Percy Gerlach 78 Dies at Chester Memorial Hospital
Percy Gerlach 78 of Route 1 Percy died at 9 5 a m Saturday in Chester Memorial Hospital after a month long illness. Born Feb 15 1890 near Campbell Hill he was a farmer and married Anna Scheele May 20 1914 in Murphysboro. He leaves wife daughter Bernadine Liefer three grandchildren a brother August and sister Mrs Clara Middendorf. Services 2 p m Monday at St Luke's Lutheran Campbell Hill with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Wilson Funeral Home Campbell Hill then at the church.
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The Post Office said Grandma Moses will receive a commemorative 6 cent stamp in 1969 for her folk art. The image will be a detail from July Fourth, a painting given to the White House, as part of the annual American Folklore series.
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Soviet Secret Service Foils 1943 Tehran Assassination Plot
New book by Viktor Yegorov claims Soviet intelligence penetrated German plans to kill Stalin Roosevelt and Churchill at the Teheran Conference in 1943. The assignment was linked to Maj. Walter Schultz later identified as Ilya Svetlov, with Otto Skorzeny involved. The plot was thwarted when Svetlov warned the Soviets and an unmarked Junkers aircraft carrying agents was shot down.
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Witnesses Describe Torture by Greek Junta in European Court
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