Illinois Senate votes to keep death penalty in six year trial
Illinois Senate rejects a six year trial period for ending the death penalty for murder, kidnapping or treason. The vote 41 to 11 follows House approval and includes debate on deterrence, with supporters citing justice speed and deterrence concerns.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
Joseph Ragen
Stateville
House
Robert McCarthy
D-Lincoln
Daniel D. Rostenkowski
Chicago
Albert Scott
Canton
Lottie Holman O'Neill
Rdowners Grove
Illinois
Lillian Schlagenhaus
Quincy
Robert Cherry
James Gray
East St. Louis
David Davis
Bloomington
Robert R. Canfield
Rockford
LaSalle Outdoor Writer Elected President
Aberdeen Washington reports Murray Crowder of LaSalle Illinois elected president of the Outdoor Writers of America at the organization's annual convention. He succeeds Lou Klewer of Toledo Ohio as new head of the writers group.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Murray Crowder
LaSalle, Ill
Outdoor Writers of America
LaSalle News-Tribune
Lou Klewer
Toledo
Ohio
Four rooms and bath for rent in Lisbon
Want ad item notes a four room and bath rental in Lisbon for $30 monthly. Also mentions fishing worms for sale by "Joey" and a new three-bedroom home for sale in Minooka.
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Lisbon
Joey
Miners Rescued After 14 Hours in Betsy Mine
Five grimy miners trapped since 8:15 a m in a horizontal shaft at Betsy Mine No 3 Powhatan Mining Co were brought out after a 230 foot auger hole bored into the hillside. Rescue workers, relatives, and newsmen cheered as the men emerged at 10:50 p m unharmed. The rescued were Fred Sabol Hank Horvath Glenn Robbins Martin Kowalski Joseph Lupinski and Kenny Hamilton.
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Floyd Pernhardt
Powhatan Coal Co
Jefferson County
Harold Martin
Ohio Division of Mines
Betsy
Bloomingdale
Ohio
Steubenville
Fred Sabol
Harrisville
Hank Horvath
Glenn Robbins
Martin Kowalski
Joseph Lupinski
Mount Pleasant
Kenny Hamilton
Adena
Betsy Mine
Powhatan Mining Co
Three Churches Share Spandet Estate In Dwight Will
Mrs Beatrice Short Spandet died April 3 1956 leaving an estate of 211708. Three Dwight churches receive 12169 each for a Jens H Beatrice Short Spandet Memorial trust with annual funding. A farm and the remaining assets go to relatives and named sisters heirs.
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Dwight
Beatrice Short Spandet
Livingston
St. Peter Evangelical
Jens H. and
Motorists Given Time to Adjust to New Speed Law
Illinois motorists will receive a reasonable grace period to adapt to the 65 mile per hour speed limit taking effect Monday. Police Chief William Morris said that passenger cars will not be allowed to speed arbitrarily during this transition, while trucks and buses will be enforced immediately with 60 mph for buses, 55 mph for light trucks, and 50 mph for heavy trucks.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
William Morris
Soldier Girard to Wed In Camp Whittington Days Away
Miss Haru Sueyama says she and American soldier William S. Girard will marry in three or four days at Camp Whittington while his fate in a possible transfer to a Japanese court remains unsettled. The ceremony would be quiet and at the base chapel with a sergeant friend as best man.
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Girard
Kagohara
Japan
Haru
Candy) Sueyama
William S. Girard
Camp Whittington
U.S. Supreme Court
Miss Sueyama
Ottawa
Tokyo
Sueyama
Louis
Kishi
United States
Governors Conference picks Stratton as 1958 chairman
The 49th annual Governors Conference named Gov. William G. Stratton of Illinois as chairman for next year and designated Boca Raton Florida as the probable meeting site. The resolution urged the Eisenhower administration to ease tight money limits that raise borrowing costs for school buildings and capital projects.
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Williamsburg
Annual
Governors Conference
Congress
America
Eisenhower
Washington
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Florida
Boca Raton
Stratton
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Soviet Warning to West Germany on Nuclear Armament and Reunification
Moscow warned West Germany that cooperation with the West on nuclear armaments ends any chance of German reunification. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko delivered the note to Ambassador Wilhelm Haas stating that nuclear armament of Germany and reunification are irreconcilable.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West Germany
Andri Gromyko
Wilhelm Haas
Germany
Disabled Urged To Contact Social Security Office
Severely disabled Grundy county residents will receive their first social security disability insurance checks in August. However eligible workers aged 50 to 65 have not yet applied to their social security offices.
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Grundy County
Social Security Office to Open Saturday for Disabled Applicants
The Joliet social security district office in the Baskin Building will operate Saturday June 29 from 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m in addition to normal hours Harold White side district manager said. The special schedule helps accept last minute applications for disability protection for residents of Grundy Will and three other counties.
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Joliet
Social Security
Baskin Building
Harold Whiteside
Grundy, Will
Disabled workers urged to apply before June 30 for new benefits
Mrs. Mary Reed of the Grundy County Public Health Assn warns long term disabled workers must apply by June 30 or lose rights to new benefits. The Social Security Administration notes over 100,000 severely disabled people nationwide will receive their first checks in August. eligibility hinges on work history with Social Security.
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Mary Reed
Grundy County
Gardner District 720 Names Eight Board Candidates
Eight candidates filed with County Superintendent Lillias K. Walker for Gardner Community Consolidated School District 720 to form a seven member board. The July 16 election will be held at Gardner Grade School from 12 noon to 7 p.m.
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Gardner
Lillias K. Walker
New Gardner Community Consolidated
Virginia Lee Mehochko
Beryl Wright
W. L. Treasure
Bernard C. Carlson
James W. Morris
Eugene Hillman
Harry Tjelle
Denzel B. Oilar
Gardner Grade
Danish School District 70
Hillman
Danish School Board
Mehochko
Wright
Carlson
Morris
Tjelle
Gardner School Board
Board of Education
Grace Kelly Reported Pregnant Again in Fall
Paris dispatch cites well informed sources claiming Grace Kelly is expecting her second child this fall. The Monte Carlo royal palace declined comment and the princess's private doctor said he has not heard of a pregnancy.
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Paris
Grace Kelly
Royal
Monte Carlo
Firefighters to compete for trophy and cash prize
Seven teams from as many fire departments compete in the Shabbona Firemen’s Association event for a trophy and share in 200 dollars. Finals at 6 30 p m Friday on the Gould park pool area with survivors Morris Braceville Elwood and Yorkville set to draw pairings versus Dwight Ransom and Gardner. Attendance at Morris Fire Dept Summer Festival grows, matinee for children Saturday with rides and concessions.
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Assa
Imperial
Gould Park Pool
Morris
Braceville
Elwood
Yorkville
ILO Expels Hungarian Delegates Over Soviet Arms Report
The International Labor Organization expelled both employer and worker delegates from Communist Hungary following a UN committee report alleging the Hungarian government remains in power through Soviet arms. The action reflects tensions between Hungary and international labor bodies amid Cold War scrutiny.
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Geneva
Hungary
International Labor Organization
U. N. Committee
Illinois Senate OKs Court Reform Amendment
The Illinois Senate approved a court reform amendment but the House must act. A conference committee voted to drop a Powell backed provision splitting Cook County from downstate judge selection, signaling possible Assembly rejection and a 1959 referendum if approved. The plan reshapes courts into Supreme, appellate and circuit levels with unified administration.
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Illinois
Senate
House
Conference Committee
Paul Powell
Vienna
Powell
Cook County
Downstate
Assembly
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Supreme Court
Audrey Devastates Gulf Coast Killing Eight in Texas Louisiana
Hurricane Audrey struck the Texas Louisiana border with winds up to 100 mph. The eight deaths include seven aboard the fishing vessel Keturah and one man drowned in an undertow. Widespread damage followed with high tides up to 9 feet, flooded streets, and torn utilities along the coast. Offshore rigs were abandoned as Port Arthur Nemesis flood crested.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Audrey
Texas-Louisiana
Cameron
Orange
Lake Charles
Warren Fish Co
Pensacola
Fla
Texas
Louisiana
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Sabine
Goodhue
Observer
Irwin Frank
Associated Press
Dallas
Beaumont
Sabine Lake
Weather forecast and conditions at Pyatt Weather Station
Partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers this afternoon and tonight. Friday overcast with occasional showers or thunderstorms and a high near 80. Wednesday high 80 at Pyatt Weather Station, low 63. Rainfall in past 24 hours 0.11 inches. 9 am temperature 73 degrees.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
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