Twin Dowell Sisters Share a Life of Complete Echo
Dowell sisters Rose Getzie and Minnie Waskie, 68, have lived mirror lives across Vogler Street since 1919. They married a year apart, raised large families, share a garden hobby, and even watch television together with only Rose’s antenna hooked up. They express a shared wish to die together.
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Ben Gelmar
Southern Illinoisan
Dowell
Rose Getzie
Minnie Waskie
Rose
Minnie
Vogler Street
Corning
Ohio
Fredericks
Tollinois
Buckner
Chicago
Kathleen
Steven Getzie
John Waskie
Tom Tierney Favors Broadway Music and Architecture
Murphysboro Township High School senior Tom Tierney, named boy most likely to succeed, pursues dual dreams of architecture and Broadway musical composition. He authored 50 songs, played piano and saxophone, led art efforts, and earned the Aron medal for outstanding band performance. He plans to study architecture at the University of Illinois and hopes to team with a lyric writer while seeking guidance from industry figures.
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Murphysboro Township High School
Tom Tierney
Tom
Arion
MTHS
Jane Tierney
Murphysboro
Boys State
New York
Broadway
Chicago
Tierney
Smith Dance Studios
University of Illinois
Sukarno Denounces Indonesian Coup Rumors
President Sukarno resumes duties and denounces army coup reports as an utter lie. He accuses unnamed foreign groups seeking to split the Indonesian republic and refuses to name them.
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Sukarno
Jakarta
Indonesia
Christopher Boards Discuss Unit Plan
The Christopher Grade School Board and High School Board plan a joint meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the grade school to discuss forming a unit school district for the Christopher area. Mulkeytown Coello and Bunner schools were previously mentioned in discussions. no petitions for a unit district election have been filed.
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Christopher
Mulkeytown
Coello and
Buckner
Aga Khan Visits Stevenson’s Son in Chicago Stay
The Aga Khan, 23, spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Muslims, arrives in Chicago for a three day visit. He will spend the night at the Libertyville home of his former Harvard roommate Joan Fell Stevenson, daughter of Adlai Stevenson.
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Chicago
Aga Khan
Libertyville
Harvard
Joan Fell Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Marion Elks Sponsor Free Flag Day Matinee
The Marion Elks Lodge will sponsor a free matinee on Tuesday at the Orpheum theater for Flag Day observance. Kenneth Powless will speak briefly about Flag Day, and the film Stars and Stripes will be shown at 2 p.m.
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Marion Elks Club
Marion Elks Lodge
Orpheum Theater
Kenneth Powless
Illinois Tornado Season Nearing End Amid Peak March Blasts
Jim Doussard report outlines Illinois tornado activity as the 1960 season nears its end. State records show 25 to 40 tornadoes yearly on 10 to 20 days with March as the peak month. Notable events include the 1925 Murphysboro disaster and the Mattoon 1927 outbreak.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Illinois
Illinois State Water Survey
Lothar A. Joes
St. Louis
Champaign-Danville
Tlinois
United States
Murphysboro
Los Angeles Convention Committee Reports $450000 Surplus
The Los Angeles Committee for the Democratic National Convention says it collected $450 000 to stage the convention and is on the way to a $50000 surplus. The committee is nonpartisan except for its partisanship for Los Angeles and aims only to raise money to stage the convention.
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Los Angeles
Typhoon Mary Dying Down in Japan After Hong Kong Toll
Typhoon Mary, after carving a path through Hong Kong and along China’s coast, weakens as it moves toward Kyushu. Official counts show 37 dead, 6 missing, 76 injured, and 18,200 homeless in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
China
Kyushu
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Jimmy Durante
Lou Breeze
Minnie Hines
Phil Ford
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Reynolds County
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Tokyo
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