Broadway Stage Plays Blacked Out
Broadway lights go out as 22 shows cancel after Equity and producers clash over pension and wages. About 1,000 actors and 5,000 technicians lose work while negotiations stall and mayor proposes a fact finding board. Movie houses and off Broadway venues largely unaffected.
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Ray Kohn
New York
Midtown
Alexander H. Cohen
New York League of Theaters
Actors Equity
Equity
Robert F. Wagner
League
City Center Theater
Three Youths Die In Crash Near Depue
Three youths were killed and a fourth seriously injured when a car left the road and struck a tree one mile east of Depue on State Route 29. The deceased were Roland Harmon 17 Utica Robert Garzanelli 19 Peru and Joseph Fricol 18 LaSalle. Passenger William Krause 17 Utica was rushed to Spring Valley Hospital in serious condition.
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Princeton
Ill
Depue
Roland Harmon
Utica
Robert Garzanelli
Peru
Joseph Fricol
LaSalle
William Krause
Spring Valley Hospital
Man Killed in Crash on U.S. 66 Illinois
Carl W. Crump 25 of Hickory North Carolina died in a two-vehicle crash at the U.S. 66 and Ill. 24 intersection near Chenoa.Donald Rentfrew of Effingham, an Emory Trucking Co. employee in Peoria, was injured. Crump drove a truck owned by a Transfer Co.
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Pontiac, Ill
Carl W. Crump
Hickory
N. C
U. S. 66
Ill
Chenoa
Donald Rentfrew
Effingham
Emory Trucking Co
Peoria
Crump
Davis Faces Supreme Court Election as Issue Splits Party
In Rockford Illinois Justice Charles H. Davis abstains from re election seeking. The GOP backs Roy J. Solfisburg Jr. for the Sixth District seat while Democrat B. J. Knight runs against them. Party fault lines surface as Solfisburg campaigns to heal tensions. Knight accuses Gov. Stratton of aiding the Solfisburg push.
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Rockford, II
Charles H. Davis
Supreme Court
Davis
Illinois
Roy J. Solfisburg Jr
Aurora
B. J. Knight
Rockford
William J. Fulton
Knight
Solfisburg
GOP
Guyer
August J. Scheineman
Sterling
Scheineman
Whiteside County
Stanley H. Guyer
Miss Illinois Contest Eyes Three Day Festival
Thirty eight contestants from across Illinois compete in Mount Vernon for the Miss Illinois crown. Judges include a dance instructor and an Oklahoma oil executive. The event features dress and talent tests and a Miss Illinois Ball after judging. Suzanne Johnson of Moline crowns her successor as reigning queen.
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Mount Vernon
Ill
Oklahoma Oil Company
Suzanne Johnson
Moline
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Blood Drive At Morris Presbyterian Sees Quick Start
Twenty five pints were collected in the first hour and a half at the Red Cross drive at Morris Presbyterian Church. Donors may continue until 5 30 p m with those present at that time to be processed. A 100 pint goal was set with hopes to double. Local Red Cross officials noted the open start slightly ahead of schedule due to lines. James Davis chairs the blood drive.
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Red Cross
Morris Presbyterian Church
James Davis
C. E. Carr
County Red Cross
Khrushchev Attacks Eisenhower and Nixon at Kremlin News Conference
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev blasted President Eisenhower as lacking will power and called him a virtual stooge for John Foster Dulles. He questioned Nixon as a reliable U S partner, saying it would be better to have a wiser ally but noting Americans would bear the consequences. The remarks came at a Kremlin news conference amid a new disarmament program preview.
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Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Richard M. Nixon
United States
John Foster Dulles
Nixon
Dulles
U. S
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Secretary of State
Union Bible School Begins Monday Across Four Churches
Union Bible School opens Monday with morning classes for ages from pre‑school to junior high. Sessions run 9 to 11 30 for two weeks ending June 17. Enrollment through pastors of Baptist Episcopal Methodist or Presbyterian churches or at class sites. Age groups meet at Methodist Baptist Presbyterian and other church locations.
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Union Church Bible School
Baptist
Episcopal
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Rails Barge Line Hearing Ends in St Louis
After 10 days and 1 800 pages of testimony from 79 witnesses the ICC hearing on whether Illinois Central and Southern Pacific may buy the John I Hay Co barge line is over in St Louis. The decision is not due until next summer with briefs to follow and a final ruling by the ICC board in Washington. All witnesses in this phase opposed the sale while railroad interests favored purchase to operate the line.
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ST. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Central
Southern Pacific
John I. Hay Co
ICC
Hyman Blond
Bland
Washington, D. C
Washington
Community Chest Annual Meet Scheduled in Grundy County
A recessed annual meeting of the Grundy County Community Chest is set for 8 p.m. Monday in the Grundy county court house. Vernon G. Butz of Kankakee will discuss chest activities and officers and county fund chairman will be elected. Delegates are urged to attend. invitations have been mailed to clubs and organized groups.
Tractor Kills 3 Year Old On Illinois Farm
EARLVILLE Ill Ronald Cook aged three was run over and killed on the family farm by a tractor driven by his father Elmer. The child rode in the tractor’s loading bucket and fell off as the vehicle moved, and the father could not stop in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlville, Ill
Ronald Cook
Elmer
Donors Association to Elect Directors June 13
The Donors Association of Morris Community Hospital will elect directors at a meeting for all members on June 13 at 7 30 p m in Grundy county courthouse. Ballots will be mailed to all members and may be returned by mail by those unable to attend. A slate of 12 directors is suggested but any member may be elected. A member list will run in the Morris Herald on June 11 and 12.
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Donors Association of
Morris Community Hospital
Grundy County Court House
Paul Vogeler
Morris Herald
Anti-Kishi Opposition Surges In Tokyo Demonstrations
Police clash with rock throwing students around the Parliament and Kishi residence as about 5000 demonstrators oppose the U S Japanese security pact and Eisenhower visit. Protesters carry placards denouncing Kishi and Ike with calls to resign parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Japan
Nobusuke Kishi
U. S
Ike
Kishi
Beardsley Dies After Brain Surgery in Mercy Hospital
Illinois Attorney General Beardsley died at 62 in Mercy hospital after brain surgery to remove a blood clot following a heart attack. He lapsed into coma, with Surgeons operating over two hours Thursday. Beardsley, GOP candidate for attorney general, had earlier treatment for a heart condition and leg clot. He was born 1898 in Salem Iowa and rose from Cook County assistant states attorney to Atty. Gen. Beardsley had been Latham Castle’s first assistant since 1953.
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Chicago
Grenville Beardsley
Illinois
Mercy Hospital
Beardsley
Latham Castle
Castle
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cook County
Salem
Iowa
Knox College
Galesburg
Ilinois Wesleyan
Bloomington
Stratton Opposed to Atomic Waste Burial Plan
Gov William G Stratton voiced strong opposition to the idea of using southern Illinois as a burial ground for atomic waste materials He promised to use every resource to prevent such a plan and called the discussion repugnant Clarence W Klassen said the issue is only in the discussion stage among health officials and the Illinois Legislative Commission on Atomic Energy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Stratton
Clarence W. Klassen
Illinois Legislative Commission On Atomic Energy
Illinois Enjoys Ideal June Weather With Scattered Showers Forecast
Illinois experienced clear skies and mild warmth with highs in the lower 80s and nights in the 60s. Five day trend shows little change, scattered showers possible after Saturday, 9 am reading at Collins Weather Station was 71 degrees.
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Ilinois
Mercury
Collins
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Chile
Associated Press
William J. Smith
Pontiac
London
Nikita
Ihe
Union Bible School
Henry Sullivan
Logansport
Ind
Indiana
Sullivan
Community Chest
Donors Assn
Gov. Stratton
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