Sugar quotas against Cuba eyed by Cooley
Rep. Harold D. Cooley says the administration plans a new sugar law that could be used as a weapon of reprisal against Cuba and Fidel Castro. Administration officials dispute the punitive aim, arguing the bill targets agricultural needs and would not serve as a club against Cuba.
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Lewis Gulick Washington
Harold D. Cooley
D-Nc
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Castro
United States
Eisenhower
True D. Morse
U.S
United
Puerto Rico
Highway Report: Springfield Ill open to two way traffic
State Highway Department said all state highways are open to two way traffic with routes south of East St. Louis to Lawrenceville clear. North of that line, many roads show scattered ice and packed snow. The weather brief lists multiple city readings across the nation with temperatures and precipitation.
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Springfield
State Highway Department
East St. Louis
Lawrenceville
Hirohito Daughter Weds Bank Clerk in Shinto Ceremony
Princess Suga, 21, left imperial life to marry 25-year-old Hisanaga Shimazu, a former count’s son, in a private Tokyo ceremony attended by the Emperor and Empress. She will be a housewife earning 50 dollars per month plus a 41 thousand dollar dowry. The couple will honeymoon in Miyazaki and hope to travel abroad, though unlikely.
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Kenneth Ishii
TOKYO
Hirohito
Suga
Hisinaga Shimazu
Hisanaga
Japan Import-Export Bank
Miyazaki
Japan
Leftists Protest Tokyo Parliament Over Security Pact
About five thousand unionists and left wing students marched toward Parliament to oppose Japan and United States security pact ratification and government raids on organized demonstrations. One thousand five hundred police surrounded the Parliament Building to keep them back.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Births in Mount Vernon area list multiple newborns
Mr and Mrs James A Winkler of RFD 7 Vernon welcome a son at Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds fifteen ounces named John Anthony. Mr and Mrs Jerome Audt of Dahlgren greet Kevin Jerome born at Good Samaritan hospital. Mr and Mrs Dave Sechrist of Tunkhannock Pa greet David Philip Jr born in that city hospital. A daughter born March 5 to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wiehe Jr of Washington DC at Andrews Air Force Base Hospital weighs seven pounds nine ounces named Lynn Frazier.
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James A. Winkler
RFD
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
John Anthony
Jerome Audt
Dahlgren
Kevin Jerome
Dave Sechrist
Tunkhannock
David Philip, Jr
Barbara Pribble
Illiam Pribble
Lawrence Wiehe, Jr
Washington, D. C
Andrews Air Force Base
Lynn Frazier
Wanda Baker
Lawrence Wiehe
Oneda Baker
Mt. Vernon
South America
U.s.s.acon
Hospital Notes Gexd Samaritan Admitted and Discharged
Samaritan Hospital admits John Morgando George Neal Kite Mabel Letitia Boos and Boyd Ray Jordan. Discharges Iva Riggs Mrs Betty Ann King and baby Ronda Renee Boyd Ray Jordan and Mrs Norma Jean Easley and baby Jeffrey Eugene. Jefferson Memorial admits Harl Charles Gregory Harry Edgar Bumpus of Opdyke Clara Hopkins. Discharged Oma Clark Ronnibs.
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Gexd Samaritan
John Morgando
George Neal Kite
Mabel Letitia Boos
Boyd Ray Jordan
Iva Riggs
Betty Ann King
Ronda Renee
Norma Jean Easley
Jeffrey Eugene
Jefferson Memorial
Harl Charles Gregory
Harry Edgar Bumpus
Opdyke
Clara Hopkins
Oma Clark Ronnibs
Washington PTA Meeting Notice at Washington School
Members of the Washington Parent-Teacher Association will meet Friday evening at 7 30 o'clock at Washington School. All members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed. A social hour will follow with teachers serving as hostesses. Lila Clark, President, Mrs. Sadie Wilson, cohostess.
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Washington P.T.A
Parent-Teacher Association
Washington School
Lila Clark
Sadie Wilson
Federated Club Meeting Tonight at Mrs Ross Home
The Mildred Sherrod Federated Club will meet at 8 00 tonight at 1021 Herbert Street the home of Mrs Arnold Ross Visitors are welcome and urged to attend.
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Federated Club
Mildred Sherrod
Arnold Ross
Herbert
Seven Springfield students held in vandalism case
Springfield Ill AP seven students from Griffin and Feilshans high schools were taken into custody over vandalism aimed at basketball coach Ray Page. A tattle and ice chunk broke two windows at Page home Friday night. No formal charges yet. Page reports ongoing harassment and threats, including tire slashing and convertible roof damage. Police guard his residence.
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Springfield, Ill
Springfield
Ray Page
Willard Kelly
Griffin
Feilshans
Page
Bardot Challenges Slogan Posters Dismissed
Paris AP Bardot loses bid to have Charrier Bottled Water posters removed over the question Does baby like Charrier The court finds no urgency as ads now show a plump baby with a water bottle The couple reserve right to sue in civil court for damages in the future
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Paris
Seine Tribunal
Brigitte Bardot
Charrier Bottled Water Co
Brigitte
Jacques Charrier
Bardot
Tribunal
Charrier Company
Five Children Rescued From Moroccan Quake Rubble
Rescue workers pull five dazed children from Aga dir rubble ten days after a major quake. The 6 to 15 year olds, one Muslim and four Jewish, bring survivors to ten in three days. City heavily destroyed with cholera disinfectants. two Americans dead, five missing.
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Rabat
Agadir
Saada
Werner Bauer
Placentia
Calif
Norene
U.S. Naval Hospital
Port Lyautey
Stratton Appeals Tax Policy In Southern Illinois Campaign
Gov. Stratton, seeking renomination in the April 12 primary, argued that Illinois tax policy over seven years has attracted new industry while shedding no established firms. He tours southern towns including Shawneetown and McLeansboro, aided by his wife, amid heavy snow.
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Carmi
Til
Stratton
Illinois
Paris
Hinds
Metropolis
Vienna
Golconda
Elizabethtown
Shawneetown
Snowstorm Strands Hundreds Across Midwest and South
A major March storm blanketed more than a dozen states with heavy snow from the Texas Panhandle to the Midwest and upper Ohio Valley. Snow depths reached two feet in parts of Virginia and Kentucky, with record falls in Louisville and widespread travel disruptions. National Guardsmen assisted in Kentucky Indiana and Virginia as towns faced closures and emergency calls. New England remained the coldest area this morning while most eastern regions stayed near seasonal norms.
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Ohio Valley
Texas Panhandle
Virginia
Minois
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Georgia
Bert Combs
Blue Grass
Bowling Green
Louisville
Evansville
Ind
New England
Ie Ut
New Mexico
West Texas
Theorthwest
Adenauer to Talk With the Next Week
President Eisenhower suspends high altitude flights to Berlin prompting Adenauer to visit Washington next Tuesday to press a firm U S stance in the Paris summit talks. Secretary Herter explained the decision as not needing such flights now, reversing earlier plans and angering Berlin and Allied officials wary of weakness.
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John M. Aightower
Washington
U.S
West Berlin
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Weanington
Berlin
Soviet Union
Paris
Christian A. Herter
Bonn
Herter
Britain
France
Mount Vernon Officials Question Water Rate Case Methods
Mount Vernon officials challenged Illinois Commerce Commission engineer Robert J. Wier's method for estimating reproduction costs of the Mount Vernon plant. The dispute centers on using 1957 base figures and trend indexes to set rates for Illinois Cities Water Co, with hearings set to continue through March 31 and the possibility of oral arguments.
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Springfield
Mount Vernon
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Ilinois Cities Water Co
Robinson, Oblong
Palestine
Lawrenceville
Robert J. Wier
Chicago
Wier
Commission
Demetri Hassakis
Strike Hits Studebaker Co in South Bend
About 7,500 workers at the Studebaker-Packard Corp struck at midnight in a dispute over production standards. Officials of Local 5 of the United Auto Workers accused a speedup in schedules, while the company argued high standards are needed to stay competitive with other auto makers. The union had authorized the strike in a vote weeks earlier. Pickets were set up at the plant gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend, Ind
Studebaker-Packard Corp
United Auto Workers
Gates
Governor Appoints Widow of Neuberger in Senate
In Portland Democrats urged Gov. Hatfield to name Maurine Neuberger widow of the late Sen. Richard Neuberger to fill his term. She indicated possible acceptance but may run for a full six-year term. filing deadline is Friday at 5 p.m. Maurine Neuberger previously served in the Oregon House.
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Portland
Ore
Richard Neuberger
Senate
Neuberger
Oregon Democratic Central Committee
Mark Hatfield
Hatfield
Oregon
Rep
Charles Porter
Porter
Maurine Neuberger
Mrs. Neuberger
Oregon House
Policeman's Car Struck At 8th Broadway
Two Mt. Vernon crashes reported on Wednesday and today. At 1:15 a.m. Police Captain Ever Ett Dalby collided with James Edward Couch of Covington Ky at Eighth and Broadway. Couch charged with improper left turn. Dalby’s car about $100 damage, Couch about $125. No injuries. An earlier wreck at Seventh and Jordan involved Dorothy Flota whose car skidded on ice and hit a parked car owned by Franklin Ellingsworth. Damages: parked car over $100, Flota’s car under $100.
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Mt. Vernon
Everett Dalby
James Edward Couch
Covington
Eighth
Broadway
Couch
Dalby
Seventh
Jordan
Dorothy Flota
North Fourth
Franklin A. Ellingsworth
Richview Road
Flota
Helpless To Aid His Stricken Wife
Detroit police found Cornelius Terry, 68, paralyzed, on the floor of his apartment while his wife, 50, lay unconscious. She had suffered a heart attack and died en route to the hospital. He had fallen when leaving his bed to call for help after her collapse. Neighbors alerted authorities after calls went unanswered.
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Detroit
Cornelius Terry
Terry
Big Wine Ship Sails Again Today
The SS Angelo Petri, a 21,700 ton wine tanker, resumes sea duty from San Francisco after a month in trouble. A Pacific gale nearly wrecked it as waves damaged the electrical system and rudder. Four tugs and a Coast Guard cutter towed the ship back to port for repairs carrying almost two million gallons of wine oil and fuel.
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San Francisco
Angelo Petri
Coast Guard
Preparedness for Disaster Sessions Here
Local Red Cross disaster chairman Major Leslie E. Mannen announces a disaster institute in Mount Vernon all next week. The program coordinates with fire police civil defense and other agencies to prevent duplicate efforts. A planning meeting Monday night at 7:30 at the Masonic Lodge kicks off a disaster preparedness committee with subcommittees on clothing survey public information food shelter supply warehousing rescue warning evacuation communication transportation medical and family rehabilitation. People may contact the Red Cross office at Dial Chestnut 4 2083 for details.
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Jefferson County
Leslie E. Mannen
Red Cross Disaster
Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Masonic
Dial
Derry Serves as Panel Moderator at Illinois Assessors Workshop
Burrell Derry Mt Vernon township assessor returned home after taking an official role in the second annual workshop for Illinois assessing officials at Springfield. He moderated a panel on oil wells mineral rights and mining equipment. Jefferson county officials Waite Randall Davis Moore Hopkins Youngblood attended. A planning meeting for next year was set for April.
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Burrell Derry
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Springfield
Derry
St. Nicholas Hotel
Jefferson County
Charles W. Waite
Walter Ray Randall
Lester Davis
William L. (Bil) Moore
Board of Review
Goaley Hopkins
Belle Rive
Emory Youngblood
Farrington
Finch Jury In Sixth Day Deliberations In Murder Trial
In Los Angeles a six day jury sits in the murder trial of Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff charged with murder and conspiracy in the shooting of the doctor's wife. The case could carry the death penalty if convicted.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Mt Vernon Civil Defense Plans City Hall Generator
Mt Vernon civil defense officials plan to acquire an emergency generator for City Hall. CD director Donald Hahn says the unit will aid the fire and police departments during power outages and that federal matching funds may cover about half of an estimated $2,000 cost. The Advisory Board aims to involve local civic groups and Boy Scouts in the CD program.
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Mt. Vernon
Donald Hahn
Hahn
CD Advisory
Boy Scouts
Two Who Gave Baby Away Sell Home In Britain
Luton couple Leo and Yvonne Moore sold their bungalow and plan to leave Britain after deciding to give their baby to an American couple. Moore and his wife will fly to the United States to place the infant with Mr and Mrs Wilbur Prescott of North Charleston, South Carolina, with Prescott funds covering travel costs. The baby is due mid April. the move comes amid local uproar and abusive letters.
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Luton
England
Leo
Yvonne Moore
Moore
America
Wilbur Prescott
North Charleston
S.C
Icelandic Airways
Glasgow
Scotan Moore
Yvonne
Prescotts
Mt. V. Captain Heads Rescue Team In Spain
Captain Edward P. Irons, a former Mt. Vernon man and physician, led a rescue team moving up a blizzard swept Spanish mountain to aid 12 American servicemen after a U. S. Navy plane crash landed near Sierra Nevadas en route from Naples to Rota. Spanish teams assisted from the Rota base 75 miles west of Gibraltar.
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Mt. Vernon
Spain
Edward P. Irons
Rota
Gibraltar
Sierra Nevadas
Naples
Italy
U. S. Naval
First deaf blind woman Laura Bridgemen born in Hanover
The first person educated to lead a full productive life despite dual sensory loss was Laura Bridgemen born in Hanover New Mexico in 1829.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Bridgemen
Hanover
N. M
Not Telephone Co Statements Warn Merchants In Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon merchants who advertise in the telephone directory yellow pages were warned by the Chamber of Commerce manager about statements from another firm. The notice resembles a bill but the reverse states it is not a statement. Chamber and local telephone company officials report multiple calls on the issue.
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Mt. Vernon
C. Or
C. Today
Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Joe Winfrey
Chamber
Winfrey
Robert Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Silent Search for Coors Continues in Colorado
In Golden Colorado AP reports a quiet hunt for Adolph Coors the missing brewer. His wife and other relatives say they have received sporadic phone calls since his disappearance on February 9 but a spokesman warns many calls were pranks. Coors aged 4 disappeared while driving to work from his foothills home and authorities have heard nothing since.
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Golden
Colo
Adolph Coors
Coors
Foothills
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