Gov Earl Long Hauled Into Mental Hospital
Gov Earl K Long was hauled to a mental hospital by sheriff's deputies after a clash during transport to Southeast Louisiana State Hospital at Mandeville. Doctors diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia though Long denied need for hospitalization, warning he must stay at least 30 days.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Louisiana State Hospital
Mandeville
Chester Williams
East Baton Rouge Parish
Long
Mandeville Institution
Charles Belcher
Southeast
Associatedress
Earl Kemp Long
Morris Youth Sentenced 1 to 5 Years for Car Theft
A 19 year old Morris youth was sentenced to one to five years in the state penitentiary for stealing a car in Coal City. Earl Doss stated Circuit Judge Leonard Hoffman handed down the sentence after the youth waived a jury trial and pleaded guilty.
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Morris
State Penitentiary
Coal City
Earl Doss
Leonard Hoffman
Doss
John R. Winterbottom
Vandalia
Urges Safety In Handling Gasoline In Summer
Morris Fire Chief Earl Johnson urges safety in gasoline use during summer when power mowers boat engines rise. State law requires red metal labeled containers for retail gasoline and benzol and prohibits storage in basements or pits. Containers must be ventilated and outbuildings or garages preferred. Children should not be sent to buy gasoline.
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Morris
Earl Johnson
Johnson
Grader Crashes Into Pond. Rescued After Three Hours
Hyson Grubich, 60, remained head above water for three hours as rescue teams and heavy equipment freed him from a road grader toppled 40 feet into a pond near LaSalle Illinois. Crowds watched as a crane and bulldozer finally pulled him free and he was rushed to hospital with mild shock and injuries.
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LA Salle
Ill
Hyson Grubich
Illinois
Grubich
LaSalle
Alpha Portland Cement Co
Man seeks missing sack of cash on Phoenix bus
A man asked Phoenix police to help locate a paper sack with $1,000 he lost on a downtown Phoenix bus. He refused to reveal his name saying he has saved six years’ money and fears his wife would insist on putting it in a joint bank account.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Phoenix
Gov Stratton Plans Russia Trip With Other Governors
Governor Stratton will depart Midway Airport at noon Sunday as part of a nine governor delegation bound for Moscow and other Soviet cities. The trip includes State Department conferences and a White House reception, with a three day stay in Moscow before visiting Leningrad Kiev and possibly Tiflis. The expedition is sponsored by the Institute of International Education and New York University and funded by private foundations.
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Springfield
Ill
Stratton
Midway Airport
Chicago
Russia
Illinois
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Tiflis
State Department
White House
Washington
New York
Paris
Soviet Union
Institute of International Education
New York University
Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
Nikita Khrushchev
Weather Outlook and Temperature at Pyatt Station
A warm sunny day with tonight fair conditions and a low in the upper 50s. Saturday will be sunny with highs near the upper 70s and light winds tonight. Sunday looks fair and pleasantly cool. Yesterday’s high at Pyatt was 77 with a 48 degree low. at 9 am the reading was 70.
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Pyatt
Strauss Nomination Rejected by Dramatic Senate Vote
In a 49 to 46 roll call the Senate rejected President Eisenhower's nomination of Lewis L. Strauss to be secretary of commerce. The outcome, following a late Tuesday showdown, marked the first Cabinet rejection since 1925 and the eighth in U.S. history.
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Strauss
Senate
John Chadwick
Washington
Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Calvin Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
William Langer
North Dakota
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
White House
James C. Hagerty
University of Illinois Students Aid Austrian Refugees
Forty Illinois students left Idlewild Airport for London en route to Austria to help build refugee shelters. Led by Amos Buettell of Urbana, they join other volunteers under the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Each student paid 250 for air travel and will spend about 409 more for rail fare.
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New York
University of Illinos
Idlewild
London
Austria
Amos Buettell
S. Birch St
Urbana
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
Illinois
One Injured In Crash at Channahon
An auto accident Thursday evening at 7 30 p m on the towpath between Morris and Channahon south of Channahon left one person injured. Driver Stanley E Darlington 20 Morris and passenger Miss Donna Cole suffered a broken arm and shoulder while Curtis Warren escaped injury. Darlington lost control, struck a tree, and traveled 78 feet before the crash ended.
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Morris
Channahon
Stanley E. Darlington
East Washington St
Donna Cole
Butler St
Curtis Warren
E. Benton St
Darlington
Warren
Argentina Reports Revolt and Government Denial
President Frondizi's government says it faces a revolutionary plot while reports claim a military revolt is under way in Cordoba. Officers oppose government policy and curbs on the armed forces have been reimposed as tensions rise across garrisons and provinces.
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Roman Jimenez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Cordoba
Coroba
Juan D. Peron
Campo de Mayo
Salta
Frondizi
Peron
Water wheel powers George Huebner ranch generator
GRESHAM Wis electricity for George Huebner s modern ranch home is supplied by a remaining Midwestern water wheel. Mill Creek turns the wheel which powers a two horsepower generator.
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Gresham
Wis
George Huebner
Midwest
Mill Creek
Coal City Faces Critical Water Shortage
Coal City commissioner Lenn Ford urged strict conservation as the water supply runs dangerously low. He ordered use limited to necessities with no lawn sprinkling or nonessential water use to preserve reserves.
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Coal City
Lenn Ford
Ford
Decision on Wilmington Plant Delayed
Johnson and Johnson delays decision on a 2.5 million Wilmington plant awaiting Illinois legislative action. A bill to increase corporate tax tenfold was crushed 9-0 in Senate Revenue Committee, but officials fear an alternative tax bill may pass before adjournment. The plant would occupy Stonebridge Paper Co. property on Route 66A north of Wilmington.
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Johnson and Johnson
Wilmington
Illinois
Senate Revenue Committee
Johnson and
Johnson
Stonebridge Paper Co
Rte
County Board of Review Meets in Summer Session
The county Board of Review opened its annual session to hear complaints on personal and real estate tax assessments. Nine complaints heard so far, chair Neeleen R. Ness reports. The board meets Monday to Friday and Saturday mornings during the 11 week period. A joint meeting with State Department of Revenue officials is planned at Starved Rock to receive guidance for this year’s proceedings.
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County Board of Review
Neeleen R. Ness
William T. Higgins
Charles Boggio
Ness
County Board of Supervisors
Board of Review
Starved Rock
State Department of Revenue
Boards of Review
Taxi driver helps trigger burglary arrest in city home
Taxi driver Sol Hatfield took a customer to a luxury residence in Oklahoma City and notified police after hearing noises inside. Officers arrived and arrested the cab passenger on burglary charges.
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Oklahoma City
Sol Hatfield
House Members Junk Sizeable Part of Stratton's Tax Program
Springfield Illinois House members rejected major parts of Gov Stratton's tax plan. The vote blocked two of three measures broadening the sales tax base to cover services and construction. Speaker Powell criticized Cook County Democrats and defended his position as newspapers fought with an exemption on newsprint and ink. The principal bill failed 83 to 66 with potential revenue up to 100 million over two years.
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Stratton
Springfield
House
Paul Powell
State Revenue Department
Big Four Berlin Talks Extend to July 13
Saturday agreement to recess the Big Four foreign ministers session until July 13 with a plenary session planned. The Soviet Union pressed for a deadline on Allied occupation of West Berlin, proposing 18 months, while Western powers rejected the idea.
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John M. Hightower
Geneva
Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
West
Living costs peak in May with higher factory earnings
Labor Department figures show consumer prices rising 0.1 percent in May pushing the cost index to 124 from the base 1947-49. The report also records record spendable earnings for factory workers with a four person family at 81.03 dollars per week and 73.49 for a single worker, both up 35 cents from April.
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Washington
Labor Department
Goose Lake to vote on $7,000 school bond issue
Goose Lake District 88 schedules a special bond election July 1 to issue $7,000 for a new school building. Polls open at noon and close at 7 p.m. at Goose Lake school. Earlier, March 21 approval covered $35,000 in bonds for construction and financing terms include $1,000 units, up to five percent interest, payable 1963–1969.
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Goose Lake
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