Illinois Legislature Nears Close
Springfield lawmakers enter the final eight days as Gov. Stratton pushes a tax and budget plan. The House, Senate and various committees plan long sessions to handle over 1,000 bills including a one cent sales tax proposal to boost school aid and a liquor tax hike. Other major items include constitutional tax article amendments and civil rights legislation.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Stratton
House
Senate
House Democrats
House Revenue Committee
Revenue Administration
Justice of Peace
Southern Illinois University
Communist Party
Willis
Burglars Break Into Fool Shed on Rural Route 66
A break in at the Powers Thompson tool shed on Route 66 and Braceville road occurred over the weekend and was reported to the sheriff's office this morning. Entry was gained by breaking a window. What was taken aside from a blow torch has not yet been determined, the sheriff said.
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Powers: Thompson
Rte. 66
Braceville Road
Edward Wilt
Weather Summary From Pyatt Station On Sunday
It was a hot day with partly cloudy skies and a high of 91 at Pyatt's station. Scattered evening thunderstorms produced 0.06 inches. a low of 61 followed. The morning temperature was 65 and the forecast for Tuesday calls for cool pleasant weather.
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Pyatt
Former Yale Star Acquitted Of Murder
Former Yale football star Joseph P. Crowley was acquitted by Tokyo District Court of charges he beat his brother in law to death in the Imperial Hotel last year. The court found the prosecution failed to prove the fatal beatings caused death as Crowley faced a possible 2 to 15 year term. The prosecution can appeal within 14 days to seek reversal and Crowley expressed relief and confidence in his innocence.
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Tokyo
Yale
Joseph P. Crowley
Imperial Hotel
New Haven
Crowley
T. A D. Jones Jr
Jones
T. A. D. Jones Co
Japan
Saburo Yashima
Man Injures Self With Fast Draw in Coal City Area
A Chicago man, Stanley Nelson, 6519 California Ave, accidentally shot himself in the calf with a .22 pistol while practicing a fast draw near a strip mine north of Coal City at about 3:00 pm Sunday. He was taken to Coal City police, then to a local doctor for treatment and released to return to Chicago.
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Chicago
Coal City
Stanley Nelson
California Ave
Nelson
Donald James
Queen Elizabeth Tours Canada Sighting Industrial Yorks
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip continue their Canadian visit in Saguenay and Quebec, meeting workers at an aluminum mill and hydro plants. They tour Labrador iron mining sites, greet miners, then sail the St Lawrence to Gaspe aboard the Britannia.
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Queen Elizabeth I
England
Jacques Cartier
Gaspe Peninsula
Canada
Chicoutimi
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Saguenay
Quebec City
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Labrador
Elizabeth
Philip
Queen
St. Lawrence
Gaspe
Quebec
Mazon Firemen Schedule State First Aid Course
A first aid class for firemen and the public begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mazon firehouse. Fire Chief Russell Billborough announced the course with Alvin Burkhart of rural Mazon named as instructor.
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Mazon
Russell Billborough
Alvin Burkhart
Gov Earl Long’s Lawyer Hints at Court Action
Gov Earl Long in Southeast Louisiana Hospital Mandeville may seek release through courts as early as Wednesday attorney Joe Arthur Sims said. Lt Gov Luther Frazar expects a ruling soon on acting governorship while physicians report Long cooperative and condition satisfactory after five days at the state mental hospital following his arrest and flight from a New Orleans hospital.
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Baton Rouge
Earl E. Long
Joe Arthur Sims
Sims
Gov. Long
Long
Southeast Louisiana
Mandeville
Luther Frazar
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
New Orleans
Father Jumps From Burning House With Baby Safe
A New York father leaped from an attic window Sunday carrying his one year old daughter Barbara. He landed on a one story extension roof and dropped the child to a spectator before landing safely on grass. Robert Reynolds 31 and Barbara received burns but were uninjured otherwise.
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New York
Robert Reynolds
Barbara
Free Red Cross Swimming Classes on Pool Schedule
Registration for Ameri can Red Cross free swimming lessons set for Friday and Saturday 9 to 11 a m at the municipal pool. The six week course begins Tuesday June 30 with sessions Tuesday to Friday. Children must be at least seven. prior certificates preferred. testing available.
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American Red Cross
Arley Munts
Red Cross
Munts
Doral Lindahl
Mazon
Jean Caisley
Joan Reitzel
Terry Connor
Bill Caisley
Damages Awarded in Grand Canyon Air Crash Deaths
A federal jury in Los Angeles awarded nearly 500000 dollars for the 1956 Grand Canyon air crash deaths. Carl J. Snyder estate receives 142200, Donald F. Kehl widow 147300, Theodore M. Kubiniec widow 160500. Kehl and Kubiniec were attorneys for Ford Motor Co.
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Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Carl J. Snyder
Chrysler Corp
Donald F. Kehl
Theodore M. Kubiniec
Kehl
Kubiniec
Ford Motor Co
Steelworkers and U S Steel inch toward contract deal
Negotiators for the steel industry and the United Steelworkers resume talks eight days before the current three year contract expires. Both sides deny federal mediation involvement as 500000 workers could strike if no agreement is reached. The union seeks wage increases and a shorter 40 hour week while management pushes a wage freeze.
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New York
David J McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
Cooper
Washington
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
Eisenhower
Revamping Departments Bill Passes in Illinois Senate
In Springfield Illinois the Senate approved a plan to reorganize state departments as urged by Gov Stratton. The 33 to 7 vote moves the measure to the House. The plan would cut seven of the 15 code departments and create three new ones transportation natural resources and labor and industry, reducing total departments to 11.
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Springfield
Stratton
Ilinois Senate
House
Transportation
Natural Resources
Labor and Industry
Illinois House Approves Bill to Reform Justice of Peace System
The Illinois House passed by 137 to 9 a bill to cut JP counts from about 4000 to 400 and pay them salaries. Each downstate district would elect 3 to 5 JPs. Cook County would have two per township with extra JPs as population grows. Salary ranges from 600 to 12000 annually.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Senate
Robert Burhans
Rpeoria
Downstate
Cook County
Burhans
Believe 34 Fishermen Die in Storm
The weekend Gulf of St. Lawrence storm left at least 34 fishermen dead or missing as search planes scoured the Northumberland Straits. Fifty boats were hit and two survivors survived by air bubble in a capsized boat. Hilaire Gauvin and Germain Chaison were trapped in the overturned vessel.
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New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Hilaire Gauvin
Germain Chaison
Lameque
Herter reports Geneva talks progress to Eisenhower
Secretary of State Christian Herter briefed President Eisenhower for an hour on the deadlocked Geneva foreign ministers talks now recessed to July 13. He then announced a national TV radio address at 8 p.m. CDT to discuss efforts with the Soviet Union on Berlin and East West tensions.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Geneva
Herter
Soviet Union
Berlin
NBC
CBS
Abc-Tv
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
Germany
U. S
West
Britain
France
United States
U.S.S.R
Four Chicago youths charged after tire theft on Route 66
Four youths from Chicago were caught removing a tire from a stalled car on Route 66 near Gardner Saturday around 7 PM. Charles Palmisano, James Zahora, George Smith, and Francis Lichz, all 18-19, were fined $30 plus costs for disorderly conduct in Grundy County court.
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Chicago
Gardner
W. L. Dix
Charles P. Palmisano
James Zahora
George William Smith
Francis Ralph Lichz
Josephine Casarella
Clarence Wise
Cosarella
Grundy County
Gerald Bitner
Anton Vilt
Butrrer
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