Mrs Alta May Butler Rites Planned In Elco
Funeral services are set for 2 p m Tuesday for Mrs Alta May Butler 63 of Elco who died Saturday at her home Born May 29 1894 in Mill Creek she leaves husband John sons Elmer Elco John East St Louis James Cairo and daughter Mrs Elsie Anderson Granite She will be buried at St Johns Cemetery south of Jonesboro at the Norris and Son Chapel in Jonesboro with Rev Joe Lence Jr officiating.
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Alta May Butler
Elco
Mill Creek
John
Elmer
East St. Louis
James
Cairo
Elsie Anderson
Granite
Pentecostal Church
Joe Lence Jr
St. John’s Cemetery
Jonesboro
Norris and Son
Billy Graham to Speak at Champaign Convention
Evangelist Billy Graham will headline the fifth International Student Missionary Convention of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship in Huff Gymnasium on the University of Illinois campus December 27 to 31. Graham will address delegates December 30 and 31 on “One Church” and “One World” as 2500 to 3000 student delegates from colleges in the United States Canada and Mexico are expected.
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Champaign
Billy Graham
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
United States
Canada
Mexico
Graham
Huff
University of Illinois
Giant Fur Trade Canoe Ready for Ottawa Display
An 85 year old builder Matt Bernard supervised the construction of a 36 by 6 feet canoe propelled by 16 paddlers. The replica of early fur traders’ vessels will be shipped to Ottawa for display in the National Museum.
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Matt Bernard
Ottawa
National Museum
U.S. Benefit From Emigrated Russian Talent Across Fields
The article notes Russian-born experts who left the Soviet Union shaped Western science, industry, and culture. It highlights figures like Sikorsky, Koussevitsky, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Sarnoff, Weizmann, and Ben Gurion, plus Zworykin, Kistiakowsky, and Gamow, while explaining emigration slowed after 1933 and again under wartime policies.
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Thomas P. Whitney
Associated Press
Russia
Selman Waksman
Chaim Weizmann
Serge Koussevitsky
Igor Stravinsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff
David Sarnoff
David Ben- Gurion
David Dubinsky
Sidney Hillman
Senators Back Unification After Missile Probe Findings
Three Republican senators Bridges Saltonstall and Francis Case say Senate missile program probe shows need for greater armed forces unification. Knowland proposes a Defense Department coordinator to redirect funds to promising missile fields and centralize authority. Bush described interservice competition as hindering progress.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Bridges
R-Nh
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Francis Case
R-Sd
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Defense Department
Vannevar Bush
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Defense McElroy
Eisenhower
Jury rules shooting of husband justifiable in Park Ridge case
A coroner's jury in Chicago region has ruled the fatal shooting of Joseph Hozzian by his wife Clare Hozzian justifiable homicide. Patricia Zellinger testified the incident occurred during a quarrel over her daughter and that Hozzian was armed. Clare Hozzian, a ceramics teacher, faces a manslaughter charge and remains free on $5,000 bond.
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Park Ridge
Patricia Zellinger
Silver Lakes
Clare Hozzian
Joseph Hozzian
Hozzian
Zellinger
Hozzians
Arlington Heights
Mary Ruth Proctor Rites Held in Marion
Services for Mary Ruth Proctor 53 of 1242 Midway Court Marion were at 2 p m today at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion with Rev Bill Sanders and Rev James Smoot officiating Burial followed at Odd Fellows Cemetery She died at 11 09 a m Saturday at home She was born near Marion August 25 1904 daughter of Herman and Mattie McAlpin James She married Baynard Proctor February 14 1931 and was a Lone Oak Baptist Church member Former Shermans Department Store worker She is survived by husband five daughters four of Marion two grandchildren her parents a Marion address and brothers Claude Paul and Maxwell James.
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Mary Ruth Proctor
Marion
Midway Court
Mitchell
Bill Sanders
James Smoot
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Bonnie Snider Crowned Homecoming Queen at Steeleville High
Bonnie Snider daughter of Mr and Mrs Ora Snider was crowned Steeleville High School Homecoming Queen after a weekend of basketball game parade snake dance pep rally and bonfire The coronation featured escorts all basketball players and about 250 attendees including students faculty and alumni.
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Bonnie Snider
Ora Snider
Steeleville High School
Snider
Harold Rubach
Barbara Sternberg
Barbara Kay Pinks
Bill Snider
Judy McDaniels
Don Bixby
Jamet Wilson
George Bury
Karen Holm
Ronnie Haynes
Carbondale Police Briefs Fine for One Headlightand Speeding
Delbert Galloway age 21 of Du Quoin was fined 15 dollars including costs Tuesday by Carbondale Justice Pat Dwyer on a State Trooper ticket for operating a car with only one headlight. John E. Davis age 35 of Alton was fined 20 dollars including costs Wednesday by Chief Justice Pat Dwyer on a speeding ticket from State Trooper Steve Endicott.
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Carbondale
Delbert Galloway
du Quoin
Justice of the Peace
Pat Dwyer
Russell Birkner
John E. Davis
Coronado St
Alton
Steve Endicott
Eyeglass Use Surges After Gutenberg Printing Invention
After Gutenberg introduced printing circa 1450, eyeglasses saw a tremendous rise in popularity as literacy and reading demand expanded. Historians link the spread of movable type to increased use of corrective lenses among scholars and lay readers alike.
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Gutenberg
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