22 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1957
Page
1
The Sun previews Playhouse 90's Ain't No Time for Glory about an officer who plans a fortress capture to save his men. Barry Sullivan Gene Barry and John Barrymore Jr star in a WWII Britany story stressing peace as the era's greatest challenge.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on July 8 whether Army Specialist 3.C. Williams S. Girard should be turned over to Japan to face manslaughter charges over a January death of a Japanese woman at a firing range. The case raises U S Japan tensions and the court allotted four hours for pleadings.
Billy Graham, visiting New York's Bowery, described its rough scene of alcoholics and hardship. He attended a Madison Square Garden crusade afterwards and said Jesus would be among the down and out helping those in need.
In northern Italy the death toll from a week of floods and landslides reached at least 20 as rain swollen the Po River. Floodwaters covered more than 25 square miles of the Po Delta, washing away crops and causing widespread damage.
Grundy county and Seneca Girl Scout groups will convene at Gebhard Woods state park for a week long Day Camp with an American Indian theme. About 200 scouts will attend with meals by each unit and a Friday evening campfire closing. Leaders and staff from Morris Seneca Braceville and surrounding towns will supervise crafts hiking swimming and lore activities.
The United States will begin deploying F 100 jets to South Korea from Osan airbase to counter North Korean bomber and fighter buildup. The move, aided by new radar, follows the armistice ban abrogation and adds to 150 Sabre jets already in service. Kim Il Sung called for a conference of concerned nations and accused the United States of aggression.
The Rock River Conference announced pastor appointments for 83 northern Illinois churches. Local change assigns Rev. Paul M. Gilbert to Wilmington Methodist Church from Waterman Methodist Church.
A warrant for the arrest of Jack Smith, 23, Morris, was sworn out after Morris Savon Gas Station, 1015 Division St, was looted of about $400 early Friday. Smith reportedly opened the station at 6 am and left about an hour later claiming to forget something at home.
German physicist Johannes Stark died in Traunstein at 83 after a heart attack. Stark, Nobel laureate in 1919 for spectral analysis of electromagnetic fields, later served a four year labor camp sentence in 1947 from a German denazification court. He was a member of a Nazi committee on the Jewish question.
Three people were treated at Morris hospital after two unrelated auto accidents Friday night. Judy Walker, 17, of Minooka Route 2, suffered a forehead laceration and hand injury in Kendall County on U.S. Highway 52. Mrs. Claude Caron, 23, of Montreal, was admitted with hip and chest injuries after a crash on U.S. Highway 66 near Braceville involving a vehicle driven by her husband and another driven by Robert Uerkwitz, 25, of Coal City. Uerkwitz had a right elbow laceration and was to have X rays today. Mr. Caron was unhurt.
Washington report notes how Midwestern senators voted on the Senate passage of a bill authorizing a high federal dam at Hells Canyon. The tally 45 to 38 included votes against by Dirksen, Hickenlooper, Martin, and others with paired or announced positions.
The Senate approved a high federal dam for the Hells Canyon area along the Snake River, aiming to flood three proposed private dams. The 45-38 vote favored public power, with the White House likely to veto if it reaches the House.
Ten coal miners were killed in a mine explosion Friday night at Aka Bira, about 50 miles northeast of Sapporo, Japan, as rescue crews searched the mine for survivors.
More than 100 Grundy county 4-H members performed in a Share-the-Fun talent show at Morris Community High School. Advancing to the sub district at St Charles include a piano duet by Richard and Don Burkhart and several vocal, skit, and piano acts from Vienna Work Happy Stay Happy, Happy Hearts, Goose Lake Go-Getters, and Gardner Sew and So clubs.
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Kishi reached a joint communique announcing the prompt withdrawal of all U S ground combat forces from Japan starting in July with a substantial further reduction in U S forces within a year. The agreement also discusses disarmament talks and revising the mutual security treaty.
The Pyatt Weather station logged 84 degrees at 9 am as the high for Friday reached 86. Overnight low was 70. The day features partly cloudy warm humid conditions with scattered thundershowers, tapering tonight. Sunday expected partly cloudy and cooler with more scattered storms.
A survey shows 1,464 Fargo area homes destroyed or damaged as the tornado killed 10 and left more than 80 injured. The Red Cross reports 329 houses leveled and 1,135 damaged, 202 severely, with unofficial losses near 10 million dollars.
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