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Saturday Afternoon, June 15, 1957Herald Building, GulfportVolume 73—Number 218GOING TO RAINnatePasses★ ★★★★★$3BillionIkeMorrisEscap/ForeignTwo Deadn IllinoisAidOther Subjects★ ★ ★Bill TopicsOfStudyEfforts To Trim Total, LimitiA Harrison County grand jury returned 42additional'indictments to Circuit Judge Leslie B. Grant this morning in addition to a blistering m ■ a .« .. \f\\ j six-page report hitting at operation of the countyDllG I 01*11 cl QG Authority Killed jail, sales of liquor and pornographic books and+-* Washington op* — President magazines, and alleged misuse of school funds bySPRINGFIELD, 111. UP—Torna- Eisenhower’s $3,637,000,OCflO foreign tll€ principal of H Colored School•die winds coupled with drenching aid bill moved on to the House r^, . i m j • as ram ripped through central Illi- today, propelled by a 57-25 Senate Th6 20-man jury panel filed into the Circuitnois yesterday, killing two wom-vote. courtroom at 11:15 a.m. today with Jury Foremanien and injuring more than 50.other persons. ;ocratic-led opponents to trim itsI A square-mile in the south- totals and limit its authority to to Judge Grant.southeast section of Springfield, one year was smothered in a se- T j. , , , j a j u a nothe state capital, resembled a ries 0f roil calls that kept the Se- Indictments Returned today brought to 92 thetrash heap after 106 m.pji. winds ate in session almost until last number of true bills returned in 114 cases reviewed!destroyed more tnan 20 houses mjdnight. :« . , » , , , f ______ShSIP'S: Harold R. Barber, Gulfport, presenting the findingsby the jury panel. A total of 232 witnesses testifiedOn final passage. 26 Democrats before the jury during five and one-half days ofand heavily damaged 200 others. PASSAGENearly every tree was uprootedin two city parks. * jtelephones ol't and 31 Republicans voted for the secret sessions, the report noted.. , bill: 17 Democrats and 8 Republi-j _u About 5,000 telephones, 10 per cans opposed it. i An investigation of the county**•v cent of Springfield’s total, were _____ _ jail disclosed widespread disregardie out of service. And 11 com muni- »«» a Iare uen.nnsuauon oi;by jailers of ^ -and regulations NG6(1sIt was a rare demonstration ofn ties had no telephone contact with Republican unity on a foreign Dol-,se^.up by Sheriff J. J. Wittmann, s- the capital city of more than ™ *er* with Sen Knowland of r0p0rt noted. —100.000. Cah_ r.ma: Rrpubiican ieader’:morris escape 'Re-Examinationsupporting Eisenhower on everyRichards States All off-dutv Dohce and the city s'. ” „ - sometim 'has differed! The grand ^ called for a con-i- emergency forces helped clear de- . h , arim5n;stration on foreien tinuinS investigation into the es-i- hris and administer first aid to T ^ cape of ex-cowboy Dale Morrisa- the injured. Hospitals estimated , II,duers- from COUnty jail on June 6, label-“■ «•*60 ™ «tJ MM S ssrin chief 01 - *—crats in Imp »_____^ VrWWayne E. Richards, past com-s when the tornado • shiftedlS home off its foundation. She wasproper parties, according to Disorganization from Arkansas nomc on its iounaauon. ane was Both heW out the possibility of trkt Attornev* Holleman One of City’ Kan*’ told Mississippi veter-v uMhe baiment Itets ' cuts in.a later aPPr(priations bill;lhe indictments returned today afnsf this ™rmng that the statu** c ‘ ' to provide funds for the aid pro- charged Morris with escaping jail. ? forces treaties needed re-exam*A falling tree toppled^ a power grarn. They reminded their col-; Excessive sales of intoxicating n n*r' line atop Mrs. Anna Bel.e Lar- ieagUes that the foreign aid bill liquors in Harrison County have GIRARD CASE CITED Sr billing her as she was }s an authorization measure, set-[contributed to the majority of! This has aeain beenof riding a bicycle. tjng onjv ceilings and terms. criminal cases brought to the at-’n' PLANT DESTROYEDor BILL SURVIVES0. Only the smokestack remained Wj(h Johnson and .........a4 ^ working in close harmony behind en^ement ffioriSST aZpoint*. .. * out to Americans by the Wil-tention pf the grand jury, the re- ijam g. Girard incident, Richardsport stated. 'said, when he addressed the 23rdone-storv Allis-Chaimers plant No.Knowland, The grand ^f^called^on law* annual Encampment today at thetav‘IBuena Vista Hotel, Biloxi. He cit-. plant wras hea\ily dam-,ti pnmmiHoo khi ;tioned overseas on duty with theK'ul'L Committee, the bill sur\dvediand whiskey. , , . .. . - * * ^1 rhpmieal Cn hitildin? roll aimed ever^ test ^espite charges the pro- “Our homes and highways are!a^lie H ?rc,esf their countr^, afe te; Many Weaver employes huddled gram„is lpaded with “giveaways,” unsafe enough without adding to, we o be tried in foreign court,K and waste and extravagance. jthem tiie problem of drinking U-Supporters of the bill said that Quor ” the reoort stated.some countries that were once enemies fighting the United States.William S. Girard, Ottowa, IU.t has been released to Japanesebeneath machines as jagged;or chunks of concrete and heavy . . i„fnfTorias beams punched holes in the build- arming allies and bolstering j MISUSE OF FUNDSing’s metal roof. their economies, this country is • “We have had under investiga-'! courts for trial on a charce thatas No damage estimate was im- pr°fectmg its own national secur- tion the alleged misuse of certainas mediately available but one ob-•1^v* !funds which have come into thece sen-’er — an insurance eompanv The opposition was led by Dem- hands of the principal of a rural ior official - said it would total more ocratic Sens. Long and Ellender jcoiored consolidated school in! A1VnpRlrAMq im prkamc'or'than a million dollars. of Louisiana, Morse of Oregon andjHamson County,” the jury re- AMI!lKltAiVS PRISONSnd' A large tree toppled over on O’Mahoney of Wyoming. All voted ported, then recommended that25 the Governor’s mansion. The Ab- “no” on final passage.- iState Auditor Boyd Golding be re- Service men were accused of vio-nd' raham Lincoln home, not far dis- Sen. Jenner iR-Indi charged ^Qti^sted to make an audit of all lating Japanese laws and 126 weretant. w'as undamaged as were'that this country is already “mort- suc^ funds for the year 19521 tried and convicted last year withhe shot and killed alt;Tapanese woman scavenger on an Army fir* ing range.Richards said some 3,999 U. S.(Continued On Page Ten)nother historical monuments.A trailer camp was hit hard and 11 of 40 trailers were damaged— some overturned.The tornado — which apparent-Iv was shrouded by the driving15fl| 1611 QvPf rains — was the second to hit!Haiti Workers39 now serving in Japanese prisons.Richards proposed that the vet-eans of the country be represent-Springfield in four days. A..*IiamThe Snringfield storm apparent-! ■ 9flwlC V^IISTC* ly struck first in Jacksonville, 35! ing miles to the west, knocking out LARRY ALLEN^es telephone communications and de-! PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti UPthe molishing a brick building in the Th^ Army’s ouster of provisionalice center of town. Five persons were,President Daniel Fignole has Judge Grant, in accepting thereported injured and property biought sullerf protests from the finn] reoort thanked the iurorsan. damage was* widespread. j street crowds he championed. for their efforts and said jury dutyp0. State police reported 5 or 6 inch- But thus far these groups, made was “a necessary sacrifice” ofthrough the year 1957 with the results to be furnished to the county superintendent of education.The school principal was not fur-: ed by a member in'the President's^ ln. fle ! cabinet and said the VFW is alsoThe jury report commended Sup- seeking the appointment of a vet-enntendent and Mrs. R J. Moran erans affairs committee in the U. on the operation of the county g Senatefarm particularly the home for He cited ^ ^ ^the indigent, and praised proposedplans of the Harrison Board of Supervisors to construct a new home for the aged in the near fu-erans in the United States with about 5 million belonging to some service organization. Membership in the national VFW organizationis now 1,252,000.GARTIN SPEAKSLt. Gov. Carroll Gartin told theere es ra*n flooded highway undejxup of workers from the capital’s time away from jobs and families. Ifacf that^mdav’nrn 1 ck»In the passes in an 11-county area ini poorest districts, have refinedj The text of the report- follows: S morrow’s ^ld Ife Tafd tStsouthern Illinois near St. Louis, [from violence in the face of the; We, the Grand Jury, were em-:VFW members* once fulfilled *nf Overnight precipitation in the j tight rein placed on Port Au|paneled on June 10, 1957, and re-^'obligation to defend the oriScioW Midrilewest generally became,-Prince by the military junta thatimained in session for six (6) days.1 P mciplesmdHe.light after violent weather vester-day and last night. However,thunderstorms which caused1 some property damage occurredbooted Fignole out df office and During this period we have exam-into exile yesterday.testimony POSTAL WORKERSFignole, one of 10 candidates j from 232 witnesses, and returned; JgJ CONVENTIONined 114 cases, heardtor president in elections that;92 indictments.the in central Missouri and the south--have been ftwiee postponed, wasTUPELO, Miss, iff)—The Missis-We also performed other duties . _ , central portion of Oklahoma was,the favorite of the worker groups.;such as the inspection of the Har- slPpi Federation of Post Officenot warned of possible flash flooding j They demonstrated for his return.nson County Jail, the Hamson plerks and its auxiliary will holddue to heavy rains. yesterday under the guns of the ^County Penal Farm, and Home for^its annual convention Tuesday andith- ,A brief violent thunderstorm - A*my, but went home at 8 p.m. the Indigent, and the Harrison' Wednesday.hit the Philadelphia area last'when a curfew went into effect. County Courthouse. About 150 delegates are exnight and three men were killed' Heavily armed troops patrolled: The Grand Jury wishes to ex- officers said,bv lightning in separate parts ofiPort Au Prince and sealed off all;press its thanks and commenda-L Don E* Dunil» assistant secre-at . . I exits to the countryside. tion to those who have been of r^^:reasurer be keynoteI ft,0 ll\jur^es were reported in The three-man junta which service to us and we do especial-:spe er*■either of two small tornadoes re- threw out Fignole and assumed ly commend: The county attorney,! CTLt A w _• ported in Indiana yesterday. One power pending elections was the:Mr. Gaston Hewes, the district at-» CRAFT REPORT' f VnS a over^urlned a c°^tage and sixth new government in Haiti torhey, Mr. Boyce Holleman, the I Coastal wiads: Moderate to.felled power lines north of Lo-|since December. Fignole was in circuit clerk, Mr. E. G. Lindsey, ■ fresh southeasterly winds 15-25 gans port and the second damaged jp0wer only 19 days. 'and his Deputies, the judge of the1 miles per ijour on Texas coast anda house m Lafayette. I The junta is headed by Brig, circuit Court, Hon. Leslie B. moderate southerly winds 10-18Wide areas of scattered light;Gen. Antonio Kebreau, 48-year-old;Grant, the sheriff of Harrison per hour elsewhere throughin lt aIon6 the Atlantic Coast, i^rmy chief of staff. Continued On Page Two Sunday.the Northern Plains and the een-and tral Rocky Mountains. Rain wasaw- light in the far Northwest but it;in8 was quite general from western'Montana through Oregon and1 ilSG Washington.aandStateGOPMissedPoint
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