Death of Freeburg restaurant operator Mary Valentine
Friends report the death of Mary Valentine 43 a Freeburg Illinois restaurant operator. She and husband Pete ran the Mary Valentine restaurant in downtown Freeburg. She died at 11 30 last night at home after retiring Funeral services set for Thursday 2 00 pm at St Pauls church Freeburg Greenwood Cemetery burial The body at Bermmer Funeral Home Freeburg after 4 00 pm Wednesday She is survived by husband Da vs 10 son and DeeAna daughter
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Mary Valentine
Freeburg
Ill
Pete
St. Paul’s Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Bermmer Funeral Home
Bloomington City Workers Reach Wage Settlement
Bloomington workers including utility, street, park and engineering staff and police avert a strike after a State Labor Department conciliator brokered a settlement. An arbitration board weighs a 25 monthly boost and a 56 hour week for firemen, while clerical and other unions gain raises averaging 13.8 cents per hour. police terms not disclosed.
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Associated Press
Bloomington
State Labor Department
Ray Edmundson
Ated Se
AFL State County and Municipal Employee Union
Births in Centralia and nearby towns this morning
A series of birth notices from Centralia and surrounding areas reports a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Karch in Carbondale at 11:00 weighing nine pounds nine ounces. Other births include Brenda Kay to A/10 and Mrs. Vernon Byars in Lake Charles, a son to Claude Echols in Jefferson Memorial, a daughter Carol Lynn to James Reynolds’s family in Jefferson Memorial, Kenneth Harold to Harold Edward Clark, Danny Glenn to Arley Terry, and Tina Marie to James Davis in Herrin at 1:19 this morning.
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Clifford A. Karch
Centralia
Carbondale Hospital
Clifford Karch
Vernon Byars
Lake Charles
Air Base Hospital
Brenda Kay
George Braddy
C. O. Byars
Keenes
Claude Echols
South 17Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
James Reynolds
South 5Th Street
Carol Lynn
Newport
R. L
United States Navy
Harold Edward Clark
South 22Nd Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Kenneth Harold
Arley Terry
South 9Th Street
Danny Glenn
James Davis
North 7Th Street
Herrin
Ill
Tina Marie
Hospital Notes at Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions at Jefferson Memorial including Venita Evans Alice Echols Mildred Reynolds Vivian Aldrich Bonnie Wielt and discharges for Grace Hawkins Frank Marks Virgil Dycus. GOOD SAMARITAN records show admissions for Gussie G Conner Douglas August Sapper James Marion Davis Richard Snodsmith Ray Oliver Harris Viola Elizabeth Gray. discharges include Janet Wagner Laura Ann Carthel Margie McGehee Beverly June Rubenacker Dorothy Gaunt.
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Jefferson Memorial
Venita Evans
Alice Echols
Mildred Reynolds
Vivian Aldrich
Bonnie Wielt
Grace Hawkins
Frank Marks
Virgil Dycus
Good Samaritan
Gussie G. Conner
Douglas August Sapper
James Marion Davis
Richard Snodsmith
Ray Oliver Harris
Viola Elizabeth Gray
Janet Wagner
Laura Ann
Carthel Margie McGehee
Beverly June
Drew George Rubenacker
Dorothy Gaunt
Argentina’s Peron Regime Faces Junta and Quiet Revolt
A military junta led by Gen Jose Molina seized power in Argentina after Peron’s resignation, announcing peace talks with rebel forces. The CGT labor federation threatens a general strike to restore Peron, while Lucero and key ministers resign. Cardinal Capello calls for peace as curfews curb celebrations in Buenos Aires.
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Latin America
Peron
Molina
Jose Domingo Molina
Emilo Forcher
Carlos Wirrth
Angel Juan Mani
Cordoba
Buenos Aires
Bahia Blanca
Lucero
Franklin Lucero
Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello
Argentina
Catholic Church
France moves to dethrone sultan and set up regency
Paris officials resolved to oust the Sultan of Morocco and replace him with a three man regency for an indefinite period. Premier Edgar Faure and Pierre July authorized naming the regents to form a national union government with major nationalist movements.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Morocco
Edgar Faure
Pierre July
Faure
National Union
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Tangier
Fez
American Arctic Fleet Returns To Escape Ice
Navy officer Lt Cmdr Robert F Hopkins said all 58 ships that sailed north of Alaska to join the Arctic radar network are now west of Point Barrow and returning safely. Ice damaged four ships and took out a rudder on one, but all could proceed.
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Seattle
Alaska
Cmdr
Robert F. Hopkins
Point Barrow
North America
Man Attempting Bank Robbery Trapped Inside Vault
Francis McMullan, 40, a machinist, tried to rob a bank for 50 000 dollars to pay rent. After entering, he demanded cash and threatened to blow up the bank, but the vault grill locked behind him and a hoax bomb in his briefcase was found. He was jailed on suspicion of robbery. The man said he needed money to escape poverty.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Francis McMullan
Craig Edwards
Edwards
McMullan
Olice
Interviews Set Up Here For City Manager Job
Mt Vernon council to interview six applicants from Minnesota Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Iowa and Colorado for city manager post. The six were chosen from about 35 applicants after last night’s meeting. The new manager will replace Chester B Lewis who becomes city manager at Jolet October 1.
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Mt. Vernon
Celly
Minnesota
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Colorado
Chester B. Lewis
Jolet
Five Indictments From Jefferson County Grand Jury
A Jefferson county grand jury returned five true bills to Circuit Judge B. W. Eovaldi. Indicted were Doran Kernodle 41 for assault with intent to commit murder J Harold Casey 85 for taking indecent liberties with a minor James Edwards 17 for statutory rape Jerry Reece 19 for larceny of a motor vehicle Robert L Stewart 18 and Billy Ray Tolley 20 for burglary and larceny in a Green Hills Country Chair break-in Arraignments were set for Wednesday.
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Jefferson County
B. W. Eovaldi
Doran Kernodle
J. Harold Casey
James Edwards
Jerry Reece
Waldo Foster
Robert L. Stewart
Billy Ray Tolley
Green Hills Country Chair
Metropolitan Staff Meeting in Springfield
Metropolitan Life Insurance executives led by Frederic W. Ecker met in Springfield with Mt Vernon office manager James N. Henneberry and 28 other local representatives. Ecker, president for two years, is touring to meet field force of more than 22 000 employees.
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James N. Henneberry
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Mt Vernon
Springfield
Frederic W. Ecker
Mr. Ecker
Metropolitan
Burglary Admitments Tie Carmi Man to Mt Vernon Heist
D P Peterson, about 30, of Carmi Illinois, held in Borger Texas on a larceny charge, admitted taking part in the Western Auto Store burglary in Mt Vernon on August 4. Doyle Wayne Tompkins, 29, of Wellington Texas, confessed August 1 to cutting a roof hole and stealing 125 dollars after a prior Carmi burglary. Peterson said he waited in a nearby car for Tompkins during the Mt Vernon break in.
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Carmi
Borger
Texas
Western Auto
Mt. Vernon
D. P. Peterson
Doyle Wayne Tompkins
Wellington
Peterson
Thompson
Metropolitan visits Springfield for insurance conference
Representatives from United States and Canada attend a Springfield meeting with Metropolitan officials led by Mr. Eeker and a large team of vice presidents and officers. Data show Illinois holds over 4.5 billion in force insurance, with 78.3 million in benefits paid last year and 31.6 million in new insurance issued in the state. The conference lists many regional officials and attendees across several towns. The note also lists common forest game and a travel line about Greenland lacking forests.
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United States
Canada
Illinois
Mr. Eeker
Springfield
C. J. North
L. ©. McDonald
W.S. J. Shepherd
Douglas S. Craig
William J. Barrett
R. K. Kallion
Karl H. Swieder
Mr. Henneberry
C. L. Clarke
Roy Knabe
William Sanders
Henry Simmons
Robert Hill
Mr. Vernon
Stanton Pearce
Albert Oshel
Ralph Neudecker
Ike Catches Mess Of Fish Cooks Chicken For Supper
President Eisenhower relaxed at a Fraser Colorado ranch fishing St Louis Creek he caught seven trout weighing about a pound each and spent more than two hours cooking fried chicken in a white apron. He planned to stay until Friday before returning to Denver and then Washington.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Fraser
Colo
Eisenhower
Denver White House
Rocky Mountain
Aksel Nielsen
Colorado
St. Louis
Denver
Washington
George Gobel's TV Wife Plans Divorce Action
Los Angeles Actress Jeff Donnell announces she will sue actor Aldo Ray for divorce. She says he is a bachelor at heart and has sought a divorce for some time. The couple separated Friday. She is known as George Gobel's television wife.
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Los Angles
Jeff Donnell
Aldo Ray
George Goebel
Vermont Settlement Origins Recorded in Early History
The record notes that white settlement began in Vermont in 1690 with initial occupation and marks Brattleboro as the site of the first permanent settlement in 1774, outlining early colonial expansion in the region.
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Vermont
Brattleboro
Lions Club Plans Public Square Barbecue This Saturday
Don Lee, general chairman, urges advance ticket purchases for a Lions Club Poultry Day barbecue on the public square. A huge pit will roast 400 chickens at once, with Lions serving one half chicken and a dinner for 1.25 dollars, 75 cents for children, from 3 30 to 9 p m. Tickets available from club members or at Livingston Drug Store First National Bank and Security Bank.
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Don Lee
Lions Club
Lee
Jefferson County
University of Illinois
Livingston Drug Store
First National Bank and Security Bank
Marriage License Issued to Story and Scott in Lesser
Robert Story and Sophronia Scott, residents of Lesser, obtained a marriage license together.
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Robert Story and
Sophronia Scott
Slain Boy's Mother Arrives In Mississippi
The slaying near Money Mississippi involved 21 year old Mrs. Bryant and 64 year old uncle Wright who claims three men took the nephew away at 2 30 a m Aug 28 The body was found three days later Sheriff Strider questions the body’s identification as Till State probe aims to identify the victim through Till’s mother Mamie Bradley of Chicago potential jurors are questioned about race in a local store incident near Greenwood Leflore County
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Wright
Bryant
Money
Greenwood
Leflore County
H. C. Strider
Till
Mamie Bradley
Chicago
Chatham
Curtis Swango
Airport News Flights to Evansville Indianapolis and Omaha
Don McLean flew to Evansville Indiana yesterday Frank Weatherford transported Bill Montfort to Indianapolis Indiana yesterday afternoon Jim Clark flew to Omaha Nebraska today Lyle Endicott traveled to Nashville Tennessee and Indianapolis Indiana today The Lys ter bag for field water carried by soldiers was devised by William J Lyster in 1913
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Don McLean
Evansville
Ind
Frank Weatherford
Bill Montfort
Indianapolis
Jim Clark
Omaha
Neb
Lyle Endicott
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Army
Lyster
Art. William J. Lyster
Proposed Cincinnati St. Louis Toll Road Study Planned
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a study for a Cincinnati to St. Louis toll road will start by year end. Illinois Ohio and Indiana toll officials plan the study with Evan Howell S C Linzell and Albert J Wedeking confirming cooperation. The action was agreed Feb 21 with Illinois easing westward extension of the Ohio Turnpike corridor. Howell suggests a November December consultation window.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ilinois
Ohio
Indiana
Evan Howell
Illinois Toll Higway Commission
S. C. Linzell
Albert J. Wedeking
Indiana Toll Road Commission
Illinois
Howell
The
Enquirer
Linzell and
Wedeking
Thieves Take $71 From Glass House Restaurant
Thieves entered McLaughlin's Glass House at 2405 Broadway last night and took $71 from the cash register. Police say the intruder left through a rear window and the method of entry is not yet determined.
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McLaughlin
Glass House
Broadway
Thieves Scared Away Stolen Car Recovered Here
Mt. Vernon police recovered a stolen car at 1 40 this morning within minutes after it was taken and less than a block from the theft scene. Officers noticed the car missing from the Denton Motors lot at 820 Jor an and found the car near a garage on Johnson Avenue by the Jefferson Motors lots. The thieves, who had stolen license plates off another car, were frightened away by a merchant policeman and abandoned the vehicle. No arrests have yet been made.
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Mt. Vernon
Dertenion Motors
Joran
Johnson Avenue
Jefferson Motors
Firemen Make Two Runs Here
Mt. Vernon firemen made two runs Monday. At 11:50 am they controlled a grass fire in the 1200 block of South 23rd street with no damage. At 5:20 pm a smoke scare prompted a response to the John B. Rogers building at Tenth and Main, also with no damage.
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Mt. Vernon
South 23Rd Street
John B. Rogers
Tenth and Main
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