Ten killed in Casablanca riot over Bastille Day bombing
Casablanca witnesses report a Bastille Day bombing that killed six Europeans and wounded 35, sparking a riot by angry Europeans and Moroccan storefront arson. The death toll rose to 10 with 44 wounded as police and bystanders faced debris, gunfire, and intense clashes in the port city of about 650,000.
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Associated Press
Casablanca
Morocco
France
North Africa
Algiers
Democrats Spank Cook Co Rebel in Ward Power Shuffle
The Cook County Democratic Central Committee ousted Frank Keenan from patronage duties as Chicago’s 49th Ward committeeman after he backed rival candidates in the mayoral race. George A. Lane was named to replace him in patronage roles while Keenan remains ward committeeman.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cook County
Democratic Central Committee
Frank Keenan
Keenan
Martin H. Kennelly
Robert E. Merriam
Democratic Organization
Richard J. Daley
49Th Ward
George A. Lane
Hospital Notes from Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial
Admitted and discharged lists show patients at two hospitals. Names include Mrs Lille Tolen Walter Yarbrough and others at Good Samaritan, with several discharges such as Mrs Virginia Finn and baby Susan Diana. Jefferson Memorial records add admissions for Mrs Louise Allen and Letta Stevens, plus discharges including Miss Mary Louise Rogers and Alison Lu gene.
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Good Samaritan
Lille Tolen
Walter Yarbrough
Caldonia Bowman
Dorothy Michels
Rosemary Williams
William Munshower
Maggie Chaney
Barbara Potts
Marilyn Cook
Donna Karch
Nell Mannen
Elizabeth Meredith
Mary DeJournett
Virginia Finn
Charles Morgan
Marie Lenz
Louise Hartman
Leonard Hester
Peggy McCann
Susan Diana
Agnes Gilbert
Connie Denise
Jefferson Memorial
Louise Allen
Dahlgren
Letta Stevens
Ruth Shelton
Mary Louise Rogers
McLeansboro
Myrtle Thomas
Pauline Smith
Alison Lugene
Joan Meeks
Teresa Joan
Airline Flights Reported By Local Residents
Bill Sims flew to his home in St. Louis today. Don McLean traveled to Milwaukee. T. W. Eisner departed from Carmi to Mt. Vernon. B. E. Garner flew from St. Louis to King City. Albert Brown of Fairfield flew. Frank Smoot made a flight to Casey this morning.
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Bill Sims
St. Louis
Don McLean
Milwaukee
T. W. Eisner
Carmi
Mt. Vernon
B. E. Garner
King City
Albert Brown
Fairfield
Frank Smoot
Casey
Births in Three Families Mentioned in Local Notes
Mr and Mrs George Spotanski of Scheller welcomed a son at Good Samaritan hospital at 3 38 this morning weighing seven pounds fourteen ounces. Mr and Mrs Warren Shehorn of Oakridge Tenn welcomed a daughter yesterday morning weighing seven pounds thirteen and a half ounces named LeAnn with Leslie and Mt Vernon grandparents listed. A son born to Mr and Mrs James Peterson in Clinton Tl July 12 weighing nine pounds three ounces named Kevin Roy. Mrs Peterson is the former Marjorie Belle Gil...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Spotanski
Scheller
Good Samaritan Hospital
Warren Shehorn
Oakridge
Tenn
LeAnn
Leslie Shehorn
Mt. Vernon
Storms Trigger Electrical Fires in Texas Capital
Underground transformer fires sparked by electrical storms threatened two landmark buildings in Austin. Firemen evacuated six blocks while battling flames in conduits under the Driskill Hotel and Scarborough Department Store. No injuries in Austin though four National Guardsmen were hurt at North Fort Hood in a related storm. Oil tanks burned in Kilgore as flames rose from manholes and shut power, forcing auxiliary lighting.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Driskill Hotel
Scarborough
National
North Fort Hood
Texas
36Th Infantry
Kilgore
East Texas
Governor Signs School Aid Bill In Illinois
Governor Stratton signed the two year school aid formula bill setting a state outlay of 200 million dollars. The act raises local property tax rates needed for state help, with 12 grade districts seeing a 12 cent rise per $100 of assessed value and smaller districts rising from 40 to 50 cents. The equalization level rises to 200 dollars per pupil from 173. A second measure raises tax rate ceilings for unit and dual districts by 12 cents from prior maximums.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Stratton
Marriage on the Ambassador Bridge Unites Two Langs
Vera Lang, an American citizen from Washington DC, and Walter Lang of Toronto, wed on the Ambassador Bridge spanning Detroit and Windsor. Judge David Vokes, seated on the American side, officiated as the couple stood on opposite shores. The pair had prior marriages and divorces, with the 1949 Vienna divorce noted.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Canada
United States
Ambassador Bridge
Windsor
As Common Pleas
David Vokes
Vera Lang
Washington, D. C
Walter Lang
Toronto
Langs
Vienna
Open Geneva Peace Talks Loom for Western Leaders
May opens new vistas for peace as documents are approved for submission to Western chiefs of government in Geneva. Eisenhower Faure and Eden prepare for sessions with Kremlin bosses, Indochina to be discussed only if raised by Russia, Tass hints at a future all Europe security system and possible German reunification talks.
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Geneva
Pinay
Eisenhower
Faure
Anthony Eden
Kremlin
Indochina
Tass
Paris
West Germany
West
East Germany
Marriages Registered for Mt Vernon Couples and Others
Raymond Lewis and Jennie Ruth Estes of Mt Vernon wed. Fidward Williams of Springfield married Marcettia Worthen of Mt Vernon. Tom T Beasley of Centralia wed Juanita Miller of Wamac.
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Raymond Lewis
Jennie Ruth Estes
Mt. Vernon
Fidward Williams
Springfield
Marcettia Worthen
Tom T. Beasley
Centralia
Juanita Miller
Wamac
American Motors Wage Talks Fail Prompting Strike Vote
DETROIT The CIO United Auto Workers plan a strike vote at American Motors after breakdowns in contract talks. Negotiations paused until Aug 8, four days before the five year pact for 24,000 hourly workers expires. Vote set for Aug 1 at AMC plants in Milwaukee Kenosha Wisconsin Segundo California Detroit and Grand Rapids Michigan. AMC says union offer would raise labor costs out of proportion to rivals. union argues AMC previously matched or beat other automakers in pattern settlements including wage and benefits.
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Associated Press
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
American Motors Corp
AMC
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
F Segundo
Calif
Grand Rapids
Micherow
American
Ford
General Motors
Edward L. Cushman
Cushman
City fights increase in water rate continues
A Mt. Vernon council meeting reviewed efforts to negotiate purchase of the Illinois Cities Water Co property amid repeated rate hike attempts. Attorney Pfeiffer warned litigation costs are borne by water users, citing $56,000 charged to operating expenses last year. The council reappointed a six member committee to stand by for future negotiations and thanked the group for its work. Mayor Buford and four council members participated in the discussion.
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Parsley
Pfeiffer
Illinois Cities Water Co
ICC
Illinois Commerce Commission
Mt. Vernon
O. R. Buford
Coyn Mateer
Donald Wood
Howard Campbell
al Ansorge
Plane with 87 on board limps home
Roosevelt and 2nd Lt. Harry Simpson of Akron Ohio copilot feathered both propellers after the starboard engines failed. The dead engines did not drag or vibrate though the flight crew fought four hours to keep the two port engines at nearly maximum power. Dubuis, a wartime Navy veteran, feared another engine could fail under strain.
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Roosevelt
Harry Simpson
Akron
Ohio
M. Set
Herman Dupuis
Helena
Mont
Dupuis
Release Boys In Gas Theft Case
Two Chicago teenagers, both 16, were nabbed by officers while stealing gasoline from a truck at the Standard Station on 14th and Main. They were released to their parents after restitution was paid. They had money in their pockets, apparently saving for a trip to Florida.
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Chicago
Standard Station
14Th and Main
Florida
Ten years since the Trinity atomic blast at Los Alamos
On July 16 1945 the Trinity test near Alamogordo marked the first man made nuclear explosion. AFP notes the secrecy, the World War II context, and reactions from Los Alamos insiders including Dr J Robert Oppenheimer and witness Gaelen L Felt. The piece recounts the delivery of Truman's Hiroshima disclosure and the blackout surrounding Los Alamos during wartime.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Trinity
New Mexico
Wiroshima
Truman
University of California
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Manhattan Engineers District
Alamogordo
Socorro
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Santa Fe
Army
Khnown
Santa Fe New Mexican
Los Alamos Ranch School
New Mexican
Gaelen L. Felt
Police Court Fines Kenneth L Reese for Drunk Charge
Kenneth L Reese of Pinckneyville was fined $10 and costs before Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney on a drunk charge.
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Kenneth L. Reese
Pinckneyville
Allan Dulaney
Jaycees Install Officers Here For Coming Year
Alve Gutzler, Jaycee of nine years, installed as president of the Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce. Frank Feltmeier retires as president. Other officers include Bill Bracy as Jaycee national director, Bob Lipps external VP, Dale Andrews internal VP, Don Theel secretary, Clyde Miller treasurer. Board members named are Bob Beck John Lipps Bob Kraft Paul Traylor and Dr Curtis Parker. Installation banquet at L and N Cafe attended by 55 Jaycees and wives. Retiring officers honored with past officer pins.
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Alve Gutzler
Mt. Vernon
Township treasurer annual financial statement 1954 55 Illinois
Public records disclose the township 2 Ss range 2 E Jefferson County Illinois financial report covering July 1 1954 to June 30 1955. Buildings expenditures custodians salaries insurance repairs and replacements interest on bonds bonds paid new grounds and building new equipment all other expense and cash balance June 30th.
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Jefferson County
Illinois
Educational Fund
SaSiceteseahgandette
Antterey Senna
éAg
Sendi
Educational— Board Business Office
Two Collisions Here Last Night
Two minor accidents occurred in downtown Mt. Vernon last night. A car driven by Milton Ecker and another by John Robert Irvin collided on Main Street west of Tenth. A second collision at Tenth and Main involved Richard E. Spencer and James R. Neunlist. No injuries reported.
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Mt. Vernon
Milton Ecker
Pavey
John Robert Irvin
RFD 1
Belle Rive
Main Street
Tenth
Richard E. Spencer
RD 2
Sheridan
Mich
James R. Neunlist
South 26Th Street
Main
Thieves Foiled At Mt. Vernon Mobilgas Station
Two men tried a daylight burglary at the Broadway Mobilgas station at 14th and Broadway in Mt. Vernon this morning. They gained entry by breaking a north side window but fled when startled, and nothing was missing.
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Mt. Vernon
Broadway
City Boy Wins Farm Honors at Marion County Fair
Salem Ill July Marion County Fair honors go to Jerry Fry a 13yearold city boy who raised registered Herefords near his home. He won junior and then open class grand champion with a 1040 pound steer after reentering the show.
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Associated Press
Salem
Ill
Jerry Fry
Marion County Fair
Springfield bids opened for surplus school food hauling
Springfield Illinois State School Supt Vernon L Nickell opened 11 bids for hauling federal surplus foods to schools and state institutions. Bids covered dry refrigerated and frozen goods with discounts for quick payment. Cox Transit Co and Springfield offered to receive store and deliver dry foods at 1.31 per hundredweight refrigerated at 1.71 and freezer items at 2.11. Eight bidders submitted complete bids.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Vernon L. Nickell
Nickell
James W. Dunbar
Dunbar
Cox Transit Co
Dix Village bids for street reshaping and oiling
notice from village clerk John Ward announces bids to reshape and oil arterial streets in Dix, due by July 25, 1955. action conducted by the Village Clerk's office with timely submission required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dix
John Ward
Use And Utility Tax Bills Become Law
Illinois voters saw the use tax and public utility tax become law as part of the Stratton Daley revenue drive signed by Gov. Stratton. The use tax extends the 2 percent sales levy to out of state purchases for Illinois consumption. The public utility tax allows cities to levy up to 5 percent on gross receipts of electric gas water telephone and telegraph providers with a companion bill letting utilities pass the tax to consumers. Several other revenue measures were signed including car trade in exemption from sales tax and tax on appliances in new houses. Governor vetoes included judges raises school district relief and other bills. Additional measures covered liquor licenses for grocers municipal retirements border tax rules and other changes.
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Associated Press
Springfield
General Assembly
Stratton- Daley
Stratton
Chicago
State Mining Board
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Spank Cook Co
Airport News
U. S
Westinghouse
Featherston
American Motors
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Centralia Road
Jowin B. Curtis
AFP
Mossberger
Henry Mossberger
Gutzler Takes
Jaycee Gavel
Jaycees
Harry A. Rich
Morton Wood
Illinois American Casualty Insurance Company
Illinois American Fire Insurance Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
Illinois American Fire & Casualty Insurance Companies
South Randolph Street
Champaign
Riley E. Johnson Johnson
South 10Th Street
Mt. V
City Boy
State Welfare Department
Board of Education
State Labor Department
Perez Prado
Les Baxter
Bill Haley
Frank Sinatra
Nat ‘King’ Cole
McGuire Sisters
Davy Crockett
Bill Hayes
Honey Babe
Art Mooney
Somethin' Smith
Giselle MacKenzie Sweet
Alan Dale
Les Paul
Mary Ford
Heart
Eddie Fisher
Sammy Davis, Jr
Banjo
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Dance With Me
Henry
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Caterine Valente
Melachrine Strings
Heaven
Four Aces
Featherstun
TUDOR
Plymouth
Studebaker
Holman Motor CO
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