Filthy Five Jazz German Musickers Delight Steeleville
The Filthy Five, a Steeleville High School led act coached by John Birchler, performed German lounge and oompah numbers for the Randolph County Historical Society. The evening featured Ach du Lieber Augustin, Du Du Liegst Mir am Heren, and a Hans und Fritz sketch, with Key landing a St. Louis engagement in September and sauerkraut on the menu.
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Ben Gelman
Augustin
Brudder
Lustig
Zufrieden
Steeleville
Randolph County Historical Society
Ae Rt
Schoo
Steelena
Steeleville High
John Birchler
Key
St. Louis
Hans Und Fritz
Meta Dudenbostel
Hans
Fritz
Dot
Rural carriers receive National Safety Council driving honors
Goreville route carriers George C. Wilson and Herschel L. Maze earned safe driving awards from the National Safety Council. Wilson received a gold badge for six years without an accident, while Maze was honored for 29 years on the route without an accident.
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Goreville
George C. Wilson
Herschel L. Maze
National Safety Council
Wilson
Maze
Ernest Brown Takes Springfield Water Plant Post
Ernest Brown former Marion water department superintendent now serves as superintendent of the water works at the Springfield plant for Springfield City Water Light and Power Co. He resigned as Marion superintendent effective May 31 after joining as meter reader in 1943 and becoming plant superintendent in 1945. He was general superintendent since 1947.
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Ernest Brown
Marion Water Department
The
Springfield City Water, Light and Power Co
Brown
Marion
Springfield
New Religion Gains Ground In Philippines
A new sect, Iglesia ni Cristo, founded in 1914 by a Filipino, has grown into a major faith in the Philippines with about a million adherents. Led by Felix Manalo, the movement rejects priests and saints, holds simple services, and numbers around 3,000 chapels nationwide, drawing from Revelations to support its mission.
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Philippines
Iglesia Ni Cristo
Church of Christ
Leon Maria Gonzales
Bureau of Census and Statistics
Iglesia
Felix Manalo
Manalo
Adventist
Woodrow Wilson
Lloyd George
Georges Clemenceau
Vittorio Orlando
Angel
Inglesia
Two Rookie Firemen Endure Pranks and Tornado Alert
Ed Perks and Jack Brennan, two SIU students from Virden, joined Murphysboro fire department on November 1 1957. They survived a wedged door first alarm and other rookie mishaps while juggling college, sleep loss and early shifts. Fire Chief Prather praised their growing skill and dedication.
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Murphysboro
Ed Perks
Jack Brennan
Southern Illinois University
Virden
SIU
Brennan
Perks
Clarence Perschbacher
Illinois
Ray Prather
The World’s Biggest Spy Headquarters Revealed
Siegfried Dombrowski, ex East German deputy espionage chief, claims East Berlin hosts one of the world’s largest spy centers with about 48,000 agents inside East Germany. He says Moscow runs the network through three departments coordinating military, NATO, and technical intelligence as recruits use pressure and jail to expand espionage.
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Bown
Germany
Munich
Siegfried Dombrowski
East Germany
Dombrowski
Europe
East Berlin
United States
West Germany
East
Administration
NATO
France
Britain
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Denmark
Norway
Italy
U. S. Air Force
Spain
Department T
Berlin Still Main Worry
Geneva June 20 AP The Big Four foreign ministers debated a face saving Berlin deal with focus on maintaining Allied occupation garrisons in West Berlin inside East Germany. The Soviets proposed an 18 month period for further talks and guaranteed free access, but the Allies rejected the plan while leaving room to discuss it again.
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Arthur Garshon
Associated Press
Geneva
Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Union
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Filthy Five
Randolph County
Bill Nowers
Steven
Gerlach
John Steele
Tennessee
George
Steele
Ilinois
Roy Meyer
M. P. Sarmiento
Manila
By Jim Herron
Southern Illinoisan
Fate
Ed Perks Cram
Southern Illinois
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