Dems Replace U of I Board Candidate at State Convention
Delegates to the Democratic state convention dropped one of three alumni recommended nominees for University of Illinois trustees and kept two others. Richard J. Nelson of Evanston was replaced by Richard A. Harewood of Chicago. The slate includes Harold Pogue and Howard W. Clement.
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Springfield
University of Ilinois
U. of 1
Richard J. Nelson
Evanston
Richard A. Harewood
Chicago
Nelson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Harewood
Illinois Qrouse
Harold Pogue
Deccatur
Howard W. Clement
Des Plaines
Alumni Association
Clement
Pogue
Richard J. Daley
Enforcement Urged For Fireworks Law Ahead Of Fourth
Sheriff Olson urged strict enforcement of the fireworks ordinance county wide as July fourth approaches. He called on all agencies to crack down on offenders and for public cooperation in reporting violators. All fireworks including sparklers are banned by Illinois law. bootlegging from other states or mail orders are common. Injuries from fireworks can hold the shooter responsible, with parents liable for minors.
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John E. G. Olson
Law On-S Oe
Couny
Olson
Morris Tavern Burglarized in Morris
Benny Sklut's tavern on U S Highway 6 near Morris was robbed overnight. A rear door lock was broken and cash totaling 274.35 was stolen along with 10 fifths of whiskey. The owner found the door jimmied at 7:20 a m and alerted Sheriff Olson.
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Benny Sklut
U. S. Highway 6
Morris
Ing
Ben Sklut
John E. G. Olson
Olson
Life sentence for taxi driver murder in Chicago
Judge Danial A. Covelli sentenced 21 year old Richard A. King to life imprisonment for the murder of taxicab driver Thomas K. Keegan who was shot in the back of the head on November 3 1957. King pleaded guilty and was told to expect a life term.
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Chicago
Danial A. Covelli
Criminal Court
Richard A. King
King
Thomas K. Keegan
Keegan
Two Small Tornadoes Strike Ontario Towns
A pair of small tornadoes hit La Salle and Leamington in Ontario causing roof and building damage. In La Salle several roofs were torn off and a house was shoved from its foundations. At Sam Shostack’s Leamington farm a service building roof collapsed and nine of twenty one greenhouses were smashed. damage estimated at $50,000. Three fishermen endured a wind blown boat ride during the storms.
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Windsor
Ont
Here
la Salle
Leamington
Sam Shostack
Shostack
Roberta Linn in Critical Condition in Hollywood Hospital
Singer Roberta Linn once Champagne Lady to Lawrence Welk is critically ill in a Hollywood hospital after a Sunday admission for a respiratory infection. Doctors warn the condition is serious and provide no timetable for recovery.
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Hollywood
Roberta Linn
Miss Linn
Lawrence Welk
Key Republican Officials Seek Standby Credit Controls
Treasury Secretary Anderson among officials weighing standby credit authority to regulate down payments and installment terms on autos and appliances. Concern over rising deficits and inflation prompts a possible Congress request to curb lending post recession, as 1954-55 patterns are cited and the administration debates a shift from prior anti control policy.
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Washington
Nancumar Credit Cantrale
VED
Eisenhower
Anderson
Treasury
U.S. Confirms Geneva Nuclear Tests Conference Will Proceed
The United States told the Soviet Union that the July 1 Geneva conference on nuclear test detection will proceed as agreed and remains a scientific meeting to explore detection problems before any political commitments on suspending tests. Top U.S. delegates, Dr James Brown Fisk, Dr Robert F. Bacher, and Dr Ernest O. Lawrence, were en route to Geneva.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Moscow
Eisenhower
State Department
Lincoln White
U. S
New York
James Brown Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Robert F. Bacher
California Institute of Technology
Ernest O. Lawrence
Dallas Schools To Remain Segregated
The Dallas school board announced that schools will stay segregated next year amid conflicts between the U S Supreme Court ruling and Texas integration laws. The board will seek state court guidance while affirming the 1956 local option election requirement before any integration can occur.
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Dallas
Dallas School Board
U. S. Supreme Court
Southwest
Supreme Court
Edwin C. Washington Jr
NAACP
R. E. Davis
White Citizens Council
The
Republic
U. S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas
State to Open Juvenile Camp Near Morris
Gov. Stratton announced a new Chant State Boys Camp for rehabilitating juvenile offenders will open near Morris at the Aux Sable locks on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The 24-bed facility, run by the Illinois Youth Commission forestry division, will employ boys to develop a public recreation area along the I and M tow-path drive from Channahon to Morris, joining five similar camps in state parks.
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Illinois Youth Commission
Aux Sable
IL. and
M. Canal
Morris
William G. Stratton
Springfield
Chant
Forestry
Mllinois Youth Commission
Channahon
Illini State Park
Marseilles
Illinois
Illinois Weather Outlook Turns Fair Yet Cool Through Saturday
Partly cloudy and cool conditions dominated Illinois after showers on Wednesday. The U S Weather Bureau projected a fair and cool pattern for the local area through Saturday with temperatures rising back to normal afterward. Pyatt Station logged 77 degrees Wednesday with a 53 degree night and 64 this morning. Rainfall measured at .57 of an inch. Today's high likely in the lower 70s and the low near the upper 40s.
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Illinois
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Young Indian Poet Dom Moraes Wins Hawthornden Prize
The 19 year old Indian poet Dom Moraes was named winner of Britain's Hawthornden Prize for his poetry book A Beginning. The prize carries 100 pounds and a silver medal. past laureates include Evelyn Waugh Graham Greene and James Hilton.
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London
Dom Moraes
Britain
The
News Chronicle
Moraes
Evelyn Waugh
Graham Greene
James Hilton
Morris in Water Fights Tonight at Gould Park
Fire departments from Elwood Oswego Ransom Braceville Redick Lisbon Marseilles and Morris compete in round two of the waterfight tournament in Gould Park tonight after 6:30 p m in the park parking lot south of the pool. Eight teams battle for a $100 first prize plus a trophy with $60 for second and $40 for third. The Imperial Shows offer a fourth nightly performance on Union Street with a Kiddie Matinee Saturday and ride discounts plus two bicycles awarded.
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Morris Fire Department
Elwood
Oswego
Ransom
Braceville
Reddick
Lisbon
Marseilles
Morris
Newark
Ottawa No. 1
South Wilmington
Yorkville
Imperial
Union Street
Park
Cecil B DeMille Condition Improves at Cedars
Hollywood producer Cecil B DeMille, 77, is reported by his physician to be decidedly improved after a circulatory disorder prompted his hospitalization at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital last week.
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Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Morris Man Hospitalized After Culvert Crash
Rees J. Matthews of Morris, 44, suffered facial lacerations a broken left leg and fractured left ribs when his car drifted off Route 1138S about a half mile west of Coal City and struck a concrete culvert. Sheriff John E. Olson investigated the crash.
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Morris Hospital
Rees J. Matthews
Armstrong St
Morris
Coal City
Matthews
John E. G. Olson
Dirksen Expects Tax Repeal on Freight and Travel
Senator Everett Dirksen told an Illinois Chamber delegation that he expects repeal of the 3 percent federal excise tax on freight and the 10 percent tax on transportation, signaling action on the travel and freight levy.
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Dirksen
Washington
Everett Dirksen
Ill
Illinois
Tomato Market Drops Prices in Bremond Texas
In Bremond Texas farmers abandon harvest as the tomato market tanks with prices near two cents a pound, too low to cover gathering costs, leaving fields to rot in the tomato growing area.
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Bremond
Tex
Douglas cites Adams case as example of moral mess
Sen Paul H Douglas denounces the Sherman Adams affair as a moral mess that harms Washington and Springfield, urging Democrats to clean up. He says the scandal shocks voters and erodes U S standing abroad, challenging Republicans to drop self righteousness. Brannan echoes GOP pledge failures on food prices farmers income and taxes.
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Sen
Douglas
Adams
Springfield
Ill
Paul H. Douglas
Sherman Adams
Washington
Charles F. Brannan
Truman
Brannan
Eisenhower
Fighting rages in Tripoli as Lebanon rebellion widens
In Tripoli the four hour battle leaves at least six dead and twenty wounded. Rebel Omar Karami says fighting peaked at 3 pm with army armored cars driving rebel roadblocks, while Beirut remains quiet and a UN border force appeal is reported.
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Tom Masterson
Beirut
Tripoli
Omar Karami
Associated Press
Karomi
Rashid Karomi
Cairo
Bekaa
Lebanon
Chamoun
South
U. N
Hammarskjold
New York
Sami Salh
Liquor Board Rules Stamp Purchases Could Affect Licenses
Atty. Gen. Latham Castle said the Illinois Liquor Commission can adopt rules linking the purchase or possession of a federal gambling stamp to possible license suspension. He noted that such rules must be in effect 30 days before violations may trigger suspension, and that stamp alone is not grounds for revocation.
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Springfield
Illinois Liquor Commission
Atty
Latham Castle
Castle
Loren B. Sackett
Morris
Commission
Liquor Commission
Two Members of Family Die as Car Hits Bridge
A Salem family suffered two fatalities and one critical injury when their car struck a bridge on U S Highway 50 about 13 miles east of Salem. Killed were Mrs. Clarence F Vaughn 38 and her daughter Cynthia two months old. Vaughn the driver was hospitalized in Flora in serious condition.
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Salem, Ul
Salem
Clarence F. Vaughn
Cynthia
Vaughn
Clay County
Flora
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