Lincoln Relics Move Back to Springfield Urged
Illinois historian backs congressman’s push to return Lincoln furniture and relics to the Springfield home where he lived and died. The plan includes restoring the carriage house and transforming sites into small museums, with support from Gov Stratton and the National Park Service.
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Springfield
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Richard Hagen
Illinois Division of Parks and Memorials
Peter F. Mack Jr
Ill
Lincoln
Kentucky
Mack
Washington
Hagen
Clair Larevic
Chicago Historical Society
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Mich
National Historical Committee
Gov. Stratton
National Park Service
Want Ads Through a Keyhole of 1956 Listings
A 45 foot trailer is for sale and A K C Pekinese puppies are offered. An experienced farm hand seeks a job on a grain and livestock farm. A four room brick house with full basement is also for sale.
Final kind act in Lincoln hours by Dr Seale
Dr Charles A Seale, the first physician at Ford s Theatre after Booth s shot, describes holding Lincoln s hand in his final hours to comfort him. Seale recounts guiding mourners and staying by the president s side as crowds wept, a humane farewell amid tragedy.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Charles A. Seale
Ford
Dr. Seale
Booth
Legion Chief Speaks at Lincoln Tomb on Lincoln’s Birthday
W. C. Daniel of Danville Virginia, national commander of the American Legion, exhorted at Oak Ridge Cemetery during the 23rd pilgrimage. He urged faith in God and American enterprise amid global crises and the ideological struggle against communism, citing Lincoln’s faith and resolve.
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Springfield
Ill
American Legion
Abraham Lincoln
W. C. Daniel
Danville
Oak Ridge
Lincoln
Daniel
Washington
DAR Official's Slip Sparks Action in Colorado
Gov. Steve McNichols asked the Daughters of the American Revolution to halt activities in state institutions for now. The Denver DAR chapter faced fallout after Patriot Education Committee chair Charlotte Rush questioned a Mexican carrying Old Glory and later apologized. A DAR pageant at the State Industrial School for Boys in Golden was canceled. Denver officials and state representatives urged the governor to bar DAR sponsorships at state facilities.
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Denver
Colorado
Steve McNichols
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
McNichols
Charlotte C. Rush
Patriot Education Committee
State Industrial School For Boys
Golden
Correctional Institution
Soviet Supreme Court Shrinks to 12 Judges
Moscow reports the Soviet Union dramatically reduced its supreme court from 78 to 12 judges and appointed a new chief justice, reflecting a sweeping judicial shakeup.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Supreme Court
Chances Fade for Eastern Dock Strike Amid Negotiations
Negotiators from the New York Shipping Assn and the International Longshoremen's Assn held a late night recess at 1 30 a m with talks to resume at noon. Alexander Chopin said concessions moved the deal toward a New York pact while Louis Waldman noted progress. Philadelphia shippers warned a strike could still occur if settlement delays persist.
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New York Shipping Assn
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Alexander Chopin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Louis Waldman
New York
ILA
Philadelphia
Robert G. Kelly
Philadelphia Marine Trade Assn
Jury Finds Grimes Sisters Were Slain
The coroner s jury rules Barbara 15 and Patricia 13 died from secondary shock after exposure while bodies found Jan 22 in a roadside ditch. They left the Dec 28 movie night, and Edward Bennie Bedwell 21 remains bonded on charges amid unresolved questions for mother Loretta Grimes.
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Chicago
Grimes
Edward
Bennie Bedwell
Barbara
Patricia
Loretta Grimes
Walter McCarron
School Board Plans Meeting
The Morris Grade School board of education will hold its regular monthly meeting at 4 30 p m Wednesday in Franklin School The agenda includes salaries the summer repair schedule the 1957 58 school calendar and polling place for school elections Routine items cover enrollment attendance and bills
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Morris Grade School Board of Education
Franklin School
Senate Panel Rejects Weaker Middle East Resolution
The Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees rejected a diluted substitute for Eisenhower's Middle East plan by a large margin. Fulbright proposed either a simple Senate resolution or a concurrent resolution endorsing goals without force of law. The House approved measure would authorize military action against Communist aggression and allow up to 200 million dollars in foreign aid for the region.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Eisenhower
Middle East
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Joint Committee
Knowland
California
H. Alexander Smith
R. N.J
Sparkman
D-Ala
House
U.S
Light Snowbrief in Morris with clearing forecast
An unheralded light snow moved through northern Illinois early today, Morris in its path, but melted quickly under sun rays. The day sees mainly clear conditions with little temperature change. high around 38, 34 at 9 a.m., low 28. Thursday expected partly cloudy with similar temps.
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Morris
Illinois
Pyatt
Britain Requests Talks With Yemen On Aden Border Fight
Britain asked Yemen to begin discussions around February 23 to end the Aden Yemen border fighting. The move aims to halt hostilities and establish a path to negotiations between the two states.
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London
Britain
Yemen
Aden- Yemen
Subdivision Plan Shown to Morris Council
Morris Moose Lodge presented a 48 lot subdivision plan on 20 acres east of Rt 47 joining the city. Commercial frontage would line the highway with residential space behind, plus a large parking lot and Moose home site. Plans await water and sewer study and possible annexation.
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Moose Lodge
Rt. 47
Arthur Stinchcomb
Springfield
City Hall
Morris Rubber Co
Armstrong St
American Communist Party weighs interpretive course today
New York April meeting opens with a debate over whether to interpret Marxist Leninist principles independently or follow a Moscow line. The convention also voted to move headquarters from New York to Chicago within a year to better link labor and Negro movements and farm areas.
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New York
American Communist Party
Viper Veten Waver Tne
Chicago
Moscow
Richard Daley
American Communist Movement
Kremlin Middle East plan rejected as discrediting Eisenhower
The White House condemned Russia's six point Middle East plan as an obvious bid to discredit or halt Eisenhower's anti communist program. James Hagerty noted the move after a call with Dulles and a round of golf at Glen Arven while Eisenhower vacationed in Thomasville. The plan calls for a mutual hands off approach and withdrawal of foreign bases and troops in the region.
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Thomasville
White House
Russia
Middle East
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
Glen Arven
Hagerty
Shepilov
United States
Great Britain
France
Humphrey
Hands Off Basis of Soviet Mideast Plan
Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov told the Supreme Soviet that Moscow proposed Big Four economic aid to the Middle East and peace by negotiations. He said the Kremlin would stop arming the region if the West does likewise and withdraw military bases. He urged Israeli troop withdrawal from Egyptian territory and supported Egypt’s demand for full compensation for damages from the 1956 invasion.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Middle East
Dmitri Shepilov
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
Shepilov
Egypt
Stock Market Slides Again
New York stocks resumed their downhill slide after a brief rally, with afternoon trading quiet as gains melted away. The Monday nosedive shaved about four billion dollars from the NYSE value, a technical decline amid a tightening economy and cautious broker guidance.
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New York
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
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