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Deaths and Funerals M. L. Cameron M. L. a Cameron, 54, of Hillsboro.

brother of Mrs. Robert tiiich. Edwardsville, diet! Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Hillsboro Hos pital. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

from the Dan Bass a home, Hillsboro. Mr. Cameron was a maintenance League Indorses Illinois Court Revision Proposal Support of Illinois courts reform as detailed In SJR 21 and HJR 40 now pending in the Illinois House of Representatives in Springfield was a i a i demonstrated this week when the Edwardsville League of Women Voters executive board advised area state representatives of its stand. man for the New York Central i Letters to Representatives Lloyd Railroad. Mrs.

John Wall Harris, Paul Simon and Ralph T. Smith were authorized by the board, meeting In the final summer board session Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Glenn Fclton, 810 St, Mrs Roland i 13 i St. Hill received word early this rs i i a morning of the death of her grandmother, Mrs. John Wall of West a I I I Mrs E.

Delicate, week's illness. Survivors include i U) of 13 children born lo this ion. Mrs. a a proeed-l ed her in a Among i in i area arc League president, and Mrs. Victor Gunther, state agenda chairman, presented a i for action" let- of Voters reporting on the reform bill.

The League position has given Ronald Pesoat as Public Relations Chairman, and appointed Mrs. Wilbur Levora to fulfill the chairmanship term. Mrs. Pesoat will be moving from the city to Evansville, in the near future. And the resignation of Mrs.

Glenn Felton, with no appointmet yet made. Voter Service committee action revealed plans to update the League publication "Know Your Town" A study of the city's treasurer's reports was announced as one of the a i projects of the local agenda committee in the coming months. In other plans to study the city's financial program, observers from the League were approved for attendance at board meetings of the Library, City Council, School Board, and City Plan commissions. hose observers appointed and continuous support to reform ofi assignments include: Mrs. George a a Mrs.

a a Willmore, i i a a a Mrs. i and three great a i in this area, a i a i i a services are scheduled Sunday. The body i lie in a at the Union a home in West Frankfort. Kate Huber services for Mrs. a Steele Huber of Virden, formerly of this the Illinois i i a system since 19-13 when it was one of the prime reasons for League work for call- i for a i i a convention, '55 and '57 proposals prc- Handlon, library board; Mrs.

Elmer C. Jahns, Mrs. Florence 4Edwardsville Youths to Receive Degrees at SIU A record graduates are scheduled to receive degrees in the 86th June commencement exercises at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, June 14. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in McAndrew stadium.

Among those from Edwardsville scheduled to receive Bachelor's degrees are Alvin H. Gerbig Gail Patricia Hayes, Thomas E. Reilly and Robert L. Wheat. Others from this area to receive Bachelor's degrees are Thomas C.

Meunaber, Bethalto; Clifford H. Hayes, Reese B. Hoskin, Ivorie B. Manning Martha Massa, lames M. Shea, Kenneth C.

Thompson and i i a J. Wolfe, ill of Collinsville; James Sills, City Council; Mrs. Robert jSchocn, Gillespie; Terry Brady Wall, Mrs. Tom a a school board; Mrs. Everett Baird, Mrs.

i a red by the lions were introduced In the state i a and also carried the I i i League support. When a i i a a was put to a i vote in November, 1958. the League of Women Voters was one of the a i i working most actively for its passage. Presently, the I i i a local League) supports the Bar Associn- Harbaugh, City Commi Ted Moske, Diane Nocheff, Donald M. Thompson, a i City.

David P. Buchheim, Donald C. board sessions. (lores Burnett, Roxana- a special meeting derson, Worden. $154,852 Airport Bid for East Alton SPRINGFIELD, IH.

(UPI)--Apparent low bidders on three southern Illinois airport construction projects were announced Thursday by the Department of Aeronautics, The projects were: Civic Memorial Airport, East Alton, McCann Springfield, $154,852. Four Boys Beaten By Whip-Wielding Drunk-Mad Men DALLAS, Tex. (UPl)--It was a Jail Bldg. Addition One Item Caught in Cty. Tax Squeeze The building at 216 N.

Main read) unnoticed He which the Jail Committee of a asked departments to tighten Madison County Board of Super- up and bring spending in line with pretty day a boy and his dog. visors has been eyeing will remain in the hands of the owner for a the kind made for time, as far as the county is concerned. So four young chums, with The change in the 1961-62 tax Coles County Memorial Airport, their i beagles on; rate from 10 cents to 5.67 cents leashes, decided to see if they could scare some rabbits out of the fields close to their homes in suburban Mesquite. What happened to these four per $100 of assessed valuation has young boys Thursday angered Haller operate Mattoon- Charleston, HoweU Asphalt Mattoon, $63,198. Southern Illinois Airport, Carbondale Murphysboro, Mitchell Construction Herrin, $90,673.

Reed Murder (Continued from Page I) TV uo ui iiic i at. i i i i a i i i i i a a i une I I 1 I 1 rigor mortis had not as yet set in, i ever seen, said Sheriff Billi County Auditor John L. Kraya phenomenon which takes about Decker the circumstances for the past months. Now all the committees are a citizen has observed. The determination of chairman the veteran law enforcement officers, black" for which he asked the seen some beatings in my operation of supervisors and offi- aware of the situation apparent from their meetinngs.

i the staff of county offices, coning services, keeping i i commit- disrupted the thinking of the Board tee meetings, many other of Supervisors and county officers, I ideas of reverse thinking are ing mooted. The "jail committee deal" is in this category. William Bryant of Wood River Township, chairman of the County day--a lot of beaten people when he accepted the a i Jail committee which is scheduled but this was the toughest for the 29th consecutive a to meet Saturday said the com pi it- said Deputy Sheriff Joe Pierce. been forgotten for the mo- tee have dropped the idea of was one of the worst things' ment, said one official. quiring the premises next to ihe jail for county use for the i 12 hours.

The dead inches tall man and nak's warning notes appended to 1 being. Two men, both in their 50s, beat his i a i a reports went! The committee have had i was boys with bull-whips. Two of and in many cases (not'progressive idea under the were shot and killed A was of stocky build i dog a been and lr ti hi nij- an afternoon service nt the New Hope Baptist church here conducted by the Rev. Henry Loofman, Baptist i i of Virden. i a was in the Worden city cemetery.

Casketbearers were James Hertel, a Welch, Robert M. Her- on changes in selection of judges. The League particularly favors the provision which gives the people the opportunity at a later referendum to vote on how luclges shall be i i i a chosen. The League board also urged at- i i u- i i 1 i'1-iitsiir uonni aiso urged ai- rL, a i i board members to write Ar r- representatives and senator ied'by ii sll hcir ipport rcform In other action, the local League hoard accepted i a i of Mrs. sang several selections.

Louis Schmidt Hearings for Illinois League presidents held May 24 in Chicago, was Mrs. Delicate, who represented the local League. Announcement of Unit meetings for June included: June 15, 7:45 p.m. at the Public Library; and Morning Unit on June 20, 9:30 a.m. Both groups will have a continued discussion of foreign policy in keeping with the National League programming.

National Agenda Chairmen include Mrs. R. B. Ewell and Mrs. B.

J. Isscl- hardt. Drenovac Murder (Continued from Page 1) i from Page 1) i a i for Louis i i i were at 2 Tluirs- fhiy Kden a i i a the li. K. i i a i A service for of the a i was Co.

had i i a agreed to meet at a al the Weber costs of i a 38,000 ni a i to the i i i a a were Mir deceased's ing a i over a 10-year period a i a i i a a a i fees a control Receiving Master's degrees will be Albert Sidney Lewis, Granite City; Albert G. Bean and Arthur J. Boeshans, Troy; Loralnc Sanders, Wood River. The commencement speaker will be Dr. Ralph J.

Bunche, United Nations Under-Secrctary and winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize. The famed Negro statesman, who will speak on "The Individual ana the Quest for Peace," will also be awarded a honorary doctor of laws degree. Eight a service awards will be presented, i i a 35-year award to Tina Goodwin, assistant professor in the University School. Thirteen Air Force ROTC cadets will be commissioned as second i a In the U.S. Air Forec oiul of the clay which while, Reserve by Col.

George Blase discovered later appears to a a of the SIU a happened a the same i a nient Sunset Hill at Route 157 and 66 Two additions a been made some five i from a i James Christenson of Springfield, to the printed programs this year for the i of parents and friends. The program will in- i and Lou a i i The Fdi'i: i "In fhe Me i a i section i This a has been abandoned. Mode a i a of the i need for of Its entire a a the service a i a ck a i a a of the seating Minger i a angement graduates, No report of I been received. i i has a by school and college, and a listing of a a i colors of a nnd foreign universities worn by SIU a Sheriff i i a 1 of U.S. a i i versilies worn I i a i i the i of i have been assigned to members a a i George They are i i In the asasas? Totiite a a a i i i i 7 M.

i i i i i 1 i i a i but a reported i i I 1 lor the a i i i i i i Any new a i would be an, i to a present i i le rl Ihe i i i i owed for bv the Musso said, mes They could be con- and up in a a 8 a in re Ls )ossi a ll a tlK re ls no i He i a was not for iin.l i n- tr enough i a i a a i a to Separate exercises will be held for graduates of SIU's A and East St. Louis Residence Centers at the Southwestern Illinois a pus here on June 15. uuru nog nasn i oeen louna, ana, i r.ir'i'sr.,,-;"" mw -TM Arrests Routine stripped. a OI lr "I I CJIJ I 1UUIII 1C Now for Southern Freedom Riders' The four boys--Lewis and Rich- boots ar(i si 9. and two! rr.u i other brothers, Daniel and William 11 the road between 9 and 9:30 a.m.

A the a a spot is some distance from the a home new born kittens in a barn the a before. They decided to see if the kittens had their eyes open. Care- and no i i i a i can be a 'f opt regarding the men's appearances, if" lhey lh the lad was able to spot the ve- appearances, the a SQ thfi kiucns By United International tion for some i and two Saturday's ago inspected premises and obtained a price of the two story i i i D. a owner. They were to have considered the a possibilities of ises which now houses a bowing ley on the first floor and several residences on the second floor It was i i a a (he- mittee had been commended the move and were prepared to hide a i a due to the fact that men came rived free- resent a resolution to the a A biracial group of five I 1 1 The suggestions offered from arrestedTn" 1 a uarters had the i i i i i i i A a Is beating the boys," said "One of the bovs had a ols en ra waiting ollu ibroken arm in a cast and 1 "me for breakfast.

answering all the problems in th. by comparing the time with the watching of a television program which is on the air between 9 and 9:30 a.m. He said he saw two men get out of the car on the wooden bridge and later saw only one return to the vehicle. The car turned around and headed back up the i a beaten on that same arm. "They had welts over their entire bodies The arrests, on the usual a shenff staff the a i a 'of ignoring a police order to lng space a a i a a detention some of them on from the "white depot a i i room, brought to 97 addition it was to a a the number of "freedom riders" space a npt (1 ed third Circuit Sheriff Decker said the men had been drinking.

They refused a ln Mississippi capital to say what prompted the a a i sl a 24 He jailed them and said he would a amved ville, Court Room on the third iloor of road ow-uxlRmHe 1 7 Re'aching I i charges a ned len a 8 a i that from Route ,57. reportedly passing TM- of SI.TM fine 1, i I i hv A nf i a 111 pi la on in, 11 L. i I I I il I I I i Hynes who drives for the i man i Co. of St. Louis who was headed for the a a home with a i John and Alice Jones who work on the C.

C. a a ed seeing the truck bul could not i i a car. Mrs. Tones reported a i a loud ioi.se sometime, in the i but had thought it was an a a i i The dead man is the son of Mrs. Kerner Confident His Sales Tax Bill ill Pass Senate the courthouse i from Nash: i Cambers.

CDT the a ev- eral sleepy newsmen. i A a i i police wagon sped the five to a i on breach of the peace charges, a streets. The a riders, all from the north, i i a lioamer. :19, Dayton, Ohio, a i girl whose i a David i I is lodged in Ihe a a i for a i i a i in i a a i "freedom ride" into city. a two groups of adjoining i i i a C.

Sloan Reed of I I I I I Gov. field and the a A A Kerller 's he i the (l rulers." i i New York- Reed. i a i i in the Illinois atc A a a Lane He was a i lo Ihe I i has a i and will a Perry i of Miss i i a Van-all at Hillsboro i llp i the a i i a i -'w York a of the a i a 1946 and who now lives in i a a Olive. Association for the A a The l.wiil feet of i was paid mere was not if and i by I i II. a a i a 0 itRCSSCS Claim and Herbert f.

Hoover, "'TM "I' 5 31 01 ROXANA, ILL. -Phone Clinton 4-5152 No Parking Problems at Roxona TONITE SAT. SUNDAY A ON NURSE" The couple had two i i fcjcl a it has pulled the of Colored People, were arrested dren. a i a closer together Jackson. He a i his present i the a it has been since the begin- 1 Elsewhere, four Negro girls be- formei- Miss a a Jane a i i 8 of lc session," Kerner said fi a a i in New of i i i in A 19SI.

The his weekly news conference Orleans a ending the most couple a Iwn i a a hectic year in the i of the a i fi and A Fiifiure The governor criticized the GOP i i schools. The Heed is i a i move and said the i a olcl Sirls were a i to ihe at any i could have "made i point" in i grade last November at two State Farm a a Illinois families with new rate tn's new benefits I l' I II ii 1 1 i i i i i 1 i lifU CM a and a a as h(1 i 7 Vp i a i and Ci a spt TM'W lt A child i s. service a i before Ihe clis- A brother. a Wesley, a hour's i "The Previously a i schools A The i owes yet SJ.SM to the cov eO' of her a body in CjflS ACCOUUt Cerlocl i in dc 1111 in A a do not realize i re- '-000 i i i against a a i i a group each of who i hold a i were i i young Besides his wife and sponsibility i a as rep.ivmenl S11 a A A I h( 'leaves one sisler. Mrs.

a a i a is not the A A A I I -A lice commission to the i i i F'-itnn An a lo i man wearing the it vi i i i i 11, i 11 i Terrenee l.on;:don Tonite and a a i): a o3 8:27 "TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY" Color i a i a i I.i-i- Philips a a Ford i i and a a 712 a 1:00 SHORTS I 1 Ill I I 0 "'fa I I i a i to a i i i sllil 1 Wfl the i single Ti-one pointed Banded or if the olher two in the realize i re- 1-000 i hovcot.ed i T', a L- people," he two schools, bul the i Je 1 8 Flnd -drc-n passed Ihe first year a a Cal1 toda A i a of a i i I i No opinion was expressed by the Tnt 'ere promoted to the second on a three i i a governor on the i a a Ki'ade Thursday. Ch cf Jcn a honl(1 sales tax increase for i i 1E I noli I 0 IP1 Of a i i i a Ihe a a The a was a for vehicle had a a i the first ce fo eerrl a been con-1 served with the Navy in the South He did sav he thought the fill- er and i a legal re- mimed stayed behind to rob the uecl t( next Thursday. Pacific for more a three years, buster was' too to tf H-'i'n-The In- Several witnesses i i was a member of the a i be the Avenue Service Thursday a i i VFVV the of port by (he i a dead a did not testi- witnesses In a i the i a is reported to a 116 moved to a list of bond- a S2U tj in his wallet which was a a i and i i i in when the body was i i proposed study a Tie car being sought in 1 a a rher siad he had been a i of the present a sys- wide a is report- skctl resign by newly-elected tern. Letters are to be set var- (l to bc toned. It is white a Michel, who pled- i ious i a i for proposals.

with a dark roof according pollce rt form during his to the report given sheriff's depu- He was a i i a Local and had a guitar in the area and on the Litehfield radio station. nneous demonstration claimed it to be. expressed half-cent state sales tax would still pass the Gen- tS In- a lens a i SGI, 799 cl wife. icke Rooney ami 8 of 819 eral A i i the Sen- Rooney owes $33.719 in back ir come taxes and his former wife of ar OPEN TONITE AND WON. AT 6:30 STARTS I TONIGHT! STARTS A 90c A 75c CHILD Continuous Sat.

Sun from Doors Open Sat. iind Sun. at 12:30 P. M. I The screen's 12 million dollar spectacle! thousands in the cast! years in the making! JOHN WAYNE RICHARD WIDMARK UURQKf MOTET MIR10t IMM CMM.

AVALM JHCKAtl MONf TeoiU it 7:43 Sit. and Sun. it 4:35 1:14 AODID: "Carnival In color ADDIDt "WOOOPICKM IN THI Cartoon ties. An autopsv was held at fied Th ursd a ilti a Pe rSOnnel "TM' Home, the ate, which a a has killed the bill once. owes $28,079, for the years 1957 and 1958, revenue service "Some a Sa against it in committee have in- F.

J. STRECEK 150A N. Main St. Phone 656-5126 or 656-4646 LISTEN "DUGOUT INTERVIEWS" WITH HARRY CARAY on KMOX RADIO ESTATE FARM (Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. Home Office: Bloomiotfori, III.

MIHI i a 1 th a i a It is alleged to a gone in 1 'TM a a TMey natl ser-: linsville, last night. An inquest i i of Chain of Rocks Bridge 1 TM" 1 k-up turck owned by will be held at a later dale I Sllbstan Kerner said. He some two miles west of the er gasoline and a 1 I i a i at the scene wasi! scti i of the crime. a bllleti to lhe lic cle-, State Trooper Cleo Angelo Sheriff a a lo a rcv The operator at the bridge, Jerry i a I George Musso, Deputy Sheriff Macras, is reported by police er Mayor Cecil i a Turner, Asst. Ally a noted a car answering 'l a all i i lln i a i City.

description pass through the bridge to i i that the gasoline be billed to men were aided in their city because Slater used the work by several law to naiil supplies for Several leads have been mvesti- for other i work gated on the Missouri side but i a i has been reported by the law enforcement officers who have released very i since the crime broke Thursday morning. "The extent of in Madison County is not as great as some think" stated State's Attorney Dick H. Mudge i i a i a this was a topic discussed at the conference of lawmen in his office at the courthouse Thursday afternoon. However Mudge said, "as long as any exists law enforcement bodies should bear down." He reported thnt while particular reference was made to "prostitution" nil facets of problems in the area were discussed. Among those a i the conference were Capt.

Emil Totfant, commanding officer Dist. 11, Illinois State Police, and County Sheriff George Musso while members of their forces were investigating murders that took place dur- 'ng the morning. He said he thought a bill now in the House would win Senate approval on a second try. The governor once again ex- GOP TROPHY? WASHINGTON UPI) Presi- lent Kennedy and President Ful- ert Youlou of the Congo Repub- ic exchanged gifts and toasts of friendship it the White House 'hursday. Kennedy gave Youlou a iculp- tured head of Abraham Lincoln nd tht Congo leader gave the 'reaident two full-length tlepbkot uslu, i 5 per cent across-the-board cut in a appropriations and called them a a i a easy to figure out, but unrealistic." Kerner said a re-analysis of the state's money situation showed that a "bedrock i i of $329.5 i i in new revenue will bc needed for the new two-year fiscal period and he said only $313 million will be produced by his proposed new taxes now a some of the proposals have been cut back.

PRACTICAL POLITICIANS Six of the eight graduates of the eight graduates of the Chamber of Commerce Practical Politics course, were put to a test by three real practitioners Thursday night prior to receiving their diplomas. Principals at the "graduation" ceremony were students, left to right, front row: Robert A Wetzel, Neola Faus, H. 0. Matsel, George Lexow and James R. Peck; and back row, others are Mayor Raymond 0.

Rogers, who presented the certificates; County Judge Michael Kinney, Justice of the Peace Earl L. Vuagniaux and Mrs. Paul (Jean) Simon, who swved at a panel for the class; Jack Turner, Instructor, and special visitors guests Bob Wade, Illinois Bell Telephone Co. and Dr. H.

Bruce Brubaker, SIU's Southwestern Campus. Absent were students Genelk Evani and John Hunter. (Intelligencer Photo) Capt. James Cline Finishes Course At Ft. McClellan Army Capt.

James L. Cline, 28, whose wife, Maria, lives at 407 Comal Eagle Pass, completed the associate officer career course at the Chemical School, Fort McClellan, May 26. The 17-week course is designed to prepare the student to assume the incresed command and staff responsibilities of a senior officer in the Chemical Corps. Captain Cline entered the Army in January 19S5 and baa served in Europe. The cpatain if a 1950 graduate of McCray-Dewey Township High School, Troy, and a 1954 graduate of University of Illinois.

His mother, MM. Bertie A. Cline, lives at 204 Staunton Troy. JUNE. Married SOON? Steady saving can speed the day: Bank something every payday, herel The BANK OF HNIB 93 YEARS OF BANKING I A YSTEM MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT WSVKANCt CORPORATION.

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