British sergeants complete cross country walk to New York
Two British sergeants Patrick Moloney and Mervyn Evans arrived in New York after a 67 day 3,483 mile trek from San Francisco setting a trans continental pace about 4.5 miles per hour. They entered Manhattan through the Lincoln Tunnel at 9 58 a m and praised the country and its people while planning to attend a New York Trade fair.
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Patrick Moloney
Mervyn Evans
Lincoln Tunnel
Manhattan
San Franciso
Sgt. Moloney
New York
New York Coliseum
Abraham L. Monteverde
Mays Landing
N. J
Edward Weston
Weston
Los Angeles
New Jersey
Hudson River
Newark
Newark Airport
Wyoming
Larry Pecorado
Scotch Plains
Evans
San Francisco
Barbara Moore
Henry Moore
Indiana
Royal Air Force
Joy Ride in Police Car Leads to Year in Penal Farm
John Sharp, 21, of LaSalle pleads guilty to stealing a Peru police squad car on April 9 and to automobile tampering. Circuit Court Judge Walter M. Dixon sentences him to one year at Vandalia state penal farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa, Ill
Peru
Vandilla
John Sharp
LaSalle
Sharp
Walter M. Dixon
Tornado traces found hundreds of miles from Wilburton
A tornado that damaged Wilburton Oklahoma stretched about 160 miles. In Rogers Arkansas a school bus driver named Lester Brown found receipts from a Wilburton doctor’s office hanging in a tree, proving the twister’s far reach.
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Long Deposit Rogers
Ark
Wilburton
Okla
Lester Brown
Oklahoma
Eisenhower’s Formosa Schedule Includes Chiang Kai-shek
President Eisenhower’s Saturday timetable in Taipei includes a 9:30 a.m. helicopter departure from the U S cruiser St Paul, a 10 a.m. greeting at Sungshan airport by Chiang Kai-shek, a 10:55 a.m. arrival at the Golden Dragon hotel, a 2:30 p.m. wreath laying at the martyrs shrine, a 3 p.m. meeting with Chiang and officials, a 5 p.m. public reception led by Chiang, and a 8 p.m. dinner hosted by Chiang and his wife. Taipei is 14 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time.
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Taipei
Formosa
Eisenhower
U. S
St. Paul
Sungshan
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Golden Dragon Hotel
Brave boy saves thumb in kitchen mixer accident
In La Jolla California Fire Lt Harold Seelig praised seven year old John Newberry for remaining calm after his thumb was caught in a kitchen electric mixer. Firefighters from the engine company responded to the call at the Newberry home and treated the injured thumb.
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LA Jolla
Calif
John Newberry
Harold Seelig
Reckless Driver Fined After Downtown Liberal Patrol
Night patrolman Jack Call heard a noise and spotted a foreign-made car on the sidewalk. Driver Jim Ulmer was booked for reckless driving and forfeited a $50 bond in police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal, Kan
Liberal
Jack Call
Call
Jim Ulmer
Five Million Fire Destroys El Rancho Vegas Casino
In Las Vegas Nevada a fire of undetermined origin destroyed the El Rancho Vegas Hotel casino restaurant on the Strip early today. Sheriff deputies investigate possible arson after hotel officials reported an unidentified man talked about fire with executives hours before the blaze. The kitchen fire drove 25 hotel and casino staff and guests from the building with no injuries. a switch board operator was momentarily trapped but rescued. Damage is estimated at five million dollars with about a half million in cash in the cage.
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Las Vegas
Nev
el Rancho Vegas
Las Vegas Strip
Vira Ritchy
David Winestine
Beldon Katleman
Katleman
Bert Newport 89 Morris hotel proprietor dies
Albert Ray Newport 89 Morris hotel proprietor and retired hardware dealer died in Morris hospital at 8:45 p m Thursday. Funeral 2 30 p m Saturday at Davis chapel with Rev Harold M Kelley officiating and burial in Evergreen cemetery. Newport never married and is survived by seven nieces and nephews.
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Albert Ray
Bert) Newport
Morris
Morris Hospital
Davis Funeral Home
Davis Chapel
Harold M. Kelley
Evergreen Cemetery
Mr. Newport
Mazon Township
Wauponsee Station
Addison R
Julia Nelson Newport
Morris Normal School
Newport
Liberty Street
Newport Hotel
Cedar Lodge
A.F
A.M
Blaney Commandery
Knights Templar
Nominate 110 Men for Posts on 11 ASC Community Committees
Burl Satterfield announces the Grundy County ASC election board has selected nominees for 11 community committees to oversee Price Support Crop Allotment Conservation programs. Ballots with 10 nominees per community will be mailed around June 27. voters elect a chair and delegate to the county convention.
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ASC
Burl Satterfield
Grundy County
A.S.C. Election Board
Community Election Boards
Tnittiuce
A.S.C
Satterfield
Aux Sable
Louis Ness
Donald Steffes
Daniel Meade
Russell Halkyard
Gerald Clennon
Thomas Feeney
James Clennon
Gordon Telfer
Frank Feeney
Edward Murley
Braceville - Maine
Alex Yeno
Eisenhower says Chinese Reds blocked Tokyo visit
President Eisenhower believes Chinese Communists blocked his Tokyo trip to use anti American propaganda. He cites Soviet Chinese tension and Khrushchev pulling an invitation after the U2 incident, seeing it as a wage of the summit dispute.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Eisenhower
Tokyo
St. Paul
Formosa
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Red China
Ike
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Sverdlovsk
Paris
31300 Shells Fired Today At Quemoy
The Chinese Communists blasted Quemoy with more than 31300 shells in Formosa Strait Friday night, the Nationalist Defense Ministry said. The bombardment, a show of contempt for President Eisenhower, was the heaviest in 18 months. the Nationalists said they did not retaliate but would if renewed as Eisenhower heads to Korea.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Formosa Strait
Defense Ministry
Eisenhower
Korea
Illinois GOP Set to Name Delegates and Endorse Dirksen
Illinois Republicans meet in Decatur to complete 10 at large delegates to the national convention and adopt fall campaign resolutions. Gov. Stratton, Dirksen and Carpentier slated for speeches as more than 2,000 delegates gather. A plan to endorse Dirksen on first ballot is considered. A pageant marks the 1860 Decatur GOP convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ill
Illinois
Stratton
U.S
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Senate Gop
Charles F. Carpentier
Samuel Witwer
U. S. Senate
Chicago
University of Illinois
Kintner Gymnasium
Abraham Lincoln
Weather outlook with warm weekend temperatures
The U S Weather Bureau reports mostly sunny today with cool conditions and a high in the 60s. Tomorrow's high near 80 degrees with a shift to partly sunny and much warmer by Saturday after a cold front and heavy showers overnight.
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U. S
Peeping Tom Charged After Tree-Nest Search Outside Nurse Home
Nashville police charged Thomas FE Parker with disorderly and offensive conduct after he climbed about 50 feet into a tree outside a nurses home searching for a bird nest and a nurse complained of peeping behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Thomas FE
Parker
Grundy Delegates to GOP Meet
S J Holderman Grundy County Republican Central Committee chairman has announced the list of delegates and alternate delegates from the county for the state convention in Decatur Delegates are Holderman E J Pierard James Yatuni Arthur Bozue Jr David F Root Floyd Horton Nels P Nelson John Enrietta Henry Johnston Mrs Walter J Phillips and Phillip C Collins Alternate delegates are Mrs D R Bryant Mrs David Constantine Mrs John Ullrich Mrs Fred Kavenda Hugh Nicklaus Virgil Bailey Theodore G Hahn William Beem Burt Parkinson Richard Patton and William Klegman
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S. J. Holderman
Grundy County
Republican Central Committee
Decatur
Holderman
E. J. Pierard
James Yatuni
Arthur Bozue Jr
David F. Root
Floyd Horton
Nels P. Nelson
John Enrietta
Henry Johnston
Walter J. Phillips
Phillip C. Collins
D. R. Bryant
David Constantine
John Ullrich
Fred Kavenda
Hugh Nicklaus
Virgil Bailey
Theodore G. Hahn
William Beem
Burt Parkinson
Richard Patton
William Klegman
Fire Station Ready for Morris Volunteer Ball
The Morris Volunteer Fire department prepared for its annual ball by moving equipment, cleaning the hall, and pledging readiness for Saturday night. Dancing starts at 9 with Joe Heiser's orchestra, tickets remain available at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Morris Volunteer Fire Department
Joe Heiser
Man Sues for Divorce Over Hardwood Bed Discomfort
Pierre Van Boesschoten, 57, filed for divorce in Opa-locka Florida claiming his wife forced him to sleep on the floor. He says he endured a hardwood bed since their 1924 marriage, calling the situation intolerable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opa-Locka, Fla
Pierre van Boesschoten
van Boesschoten
Demonstrators Rally in Tokyo Against U.S. Treaty
In Tokyo 65,000 leftists rallied around the Diet to oppose the U.S. military alliance. A Socialist leader, Jotaro Kawakami, was stabbed but survived. police arrested the assailant. Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi vowed punishment for rioters and said elections will follow the treaty's entry into force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Nobusuke Kishi
America
Kishi
Liberal Democratic Party
Jotaro Kawakami
U. S
Diet
Guild sworn in as Illinois attorney general
William L. Guild of Wheaton was sworn in today as Illinois new attorney general succeeding the late Grenville Beardsley. The ceremony in Governor Stratton's office was conducted by Chief Justice Byron O. House. Guild 50, a DuPage County judge, was appointed last Monday with a recommendation to the Republican State Central committee to place him on the November ballot.
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Springfield
William L. Guild
Wheaton
Ilinois
Grenville Beardsley
William G. Stratton
Byron O. House
State Supreme Court
Guild
Florence
DuPage County
Stratton
Republican State Central Committee Select Guild
Beardsley
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Morris Youth Center
Herald
Bert Newport
Chari Gale
R. N. Holderman
Ruth H. Huseby
Edward H. Harrison
Denver
Colo
Eugene
Alice) Gosswiller
F. M
Jane) Lahrman
Luling
Tex
Harvey A. Newport
Belvidere
George Edward Newport
A H. (Jane) Holderman
A. G
Luella) Harrison
James Wills
Leonard Davy
Dominic Lenzie
John McCluckie
John J. Evans
Clarence Phillips
Joseph Berta III
Leo Doyd
Russell Grinter
Garfield - Greenfield
Harry Lund
Omar Halpin
Dominic Viviana
Earl Storm
Melville Christensen
Earlen van Qualen
Francis Brasingham
Lewis Severson
Elmer J. Twait
Lloyd Sandeno
Harvey Gantzert
Maurice Burkhart
Frank Roeder
Fred Zabel
Victor Fieldman
Lke
Charles Overton
Court House
Willard E. Olson
Art Winans
Donnie Black
Morris Summer Recreation Committee
Little and Pony League
Morris Junior Woman’s Club
Grundy
GOP
Fire Dent
Gene Kramer
Atty. General
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