Midwest Gets Stronger Russ Radio Beam
Washington reports Radio Moscow has intensified a propaganda push into the Midwest with English broadcasts doubling in the past six months. Officials note seven daily western broadcasts, spread across 15 frequencies with booster relays in Siberia Budapest Warsaw and Prague. The State Department says counter jamming efforts are underway to shield Voice of America.
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Russia
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Dongola Man Severely Cut at Club 51 Incident
Sidney Dixon, 25, of Dongola, was admitted to Anna City Hospital with a deep cut on his left side after being found outside Club 51 on 146 south of Anna. Sheriff Paul Dodd investigated but no suspects identified. Dixon is half-brother of Billie Max Sullens, jailed for shooting at Naomi Sullens, who suffered a gunshot wound to the left arm on Tuesday, June 5. Club 51 is now operated by Mrs Musselman following the death of former operator R C Musselman.
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Dongola
Anna City Hospital
Dixon
Club 51
Anna
Paul Dodd
Dodd
Billie Max Sullens
Union County
Naomi Sullens
Naomi
R. C. Musselman
Musselman
Survey Reveals College Students Misstate Geography
New York report of a nation wide Times survey of 4752 students across 42 colleges shows poor geography knowledge. Fewer than half could estimate U S population and only five percent knew Atlantic coast border states. Several misnamed Alaska and Hawaii statehood while others listed Canada and Puerto Rico.
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Atlantic
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Alaska
Hawaii
Canada
Puerto Rico
Burglars Hit Two Union County Stores
Sheriff Paul Dodd reports two Union County stores were burglarized Saturday night. Hill Food Market on Highway 146 between Anna and Jonesboro lost about thirty dollars. Guy Johnson's Ice Cream Stand on Highway 51 at the Cobden bridge saw about ten dollars and five cartons of cigarettes taken.
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Paul Dodd
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Highway 146
Anna
Jonesboro
Guy Johnson
Cobden
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Dodd
Senators Probe Armed Services Chair Corps Waste
A Senate armed services sub committee reports 95,784 service members in non combat duties across 16 training centers. Chairman Lyndon Johnson says these men form a chair corps and waste physically fit manpower the nation cannot afford.
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Senate Armed Services
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Condition of Percy Fever Victim Improves
Lester Davis of Percy who was rushed to Barnes hospital in St Louis recently suffering from Rocky Mountain spotted fever is reported to be slightly improved.
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Percy
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Pair Arrested At Cobden In Early Morning Robbery
Two Negro men are jailed in Union county for strong arm robbery after a companion was found unconscious on a Cobden roadway. Charles Johnson, aided by his father, identified Willie White of Virginia and A. J. Harris of Little Rock as the suspects. White and Harris remain held for investigation.
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Charles Johnson
Norbert Stadelbacher
Leo Stadelbacher
Cobden
Charles
Stadelbacher
Willie White
Virginia
A. J. Harris
Little Rock
John E. Stegle
Percy Community Lake
East St. Louis
Randolph Scouts Camp Camporee Survives Wet Weekend
Rain and wind hit the Randolph Boy Scout Camporee at Percy Community Lake but units from Bremen Chester Sparta Percy Steeleville Prairie du Rocher and Coulterville pressed on. Kieth Runge earned a bronze award while Wilbert Stover achieved Eagle. Bremen Troop 9 won the traveling attendance award.
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Wilbert Stover
Anna Townsend Receives Pan American Wings
Anna Girl New Air Stewardess Rose Ellen Townsend daughter of attorney Russell Townsend and Mrs Townsend of Anna earned her wings as a Pan American Airways stewardess on Monday June 4 along with 14 other stewardesses and five stewards after a four week training at La Guardia Field New York. The class trained via mock cockpit flights and in hangar sessions, with executives as passengers. Townsend previously worked two years as a Pan American teletype operator and will be based in New York on Atlantic routes with first flight to Frankfurt Germany.
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Russell E. Townsend
la Guardia
Miss Townsend
Pan American
Pan American Atlantic
New York
Frankfort
Germany
Bear Following Repeats Routes Draw Hunters to Trails
The black bear uses the same paths repeatedly, letting hunters locate it by tracking the familiar trails.
Percy Soldier Visits His Family in Percy
Pvt Walter Preslar Jr spent the weekend with his wife in Percy while his outfit awaits transfer from Ft Leonard Wood Missouri to a para troop training center. He has been assigned to rock crushing for an airstrip, and his unit donated blood for 17 transfusions after a dynamite accident injured a drill operator last week.
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Percy
Preslar
Ft. Leonard Wood
Hewitt Lamer Resigns Union Deputy Post
Hewitt Lamer of Cobden has resigned the office of deputy sheriff for Union county and is now employed as a salesman for the Pearl Motor Company of Anna. Sheriff Paul Dodd said no appointment has been made to fill the vacancy.
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Union County
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Seat of United Nations Located in New York City
The seat of the United Nations is established in New York City, serving as the host city for the international organization. The location anchors global diplomacy and UN activities in Manhattan.
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