Illinois Republicans rally behind Stratton in south state
A GOP caravan converged in the south part of Illinois with Governor Stratton and party leaders detailing the campaign. They touted mine safety gains, food inspection reforms, restitution in a state funds case, and Eisenhower era gains. Attendees included Elbert Smith, Charles Wurssel, and Secretary of State Carpentier outlining highway and license improvements.
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Stratton
Austin
Elbert Smith
Decatur
Orville Hodge
GOP
State Auditor
Chcago
Herbert Paschen
Cook County
Paschen
Wong
Charles W. Wursell
Washington
23Rd
Eisenhower Hhad
Wursell
Eisenhower
Charles Carpentier
Ilinois
Dilas [Isaac
Frank Walker
Ray Hefler
Demetri Hassakis
Jerry Gott
Andy
Andy Hall
Walker
Republ
Weather snapshot by state with scattered showers
Tlmois partly cloudy warm and windy with widely scattered showers. Tonight and Sunday cooler with a few showers south tonight. Highs: 80s north and 86 to 93 south and east. lows 40s to 60s. Indiana and Wisconsin show varied cloud cover and showers with cooler nights. Iowa and Missouri forecast cooler trends with thundershowers and shifting winds.
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Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Deaths Claude Mercer Of Ina Dies At 66
Claude Mercer of Ina dies at age 66 at his home. Maude Mercer is his wife. He leaves five sons Jim of Seara William of the U S Navy Dewey of Norfolk Va Jerry and Charies. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 00 pm at Ina Methodist church with burial in Kirk cemetery. Friends may call at Ina Funeral Home starting Sunday 11 a m.
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Maude Mercer
Ina
Ina Methodist Church
Dickey
Kirk Cemetery
Amnesiac Sailor Found Near St Albans
Seaman Gary Michael Hanlon, 19, of Alton Illinois was discovered injured along West Virginia Route 17 near St Albans. Police noted forehead bruises and ruled out robbery after finding about $19 in his wallet. He was hospitalized for observation of possible head injuries.
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Charleston
W. Wa
Tlinois
West Virginia
St Albans
Gary Michael Hanlon
Alton
Hanon
Births in Downers Grove and Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Harvey Hayes of Downers Grove Illinois welcomed a daughter Janet Susan at Hinsdale Hospital yesterday at 3 15 PM weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Mrs Nettie Beck is the mother. Mr Warren Kendall Hunt of RFD 2 Vernon are also noted as parents of a daughter born at 8 10 AM today at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds ten ounces. Mr and Mrs Robert Johnson of 910 Dewey welcomed Deborah Sue at 0 34 AM this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing five pounds nine ounces.
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Downer’s Grove
Ill
Hindsdale Hospital
Janet Susan
Nettie Beck
Warren Kendall Hunt
RFD
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Johnson
Dewey
Deborah Sue
Hospital Notes Patient Admissions and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions including Thomas Daniel Mrs Mary Hughes Arthur Bullock Billie Hanks Lewis Leach Master Willie Hardin Jr Mrs Delphine Changnon Master Jack Mendenhall and discharges such as Mrs Emma McKinney Mrs Mary Modlin and baby Deborah Mae plus many more from Jefferson Memorial with admitted Rose Marie Sinks and Mary Louise Hamson and discharges Imogene Brookman Wilma Johnson and baby Pamela Kay and others from Dahlgren Bluford and related towns.
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Mary Hughes
Arthur Bullock
Billie Hanks
Lewis Leach
Willie Hardin, Jr
Delphine Changnon
Jack Mendenhall
Emma McKinney
Mary Modlin
Deborah Mae
Emma Evans
Betty Burton
John Kinnaird
Ola Harris
Darlene Mulch
Alice Grothoff
William Johnson
Jefferson Memorial
Rose Marie Sinks
Rosidaire
Mary Louise Hamson
Dahlgren
Mildred Floyd
Imogene Brookman
Bluford
Albert Kreher
Wilma Johnson
Baby
Pamela Kay
Nannie Beckham
Bonnie
Rapsike Benson in Iowa Talk Continued
The article reports on Rapsike and Benson discussing extension of government protection for perishable produce through direct payments, marketing agreements, and production adjustments. They praise the soil bank program to cut crop surpluses and consider a learning bank concept to shift from cash crops to soil-building crops.
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Soil Bank
Autumn Eases In As Warm Fronts Sweep Nation
Today a split forecast showed scattered light rainfall in parts of the Northeast and plains with a broad warming trend from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. Autumn begins at 8 36 p.m. Cooler air moved east from the Northern and Central Plains while strong dusty winds reached 70 mph in the dust bowl region. Temperatures peaked around 105 degrees in Russell Kansas.
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District of Columbia
Mount Washington
N.H
Central Plains
Mississippi River
Appalachians
North Atlantic States
Tennessee
Great Lakes Region
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Rockes
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Missouri Valley
Dust Bowl
Russell
Kan
Service Group Of Community To Meet Monday
A local Community Service Committee of the Illinois State Industrial Union Council AFL CIO will convene Monday September 24 at 7 30 p m at Labor Hall on West Broadway. Claude Tedder, chairman, invites every resident to attend. The agenda includes a talk on changes in unemployment compensation law and plans for future workshops on workmen s compensation health and safety installment buying participation in community boards insurance plans blood bank programs retired workers surplus foods public relations and related topics.
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Illinois State Industrial Union Council
A.F.L.C.I.0
Labor Hall
West Broadway
Claude Tedder
Tedder
Jet Hits Autos Killing Woman in Memphis Crash
A jet landing at Memphis Municipal Airport struck two cars on a main road near the east west runway, killing a woman and injuring two others. The jet’s undercarriage tore through the vehicles as it bounced, then ground looped along the runway despite the high speed. The pilot was not seriously hurt.
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Memphis
Tenn
Municipal Airport
Eastwest
Velma Porter Promoted to Chief Operator at Illinois Bell
Mrs. Velma Z. Porter of 9 Lincoln Drive has been promoted to chief night operator at Illinois Bell Telephone in Mt Vernon. A native of Mt Vernon, she began as a clerk in 1941 and has worked in the commercial department and as a supervisor. She was previously a plant repair clerk and will assume duties October 7. She and husband Wendell have two children, Brenda and Wendall Jr.
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Velma Z. Porter
Lincoln Drive
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Porter
Mt Vernon
Telephone Company
Propose Large Federal Building For St. Louis
Federal and local officials back a new 12 to 15 story downtown office building for government needs in St Louis. Edwin M Clark of Civic Progress Inc announced after a meeting with federal officials and civic leaders led by Mayor Raymond R Tucker that the 800000 square foot facility could fit within the 203 million dollar budget for two smaller planned buildings.
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ST. Louis
Edwin M. Clark
Civic Progress Inc
St. Louisans
Raymond R Tucker
Fresh from St Louis factory to user
Money back guarantee. We have had 12 years experience in laundry supply business. Pick up at 1604 So. 10th St. in Mt. Vernon or phone 5168. Allow 24 hours for delivery. 35c gal. return jug and pay only 80c thereafter. Better because it's fresher. Copy the telephone number Betty (Upchurch) Boone Phone 5168.
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10Th St
Mt. Vernon
Betty (Upchurch
Boone
Virginia Blocks Integration With New State Laws
The Virginia General Assembly approved Gov. Thomas B. Stanley’s package to bar school desegregation. The measures create a legal maze to admittance of Negro students, allow automatic divorce of integrated schools, with funding cuts and potential state takeovers of districts, under federal court orders. Stanley said the plan serves Virginia’s best interests amid the desegregation crisis.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Thomas B. Stanley
Supreme Court
Assembly
Virginia
Stanley
Doris Hicks Sues For Divorce In Local Circuit Court
Doris Hicks filed suit for divorce against Woodrow Hicks in the circuit court here charging cruelty in the complaint. She seeks custody of two children and alimony for their support. The couple married December 10, 1939 and separated August 13, 1956, the complaint states. Attorney Joe Frank Allen represents the plaintiff.
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Doris Hicks
Woodrow Hicks
Joe Frank Allen
Plane Crash Near Glenview Navy Base Sparks Heroic Rescue
Three motorists near Glenview Naval Air Base north of Chicago rushed to a burning Lockheed TV-2 after a crash. Lt. Col. S. F. Nicolay and Pvt. Albert Martin were pulled from the wreckage, Martin later hospitalized at Great Lakes Naval Station Hospital. Nicolay sustained a concussion and remained at Glenview Hospital. Navy to honor the rescuers for timely aid.
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Chicago
Navy
Glenview Naval Air Base
S. F. Nicolay
Marine Air Detachment
Albert Martin
Kansas City
Dick Rosset
Edward Skupien
Nicolay
John P. Barranco
Martin
Barranco
Great Lakes
Naval Station Hospital
Glenview Hospital
Denver Pilot Flies to King City Return Flight
Paul B. Trees traveled from Denver Colorado to King City last night and returned to Denver this morning.
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Paul B. Trees
Denver
Colo
King City
Triple Yolks Found in Mountain View Morning Egg
Mrs. Floyd Duncan on Ashley Road reports a breakfast egg from a Hampshire Red hen laid four and a half months ago contained three yolks. She notes triple yolks are unprecedented in her years of poultry experience, with the egg described as at least three times the size of a pullet egg.
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Floyd Duncan
Ashley Road
Hampshire
Duncan
Theft at Hawkins Nursery on Ashley Road
Ray Hawkins reported to the sheriff at 7 10 this morning that evergreens were stolen from the Hawkins Nursery on Ashley Road. The theft occurred after 10 o'clock last night, he told officers.
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Ray Hawkins
Hawkins
Ashley Road
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