Long seeks open hearing on Texas hospital stay
Governor Long of Louisiana faces a habeas corpus hearing in Galveston after claiming he was railroaded into John Sealy Hospital. Attorneys push to limit or close the session amid calls for a public airing while Long denounces mistreatment and cites political motives.
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Galveston
Tex
Long
Russell Long
D-La
L. D. Godard
Fxon
Hospital
James McLean
Louisiana Capitol
Associated Press
McLean
Margaret Dixon
Baton Rouge
Morning Advocate
John Sealy Hospital
Texas
Shreveport
Ktbs-Tv
Sen
Blanche Long
Raymond Hufft
Louisiana
Weather forecast and temperature readings at Pyatt station
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a high in the 70s and a low near 60 tonight. Tuesday expected mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the 80s. Winds from east to southeast tonight becoming southeasterly then southerly. Sunday high reached 75 with Sunday night low of 59. 9 am reading 67.
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Pyatt
Illinois House Faces Filibuster Heavy Week
The Illinois House reconvenes for a packed week to decide the sales tax increase amid a possible Senate action on FEPC and a corporate tax bill. Rep Corneal Davis threatens to renew a filibuster if the Senate delays actions. Governor Stratton departs for Russia Saturday and predicts final budget outcomes by July 6. The House plans night sessions Tuesday and Thursday to clear the calendar.
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Senate
Corneal Davis
Chicago
House
FEPC
Senate Revenue Committee
Stratton
Russia
Adlai and Johnson Still in 1960 Democratic Mix
Senator Mansfield says Adlai Stevenson cannot be ruled out of the 1960 Democratic race and that John F. Kennedy leads as of today. He notes Humphrey and Symington have stepped up activity while Sen. Johnson remains a contender in mindset though not a declared candidate. Nixon is favored for the Republican nomination and Rockefeller may head the ticket later. Stevenson arrived to attend council meetings and declared he is not a candidate for the nomination. Mansfield cautions that Stevenson still has party support and could be a factor in future conventions.
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Senate
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Stuart Symington
D-Ma
Hugh Scott
Richard M. Nixon
Stott
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Stevenson
Democratic Advisory Council
Mansfield
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Johnson
Racial Violence Rates in the South Documented
A joint report by three agencies records an average of 132 racial violence cases per year in the South from 1955 to 1959, noting 530 killings and beatings. It cites White Citizens Councils and revived Ku Klux Klan activity as key intimidation methods and warns of legal defiance spreading through the region.
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Atlanta
South
U. S. Supreme Court
Citizens Councils
Mississippi
Ku Klux Klan
West warns Russ time for action at Berlin talks
The West pressed for decisive action at the Geneva conference as it entered its sixth week. Britain and the United States signaled possible end to talks if Soviet leader Gromyko offered no new ideas. A strategy session with Hers and Murville planned as diplomats weigh a face saving Berlin settlement.
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West
Soviet Union
Berlin
Selwyn Lloyd
London
U.S
Christian A Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
Lloyd
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Gromyko
West Berlin
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party Presidium
Britain
Christian A. Herter
Couve de Murville
Wilmington Man Heads Illinois VFW
Robert L. Hayes of Wilmington was elected state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the four day Illinois convention in Springfield. Other officers named include Richard Depper Caseyville and Albert Muller Chicago as senior and junior vice commanders, with post and auxiliary members from Morris listed among attendees.
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Robert L. Hayes
Wilmington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Springfield
Richard Depper
Caseyville
Albert Muller
Chicago
William Bolley
Joliet
Harold Hill
Kewanee
Arthur Lavoie
Aurora
Thomas Kelly
Wood River
Lillian Campbell
Morris
Ray Gadde
Bernard Ravnaas
Melvin Guard
Oliver Haag
Kermit Fannin
Ersel Fannin
Kenneth Johnson
Kenneth Shannon
Silas Johnson
Joe Krzyciak
George Hart
Hans Braun
Lions Club Benefit Sale Nets 600
The Morris Lions Club reports a net profit around 600 dollars from an Auction and Rummage Sale held at Liberty and Main streets Saturday. Ed Douvin, committee chair, said final returns depend on remaining bills and donations. Funds support Lions youth activities. wives of Lions members ran the rummage sale.
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Morris Lions Club
Liberty and
Main Streets
Ed Douvin
Douvin
Lions Youth Activities
Lions Club
Former Pontiac Warden Dies In Washington
John R. Cranor former superintendent of the Illinois Reformatory at Pontiac died Friday night at age 74 in Walla Walla Washington His funeral is planned for Tuesday Cranor also headed the state penitentiary in Walla Walla from 1949 to 1954 and had served as warden at Cook County Jail Chicago and four Rhode Island institutions He is survived by his widow and two sons.
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Walla Walla
Wash
John R. Cranor
Illinois Reformatory
Pontiac
Cranor
Cook County
Chicago
Rhode Island
Norfolk man freed after bank robbery suspect surrender
Daniel W. Dough Jr. of Norfolk was arrested for attempted bank robbery but released when the actual suspect surrendered. Police said the two men were amazingly similar in appearance, leading to Dough’s release after the bomber stated he committed the crime.
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Norfolk
Daniel W. Dough Jr
Dough
Chicago Dairy Workers Begin Strike
Chicago dairy workers walked out after wage talks with 40 dairies and Local 754 of the Dairy Employes Union failed. The strike aims for two years of pay increases totaling 32 cents hourly, versus management's offer of 28 cents. Deliveries to homes and stores kept moving thanks to nonstriking drivers.
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Chicago
Dairies
Dairy
Frank Gillispie
Gillispie
Thomas B. Gilmore
Gilmore
Struck Dairies
Queen Elizabeth Congratulates Desruisseauxs on 65th Anniversary
In Queen East Angus Quebec Mr and Mrs John Desruisseaux marked their 65th wedding anniversary with congratulations from Queen Elizabeth. The couple has 15 children of whom 11 are living.
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East
Angus
Que
John Desruisseaux
Queen Elizabeth
Holovachka resigns as Lake County deputy prosecutor under fire
Holovachka quit as deputy prosecutor of Lake County Indiana after a heated blast at a Senate committee probing links to organized crime. He denied taking any money from criminals and blamed the investigation research and media for his downfall. Prosecutor Floyd Vance accepted the resignation and fired three office investigators.
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Holovachka
Gary
Ind
Metro Holovachka
Lake County
Indiana
Senate
Ime Aiu
Orobers
Floyd Vance
Chicago
Srate
Gary Post- Tribune
Women’s Citizens Committee of
Walter Con
Fire Sweeps Ocean Layer Cable Laying Vessel
A 98 crew aboard the Ocean Layer including 10 Americans were rescued after a rapid fire in the engine room of the British cable laying ship 500 miles off the Atlantic coast. The vessel, part of a 40 million AT T and West German French funded project, was en route to France when it burned. The ship was later reported still alight as rescuers pulled two remaining crew from the hulk. Capt A MacPherson Ross reported ordering life boats as the flames spread. Toward service to the United States and continental Europe, the ship was a converted postwar German cargo vessel built in 1948 and owned by Submarine Cables Ltd of London.
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London
Atlantic
United States
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Ogden D
Gensemer
Summit, N. J
At&t
France
A. MacPherson Ross
Ross
West Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
New York
Ocean Layer
Submarine Cables Ltd
Cobh
Lacon Man Charged With Slaying Wife
Milton Nearing, 32, is charged with murdering his wife Betty Nearing, 33, in Pekin after an argument over money. He claims she attacked him with a knife and a 2 calibre rifle before he killed her. he was wounded in the shoulder. He told authorities he placed the body on a couch and fixed the knife in her hand.
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Lacon
Marshall County
Maurice Berg
Milton Nearing
Betty Nearing
Pekin
Clarence Nearing
Berg
Milton
Peoria State Hospital
Nearing
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