Ottawa Angers Over Girard Case Demand For Congressman's Help
In Ottawa Illinois the brother of US soldier Louis Girard seeks aid from Rep. Charles Boyle to intervene as the United States allows Japan to try William Girard for the death of Mrs. Naka Sakai. Local sentiment condemns surrender to Japan and calls for government action.
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Ottawa
Ill
Louis FE. Girard
Charles Boyle
Chicago
North Side 12Th District
Washington
Boyle
United States
Louis
William G. Girard
Japan
Naka Sakai
U. S
Louis Girard
Girard
Allan C. May
Walter Carroll
Eisenhower
Mothers of America
Pearl Harbor
George ‘Tisler
Spectacular Link between Smoking and Cancer Deaths
A four year study of 188000 men aged 50 to 70 finds smokers face tenfold higher lung cancer death risk, 70 percent higher coronary deaths, and 164 times greater death rate for two pack daily smokers. Findings announced at AMA meeting despite tobacco industry criticisms.
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E. Cuyler Hammond
American Cancer Society
Daniel Horn
American Medical Association
New York
Society
Luesuay
American Medical Assn
E. Cyler Hammond
The
Cancer Society
Tobacco Industry
Hammond-Horn
AMA
Hammond
Horn
Death rates rise with higher daily cigarette use
From all causes combined the death rate was 34 percent higher for men who smoke half a pack daily and 70 percent higher for those who smoke up to a full pack. The increases were 96 percent for one to two packs and 123 percent for two or more packs daily.
Charles Boggio Reappointed to Grundy County Board of Review
Charles Boggio of Coal City was reappointed to the Grundy County Board of Review by County Judge Leonard Hoffman. He will serve a two year term on the three member panel alongside Neeleen Ness and George McTernan, with an organization meeting set for June 17.
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Charles Boggio
Coal City
Grundy County
It's a Boy for Mrs. Margaret Truman Daniel
Mrs. Clifton Daniel and Margaret Truman Daniel welcomed a 6 pound 8 ounce boy at Doctors Hospital in New York. The child is the Trumans' first grandchild and both mother and baby were reported doing fine.
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Margaret Truman
Daniel
New York
Clifton Daniel
Margaret
LA Vay
Harry Truman
Bess
Trumans
Independence
Doctors Hospital
Louise Dantuono
The
New York Times
E. Clifton Daniel
Zebulon
N.C
Voters Question Annexation To Morris From Saratoga Township
Residents at a Saratoga Township meeting raised questions about annexation to Morris including timing for street lights garbage service sewer and road maintenance between annexation and sewer work police protection for schoolchildren and future safety facilities The Herald planned to seek official explanations tomorrow from city leaders.
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Saratoga Township
Morris
Morris City
Herald
French battleship Jean Bart retired over modernization costs
The French navy has decommissioned one of its two battleships, the Jean Bart, due to a lack of funds to upgrade her.
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Paris
Record 624 Tornadoes In 5 Months
The Weather Bureau reports a five month total of 624 tornadoes nationwide with over 100 deaths, led by a record May with 324 tornadoes and April at 236. Officials say higher counts reflect improved reporting, not a surge in storms, with Texas and Oklahoma contributing many events.
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Washington
United States
Weather Bureau
Texas
Oklahoma
Tiny Towns bill clears Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate approved a bill by Sen. Robert McClory to force dissolution of municipalities with under 50 residents. The measure allows county boards to sue in circuit court if a tiny community does not voluntarily consolidate, with population figures based on the last federal census.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Senate
Robert McClory
Klake Bluff
Wanted to Buy and Sell Items Featured in Want Ads
Seeking to buy a two or three bedroom house or building lot. Walnut dining room set with china cabinet for sale. Relief nurse needed at convalescent hospital. Baby carriage and play pen for sale.
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Convalescent Hospital
Franks Files Petitions for Alderman Seat in Second Ward
George Franks of 518 Wauponsee street filed nomination petitions with City Clerk Arthur Stinchcomb on Tuesday for the second ward alderman race. A special August election will decide a two year vacancy caused by Donald Caisley becoming mayor May 1. Franks joins Fred Patti as a second candidate, with petitions due by 4 p.m. June 17.
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George Franks
Wauponsee Street
Arthur Stinchcomb
Donald Caisley
Franks
Fred Patti
French Forces Report 152 Rebels Killed in Algiers Battles
French military authorities announce three battles in Algiers left 152 nationalist rebels dead. They report French casualties of 16 soldiers killed and 15 wounded.
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Algiers
Vote Canvass Reveals Two Minor Changes
A Grundy County canvass of the Monday judicial election totals showed two small corrections. Republican Howard C. Ryan now has 2831 votes, Democrat John J. Clinch Jr. 567, while Leonard Hoffman 3333 and Walter Dixon 2811 remain correct. County totals and officials cited.
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Grundy County
Howard C. Ryan
John J. Clinch, Jr
Leonard Hoffman
Walter Dixon
Louis Piano
Coal City
James Yatuni
Gardner
Nels P. Nelson
Argentina bids for Peron era newspaper holdings
Buenos Aires provision era government under Pedro Aramburu invites private bids for newspapers it seized from the deposed Juan D. Peron regime.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Aramburu
Juan D. Peron
Toll Highway Commission Opposes Billboards Near Tollway
The Illinois Toll Highway Commission adopted a resolution opposing advertising signs within several hundred feet of the toll road right of way. Chairman Austin L. Wyman urged a uniform state law, arguing local ordinances are inadequate for the 187 mile toll system and that billboards distract drivers and pose safety risks.
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Chicago
Illinois Toll Highway Commission
Commission
Austin L. Wyman
Wyman
Eisenhower vows action if Japanese trial unfair in Girard case
President Eisenhower said diplomacy would respond to any injustice in the Japanese trial of an American soldier charged with killing a Japanese woman. He noted Japan has voluntarily handed 13,652 of 14,000 servicemen to U.S. authorities for trial and defended the status of forces arrangements while acknowledging jurisdictional limits.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Japan
Girard
U.S
United States
Variable April Weather Sweeps Grundy Morris Areas
Forecasts show Grundy county sunny and pleasant but Morris reports a light drizzle at 11 25 a m with a 70 degree day high and 50 degree night low. Tuesday peaked at 82 then cooled to 55. The U S Weather Bureau expects near normal temperatures for five days with possible showers on Thursday and Sunday or Monday.
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Grundy County
Morris
Pyatt
U. S. Weather Bureau
British official calls Russian nuclear ban plan unrealistic
London Foreign Affairs Minister Commander Allan Noble dismissed Russia's absolute ban on nuclear weapons as unrealistic. He argued the proposal would fail to secure stock destruction and lacked verifiable control measures.
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London
Cmdr
Allan Noble
Russia
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