Death Notice for Mrs Annie Price 75 Mt Vernon
Mrs Annie Ruth Price of Mt Vernon died at 3 25 am at her son's home in the Cockrum on Liberty Street. She was 75 years eight months and nine days old. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 pm at Myers Chapel with Rev Bird Green officiating and burial in Bethel Memorial cemetery. The body lies in state after 2 pm Saturday for viewing. Born January 48 1882 in Hamilton County to Charlie and Margaret Allen she was first married to Henry E Cockrum who died in 1904. She later married Walter Price who died. Surviving are son Angus Cockrum Mt Vernon and siblings L B Allen McLeansboro Eliza Karch Mt Vernon Leona Karch Opdyke.
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Annie Price
Annie Ruth Price
RFD
Mt. Vernon
the Cockrum
Liberty
Myers
Bird Green
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Price
Hamilton County
Charlie
Margaret (Wooldridge) Allen
Henry E. Cockrum
Walter Price
Angus Cockrum
L. B. Allen
McLeansboro
Eliza Karch
Leona Karch
Opdyke
Urge Priority List In State Flu Shots
State health officials discuss vaccine supply and dosage changes to curb Asian flu. Dr. Rose notes 201,000 ntimeters allocated, about 5.5 percent of stock, with 10 to 15 percent of residents needed for an epidemic—cases reported in Champaign County and Oak Park High School, among others.
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Health Department
Champaign Cunty
Oak Park High School
Cook County
Age
Boy Found With Witty Abductor Confession Unfolds
Edmonds resident Lee Crary returns home after a three day search for his kidnapped son. Civilians and officials, as many as 600 at times, combed the Lake Stevens area. The boy had been given penicillin during captivity and appeared unharmed. A. W. Armistead of Everett spotted them near Lake Stevens and the boy declared I am Lee Crary, the boy they are looking for.
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Lake Stevens
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Seattle
Mhany
A. W. Armistead
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Armistead
Lee Crary
Hoffa associate testifies on death threats in Michigan labor case
Scott, a witness, recounts threats aimed at his wife tied to CIO and Teamsters campaigns to organize Michigan grocery stores. He claims repeated phone calls worsened her arthritis injuries and may have hastened her death in 1946, with Kennedy pressing on the impact and timing.
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Teamsters
Michigan
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Local travelers report received at nearby airports
aC P Burgess flew to Mt Vernon yesterday from Jacksonville and returned yesterday evening Cleon Lucas arrived at King City airport this morning on a flight from Terre Haute Norbert and Cyril Barton flew from Mt Vernon to Farmer City on Wednesday
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Mt. Vernon
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Norbert
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Right to transfer debated as Little Rock schools expand
In Little Rock Arkansas 700 Negro students attend a new Horace Mann High School while nine others remain at Central High under federal protection. Governor Faubus blasts federal troops, warns of police state methods, and weighs drastic moves including abolishing schools or withholding aid if integration continues.
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Army
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Miami
Fla
Air Force Reserve
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Albany State College Fire Blamed on Vandals
Albany Georgia early today saw a fire destroy a one story hazard training school at Albany State College for Negroes causing nearly 300000 dollars in damage. Firemen and officials noted two or three fleeing figures, debated whether white or Black, with another blaze at Caroline Hall causing additional losses. College president Dennis attributed the fires to vandals though not specifying race.
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Matador Missile Flies 600 Miles to Utah
The Air Force reports the Matador guided missile completed its first flight from Alamogordo New Mexico to Wendover Utah. The 600 mile test was escorted by four jet fighters, launching from the Air Force missile center.
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N.M
Air Force
New Mexico
Utah
Air Force Missile Center
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Births in Scheller and Texico families
Mr and Mrs Anselm Lamke Scheller welcomed a daughter born at 11 01 this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds four ounces. Mr and Mrs Charles W Tate Texico welcomed a daughter weighing seven pounds fifteen ounces named Lois Faye.
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Scheller
Good Samaritan Hospital
Charles W. Tate
Texico
Lois Faye
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Listed in Local Notes
Jefferson Memorial patients admitted include Howard Mendenhall Belle Rive Charles Troutt Woodlawn and Mrs Dorothy Tate Texico Good Samaritan adds Minnie Wilson Charles Dewey Mrs Fannie Wallace Morris Wetzger Clyde Curtis Vienna Cox Virgie Glover Charles Kite and Miss Mary Louise Kaelin. Discharges include Mary Margaret Heintz Anna McDill Mary Tutor and son Stephen Russell Glen McCowan Raymond Warner Lou Young Patricia VanHorn and daughter Vanessa Lynn.
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Belle
Good Samaritan
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Charles Dewey
Fannie Wallace
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Vienna Cox
Virgie Glover
Charles Kite
Mary Louise Kaelin
Mary Margaret Heintz
Anna McDill
Mary Tutor
Stephen Russell
Glen McCowan
Raymond Warner
Lou Young
Patricia VanHorn
Vanessa Lynn
Judge sentences Wright to life terms for brutal March crimes
In Chicago, 21 year old Louis Wright was told he must be removed from society forever and received two consecutive life terms plus 10 to 20 years for robbing and assaulting two white women in their South Side homes in March. His half-brother Herbert Henson, 27, got one year for receiving stolen property.
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Chicago
South Side
Louis Wright
Henry W. Dieringer
Criminal Court
Wright
Herbert Henson
Snake expert dies after bite from small African snake
Dr Karl P Schmidt 67 longtime Chicago Natural History Museum herpetology curator emeritus died after being bitten Wednesday by a rear fang boomslang at the museum. colleague Dr Robert Inger said the venom risk was uncertain but the bite occurred as Schmidt handled the snake. Schmidt joined the museum staff in 1922 and was a National Academy of Science member renowned in reptiles and amphibians.
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Chicago
Karl P. Schmidt
Chicago Natural History Museum
Robert F. Inger
Museum
Schmidt
Ike Warned of Central State Overreach in 1952 Speech
President Eisenhower told a Little Rock campaign audience that without cooperation a creeping tide of central power could create an all powerful state. He referenced Civil Rights during his 1953 Arkansas stop near federal troops enforcing school desegregation and praised the Supreme Court on a steel seizure decision, signaling early White House attention to race issues.
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Eisenhower
Little Rock
Supreme Court
White House
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Ike
Truman
Central Church Delegation Tours Tulsa Churches
A four member Central Church of Christ delegation visited Tulsa churches to study contemporary seating and interior design for a planned new auditorium at Central. They toured Methodist Baptist Christian Presbyterian and a new synagogue, returning last night after touring Mt. Vernon Airport lighting.
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Tulsa
Max Firebaugh
Lester E. Pifer
Mt. Vernon
Floyd Collins
Central Congregation
Collins Brothers Oil Firm
Senate Prober Draws Gun In Tense Detroit Interview
A Senate Rackets Committee investigator drew a gun in a confrontation with Harry Newman a Teamsters Local 985 agent in Detroit. Kennedy said Kaplan drew in self defense after Newman pushed him and warned him to stop. The committee promised to investigate but chose not to press charges.
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Senate Rackets Committee
Harry Newman
Teamsters Local 985
Detroit
William Bufalino
McClellan
D- Ark
Bufalino
Robert F. Kennedy
Arthur Kaplan
Newman
Kennedy
Kaplan
Newspaperwoman Kidnapped Over Pinball Game
Amelia Zelko, business manager of the Weekly Joliet Spectator, a crusader against pinball machines, is missing after leaving the office Wednesday night. Police fear kidnapping as neighbors heard screams near her apartment around midnight. One shoe was found on her car roof and another on the lawn.
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Meade
Neighors
Wells Chapel Church Auction Features Various Goods
Auction listing includes furniture household goods clothing canned fruit jellies fresh vegetables gun rack shell cabinet rifles bird dog pup and bicycle plus many other articles. Sponsored by Wells Chapel Church ROY TAYLOR Auctioneer.
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Wells Chapel
Roy Taylor
Missouri Weather Report Partly cloudy and cooler north
Detailed forecast for Missouri notes partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions in the north and central regions. A general fall pattern with a late temperature drop into tonight and Saturday. Highs range from the mid 60s to around 70 in the north, near 80 in the far south. Lows dip from the 40s in the north to the 50s in the south.
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Missouri
Five Day Forecast Shapes Illinois Temperatures
Illinois expected to run seven degrees above normal with highs mid to upper seventies in southern regions and mid to low seventies in northern areas. Overnight lows generally in the upper thirties to mid forties with frost reported in extreme north. A warming trend starts by weekend as skies vary from clear to partly cloudy and precipitation remains minimal.
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Weather Bureau
Rockford
Molines
Rescue Mission Extends Helping Hand In United Fund
Rev Leo Harlow, Mt Vernon Rescue Mission superintendent, describes the mission as a faith venture serving Jefferson County and beyond. The center at 921 South Tenth Street funds rent through donations and offers year round evangelistic services, with nightly worship and Sunday day services, plus distributing clothing and furniture to those in need, sometimes up to 350 pieces in a single effort.
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Mt. Vernon
Leo Harlow
South Tenth Street
Jefferson County
Harlow
Christ
Mission helps transients with shelter and meals in city
Supt. Harlow explains the Mission provides food lodging clothing and a small wage to transient visitors staying for a month or longer. About 11 000 meals are prepared annually as the center collects paper plastic and clothing donations to fund operations and furniture distributions.
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Tax Collections Increase In Illinois August Totals
Springfield reports August tax collections from nine major sources in Illinois totaled 46,320,809 dollars, up 3,264,631 from August 1956, according to the Revenue Department.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Revenue Department
What To Do For Asian Flu
New York advisory from a special influenza committee of the American Medical Association outlines four steps for handling the Asian flu at home: rest in bed, consult a doctor, drink plenty of fluids, and use fever reducers like aspirin. Antibiotics and sulfa drugs do not fight the flu virus, though doctors may use them for bacterial complications. The committee warns against hospital care to avoid hospital-acquired infections.
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New York
American Medical Assa
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