Supreme Court tightens limits on criminal contempt penalties
The Supreme Court, in a split decision, bars federal courts from jail terms beyond six months for criminal contempt without a jury trial. Justices Warren Brennan Fortas Goldberg Clark join to curtail the historical power, while Douglas and Black would require a jury in all such cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal
Earl Warren
Hugo L. Black
William O. Douglas
Black
Goldberg
Tom C. Clark
Barnett
Warren
William J. Brennan Jr
Abe Fortas
Douglas
Congress
Clark
Brennan
Fortas
Topeka Tornado Deaths and Destruction Recounted
Topeka faces thousands homeless after a midweek tornado that killed 15 in the city and caused up to 100 million dollars in damage. Red Cross shelters opened in schools and the municipal auditorium as cleanup and aid efforts begin.
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Topeka
Kan
Red Cross
William Avery
Federal Office of Emergency Planning
Charles W. Wright Jr
Wright
Communist Hall May Get Privileges
The State Department weighs a split ruling on Gus Hall’s travel request to visit Communist China North Korea Cuba and North Viet Nam with Secretary Dean Rusk to decide after Europe trip ends The decision may split opinions among travelers and critics regarding liberty to visit restricted nations.
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Washington
State Department
U.S. Communist Party
Gus Hall
Hall
Communist China
North Viet Nam
North Korea
Cuba
Dean Rusk
Europe
Department
Red China
U.S
Redlands
Weather forecast and city readings for Morris area
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts fair, not quite as cool tonight with a low in the upper 40s. Saturday will be sunny and warmer with a high in the upper 70s. Sunday should be partly cloudy and warm. Collins Station logged Thursday high 63 and low 44, with 55 at 9 am and 65 downtown at 11:30 am.
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FAIPS
U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Hurricane Alma Heads Toward Atlantic Ocean
Gale warnings extended along Georgia and the Carolinas as Alma, now tropical storm, moves northeast from Savannah with potential flooding and five inch rains. Tornado risk noted in southeastern South Carolina as the storm offshore intensifies, after previously causing damage in western Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.
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Savannah
Georgia
Carolinas
Alma
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Miami
South Carolina
Cape Fear
N.C
Claxton
Charleston
S.C
Florida Panhandle
Albany
Augusta
Florida
Meredith Will March Thursday Amid King’s Absence
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has left the front of the march in Mississippi though he vows to return if momentum falters. James Meredith plans to resume June 16 if medically approved after being wounded near Hernando. The march from Memphis to Jackson continues as CORE leader Floyd McKissick and James Farmer call for voter registration. Armstead Phipps, 58, a Marks sharecropper, died of a heart attack during the trek.
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Como
Miss
Martin Luther King Jr
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
New York
Baltimore
Tennessee
Meredith
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
James Meredith
Memphis
Jackson
Hernando
Aubrey James Norvell
King
Farmer
Floyd McKissick
CORE
Mckissick
Bronx
N.Y
Nathan Strauss
Salvatore Almeida
Dennis Coleman
A Marks
Armstead Phipps
U.S. 51
Combustion Claims Bradley Native in TNT Plant Accident
Orville G. Sorensen 48 of Bradley died at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet from fatal acid burns after a chemical mixing vat lid blew at the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant. Four men worked at a two story shed. two others received minor injuries. The vat held sulphuric and nitric acids and a spontaneous chemical reaction caused a pressure explosion. Will County Coroner will hold an inquest later.
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Orville G. Sorensen
Fitzer Drive
Bradley
Grundy County
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
U. S. Rubber Co
Everett C. Yonke
Kankakee
Robert L. Link
St. Anne
H. L. Meade
Mr. Sorensen
Gardner
Fred Sorensen
Carl Olson
E. High St
Morris
Glenn
Kenneth
Essex
Dale
Dwight
Vernon
Sorensen
Knights of Columbus
Patterson Funeral Home
South
Wilmington
U.S Rubber Co
JAAT
Army
Will County
Willard G. Blood
Confiscate Gun At Labor Dispute In Mount Vernon
Police intervened as about 250 union representatives confronted six workers at a grain elevator site. A shotgun and rifle were seized as work was halted for negotiations. Pickets from East St. Louis affiliated Building Trades Council have protested alleged hiring of non Illinois labor.
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Mount Vernon, II
Fred Dedman
Hutchinson
Kan
Dedman
Building Trades Council
East St. Lou
Furnace Motor Catches Fire at Residence
Morris firefighters responded at 8:55 a.m. to 328 Robinson Drive for a furnace motor fire. The incident caused motor damage and smoke with no injuries reported from Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Fostvedt.
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Morris Fire Department
Jerry Fostvedt
Robinson Dr
Doctor Sheppard to Be Retried on Second Degree Murder
Samuel H. Sheppard faces retrial on a second degree murder charge for the 1954 slaying of Marilyn Sheppard. Prosecutor John Corrigan said Ohio will gain jurisdiction after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling and may arraign him locally with Corrigan seeking to try the case himself.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
John T. Corrigan
Sheppard
Cuyahoga County
Corrigan
State of
Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
Dayton
Bay Village
Rocky River
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Ariane
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
Chicago
Black
Hugo L. Black
High Court
Edward Blythin
Supreme Court
U.S. Dist
Carl A. Weinman
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