Col Nickerson Court-Martial Begins Tuesday
Col John C Nickerson Jr a top rocket expert faces 18 charges including espionage perjury and disobedience as a 10 man general court martial opens Tuesday at Redstone Arsenal Huntsville. He argues the Army must pursue IRBM and ICBM programs despite limits.
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Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickeron, Jr
Nickerson
West Point
Army
Billy Mitchell
Redstone Arsenal
Wernher von Braun
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Woman Wanted For Housekeeping At The Keeley Lodge
Small want ad item notes a woman sought for housekeeping duties at The Keeley Lodge. It lists a solid oak kitchen table and four chairs for sale. An eighty acre improved farm in Nettle Creek township is also offered.
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Keeley Lodge
Nettle Creek Township
Illinois Legislature Enters Final Week With Court Reform On Deck
Springfield lawmakers move into the last week with court reform and constitutional amendments pending. The House plans votes on the court reorganization proposal and other questions including 18 year old voting and abolishing the state auditor, while Senate action awaits continuation of Gov Stratton's program and tax and public aid measures.
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Springfield
Illinois
House
Assembly
Stratton
Senate
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Fires Damage Two Homes At Braceville
Two fires in Braceville Saturday night caused about 3500 in damages to the Kilbride home on Mitchell street and the Talbert residence on Van Horn street. Fire destroyed a bedroom contents at Kilbride and burned much of the home. at Talbert, a wash house fire from a coal heater caused major losses and burns to Talbert.
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Braceville
Ed Kilbride
Mitchell Street
Thomas Talberts
van Horn Street
Talbert
Spezio
Morris Grade School Hires Two Teachers for Coming Year
Superintendent Kenneth Hammer announced two new hires for Morris Grade School. Dinah Cleghorn returns after a year on leave, and Alma Jones will be retained after substituting last year. Several staff members resign or take leave, including Dorothy Groves Dorothy Magnuson Carl Greenleaf and Nan Siron.
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Morris
Kenneth Hammer
Dinah Cleghorn
Center School
Alma Jones
Miss Cleghorn
Dorothy Groves
Garfield School
Dorothy Magnuson
Franklin School
Carl Greenleaf
Verona
Nan Siron
Trumpet Brings Lee Collins Fame and Fades Career
Lee Collins a 55 year old jazz trumpeter now a charity patient at Cook County Hospital cites his fame and his ill health as ending his career. Doctors diagnose a dilated lung from a lifetime of robust playing dotting a career that stretched from New Orleans to Chicago and Paris. Collins recalls starting in 1916 with Louis Armstrong and notes he may have played his last trumpet saying he is too weak to blow and does not feel well.
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Trumpet
Lee Collins
Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Collins
New Orleans
Gin Mills
Storyville
Paris Opera House
Louis Armstrong
Navy Clos
Jelly Roll Morton Red Hot Peppers
Jones and Collins
Wife of Former Morris Mayor Dies at Age 91
Mrs. James B. Dawson, 91, longtime Morris resident since 1883, died at a private home. Survived by two children, John D. Dawson and Mrs Arthur R. Hall, six grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Burial in Evergreen cemetery after services at Davis funeral home.
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James B. Dawson
East Benton St
Henry Harper
North St
Davis Funeral Home
Hugo C. Montanus
Ruth Harrison Huseby
Evergreen Cemetery
Morris
Mary Alice Sutherland
Aberdeen
Scotland
Alexander
Helen MacArdell
First Congregational Church of
Laurel
The
Eastern Star
Eureka
Arthur R. Hall
Thomas McCambridge
Santa Monica
Calif
Owen Dawson Torrey
Palo Alto
R. William Letticker
Evanston
George
Mabel Charlotte) McCambridge
Republican Governors Rally Against 1960 Nominee Designation
In Williamsburg California Governor Goodwin Knight and others oppose any presidential move to designate a successor. Maryland Governor Theodore McKeldin doubts Eisenhower will or should pick a nominee, while Illinois Governor Stratton questions the effort and cites Nixon as the leading figure.
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Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Knight
Theodore R. McKelding
Maryland
McKeldin
Alfred M. Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Command
Gruenther
American Red Cross
Nixon
William G. Stratton
Illois
Daylight Blinding Atomic Test Fires at Nevada Site
In Nevada the AEC fired a daylight test device lifted by a large plastic balloon. The explosion produced a bright initial flash and a mushroom cloud, with dust rising from Frenchman Flat. Officials said radioactivity was minimal and the yield would exceed 20 kilotons, surpassing the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs.
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Nevada
Desert
United States
Angel's Peak
AEC
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Knotts Loses Car and Cash in Ball Game Theft
Delbert Knotts of Cincinnati reports his station wagon was stolen during a softball game in Newport Kentucky. A wallet with 400 dollars was inside. 112 dollars belonged to Knotts, the rest to his oil firm boss. Knotts hadn’t realized the loss until after the game and while preparing to change. His team also lost.
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Newport
Delbert Knotts
Cincinnati
Knotts
Knott
Trucks to Roll Over Ottawa Test Strip for 20 Hours a Day
Ottawa Illinois prepares for a two year durability test with 48 trucks operating 20 hours daily on a pavement section. The $20 million project includes 42 state highway departments the federal Bureau of Public Roads the Department of Commerce the Automotive Manufacturers Association and the American Petroleum Institute with Defense Department and state highway officials as partners. Two Army Transport Corps units will be stationed in Ottawa for the tests near State Highway 178 and U.S. 6.
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Ottawa
Ill
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Commerce
Automobile Manufacturers Assn
American Petroleum Institute
Defense Department
The
American Assn. of State Highway Officials
Highway Officials Association
Defense
Wilson
Army Transportation Corps
U.S. 6
AEC Chief Three UC Scientists Report To Eisenhower
Three University of California physicists told President Eisenhower the United States may soon produce a hydrogen bomb with about 95 percent reduction in radioactive fallout. Lewis L. Strauss moderated the briefing, with Ernest O. Lawrence Mark Mills and Edward Teller stressing progress and safety.
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Washington
Eisenhower
University of California
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Ernest O. Lawrence
Mark M. Mills
Edward Teller
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Dr. Teller
AEC
Britain
Central Pacific
White House
Teller
Weather outlook optimistic with scattered showers possible
The U S Weather Bureau forecast shows three dry days with fair weather through today and into Wednesday. Thursday or Friday may bring partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with a chance of thunderstorms. A heavy Saturday afternoon shower dropped 0.50 to 0.75 inches in about 20 minutes at Pyatt Weather Station, where Saturday high reached 90 and Sunday 81. The latest reading at 9 am was 68 with 0.28 inch precipitation recorded.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
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