Clinton trial acquits four of Clinton 10 in Tennessee
In Knoxville a all white jury convicted John Kasper and six Clinton defendants of criminal contempt on all counts. Four of the Clinton 10 were acquitted. The jury deliberated 2 hours and 20 minutes. Kasper Brantley Bakerbill Bullock Cook Currier Til convicted. Carter Nelson Nelson Nelson Wood acquitted. Judge Taylor finished jury instructions delaying deliberations. The case spurred appeals.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Kasper
Tennessee
Clinton
Kasper
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Seaboard White Citizens Council
Lawrence J. Brantley
William J. Bakerbill
Alonzo Bullock
Clyde Cook
Oak Ridge
Tern
Mary Nell Currier
Willard H. Til
Anderson
Clinton) County
White Citizens Council
Clifford Carter
Edward Henson Nelson
Virgil Cleo Nelson
U.S. Air Force
E. H. Nelson
Raymond Wood
William Shaw
Louisiana
Louisiana, Imediately
J. Benjamin Simmons
Relman Morin
Robert L. Taylor
Taylor
U. S. Dist. Atty
John C. Crawford Jr
Integra
Death of Spanish American War veteran Oliver Gearing
Oliver Gearing, 84, a Spanish American War veteran and retired carpenter, died at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Funeral set for Friday at Belle Rive Methodist Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Opdyke. He was born August 8 1872 in Evansville Indiana and married Etta Scriviner in 1917. He is survived by his wife two brothers and a sister.
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Jefferson County
Oliver Gearing
Gearing
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Belle Rive Methodist’church
Bird Green
Opdyke
Pulley
Mr. Gearing
Evansville
Ind
Phillip
Katie
Rowe) Gearing
Etta Scriviner
Leonard
Enos
Jeffersonville
Effie Gearing
Senate Votes to Erase Troops Powers in Civil Rights Bill
Washington reports a Senate debate over limiting federal troopers powers to enforce civil rights. A coalition led by Knowland faces a rising bloc backing Anderson and Aiken to strip enforcement authority from the measure, with votes showing potential for a major change toward curbing federal action in schools and public places in the South.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Anderson
D-Nm
Aiken
RVI
House
Anderson-Aiken
Cache Seized Aboard French Freighter in Florida
Federal agents seized a heroin cache aboard a French freighter in Fort Lauderdale Florida described as the largest in the United States in years Merrill D White U S customs collector for Florida estimated 1000 of the narcotic weighing 944 pounds with an estimated value of 700 000 on Monday night
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
United States
Merrill
D. ‘White
U. S
Florida
Charge Dismissed Against Smoot in Airport Case
A conflict of interest charge against Mt. Vernon Airport Authority board member Frank Smoot was dismissed at a preliminary hearing for lack of evidence. Justice James R. Allen ruled the evidence insufficient from the start after the case was moved from De Ment’s court on venue grounds. Only witness Serman Bullock testified, with States Attorney Lawrence J. Starman and Smoot’s attorneys present.
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Justice of Peace
Mt. V. Airport Authority
Frank Smoot
Mt. Vernon
DeMent
Serman Bullock
North Seventh Street
Smoot
Lawrence J. Starman
Furnall
Howard Campell
Dowell
Brehm
Bullock
Wedler Not Connected to Sheppard Murder Says Officials
Three Cleveland officials stated Wedler’s confession has no link to Marilyn Sheppard’s death. Coroner Samuel Gerber of Cuyahoga County Ohio called the claim unfounded and said she is not telling the truth. James E. McArthur added Wedler lacks specific details and is inaccurate about the crime, noting his general knowledge and evasive description.
Manville says wife quits after demands for home luxuries
asbestos heir Tom Manville says he and his 10th wife Pat Gaston have separated in San Antonio. He notes she complained she could not ask for more after getting a swimming pool and a new bedroom. Manville, 63, and the former Follies showgirl were married 24% months ago. she, 27, has returned to New York after visiting relatives.
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San Antonio
Tex
San Antonio Express
News Today
Tommy Manville
Pat Gaston
Manville
Ford Motor Co Has Record Sales In First Half 1957
Detroit reports Ford Motor Co sales reached a record $3,009,900, passing three billion dollars in six months for the first time. President Henry Ford II announced a 27 percent jump over the prior six months, marking a milestone in the company’s midyear results.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
City Manager Bodine Ousted by Rock Island Council
Rock Island Illinois city manager Donny Bodine was forced to resign after a 3-2 council vote. Mayor Warren C. Yerger cast the deciding ballot with 450 in attendance. Bodine receives three months severance pay at his $11,500 annual salary amid boos and tense exchanges.
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Rock Island
Ill
Donny Bodine
Bodine
Warren C. Yerger
Stanley Erikson
Leonard Ross
Verger
Erikson
Yerger
Ross
Charles Marishall
Dulles pleads with Russians to disarm now
Secretary of State Dulles urged the Soviet Union to accept disarmament steps at London talks. His VOA address warned that delay risks uncontrollable atom hydrogen weapons and a costly arms race, urging concessions to avoid a world burdened by nuclear danger.
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Washington
Voice of America
Dulles
Russia
Iron Curtain
Okinawa
Munich
Coast Guard
Courier
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
London
America
Fred Gregory dies today of heart attack
Fred Gregory 72, longtime Mt. Vernon monument business operator, died at Good Samaritan Hospital at 9:05 AM from a heart attack suffered yesterday afternoon at the Fairgrounds. A director of the Mt. Vernon State Fair Association, he was returning home from Tampa after attending this week’s fair. He retired due to ill health and his son now operates the business. He leaves wife Cora Bell, son Harry L., daughter Ruby Hauk, one grandchild, and three sisters. Burial at Bethel Memorial cemetery. Funeral Thursday at 2:00 PM at Pulley Funeral Chapel.
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Fred Gregory
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Fairgrounds
Mr. Gregory
Tampa
Gregory
Harry
Ing
Monument
Wayne County
Marion and
Mary (Trotter) Gregory
Cora Bell Stevens
First, Baptist Church
1.C.C.F
Grace’ Henry Rebekah Lodge
Florida
I.C.C.F
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Bird Green
Eugene Hollcomb
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Pulley Funeral Home
Harry L
Ruby Hauk
Clara Egbert
Tina Waters
Zelma Schrum
DeKalb, Ml
Wreckage found of Navy plane with 11 aboard
Italian alpine guides located the burned U S Navy PV2 near San Martino Mountain in northern Italy and radioed that all 11 crew members are dead. The plane vanished Friday after radio contact with Treviso airport during a 1,400 mile flight from Casablanca Morocco.
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Milan
Italy
San Martino
Trente
Treviso
Casablanca
Morocco
Turin
General Service Pv2
Navy
Transport Command
HERS Division Seeks Bids For $10 Million Road Projects
Springfield Illinois The HERS Division today called for bids on August 2 for projects estimated at 10 million dollars. The division will also receive bids on two paving sections of the Otwa tent road.
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Springfield
Ill
HERS
Elephant kills two women near Kandy in Colombo notice
A wild elephant trampled a woman to death and ripped another to pieces near the central Ceylon town of Kandy after charging a party of seven Monday night. Local authorities investigated the incident.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Kandy
14 Trotters in Colt Stake at Mt Vernon State Fair
Fourteen trotters are set to face the starter at 8 tonight for night racing at Mt Vernon State Fair. The 3 Year Old Egyptian Colt Stake trot leads the card, with $800 purses, and the field split into two seven horse heats due to the large entries.
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Affternoon
Mt. Vernon State Fair
Horse and car race at Mt Vernon Fair Wednesday night
Fans will see a quarter horse named Travel On owned by Ray Kniffen race against a 1957 model car in a special eighth mile contest. The match race is set for the Wednesday night horse program in front of the grandstand at Mt Vernon Fair.
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Mt. Vernon
Bill Edmison
Ray Kniffen
Red Cross Blood Drive at Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
APPROPRIATE COLORS PHILADELPHIA Red Cross to hold a blood bank drive at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on Friday Donors report to the Burgundy Room for donation arrangements and screening.
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Philadelphia
Red Cross
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Pat Boone Fights Screen Kiss For April Love
Pat Boone weighs kissing his leading lady Shirley Jones in April Love. He follows a personal rule against intimate contact with women outside his wife, a stance that could affect his career as writers adjust scenes to avoid a kiss.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Pat Boone
Bernardine
Shirley Jones
Shirley
Pat
Boone
Bing Crosby
Aye
tPat
Goodyigoody
Prude
20Th Century-Fox
Governor to dedicate Mt Vernon TB hospital wing dedication
Governor William G. announces the dedication of a new 60 bed wing at the Mt. Vernon tuberculosis sanatorium on August 18 at 2 p.m. The event features state health leaders and a long-list of patients from across the state open for inspection. East Side Construction Co. of Mt. Vernon built the wing, with Dr Herman C Rogers as medical superintendent.
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Wm. G
Aia
Mt. Vernon
RR. Croke
State Department of Public Health
N . Hall
Illinois
R. C. M Business
Paul Broyles
J Stratton
Rockaway
J. Edwin Rackaway
Regiser-News
Mt. Vernon Hospital
East Side Construction Co
Herman C. Rogers
Hagleéville
Eagleville
McMillan J
Tme
McMillan
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Wedler
Sheppard
An Pega
John Scali
Mt. Vernon State
Bill Groves
Cahokia Downs
Pinckneyville
Polibay
Groves
Lillian Holder
Monroe
Nebr
Just Beans
Perry Bayley
Ohio
JB. H. Banks
Roosevelt, Okla
W. A. Yarberry
Louis Anderson
Little Rock
Ark
COLT
Mt. V. Fair
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