Senate Passes 93.6 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate approved Eisenhower's foreign aid package by 57 to 25, moving it to the House. Supporters urged security benefits and allied strength, while critics called for tighter controls and spending cuts. amendments to reduce military aid were defeated.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Knowland
Green
Cri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Long
Ellender
Louisiana
Morse
Oregon
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Jenner
Ind
Barrett
Wye
Bricker
Ohio
Curtis
Neb
Dworshak
Idaho
Malone
Nev
Williams
Del
Young
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Development Fund
Escape From Waksdal Corner Crash
Norman Dean Lowrie, 20, Lisbon Jr., and James Cosgrove, 29, Joliet, escaped serious injury Friday night after their car spun out and struck a telephone pole on Route 6 at Waksdale's corner, five miles east of Morris. Sheriff John E. G. Olson investigated. Lowrie and Cosgrove suffered only minor cuts and bruises. Lowrie drove the car.
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Norman Dean Lowrie
Lisbon Jr
James Cosgrove
Joliet
Rte. 6
John E. G. Olson
Lowrie
Cosgrove
Waksdale's Corner
Morris
Want Ads Through a Keyhole Sparks Earning and Sales
A vintage classified item touts ladies earning over $5.00 per hour in spare time and calls for readers to sell sheep of all breeds.
Wind and hail damage hit parts of Grundy County
A strong late afternoon storm swept across southern Grundy county with high winds heavy rain and hail. The event knocked down branches damaged gardens and vegetables and caused two hours of power and phone outages in the Gardner area. Traffic on Route 47 slowed as rain reduced visibility. Rainfall in Morris was light with two separate thunderheads passing by.
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Grundy County
Dwight
Gardner
Morris
Paul Farley
Anna Belle Larson
Allis-Chalmers
Weaver Manufacturing Co
Cole Chemical Co
Weaver
Insurance Company
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Mid- Mississippi Valley
Jacksonville
Quincy
St. Louis
Belgian Cardinal Advised Catholics Against Voting Socialist
The Roman Catholic primate of Belgium, Cardinal Joseph Van Roey, urged Catholics Friday not to vote for the Liberal or Socialist parties in Belgium's general elections. This marked the second recent warning by West European Catholic leaders against voting Socialist.
September Grand Jurors Named by Grundy County Board
Jurors for the September term of the grand jury were selected by the Grundy County Board of Supervisors. The list includes LaVerne Baudino, Everett Wallace, Frank Carlson, Stephen Kleinmaier, Charles Jahson, Wilma Neville, Russell Baker, Paul Hintz, James Cosgrove, Dan Cameron, Bertha Kindelspire, Henry Brown, Evelyn Bozu e, Alta Hollmeyer, Elmer Lenzie, Elaine Neitzer, Edith Guardia Berta, Kenneth Trotter, Hazel Bailey, Orval Claypool, Donald McCoy, Blanche English, and Alta Hollmeyer among others with supplemental jurors also named. The second group lists Willie Faye Kraft, Charles Elgar, Harold Egeland, Evelyn Matteson, Leslie Reardant, Lloyd Johnson, Ruth Gardner, Alma Thorson, Lark Ventress, Albert Seamen, Margaret Wix, Vivian Malek, Lila Muzzarrelli, Andrew Ondesco, Kate LaFert y, Edna Micetich, Gloria Pohl, Caroline Roback, Mona Girot, Marjorie Heap.
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Grundy County
Dan Cameron
Bertha Kindelspire
Morris
Henry Brown
Saratoga
Evelyn Bozue
Alta Hollmeyer
Garfield
Elmer Lenzie
Maine Two
Elaine Neitzer
Edith Guardia Berta
Braceville
Kenneth Trotter
Hazel E. Bailey
Felix
Orval E. Claypool
Goose Lake
Donald E. McCoy
Aux Sable
Tulsa Zoo Flood Claims Three Water Buffalo Drownings
Flood waters inundated Tulsa's Mohawk Zoo on Friday killing three water buffalo. Authorities reported no human casualties and said the rest of the park sustained minor damage.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsaés Mohawk Zoo
Girard Case Seen as Example Why U S Troops Should Leave Japan
Japanese Socialists rally in Tokyo decry the U S Japan security pact and demand withdrawal of all American forces. They cite the January death of Mrs. Naka Sakai at a military firing range as an incident tied to stationing troops. U S soldier William Girard faces manslaughter charges in the Japanese court.
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Girard
Japan
Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Kishi
U. S
U. S.-Japan
Naka Sakai
William S. Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Onozeki
See Russia's Inspection Offer As Step Forward
Western observers in London call the Soviet proposal to invite Western inspectors a major advance in disarmament talks. Valeryan Zorin urged a two to three year nuclear test moratorium with UN inspection, contingent on agreement. The Soviets previously resisted tying any halt to inspections.
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London
Soviet Union
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
Valerian Zorin
United Nations
Zorin
Morris Rotary States Picnic at Gebhard Woods Park
Morris Rotary club members plan a picnic at Gebhard Woods State Park on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Wirt Hughes chairs the supper and A C Varland leads sports. Fried chicken coffee iced tea pop and ice cream will be provided by the club. Ladies are asked to bring a dish to pass and table service. The area will be sprayed against mosquitoes.
Ike's Civil Rights Bill Faces Senate Uncertainty After House Vote
Southern House members concede White House pressure defeated a jury trial amendment 199 to 167. The bill now looks likely to pass the House in a form acceptable to President Eisenhower and Northern Democrats, with a Senate fate still unclear and talks of bypassing the judiciary panel gaining momentum.
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Edmond LE Breton
Washington
House
White House
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Group
Rep
Willis
D-La
Weather updates forecast more thunderstorms Sunday
The forecast indicates thunderstorms possible again Sunday in Grundy County with warm temperatures in the 80s and high humidity. Early today Pyatt Weather Station recorded 74 degrees after a humid 67 overnight, with Friday's high at 76 and expectations of mid 70s today and a low near 60 tonight.
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Grundy County
Pyatt
Grundy County Corn Festival Set For Oct 10 12
The 9th Annual Grundy County Corn Festival will be held in Morris on October 10 11 and 12 with LaVerne Mendenhall as chairman. Committee chairs include Frank E. Condon for finance Walter Hundt for entertainment Fred St Germain for parade Wendell Wilson for queen William McElwain for flower show and Richard Johnson for street decorations Art Baker and others named. The event plans aim for a county wide celebration with teen activities a pageant program and dances leading to a Morris versus Wilmington football game.
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Grundy County
Morris
LaVerne Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Fire Department
Frank E. Condon
Walter Hundt
Fred St. Germain
Wendell Wilson
Flash Flood Wipes Out Family in Beaufort Missouri
A flash flood swept a family of seven near Beaufort Missouri, trapping them in a car as a wall of water carried it a quarter mile. Five bodies were recovered inside the vehicle, one nearby, and the seventh remained missing. no names were released.
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Ft. Campbell
W. B. Sky
Beaufort
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Charles A. Granenmann
St. Louis
Judge Receives Final Arguments On Letting Japanese Try Girard
Final written briefs were submitted to Federal District Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy challenging the legality of sending Army specialist William S. Girard to Japan for trial. Girard faces a possible death sentence if found guilty of fatally wounding a Japanese woman during a scrap metal search near an Army area. The defense claims the decision is political appeasement while government lawyers insist Congress authorized foreign trials through the Japan security treaty and the uniform code.
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Girard
Washington
William S. Girard
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Japan
U.S
Oliver Gaseho
Congress
Tally
Hitler
Tornado Rips Springfield Area Leaving 50 Hurt and Homes Lost
A tornado and heavy rains battered Springfield Illinois, killing two and injuring about 50. Over 20 homes were destroyed and 200 damaged as 5 000 telephones went out and 11 communities lost contact with the capital.
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Springfield
Rainbow Council Planning Meet Is Re Scheduled
The Rainbow Council Boy Scout annual planning conference has been moved from this Sunday to Sunday, June 23. Scout commissioners, institutional representatives, and working committee members are urged to attend.
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Rainbow Council
Boy Scout
Soviet subs sighted now heading to Egypt from Channel
A British Navy spokesman reports three Soviet submarines sighted in the English Channel ten days ago are en route to the Mediterranean toward Egypt. He says they may be transferred to the Egyptian Navy.
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London
English Channel
Mediterranean
Egypt
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Gerard Roy
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