
Broadway
Oscar Eugene Scarber
South 28Th
Tenth
Jordan
Leroy Spangler
Woodlawn
Robert C. Hofer
Spangler
Hofer
J. R. Thomas
Franklin D. Bond
South Second
Katherine P. Neal
Maple
Airport arrivals and flights at King City and nearby airfields
Earl C. Million arrived at King City from Danville and returned Saturday. George Barrett flew from Burbank to Mt. Vernon en route to Vandalia. Ted Sadders came from Decatur to the local airport yesterday, en route to? Evansville. Faye White travelled from Washington Indiana to King City Sunday en route to Evansville. George Barrett reached Mt. Vernon Sunday from Tulsa and was bound for Quincy. Chuck Easton flew from King City to Paducah this morning. H N Olsen arrived from Williamson County Airport this morning en route to Vandalia. D Schooley flew St Louis to Mt Vernon today. J F Smith arrived Mt Vernon this morning from Cleveland Ohio.
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Earl C. Million
King City
Danville
George Barrett
Burbank
Calif
Mt. Vernon
Vandalia
Ted Sadders
Decatur
Faye White
Washington
Quincy
Chuck Easton
Paducah
H. N. Olsen
Williamson County
D. Schooley
St. Louis
J. F. Smith
Mt. Lyernon
Cleveland
Ohio
Former Mt. Vernon Resident To Graduate At Seminary
George H. Baldridge son of the late Mr and Mrs Arthur L Baldridge of Jefferson county will receive his Bachelor of Divinity Degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton Ohio on June 4 He is ordained to Elder in the Ohio Conference at Lakeside on June 8 He has pastored Methodist churches in Ohio and now leads Lockington Hardin Methodist churches He is married to Geraldine Goddard Route No 1 Box 123 Piqua Ohio
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George H. Baldridge
Arthur L
Minnie I.) Baldridge
Jefferson County
United Theological Seminary
Dayton
Ohio
United Brethren Seminaries
United States
American Association ofTheological Schools
Baldridge
Mt. Vernon Township
Asbury College
Wilmore
Kentucky
Lockington - Hardin
Geraldine Goddard
Charles Goddard
Mt. Vernon
Methodist Church of the Ohio Conference
Lakeside Ohio
Hazen G. Werner
Piqua
Douglas Proposes Dunes Monument
Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois urged Congress to set aside a 3 500 acre national monument along Indiana's Lake Michigan shore to halt industrialization and block a proposed deep water port and steel mills. Senator Homer Capehart opposed the plan saying Indiana needs the port and mills.
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Robert D. Novak
Washington
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Congress
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Homer E. Capehart
Rand
Douglas
Senate
National Monument
Burns Ditch
Gary
Ogden Dunes
Dune Acres
Department of the Interior
Bethleem Steel Co
National Steel Co
Deep Sea
Capehart
Harold W. Handley
Dunes
Memorial Day Services at Abner Cemetery
The Rev. Jack Ketteman will speak at Memorial Day services at Abner cemetery in Nason. The general public is invited and services begin at 2 00 p m.
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Jack Ketteman Willl
Abner
Nason
Marriage Licenses Listed for Cullins Dace Littrell Everts
Thomas F E Cullins 22 of 1718 Cherry marries Margaret Ann Dace 17 of 329 Pine. Lawrence D Littrell 46 and Naomi Everts 45, both of Salem, obtain licenses.
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Thomas FE. Cullins
Cherry
Margaret ‘Ann Dace
Lawrence D. Littrell
Naomi Everts
Salem
Mt Vernon CAP members fly to Decatur for breakfast
A group of 11 Mt Vernon residents associated with the Civil Air Patrol flew to Decatur for a fly-in breakfast at Decatur Airport. Guests included CAP units from several cities. Mt Vernon travelers in three planes were Frank Smoot, Dennis Smoot, John Phillips, Mrs. Phillips, Ted Sodders, Lyle Endicott, Mr and Mrs Carl Mezo, Mr and Mrs Charles Green, and Kenny Compton. A CAP squadron meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the local airport.
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Mt. Vernon
Civil Air Patrol
Decatur
C.A.P
Frank
Dennis Smoot
John Phillips
Ted Sodders
Lyle Endicott
Carl Mezo
Charles Green
Kenny Compton
Police Court Fines Set by Police Magistrate
Fines listed before Police Magistrate J R Thomas include Robert L Stewart 25 dollars plus costs for disturbance. Robert W Seidel Route 1 Wayne City 15 and costs for careless driving. John B Hawthorne 15 and costs for careless driving. James R Williams 5 and costs for illegal muffler. Delmar E Taylor 5 and costs for careless emerging from a driveway. Cecil C Stinson 5 and costs on state police charge for improper lane usage. Donald Eugene Lee 5 and costs for improper lane usage. Billy J Butler Benton 2 and costs for illegal parking. Madelyn B Cleek and costs for improper passing.
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J. R. Thomas
Robert L. Stewart
Robert W. Seidel
Wayne City
John B. Hawthorne
James R. Williams
Delmar E. Taylor
Cecil C. Stinson
Donald Eugene Lee
Billy J. Buteler
Benton
Madelyn B. Cleek
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Jefferson Memorial
Lola Curlock
Belle Rive
Nora Donovan
Bonnie
Charles Carter
Dix
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Edgar Pady
Clyde Knox
Anita Carter
Hermitige
Tenn
Kermit Chase
Mary Mathews
Inn
Rhoda Ellis
Enfield
Lizzie Monroe
Good Samaritan
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Minnie Poston
Margaret Tolley
Clarence Allen
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Virgil Bolen
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Daytha Lee
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Stephen Craig
Ione Lane
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Patricia Carroll
James Allen
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U. S
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Texarkana
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Augusta
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Texas
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