Sabre Jets Shoot Down Three MIGs Over Korea
U N Sabre jets reportedly downed three Communist MIGs with another probable destroyed and three damaged as two day tally reached 16 confirmed or probable kills and six damaged. Ground fighting at Bunker Hill included 400 Reds killed or wounded in two hours with heavy artillery and infantry clashes near Panmunjom. Air strikes blasted ore processing and mining buildings at Singhung and stockpiles at Anak while two waves of fighter bombers delivered 227 tons of explosives in 326 sorties.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Korea
U. N
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. S
North Korea
Bunker Hill
U. S. Eighth Army
Sunup
Singhung
Fifth Air Force
Sibyon
Haeju
Anak
Panmunjom
Tho Repment
Payroll Surges as U S Civilian Workforce Grows
The civilian payroll for the last fiscal year ending June 30 rose to over 9% billion dollars, a nearly two billion rise from the year before, Sen. Byrd reports. July payroll reached 2,599,122 workers, up 2,360 from June, based on agency reports to the Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Expenditures.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Congressional Committee
Little League Picnic Saturday at Veterans Park
Mt Vernon Little League teams and officials will attend a 5:00 p m picnic at Veterans Park. At 6:00 p m Granville Rigg a Centralia magician will entertain the youngsters. Sponsors include King City Loan Building Ass n Elks Club Master Baking Co and Liberty Petroleum Co.
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Mt. Vernon
Veterans Park
Granville Rigg
Centralia
King City Loan & Building Ass'n
Guy Wood Insurance Co
Elks Club
Master Baking Co
Liberty Petroleum Co
Permits Open for Belle Rive Pheasant Hunting Area
Landowners in the Belle Rive area host a reality hunting grounds covering about 7000 acres to operate this fall. The 15 day pheasant shooting season runs November 11 to 25. Permits will be issued starting October 12 with applications due by September 25 to the Illinois Department of Conservation.
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Belle Rive
Ilinois Department of Conservation
L. & N. Cafe
Leonard Schwartz
Edwardsville
Department of Conservation
Division of Game Management
Capitol Building
Springfield
Department
Fairfield Residents Noted In Flight Movements
Leslie Harshbarger and Kenneth Felix of Fairfield flew here today. Earl Outland traveled to Cincinnati this morning to retrieve Floyd Collins of this city.
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Leslie Harshbarger
Kenneth Felix
Fairfield
Earl Outland
Cincinnati
Floyd Collins
Meetings A F and A M Special Mt Vernon Lodge 31
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 AF and AM calls a special meeting Friday September 5 at 730 PM in the second degree. All members urged to attend and visiting Brethren welcome. R H Whitaker W M and Wm E Reavis Secy announce. Fern Leaf Camp No 694 RN of A meets Friday at 730 PM in I O O F Temple on North Tenth Street.
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Mt. Vernon
R. H. Whitaker
W. M
Fern Leaf Camp
R. N. of A
I. O. O. F. Temple
North Tenth Street
Salem Council Conclave To Be Held At Salem High School
Salem Council No. 97 Royal and Select Masters holds its yearly conclave at Salem High School on Saturday September 6 at 2 pm All Mt Vernon members urged to attend Dinner at 6 30 pm Paul Sto rment secretary
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Salem Council
Royal and Select Masters
Salem High School
Mt. Vernon
Young GOP of Jefferson County to Meet Tonight
A reorganization meeting and rally for all young Republicans of Jefferson County will be held at 5 30 p m today at Joe Frank Allens farm one mile north of Mt Vernon on the Centralia road. Demetri Hassakis will preside. The event opens with a free weiner roast and includes officer elections and candidate introductions. All interested young men and women are invited to attend as a start for an aggressive Jefferson County Young Republican organization. The arranging committee includes Delbert Smith Bill Wood Donald Nelson Judge Morton F Dorothy Howard Phillips Gerald Isaac Mark Moreton and Claude Schoch.
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Jefferson County
Delbert Smith
Bill Wood
Donald Nelson
Morton F. Dorothy
Howard Phillips
Gerald Isaac
Mark Moreton
Claude Schoch
Hog roundup reported by Mt. Vernon police
Mt Vernon police conducted a hog roundup late yesterday after a resident reported three loose hogs in the Conger avenue area. One hog was captured and returned to the community sales barn while two remain unfound, with the incident logged at 4 52 p m.
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Mt. Vernon
Herman Mays
Conger Avenue
Harold Cogswell Denies He Is Dead in Ipswich
Harold Cogswell declares he is alive despite a grave marker on his lawn. A white stone bearing his name sits by his home with flowers placed nearby. A scarecrow reading in memory 1902 1944 was later strewn in front of the stone.
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Associated Press
Ipswich
Mass
Harold Cogswell
Hospital notes and admissions list at Jefferson Memorial
Jefferson Memorial admissions include Mrs Marie Jackson from Woodlawn infant Charles Smith and Lawrence Hughes of RFD 1, Mrs Edith Rhynes Ina. Discharged: Mrs Louise Adams. Good Samaritan admits Mrs Ethel Mitchell Edward Kirsch Dahlgren Mrs Ethel Louise Bayne Miss Delores Sigmels Scheer Amos Eugene Ox. Discharged: Miss Cynthia Snod-
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Jefferson Memorial
Marie Jackson
Woodlawn
Charles Smith
Lawrence Hughes
RFD
Edith Rhynes
Ina
Louise Adams
Good Samaritan
Ethel Mitchell
Edward Kirsch
Dahlgren
Ethel Louise Bayne
Delores Sigmels, Scheer
Amos Eugene ‘Ox
Cynthia Snod
Mt Y to Study Marion Plan on Sewer Charges
Mt Vernon officials will visit Marion Ill to study how their sewer billing and collection are handled after Marion opened a sewer system funded by a 750000 revenue bond. Mt Vernon will set up its own system next January and the council authorized a bond for the city treasurer in sewer fund collection.
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Mt. Y
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Southern Illinois
Vernon
Births at La Junta and Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Marion Watkinson of La Junta Colorado welcomed a son Stephen Warren born Sept 1 at 4 30 p m weighing 9 lb 3 4 oz Mrs Watkinson is former Miss Shirley Ann Warren daughter of Mrs Arthur Warren of this city Mr and Mrs Joe A Beckham Bonnie welcomed a son eight pounds nine ounces born at 10 01 p m Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital Mr and Mrs Carl DeSelms RFD 7 Mr Vernon welcomed a son Terry Edward born at 1 32 p m Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital
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Marion Watkinson
la Junta
Colo
Stephen Warren
Watkinson
Shirley Ann Warren
Arthur Warren
Joe A. Beckham
Bonnie
Good Samaritan Hospital
Carl DeSelms
RFD
Vernon
Terry Edward
Smith Manteno Master Michael McCarthy Woodlawn
Mrs Anna Belle Beckham and infant son referenced in local notice. Names displayed as partial fragments from a public record. No event or date specified. context indicates family listing in a community notice.
Classic 1950s Hit Pairings Spotlighted In Radio Chart
A list highlights Mitch Miller Patti Page Sarah Vaughn Joe Stafford June Valli Ames Brothers Tony Martin Mills Brothers Louis Armstrong Jerry Lewis Buddy Morrow and others with titles like Horn Belt Boogie Release Me Jambalaya Strange Sensation Luna Rossa Just When We’re Falling In Love One Mint Julep and Got You On My Mind reflecting midcentury pop vocal radio favorites.
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Buddy Morrow
Shivers aide blasts Daniels over Stevenson pledge
An aide to Texas Governor Allan Shivers called North Carolina Democrat Jonathan Daniels incorrect after Daniels claimed Shivers violated a convention pledge by not backing Adlai Stevenson. The aide said Shivers’ only pledge was to place Democratic nominees on the Texas ballot and would not commit until a party pledge was altered.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Allan Shivers
Texas
Jonathan Daniels
North Carolina
Daniels
Shivers
Adlai Stevenson
Saucers Are Just Illusions Say Saucers Are Just Illusions
In Stuttgart a panel of 200 scientists from 12 countries at the International Astronautical Congress argued flying saucers are likely optical illusions not Martian ships. They doubted new weapons, saw travel between planets as possible only in the long term, and agreed more research is needed before routine space flight.
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Associated Press
Stuttgart
Germany
Mars
International Astronautical Congress
Congress
Truck damages local drive-in on Broadway near 24th
A customer in a truck damaged the Toot ’n Tell ’Em Drive-In on Broadway near 24th late yesterday. The vehicle struck power lines tearing them down and also damaged floodlights and building signs.
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Broadway
24Th
Pennington Trial Delayed to November Term
In Vienna, the retrial of Taylor Pennington on a murder charge connected to the shooting of Harry H. Canada at a tourist cabin January 17 is postponed to the next term opening November 17. Pennington, 44, a tavern operator, has remained free on $15,000 bail since jurors were discharged without a verdict.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Taylor Pennington
Harry H. Canada
Kansas City
Canada
Florida
Pennington
Sidney Ward
Benton
Johnson County
J. W. Carlton
Ward
Charles J. Huffman
Harold L. Zimmerman
Trial of Ogie Pennington Set in Marion Court
Trial of Ogie Pennington on a murder charge for killing Louis Sons at Pennington’s Wayne County tavern is to begin next week in Marion Circuit Court. Jury selection starts Monday before Judge Ward P. Holt. Pennington has posted 10000 dollars bail since July 1931. case moved to Marion County due to claimed prejudice in Wayne County.
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Salem
Ogie Pennington
Louis Sons
Pennington
Wayne County
Ward P. Holt
Marion
Marion County
Best Chance to Make a Million Is at Age 80 89
A Ohio University psychologist reports that the odds of earning an annual million or more peak between ages 80 and 89. Dr. H. C. Lehman cites APA findings that leaders in politics diplomacy and higher offices tend to be 50 or older. He notes creative work peaks in the thirties or early forties and assigns age ranges for top positions: president 50–54 ambassador senator or Army boss 60–64 Supreme Court Justice 70–74.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ohio University
H. C. Lehman
American Psychological Association
APA
United States
Supreme Court
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Ray E. Heffey
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Louisiana
Illinois
Myrtle Gott
Alva Mathews
Secy
Paul Storment
Harold
Pastry Shop
18Th Street
Franklin
Stanley Avenues
Dale Warren
Lustig
NEW Records
Mister Callaghan
Mitch Miller
Rosemary Clooney
Marlene Dietrich
Patti Page
Rusty Draper
Sarah Vaughn
Joe Stafford
Strange Sensation
June Valli
Ames Brothers
Tony Martin
Mills Brothers
Louis Armstrong
Gordon Jenkins
Jerry Lewis
Webb Pierce
Pee Wea King
Gregory Monument Co
Fred Gregory
Wilburn F. Hauk
Harry L. Gregory
Jordan St
BIG Democratic Rally
State Game Farm
Sherwood
Southern
Billy May
Walter Schumann
Villa
Maxim's
Dear Marsovia
Featherston
Deniel Shivers
Adlai
Riley. Johnson Insurance Broker & Agent
S. 23Rd St
Mt. Vernon III
T. Pennington
Set Ogie
Associated Pres
MT. Vernon, Ill
T. J. Moss
Entertainment Committee
Limerick
W. L. Dixon
John B. Rogers
Billy C. Weatherford
Ashley Road
Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
Mary Lane
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