Summer Festival Firemen Water Fight Opens at Goold Park
The Morris department sponsored festival kicks off at Goold Park with Imperial Shows rides and food stands. Tonight six thirty firemen teams from Gardner Caterpillar Minooka Newark South Wilmington Ottawa compete in the water fight tournament with finals Friday for prizes up to 100 ash plus a trophy. A children’s matinee is planned for Saturday.
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Morris Ire
Goold Park
Imperial
Gardner
Caterpillar Co
Minooka
Newark
South Wilmington
Ottawa
Elwood
Oswego
Ransom
Braceville
Reading
Lisbon
Marseilles
Morris
Educators Meet to Examine Teacher Certification Standards
About 1,000 educators and officials gathered in Bowling Green Ohio to open a five day convention on teacher education and probationary standards. A Rockefeller Brothers Fund report says certification requirements are overly technical and trivial, discouraging qualified liberals from applying. The sponsoring agencies aim to reach national agreement on training and certification.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Illinois Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers
showers and thunderstorms broke out across Illinois with widespread rain and clouds. forecasters expect most areas to be doused by day end and a fair cooler Wednesday with upper 70s highs and near 50s nights. Monday sensed 72/56 at Wyatt station. 9 am reading 63.
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Illinois
Wyatt
Bobo Sentenced to Prison After Guilty Plea
Joseph W. Bobo age 22 pleaded guilty to shoplifting and asked to be sent to prison saying it would help him. the court sentenced him to 15 months to 4 years at his own request, hoping prison might aid his reforms.
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Detroit
Joseph W. Bobo
Bobo
Sidewalk Sale Plans by Morris Chamber Group
The Morris Chamber of Commerce Retail Division outlined an annual Sidewalk Sale for Wednesday July 9 at the Morris Food Centre. Chairman Florian Reiter announced $150 in groceries will be given as three free awards during the day and urged clubs and organizations to join by contacting Herb Weitz.
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Morris Chamber of Commerce
Morris Food Centre
Florian
John) Reiter
Herb Weitz
County Problems Group to Meet
The Commission to Study County Problems will hold a public hearing in the Court House in Pontiac Illinois at 10 00 A M CST on Thursday June 26 1958 Madge M Green executive secretary has announced All citizens of Grundy Kankakee Livingston Marshall Putnam Tazewell and Woodford Counties who are interested in problems of county government may attend Groups should plan to have a qualified spokesman to represent them before the Commission and whenever possible to have copies of the prepared statements for the members of the Commission
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Court House
Pontiac
Illinois
Madge M. Green
Grundy
Kankakee
Livingston
Marshall
Putnam
Tazewell
Woodford
90 Pints Of Blood Given At Dresden
Grundy County Red Cross chapter credited with collecting 90 pints of blood Monday at the Dresden Nuclear Power plant visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile. 105 Bechtel Corp employees attended under Edge Eagan and James Davis with Mrs Arley Munts. volunteers logged 131 hours aiding operations and catering.
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Grundy County
American Red Cross
Bechtel Corp
Dresden
Edge Eagan
Coal City
B. S. Leng
Morris
Davis
Munts
Arthur Johnson
John Donahoe
Vernon Harrod
C. A. Shaw
Floyd Horton
Bernard Sharp
Clinton Matteson
Fred Kavenda
Joseph Roberts
Elwyn Trotter
John Nelson
F. Wayne Graham
Red Cross
Aarrestad
Lutheran Church
Stokowski Dazzles Leningrad in First Concert
U S conductor Leopold Stokowski directed the Leningrad Philharmonic in a Monday night debut that radio from London Moscow called a great success with Russia’s leading symphony orchestra.
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London
Moscow Radio Today
U. S
Leopold Stokowski
Leningrad
Stokowski
Leningrad Philharmonic
Russia
Russia hints at using 70 seismograph stations in test detection
Western negotiators welcomed Soviet openness to use its 70 seismograph stations to aid detection of secret nuclear tests. Officials noted strong Soviet scientific backing at Geneva talks and outlined two aims: develop detection techniques and propose systems, while political questions about China and bans may arise.
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Warren Rogers JR
Washington
Russia
Geneva
Lhgee U.O. Capul
U. S
United States
State Department
Stratton urges Illinois GOP to focus on 1958 election
Springfield, Ill. Gov Stratton told Illinois Republican County Chairmen that the party should concentrate on this year’s election rather than speculating on 1960 candidates. He asserted the GOP enters the fall campaign stronger than two years ago and emphasized concerns about Republican gains in the Legislature, especially the House.
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Springfield
Ill
Stratton
Ilinois
Illinois
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Washington
John W. Chapman
Warren Wright
Sears
Wright
Adams
Morris City Audited as Frankly Managed Funds
Ronald Evans of Seely and Evans praised Morris for handling its corporate funds in the year ending April 30 1958 noting the city stayed within its budget despite rising costs. The report shows income of 292 958 49 up from 273 141 19 last year and expenses 217 878 67 down from 221 546 30 with notable increases in taxes licenses pool revenue and interest and declines in street parks and water works costs.
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Morrisoit
Ronald Evans
Seely and Evans
Evans
Morris
Public Parks Department
ICC Asked To Intervene In Rate Boost
The Illinois Commerce Commission was urged to allow the Illinois Utility Users Assn to intervene in Illinois Power Co’s request for a 4.24 million dollar electric rate increase affecting about 300,000 customers across 455 communities. Residential bills would rise 7.2 to 7.9 percent, commercial 9 percent, and industrial 5.15 percent.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Commerce Commission
Ilnois Utility Users Assn
Illinois Power Co
W. P. Gilbert
Power Company
Lawrence Glenn
Gilbert
Ilinois Power
Edward Pree Jr
Utility Users Assn
Pree
Illinois
107 Year Old Pinky Gaines Plans Beach Retirement
Aunt Pinky Gaines, aged 107, plans to retire to the beach after friends verified her birth date as 1851 and helped him receive his first social security check. She jokes about looking foolish in shawt britches but remains upbeat about the change.
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Cheryl Crane
Lana Turner
Jerry Gieseler
Los Angeles
Calif
Johnny Stompanato
Cheryl
Stompanato
Beverly Hills
Concord
N. C
Pinky Gaines
SEC Chief Denies Favoritism in Goldfine Case
Chairman Edward N. Gadsby testified before a House subcommittee that the Securities and Exchange Commission did not favor Bernard Goldfine amid probes of his ties to Sherman Adams and a White House call in 1956. He cited the East Boston Co. filing delays and a 3000 dollar fine as part of the SEC settlement, noting the inquiry into regulatory favoritism continues.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Edward N. Gadsby
SEC
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Boston
White House
Gadsby
House
Commission
Adams
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Subcommittee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
FTC
East Boston
Hammarskjold Returns to Beirut After Talks With Nasser
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold returns to Beirut after two days seeking Egyptian influence to calm Lebanon's rebels against Camille Chamoun. Nasser reiterates internal crisis stance while Hammarskjold plans further talks with Solh and Chamoun and outlines a plan on return to New York.
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Tom Masterson
Beirut
U.N
Dag Hammerskjold
Nasser
Lebanon
Hammerskjold
United Arab League
Camille Chamoun
U.A.R
Harmmarsh
Hammarskjold
U. N
Sami Solh
Chamoun
New York
United States
Britain
London
U. S
Truck Driver Killed as NYC Freight Hits Car West of Dwight
Harold Fry, 36, of Peoria Heights and Bloomington, working for Sawyer Biscuit Co., died when his southbound truck crossed Route 170 and was struck by eastbound freight No. 1699 12 miles west of Dwight. Witness Earl Goodrich noted skid marks. infer no warning at crossing. Inquest set by Livingston County Coroner Vernon Von Qualen.
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Peoria Heights
New York Central
Dwight
Harold Francis Fry
Galena St
Bloomington
Sawyer Biscuit Co
Fry
Earl Goodrich
Blackstone
J. J. Cahill
Kankakee
T. H. Lindsey
Livingston County
Vernon von Qualen
von Qualen
Beck
Navy Vanguard Rocket Mission Scrubbed By Rain
In Cape Canaveral Florida the Navy weathered a second setback for the Vanguard satellite launcher as heavy rains caused moisture in the wiring triggering an electrical short delaying liftoff to 1 34 a m after hours of work. The earlier test was scrubbed last Thursday night.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Vanguard
America
Living costs hit new May high with smallest monthly gain
May living costs rose to a fresh record yet the increase marked the slowest monthly rise since December. Food items showed no overall gain for May, offering optimism that inflation may be easing through the summer. In Beirut, President Chamoun warned of likely heavy rebel attacks within 48 hours, as Hammarskjold arrived after Cairo talks with Nasser.
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Washington
Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
NBC
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
Cairo
Nasser
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Mexico
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C of C Group
China
ICC
Goldfine
Gadsden
Nyc
Harold Fry
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