Dream Of 25 Years Nearing Reality Utopia Planned For Grand Tower
Jes se Grammer plans Boarding House No. 2 in Grand Tower upgrading the old Grand Tower Grade school into 12 apartments for about 24 residents. He envisions a cooperative safe living space with shops a dentist office and long term goals including a swimming pool roller rink and a movie, aiming to help wayward youth and others live and learn trades.
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Bob McClure
Jesse Grammer
Grand Tower
Grammer
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Shawnee
Stinker Regains Footing in Puzzle Contest
Recovered fighter nicknamed Stinker steadies after last knockout and wards off challengers as 2137 entries clash for Puzzle No. 88 and a $50 prize. This week’s $100 award for Puzzle No. 87 awaits on page eight with a 6 pm Wednesday postmark deadline.
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Tittle Stinker
Stinker
Southern Illinoisan
College Heir Distributes 3 Million to Grinnell College
Tulsa and Muskogee oil man J F Darby left more than three million dollars to Grinnell College Iowa where the estate was settled by County Judge J E Beavers. Darbys widow Mrs Marinethy of Muskogee received 100000.
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Muskogee
Okla
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Iowa
J. F. Darby
Tulsa
J. E. Beavers
Darby
Marinethy
Atlanta Secy Slain During Downtown Payroll Robbery
Police probe into the brutal slaying of 30 year old secretary Inez Johnson at the Ingram Mantel and Tile Co during a $2400 payroll robbery. Johnson mother of a 10 year old, died from multiple skull fractures after being found beside her work area. The killer struck within about ten minutes, and Herbert Harcourt, 26, later discovered the body.
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Atlanta
J. L. Moseley
Inez Johnson
Ingram Mantel and Tile Co
Parade Opens Murphysboro Bible School Week
A parade Monday morning will kick off the annual two week Bible School program in Murphysboro churches. Pupils meet near 10 30 at Pine and 15th streets and march to Walnut 13th before returning to the assembly area. Churches in the program include St Peters Evangelical and Reformed First Methodist First Presbyterian Centenary Methodist First Lutheran First Christian and First Baptist. Elm Street Baptist sponsors a one week school starting June 11. Nazaren Church Bible School canceled this year due to construction work.
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Murphysboro
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15Th Streets
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15Th
13Th
Assembly
St. Peter’s
Ontario Woman Dies in Frankfort
Mary Louise Fulford 77 of Windsor Ontario died at 8 pm Friday at her daughter Mrs A W Robertson 605 East Oak West Frankfort after visiting in town She leaves a sister Mrs Awin of Picton Ontario and three grandchildren Joan Pat and Billy Robertson Friends may call at Reedy Funeral Home Johnston City until 10 pm A rosary is set for 8 pm at the funeral home Body to be taken to Picton Ontario for Tuesday services at Church of St Gregory the Great Burial in Picton
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Windsor
Ontario
Canada
A. W. Robertson
E. Oak St
West Frankfort
Awin
Picton
Joan
Pat
Billy Robertson
Reedy
Johnston City
St. Gregory the Great
Water Improvements Urged Amid Herrin Shortage
Herrin Chamber of Commerce president H A Whittenberg urged urgent water distribution improvements citing an acute water shortage. He warned that current plants and potential industrial growth depend on faster action and noted past council criticism and plants relocating due to unreliable supply.
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H. A. Whittenberg
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Herrin
Whittenberg
Loot totaling $600 taken from Jackson Farms near Murphysboro
Loot amounting to $600 was taken from two locations in Sand Ridge Township southwest of Murphysboro Friday night. Sheriff Ray Dillinger said the theft included a welding apparatus a water pump and a table saw.
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Sand Ridge
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Eee
Ray Dillinger
Actor Jean Hersholt Dies at Home in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns as actor Jean Hersholt, famed humanitarian, dies after a long illness at his home. Hersholt's career included stage screen and radio work and he founded charitable initiatives.
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Jean Hersholt
Hollywood
Jesse H. Jones Dies at 82 After Building Houston Empire
Houston mourns as Jesse H. Jones a Tennessee farm boy who rose to lead the RFC and wartime Commerce Department dies. He loaned more than 50 billion dollars and owned 35 buildings in Houston plus hotels and papers. Born 1874 in Tennessee he shaped the city and funded education and medical causes.
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Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
RFC
Jones
South
Houston Chronicle
New York City
Fort Worth
Dallas
Memphis
Tenn
Two French Divisions Battle Algerian Rebels
In eastern Algeria near Bougie the 19th Infantry and the 27th Mechanized Divisions, supported by jet dive bombers, assault the Gates of Iron in the Biban Mountains to crush a large rebel force. Rebels suffer estimated 400 casualties, with 290 dead and 110 captured, as French artillery and air power press the offensive.
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Ageria
Biban
Algeria
Bougie
Soumman
Senate Appropriations Panel Boosts Welfare Research Funds
The Senate Appropriations Committee proposed 2.372 billion for Labor and Welfare Departments to finance cancer and heart disease research and other health programs. The total for the year starting July 1 would be 8.138 million more than Eisenhower requested and 76.043 million more than the House vote. A Senate decision is pending with a conference committee to resolve differences.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Labor and Welfare
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Negro Bus Boycott Near 100 Percent in Tallahassee
In Tallahassee Florida on June 2 the Negro boycott of city buses reached near complete effect as many Black residents walked or used carpool transport while leaders seek clarification on seating terms. The main issue is what first come first served seating means as officials had offered to seat Black riders without forcing them to stand when seats are available.
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Tallahassee
Fla
No Ill Will Between Kiwanis and Anna Council Over Airport
Kiwanis leader Dr. Donald Odum says the Anna Kiwanis Club and the Anna City Council are not at odds over the Union County Airport proposal. Odum sought a hearing on airport site discussions with state officials and plans to return June 14, noting the council’s Thursday docket was full.
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Anna Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Union County
Donald Odum
Kiwanis Airport
Odum
Mary Whitney
Dr. Odum
Soviet Union names new foreign minister to woo Tito
Dmitri T. Shepilov, 50, succeeds Vyaches lave M. Molotov as foreign minister amid a Kremlin reshuffle seen as a bid to placate Yugoslav President Tito. Pravda editor since 1952, Shepilov’s appointment signals a shift as Tito arrives in Moscow for a state visit.
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Soviet Union
Dmitri T. Shepilov
Vyacheslave M. Molotov
Tito
Shepilov
Communist Party
Pravda
Stalin
Molotov
Tito Sees No More Splits In Communist Camp
Yugoslav leader Tito said in Kiev that there will never again be misunderstandings among socialist nations, asserting Leninist collective leadership. He arrived in Moscow to mend ties with Khrushchev and Bulganin as Molotov was replaced, signaling strengthened Soviet Yugoslav relations.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Stalin
Red
Dc Moscow
Lenin
Kievsky
Moscow
Dmitri
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Bulganin
Khrushchev
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
Molotov
Khrushchev-Bulganin
Marshal Tito
U. S
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Shepilov
Molotov Still Holds Deputy Premier Post Amid Soviet Power Shifts
A Moscow observer noted Molotov remained deputy chairman despite rumors of disgrace. Reports suggest he could replace Voroshilov as titular president of the Presidium while Shepilov arranged a deal for selling bloc arms to Egypt. Molotov, 66, has a long revolutionary past and aided Lenin’s return before advancing through perilous early years.
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Molotov
Foreign Ministry
Marshal Klementi Y. Voroshilov
Presidium of
Supreme Soviet
Shepilov
Egypt
Lenin
Southern Illinois tourism workshop set at SIU
A regional tourism development workshop at Southern Illinois University invites representatives from 31 counties to form an area tourist association. Robert J. Shaidnagle leads talks on industry growth and the SIU Small Business Institute offers consulting to boost Southern Illinois tourist trade.
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Southern Illinois University
Robert J. Shaidnagle
The
Lake of the Ozarks Assn
Missouri
Illinois
SIU Small Business Institute
Shaidnagle
William Tudor
Lake of the Ozarks
Murphysboro Driver Hurt in Rt 32 Wreck
Ted Mezo of Murphysboro was hospitalized in Red Bud after an early Saturday crash on Rt 3 south Ruma. State police said the 4:30 a m incident left Mezo in fair condition with details unavailable.
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Murphysboro
Ted Mezo
Red Bud
Rt. 3
South Ruma
Mezo
Weather note shows warm spell with temp shifts
The report records yesterday morning low 52 degrees and high 67 by noon. Today temperatures rise from 55 at 7 a.m. to 63 by 6 p.m.
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