Deaths Alma Lomax Dies in Granite City Hospital
Mrs Alma Lomax of Madison Illinois died last night in St Elizabeths Hospital Granite City relatives in Mt Vernon were notified. She was a former Mt Vernon resident who left 30 years ago. Surviving are her husband Casey Lomax a son a daughter and three grandchildren Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 pm in Madison.
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Mt. Vernon
Alma Lomax
Madison
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Granite City
Casey Lomax
Boy Killed When Bike Hits Truck in Illinois
Lawrenceville Illinois, 12 year old Donald McKinney died after his motor bike struck a gravel truck at an intersection in downtown Lawrenceville. The truck driver, 19 year old Robert Moody of Lancaster, was not killed.
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Lawrenceville
Ill
Donald McKinney
Lawrencevile
Robert Moody
Lancaster
Hauk Named Principal At William Gray Memorial School
Louis Elwood Hauk son of Mr and Mrs L F Hauk of 2601 Cherry street has accepted the post of principal and teacher of seventh and eighth grades at the William Gray Memorial school in Springerton He is a graduate of Mt Vernon high school and attended Southern Illinois University.
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Louis Elwood Hauk
L. F. Hauk
Cherry Street
William Gray Memorial School
Springerton
Tr. Hauk
Mt. Vernon High School
Southern Illinois University
Boys Shoot Out Street Lights in Town Intersections
Police report that a group of boys fired BB guns at two east town intersections last night breaking street lights at Fifth and North and at Fourth and North. Investigating vandalism and seeking witnesses.
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East Town
Fifth
Fourth
Humko to Build Multi Million Dollar Plant in Champaign
Humko Co of Memphis announced plans for a new multi million dollar vegetable oils plant in Champaign. The branch would sit on a 50 acre site and employ about 300 people. Company makes shortening salad oils and vegetable oils used in margarine.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Hospital Notes and Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions for Mrs. Donna Pepple and Mrs. Donna Savage, with multiple discharges including Bill Pemberton and others from Maplewood Missouri. GOOD SAMARITAN shows admissions of Mrs. Aline Talbert and others, and discharges including Master Cecil Logan and several mothers and infants.
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Jefferson Memorial
Donna Pepple
Donna Savage
Bill Pemberton
Roscoe Thomas
Louis A. Adams
Maplewood
Margaret Fry
Kathy Lynn
Rosalind Yarber
Christopher Steven
Mildred Floyd
Mark Alan
Wilma Marcum
Larry Dean
Good Samaritan
Aline Talbert
Josephine Holtman
Pearl Yunt
Mary Gulley
Cecil Logan
Waltonville
Maxine Hess
Gayle Faye
James Thompson
Albert Hamlin
Patricia Holeston
Lynn Ann
Dorothy Isaacs
Susan Elaine
Delena Kniffen
James Allen
Minnie McKitrick
Arthur Voyles
Wag ner couple welcome daughter at Good Samaritan
Mr and Mrs William J Wag ner of 2522 Casey are parents of a daughter born at 3 08 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital. The infant weighs seven pounds seven ounces.
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William J. Wagner
Casey
Good Samaritan Hospital
Marine Corps League to Meet at Amvets Club Rooms
The Marine Corps League will hold a regular session Friday at 7 30 PM at the Amvets club rooms. All members urged to attend due to important matters. Jess Lisley adjutant. Ferne Leaf Camp No 694 Royal Neighbors of America meets Friday at 7 30 PM in LO C F Temple. Members asked to remember the Sunshine Offering Maude Miller Oracle.
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Marine Corps League
Sesson
Amvets Club
Jess Lisley
Ferne Leaf
Royal Neighbors of America
Ferne Leaf Camp No
LO. C. F. Temple
Maude Miller
Oracle
Local Travelers Arrive With Companions From Several Cities
Donald McLean returned Wednesday from Naples Florida with Mr and Mrs Nash Red wine and Mrs Carl Buerkle Frank Weatherford flew to St Louis and returned today with Jim Speakes who has been on a business trip to Texas Bill Heldinger and Bob Foote of Abileen Tex made a flight to the King City this morning
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Donald McLean
Naples
Fla
Nash Redwine
Carl Buerkle
Frank Weatherford
St. Louis
Jim Speakes
Texas
Bill Heldinger
Bob Foote
Abileen
Tex
King City
Marriage License Granted for Chambers and Copple
Charles E. Chambers of Centria and Carolyn Copple of Walput Hill obtained a marriage license. The filing indicates the couple plans a forthcoming ceremony in the region, with records filed in the county bureau.
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Charles E. Chambers
Centralia
Carolyn Copple
Walput Hil
Hampshire sow births 22 pigs to Reck family
ILLIOPOLIS Ill Walter Reck reports his Hampshire sow had 22 piglets 12 on one day and 10 five days later Feeding the litter with cow's milk from a bottle since the sow cannot nurse all offspring Reck says the unusual birth and care reflect on his farm practices and animal husbandry
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Illiopolis
Ill
Walter Reck
Hampshire
Susie
Reck
Vast oil resources discovered on the outer shelf
Secretary McKay announced at Powerama that US Geological Survey estimates put Texas Louisiana shelf oil at about 13 billion barrels and 65 trillion cubic feet of gas, with California shelf at about two billion barrels. He noted $250 million in leases paid to the federal government and a 1 sixteenth royalty, and reported the first discovery well on the outer continental shelf about 35 miles off Louisiana.
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Chicago
Douglas McKay
America
McKay
Powerama
General Motors
U. S. Geological Survey
Texas
Lousiana
California
Louisiana-Texas
Louisiana
Opdyke Youth Enlists in U S Navy at Great Lakes
Robert Ralph Draper of Opdyke has enlisted in the U S Navy in the Seaman Branch and will train at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He expects two weeks of home leave after training before joining a fleet ship. Local recruiter notes openings for high school graduates in several fields and directs youths to Mt. Vernon City Hall for information.
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Robert
Ralph Draper
Lowell . Draper
Opdyke
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes
Draper
Mt. Vernon City Hall
West Frankfort Walkout Ends at Streamline Garment Plant
West Frankfort workers from the International Ladies Garment Workers Union returned to the Streamline garment plant after a one day walkout protesting the lack of a new contract. The old contract expired July 6 and the company said workers agreed to stay on the job while grievances move through channels.
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West Frankfort
Streamline Garment Factory
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Pays For Baby 19 Years Later Pays For Baby 19 Years Later
A man paid Dr. S. A. Lang's office 25 dollars in full for delivering his baby girl 18 years ago. He said the bill had weighed on him for years, noting the daughter now has a child of her own.
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Associated Press
Novata
Okla
Recover Body Of Two Year Old In Ohio River
The body of 2 year old Martha Elizabeth Killis was recovered Wednesday from the Ohio River near Olmsted. The child fell into the river from a boat landing Monday while in the company of her parents Carl Kil tus and wife of Olmsted.
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Associated Press
Olmsted
Martha Elizabeth Killius
Ohio River
Carl Kiltus
Lee Both Heads Herrin Schools in Illinois
Marion Illinois Lee Both assistant superintendent of Williamson County schools has been named grade school superintendent at Herrin He succeeds John R Creek who died two weeks ago Creek had led Herrin grade school since 1922 and the appointment was made Wednesday
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Associated Press
Marion, Ill
Lee Both
Williamson County
Herrin
Booth
John R. Creek
Creek
Hervin
Granddad Pays For 130 Clovers in Nebraska Yard
SPALDING Neb Emil Kavalees is another granddad who underestimated granddaughter Char lene Kavalees He promised Charlene a nickel for every four leaf clover she found in Granddads front yard Charlene called in friends Ollie and Max Muller In a half hour they collected 130 clovers earning $6 50 from granddads pocket.
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Associated Press
Spalding
Neb
Emil Kavalee
Charlene Kavalee
Granddad
Charlene
Ollie
Max Muller
License Cancelled After Fatal Springfield Crash
Springfield Illinois Charles F Carpenter revoked the license of Franklin D Drysdale 22 of Christopher after his car struck and killed Samuel Hayes 64 of Benton on August 29. The Secretary of State announced the action today.
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Springfield
Ill
Charles F. Carpenter
Samuel Hayes
Benton
Franklin D. Drysdale
Christopher
Polio cases drop in Illinois weekly report
The State Health Department reported 112 new polio cases in Illinois for the week ending September 9, down 16 from the prior week. Total cases for the year reach 1,933, compared with 2,080 at the same point last year.
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Associated Press
Springfield
State Health Department
Illinois
Third Day Of Smog Attack In Los Angeles
Los Angeles faces its third smog alert in as many days as officials seek an end to intensified pollution. Ozone density hit .64 ppm with a prior record .90 in Vernon. Mayor Poulson accused the County Board of Supervisors of passing the buck on enforcement, while Supervisor Legg warned punishment for any employee shifting responsibility.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Vernon
Norris Poulson
County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County
Herbert C. Legg
Armed Teenagers Captured in Hamilton County
Two teen suspects were captured Wednesday afternoon in Beaver Creek township by Hamilton County Sheriff Carroll Boster and Deputy Allan Morris after escaping Dixon Springs Rehabilitation Center. Harold Hook of East St. Louis and Richard Hurst of Chicago face charges for stealing a truck from Harris Construction Co in Marion and committing robberies in East St. Louis Tuesday night. They were found near a farm seven miles east of McLeansboro with a shotgun and a .38 pistol, offered no resistance. East St. Louis authorities will take custody in McLeansboro today.
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Register-News
Mcleansboro
Beaver Creek Township
Hamilton County
Carroll Boster
Allan Morris
Dixon Springs
Harold Hook
East St. Louis
Richard Hurst
Chicago
Harris Construction Co
Marion, Il
McLeanshoro
Boster
Gas masks used by LA motorcycle messengers
Forty Los Angeles motorcycle riders refused to deliver for a blueprint firm due to thick smog. General Manager Henry Davis bought 40 gas masks with goggles from a war surplus store and ordered the riders to proceed.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Mars
Henry Davis
Expect Big Air Travel Increase
Washington report from the Civil Aeronautics Administration forecasts airlines will carry more than half of all transportation business in the United States within ten years. It says air transport’s market share will rise from about 29 percent to over 50 percent by 1956.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
United States
Air Transport
Hall Douglas in Argument On What She Said
Washington Republican National Chairman Leonard W. Hall accused Democrats of dabbling in panaceas and oppressive legislation on farm policy. He rejected Douglas’s claim that the party rewrites history and ignored the real world, saying Douglas is pulling a political trick by reciting Eisenhower’s past statements on farm price supports.
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Associated Press
Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Eisenhower
Hall
Officials Of 34 States Expect Ike To Run, Win
A poll of 34 state attorneys general at the annual conference found most expect President Eisenhower to run for a second term and win. Twenty Democrats and fourteen Republicans voted. thirty predicted a second bid, twenty for victory, nine opponents, five non opinions. Adlai Stevenson led Democratic choices with twenty-two votes. Harriman, Shivers, Kefauver, one vote each. John Ben Shepperd named president. Louis C. Wyman named vice president.
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Associated Press
Bretton Woods
N. H
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Allan Shivers
Texas
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
John Ben Shepperd
Association of Attorneys General
Louis C. Wyman
New Pempshire
61 Million Autos 72 Million Drivers in U S
The 1955 Automobile Manufacturers Association year book reports 61 million registered motor vehicles and 72 million licensed drivers in the United States who together travel over 560 billion miles yearly. California leads in registrations with 4,879,210 in 1954, followed by New York with 3,893,980.
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Detroit
United States
Automobile Manufacturers Assn
California
New York State
Illness of Bulganin Reported
Diplomatic circles questioned the public illness announcement of Bulganin as nonfatal and noted he canceled engagements with visiting foreign dignitaries. The report echoed past Tass disclosures, comparing to Stalin's stroke in March 1953 and suggesting explanations would follow.
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Tass
Joseph Stalin
Bulganin
Mad killer Morabito captured in Chicago
Morabito, blamed by police as a mental case, was arrested after a spree that began with the killing of George, a Daily News employee for 20 years, and continued with the rape of a radio station receptionist who identified him. He admitted the crimes after questioning by Chief Detective O Malley.
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Morabito
George
Lake Michigan Shore
Bryn Mawr Avenue
Daily News
John T. O'Malley
Rendek
Can't Get Parole for 50 Years Continues Occupation of Crime
Judge declares no parole for 50 years after a double bank robbery and kidnapping attempt. Thomas Underwood and Waldhouser killed when their car wrecked following a gunfight with residents. Hubbard admits robbery and kidnapping, claims victims shot him. witnesses place defense as villagers surrounding Waldhouser home. Waldhouser suffered a broken neck and a gunshot wound to the heart during the crime. Prosecution argues Hubbard’s robbery sequence triggered the fatal events.
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Waldhouser
Hubbard
Thomas Underwood
Kampsville
Underwood
Waldhousers
Waldheuser
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