Urge Girard Case Be Reconsidered SQU
Residents of Saratoga Township vote in a Monday special election on annexation to the City of Cahn. The long effort began after health officials warned of sewage in the city and includes petitions, council actions, and disputes over land with tavern owners and county court hearings.
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Saratoga Township
Cahn
State Department of Health
Morris
Grundy County
Saratoga
Rt. 6
Grain Elevator To Be Built Here
IGC plans a 64 million bushel concrete grain elevator at the existing site south of the I and M canal west of Calhoun street. The old structure remains as storage during peak periods. Ground clearing and road work have begun under Charles O'Brien and Son. Dredging, piling, and supervision by Faleide Engineering, with Roberts Construction handling the concrete. Completion targeted by October.
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Inane Bta VE
Steve AD Sew Veen
IGC
Corporation
Chicago
I. and M. Canal
Calhoun Street
Charles O’brien
Illinois Day At Mooseheart Receives 20th Celebration
More than 50 Morris residents join 25,000 Moose and families for Illinois Day at Mooseheart. Activities begin with 7 30 a m service in Mooseheart House of God and end with a 3 30 p m student pageant. Moroney says Morris lodge will park south of the Women’s building. picnic lunch provided.
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Mooseheart
Morris
Mooseheart House of God
Morris Lodge
Robert Moloney
Moose
Japan influenza epidemic hits schools across 36 prefectures
Welfare Ministry announced that about 80 000 Japanese people have been affected by a nationwide influenza outbreak. Roughly 1 300 schools have closed or suspended classes in 36 prefectures and the Tokyo area.
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Tokyo
Welfare Ministry
Shorty and Grandma Sprouse Mark 11th Anniversary
In Louisa Kentucky, 11 years ago today, Shorty Sprouse and Grandma Sprouse hiked 25 miles from Catt Creek to wed when she was 79 and he 18. Now she is 90 and he 29, with their marriage tested by a fire and distance, yet she remains satisfied despite faults and cold mornings.
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Louisa, Ky
Shorty
Grandma
Sprouse
Catt Creek
Mattie Large Lyon
Delbert
Girard Dismisses Japanese Lawyer in Fatal Scavenger Case
U S Army Specialist 3/c William S Girard dismissed his Japanese attorney Itsuro Hayashi in the Maebashi case over the death of a scrap metal scavenger. Girard says the action reflects advice from his brother, with American lawyers to monitor proceedings as observers. Akikichi Sakai denounces American insistence on a Japanese trial as biased and recalls past war crime trials.
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Tokyo
U.S
William S. Girard
Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Itsuro Hayashi
Stanley Levin
Los Angeles
Hayashi
Louis
United States
Maebashi
Akikichi Sakai
Sakai
U.S. Army
William Girard
Stanley F. Levin Cright
Camp Whittington
Japan
Levin
Louis Girard
William
Washington
Dayton M. Harrington
Alson
U. S
Kaname Watanabe
University of Illinois to Graduate 14 Local Area Students
The University of Illinois will graduate 14 local-area candidates among 2,734 in the largest class since 1951. Ceremonies are set for June 15 at Memorial Stadium with a rain backup in George Huff Gym. Degrees include BA, BS, Architecture and an Advanced Certificate in Education for Morris, Coal City, Minooka, Mazon, and other nearby towns.
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University of Illinois
Memorial Stadium
George Huff
James C. Sullivan
Carol N Tascher
Ronald A. Ammons
Robert K. Hunt
Daleb Johnson
Coanne Johnson
Janet R. Collins
Lois H. Hexdall
Morris
Mazon
Arthur G Bell
Carol E. Walker
Judith Lutz
Coal City
Jessie M. Nixon
Minooka
Marilyn A. Heitmann
Leslie W. Jones
Auto Industry Bans Speed From Advertising
Detroit reports the auto industry’s directors including GM Ford and Chrysler have ruled that speed is a dirty word in advertising. They call for emphasis on safety reliability and comfort and forbid events or claims implying racing or high performance.
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Detroit
Assa
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Daytona Beach
Airliner with engine fire makes emergency landing at Norfolk
Eastern Air Lines DC7B left outboard engine afire and propeller wrenched free. The four engine plane from Miami to Boston landed safely as Navy crews chased and doused the fire. Sixty eight passengers evacuated. one woman sprained an ankle. Flight resumed on another carrier.
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Norfolk
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
Boston
E. Q. Ford
Ford
Navy
Zoli Wins Final Approval For One Party Government
Premier Adone Zoli secured final parliamentary approval for his minority government in Italy. In the Chamber of Deputies he won 305 votes to 282, with support from the Christian Democrats and monarchists.
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Rome
Adone Zoli
Chamber of Deputies
Zoli
Christian Democrat Party
Three Buses Return to Service in Ottawa
Three Ottawa safety buses returned to service after repairs to muf flers escape doors and other equipment. James O'Brien of the Illinois Commerce Commission ordered suspension until fixes were complete. A company petition asks ICC to halt all bus service.
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Ottawa
Tilim
James O'Brien
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
Weekend Showers Forecast for Grundy County
The U S Weather Bureau calls for a showery weekend in Grundy County with cool 60s. Pyatt Weather Station logged 60 Friday and 57 at 9 am today, with a 54 degree low last night and .57 inch of rain in the past 24 hours. Forecasts call for local showers today and tonight, then partly to mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers through Sunday and little temperature change.
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Grundy County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
India Reports 2800 New Flu Cases and First Death
New Delhi reported 2800 new influenza cases and its first death in the Asian outbreak. The city had earlier logged about 3000 cases on Thursday and 3000 more previously.
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New Delhi
Wilmington Man Joliet Woman Killed in Route 66 Crash
A two car collision on U S Route 66A about 10 miles north of Joliet killed Beverly Bick 28 Joliet the driver of one car and William Otis Davis 33 Wilmington the father of seven children who was a passenger in a car driven by Elmer R Calder 30 Joliet Calder was seriously injured Bick a singer at a Chicago restaurant was alone in her car
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Joliet
Beverly Bick
William Otis Davis
Wilmington
Davis
Elmer R. Calder
Calder
Miss Bick
Chicago
International Police Force Plugs Election Finance Limits
Asheville delegates at the General Federation of Women's Clubs annual convention urged an international police force and tighter laws on election campaign spending. Resolutions passed by 500 delegates, with opposition from Mrs. Ervin C. Heckel and her Chicago delegation over limits on campaign spending and potential restriction of TV and radio airtime.
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Asheville
N.C
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ervin C. Heckel
Chicago
Ilinois
Italian Fisherman Killed by Albanian Coast Fire
Ansa reports machine guns opened fire on an Italian fishing boat off the Albanian coast, killing one fisherman. The incident underscores rising tensions in the Adriatic.
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Rome
Ansa
Woman Scientist Claims MS Germ Found and Isolated
Miss Rose Ichelson a gray haired bacteriologist at St Luke's and Children’s Hospital announced she had isolated a live microorganism she believes causes multiple sclerosis. She also developed a skin test for MS and has been cultivating the organism spir ochaeta myelophthora since 1951.
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Rose Ichelson
St. Luke’s and Children’s Hospital
Miss Ichelson
New York
Poltava Institute
Russia
Resolution introduced in U S House over Girard case
A House resolution urges reconsideration of allowing Army Specialist 3/e William S. Girard to be tried by Japanese authorities. The nonbinding measure reflects House sentiment as Ottawa Illinois locals raise funds for Girard and plan protests to keep the case in U S custody.
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Washington
Haley
D-Fla
William S. Girard
House
Ottawa
Congress
Citizens’ Committee
U. S
Louis
Shirley
ABC
Bourges-Maunoury Seen as Premier Contender in France
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury the 42 year old defense minister under Premier Mollet appears to be a strong candidate to succeed the Socialist leader as head of the French government.
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Paris
Maurice Bourges- Maunoury
Guy Mollet
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