West Pledges Peace Effort In Indochina
Washington reports Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith returns from Geneva with a pledge of a sincere effort to secure an Indo China peace. He blames inflexible Communist opposition for Geneva failure and notes Churchill’s upcoming visit as Eisenhower explores an international anti Communist defense conference.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Smith
Geneva
Korea
Britain
Churchill
Eisenhower
United Front
Pierre Mendes-France
Paris
Eden
Dulles
U. S
Store Employees Adopt Fathers In Illinois Co. Program
Workers at Greenberg Mercantile Co. stores in Carbondale Herrin Marion and Christopher Valley delivered gift packages to men in institutions and homes for an Adopted Fathers Day. Gifts included slippers shirts and other items as part of a nationwide effort planned by Coates and Greenberg to ensure no forgotten fathers.
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Illinois Brokerge Co
Carbondale
Herrin
Marion
Christopher Sunday
John Greenberg
Greenberg Mercantile Corp
Coates
Heir's Death Prompts Will Revision In Chicago
Chicago reports intensified inquiry into the death of 20 year old heir Montgomery Ward Thorne. He reportedly revised his will naming 18 year old Maureen Ragen as principal beneficiary and executor. Investigators also probe a Birmingham daughter and past income provisions tied to Thorne's inheritance.
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Montgomery Ward Thorne
Walter E. McCarron
Birmingham
Mich
Thorne
McCarron
Jay Stough
Young Thorne
Harry Penzin
Maureen Ragen
Penzin
Stough
Montgomery Ward & Co
Aleen
James M. Ragen Jr
Marion Thea
Chicago
Gordon C. Thorne
Fordham University
Miss Ragen
Beneke
Medical Miracle Keeps Ada Wrigley Alive in Coma
Pasadena physician calls Mrs Ada Wrigley's six year coma a medical miracle after a stroke on December 23 1947 at her mansion left her paralyzed and unconscious. The widow of William Wrigley Jr. is believed to be 83 or 84 and resides in Pasadena.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ada Wrigley
William Wrigley Jr
Grace Pittman Withdraws From County Superintendent Race
Grace Krappe Pittman of Carbondale withdraws from the April primary for County Superintendent of Schools as announced by Jackson County Democrats chairman Lloyd Austin. Her name will be removed from the November ballot, with a party meeting planned to nominate a replacement before ballots are prepared for absentee voters.
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Grace Krappe Pittman
Carbondale
Jackson County
Jackson Democratic
Lloyd Austin
Boyd Thorp
Pittman
Austin
Party
Thorne Found Dead After Miss Ragen Visits Over Due Swim Date
Miss Ragen asked the landlord to open the locked apartment and found Thorne in bed, after she visited following his failure to keep a swimming date. The scene suggests a death linked to his father's estate funds and a mother’s support.
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Thorne
Miss Ragen
Two Minor Wrecks Reported Saturday in Carbondale
Two minor accidents were reported in Carbondale on Saturday. Franklin Donald Horn and Elizabeth Ann Waldron were involved in a collision at Wall and Freeman Streets. Billy Bolen and Fountain Hastings collided at Almond and Baird Streets. No injuries and no serious damage.
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Carbondale
Franklin Donald Horn
E. Hester Sr
Elizabeth Ann Waldron
Wall and
Freeman
Billy Bolen
Rt. 2
Fountain Hastings
Marion
Almond and
Baird
Truman Undergoes Gall Bladder and Appendix Surgery
Former President Harry S Truman spent a restful night after emergency operation at Research Hospital removing gall bladder and appendix. He sat up briefly Sunday and is expected to leave in about 10 days if recovery remains smooth.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
Wallace Graham
White House
Truman
Starlight Theater
Julia Bowen Dies Mother of City Attorney at 91
Julia Bowen 91 mother of Herrin city attorney E N Bowen died Sunday at Schoenig Nursing Home where she had resided two months Born December 23 1862 in Chauncey she had lived in Herrin 15 years Survivors include son two grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral services set for Tuesday at Storme Funeral Home then Chauncey and burial in Chauncey City Cemetery Also note United States auto industry steel usage in 1953 unrelated to obituary.
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Julia Bowen
E. N. Bowen
Herrin
Schoenig Nursing Home
Chauncey
S. Park Ave
Samuel
Mary Loos
George Bowen
Storme
Harry Slattery
Methodist Church
Slattery
Chauncey City Cemetery
Maine Vote McCarthy Test in First State Primaries
In Portland Maine Sen Margaret Chase Smith faces Robert L Jones in a Republican primary. Jones aligns with Sen McCarthy while Smith denounces his influence on her race, marking a high profile clash as the sole statewide contest in the day’s Maine primaries.
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Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senator
Jones
Jeep overturn death in Union County inquest finds accident
A Union County coroner ruled the June 15 jeep crash death of Alva Evans, age 46, accidental. Evans was killed and his brother Charles injured when a jeep driven by Charles High overturned two miles northwest of Wolf Lake.
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Union County
Alva Evans
Cobden
Evans
Charles
Charles High
Wolf Lake
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Hazel Patterson
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Gordon Wall
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Lastour Printing Company
Murphysboro
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Mt. Vernon
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Pearson
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