Stock Prices Move Little in Dull Trading
Stock market trading remained slow with only a few issues posting gains up to a dollar, while many declines narrowed or held steady. Bond activity was minimal, and livestock prices in East St. Louis and Chicago showed mixed movements with hogs, cattle, and veal steady to uneven within wide ranges.
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New York
Sandard Oil
N.J
Texas Co
Santa Fe
New York Central
Wool, Worth and
Commonwealth Edison
Dow Chemical
Consolidated Natural Gas
Goodrich
Goodyear
U. S. Rubber
American
U.S
Chicago
Weather Front Moves Through Missouri and Illinois
Weather outlook shows showers and thunderstorms tonight across Missouri with cooler air in the west and north. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies in the northwest with showers in the east and south and a possibility of heavy storms in the southeast. Illinois temperatures run 2 to 5 degrees below normal with highs near 77 to 81 and lows around 53 to 58. Precipitation ranges from 0.5 to 1 inch in the north to 1 inch or more in the south, with showers tonight and Wednesday, then again late week into Sunday.
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Missouri
Illinois
Santa Gretrudis cattle breed origin noted
The Santa Gretrudis breed is described as the only beef cattle breed developed in the United States. The text also discusses how life span differences among animals and individuals are thought to be inherited.
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United States
Airman Harold W. McGee Completing Basic Training
Airman Harold W. McGee age 19 son of Mr and Mrs L O Mc Gee route 1 Makanda is completing his basic airmen indoctrination course at Lackland Air Force Base Texas His training prepares him for entry into Air Force technical training and for assignment in specialized work.
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Harold W. McGee
L. O. McGee
Route 1
Makanda
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Air Force
Miss Coffey Accepts High School Teaching Post
Miss Mary Frances Coffey of El dorado a physical education major at Southern Illinois University and candidate for a June degree has accepted a teaching position at St Joseph High School Illinois per the SIU Placements service.
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Mary Frances Coffey
Eldorado
Southern Illinois University
St. Joseph (Ill
SIU
Galatia High to Welcome SIU Professor as Commencement Speaker
Marshall S. Hiskey, professor of guidance and special education at Southern Illinois University, will speak at Galatia High School commencement at 7 30 p m on Thursday. His topic is You Chosen Ones.
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Marshall S. Hiskey
Southern Illinois University
Galatia High School
SIU Professor to Speak at Waltonville High
Cameron W. Garbutt assistant professor of speech at Southern Illinois University will deliver the commencement speech at Waltonville High School on Wednesday. He will discuss The Magic Weapon with exercises beginning at 8 p.m. at the high school.
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Cameron W. Garbutt
Southern Illinois University
Waltonville High School
SIU
Funeral rites for Eva Mae Gwin of Percy
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Baptist Church in Percy for Eva Mae Gwin 47 who died at her home last week. Burial followed in the local IOOF Cemetery. She was born in Percy in 1905 and lived there her entire life. She married Louis W. Gwin in 1935 and is survived by a son Billy Gwin of Percy. Her parents were Mr and Mrs George Vaughn. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Percy.
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Eva Mae Gwin
Percy
Baptist Church
Percy Area
Louis W. Gwin
Billy Gwin
George Vaughn
First Baptist Church
Metropolis Man Charged With Drunken Driving
Jack Laird, 42, of Metropolis, denied drunken driving charges after a 2:15 p.m. collision with a gravel truck driven by George Purtle on Route 45, about 10 miles north of Metropolis. Laird held on a $500 bond. his wife suffered minor injuries. truck damage was slight.
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Jack Laird
Metropolis
Massac County
Massac
Laird
George Purtle
Anna
Buddies donate blood for private in 44th 100 offer
Camp Cooke California May 27 AP members of the 44th infantry division Illinois national guard answered a call for uncommon type B positive blood within an hour. Fifty volunteers were typed with fifty more turned away as Pvt Paul Raterman son of Joseph F Raterman Breese Illinois underwent brain surgery and remained on the hospital’s critical list.
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Camp Cooke
Calif
44Th Infantry Division
Illinois National Guard
Paul Raterman
Joseph F. Raterman
Breese
Robert E. Mills
Ottawa
44Th
Mills
Raterman
Funeral Rites Tuesday for Blairtown Woman
Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Fricke of Blairtown were to be held at Peace Lutheran Church Steeleville with Rev F W Belter officiating. Burial planned in Peace Lutheran cemetery after she was found dead in her home Saturday by her husband Bill upon returning from work.
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Sophia Fricke
Blairtown
Peace Lutheran Church
Steeleville
F. W. Belter
Peace Lutheran
Fur seal learns to swim despite ocean life
The Alaskan fur seal spends much of its life in the water and must learn to swim, a necessary skill for survival in its aquatic habitat.
Olney Candidate Soon to Teach Physical Education
Georgia Bramlet of Eldorado, majoring in physical education at Southern Illinois University, is set to graduate in June and has accepted a physical education teaching position at East Richland Junior High School in Olney per the SIU placements service.
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Georgia Bramlet
Eldorado
Southern Illinois University
East Richland Junior High School
Olney
SIU
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Herrin
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Owen Brothers National Heating CO
Carbondale
Metropolis Man
Pete’s Shoe Shop
South Side Lumber Co
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Gartside
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