Death notice: James R. Neal longtime Moores Phane teacher
James Rijer Neal a longtime geverant school teacher of Moores Phane died Tuesday evening at 82 Funeral services will be held at New Hope Bartint church ten miles east of Imi at 2op om Thursday The Bevlepten Har pool will conduct the services He is survived by his wife Elsie Neal seven children Lena Kiefer Cistle Neal Curtis Neal Howard Nest Lorene Rathff Ada Dale Walter Neal two brothers and two sisters Seburn Neal Fisie Tucker and Ethel Meare and 18 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren
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James Rijer Neal
Geverant
Moores Phane
New Hope Bartint
Imi
Bevlepten Harpool
Pavier
Dibhrren
Brom
Pertey
Neal
Elsie Neal
Lena Kiefer
Cistle Neal
Curtis Neal
Howard Nest
Lorene Rathff
Near
Betas Rive
Ada Dale
Anna
Walter Neal
Moberly
Mos
Neo
Seburn Neal Fisie Tucker
Ethel Meare
Avar Frisco
Curtis Oat Cyne Girardeau
Carthage trial opens in 1955 rape murder case
A jury in Carthage Handcock County hears the murder indictment against Lloyd Miller Jr. for the slaying of 8 year old Janice May of Canton. Prosecutors present the autopsy and family testimony while Miller, seized in Danville, pleads innocent. The crime occurred Nov. 5, 1955, with the mother and father recalling gruesome details at Graham Hospital.
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Carthage. TV
Canton
Jadas
Janice May
Lloyd Miller Jr
Dean E. May
Graham Hospital
Jean
May
Miller
Fulton County
Veniremen
Carthage
Handcock County
Ilinois
Danville
Atty
Blaine Ramsey
Sey
Low Water Hits River Traffic
St Louis reports that mM-Federal Barge Lines canceled weekly service for light loads between Chicago St Louis and downstream ports due to low Mississippi River water at Alton lock. erosion is blamed for the drop, with levels possibly six feet lower by late October, threatening normal barge operation through the lock as Missouri River flow drops to winter quantities.
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ST. Louis
Federal Barge, Lines
Chicago
Alton
N., Mississippi River
Missouri River
Mississippi
Births in Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan hospitals
Mr and Mrs Fort Johnson of Bluford welcomed a daughter at 6 06 last night weighing seven pounds four ounces. Mr and Mrs Jimmie Gale McBride of 1029 South 17th Street had a son at 8 30 last night weighing three pounds thirteen ounces named Jimmie Gale. Mr and Mrs Ernest Jack Moore of McLansharp welcomed a son at 9 33 this morning weighing seven pounds thirteen ounces. Mr and Mrs Billie Modlin of 218 welcomed a daughter at 6 this morning weighing seven pounds two ounces named Deborah Mae.
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Fort Johnson
RFD
Bluford
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jimmie Gale McBride
South 17Th Street
Jimmie Gale
Ernest Jack Moore
McLransharp
Jefferson Memorial
Billie Modlin
Good Samaritan Hospital
Deborah Mae
Hospital Notes at Good Samaritan and Defferson Memorial
Admitted at Good Samaritan include Mrs Beatrice Johns son Mrs Lois Atkins Ernest Manley discharges list includes Mrs Martha Somers A E Canter Mrs Virginia Sammons and others plus Shirley Alice today and baby James Charles Nora Trene Flijstan Defferson Memorial admits Alpert Houston Randall Smith Mrs Wilma Johnson Bluford discharges include Emma Pearce Bonnie Bertha Wills Qlie Connaway Blu ford
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Good Samaritan
Beatrice Johns
Lois Alice Atkins
Ernest Harold Manley
Martha Ann Somers
A. E. Canter
Virginia Lee Sammons
Mabel Davidson Laird
Cyndia Florence Funk
Elma Pauline Hails
Leonard Cleveland Hester
Letta Olive Stevens
Shirley Alice
James Charles
Nora Trene Flijstan
Defferson
Alpert Houston
Randall Smith
Wilma Johnson
Bluford
Emma Pearce
Bonnie
Bertha Wills
Qlie Connaway
Halleck rips Demos in GOP talk at Salem
Congressman Charles A. Halleck of Indiana assailed the Democrats at a Salem rally for restoring integrity to the national scene. He said the Eisenhower administration brought peace, prosperity, and progress, and praised Salem’s Charles Vursell for support in the 23rd district.
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Halleck
Salem
Hallack
Rep
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Times
Charles Vursell
23Rd District
Kiwanis Club Offers Free Movie for Mt Vernon Kids
The Mt Vernon Kiwanis Club invites local youngsters to a free film at The Granada Theatre this Saturday at 10 a.m. A Roy Rogers western and seven cartoons will be shown as part of National Kid's Day observance. Children may enter freely.
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Kiwanis Club
Mt. Vernon
Granada Theatre
Kiwanis Clubs
Early Illinois frost outlook predicts light corn damage
The State Federal Agriculture departments and the Weather Bureau expect an early Illinois frost with only about 15 percent of the corn crop at risk. Over 85 percent has matured and most has dented. The crop may surpass the 1948 record of 564 million bushels by 23 million. Soybeans are 15 percent combined, about 75 percent shed leaves. Winter wheat seeding begins. planting of other small grains delayed by moist soil shortage.
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Springfield
Federal Agriculture Departments
Weather Bureau
Rule Ousted Leftist Rector Stays In Pulpit
Rev William Howard Melish wins legal battle to remain rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Brooklyn. State Supreme Court referee ruled quorum absence invalidated removal and replacement attempt. Dispute arose from accusations of leftist political activity. Melish denied Communist party membership.
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New York Ie
William Howard Melish
Brooklyn
State Supreme Court
John MacCrate
Melish
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Mr. Melish
Communist Party
Parachute Drop to Build South Pole Base Aboard Globemaster
D C based plan ships a C124 Globemaster mission titled Deep Freeze to the South Pole. The first of several planes will drop tractors and supplies manufactured by Caterpillar in Peoria. The City of Peoria plane is named in honor of the Peoria plant. A seven man crew and 25 passengers will participate, delivering a complete base including tractors generators and buildings to McMurdo Sound ice strip.
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Greenville
Peoria
South Pole
Donaldson Air Force Base
Scl
City of
Caterpillar Tractor Co
McMudro Sound
Skeleton Found In Saline Co Dry Creek Bed
A skeleton was found Monday night in a Saline County dry creek bed by a man and his son, Sheriff William T. Daerett said. George Viking and a companion reported the discovery. Officers recovered the skeleton and clothing after a Tuesday search. No missing person reports match the find, and an expert from the state criminal identification department was expected to view the scene.
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Harrisburg
Selne County
William T. Daerett
George Viking
Pata
Carricy Sills
Erie
Janin
Ven Wilkins
Scea
M. Gibbons
Theomor
Robert Wilson
Whinsia
Secret Hearing For Marine Recruit Hit By Corporal
A Marine recruit says he was struck in the stomach by a corporal after failing to use sir in a question at a closed hearing on Tarriss Island South Carolina. The man underwent a successful operation on August 28 for a hernia and says the blow occurred August 22 two days after he arrived on base.
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Tarris Island
S.C
Harpos
Donald Hanusfar
Norvot
Ora
Vethaw
Hamissar
Han
Hamistar
Hlayn
Reed
Hamiliar
I've Tried Is the Flag Of Failure for a Wife
Ruth Millett argues that wives who claim they tried to be good wives avoid personal responsibility. She urges women to admit personal failure and reflect on how they might improve the marriage. Self-change is presented as easier and more effective than changing a husband.
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PVE
Fire destroys The 51 Club in Centralia
A fire early Tuesday morning levelled The 51 Club at Centralia's north edge, total loss of building and all equipment. Trustees of the John Langenfeld estate estimate damage around 850,000. Firefighters faced water shortages from a closed hydrant and mud clogged hoses in Crooked Creek. cause undetermined.
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51 Club
Centralia
John Langenfeld
Crooked Creek
Soldier weighs discharge from Marines at hospital
A Marine, staying in a hospital, considered leaving the service but remained undecided about seeking a discharge. He indicated he had not yet made up his mind.
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Ment
Hamilfar
CIPS Co. Ordered To Cut Power Rates
The Illinois Commerce Commission orders Central Illinois Public Service Co to reduce annual electric rates by 1.1 million dollars, boosting residential savings and reflecting higher sales from the Joppa plant to the Paducah atomic energy facility. CIPS serves about 222,000 customers across 502 central and southern Illinois communities.
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Cips Co
Springfield
Tinois Commerce Commission
Central Ilinois Public, Service Co
ICC
George R. Perrine
CIPS
Perrine
Copany
Joppa
Atomic Energy Commission
jPlant
Paducah
Paducah! S
Mlingis
Warns Against Raising Flag On Other Planets
Andrew G Haley of Washington D C urged at the seventh International Astronautical Congress that no flag planting or colonization on other planets be undertaken by Earth’s space travelers He proposed a space law maxim do unto others as they would have you do unto them and said landings on planets with possible life require careful nonharmful contact only after invitation by the explored The discussion comes as astronomers view Venus and Mars as unlikely hosts for higher life due to atmospheres Mercury’s heat and the rest extreme conditions
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Son
Eisenhower
Small Business Administration
SBA
Wendall Barnes
Jonas
R-Nc
Japan
Stevenson
Sen. Schoeppel
Kan
Schoeppel
Sen. Martin
Sen. Ives
William G. Stratton
Mindis
Stratton
Los Angeles
Mitchell
United Steelworkers of America
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Hoover
Denver
Seaton
Austin
Tex
Price Daniel
Stevenson-Kefauver
Allan Shivers
Massachusetts
Foster Furculo
Thomas H. Buckley
Sumner G. Whittier
Romep
American Rocket Society
Earth
Andrew G. Haley
Washington,d. C
International Astronautical Congress
Haley
Venus
Mars
Solar System
Mercury
Astor Plans City Within a City on Park Avenue
Vincent Astor announces a five million dollar project to erect a 46 story metal and glass skyscraper on Park Avenue forming the heart of a city within a city. The development will feature a sunken garden shops restaurants a bank storage space and a helicopter landing on the roof.
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New York
Vincent Astor
Park Avenue
Airline Trio Sighted Fielding City Hop
Larry Forrestal flew to Alton this morning and Gene Tumbleson completed a Alton to Mt. Vernon flight today, indicating active local air travel and routine pilots in the region.
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Larry Forrestal
Alton
Gene Tumbleson
Mt. Vernon
Reserve NCO Leadership Course Set Here Sept 25
Approximately 800 veterans in the Mt. Vernon area may join a Reserve NCO Leadership course at Mt. Vernon Township High School Room 100F Vocational Building starting Sept. 25. Lt. Col. Stanley V. Koziara announced the program for past or present non commissions in US Armed Forces in specified ranks. Classes meet 2 hours at 7 30 p.m. with base pay per class. information and registration available Sept. 20 at the County Court House or by phone.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Stanley V. Koziara
Harold C. Williams
County Court Room
Court House
$160 000 Damage Suit Over The Blowout Death
Carmi residents filed a $160 059 damage suit in White County Circuit Court alleging a tire blowout caused an auto accident near Polk County Kentucky on August 19 1995. Plaintiffs Yvonne Rohrer Delores Holder and John Holder and the estate of Clarence Desper Jr name Jess D Endicott Ford Motor Co and Good year Tire Rubber Co as defendants. The case was transferred to federal district court.
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FAST
John Holder
Carmi
Polk County
Paducah
Clarence el. Desper Jr
Crisis Sparks U S Britain Rift Over Middle East Policy
Sir Robert Boothby accused the United States of failing to back Britain in the Suez crisis and urged closer U S cooperation. He blamed Nasser’s rise on American backing and a loan promise for the Aswan Dam, saying Washington’s withdrawal of that offer helped trigger the crisis. Dulles denied the anti boycott claim while offering loans through the Export-Import Bank to shield affected nations from rising costs.
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Suez Canal
U.S
Robert Boothby
Brighton
United States
Middle East
Nasser
Aswan
Tyylles
Theft reported of four hub caps from car near ABC Bowl
Norma Jen Jensen reported four hub caps stolen from her car parked near the ABC Bowl last night. She said the theft occurred the previous evening.
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Norma Jen
Cars Collide At Seventh and Jordan Street
A collision occurred this morning at Seventh and Jordan streets involving three cars. Police identified drivers Otto Deel, Alt Senth 2th, and Charles Lawery of 498 Jordan.
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Jordan
Otto Deel
Alt Senth
Charles Lawery
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China
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Saratopa Springs
N. Y
Saline Co
Ruth Millett
Centralia Club
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Coats
Bradley
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