Federal payroll hits record as Byrd warns on inflation
Senator Byrd reports January federal payroll at 989.5 million dollars for civilians plus 16.7 million for abroad workers. First seven months of FY1957 total 6.6 billion, averaging 946 million per month. He calls spending spree inflationary. House aims to trim appropriations. Knowland predicts three billion in cuts and urges foreign aid reductions.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
House Committee On
U.S
Esseneo
House
Knowland
Calif
Congress
Eisenhower
Marcus Carried $300000 In Cash and Checks Slain
Chicago police report Marcus Marcus 61 a former major stockholder in Southmocer Bank and Trust Co was killed in a gangland style slaying Sunday night A wallet held a $300000 check drawn on Society National Bank Cleveland Ohio tied to John A Harmon an Evansville oil promoter Also found were hundreds in cash and several other checks Investigators note possible links to financial dealings and a note referencing Sam Giancana The victim and two relatives faced federal indictments for misapplication of bank funds and false entries with trial slated for September
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Chicago
Leon Marcus
Orville FE. Hodge
Marcus
Southmocer Bank and Trust Co
William Touhy
Society National Bank of
Cleveland
Ohio
J. A. Herman
John A. Harmon
Evansville
Ind
Louisville
Harmon
Kentucky
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Touhy
Alfred Rado
Hodge
Rado
51St Street
Frank Ferlic
Sam (Mooney) Giancana
Old Capone
Hyman
Martin J. Rosene
Morris JayCees Elect Tuesday
The Morris Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet at 7 45 Tuesday night in Junod s Food Centre 315 Armstrong to elect officers for the year and discuss a coming project Ken Davenport was elected president and Lee McCollum secretary at last week s meeting All Morris area men 21 to 36 interested in joining are invited to attend or contact Davenport or McCollum
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Morris Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junod’s
Armstrong
Ken Davenport
Lee McCollum
Morris Area
Morris JayCees
Davenport
McCollum
Township election polls open 6 AM to 5 PM
Morris township voters are reminded the township election will be held Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Offices include supervisor clerk assessor four justices of the peace and four constables. Voting places span six precincts at Court House lobby City Hall Goodwill Playground Masonic temple Suttle Ridge Buchanan St Hexhall garage.
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Morris Township
Court House
City Hall
Goodwill Playground
Masonic Temple
Suttle Ridge
Buchanan St
Hexhall
Wauponsee and
High Sts
Five Japanese War Criminals Pardon Announced by Tokyo
The Japanese Foreign Office said on Saturday that Australia has pardoned five Japanese war criminals sentenced to life terms. Four of the pardoned are former naval officers and the fifth is a civilian.
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Tokyo
Australia
Iranian Premier to quit amid desert bandit killings report
Iran may see Prime Minister Hussein Ala resign after three Americans killed by bandits in southern Baluchistan. Dr Menucheh er Eghbal named as possible successor as Adenauer visits Tehran. U S Point Four aid suspended pending arrests. bodies of Anita Carroll and Kevin Carroll flown home.
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United States
Anita Carroll
Kevin
Iran
Tehran
Carroll
Hussein Ala
Kon
Rad Adenauer
Adenauer
Menucheher Eghbal
Tehran University
Shah
U. S
Point Four
Brewster Wilson
The
Near East Foundation
Gregory
South
Warns About Some Kinds Of Kite Flying
Chief of Police Arthur Olson warns April kite flying can be fun with dry non metallic string but copper wire or wet string near power lines can be deadly. Use sturdy nonconductive string and keep away from lines or trees. If a kite tangles, leave it and replace it later. Fly in wide open spaces for safety.
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Arthur Olson
Olson
Illinois Legislature Faces Decisions on Major Proposals
Springfield Illinois lawmakers enter the latter half of a six month session still weighing Stratton era goals. Hearings this week cover a statewide speed limit and a state crime commission while fiscal reform and auditor general authority bills return for debate. Changes to daylight time taxes lobbyist registration license fees and school transportation costs are also docketed.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ilinois
Stratton
Senate Highways Committee
House
Senate Executive Committee
Local Weather Forecast Sees Cloudy Skies and Light Rain
Clouds and drizzle expected in the local area today with a chance of scattered thunder showers. Temperature at 9 am 56, Sunday high 58, Sunday night low 46, Saturday night 29, with no major changes expected for five days and showers possible again late in the week.
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Pyatt
Letter to Soviet Official Becomes Issue in Aurora Election
In Aurora, Mayor Paul Egan campaigns for re election claiming executive powers were stolen by commissioners and courts. The tied controversy cites a 1956 letter to a Soviet official and a misused city key award to Miss Sweden, sparking charges of chamber influence.
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Illinois
Paul Egan
Aurora
Aurora Economist
Robert B. Fensterbusch
Chamber of Commerce
Jamestown Festival Opens with Replica Settlement
Virginia launches an eight month historical festival on a James River island. A near perfect replica of the first permanent settlement stands with duplicates of Susan Constant Godspeed and Discovery ships and Powhatan’s lodge. Real Indians in authentic costumes staff Powhatan's lodge.
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U. S
Britain
Jamestown Festival Park
Jamestown
New World
United States
Great Britain
Virginia
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
England
Festival Park
James River Island
Powhatan's Lodge
Newspapers Plan Safety Seminar
Illinois weekly and daily newspaper executives plan a seminar next fall to discuss the rise in traffic deaths. Preliminary plans were made in Dixon with representation from Dixon Sterling Freeport Rockford DeKalb Sycamore Mendota Amboy Rochelle.
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Dixon
Illinois
Sterling
Freeport
Rockford
DeKalb
Sycamore
Mendota
Amboy
Rochelle
Two Youths Given One Year Sentences
Robert Doss aged 19 of Morris and Paul Lampman aged 20 of Channahon received one year each at Vandalia State Farm after pleading guilty to four counts of petty larceny for stealing two motor scooters and two bicycles in Morris on March 12 and 13. The Grundy County hearing was before County Judge Leonard Hoffman. Both had prior minor offense records and were charged by State's Attorney August B. Black.
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Robert Doss
Rt. 1
Morris
Paul Lampman
Channahan
Illinois
Vandalia
Leonard Hoffman
Grundy
Doss
Lampman
August B. Black
Five Purses Coat Stolen From Church
Police report five ladies purses with about 75 dollars and a black shortie coat were taken from the First Methodist Church between 10 45 and 11 30 Sunday morning. No witnesses, but several congregants heard noises in the choir loft during the service.
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First Methodist Church
Arthur J. Olson
Olson
President Eisenhower's Gettysburg Drive Returns at Slow Pace
President Eisenhower completed an 85 mile return trip to the White House from his Gettysburg farm with a mostly steady pace as Secret Service drivers kept within posted limits. Newsmen followed closely, sometimes surpassing 100 mph to overtake the President on the road. The homeward route differed from Friday's, with frequent stops at signs and lights.
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Gettysburg Farm
White House
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Secret Service
Montgomery
Dulles Libya Eden Egypt Aswan Dam Aid Controversy
Beal in a biography of Dulles recounts the July decision to withdraw a U S offer to aid Egypt for the Aswan Dam. The move, tied to Russian brinkmanship worries, followed months of unfriendly gestures by Nasser and aligned with Eisenhower's policy of containing perceived threats.
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Washington
Dulles
Aswan Dam
Egypt
Korea
Formosa
John Robinson
Jack) Beal
Time Magazine
Harper & Bros
Beal
C. D. Jackson
Eisenhower
James Shepley
Suez Canal
Charles E. Bohlen
Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
United States
Indochina
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
France
Anthony Eden
off-China
Quemoy
Matsu
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.S
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Baluchistan
Associated Press
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Egan
Robert W. Robinson
Mikoyan
Peoria
Eugene Leiter
Robert Morgan
William P. Buchanan
Milton A. Lundstrom
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Ben T. Schleicher
Elmer C
Warren Rogers, JR
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Shepley
Life Magazine
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