Deaths L K Kittinger Funeral Monday
Lorin Kent Kittinger of 710 Conger Avenue dies at 11 10 a m yesterday. Funeral Monday at 3 00 p m Myers Chapel with Rev Sam McCoy officiating. Burial in Bethel Memorial cemetery. Friends may call after 2 00 p m Sunday. Survived by two daughters Ora Kittinger Mt Vernon and Isabell Marlow El Paso Texas, two grandchildren, and one sister Mrs Hallie Smith McLeansboro.
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Lorin Kent Kittinger
Conger Avenue
Myers Chapel
Sam McCoy
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Kittinger
Ora Kittinger
Mt. Vernon
Isabell Marlow
el Paso
Three Killers Electrocuted In Jersey Prison
Three men known as Alfred Stokes Harry Wise and Albert Wise were executed in New Jersey State Prison for the February 12 1954 holdup and slaying of Union police sergeant Clinton E Bond at the Tuscan Dairy Farm in Union The trio entered the death chamber with calm facial expressions and faced the electric chair in the same night with Wise the youngest at 23 and Albert Wise 25 both smiling as the masks were placed on their faces.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Alfred Stokes
Harry
Albert Wise
Harry Wise
Albert
Stokes
Sgt
Clinton E. Bond
Tuscan Dairy Farm, Inc
Union
Mother Beaten Robbed as Children Beg for Food
Seven small children, thin and hungry, were sent to City Hospital after police found them begging on the streets. Their mother Mrs Geraldine Kean 30 said she had been beaten and robbed of $40 last week and was treated for a facial wound. The oldest child Ruth 11 was left in charge as the others suffered undernourishment.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
City Hospital
Geraldine Kean
Kean
Ruth
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial Inpatients Listed
Admits include Mrs. Freda Hayes Mrs. Viola Ritter Salem and others. discharge notes mention Miss Lesbia Moore Belle Rive. Good Samaritan admits a list of patients led by Mrs. Blanche Irvin Francis Harvey and others. discharges include Earl Veatch and Mrs. Elizabeth Pence among several.
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Jefferson Memorial
Freda Hayes
Viola Ritter
Salem
Lavern Wilson
Bonnie
Lesbia Moore
Belle Rive
Good Samaritan
Blanche Irvin
Francis Harvey
Maude Taylor
Martha Dewitt
Estelle Mary Rork
Richard Charles Kaelin
Earl Veatch
Elizabeth Pence
Martha Ellen Mann
Ella Tate
Lucy Margaret Henn
Roger Alan
Ray Dale Kohute
Opal Peterson
Dorothy Jean Farkas
Charlotte Jean
Births in Reseda and local hospitals announce four newborns
Mr and Mrs Jack Latta announce a son born in Reseda California on August 29 weighing six pounds eight ounces named Jack Jr. Mr and Mrs Robert Wagner announce a son born August 31 at Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds fifteen ounces named David Bruce. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Paul Dickerson at Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds three ounces named Leslie Marie. Mr and Mrs Samuel Franklin Wilson announce a daughter born at Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing six pounds one ounce named Cheryl Lynn.
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Jack Latta
Reseda
Calif
Jack, Jr
Robert Wagner
Elm Circle
Good Samaritan Hospital
David Bruce
Paul Dickerson
North 16Th
Leslie Marie
Samuel Franklin Wilson
Bonnie
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Cheryl Lynn
Local pilots reach several cities in one day
Dee Stover flew to Chicago this morning while Tom Oakley headed to Alton. Vick Wall traveled to Springfield and W J Coveney with Eldon Weber of Highland, Illinois, made a trip to Mt. Vernon today.
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Dee Stover
Chicago
Tom Oakley
Alton
Vick Wall
Springfeld
W. J. Coveney and
Eldon Weber
Highland, Ill
Mt. Vernon
27 Deaths On Highways As Holiday Opens
Traffic deaths rose slowly as summer’s last holiday weekend began with motorists on the roads. Twenty seven deaths reported near midnight plus two other accident fatalities, totaling 29. NSC projects about 400 more deaths through Monday. Guardsmen, aircraft and helicopters aiding state police in Michigan and Chicago area traffic control.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Michigan
Chicago
Geneva Episode Highlights Ike Zhukov Reunion
At a Geneva summit Eisenhower and Zhukov met in a historic reunion with Bulganin and Khrushchev present. Khrushchev said Zhukov was eager to see Ike and skipped Moscow for his daughter's wedding. Ike gave Zhukov a radio and pen as gifts. later reports questioned the wedding.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Zhukov
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Moscow
Ella
Hagerty
Charles E. Bohlen
U. S
MacArthur Saved Life of Top Emperor in Surrender Era
General MacArthur, amid Russian protests, saved the life of Japan’s top leader after two years of service. Recalling the surrender crisis, Shigemitsu later reflected, I didn’t think then that I would be here now.
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Gen. MacArthur
Carmen Miranda Leaves Estate Worth 13000 Plus Income
Los Angeles Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda left an estate valued at 13000 with an annual income of 4000. Her husband David A Sebastian filed for letters of administration after her death at Beverly Hills home on August 5 at age 41.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Carmen Miranda
David A. Sebastian
Miss Miranda
Beverly Hills
Thought Officer Stole Her Dog
London constable Bing ham found a terrier crouching in a doorway near Trafalgar Square Friday night and took it to the police station. A woman later called to claim the officer had stolen her dog and left it on the doorstep for airing.
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Associated Press
London
Bingham
Trafalgar Square
Die at the DuQuoin State Fair in Illinois
Harold Empson, son of Harrisburg, Illinois, collapsed and died on the midway at the DuQuoin State Fair on Friday night creating a tragic accident at the event with witnesses reporting the sudden collapse.
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Associated Press
Duquoin
Ill
Harold Empson
Harrisburg
Til
DuQuoin State Fair
Bloomington City Faces Strike Threat By Public Employees
Bloomington officials mobilize emergency crews as two locals of the State, County and Municipal Employees Union warn of a strike at 7 am Tuesday for utility workers and 24 hours later for street, park, garbage and engineering staff. Wages rise demands cited. police seek higher pay and shorter week with mediator from Illinois Department of Labor to meet over weekend.
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Bloomington
Ill
Tinois
AWL
Milnois Department of Labor
Prison Escape Was Easy He Just Honked The Horn
Sterling T. Colson escaped Kilby Prison by tricking a supervisor for keys and honking the gate open. He drove the car to Bay City Texas, sold it, and faced charges for crossing state lines. Colson pleaded guilty and received one year while already serving 10 years for for The Florida State Prison robbery.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Sterling T. Colson
Colson
Madsen
Bay City
Tex
Bryan Simpson
Hunt Big Cat In Henry County
A big game hunt is under way in Henry County Illinois as residents pursue a creature described as resembling a panther. Farmer Bert Berry reported seeing the big cat in his field six miles east of Kewanee yesterday and fired but missed. The animal was first sighted about two weeks ago and others suspect it may be a panther.
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Kewanee, UL
Henry
Illinois
Bert Berry
Berry
Kewanee
Wac Moves Into Soldiers' Home
Washington A World War II WAC has moved into the onetime Lincoln summer home and become the first woman resident at the U S Soldiers' Home. Priday, Miss Regina C Jones is the only woman among LS CO men at the home as others of the armed services group are expected to join later in the two story stucco building set aside for women veterans. Jones, 17, is nearly blinded by cataracts from wartime service and lost a leg to a blood clot.
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Associated Press
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
U.S
Priday
Regina C. Jones
Ls&co
Miss Jones
Strip Tease On Baltimore Street
A man chased a woman from a bar on Pennsylvania Ave into the street then into a barber shop where the woman sheltered in scant clothing as about 350 bystanders watched. Betty L. Edwards and Gilbert L. Walker, both of Baltimore, were charged with disorderly conduct. No reason for the incident was given.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania Ave
Betty L. Edwards
Gilbert L. Walker
British Charge Murder Plot In Plane Crash
Hong Kong police issued a murder conspiracy charge against a Chinese man now in Formosa in connection with the crash of an Air India liner that killed eight Red Chinese officials en route to Bandung. The plane went down in the South China Sea April 11 after a stop in Hong Kong.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
Formosa
Air India
South China
Bandung
Indonesia
Red China
United States
China
Chou En-lai
Britain
Chow Tse-ming
Old Ice Box is Death Trap For 2 Children
Detroit authorities reported two children Marvin Jones aged four and his three year old brother Michael suffocated after becoming trapped in an unused ice box Friday. They were missing for about ninety minutes before an organized search led to their discovery and transport to hospital where they died. Their mother Juanita, twenty eight, noticed their absence from the backyard where they were playing.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Marvin Jones
Michael
Juanita
Motorist Killed in Four-Car Crash near Marshall
Five others injured in a Friday night four-car collision about five miles west of Marshall on U S Highway 40. Victim identified as Rollan Koetz 25 of Herrick Illinois. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Marshall
Rollan Koetz
Herrick
U. S. Highway 40
Decatur Couple Killed In Cedar City Utah
An elderly Decatur Illinois couple and their son died when their car plunged off a 300 foot embankment in Dixie National Forest near Cedar City Utah on a Friday. George W Chaille 72 and his wife Mary about 70 were killed, their son Richard C Chaille 32 of Los Angeles died later in Cedar City hospital. The Utah Highway Patrol said the car missed a horseshoe turn and Mrs Chaille and her son were ejected and killed instantly. The elder Chaille died about an hour after the crash.
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Associated Press
Cedar City
Utah
Decatur
Ill
George W. Chaille
Mary
Richard C
Chaille
Los Angeles
Dixie National Forest
Utah Highway Patrol
Marriages in Draper Bluford Centralia area reveal unions
William E. Draper and Carolyn Sue Fitts wed, with James Everett Scott and Georgia Irene Wilson joining in Bluford, and Walter E. Greathouse married Barbara Canull of Centralia in a series of local nuptials.
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Pace Gee
William E. Draper
Carolyn Sue Fitts
James Everett Scott
Georgia Irene Wilson
Bluford
Walter E. Greathouse
Barbara Canull
Centralia
Police Court Fine for Drunk and Disturbance Case
Melvin R. Anderson was fined 520 and costs before Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney on a drunk and disturbance charge.
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Melvin R. Anderson
Allan Dulaney
Weather Outlook Cooler And Dry
The Weather Bureau’s 30 day outlook for September predicts temperatures averaging below seasonal normals in the South Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes with above normal readings in the North and mountain states. Precipitation is expected to exceed normal along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts while most of the interior sees below average rainfall.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Plains
Rocky Mountain States
Gulf
Grant Divorce In Circuit Court
Judge B W Eovaldi granted one divorce decree this week in circuit court. The case involved Gilbert Paul Etheridge and Bernadine Ann Etheridge.
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B. W. Eovaldi
Circuit Court
Gilbert Paul Etheridge
Ve. Bernadine
Ann Etheridge
Woman Follows The Man Home
Evansville police report a man was followed from a tavern by a stranger who knocked on his door and gave him a drink. He passed out and awoke to find the woman and $200 missing from his money.
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Associated Preps
Evansville
Ind
R. M. Downey
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Northbrook Drive
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Jack Garrison
Miller Lake
F. Wayne Starr
Sarasota
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S. 24Th Street
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C. E. Brehm
Mill's Corner
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Earl Stephenson
Summersville School
Harry Decker
Mildred Sartin
Lee Smith
Liebengooe Street
Ernest L. Toney
Conger
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South 26Th Street
Charles Shelton
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