Looking Ahead By Dr George S Benson London Viewpoint
Dr George S Benson reports from London on England facing decline and the need for social overhaul. He cites nationalized industries, welfare state breadth, inflation eroding purchasing power, and mixed views among British leaders. He notes wages, hours, and living standards relative to America, with more analysis promised next week.
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London
England
Dr. Benson
Bank of England
Springall
Labor Party
Michael Frazer
Conservative Party
America
Circle No. 4 Meeting At Mrs Mow Home
Circle No 4 of First Methodist Church met at Mrs Robert Mows home with 13 members present. Co hostesses were Mrs Neal Kornegger and Mrs Mow. The program led by Mrs A P Veasman with assistants. Worship overseen by Mrs Irtie Smith followed by a Racism policy discussion led by Mrs Wm Vandivore. Business covered rummage sale report and plans for a dinner for the Methodist Mens Club next Wednesday. Refreshments were served.
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Wm. Vandivore
Methodist Men's Club
Mrs. Marsh Hosts Russell Bradley Circle Meeting
Mrs. Ray Carl Marsh hosted the Russell Bradley Circle on Thursday evening with Mrs. James Johnson as co host. Attendance included many members and one visitor. Officer Earl Allen opened with prayer and led the business session. Mrs. Preston Alley led the worship service and Mrs. Dennis Walker directed the program Our Home Mission Centers and Race assisted by Mrs. Paul Slinkard Mrs. James Johnson and Mrs. Flord Ogar. A Navajo Indian firm was shown. Monthly reports noted four flowers sent sixteen cards sent six sick calls made six shut ins visited and ten families received food and clothing. Refreshments followed the adjournment with a social hour provided by hostesses.
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Russell Bradley
Ray Carl Marsh
James Johnson
Earl Allen
Preston Alley
Dennis Walker
Paul Slinkard
Flord Ogar
Jackson Man Elected to Head Teachers
CAPE GIRARDEAU J X Wells a Jackson Mo high school art teacher was officially made president of the Southeast Missouri Teachers Assn at the annual meeting here Friday night He was first vice president immediately prior to being appointed president New first vice president is Warren Black of Delon Mo and John Lawrence of Broomfield Mo is second vice president J R Loughead of Poplar Bluff was elected to the executive committee
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Cape Girardeau
J. X. Wells
Jackson, Mo
Southeast Missouri Teachers” Assn
Warren Black
de Lon
John Lawrence
Broomfield
J. R. Loughead
Poplar Bluff
Farmers raise funds to pay South Dakota fines
PARMA Oct 19 Farmers and business men in southeast Missouri dominated by Democrats are gathering money to cover fines for five South Dakota farmers who threw eggs at Ag Benson during a Oct 10 mechanical contest. A spokesman notes sympathy without condoning the act and cites farm woes under the current administration.
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Parma
Missouri
South Dakota
See. Af Ag
Benson
Mechanical Corp T
New Madrid
Baby Denbow Dies After One Day Illness
Glenn E. Denbow aged weeks, son of Raymond and Wilma Jones Denbow, died Friday evening at Delta Community Hospital after a one day pneumonia illness. Funeral services will be at Second General Baptist Church Sikeston at 2 p.m. Sunday, conducted by Rev. J E Denbow. Survivors include parents, twin brothers Connie and Ronnie, paternal grandmother Stella Simbard, maternal grandparents Odis Jones and H L Jones, and J H Brown Sikeston.
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Glenn E. “Denbow
Tve Weeks
Raymond
Wima Jones Denbow
Delta Community Hospital
Nunnelee Funeral Home
West Center Street
Second General Baptist Church
Sikeston
JE. Denbow
Connie
Ronnie
Pattrnal
Stella Simbard
Route 4
Odis Jones
Chicago
H. L. Jones
Cleveland, Ark
J. H. Brown
Sikestor
Shoes Prices To Rise In Spring Marketing Plan
Henry Rand, president of Ise Shoe Company, said at last week’s sales meetings that many shoe prices will advance for the spring selling season. There will be no across the board increase. some items unchanged. Increases range from nothing to 10c, 15c, or 25c per pair, with work shoes and boots up to 50c. retail prices in popular brackets remain unchanged through careful merchandising.
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Henry Rand
Ise Shoe Company
Saies
Mr. Rand
Local Folks See Sputnik Overhead Friday Night
Residents report sighting both Sputnik and its launch rocket passing west to east Friday night. Mr and Mrs Hudson Gaza near Gray Ridge on Ri 1 Essex say the objects appeared northwest at 4 12 p m and vanished southeast at 4 17 a m. Others on Agnes Street and callers such as Dan Malone and Mrs Donald Story confirm sightings of the satellite or rocket.
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Sputnik
Hudson Gaza
Gray Ridge
Ri 1
Essex
Goza
Looke
Alva Garner
Agnes Street
James Flippen
Flippen
Lester Beard
Norval Hornback
NATO Exercise Brown Jug Involves Allied Troops In Denmark
Army Specialist Billy L. McBride of Portageville Missouri participated in Exercise Brown Jug, a NATO training maneuver in Denmark involving U S Great Britain and Denmark to test defenses. Sergeant First Class Thomas J McGowan of Bernie Missouri also took part while serving as a medical aidman with the 11th Airborne Division in Munich Germany. Merlin G Sanders of Harworth Illinois returned home on leave before 123 weeks of Sea Bee training at Port Hueneme California after basic at Great Lakes Wisconsin.
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Germany
AHTNC
Billy L. McBride
Louise McBride
Seventh St
Portageville
NATO
Denmark
U. S
Great Britain
McBride
Ilik Airport
Fort Jackson
S.C
Merlin G. Sanders
Abrs
Amno Sanders
Harworth
Ill
Port Hueneme
Calif
U. S. Sea Bee School
Great Lakes
Sanders
Illinois
Atuich
Thomas J. McGowan
Pansy
Bell City
S. S
McGowan
11Th Airborne Division
903D Infantry
Thomas McGowan
Bernie
Camp Livingston
Ode to a Ginner and the Possum Tale
Don Storr reports a poem inspired by a possum story and the Allen-Davis gin saga. The poem humorously describes a gin flooded by rain, possums in the gin, a tail in a bale, and warnings to nearby animals to stay away.
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Allen-Davis
Don Storr
Hospital Notes Mis souri Delta admittances and discharges
Hospital notes list patients admitted on Oct 19 Oct 20 and Maiden entries at Milgar Delta Community Hospital with names including Goble Trail Jr Matthews Rose Mary Bejarano Sikeston Lenard Sikeston and Norma Briggs discharges on Oct 21 such as Sibyl Kiefer Lilbourn Mrs Elbridge Lancaster and baby boy Daisy Thompson Mrs Rudolph Schuchart and baby girl and other Sikeston and East Prairie residents across the Missouri Delta facility.
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qa Goble_Trail Jr
Matthews Rose Mary Bejarano
Sikeston
Dave Lenard
Harold Eugene Foster
Vanauser
George Shuffit
Norma Briggs
Maxine Scott
Herman Newman
Gerald Anson Shaw
Aby Boy
Ben F. Seitz
St Lows Nelle
Willie Newell
East Prairie
Sibyl
Kiefer
Lilbourn
Elbridge Lancaster
Bay Boy
Daisy
Thompson
Rudolph
Schuchart
Bay Girl
Morehouse
Clarence Maxwell
T. W. “Ayers
T. W. “Ayers, ‘Sikeston. Wm. Perry Lenn
Dennis R. Martindale
Sioux City
Awn
Ralph Vaughn
Ralph Wilson
The 1357 Balance Sheet for Agriculture analyzed
Washington notes two cent reports from the Agriculture Department summarizing farm net worth at 157 billion and assets at 177 billion with debt near 20 billion. Inflation raises land values and taxes while many farmers share income unevenly, averaging 2650 dollars per farmer after costs.
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We C. S Department of Agriculture
City Tax Dollars Divided Study Shows 1957 Allocation
A diagram explains how each tax dollar for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1957 is divided among city funds. The general fund claims 51.28 percent with 24.83 for police and 7.69 for fire. The sinking fund takes 30.77 percent, the street department 30.80 percent of the general fund’s share, and the park and library funds share the remainder.
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Berry, Palmer and Dav
R. Paul Buchmueuner
Park
Berry, Palmer and Day
Kenny Foundation Treats Polio Victims and Disabilities
More than 12,000 polio patients have been admitted to Sister Elizabeth Kenny foundation treatment centers in the United States, with over 125,000 outpatient treatments given. The program now covers treatment and rehabilitation for nerve, muscle, or joint disabilities as well as polio victims.
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Sister Elizabeth
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