Fire destroys Gilmoore home leaves five homeless in Carbondale
A Sunday night blaze at 501 E Birch St in Carbondale destroyed Mrs Edna Gilmoore residence. Firemen extinguished the triple fire in about an hour with 700 feet of hose. no one inside the Gilmoore home was found. Five residents displaced plus damage to nearby grocer family quarters and Henry Almstead home. Fire Chief Monk Crawshaw suspects overheated coal stove caused the fire and three regular firemen one volunteer fought the flames.
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E. Birch St
East Birch
North Barnes Streets
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Henry Almstead
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N. Barnes St
Johnston
Crawshaw
Elmer Rodgers
Delmar
Herbert Hall
Cockfights Reported Near Harmony Illinois
The Chicago Tribune reports illegal all night cockfights in McHenry County near Harmony. About 200 spectators attended, admission is $2, wagering runs high with hundreds of dollars per fight, and authorities are said to be aware.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Harry Herendeen
The
New
Midwest
Harmony
Illinois May Remove Salk Vaccine Controls
Illinois health officials expect to lift controls on Salk polio vaccine in about six weeks allowing injections by any physician. The vaccine will be available for all children aged 1 to 14, with pregnant women still eligible. Dr. Roland R. Cross noted distribution will expand if supplies permit, while prioritizing ages 5 to 14. He oversees allocation to counties and doctors statewide.
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Illinois
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State Health Department
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Cross Im
Herman N. Bundesen
Chicago Board of Health
Bundesen
Bulgaria Premier Vulko Chervenkov Quits
In Sofia, Premier Vulko Chervenkov resigned saying he seeks release from duties. A Bulgarian parliament session began examining his request while a Yugoslav delegation visited Belgrade with Tito ally Moshe Pijade. Anton Yugov named likely successor. fate unclear if Chervenkov stays in government.
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Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
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Moscow
Stalin
Sofia
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Tito
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Radio
Moshe Pijade
National Assembly
Anton Jugov
U S Distant From Baghdad Pact Membership
Tehran April 16 AP Baghdad Pact leaders pressed the United States to join their five nation alliance. U S deputy undersecretary Lou Henderson signaled little chance of U S membership while promising continued close ties with regional powers. About 150 delegates gathered at the Iranian Foreign Ministry for the ministerial session.
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U.S
Hussein Ala
Iran
Middle East
Washington
U. S
Nuri
Iraq
Lou Henderson
Foreign Ministry
Husband Accidentally Kills Himself During Phone Call
In Palm Springs California nurse Betty Toth heard her Marine husband Richard on a call. minutes later he was brought to Desert Hospital emergency dead from an accidental self inflicted gunshot. Police said the .25 caliber pistol, owned by his father, slipped from his hand as he twirled it while holding the telephone. Toth had planned to clean the gun.
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Calif
Betty Toth
Desert Hospital
Richard
Toth
Two Pro-Houghton Candidates Lose At Anna
Indiana University senior Warren Everett Jr. dies after a rifle discharged by roommate at a Bloomington apartment. Everett and fraternity brothers had been shooting rats when Murphy fellow student Rocco Mirraglia held a 22 caliber rifle that fired unintentionally. Everett, 24, son of a Terre Haute lawyer, died after being struck above the left eye.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Warren Lee Everett Jr
Terre Haute
Everett
Murphy
Rocco Mirraglia
New York City
Mirraglia
White Elephant Highway Provides Dream and Nightmare
Guatemala City report details the Inter-American Highway 2700 miles from the Texas border to San Jose Costa Rica. Border delays and scarce services slow travel as U S ambassador Woodward describes long train waits. Eisenhower seeks a 100 million program, two thirds funded by the U S and loans to Costa Rica.
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Guatemala City
Texas
San Jose
Costa Rica
Robert Woodward
U.S
Guatemala
United States
Mexico
San Salvador
Eisenhower
Congress
Ford Grants $10 Million To Medical Schools
Ford Foundation announces a 10 million dollar program of grants to the National Fund for Medical Education to strengthen financial support for U S medical schools and develop new funding sources. Grants are awarded on a matching scale over up to ten years, with annual caps and a complex formula based on the Fund’s receipts and prior year totals.
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National Fund For Medical Education
National Fund
United States
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Suptel Sheen
Illinois panel studies Southern Illinois exceptional children needs
Rep Charles W. Clabaugh chairs the Illinois School Problems Commission committee on special education as members and Southern Illinois University host a meeting to review problems and needs in educating exceptional children. Ray Graham and Lester R. Grimm sit among officials with SIOP and the Illinois Education Assn. committee members present.
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Champaign
The
Illinois School Problems Commission
Committee On
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Southern Illinois University
Ray Graham
Lett
Springfield
State Office of Public Instruction
Lester R. Grimm
Inois Education Assn
Birmingham Tornado Toll Rises Over Twenty One
A tornado near Birmingham killed at least 21 people and injured more than 200, leaving about 400 homeless. Red Cross officials cited heavy damage to over 100 houses west and north of the city and noted many victims were Negro. An emergency ward opened in Ensley for the injured. Another twister hit Huntsville with damage but no reported injuries.
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Ala
Red Cross
Roscoe Whatley
McDonald’s Chapel
Sandusky
New Georgia
Sayreton
Whatley
Ensley
Huntsville
Alabama
Mailed Building Bank President Dies in Utah
William Horace Coltharp 72, president of the Bank of Vernal, died after an illness in Hayden Utah. In 1919 he mailed a two story Vernal bank brick by brick from Salt Lake City to Vernal to save freight costs. The postal service later barred such mailings, but Coltharp delivered the bricks and the bank still stands.
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Utah
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William Horace Coltharp
Bank of Vernal
Coltharp
Parcel Post
Post Office
Eisenhower nominating Cairo banker to river commission
President Eisenhower sent to the Senate the nomination of Harry L. Bolen of Cairo Illinois a banker and insurance dealer to the Mississippi River Commission. Bolen a Republican would succeed the late Egbert Alfred Smith.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Harry L. Bolen
Cairo
Ill
Mississippi River Commission
Bolen
Egbert Alfred Smith
Eisenhower vetoes farm bill amid intense regret broadcast
President Eisenhower vetoed the farm bill and will explain the decision in a 9 p m CST radio address carried by NBC CBS ABC Mutual and ABC TV. The veto rejects 90 percent parity price supports and outlines four administration actions to aid farm income and a soil bank plan.
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Eisenhower
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Weather summary for Southern Illinois region
Cloudy and cool with scattered light showers tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and cool with a high in the 50s and low 50s. Record notes show temperatures yesterday at 59, today around noon 59, and lows in the 30s. Precipitation totals report 0.05 inches from yesterday to today. Crab Orchard Lake level 1 inch above spillway today. Little Grassy Lake 45 inches below spillway today.
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Little Grassy Lake
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