Two Morris pilots pioneer new flying service
Frank Hansen and Robert Irwin of Morris launch the Morris Flying Service to link Morris with Chicago airports Meigs Midway and O’Hare. A demonstration flight carried ten businessmen and a Herald reporter aboard two twin engine planes, with a Meigs to Chicago leg and a briefing in a transit lounge.
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Morris
Chicago
Morris Flying Service
Frank Hansen
Robert Irwin
Herald
Beechcraft
F. A. Hollenbach
General Electric
Bill Borland
Bechtel Corgnation
Erwin Ferguson
Norma Babcock
Metro Rubber Co
James C. LaGrua
Morris Paper Mill
James P. Gibson
Morris Rubber Co
Art Leach
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Walter Hundt
Sid Westby
Publice Service
Bill Bowers
Morris Daily Herald
Miegs
Morris Airport
Meigs
Loop
Midway Airport
O'Hare Field
Miday
Comiskey Park
Stockyards
Mei
Milton to Begin Good Will Trip
Washington Dr Milton S Eisenhower will begin a delayed good will visit to Central America on Saturday. The White House said Eisenhower who is the president’s brother returned by military plane from a two week fishing trip in Wisconsin. Pentagon officials were unavailable for comment on the use of two small military planes for the trip and the White House declined to give further details.
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Washington
Milton S. Eisenhower
Central America
White House
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Pentagon
Land O’ Lakes
Wausau
Wisoa
Riice Convair
Man Drowns In Fox River At Ottawa
Walter Johnson aged 45 of Harvey Illinois drowned in the Fox River at Ottawa after falling from a river ledge used as a fishing perch. Johnson shouted for help before vanishing as his companions searched by boat. his body was not recovered immediately.
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Ottawa
Ill
Walter Johnson
Harvey, Ill
Fox River
Johnson
Essie
LeRoy Chrisler
Chrisler
Illinois Weather Warm Start With Storms Forecast Later
Most of Illinois enjoyed pleasant temperatures with partial cloudiness this morning. Forecasters expect thunderstorms later today and into Thursday with cooler highs Thursday and Friday and more showers possible Saturday or Sunday. Pyatt station reported Tuesday high of 80 and a low of 59. At 9 a.m. today the reading was 74.
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Illinois
Pyatt
Mixed results for Huntington mayor amid house fire
Harold L. Frankel was reelected mayor by the City Council while Fire Chief John Gallagher reported a blaze at Frankel’s home that same night causing about $12,000 in damage.
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Huntington
W. Va
Harold L. Frankel
John Gallagher
Frankel
Rare Hinny Born on Phillips Farm in Wauponsee
James Phillips, a Wauponsee township farmer, reports the birth at 11 p.m. Saturday of a hinny at Phillips farm. The hybrid comes from a Shetland stallion and a Mexican mare burro, differs from a mule, and has a gentle disposition. The mother burro was a Father’s Day gift from his grandchildren, who now want it back.
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James Phillips
County Farm
Morris Herald
Wauponsee Township
Phillips Farm
Herald
Phillips
Speechless Republican supper packs Leavenworth hall
In Leavenworth county Kans the motto feed em and leave em speechless drew more than 700 people to the American Legion hall for a political supper. Candidates circulated from table to table passing out cards and shaking hands rather than giving speeches.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Leavenworth County
American Legion Hall
Move Ahead on Plan to Develop Fox River for Pleasure Craft
Officials push a plan to make the Fox River navigable with seven dam sites from South Elgin to Sheridan. Field work is done and costs may be ready by Oct 1 for a commission to seek funding and start work next year. The project fits the postwar aim of 19 dams for flood control and boating.
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Fox River
Stratton
Sangamon
Illinois
Wisconsin
Romano refuses to answer in Chicago rackets probe
Louis Romano invoked the Fifth Amendment during Senate hearings on rackets in Chicago restaurants. The Enforcer Frank Nitti allegedly forced Romano into the downtown Bartenders Local 278 to serve as a mob lieutenant. He declined to reveal his birthplace and spoke without a lawyer. Abraham Teitelbaum was set to testify next.
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Washington
Louis Romano
Capone
Senate
Chicago
Frank
Romano
Abraham Teitelbaum
Body of man with gunshot found near Joliet
The body of 29 year old Joseph Jaworski of Custer Park Illinois was found in the Illinois Waterway near Joliet with a gunshot wound to the head and a heavy jack tied around the waist. Coroner William Blood said the body had been in the water several days.
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Joliet
Ill
Illinois
Joseph Jaworski
Custer Park
William Blood
Eisenhower addresses Canada parliament on unity and aims
President Eisenhower told Canada's Parliament that U S Canadian differences must not overshadow free world cooperation in fighting communism. He spoke of shared history and noted issues include wheat exports oil imports trade balance and American investments as points to address.
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Ottawa
Eisenhower
Canada
U. S
United States
Mrs Hynds Rites set for Thursday in Morris
Mrs Dovglas Hynds 90 lifelong Morris resident died Tuesday at home 216 BE Washington St. Rosary 8 30 p.m. today. Service 9 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Church with Rt Rev FE McDonough officiating. Burial Mt Carmel Cemetery. Survived by daughter Sister Monica Marie and four sons. Burial details and family history included.
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Dovglas Hynds
Morris
Washington Street
Finland Funeral
Immaculate Conception Church
FE. P. McDonough
Mt. Carmel
Kathryn E. McCann
James and
Mary McCann
Douglas J. Hynds
Altar and Rosary Society
Monica Marie
C.S.C
St. Mary's College
Notre Dame
Ind
Douglas A. Hynds
George J. Hynds
Thomas J Hynds
Evanston
Edward J. Hynds
Champaign
Accardo to testify before Senate Rackets Committee
Tony Accardo, Chicago gang leader, will testify before the Senate Rackets Committee in Washington. His appearance is slated for television on WBKB with Field Enterprises sponsorship. He sought a court order to block telecast but a federal judge denied the request.
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Chicago
Tony Accardo
Senate Rackets Committee
Washington
Accardo
WBKB
ABC
Field Enterprises, Inc
Julius J. Hoffman
United States Senate
Senate Committee
al Capone
State Worker Suspended for Fifth Amendment Refusal
William H. Kerr of Chicago, a supervisor in Illinois State Department of Public Welfare, was suspended after invoking the fifth amendment before a Senate investigations panel. Governor Stratton said the state fires employees who plead the fifth or face drunken driving convictions, with Kerr facing formal discharge August 25 after board action.
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Chicago
Senate
Washington
William Howard Kerr
Illinois State Department of Public Welfare
Otto Bettag
Kerr
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Affae Lanenmea
Fume Efereucelenier
Pwt
Lee Kerr
Springfield
William G Stratton
Backets Committee
Stratton
Vernon L. Nickell
Cicero
Bettag
Welfare Department
Two Milwaukee Men Die In Car Crash Near Milwaukee
A 1958 Rambler struck a concrete abutment on Route 47 about 11 miles north of John Lupus, 64, and Stanley Konefal, 67, both Milwaukee residents, died at the scene. Lupus’s stepson Larry Dellile, 9, was taken to Morris hospital with head and back injuries. Investigating officers found about 2300 dollars linked to a man named Ynmon Wes Carr, plus fuel, food, and drink supplies in the car. Witness Frank Lee and his wife described the car traveling 40 to 45 mph before the impact.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Morris
John Lupus
Broadway St
Milwaukee
Stanley Konefal
Milwaukee St
Jack O’hagen
Larry Dellile
Lupal
Morris Hospital
William Maier
Kendall County
Henry J. Larson
Ynmon
Wes Carr
Larson
Newark
Frank Lee
Wauponsee St
Lee
The
Morris Sidewalk Sale Draws Crowd For Festive Day
Hawkers from Chicago to San Diego showcased bargains in Morris annual Sidewalk Sale. Streets filled with shoppers by noon as shops offered maternity wear sport shirts and swim trunks at cut rates. A pool table and ink on sale drew curious buyers amid booths and street coffee.
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Maxwell
Chicago
San Diego
Morris
Morris Herald
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