Mystery Why Sharpshooter Kills Four
Daniel Raymond shot and killed four people and wounded five before being killed by state police near Chalkhill Pennsylvania after a nine hour rampage from his burning home. He focused on moving vehicles including a school bus. eight injured or killed victims included residents of Ohio Pyle and Farmington.
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David
Raymond
Pennsylvania
Mary Frances Sissler
Edna Maes
Ohiopyle
William Burd
Highways Department
Farmington
May Maust
Harry Cromwell
Lawrence Swenglish
Haddonville
Carlos Maust
Stratton Sets Cook County Judge Primary
Gov Stratton calls a special primary for June 6 to nominate candidates for the Cook County Court vacancy created by Otto Kerner. John Marshall Karns named acting judge to replace Kerner who resigned to run for governor. Barrett disputes legality and Kerner’s resignation timing. McKinley ruled Kerner’s resignation valid. election set for November 8.
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Chicago
Stratton
Cook County
Otto Kerner
John Marshall Karns
Kerner
Karns
Barrett
Donald S. McKinley
Superior Court
Morris to test electronic central office in summer
About 300 Morris telephone subscribers will join a three year Bell System trial of an electronic central office. The initial group will be contacted this summer with later participants added as the test progresses. Calls will be dialed and numbers kept the same, with interconnection to existing equipment.
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Morris Telephone
Bell System
Morris Area Telephone
Warren Blackburn
Renee Eeeee
Blackburn
Illinois Bell Company
Morris
United States
Linda Elgar
Mazon
Morris Telephone Office
Snow Shower Aims For The Area With Cold Night
The Weather Bureau warns of snow this afternoon and tonight with 1 to 3 inches of accumulation and a strong northeast wind causing drifting on highways. Friday outlook: cloudy and cold with more snow flurries. Temperatures: highs in the 20s, dipping to around 8 tonight.
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U.S Weather Bureau
Collins
Eisenhower receives massive Sao Paulo greeting in rain
President Eisenhower rode bareheaded through drenched streets as crowds estimated at about half a million cheered in Sao Paulo. He praised Brazil's free enterprise system, pledged continued U S aid, and noted Brazil has received over 2 billion dollars in credits.
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Stanford Bradshaw
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Eisenhower
U. S
United States
Commercial Assn
Industrial Assn
Rural Society
Rio de Janeiro
De Gaulle Embarks on Grass Roots Southern France Tour
President Charles de Gaulle began a four day tour through four departments in south central France. He will visit 19 towns and deliver 16 major speeches by automobile plane and a special train.
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Gaillac
France
Charles de Gaulle
Grade School Bid Is 239 990 Low Bid for Garfield Building
Arkanas Brothers Joliet were the apparent low bidders on the Garfield Grade School construction with 239 990. The Morris Elementary School District 54 board will have architects Kruegel Wilkins Healy Moore review the bid and seek further reductions by plan changes. Other bids ranged from 252 713 to 267 800 with John Moroff and Son 267 400 and Modern Builders 252 713. The board plans to reconvene next Wednesday to award the contract after the architects report.
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Arkanas Brothers
Joliet
Garfield
Morris
Arbanas Brothers
Kruegel, Wilkins, Healy and Moore
Jean McCoy and Sons
Pontiac
W. S Bills and Sons
Streator
R. C. Lif Construction Inc
Lockport
Sam Molaschi Construction Co
Modern Builders Corporation
John Moroff and Son
Kankakee
Board of Education
Kenneth
Castro outlines 152 million peso drive to industrialize Cuba
Fidel Castro announced a 152 million peso investment to start a program aimed at industrializing Cuba and achieving economic independence. He told 6,000 union members that economic reprisals or U S sugar purchase threats would not deter the plan.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
U. S
Snow Storm Halts Traffic Across Southern Illinois
A Plains-origin snowstorm hit southern Illinois with 5 inches in East St Louis and projected 6 inches near Cairo. Chester Centralia and Cairo reported 3 inches by midmorning as winds reduced visibility and caused snarled traffic statewide.
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Associated Press
Plains
Illinois
St. Louis
Cairo
Chester
Centralia
Witwer Outlines Five Federal Aid Plans for Growth
Republican Senate candidate Samuel W. Witwer lists five ways the federal government can foster growth including fiscal stability, favorable tax and depreciation policies, removing inefficiencies, opposing monopolistic restraints, and fighting discrimination and intolerance. He rejects Douglas’ call for expanded government control as harmful to freedom.
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Chicago
Samuel W. Witwer
United States Senate
Paul Douglas
D-N
Witwer
Chattanooga Violence Erupts as Racial Demo Returns
Police and fire hoses cooled crowds in downtown Chattanooga after a second straight day of clashes between Black and white demonstrators. Twenty people were arrested and pistols were seized. officials planned tighter crowd control while sit ins spread in the region.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
South
Greensboro
N. C
Charlotte
Planes collide near Rio as Eisenhower visit looms
A U S Navy band flight and a Brazilian AC47 DC3 collided over Guanabara Bay causing at least 50 deaths. The Navy plane carried 23 band members and a 7 member crew. 21 in the Brazilian landing craft were aboard. Divers and U S helicopters aided recovery as Eisenhower attended ceremonies in Rio.
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Fred L. Strozier
Rio DE Janeiro
U.S. Navy
Guanabara Bay
Eisenhower
Rio
Juscelino Kubitschek
Sao Paulo
White House
Washington
Navy
Navy Band
Brazilian Air Force
Uruguay
Santos Dumont
Brazil
U. S
South America
Youth Dies After Heart Attack In Morris Hospital
Donald Walters nineteen of 1231 Butler Street died in Morris hospital from a heart attack at 1 20 a m seven and a half hours after skin grafting surgery on a hand injury from work at Self Locking Carton Co. The coroner ordered an inquest later. Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at the Finland chapel with burial in Evergreen cemetery. Walters survived by his parents a sister Verneda Olson Millington and a brother Kenneth.
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Donald Walters
Butler St
Morris Hospital
Carton Co
Walters
The
Herald
Finland
William Hutter
Evergreen Cemetery
Donald Ray Walters
Newark
Ray and
Vivian Hall Walters
Morris
Self Locking Carton Co
Dale (Verneda) Olson
Millington
Kenneth
W. Clark Davis
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Ike
Rio Branca
Grundy
Lke
de Gaulle
Kubitschek
Avenida Rio Branco
Avenida Vargas
Candelaria Church
Castro
Ruth E. Tinsley
Richmond
Tinsley
NAACP
Virginia Union University
I Ilinois
Douglas Witwer
Douglas
By Clifton Wells
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Tennessee
H. P. Dunlap
U.S
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