Fatally Shot Brink's Robbery Accessory Found Dead
John Fats Buccelli, 44, an accessory in the 1950 Brink's robbery, was found fatally shot in his car in Boston. Police said the head wound indicates murder after a car crash by a parked truck. Buccelli had prior federal prison time tied to narcotics smuggling profits.
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Boston
Mass
John F
Fats) Buccelli
City Hospital
George W. Curtis
Buccelli
New York
U. S
Paul “ Williams
$1.8 Million Bid for Grundy County Highway Work
Illinois Division of Highways completed a bid tabulation totaling 21.7 million dollars. The Grundy County project segment estimates total 1.819 million dollars, with J C OConnor and Sons of Fort Wayne as low bidders on three projects including concrete paving on Route 6 and Route 47 and grade separation structures near Lisbon Road and a local road north of Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Division of Highways
Springfield
U. S. Highway 6
Grundy County
J. C. O'Connor and Sons, Inc
Fort Wayne
Ind
Crete
Lisbon Road
Rte. 6
Orris
Moscow Pravda decries UN observers as imperialist cloaks
The Pravda criticizes the dispatch of U.N. military observers to Lebanon as a cover for Anglo American intervention in the Middle East. It argues that the move aims to strike against Damascus and Cairo and the broader Arab and African liberation movements.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
U. N
Lebanon
Middle East
Damasus
Cairo
Electric Rates Given Big Hike
The Illinois Commerce Commission authorized Commonwealth Edison to raise electric rates by 26.4 million dollars annually. Average residential bills rise about 50 cents per month and commercial customers see increases from 2 percent to 9.6 percent depending on size. The order targets Edison service to Chicago Park District Aurora Chicago Transit and related authorities with a 7.3 percent uplift.
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Springfield, Ill
Commonwealth Edison Co
Illinois
Illinois Commerce Commission
Edison
Chicago Park District
Chicago
Chicago Tunnel
Aurora
Chicane Transit Authority
Midwest Senators Vote On Tax Reduction The Vote
Senate defeated a tax bill amendment proposed by Senator Douglas of Illinois. Illinois Douglas voted for while Dirksen opposed. Indiana Capehart supported. Iowa Hickenlooper and Martin voted against. Missouri Hennings and Symington supported.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Douglas
Illinois
Dirksen
Indiana
Capehart
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Martin
Missouri
Hennings
Symington
Man Named Chief Nurse at Anna State Hospital
Dr. R. C. Steck announces Wilbert E. Yates of Butlerville Indiana as chief nurse at Anna State Hospital succeeding Mrs. Alice Ream who resigned a year ago. Yates will lead 350 nurses and oversee 2069 patients with Pearl Dillon as assistant chief nurse.
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Anna, N
Anna State Hospital
R. C. Steck
Wilbert E. Yates
Butlerville
Ind
Alice Ream
Pearl Dillon
Yates
Hanover College
Macmillan outlines seven year Cyprus partnership plan
Prime Minister Macmillan announced a seven year plan for Cyprus in a joint administration involving the Greek and Turkish governments. He called the proposal to the House of Commons an adventure in partnership.
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London
Macmillan
Cyprus
House of Commons
Twenty-One Director Fired for Refusing to Name Communists
NBC dismissed Charles S. Dubin after he refused to tell the House Un American Activities Committee if he is a Communist. Nine people were questioned as hearings opened on communism in show business. Dubin said he would invoke the Fifth Amendment on past associations and was barred from NBC facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
House Un-American Activities Committee
Ranniel
Nad @ Paot VV Fee
Charles S. Dubin
Arthur Lief
Moiseyev Russian Ballet
Lief
Communist Party
Dubin
National Broadcasting Co
Jack Barry
Dan Enright
NBC
Hurok
Knowland Calls Adams Gift Issue Serious For Eisenhower
Senate GOP leader William F. Knowland voices concern that Sherman Adams has damaged his usefulness in the Eisenhower administration. He says accepting gifts from Bernard Goldfine was a misjudgment and opposes public officials taking gifts, urging strict conduct for both state and federal offices.
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Adams
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Washington
William F. Knowland
Rcalif
Senate
GOP
Knowland
California
Weather brief reports thundershowers and mild sunshine in Illinois
Thundershowers moved through Illinois today with intermittent sunshine and mild conditions. The Weather Bureau forecast showers through Friday afternoon followed by a slight cooldown. Pyatt station logged five tenths inch of precipitation with a high of 74 and low of 61, 9 am reading 70.
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Tllinois
Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Morris Volunteer Fire Department Dedicated Home Open House
Public invited to open house and dedication of Morris Volunteer Fire Department new home at Wauponsee and Main streets. Event runs 1 to 11 pm with 2 to 4 pm for kids, free drinks, 7:30 pm dedication, then dance 8 to 11 pm featuring Three Guys and a Doll. Free donuts and coffee after 7 pm. Officials include Mayor Donald Caisley, Charles Ayers, and Atty. John J. Black.
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Morris
Morris Volunteer Fire Department
Wauponsee
Main Streets
Charles Ayers
Donald Caisley
John J. Black
Ray Kindelspire
Earl
Lohman and O'Brien Speak at Coal City Dinner
Democratic candidates Joseph D. Lohman and Dorothy O'Brien spoke at a Grundy County Democratic Dinner in Coal City. Lohman, Cook County sheriff, urged restoring confidence in government and critiqued Republican leadership, while O'Brien, seeking the 15th district seat, criticized Noah Mason and said voters are undecided or reluctant to declare their ballots. Louis Piano chaired the event, introducing candidates and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
Cliff Bunton
Morris
Grundy County
Joseph D. Lohman
Chicago
Louis Piano
Anton J. Grohar
Joliet
Congress
Cook County
Dorothy O’brien
Washington
Lohman
Democratic Party
Miss O'Brien
Noah Mason
Mason
Flood Crests Roll Toward Vincennes
Light rains eased pressure as the lower Wabash and White Rivers crest toward Vincennes and Petersburg Indiana. The Small Business Administration offers 3 percent loans for flood damage in 11 counties. Drowning victim Emil Francis Wagoner, 17, of Vincennes, among four youths, died wading a flooded county road four miles east of Decker. Wabash levee held by 120 workers on 36 hour shifts at Russellville Illinois. The Wabash rose to 24.57 feet with a crest forecast 27 to 27.4 feet Friday. Animal moves occurred at a Palestine Illinois zoo as floodwaters rose.
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Vincennes
Ind
Indiana
Wabash
White
Petersburg
Small Business Administration
Washington
White River
Emil Francis Wagoner
Rt. 4
Decker
Russellville
Ill
Palestine
Oaktown
Soviet Deputy FM Semyonov Leaves Bonn for Moscow
Recovering from a heart attack, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semyonov departed Bonn by train for Moscow after eight weeks in a Bonn clinic. The move ends his eight week hospital stay.
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Bonn
Germany
Vladimir Semyonov
Moscow
Colby Named Assistant Deputy Commander of Missile Command
Brigadier General Joseph M. Colby of the Ordnance Ammunition Command will join the U S Army Ordnance Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal Alabama as assistant deputy commander. He succeeds Major General H N Toftoy and takes charge early in July. Colby, a 1929 USMA graduate and Joliet OAC veteran since 1934, hails from Lake Mills Iowa.
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Joseph M. Colby
Ordnance Ammunition Command
OAC
Joliet
U.S. Army Ordnance Missile Command
Redstone Arsenal
Alabama
Colby
Redstone
H. N. Toftoy
Nanan Ear Ani
Ang
VAV
California Institute of Technology
White Sands Proving Ground
New Mexico
Lake Mills
Iowa
U.S. Military Academy
Illinois House set to approve unemployment and relief bills
The Illinois Legislature moves toward final passage of Gov. Stratton's unemployment and relief measures after a five day special session. Hearings were scheduled. the Senate and House aimed to approve extensions and relief funding to push both bills forward.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Stratton
House
Senate
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
David Davis
Bloomington
Joseph Peterson
Princeton
Hayes Robertson
Flossmoor
Arrington
State Labor Department
Donald O’brien
Chicago
Car Lands On Top But Driver Unhurt
A Highway accident eight miles east of Morris left a car rolling onto its top after swerving while pushing another vehicle along the shoulder. Mrs. Gladys Kuykendall 49 of Channahon survived without injuries as Sheriff John Olson and Chief Deputy James Bell investigated.
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Gladys Kuykendall
Channahon
Kuykendall
Wheat quota vote set for Friday in Morris ASC office
Russell A. Huston chairman of the County ASC reminds eligible wheat growers of the 1959 crop marketing quotas referendum to be held Friday. Polling at the ASC office Morris opens 8 a.m. and closes 7 p.m.
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Russell A. Huston
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Morris
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Wimpy) Bennett
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Dag Hammarskjold
Miss O’brien
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Army Ordnance Missile Command
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