Senate probes school spying in jury room
Senate Internal Security subcommittee urged University of Chicago researchers to destroy secret jury room recordings made in Wichita Kansas federal court. The 1953 surveillance funded by a Ford Foundation grant raised questions on legality and tax exemptions. Five recommendations call for DOJ review, IRS study, new legislation to protect jury sanctity, tax rules review, and destruction of tapes and transcripts.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
University of Chicago
Wichita
Kan
Ford Foundation
Subcommittee
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Soil Bank Sign-Up Opens in This County
Farmers in McClellan Moores Prairie Mt. Vernon Pendleton Rome Shiloh Spring Garden Webber districts may sign up for the corn acreage reserve at the county office 10214 North 9th before the July 20 deadline. Chair Parker Pierce urged all county farmers to inquire at the office for details and eligibility.
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Soil Bank
North 9Th
Parker Pierce
ASC
McClellan
Moores Prairie
Mt. Vernon
Pendleton
Rome
Shiloh
Spring Garden
Webber
Births in Local Hospitals Highlight New Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Harvey Lee Conner of Inn welcome Gregory Lee after a 12 45 a m birth at Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces. Mr and Mrs Orville Sneed of 2903 Logan report a 3 13 am birth at Good Samaritan hospital a girl weighing 6 pounds 1 ounce not yet named. Mr and Mrs Wilburn Toney of Bonnie announce a girl born at 2 3 am named Janet Sue weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Lee Conner
Inn
Jefferson Memorial] Hospital
Gregory Lee
Orville Sneed
Logan
Good Samaritan Hospital
Wilburn Toney
Bonnie
Janet Sue
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions at Good Samaritan including George Davis Williams, Larry Dean Johnson, Barbara Sue Smith, Stanley Milashewski, Maude Verne Decker, Donald Dale Carpenter. discharges include Alice Fay McLaughlin and son Kevin Ray, Katherine Flora Rapp and daughter Janet Marie, Mary Jane Chesley, Dorothy Ellen Baker and Rhonda LaVonne, Carolyn June Delaney and son Alan Leroy, Raymond Donald Owens. Jefferson Memorial shows admissions for Ruth Ella Conner and Adam A. Garrett. discharges Bert Best, Ben Jackson, and Alice Ewing of licences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davis Williams
Larry Dean Johnson
Barbara Sue Smith
Stanley Lawrence Milashewski
Maude Verne Decker
Donald Dale Carpenter
Alice Fay McLaughlin
Kevin Ray
Katherine Flora Rapp
Janet Marie
Mary Jane Chesley
Dorothey Ellen Baker
Rhonda LaVonne
Carolyn June Delaney
Alan Leroy
Raymond Donald Owens
Jefferson Memorial
Ruth Ella Conner
Inn
Mildred Sherrod Federated Club Meets Thursday Evening
The Mildred Sherrod Federated Club will meet Thursday at 8:00 p m at the home of Mrs Georgia Alexander 517 South 13th Street. All members urged to be present. President Adiena Armstrong.
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Mildred
Polling Place Set for Wheat Referendum in Jefferson County
The ASC names the polling site for the July 20 wheat marketing quota vote. All townships in Jefferson County vote at the ASC Office in Mt. Vernon. Eligible growers are those with over 15 acres of wheat for harvest in 1957, with quotas depending on two thirds approval.
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Jefferson County
Parker Pierce
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
North 9Th
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Hit-Run Collision Reported on Mt. Vernon Public Square
A hit-and-run occurred on the Mt. Vernon public square at 2 45 p m yesterday. Wayne Becker of Belleville told police another driver struck his car at the Tenth and Broadway intersection and fled. No injuries were reported and Becker’s car sustained light damage.
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Mt. Vernon Pene Square
Yesteray
Wayne Becker
Belleville
Tenth and
Broadway
Becker
Mrs Stout Again Heads Democratic Women Of County
Jimmy McLaughlin announces the reappointment of Mrs Hazel Stout as county Democratic chairwoman, noting she led the group last year. He says the Democratic women's organization plans several activities for this year's campaign.
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Mrs. Stout
Jimmy McLaughlin
Jefferson County
Democratic Central Committee
Hazel Stout
Stout
McLaughlin
Democratic Women's Organization
Red Cross First Aid Station For Mt. V. Fair
The Red Cross will operate a First Aid Station at the Mt Ver non State Fair again this year. The station will be located under the grandstand in the southeast corner and will be manned by firemen and Boy Scouts trained in Red Cross first aid.
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The
Red Cross
Mt. Vernon State Fair
Grandstand
Westcott Street Home Heavily Damaged by Fire
Fire at 2:00 this morning gutted one bedroom and caused extensive damage to another at Fred Cook's home 10112 Westcott Street. Rural firefighters controlled the blaze after it damaged much of the house with heat and smoke.
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Fred Cook
Westcott Street
Shoplifting And Theft Reported Here Wednesday
A case of shoplifting and an other theft were reported to city police yesterday afternoon. Three young girl shoplifters stole two small knives and chains at the D. C. West store, 1105 Broadway. Wiley Bond, 6174 south 19th, reported that someone stole a copper boiler from his back yard which he valued at $15.
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D. C. West
Broadway
Wiley Bond
South 19Th
Man Says Dealer Sold Car Behind His Back
Theodore B. Fowler of Baltimore claimed a salesman negotiated a sale, another took the car, and a signed contract left him with no vehicle. He sought relief from the Motor Vehicles Department, with the matter referred to the state attorney while Fowler continues to ride a bus.
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Baltimore
Theodore B. Fowler
Fowler
Department of Motor Vehicles
Fined $100 For Drunk Driving
Leeaman Hicks, 42, of Holland Michigan pleaded guilty in county court yesterday to driving while intoxicated. Judge Dale Andrews assessed a $100 fine plus costs after Hicks was arrested earlier in the week by county officers.
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Leeaman Hicks
Holland, Mich
Dale Andrews
Hicks
Belle Rive Prairie Wranglers win area square dance title
A Jefferson county group the Belle Rive Prairie Wranglers earned an A rating at Carmi district 4 H Share The Fun contest and will represent the county at the state fair finals in Springfield. Other Jefferson county entrants also scored well including Texico Top Notchers Go-Getters and Camp Ground Girls with B ratings.
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Belle Rive Prairie Wranglers
Jefferson County
U S Opposes U N World Food Bank Plan
In Geneva, the United States rejects creating a world food reserve within the UN framework. John C. Baker of Ohio University urged two way arrangements as better, arguing international reserves fail to tackle hunger causes like poverty and underdevelopment. The FAO study notes practical limits to such reserves.
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Springfield
Tilop
Orville E. Hodge
George P. Coutralion
Sangamon County
Ilinois
Stratton
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Betwen Hodge
Southmoor Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
B.Y U.S
Robert Tieken
FDIC
Southmoor Bank
Lewis Tanner
Champaign
Hodge
Latham Castle
Timothy J. O’connor
Wiliam D. Lydon
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co
Hodges
John Gutknecht
Cook County
Tieken Request
Geneva
Switzerland
United States
United Nations
John C. Baker
Ohio University
U. S
Economic and Social Council
Council
U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Baker
Harriman Charges Eisenhower Soft On Communism
New York Governor Averell Harriman told Democratic House members at a breakfast that he is the only rival who could not be accused of being soft on communism. He did not name Stevenson or other rivals but said Eisenhower has been naive about the Communist conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Averell Harriman
New York
Felow
Harriman
House
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Congressional
Algiers Violence Rages in Night of Bombs and Gunfire
Nationalist attacks erupt across Algiers injuring seven and killing four, with bombs lobbed into crowded cafes and an opera house blast. French forces report clashes near Montagnac and in Kabylie, claiming multiple rebel deaths and arrests while civilians and Europeans suffer wounds.
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Algiers
Algeria
Montagnac
Kabylie
Gromyko Accepts Western Ceilings in First Disarmament Step
United Nations, N Y Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Anrei Gromyko accepted Western ceilings for armed forces as the first stage of disarmament. He proposed stopping nuclear tests and stockpiles while resisting aerial inspection of facilities. He kept to grand inspection only and upheld planned future cuts to both sides.
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United Nations
N. Y
Andrei Gromyko
U. N. Disarmament Commission
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Gromyko
Germany
Korea
Viet Nam
United States
China
Britain
France
Russia
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Airport News
R. T. Smith
Flint
Michigan
Dallas
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Mt. V. Fair
Mikelson
Leonard Wirtz
Hintz
Coutralion
State of Illinois
Margaret Hodge
Hodge Agency
Esquire Hote
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Cam Record Co
Fred M. Mersiner & Co
Edward Epping
Lloyd Lane
Leslie P. Volz
Fabric Craft Sales Co
Continental Electric Construction Co
Lincoln
Roy Browning
Thomas H. Fitzgerald
C&e Insurance
Ernest J
U.S
U.N. World Food Bank
Russ
William N. Oatis
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