Plane Crash Kills Walker and Crew as XB70A Collision Occurs
A collision between the XB70A research bomber and an F104 chase plane near Barstown California killed X15 records holder Joseph A. Walker and the bomber’s co pilot Maj. Carl Cross. XB70A pilot Al White survived with minor injuries. a civilian-military board investigates.
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Joseph A. Walker
al White
White
Carl Cross
Air Forc
Walker
Barstown
Calif
William R. Grady
Norton Air Force Base
Record of Christian Healing Centennial Book
A new book documents authenticated cases of physical healings and spiritual regeneration through Christian prayer. It marks the Centennial of Christian Science discovery in 1866 by Mary Baker Eddy and presents reader accounts of spiritual awakenings. Priced at $5.00.
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Mary Baker Eddy
First Real Paper Was Made From Wood in China
Chinese innovators created the first true paper from wood pulp, marking a pivotal development in writing materials and literacy, influencing later spreads of paper manufacturing worldwide.
Rites Today For Mrs Olive Cockrum of Lesser
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Brayfield Funeral Home for Mrs Olive Haskill Cockrum 89 of Sesser who died at 10 30 a.m. Tuesday in Good Samaritan Hospital Mt Vernon. Rev Ewell Gulley officiated. Born Oct 12 1876 in Kansas she was the daughter of David and Marian Robison. She married James Henry Cockrum who died in 1941. She leaves daughters Ora Ragland Tamaroa Maude Elkins Walter sons Earl Patterson Mo Oren Columbia Mo and Alden Vancouver Wash sisters Belle Truitt Valeria Moser Spokane and Ina Benander Valley Forge Wash 20 grandchildren 43 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Burial was Maplehill Cemetery Lesser.
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Brayfield Funeral Home
Olive Haskill Cockrum
Sesser
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Ewell Gulley
Cockrum
Kansas
David
Marian Robison
James Henry Cockrum
Ora Ragland
Tamaroa
Maude Elkins
Waltersons
Earl
Patterson
Oren
Columbia
Alden
Vancouver
Wash
Belle Truitt
Valeria Moser
Spokane, Wash
Ina Benander
Valley Forge
Maplehill Cemetery
Lesser
Mississippi River Discharge Exceeds Rhine Eightfold Britannica
Britannica notes the Mississippi River's water discharge is eight times that of the Rhine, highlighting the vast scale difference between these two major European and North American rivers.
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Mississippi River
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Georgia
PUREX
Florida
A.G
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Pevely Milk
Jim ‘Martin’s
Herrin
Jim Scarlett
West Frankfort
Treece Supply
Marion
Alexander
Murphysboro Sawyer
Vienna
Walker’s Hardware
Anna Bigler Lumber
Sparta
Colorama TV
Murdale
Westinghouse
Weller, Inc
1200 W. Main Carbondale
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