Illinois Site Favored for Federal Prison
The Bureau of Prisons will recommend Crab Orchard Lake as the site for a proposed 10 million dollar federal prison. Rep. Kenneth Gray says a site committee favored Crab Orchard, Taylorville, Kirksville, Mount Vernon-Salem-Centralia area, and Hannibal in that order. The 44,000 acre wildlife refuge would transfer 1,200 acres free of charge for the facility.
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Washington
Bureau of Prisons
Crab Orchard Lake
Kenneth Gray
D-Ill
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
St. Louis
Gray
James V. Bennett
House Appropriations Judiciary Subcommittee
Taylorville
Ill
Kirksville
Mount Vernon - Salem - Centralia
Illinois
Hanmibal
Eisenhower
Fish and Wildlife Bureau
Crab Orchard
Buan “of Prisons
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Ahich
Marion
Seneca Girl Knifed in Back
Pamela Anderson 19 was stabbed in the back on Seneca Main Street near the canal bridge as she walked home from a drug store. She was hospitalized in good condition after being placed on the critical list briefly, with police seeking a 17 or 18 year old youth described as well built with light features wearing an overseas cap and field jacket.
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Seneca
Pamela Anderson
St. Mary's Hospital
Streator
LaSalle County
1. and M. Canal
Grundy County
Edward Wilt
Morris
Anderson
Harland Warren
Business
I. and M. Canal Bridge
Miss Anderson
Atty Warren
Jake Maier
Garfield Two Republicans Seek Nominations at Gardner Caucus
GARDNER The Garfield Two Republican caucus will meet in the Legion Club at Gardner from 2 until 4 p.m. Saturday. Arthur Bozue and Lewis verson seek the supervisor nomination. George F. Johnson is the only candidate for highway commissioner. Charles Treasure, current Garfield Two supervisor, is not seeking the supervisor post.
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Gardner
Garfield
Legion Club
Arthur Bozue
Lewis Verson
George F. Johnson
Charles Treasure
Stratton Calls Audits Report Encouraging
Gov. Stratton called the 1958 audits of 162 state agencies encouraging as Auditor General Frank Whitney presented a summary noting reasonably satisfactory accounting and internal controls while urging strengthening of controls in many agencies. Stratton praised the results and the policy extensions to state operations.
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Springfield
Ill
Stratton
Frank Whitney
General Assembly
Whitney
Finance Department
Drug DBI Promises Help for Diabetes at Baylor
A Baylor University College of Medicine team announced a new tablet drug named DBI. It lowers blood sugar without harming vital organs and acts independently of insulin and the pancreas. Doctor Harold L. Dobson said it will not replace insulin but should ease difficulties for many diabetics and strengthen therapy.
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Houston
Texi
Baylor University College of Medicine
Harold L. Dobson
Baylor School
Weather Outlook Warms But Snow Possible This Weekend
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts warmer temperatures with a chance of snow by afternoon or night Saturday. Tonight’s low near 10 degrees with a high around 30 degrees tomorrow. Sunday expected to be partly cloudy with little temperature change. Thursday night low dropped to three below zero at Pyatt station. daytime high was 20 degrees. At 9 a m today the temperature stood at 12 degrees.
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U. S
Pyatt
Secretary Hires Killer to Slay Boss Wife
Philadelphia report says Pauline Weiss a private secretary plotted to hire a killer to murder Wil lard K. Griffin's wife Muriel Griffin. Weiss paid 225 toward 600. arrested after paying 150 to a detective posing as a killer. Griffin manager of R L Polk & Co. Inc. Weiss charged with solicitation and attempted murder.
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Philadelphia
John J. Kelly
Pauline Weiss
Muriel Griffin
Devon
Griffin
Miss Weiss
Kelly
Peter Noga
R. L. Polk & Co., Inc
U S Files Suit Against Registrars in Alabama and Georgia
The Justice Department filed suit in Montgomery Alabama charging the Macon County Board of Registrars and two officials with denying Black citizens the right to register. A similar case against Terrell County Georgia registrars is pending in Columbus. The complaint identifies 20 qualified Black voters refused registration and seeks injunctive relief.
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Washington
Rogers
U. S. District Court
Montgomery
Ala
Board of Registrars
Macon County
Terrell County
Columbus
Macon Registration Board
Grady Rogers
E. P. Livingston
Livingston
Macon
U.S. District Court
Civil Rights Commission
Justice Department
Alabama
Hakey and Gray Run for Braceville Mayor
Braceville voters will choose between Louis W. Hakey and Forrest Gray for mayor in a village election held at the community hall on April 21. Hakey seeks re election. Five candidates filed for council seats: Joseph Spiezio Ron Neitzer Lester Haas Jr Charles Perino Jr and Marvin Hodges. Joseph Rockis is a candidate for police magistrate.
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Braceville
Louis W. Hakey
Forrest Gray
Hakey
Joseph Spiezio
Ron Neitzer
Lester Haas Jr
Charles Perino Jr
Marvin Hodges
Joseph Rockis
Lutheran groups ship 7200 garments to Arab refugee children
New York Lutheran World Relief coordinated shipments of 7 200 clothing items for Arab refugee boys and girls. The effort involved numerous Lutheran women's groups preparing outfits for distribution.
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New York
Lutheran World Relief
Morris Fire Squad Responds To 706 E Washington Call
Emergency squad was called to the William Talmadge home at 706 East Washington Street at 5 20 p m Thursday for a 12 year old Peggy with breathing trouble. Assistance was not needed but the child was later admitted to Morris Hospital for treatment.
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Morris Fire Department
William Talmadge
Washington St
Peggy
Morris Hospital
Dulles and De Gaulle Endorse West Berlin Access
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and President Charles de Gaulle reaffirmed Western access to Berlin in a Paris meeting. They agreed the West must keep routes to West Berlin and resist Soviet moves to substitute East Germans for Soviet troops at four-power points. The talks followed London discussions, with Dulles planning visits to Bonn to meet Konrad Adenauer.
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Paris
John Foster Dulles
Charles de Gaulle
Berlin
de Gaulle
Dulles
West Berlin
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
London
Harold Macmillan
Moscow
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Governor names Walbrecht to Unemployment Board
Springfield Illinois Gov Stratton announced the appointment of Rev Louis H Walbrecht pastor of Edgebrook Lutheran Church Chicago to the Board of Unemployment Compensation and Free Employment Office Advisors.
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Springfield
Ill
Stratton
Louis H. Walbrecht
Edgebrook Lutheran Church
Chicago
Board of Unemployment Compensation and Free Employment Office Advisors
Nye Denies Plot To Kill Castro In Cuba
Alan Robert Nye a 31 year old former U S Navy pilot from Whiting Indiana denies he plotted to kill Fidel Castro and denies signing a confession. U S consulate said Nye asserted his innocence in Havana interviews while Cuban police claimed he confessed. Nye said he went to eastern Cuba to help the revolutionary cause and faced questioning after being arrested with rebel forces in Oriente Province.
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Stanford Bradshaw
Havana
Alan Robert Nye
Fidel Castro
U. S
U. S. Navy
Whiting
Ind
Hugh Kessler
Kessler
Nye
Cuba
Bureau of Information
Camp Liberstad
Oriente
Fulgencio Batista
Castro
Carlos Tabernilla
Batista
Ex-GI postpones college to aid in Korean boy's adoption
Roger Rudolph, a former Air Force weather specialist, postponed college to pursue adopting Johnny Kim Jun Kun Soo from Korea. After years of investigations and red tape, the adoption proceeds as his parents Mr and Mrs Emory Rudolph support the effort.
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Roger
Emory Rudolph
South Korea
Air Force
Johnny Kim
Jun Kun Soo
Johnny
Rudolphs
Korea
United States
Seoul
U. S
the Dolphs
Satan
Senate trims airport aid and housing bill in budget gesture
By unanimous consent the Senate cut 100 million from the airport aid bill totaling 565 million and shortened the program to four years. Democrats say they met President Eisenhower halfway, while Republicans deride the move as wild spending. The housing bill passed 60 to 28 and goes to the House, not expected to act until February 15.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Johnson
House
Congress
Boy Scouts Celebrate 49th Anniversary Theater Event
A parade forms at Will County Courthouse Joliet at 8:30 and 8:45 a.m. then moves to a downtown theater for the 49th Boy Scouts anniversary party. Cub Scouts and leaders enter with registration cards. uniforms encouraged. Don Nepote acts as emcee. Robert Leckrone speaks.
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Boy Scouts of America
Will County Court House
Joliet
Don Nepote
North District
Robert Leckrone
Rainbow Council
Want Ads Brief: Rentals and Sales
Three room ground floor apartment for rent. Two bedroom frame home for sale. Red clover for sale. Small pups for sale.
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Red
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Cleveland
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