Beebe vows no layoff of gamblers amid blast
East St. Louis Police Commissioner Russell Beebe says he will not halt his anti gambling drive after a car bomb damaged his vehicle and home. The attack followed raids on the headquarters of Wertman and Dowling who allegedly control a 500000 dollar weekly betting operation in the St. Louis area. Authorities plan to meet with county officials to discuss tightening measures and expanding police action to stamp out betting in the region.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Russell T. Beebe Cave
Hanihing
Beebe
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Frank
Buster) Wertman
Elmer
Dutch) Dowling
St. Louis
Maj Am
Moellerhead County
Spud
Theodore C. Yyosaid
Tinois
Inreau
Sts. Louis
Eee
T. Force
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Obscure Names
A fragmented list of names linked to a Jefferson Memorial edition includes George L Russell Willis Fred lyne Pierce master Ronald Eu Airs Daphne Aux ier Pay G Sarai Arlratt poets Janey Edgar Bum pus Donald ce c AER Mrs. Florence Anna sLaive Gens Imer John Brien Amita Isa Se Ash Mary Da 1 Mrs. Justin Hodge Clifford Parkas Robert Eubank Mrs. Kula Machines Joseph Henvy Weber Christopher Hanagan Master Robert 3 Edna Emma nee Howerton Carroly and ny Mane and ny Txunbar cia Jahn R robert.
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Jefferson Memorial
George L. Russell
Willis
Fredlyne Pierce
Ronald EU- Airs
Daphne Auxier
Pay G
Sarai Arlratt
Janey Edgar Bumpus
Donald Ce c Aer
Florence AnnasLaive
Imer John Brien
Amita Isa- Se Ash
Mary da
Justin Hodge
Clifford Parkas
Robert Eubank
Kula Machines
Joseph Henvy Weber
Christopher
Hanagan
Robert
Edna Emmanee Howerton
Carroly
Mane
Txunbar
CIA
Jahn R
Fragmented OCR note on a public notice section
A garbled OCR fragment mentions the Post Office street something at 830 and a slogan or name Voge th AN OMY with unclear phrasing. No readable entities beyond the time and general notice context.
White Clover Day Raises $625 for Amvets Projects
Mr. Vernon's Amvets raised $625 on White Clover Day Saturday to support veterans' projects. The annual event featured the Amvet flower, the white clover, offered to the public and described as a usual success by Amvets officials.
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Vernon
Amvets
Austrian Pact May Be Signed This Weekend
Western foreign ministers prepare to sign the Austrian independence treaty in Vienna this weekend. British informants say Molotov may join Friday talks, with Dulles Macmillan and Pinay flying in to discuss timing and scope of a planned summer Big Four conference to ease East West tensions.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Paris
Russia
V. M. Molotov
U. S
State Dulles
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Soviet Union
Moscow
Molotov
Europe
Garage Strike Agreement Near At East St. Louis
East St Louis Ill An attorney for the Madison St Clair Automotive Dealers Assn said dealers and repair shop machinists are nearing a contract agreement after a wage boost offer. Regular machinists would gain 3 cents an hour plus 2 cents in 1956 and 2 cents in 1957 while body men get 3 cents annually. Old pay was 2.00 for machinists and 2.10 for body men. Union negotiators seek 10 cents and will decide at a board meeting. Picketing continues at East St Louis and Alton Wood River area agencies as shops remain closed.
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Associated Press
East ST. Louis
Ill
Madison-St. Clair Automotive Dealers Assn
Ek. K. Hoagland
International Association of Machinists
Hoagland
Belleville
Alton- Wood River
Two Accidents on Mt Vernon Streets Leave Driver Fined
Two accidents reported Sunday on Mt Vernon streets include a three car crash at 22nd and Broadway at 7:50 p.m. Charles R. Jenkins of 414 N 12th St drove east and hit Helen Tenney of 400 S 24th St who waited to turn onto 22nd. Tenney’s car pushed into Wilbur Hauk of 1109 Jordan. Jenkins fined $100 plus costs for reckless driving. A second minor collision occurred at Fifth and Bell at 4:25 p.m. between Katherine Sue Thomas, 17, of 316 N Sixth St and Opal E Reynolds of 1221 S 13th St.
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Mt. Vernon
22Nd
Broadway
Charles R. Jenkins
North 12Th Street
Helen Tenney
South 24Th Street
22Nd Street
Tenney
Wilbur Hauk
Jordan
Jenkins
Allan Dulaney
Fifth and Bell
Katherine Sue Thomas
North Sixth Street
Opal E. Reynolds
South 13Th Street
Collinsville double shooting ruled murder and suicide
Ir. Bert Kassky, deputy St Clair County coroner, lists a late Saturday night double shooting in Collinsville as murder and death by own action. Victims are Henry Bowers, 73, a retired coal miner, and Joseph Stosius, 62, an unemployed factory worker. Stosius allegedly deranged fired six shots at Bowers in their home, Bowers dying at a hospital. Stosius then shot himself in the chest with a 32 caliber pistol.
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Associated Press
Collinsville
Herbert [Xassly
St. Clair County
Henry Bowers
Joseph Stosius
Kassky
Stosius
Bowers
Air Force men face family life crisis says commander
In Rantoul Illinois Maj Gen B E Gates, commander at Chanute Air Force Base, calls re enlistment rate a near national scandal blaming poor living conditions for families. He urges the Air Force to provide a decent life environment. base and community efforts ease some personal problems but fuller solutions are needed.
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Rantoul
Chanute Air Force Base
Air Force
Illinois
Reserve Officers’ Assn
B. E. Gates
Gates
Rodney Brodie Improves Yet Remains Critical Condition
Rodney Dee Brodie, the 32 year old boy who survived a 51 hour coma after separating from his Siamese twin, is listed in critical condition at Illinois Research Hospital. His parents visited Mathers Day as doctors monitor a brain hemorrhage after he regained awareness briefly.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie
Ilinois Research Hospital
Rodney
Royt Brodie
Mathers
Rodney Dee O
Roger Lee
Roger
Taylorville Man Winner Of $1200 Dies In Collision
Frank Greyrich, 35, of Taylorville Oklahoma, was killed returning from Chicago where he won 1200 dollars in bowling. Five injured in crash near Bloomington. John Babbich of Hewittville held on charge of failure to yield.
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Lexington
Frank Greyrich
Taylorville
Chicago
Greuridh
John Babbich
Hewittville
McLean County
Bloomington
Babbish
Herman J. Wood
Tower Ti
Tih
Airport News Flight travelers depart to multiple cities
Earl Outland took Mrs. Max Cornick to Cairo yesterday. Donald McLean flew to Nashville yesterday. Mr and Mrs Frank Weatherford returned today from Jacksonville. Earl Outland, Mr and Mrs Seburn Arnold and daughter Carolyn Sue flew to St Louis yesterday. Tom Oakley and M J Mitchell flew to Chicago this morning.
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Earl Outland
Max Cornick
Cairo
Donald McLean
Nashville
Tenn
Frank Weatherford
Jacksonville
Seburn Arnold
Carolyn Sue
St. Louis
Tom Oakley
M. J. Mitchell
Chicago
West Germany Joins NATO as 15th Member
The NATO council welcomed West Germany as its 14th member in a three day session at Palais de Chaillot. Chancellor Adenauer attended the ceremony marking a historic step toward integrating Germany into the Western alliance. U.S. Secretary of State Dulles praised the move as vital to Western civilization and world peace. The German defense buildup is planned for 1959 with a trained force of 150,000 volunteers and 170,900 Germans already volunteering. First, Parliament must pass enabling laws to raise train and equip the new armed forces.
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North Atlantic Council
West Germany
Western Alliance
Wonrad Adenauer
NATO Council
Palais de Chaillot
NATO
Free World
U.S
State Dulles
Adenauer
Germany
Konn
Caterpillars Block Dale Avenue Residents In Baltimore
Thousands of fuzzy caterpillars slow residents on the 400 block of Dale Avenue as they munch roses shrubs and leaves. Health officer says they are not dangerous and no alarm is warranted though one neighbor expresses fear and discomfort with daily ingress blocked by insects.
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Baltimore
Dale Avenue
William Warthen
Elsie Cecil
Rescue at Niagara Gorge Saves Two From River Edge
In Niagara Falls New York rescuers plucked 14 year old Dennis Martel and a police corporal from near the gorge wall Early today The rope failed just as Cpl Carmen Conte reached the boy leaving him injured The boy and two uncles had descended the gorge Sunday night and lost the way up Police tracked them with searchlights resulting in the daring rescue.
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Niagara River
Dennis Martel
Niagara
Cpl
Carmen Conte
Conte
Schlafly’s Glasses Rewarded To Cancer Fund In Santa Fe
The event centers on H J Schlafly of Mount Vernon Illinois losing glasses in Santa Fe New Mexico. A pickup driver returned them after finding a note offering reward. Attorney Howard M Rosenthal signed a check to the cancer fund as the reward, totaling ten dollars.
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Santa FE
N. M
H. J. Schlafly
Mount Vernon
David McNeill
Schlafly
Room 420
la Fonda
Cancer Fund
Howard M. Rosenthal
Argentine Catholics clash with police in Eva Peron town
Argentine police arrest 15 Roman Catholics after a Sunday night procession in Eva Peron, Buenos Aires Province. Mounted officers broke up the crowd following a eucharistic mass at Eva Peron Cathedral, and a nearby trolley track bombing tore windows in streetcars amid ongoing church state tensions.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eva Peron
Labor
Brownstown Field Tour Invites Jefferson County Farmers
Jefferson county farmers are invited to the annual Brownstown Soil Experimental Field spring tour on Thursday May 12. A 9 30 am departure from the Farm Bureau office begins a rack wagon tour showing results from fertilizers crop varieties forestry management and pest control with College of Agriculture staff. New tests and demonstrations include deep plowing phosphate rates and brush control plus dry season impacts. Lunch will be served and tours run until 2 pm with pamphlet reports on soil treatments and crop varieties.
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Jefferson County
Brownstown
Don Lee
Farm Bureau
College of Agriculture
Lee
Police Court Minutes From Opdyke District
Police court records show Mines assessed before Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney. Jenn A Pasley of Opdyke fined S100 and costs for reckless driving and S30 for transporting liquor with seal broken in a car. Clycle Raney of Opdyke fined S13 and costs on a drunk charge. Wilbur Laird fined $4 and costs for running a stop sign.
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Allan Dulaney
Jenn A. Pasley
Opdyke
Ensis
Clycle
Raney
Wilbur Laird
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