Civil Defense Appointments Named for Gundy County
Mrs. L. Mae Reagan announced assistant civil defense directors for Gundy County. Appointees include Lois Schenck Mary Reed John Olson Charles Ayers Ray Anderson Dale Steffen Myron Bartlett Walter Wolff Herschel Sowards Donald Barkley. She urged counties to pass state approved ordinances to qualify for funds and training kits.
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Gundy County
L. Mae Reagan
Lois Schenck
Mary Reed
John Olson
Charles Ayers
Ray Osmanson
Dale Steffen
Morris High School
Myron Bartlett
Morris
Walter Wolff
Morris Herald
Herschel G. Sowards
Donald E. Barkley
Ground Observer Corps
Reagan
Morris Post Office
Weather Review: Warm Illinois Conditions Continue
Mother Nature gifted Illinois with mainly clear skies and mild warmth. Temperatures ranged in the 80s with humidity above 50 percent, echoing Wednesday’s pleasant weather. The Pyatt Weather station reported 82 yesterday, 57 overnight, and 74 at 9 am today, with Friday expected near 90 and Saturday partly cloudy, warm, and humid.
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Illinois
Pyatt
Tokyo pickpocket veteran Ito sobs in jail after small theft
An 86 year old Japanese man Tamotsu Ito wept in custody claiming guilt as he was convicted for stealing a bundle of rubber bands. He said he was finished after 15 prior convictions for pocket picking.
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Tokyo
Tamotsu Ito
Morris Summer Festival Opens June 25 in Morris
Morris Fire Department sponsors a week long Summer Festival on Union Street by Goold Park from June 25 to 29. Imperial Shows returns with rides shows and concessions while local groups offer meals and drinks on the midway. Water fights among Shabona Firemen's Association teams run Tuesday to Friday with a Kiddie Matinee Saturday afternoon. Morris Community High School provides parking for thousands at the adjacent lot.
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Morris
Morris Fire Department
Union Street
Goold Park
Shabbona Firemen’s Association
Retail Division to Meet at Junod's Food Centre
The Morris Chamber of Commerce Retail Division will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 45 p m Monday at Junod s Food Centre restaurant. Members may make reservations with Fred St Germain by Saturday.
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Morris Chamber of Commerce
Junod
Food Centre
Fred St. Germain
Construction Worker Plunges From 68 Foot Water Tower
Paul E. Sharp, 30, of Bloomington Nl, was severely injured after plunging from a 68 foot water tower while working with Buckley. He survived but is in critical condition at a hospital. Water superintendent Glen De Atley heard a scream and saw Sharp fall, but could not explain the cause.
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Buckley
N. Ta
Paul E. Sharp
Bloomington
Sharp
Glen de Atley
Gardner-Danish school districts consolidate into Gardner Community Consolidated School District 72
In a 153 to 2 vote, Gard ner Grade School District 72 and Danish School District 70 merge to form Gardner Community Consolidated School District 72. Precinct results show strong approval. Danish precinct 3 votes 15 yes. Board election set for July 16 with petitions due July 25.
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Gardner
Gardner Community Consolidated
Gardner Wrade
Board of Education
Lillias K. Walker
Coal City Youth Injured in Collision
Joseph Bertoglio 14 of 330 East First St was treated at St Josephs Joliet for a compound fracture of the right leg after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Mrs Dorothy Peart on Pequot road north of Coal City Emergency Squad transported him to the hospital The incident occurred Wednesday night
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Coal City
Joseph Bertoglio
East First St
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Joliet
Bertoglio
Pequot Road
Dorothy Peart
Bourges Maunoury Faces Tax Plan Threat in Assembly
Paris Premier Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, eight days in office, seeks approval for a high tax program that mirrors the package Conservatives toppled Mollet over on May 21. The cabinet backs the plan as the likely trigger for a government crisis.
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Paris
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
National Assembly
Guy Mollet
Strauss Sees Chicago Area as Atomic Center of World
Strauss, chair of the atomic energy commission, calls the Chicago area the atomic center of the world citing Stagg Field work at the University of Chicago Argonne Lab and the Dresden Nuclear Power Station. He says Dresden is the first full scale atomic plant built on private capital and highlights Argonne’s reactor concepts. Mayoral and corporate leaders joined the luncheon at Conrad Hilton with televised views to Evanston Olympia Fields and others.
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Strauss
Chicago Area
Chicago
Atomic Center of the World
Lewis L. Strauss
Washington, D. C
Atomic Energy Commission
Dresden
Conrad Hilton
Commowealth Edison Company
Olympia Fields
Evanston
Oak Park
Dixon
Stagg Field
University of Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont
Argonne Laboratory
United States
Mayor Daley
George R. Perrine
Illinois Commerce Commission
Willis Gale
Commonwealth Edison
Cramer la Pierre
General Electric Company
Len Dressler
Morris
Neeleen Ness
Leo Borens
Walter Penn
Donald Davidson
Tom West
Wilbur Larsen
Lillias K Walker
Walt Wolff
George Baum
Edward Douvin
William Allan
Frank E. Condon
John W. Evers
Wednesday Just Wasnt His Day
Harold Wynn, 30, failed to have a good evening after a muddy stumble and a collision sequence. He slipped into a mud puddle, ripped his shirt, and faced three bus related impacts causing seven hundred dollars in damages. He arrived two hours late for dinner.
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Dallas
Harold Wynn
Wynn
New Excuse For Speeding Cited By Lincoln State Trooper
State Police Trooper Robert X. Mathews recalls a motorist’s speeding admission saying thunder and lightning storms frightened him into speeding. Mathews issued four warnings instead of a ticket.
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Lincoln, R.L
Mathews
Post Office Department Told To Cut Service
The House Appropriations Committee urged the Post Office to curtail services and live within reduced funds to avoid a fiscal repeat of 1957. It cut 16 percent from extra requests totaling 149 million dollars for the year starting July 1, with savings projected from zoning bulk mail and reducing star routes and Saturday services. The committee asked a reexamination of city delivery amid a five day work week trend and suggested cutting cost-of-living differentials for postal workers, possibly excepting Alaska.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
House
Summerfield
Alaska
Two Wilmington youths fined for Braceville breakin
Norton Newcomb and Gene Kahler, both 18 or 19, were fined 25 dollars and ordered to pay 56 dollars in damages for a Braceville breakin at Daniels Auto Supply. They admitted the crime after being caught. two other youths were not charged.
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Wilmington
Daniels Auto Supply
Braceville
Justice of the Peace
Chester P. Winsor
Norton Newcomb
Gene Kahler
Newcomb
Kahler
Robert Lyday
Max Rodgers
August B. Black
Justice Winsor
Lyday
Rodgers
John &. G. Olson
Forrest Gray
UN Probe Finds Hungary Uprising Strengthenswill for Independence
A UN committee says Hungary’s people remain steadfast in seeking independence despite Soviet suppression last October and November. It accuses Soviet troops of mass arrests and deportations, states the Kadar regime lacks popular support, and notes 75,000 to 200,000 Soviet troops with 1,600 to 4,000 tanks involved.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N. Y
U.N
Hungary
General Assembly
Janos Kadar
Assembly
Central Asia
Egypt
International Mars Study Group to Tackle Problem Again in 1958
FLAGSTAFF Ariz The International Mars Committee voted to extend its world wide operations and to create a larger administrative setup to observe Mars when next near Earth next year. Dr E C Slipher reported that Mars may have weather with extreme temperatures and a three deck polar cap structure.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Mars
International Mars Committee
Red Planet
Earth
E. C. Slipher
Appeal decision blocks trial by Japan
The Justice Department appeals to the Supreme Court after a district court barred surrender of GI William S. Girard to Japan for trial. The filing argues the ruling is clearly wrong and urges an early high court disposition to avoid delay, noting Japan’s desire to proceed promptly.
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Girard
Fukuji
Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
William S. Girard
U. S
J. Lee Rankin
Justice
Defense Department
Douglas
High Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
United States
Japan
Respondent
District Court
Executive Branch
Western Union Unites Couple in Springfield Marriage Bid
Richard Lee Meyer 19 of St. Louis and Betty Lynch 17 of St. Ann sought a marriage license in Sangamon County Springfield. They were refused for age but returned after telegrams from their mothers approved the match.
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Springfield
Western Union
Missouri
Richard Lee Meyer
St. Louis
Betty Lynch
St. Ann
Sangamon County
For sale: Hotpoint stove and G E steam iron
Classified brief lists a Hotpoint electric stove and a G E steam iron for sale. Also notes money to lend on real estate at 4 42 percent interest with a basic lending offer.
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Hotpoint
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C of C’s Retail Division
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Russia
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