Five GOP senators retire reshapes Senate odds
Five Republican incumbents announce retirement, boosting Democratic prospects in the 1958 Senate races. Indiana, New Jersey, California, Maine and Pennsylvania openings create new tossups as Democrats aim to tighten control while GOP governors may maneuver to fill vacancies or seek full terms in 1958.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
GOP
Jenner
Indiana
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Knowland
California
Payne
Maine
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Edmund S. Muskie
Harold W. Handley
Goodwin J. Knight
12-Year-Old Drives Stolen Car Shot During Rte 66 Pursuit
A 12-year-old Aurora boy driving a stolen auto was shot and seriously wounded by state police after a 15 mile high speed chase along Route 66 to a roadblock near Lexington. His 14-year-old companion escaped injury and faces auto theft charges. The youths, part of a gang looting homes, were ordered to Aurora City Hall for a prison tour.
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Aurora
Bloomington
Ill
S. 66
Brokaw Hospital
Jimmy Lampson
Spruce St
James May
Garfield
H. Ray
Bowditch
Dojoy
Lexington
Lampson Boy
Lampson
May
Justice of the Peace
William H. Wake
Aurora City Hall
Stateville
Sampson
Pontiac
Salk Reports Antibody Serum Potential In Cancer Research
Dr. Jonas Salk, discoverer of the polio vaccine, describes lab tests with an antibody producing serum in Science. The serum shows potency against both normal and cancerous tissues in test tubes, though no universal cancer antibody is proven. Salk notes further study is needed before conclusions.
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New York
Jonas Salk
Science
Salk
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Evanston
Mazon
Missiles Cost U S 17 Billion in Postwar Programs
Washington reports show total U S missile program spending since 1946 exceeds 17.17 billion dollars with about 4.64 billion earmarked for the current year. Congress probes the program to assess diligent use of funds and future financing.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
Congressional
Pentagon
Congress
Pentagon Today
Defense McElroy
Defense Department
Scientists propose semi-screwballs as space crew candidates
AP Science Reporter Dr. Donald M. Michael argues long space journeys demand unusual mindsets. He cites semi-screwballs Eskimos and Buddhist monks as potential crews to endure confinement boredom and isolation, with gender mixing as a possible but problematic solution.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Indianapolis
Donald M. Michael
Stamford
Conn
American Assn
Advancement
Michael
Motorist Tries To Lure Kirkland Girl Near Sycamore
Police search for an elderly heavy set motorist who attempted to lure 11 year old Sherrill Weeks into a car at Kirkland near State Route 72. Kirkland lies ten miles from Sycamore where 7 year old Maria Ridulph disappeared on December 3 after talking with a stranger offering a ride.
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Sycamore
Ill
DeKalb County
Kirkland
Roy York
Sherrill Weeks
6Th Street
Maria Ridulph
Officials searched as four suspected state secrets cases emerge
Tokyo police searched homes and offices of four government officials and seized documents that a spokesman said may lead to their arrest on charges of passing government secrets to the Communist agent. The four worked for the Forestry and Agriculture Ministry the Finance Ministry and the Economic Planning Board.
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Tokyo
Metropolitan Police Board
Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture
Ministry of Finance
And
Economic Planning Board
May Have to Destroy Much Polio Vaccine
New York reports the Health News Institute says polio vaccine supply outpaces demand, risking destruction of hundreds of thousands of outdated doses. A spokesman notes about 45 million people under 40 still await vaccination and mentions last year’s losses. The federal rule limits use to six months post manufacture. The three shot series spans eight months.
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New York
The
Health News Institute
Weather forecast for today and beyond with showers
The forecast from the U S Weather Bureau calls for cloudy windy and warmer conditions with scattered showers ending tonight and a mainly partly cloudy and colder Saturday. Temperatures are expected near or slightly above normal for five days with chances of precipitation Monday and Wednesday. Local highs reached 40 and lows 22 at Pyatt Weather station with 32 this morning and southerly winds.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Police Chief Case Is Continued
A case against Matthew Pantaleone, Eileen police chief, was continued until Jan. 2 in Justice William Unger’s court. Pantaleone faces charges of failure to control his vehicle and causing an accident during a pursuit of a speeder in Coal City.
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Coal City
Matthew Pantaleone
Eileen
William Unger
Pantaleone
Edward Wilt
China Indonesia treaty ends Chinese nationality claim
Hong Kong report notes the State Council approved a treaty with Indonesia giving up Beijing's assertion that Indonesians of Chinese origin are Chinese citizens. The move marks a formal relinquishment of the prior nationality claim by the Peiping regime.
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Hong Kong
Red China
State Council
Indonesia
Peiping
Grundy County Issues Seven Liquor Licenses for 1958
The Grundy County Liquor Commission issued seven licenses for 1958. Five tavern licenses at 500 each went to Vernon and Edith Cook, Vienna Two. William Spellisg, Saratoga Two. Carl Zaccaria, Braceville Two. Bennie Sklut, Saratoga Two. Rose M. Girot Brooks, Garfield Two. Two club licenses at 200 each went to Shabona Gun Club, Wauponsee Two. Morris Country Club, Briennia Two. Commission members Neeleen Ness, Arthur Wallin and Charles Treasure.
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Grundy County
Morris Country Club
Brienna
Berlin East German deputy premier Otto Nitschke dies
Otto Nitschke 74, deputy premier of communist East Germany, died after a heart attack during Christmas holidays, announced by Evangelical Lutheran Church officials in West Berlin.
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Berlin
Otto Nitschke
East Germany
Evangelical Lutheran
West Berlin
Rock Island Multiplier Appeal Denied
Rock Island County’s appeal for a lower 1957 tax multiplier was denied by the State Revenue Department. The department kept the multiplier at 1.1364, yielding a total property assessment of 424,472,000 dollars, about 50 million higher than the prior year. Richard J. Lyons said county officials at a November hearing failed to show facts warranting a reduction.
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Springfield, II
Rock Island County
State Revenue Department
Richard J. Lyons
The
Revenue Department
Peoria
Mercer
Rock Island
Indi
Guatemala Eyes January 19 Elections Amid Political Split
Guatemala braces for elections on January 19 to restore stability as moderates and conservatives clash over leadership. With no government-backed candidate, Lt. Col. Jose Luis Cruz Salazar and Gen. Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes top the anti-Communist ticket while Mario Mendez Montenegro leads the leftist faction, raising fears of post-vote instability and potential Communist influence.
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Richard C. Massock
Guatemala
Central America
Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo
Nationalist Democratic Movement
NDM
Miguel Ortiz Passarelli
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes
Congress
Guillermo Flores Avendano
Ydigoras
Jose Luis Cruz Salazar
Washington
J. E. Arden
National Lottery
Gible
Mario Mendez Montenegro
Revolutionary Party
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Mendez Montenegro
Soviet offers large loans to African Asian nations
The Soviet Union proposed broad loans and economic aid to African and Asian countries and urged nationalization of Western enterprises. The non governmental African-Asian conference, with about 400 delegates from 38 nations, opened amid anti Western rhetoric and calls for independent economic development. The report promised no strings attached and offered economists and support for industry education and hospitals.
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Cairo University
Cairo
Egypt
Soviet Union
Suez Canal
Russia
U. S
Eisenhower Plans New Guidelines for Farm Price Supports
The administration will propose guidelines to set future price support levels for corn cotton wheat rice and peanuts replacing the current parity based system. The seven factors include supply and demand price levels of other supported commodities funds available national economic importance stock disposal ability export market offsets and producer willingness to adjust supplies.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
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