Illinois scandal recovery steps take shape amid $800000 loss
Springfield reports estimate at about $800,000 cash involved in a state check cashing scandal. Attorney General Latham Castle outlines steps to recover funds and seek restitution, as former Auditor Orville Hodge resigns amid a wide graft probe. affidavits claim $107,922 in forged or endorsed warrants, with two Springfield men denying endorsement or receipt of funds. Castle orders reimbursement from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. investigation widens with fresh scrutiny of the auditor’s office and personnel changes at Illinois University leadership.
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Castle
Warren Wright
Hodge
Illinois
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Torm
Elmer J. Bretz
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George Coutrakon
Coutrakon
New Bishop Named for Tuscamia and Duluth Auxiliaries
Pope Pius XII appointed Msgr Laurence A Glenn as vicarial bishop to Tuscamia and auxiliary to Bishop Thomas A Welch of Duluth Minnesota. The news release noted the formal appointment was announced on Wednesday by GE News Release.
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Laurence A. Glenn
Tuscamia
Thomas A. Welch
Duluth, Minn
Marines Brought up in Court-Martial Testimony
Testimony described a fatal Ribbon Creek march by a platoon at a training base. Lt Col Thompson testified about the tide, marshland, and alleged maltreatment without proper reconnaissance or safeguards. He linked the night march to potential liability at the court martial.
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Ness
Robert A. Thompson
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lMteKeon
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Thompson
McKeon Trial Details Pull Toward Marine Training Center
Prosecution seeks to prove not in local memory that no one drowned in the creek near the Marine training center before the ill fated march. McKeon faces involuntary manslaughter and related charges as Maj. Stanley McLeod testifies about the search for missing recruits at about 9:45 am on a Sunday night near Rifle Range Creek and the ensuing efforts to locate them.
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Matthew C. McKeon
Associated Press
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I McKeon
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Maj
Stanley M. Leod
Spring City
McLeod
Wutts
Rifle Range
Senate Kills Federal Hells Canyon Dam
The Senate rejected a 485 million dollar federal dam project on the Snake River at Hells Canyon on the Idaho Oregon border by 51 to 41. The vote, a win for the Eisenhower administration, followed a heated debate over public versus private power.
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Hells Canyon Dam
Washington
Snake River
Hells Canyon
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White House
GOP
Idaho Power Co
Federal Power Commission
Idaho Power
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Sen. Morse
D-Ore
Douglas McKay
Interior
Oklahoma Seeks Authority for Willis Bridge Across Texoma
U S Army engineers have been asked for authority for the Oklahoma Highway Department to design a proposed Willis Bridge over Lake Texoma. Preliminary surveys show the bridge will be 5046 feet long and cost about six million dollars. State Highway Director C A Stoldt said Congress has appropriated 800000 for survey and plans. The bridge would be a joint project by Oklahoma and Texas highway departments.
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Clyy Tay
U. S. Army Engineers
Oklahoma Highway Department
Lake Texoma
C. A. Stoldt
Congress
Oklahoma
Texas
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