Democrats Hear Benton Attack On Ike Foreign Policy
Former Senator William Benton told the Democratic platform group that the Eisenhower administration used bluff boast and backdown in international affairs and that the country has been lucky to avoid disaster. He urged a foreign policy led by competent experienced leaders as Stevenson and Harriman vie for the nomination and the Chicago convention looms. High level price supports were urged by James G. Patton of the National Farmers Union, proposing a three part plan to double farm income through stronger federal programs domestic consumption and government payments.
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Chicago
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Republican Committee
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Massachusetts
Paul M. Butler
John Mccormack
Platform Committee
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
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Letter on Arrest Becomes Rare Collection Item
In Syracuse Kenneth Lang writes of a courteous traffic officer who arrested him for driving with wrong registration. Patrolman Ralph Bagnett booked Lang. Lang paid £5 at the Traffic Violations Bureau and sent the letter about the officer.
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N. Y. UI
Kenneth Lang
Lang
Ralph Bagnett
Bagnett
Two Boys Wounded Playing With Gun
Two 10ish boys were shot and seriously wounded after handling a 245 caliber automatic gun found in a stolen car. Michael Cunningham and Jerry Byington were hospitalized. the weapon was recovered from the basement of Robert Korbil’s home. The youths had initially claimed three Black males fired from a speeding car before admitting the incident occurred at Korbil’s residence.
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ST. Louis
Michael Cunningham
Pine Lawn
Jerry Byington
Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Cunningham
Byington
Robert Korbil
Kozbil
Lester Martin
Bride Launches Rampage in Van Nuys Public Safety Incident
In Van Nuys California a four month bride Barbara Mihich 24 allegedly fired more than 58 rounds at neighbors home a police car and her own home prompting a tear gas response by a dozen officers. Husband William 35 described a domestic argument before the outburst and police booked her on suspicion of incident with a serious public safety item.
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van Nuys
Calif
Barbara Mihich
Theater explosion injures staff. gas fumes hospitalized
In St Louis the Fox Theater explosion damaged air conditioning gear injuring ten firemen and two employees, all treated for refrigerant gas exposure. About 25 firefighters received oxygen. patrons escaped unharmed as traffic and streetcar service briefly halted. The blast, caused by a compressor pump failure, sent a six inch metal fragment into the engine room. Injured workers include Lee Rowan, 58, with a forearm fracture and forehead cut.
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Fox Theater
James Arthur
Rushere
Robert Owen
Firet Lehief
Lee Rowan
Edward Neiger
St Rowan
Bat
Frank Tiff
Walter Thomas
Edward Keuhner
Vincent Mundwiller
Archie Mc Bonald
Floyd Clay
Har
Final Rites Held For Union Veteran in Duluth
Albert Woolson the last surviving Union Army veteran was laid to rest in Duluth Minnesota as drummers and fifers from the Sons of Union Veterans led a four mile funeral march. More than 200 marching soldiers accompanied the blue clad group to the hilltop burial site where the services were conducted and a fern wreath a lone rose and a miniature flag were placed on the casket.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Sons of Union Veterans
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Sons of the Union Veterans
Dr Tietjen Wins Toastmaster Award
Ernest Tietjen Jr. of 607 Madison Street won the Maj Burridge award Monday at the Jefferson City Toastmaster Club for his talk Six Steps To Poise. Others spoke on Luck and Lets Go Fishing while critics and judges including J B Schnieder and James W Foster contributed to the event.
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Ernest Tietjen Jr
Madison St
Maj. Burridge
Jefferson City
Dick Rowlette
Luck
Robert Wells
William Wyss
Clifford Mosely
William H. Tellman
J. B. Schnieder
James W. Foster
Roy Kirgan
John Skaier
Britain’s Bristol Britannia to Open Good Will Tour
Britain’s Bristol Britannia the largest airliner, with 100 seats and turbo prop engines, will begin a goodwill tour of the United States next week. It will fly to New York Sunday, be shown at the San Diego aviation conference, and visit several cities.
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Big Britain
London
Britain
Bristol Britannia
United States
New York
San Diego
Calif
Ister
Woman in Good Condition After Overdose at St. Mary's
Mrs. Virginia Tabler, 37, of 1704 W Mefarty Street, was reported in good condition today at a local hospital after allegedly taking an overdose of sleeping pills last night. Police indicated the initial report listed her condition as fair, with improvement noted today at St. Mary's Hospital where she was admitted for treatment.
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Virginia Tabler
W. Mefarty St
St. Mary's Hospital
Brandt Re-Enlists in Air Force Headed to Lackland AFB
Herman J. Brandt, 23, Linn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brandt, reenlists for four years in the Air Force and is sent to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio for further assignment. He receives airman third class rank. He is a St. Peter's High School and Jefferson City junior college graduate. Air Force recruiters note enlistees this month will go to Lackland.
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Joseph Brandt
Linn
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
J. C Griffiths
Deca
Brandt
St. Peter's High School
Jefferson’ S City Junior College
Griffiths
Missouri professor Dr Sam Brady dies in Columbia
Dr Sam lad Brady, 66, longtime member of the University of Missouri faculty in Columbia, collapsed and died yesterday in the dairy building. A professor of dairy science, Brady had drawn international attention for his work on growth and development of domestic animals. A post card from the Soviet Union arrived in Catania Sicily yesterday confirming a long-missing soldier son, Agalino d Antoni, with a July 20 date, dashing the family’s hopes.
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University
Columbia
Samlad Brady
theUniversity of Missouri
Hrariy
Catanta
Sicily
Catania
Agalino d’Antoni
Rumor Triggers Long Trip for Elvis Fans
About 50 teenagers from Oneonta travel 120 miles round trip after a rumor that Elvis Presley would appear in Binghamton. At the hall door they meet a watchman who asks, Presley who is he, as the crowd learns no such act was scheduled.
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Oneonta
N.Y
Binghamton
Elvis Presley
Presley
Body of Man Found Near Naperville Illinois
The body of a man, about 30, with hands tied and shot three times, was found in a ditch near Route 66 between Naperville and Joliet. Coroner says death occurred about two days earlier. The discovery follows two similar killings in the area last month involving Peter Salanardi and Joseph Restagno.
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Naperville
Joliet
Steve Ward
Willard Blood
Wilt County
Peter Salanardi
New York
Salanardi
California
Joseph Restagno
Restagno
Sag Channel
Chicago
Board Resignations Sought in Brooklyn Ill
Clar ence Blair St Clair County superintendent says he has sent letters to all seven Brooklyn Illinois school board members requesting resignations. If not received by Wednesday he will remove them under the state school code. Brooklyn, near East St. Louis, is under a grand jury probe after principal Cecile Sludspeth was charged with embezzling over 1 million dollars from the district funds.
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Illinois
Belleville
Clarence Blair
St. Clair County
Brooklyn, Ill
Blair
Brooklyn
Subpoenas Issued for Wortman Aides in Hodge Case
Subpoenas served on East St. Louis figures including Frank Wortman and Elmer Dowling heading to a federal grand jury in Springfield on August 20. Aides Thomas Berry and Sam Mein also expected to testify as investigations into former Illinois auditor Orville Hodge continue.
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Frank
Buster) Wortman
Orville Hodge
St. Clair County
Leonard O. Reinhardt
Wortman
Elmer
Dutch) Dowling
Federal Building
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George P. Coutralon
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Hodge
Ilinois
Wortiman
Gasoline price war fades in Kansas City area
A 7 percent price war in the Kansas City metropolitan area nearly ended as stations raised prices to 26.9 cents per gallon for regular. Independent stations led the return to normal pricing after briefly cutting rates with coupon offers that widened the spread to major brands.
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Kansas City
Three Uranium Firms Announce Merger
Stakeholders in St. Louis watched a merger announced by officials of Utah Southern Uranium Motab Uranium and Utaco Uranium Inc Moab Utah The plan unites the firms under one banner and would grant access to more than 13600 acres of mining claims across Utah Colorado New Mexico and Arizona The merger awaits stockholder approval and aims to consolidate four corners area holdings.
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St. Louis
Utah Southern Uranium
Motab Uranium i
Utaco Uranium Inc
Moab
Utah
Four-Corners
Colorado
New Mexico
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