U S Steel hikes prices amid inflation concerns
U S Steel Corp announces a roughly six dollar per ton price increase as a new round of steel price boosts begins. The move follows a 21 cent hourly wage rise for workers under a three year contract. Industry leaders warn of broader price rises across autos, construction, oil and appliances.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Eisenhower
Washington
Clifford F. Hood
U. S. Steel
United Steelworkers
Hood
Utah
Columbia- Geneva
Avery Adams
Jones & Laughlin
Deluge Floods Paris and Nearby Illinois Towns
Heavy rains drenched central Illinois with nine to fourteen inches, flooding basements and roads. Paris reports 14 inches in a pumping station threatening the water system as residents are urged to stock a two day supply. Dam at Twin Lakes weakens while Shelbyville Pana Charleston and Mattoon report seven to nine inches. Roads between Mattoon and area counties closed as police evacuate a few families.
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Chicago
Illinois
Paris
Twin Lakes
Frank Turner
Turner
Shelbyville
Pana
Charleston
Mattoon
Court Reform Heads for Vote in 1958
Illinois lawmakers approve a sweeping constitutional amendment to reorganize the court system with a public vote set for 1958. The House passed 145 to 22 and the Senate by a vote of 39 to 14 without opposition time. The plan preserves elected judges for now. future non political selection would require two thirds in the Assembly and a majority in a referendum.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
House
Senate
Dwight Man Loses Eye In Farm Accident
Francis Neville of 311 N Clinton St lost his left eye in an accident on his farm three miles south of here Tuesday morning. A cultivator bar slipped and struck him in the eye about 5:30 am. He was unconscious for about two hours then drove to a neighbor for help. He received first aid locally and was taken to Silver Cross hospital Joliet for treatment.
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Dwight — Francis Neville
Clinton St
Here
Sagery
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Neville
Joliet Hospital
Mainland China shells Nascent Nationalist islands
Chinese Communists on the mainland fired 56 shells overnight at Nationalist islands offshore in Formosa. Nationalists returned fire as hostilities ebbed further.
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Taipei
Formosa
Dulles Denounces Red China and Policy of Nonrecognition
Secretary of State Dulles denounces Communist China as uncivilized and hostile and calls recognition folly. He defends nonrecognition, trade embargo, and cultural isolation, saying China’s regime is a passing phase and urging the public to stand firm against change.
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Sec
Dulles
China
San Francisco
Red
United States
U. S
Europe
United
Britain
Red China
India
Russia
U.S
Diablo misfire halts Nevada atomic test this dawn
The Diablo test at the Nevada site failed to detonate due to a power circuit fault. Marines evacuated trenches 21 percent miles from Ground Zero as an AEC safety review planned a disarming operation and tower access.
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Nev
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Ground Zero
AEC
Want Ads Feature Lost Wallet Found and Help Wanted
Lost man's wallet with important papers noted in today’s Want Ads. A young man seeks part time work from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. AKC registered Pomeranian puppies for sale. Five room house for rent in Ma zon.
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Mazon
Flooded Highways and Fields Plague Grundy County
Heavy overnight rainfall left southern Grundy County under water with ponds in fields, overflowing ditches, and flooded lowlands. Rte 47 between Morris and Mazon was covered, rain totals ranged 1.63 to nearly five inches, and Morris and Streator areas reported evacuations and debris-clogged drains.
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Grundy County
Rte. 47
Morris and
Mazon
Mazon River
Streator
Marilla Park
Coal City
Wilmington
Gardner
City of Morris
Street Department
U. of I. Observes Agronomy Day highlights on farm research
Illinois farmers and farm editors attended the University of Illinois Agronomy Day to view extensive research programs. Highlights included yellow dwarf disease resistance in oats and dwarf corn hybrids to reduce lodging, with 3,600 varieties tested in 1956 and 700 lines retested this year, plus studies on nitrogen timing, rotation, soil treatments, and minimum tillage across 11 years.
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University of Illinois College of Agriculture
America
U. of S
Illinois
Grundy County
University of Illinois Agronomy Farm
Pernt Leook
C. M Brown
R. M Endo
Urbana
Toll from Audrey rises amid uncertain death counts
In Lake Charles Louisiana officials and residents clash over the dead from Hurricane Audrey. Official tallies place 104 dead with 87 in Cameron parish though a deputy warns the toll could reach 3000 to 4000. The Weather Bureau cites 200 to 300 killed in Cameron. A rescue boat captain reports sheriff estimates of at least 200 dead in Cameron.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Cameron Parish
Weather Bureau
Washington
Cameron
Audrey
W. L
Bill) Price
New Orleans
O. B. Carter
Stephen Broussard
Air Force helicopter rushed to rescue 16 in Cameron La
An Air Force helicopter departed Houston for Cameron Louisiana to aid 16 people adrift in three marshland boats, including five newborns, after an SOS from the Cameron sheriff. Two seaplanes from Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. followed about an hour later to assist in the rescue.
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Houston
Tex
Air Force
Cameron
Toll climbs as hurricane devastates Texas Louisiana coast
Reports place the dead and missing from the hurricane across Texas and Louisiana with initial counts varying from 18 to 100 fatalities. Rescue teams search marshlands for victims while Coast Guard vessels bring survivors like Deputy Sheriff D. P. Vincent for questioning. Red Cross estimates at least 1,000 Cameron residents affected.
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Texas
Louisiana
Cameron
D. P. Vincent
Cameron Parish
Coast Guard
Blue Bonnet
Red Cross
Weekend Forecast Mixed At Pyatt Weather Station
The forecast calls for fair weather Saturday and partly cloudy warm conditions Sunday with possible showers. Tonight should clear gradually with a low near 60 and Saturday high around 80. Slight chances of more showers Monday and Wednesday. Thursday's high reached 77 with a 63 low and 9 am reading 69. Rainfall totaled 1.63 inches.
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Pyatt
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