Methodists Name Nearo To Pekin Post
Bloomington June 11 AP The Illinois Methodist Church conference assigned 112 ministers to new pastorates. Rev Patrick Bacchus, an assistant at First Methodist Pekin Ill, was made permanent, the first in the conference. Delegates ratified a plan to raise funds for conference schools including Illinois Wesleyan University, MacMurray College, and Wes Foundations. Bishop Brashares announced the assignments. two district superintendents were named W Wohlfarth in Chicago and Clifford Brown in Springfield.
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Thellinois Methodist Church
Nference
Patrick Bacchus
Endog
General Methodist
Gadiddines
Minneapolis
Illinois
Ilinois Wesleyan University
MacMurra College
Jacksonville
Wes Foundations
University of Ilinois
Champaign
Illinois State Normal College
Charles W. Brashares
Chicago
Illinois Conference
W. W. Wohlfarth
Douglas Ave
Springfield
Clifford C. Brown
First Methodist
Pontiac
Pekin Youth State Road-E-O Winner
Pekin youth Jim Gebhart won the Illinois Junior Road-E-O at Naperville and earned a $500 scholarship by scoring 501 points. Amble d of Peoria took second with 488, followed by Gleason of Marseilles 479 Piggott of DeKalb 478 and Short of Jerseyville 477 in a competition open to ages 16 to 20.
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Naperville
Jim Gebhart
Pekin
Illinois
Washington
Gebhart
William Ambled
Peoria
Willard Gleason
Marseilles
John Piggott
DeKalb
Glenda Short
Jerseyville
Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce
Air Force Receives Larger Share in Senate Budget Plan
The new military budget before the Senate assigns the Air Force 16.5 billion dollars out of 34.5 billion, nearly half the total. The Navy gets 9.5 billion and the Army 8.5 billion. A chart compares 1956 with 1954 budgets, showing the Army previously held the lion’s share.
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Air Force
America
Senate
Navy
Army
Theater Trap Proves False
A false report that 28 year old ex convict Lawrence Neumann was inside the Granada Theater triggered a large crowd and police standoff on Sunday night. Police later identified the man as a look alike. Neumann, with a 1947 armed robbery record, is accused of killing Max Epstein Lois Gates and John Keller in an earlier attack.
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North Side
Granada Theater
Lawrence Neumann
Neumann
Max Epstein
Lois Gates
John Keller
Khrushchev Says Stalin Kept Harem and Abnormalities
France-Soir quoted Khrushchev telling Soviet leaders Stalin in later years kept a harem of young girls and suffered sexual aberrations. Beria allegedly recruited the group, with Beria said to confess before execution. Alexander Orlov in New York claimed Stalin was homosexual.
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Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
France-Soir
Vien
Khrushchev
Stalin
Lavrenty Beria
Beria
New York
Alexander Orlov
Secret Police
United States
Communist Party Congress
Evelyn Nesbit Stroke Leaves Iconic Trial Figure Recovering
Evelyn Nesbit, famed beauty and key figure in the 1906 murder trial of Harry K. Thaw, is recovering from a cerebral stroke at Parkview Hospital in Los Angeles. The 71-year-old sculptor and art instructor was stricken at her home Saturday. Thaw died nine years ago after being committed to an asylum. Her life story inspired the 20th Century Fox film The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing.
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Evelyn Nesbit
Los Angeles
Parkview Hospital
Miss Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
White
20Th Century-Fox
Girl In the
Thebes Man Killed in Head-On Truck Collision
John D. Brown 21 of Thebes Illinois died in a head on crash with a truck on State Highway 64 west of St Charles State police say Brown a member of the Army 13th Anti aircraft Artillery Battalion was en route to Maywood after visiting his home town LeRoy L Nicodemus 29 of Polo Illinois the truck driver was not hurt and says Brown veered into the truck’s lane
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John D. Brown
Thebes
Ill
St. Charles
Brown
Army
13Th
Maywood
LeRoy L. Nicodemus
Polo
Family Degrees at 25 Year Intervals at William and Mary
In Williamsburg Virginia AP reports a family pattern as James Nimmo Hubbard senior earned a William and Mary degree in 1906 and his son James Nimmo Hubbard Jr. followed with a degree in 1931 continuing a 25 year cadence of degrees at the College of William and Mary.
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Williamsburg
J. Nimmo Hubbards
College of William and Mary
James Nimmo Hubbard
W&m
James Nimmo Hubbard Jr
Four Illinoisans Die in Iowa Auto Crash
Four Illinois residents from Peotone and nearby towns died in a two car collision near Lake Iowa on Sunday. Identified victims include Fred J. Hamann, his wife Alvina, Alvina s sister Alma Knickrehm, and Alma s sister-in-law Lillie Knickrehm of Grant Park Kankakee County. All were in their sixties.
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Lake
Iowa
Fred J. Hamann
Peotone
Will County
Alvina
Alma Knickrehm
Lillie Knickrehm
Grant Park
Kankakee County
Military manpower and assets cited in air war effort
The description notes 127 anti air craft battalions and 25 000 Air Force planes. The Navy adds 12 500 aircraft and 1 059 ships of all kinds to the force, outlining the scale of resources deployed in the war effort.
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Ments
Air Force
Navy
Slim and trim Freeman support features two-way control
The Freeman support promises a smooth thighline and firm shaping with tummy lift and inward tuck. It aids back strain relief and figure control after operations or El net ic releases. Two adjustable straps and lace in back fit odd and even waist sizes 24 to 36. No 4271 also available in longer lengths.
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Freeman
Elnetic
Terminal Wreck Near Lincoln Damages 27 Freight Cars
Twenty seven cars of an Illinois Terminal freight train derailed Sunday twenty one miles north of Lincoln. The cars carried iron ore steel newsprint scrap and beer. No injuries reported. Dispatcher cited undetermined cause and estimated two days to clear the main line with traffic rerouted by Illinois Terminal trains.
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Lincoln
Illinois Terminal
Illinois Teminal
Disalas
Tliss
Illinois
Oldest Dongola Resident Dies
Frank Keller, 92, the oldest resident of Dongola, died at his home at 2:15 p m Saturday after a two year illness. Services were held at 2:30 p m at Ford Funeral Home with Rev C Carl Eklof officiating. Burial was in Dongola I.O.O.F Cemetery beside his wife who died in 1948. He is survived by sons Lester and Ray of Cairo and Corlis J. of Jonesboro and daughters Mrs Mary Edith Dudley of Cairo and Mrs Vassa LaRue of Chicago.
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Frank Keller
Dongola
Ford Funeral Home
C. Carl Eklof
Jonesboro
Mary Edith Dudley
Cairo
Vassa LaRue
Chicago
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
New York BM. Y. reports a healing substance that shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage while easing pain using Bio-Dyne, sold as Preparation H with a money back guarantee.
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New York, BM. Y
Five day forecast for MissourI region temps and showers
Temperatures average about 8 degrees above normal with highs near 82 to 87 and lows around 58 to 62. Little change Wednesday with a slight cool spell Thursday or Friday. Precipitation under a tenth of an inch with scattered thundershowers Tuesday or Wednesday.
Age 60 to 80 ad offers $1000 life policy by mail
Old American Life Insurance advert promotes a mail only application for a $1000 policy to cover final expenses. No obligation and no calls. Send name address and age to Old American Ins Co Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas City
Old American Ins. Co
West 9Th
Dept
Kansas City, Mo
Garage and warehouse fire in Lockport area
Firefighters battled for two hours to control a blaze that destroyed a garage and swept through a block-long warehouse in Lockport on Sunday. The incident occurred as industry accident costs in the United States are estimated at 460 million dollars annually.
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Lockport
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