Jukebox Industry Seeks Help in Fight Against Gangsters
Albert S. Denver, president of the Music Operators of New York, testified before the Senate Rackets Committee that jukebox operators face harassment from three unions and death threats amid gangster-influenced unions. He said 160 members run 8,000 of New York’s 11,000 jukeboxes, generating over 11 million dollars yearly, and urged action against mob control.
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Washington
New York City
Albert S. Denver
Music Operators of New York, Inc
Senate
Denver
N. Y
Mister
Robert F. Kennedy
Gerald Catena
Carmine Lombardozzi
Mike Miranda
New York
Brooklyn
John A. DeMarco
John Scalish
Cleveland
Joseph Falcone
Utica
Michael Genovese
Gabriel Mannarino
John Larocca
Pittsburgh
Frank Zito
Springfield
Ill
Lombardozzi
Apalachin
Kennedy
Gary
Ind
The
Edens Expressway 20-Car Crash Triggers 2-Mile Jam
A 20 car accident in fog near Tower road Northbrook halted northbound traffic on the Edens for about two hours. The pileup stretched over 10 miles to the Winnetka Avenue bridge with no injuries reported. Police and tow crews cleared the scene.
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Chicago
Edens Expressway
Tower Road
Northbrook
Winnetka Avenue
John Strohm to Speak in Morris Community High Gym
John Strohm a leading agricultural editor and early American traveler to Red China will speak at Morris Community High School gym February 28 at 7 30 p m The event is sponsored by Grundy County Farm Bureau and Grundy County Service Company with the public portion lasting for hundreds of local listeners Strohm noted for Red Rivals dispatches for NEA Features and his extensive travels behind the Bamboo Curtain and Iron Curtain.
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John Strohm
Red China
Morris
Morris Community
Strohm
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Grundy County Service Company
Grundy County
Morris Herald
NEA
China
Russia
State Department
Red Powers
Goose Lake School District to vote on $35,000 bond
A special election in Consolidated School district No 88 Goose Lake township will decide a $35,000 bond to finance a new school building and site. The vote, announced by board president John Pogli ano, is set for Saturday February 28 from noon to 7 p.m. in the Goose Lake school building.
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Goose Lake Township
John Pogliano
Goose Lake
Armed Bandit Nabs $3000 From Woman at Bloomington Store
A masked gunman forced a bookkeeper to hand over 3000 dollars at a downtown Bloomington department store. He escaped four stories down a fire escape after the robbery as police cancel days off amid a surge of robberies and burglaries.
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Bloomington
Rolands
Emily Penn
Flood Fears Rise as Ice Jams Hit Indiana Towns
Ice jams and heavy rain threaten flood plains in Indiana and Ohio. The upper Wabash River above Delphi saw evacuations as West Terre Haute built a temporary dike on Sugar Creek with National Guardsmen. About 150 homes were emptied and Logansport Wabash area residents prepared to return home.
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West Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Wabash River
Delphi
National
Venezuelan President Betancourt Inaugurated Amid Tensions
Romulo Betancourt was inaugurated in Caracas as Venezuela’s first freely elected president in a decade. He vowed a government of honesty and development while steel helmets guarded the Capitol against Perez Jimenez loyalists. Betancourt, who spent years in exile, spoke as Raul Leoni recalled party suffering before 500 guests from 41 countries.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Betancourt
Democratic Action Party
Congress
Raul Leoni
Party
Perez Jimenez
Ice Pack Threatens Dresden Island Area Flood Risk
Large ice pack 20 to 25 feet across and 24 inches thick remained a major concern as it moved toward Dresden Island lock and dam. Four families evacuated. a jam could trigger rapid flooding if gates fail to pass ice. Wilmington area already saw damage and a three mile long, four mph floe moved past the Santa Fe bridge near Lorenzo.
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Kankakee
Grundy-Will County Line
U.S
Dresden
the Herald
Illinois
Wilmington
Kankakee River
Santa Fe
Lorenzo
State Highway Department
Dresden Island
L. A. Blakely
Warner Bridge
Wilmington Man Gets Probation
Donald Milo Black of Wilmington Illinois was sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to auto theft and Mann Act violations. U S District Judge Julius J Hoffman gave probation on recommendations from Los Angeles authorities noting Black cooperated in the case.
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Chicago
Donald Milo Black
Wilmington
Ill
U. S
Julius J. Hoffman
Los Angeles
Black
Peoria
Robert L. Stevenson
Glendale
Calif
Skin Divers Fail to Find Missing Boy in Sugar Creek
Normal Illinois report states 6 year old Dennis Johnson remains missing after 10 skin divers failed to locate him in Sugar Creek west of Normal. A glove found Tuesday along the bank led to extensive searches, with ice jam dynamiting also unsuccessful as authorities fear the boy may be wedged under ice.
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Normal
Dennis Johnson
Sugar Creek
Cy Lee
Robert C. Johnson
Weather forecast and temperatures for the area
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts rain tonight possibly freezing drizzle with rain ending Saturday. Sunday outlook is partly cloudy and colder. Lows near freezing and Saturday highs in the 30s. Pyatt station reported 40 high Thursday and 32 low, 9 am reading 38. Thursday precipitation totaled .23 of an inch.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Lincoln in Springfield in Thought Spirit and Ceremony
Lincoln's 150th birth anniversary commemorated in Springfield with a state dinner for 1,400 attendees led by Gov. Stratton. Diplomatic guests from 21 countries heard speeches by Willy Brandt and ambassadors Hervé Alphand and Harold Caccia. The event highlighted Lincoln’s unity ideals amid Cold War tensions.
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Springfield
St. Abraham
Lincoln
Gov. Stratton
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Preston J. Moore
American Legion
Illinois Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission
State Armory
Germany
France
England
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Herve Alphand
Harold Caccia
Stratton
Brandt
U.S
East Germany
Dulles Undergoes Hernia Operation With Uncertain Cancer News
Secretary of State Dulles had a hernia operation at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Doctors delayed public word on cancer recurrence while tissue was examined. Preliminary notes suggested no sign of cancer progression, with Eisenhower informed via his physician.
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Warren Rogers JR
Washington
Secretary of State
Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
White House
James ©. Hagerty
Eisen
Hagerty
New York Herald Tribune
Roscoe Drummond
Senate
State Department
Lincoln White
White
Army
Walter Reed Medical Center
Leonard D. Heaton
Auto Plunges Into Lake and Woman Dies in Decatur
Miss Mariella Fisher, 22, of Decatur, drove off Lost Bridge Road on a guard rail and plunged 10 feet into Lake Decatur. The car broke through ice and remained on the surface about a minute as witnesses pleaded for help.
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Decatur, Ol
Lake Decatur
Mariella Fisher
Decatur
Lost Bridge
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NY Assn
Dresden Locks
John Strohum
Research Institute
Aoe
NEA Telephoto
Europe
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