Mitchell calls for probe of delay in Illinois tollway inquiry
Former Democratic chairman Stephen A. Mitchell urges a congressional inquiry into the postponed appearances of four Illinois state officials in a federal grand jury probe of toll highway contracts. U S Attorney Robert Tieken notes the grand jury is examining income tax evasion antitrust issues and possible bribery by contractors.
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Chicago
Stephen A. Mitchell
Illinois
Mitchell
U. S
Grand Jury
Tieken
State Toll Highway Commission
Illinois State Division of Highways
Lake County
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Illinois QB Tom Haller Signs with the Giants
Illinois quarterback Tom Haller signed a baseball contract with the San Francisco Giants. He will report to spring training in Phoenix next week. Haller, a junior from Lockport, is the second Illinois signee in three days joining Rich Pawlow of East St. Louis.
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Champaign
Tom Haller
University of Illinois
San Francisco Giants
Haller
Ilinois
Llini
Giant
Phoenix
Ariz
Lockport
Illinois
Giants
San Francisco
Pawlow
East St. Louis
Two Bedroom Country House for Rent
Want ad notes a two bedroom country house for rent. It also lists an 8 mm movie camera for sale and two 24 inch furnaces for sale.
Citizens for Foreign Aid Movement Launched Today
President Eisenhower urged public support for the administration foreign aid bill amid a bipartisan gathering that included Truman and Stevenson. Eric Johnston organized a permanent NGO to push military and economic aid abroad, aiming to win congressional passage of the 3.9 billion dollar measure.
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Washington
Citizens For
Eisenhower
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Truman
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois splash guard law struck down by federal judges
Three federal judges ruled the 1957 Illinois requirement for contour splash guards on trucks invalid. They said the act burdened interstate commerce and relied on an unequal exemption pattern. The ruling noted contour guards offered no real advantage over standard mud flaps and warned of jeopardizing trade between Illinois and Arkansas.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Sangamon County
U. S. Dist
Frederick O. Mercer
Peoria
Charles G. Briggle
U. S
Earl Major
Ilinois
Arkasas
Leopold Can't Accept Job In Puerto Rico
Illinois law does not allow Nathan Leopold to go to Puerto Rico on parole. Officials say no parole pact exists between Illinois and Puerto Rico. Leopold, freed from Stateville Prison next month, may have other offers but remains linked to the 1924 Bobby Franks case.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Nathan Leopold
Puerto Rico
State Public Safety
Joseph D. Bibb
Leopold
Stateville
Mission
Bibb
U. S
Latham Castle
Commonwealth
Bobby Franks
Chicago
Stratton Presides At Governors Planning Conclave
Five governors and California's lieutenant governor met in Denver to plan the 1958 Governor's Conference at Miami Beach Florida May 18 to 22. Illinois Governor William Stratton chaired the meeting with Colorado Governor Steve McNichols North Dakota Governor John Davis Maine Governor Edmund Muskie Washington Governor Albert Rosellini and California Lieutenant Governor Harold Powers among attendees.
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Denver
California
Miami Beach
Fla
William Stratton
Illinois
Steve McNichols
Colorado
John Davis
North Dakota
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Albert Rossellini
Washington
Harold Powers
Wildlife experts urge wider corn rows to aid habitat generation
Illinois researchers suggest widening corn rows to 60 80 or 120 inches and planting grasses between rows to provide forage and cover for quail pheasants doves and rabbits. Experiments show increased quail flushes and reduced soil erosion with grasses improving humus and drought resilience.
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Springfield
Ilue
Illinois
Witt
Ayn Wei
Cuban Rebels Raid Havana Bank In Bold Early Morning raid
Cuban rebels seized control of the National Bank of Cuba in central Havana tying up staff and igniting thousands of checks. Six assailants mingled with about 20 customers at opening time and torched the check clearing room pouches. police and fire crews extinguished the blaze with little damage to the premises.
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Havana
Cuba
National Bank of Cuba
Argentina
Juan Fangio
Fangio
Postal Rate Debate Is Continued In Senate
The Senate debated raising the out-of-town letter stamp to 4 or 5 cents with a vote expected later this week. A broader postal rate overhaul aims to raise about 747 million dollars yearly, while a 5-cent nonlocal stamp could fund modernization and a 175 million boost for facilities. Chairman Olin Johnston urged rejecting the 5-cent option and keeping a 4-cent rate for first class mail.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Carlson
R-Kan
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Post Office Committee
House
Eisenhower
Olin Johnston
D-S.c
Blind Only Park Opens in Vienna This Spring
A $600000 park designed for the blind will open in Vienna this spring. The 65000 square foot space has no steps and visitors can orient themselves by guides or by the scent of specific flowers.
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Vienna
Austria
Union Lenten Services Open Sunday at St. Thomas Church
A series of Union Lenten services begins 7:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Thomas Episcopal with First Methodist Presbyterian First Baptist and St. Thomas churches taking part. Rev John Arnold will preach God's Desperate Need for Man and lead a Litany. Coffee hour follows.
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St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
First Methodist
Presbyterian
First Baptist
St. Thomas
John Arnold
Arnold
England
Harold Kelly
H. C. Montanus
Clifford Gilson
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
China Japan sign five year trade pact for steel ore barter
Red China and Japan signed a five year trade agreement today. The pact bars 280 million dollars of Japanese steel materials in exchange for Chinese iron ore and coal.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Red China
Chicago Cowboys Roundup Cattle From West Side to Loop
Six cow boys and many policemen chased eight runaway cows through Chicago from the near West Side to the Loop. After two hours seven were captured. the eighth was shot by a policeman in self defense and all surviving cows were sent to the stockyards for slaughter.
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Chicago Cowboys
West Side
Loop
Chicago
Near West Side
Sycamore
Congress Street
Orin Hall
Serena
Ill
State
Congress
Eisenhower defends Benson as critics urge resignation
President Eisenhower rejects Midwestern Republican demands to fire Secretary Benson praising him as courageous and honest. He plans to ignore calls for resignation while noting possible tax cuts if the recession worsens and expressing confidence unemployment will fall. He outlined disability provisions with Nixon and urged a constitutional amendment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Benson
Congress
Nixon
House
Weather forecast shows showers and cooler spell ahead
The U S Weather bureau expects showers or thunderstorms tonight followed by rain Thursday. Temperatures will dip from Tuesdays 55 and stay above normal for five days. Pyatt station reports 36 overnight and 44 this morning with mild showers tonight and a colder Friday.
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U. S
Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Bob Hope Heads to Soviet Union for TV Colab
Bob Hope plans a cultural exchange visit to the Soviet Union. He left New York by plane Tuesday, traveling to London en route to Moscow without a visa, hoping to obtain clearance after reaching England for screenings and potential television shows.
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New York
Bob Hope
Soviet Union
London
Moscow
England
Hope
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