Honeymoon Couple Shot Dead in Flamingo Penthouse
Las Vegas police investigate the murder suicide of Adrian Lione Grodnick, 19, and Betty M. Baron, 25, found shot in their hotel penthouse at the Flamingo. They registered Sept 10 as newlyweds. marriage papers found, but officials say they were not married in Las Vegas. Friends planned a Beverly Hills wedding next Tuesday amid family shock and travel to Los Angeles.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Flamingo Hotel
Adrian Lione
William Baron
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Calif
Eisenhower Draws Large Crowds Across Illinois Cities
Record crowds heard General Eisenhower in Aurora and Wheaton with police estimates at 10 000 and 8 000 respectively before Ottawa where 15 000 listened. He then prepared to depart for Minnesota and later Rock Island for a Wisconsin tour leg. Lincoln’s Ottawa visits in 1856 and the Lincoln Douglas debates are noted. Eisenhower planned a 10 mile Moline Rock Island drive before Rock Island Armory speech.
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Will County Court House
Wheaton
Joliet
Ottawa
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Auroras
Abraham Lincoln
John G. Fremont
Stephen A. Douglas
Tilipoli
Rock Island Armory
Iowa
Moline-Rock Island
Cars Collide at 18th and Broadway in Mt. Vernon
One minor automobile accident occurred on Broadway near 18th street in Mt. Vernon. A car driven by D. G. McGraw of 1720 Broadway collided with a pickup driven by Bert Wooden of RFD 2. No injuries were reported.
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Mt. Vernon
D. G. McGraw
Broadway
Bert Wooden
RFD
18Th Street
Fraternal meetings announced for Mt Vernon groups
A stated Mt Vernon chapter meeting at 7 30 p m on Tuesday September 16 ceremonial and attendance urged. Andrew D Webb Chapter 160 holds special meeting September 17 at 7 30 p m for Mark Master Degree. American Legion Auxiliary meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Legion Home with special music.
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Mt. Vernon
Royal Arch Masons
Andrew D. Webb
Rufus H. Irwin
H. P. Cecil
N. Levin
Sec.y
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Deaths and funerals Navada Higginson dies in Dahlgren
Navada Higginson 81 died 8:30 a m Monday at the Dahlgren home of her daughter Mrs C G Harrison. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p m at the McLeansboro Baptist church. The body lies at Sanders Funeral Home in McLeansboro. She was born December 12 1871 and married Williamson Higginson in October 1888. Survived by husband two sons Clarence and Gilbert of McLeansboro one daughter Mrs C G Harrison of Dahlgren seven grandchildren eight great grandchildren and two predeceased children. She was a Baptist.
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Navada Higginson
Dahlgren
Baptist Church
McLeansboro
Sanders Funeral
MccLeansboro
Higginson
C. G. Harrison
Navada White
Williamson Higginson
The
Clarence
Gilbert
John R Byers Dies at 77 in Owensboro Rites Thursday
John R. Byers 77 of 1304 N 13th Street died yesterday at 1 15 p m Born August 21 1875 in Grayson County Kentucky he was married twice first to Pedre King then to Mabel Gunn on August 7 1935 He survived by his wife three daughters a stepson two stepdaughters eight grandchildren and four other relatives Funeral services will be held at the Davis Funeral Home Owensboro Ky at 2 p m Thursday with burial in Elmwood Cemetery Owensboro The body lies in state at Pulley Funeral Home until 8 30 p m today and will then be moved to Owensboro
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John R. Byers
N. 13Th Street
Bysre
Grayson County
Kentucky
Pedre King
Mabel Gunn
Owensboro
Pearl Sinclair
Gladys Savage
Oklahoma City
Lorene Abel
Los Angeles
Tom Williams
Evansville
Ind
Carlene Hayes
Madisonville
Nell Wilcox
Byers
Sohio Oil Company
Mt V Resident Dies in St Louis Funeral Today
Funeral services were held in St Louis today for Gus Pappalampros, 67, a Mt Vernon resident who died Friday at Barnes Hospital. Born in Greece in 1885, he lived in Mt Vernon many years, returned to make his home in 1936, and worked at the Blue Goose Cafe. Services were at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church with burial at St Matthews Cemetery in St Louis.
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St. Louis
Gus Pappalampros
Mt. Vernon
Barnes Hospital
Blue Goose Cafe
Gus
North 19Th Street
Mr. Pappalampros
Greece
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
St. Matthews Cemetery
Death of George Orville Karch at 67 in Mt Vernon
George Orville Karch 67 died at his home 213 south Third street Mt Vernon. He was a butcher at Firebaugh Processing Plant. Funeral Thursday 2 p m Myers Chapel Dr R B Guthrie officiating burial Oakwood cemetery. Surviving son Wilbur four daughters Sophia sister John and Artie brothers and 17 grandchildren.
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George Orville Karch
South Third Street
Karch
Myers Chapel
R. B. Guthrie
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Karch
Spring Garden Township
Jefferson County
Philip
Clarissa
Willmore) Karch
Ola Merritt
Wilbur H. Karch
Mt. Vernon
Helen Boster
Mildred Hughey
Beulah Self
Centralia
Virginia Rittenhouse
George T Rose Dies at 79 in Park Avenue Area
George Thomas Rose of 720 Park Avenue died at 2 00 p m yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 79 years, three months and 28 days old. Services are set for Thursday at 1 00 p m at Pulley Funeral Home with Rev Lester Pifer officiating, burial in Shrewsberry Cemetery at Mill Shoals. The body will lie in state after 10 am Wednesday. He was born May 17, 1873 in Arkansas, son of David and Lydia Rose. He had been in failing health for six months. Two nieces survive.
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George Thomas Rose
Park Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley Funeral Home
Lester Pifer
Arkansas
David
Lydia
Upton) Rose
George Dodd Former Mr V Attorney Dies in Phoenix
George E. Dodd, former Mt. Vernon attorney, died in Phoenix Arizona last night after years of ill health He and his wife Gertrude had spent winters in Phoenix for four years since moving from Mt Vernon to make their home there The notice notes his longtime professional status and recent residence.
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George E. Dodd
Mt. Vernon
Phoenix
Arizona
Mr. Dodd
Gertrude
City Halls Heating Plant Bid and Sewer Billing Plan
City council heard a salesman describe a $2619 sewer bill machine while debating a heating plant for City Hall. Treasurer Marie Williford received $757,734.38 in sewer revenue bonds and demanded full bond records before signing. The council accepted property deeds for opening Johnson street and Northbrook Drive, with residents offering help. Debates on forgiving interest and refunds on assessments continued, and an assistant chief position was approved for the police department.
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Marie Williford
D. M. Rutherford
Benjamin Lewis & Co
Johnson Street
Centralia Road
Northbrook Drive
City Attorney and Finance Committee
Vernon
Police Department
Local Couple Dodd Rites Held in Phoenix Funeral
A year ago the Dodds resided at 909 West Culver Phoenix and 420 North Ninth Mt Vernon. Mr Dodd active in Mt Vernon Kiwanis and Mrs Dodd civic leader and former Federated Women’s Club president. Funeral services for Mr Dodd were held Thursday in Phoenix. Survived by wife two sons Everett Phoenix Halbert Elm Grove II and four grandchildren.
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West Culver
Phoenix
Mt. Vernon
North Ninth
Dodd
First Methodist Church
Everett
Halbert
Elm Grove
Bloodmobile visit set for Mt Vernon next week
Only 75 appointments are booked for the Red Cross Bloodmobile in Mt Vernon on September 22 and 23. It will operate at the Moose Lodge from noon to 6 PM each day. The quarterly quota is 175 pints, with donations free to Jefferson County residents in hospitals and to servicemen.
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Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Moose Lodge
Jefferson County
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan
Admission and discharge lists from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan include several patients and family mentions. Notable entries mention Mrs Elizabeth Symons Dubois and Mrs Jesse Chapman with infant Brenda Joyce among discharges and transfers across Dubois Bluford Champaign and Inn.
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Jefferson Memorial
Elizabeth Symons
Dubois
Bert Best
John T. Webber
Bluford
Vina Carroll
Beulah Bateman
Lesser
Ernest Hugue
Good Samaritan
Flossie Bruce
Daisy Stolte
Otis Carson
Champaign
Homer Basham
Donald Wilson
Inn
Bob Dean Hiatt
Clifford Ferguson
Frank Mills Dewey, Sr
Emma Miller
Jessie Chapman
Brenda Joyce
Mt Vernon council acts on traffic and public safety
Donald McClain delivered E A Reed and Walter Wilmus from Pressed Steel Car to Mt Vernon for business. Mayor For syth and the fire police commission appoint an assistant police chief from current staff. Council approves 15th Logan Brief Welkins and Conger Welkins stop signs to curb speeding, moves to study 12th street speeds, considers stop signs at 19th College 22nd Perkins and south 26th city limits, accepts sewer easement, allows motel sidewalk lowering, requests two new fire hydrants in Western Gardens, and confirms Robert Melcher to the police pension board.
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Verner Pigg
Milton Forsyth
Fire and Police Commission
Logan
Welkins
Conger
North 12Th Street
19Th
College
22Nd
Perkins
South 26Th Street
Main Street
Water Company
Western Gardens
Pedch
Pear Streets
Cherry
Orange Streets
Robert Melcher
Police Pension Board
Car Overturns After Rural Road Collision
An automobile turned over on the Dodds Spring Garden township line at 8:30 am after a side swipe between James Eubanks 25 of Bonnie and Kenneth Ryn 33 of Bonnie. No injuries were reported. Eubanks’ car was heavily damaged, Ryn’s damage light. Deputy Harley Harlow investigated.
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Dodds Spring Garden Township
Harley Harlow
James Eubanks
RFD 1
Bonnie
Kenneth Ryn
Eubanks
Rynes
Births in Cheraw and nearby areas reported
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Carpenter of Cheraw welcome a baby daughter born at five this morning. Louise Kent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Kent, is wife of Carpenter. Clyde Keen and wife of Keenes report a ten pound eight ounce girl born 7 43 p m yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital, unnamed. Sam Haley Jr. and wife of North 12th street greet a son born last evening at Good Samaritan, seven pounds one and one half ounces, unnamed. Bernard Audt of Dahlgren and wife celebrate a six pound daughter born yesterday at 11 05 p m at Good Samaritan Hospital, unnamed. Eugene Symons of Dubois and wife welcome son Bobby Gene born at 3 10 a m today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, eight pounds five and one half ounces.
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H. F. Carpenter
Cheraw
South Carolina
Sam Haley
North 12Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bernard Audt
Dahlgren
Chinchilla Fur Noted For Extreme Softness Fact
A study notes chinchilla fur achieves remarkable softness because as many as eighty hairs can sprout from a single follicle. This unique growth pattern explains the dense, velvety texture prized in fashion and textile markets.
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Chinchilla
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Geo. W. Stimpson
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Clarence Peyton
Robert Decker
Peyton
Illinois Central
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Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
Bloodmobile
Airport News
Donald McClain
Chicago
E. A. Reed
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Pressed Steel Car Company
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