Trunk Killing Probe Seizes Suspect In St. Louis Case
Edwardsville August 4 AP Police arrested George Harvill in front of his East St. Louis home as one of two men sought for the cab driver murder found in a car trunk near Livingston Illinois July 21. Murder warrants were issued for Harvill and Louis D Shoulders while Bobby Davis Martin remains jailed without bond.
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Edwardsville
St. Louis
George
Stormy) Harvill
East St. Louis
Madison County
Louis D. Shoulders
Shoulders
Louis Shoulders
Greenlease
Fairmount Park Race
Hariil
Atty
Fred P. Schuman
Robert Carr
Livingston
Ill
Harvill
Bobby Davis Martin
Martin
Carr
Bernice
Senate Drops Talbott Probe
The Senate Investigations subcommittee said its inquiry into Secretary of the Air Force Harold E. Talbott’s outside business activities has been satisfactorily resolved with his resignation. Talbott denied wrongdoing and told President Eisenhower he would resign. the President called his decision the right one.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Talbott
New York
Paul B. Mulligan & Co
Eisenhower
Senate
Mulligan
Alabama adopts law to preserve school segregation
Alabama enacted a measure allowing city and county school boards to assign pupils to schools to assure social order and public welfare. Governor Folsom withheld signature, and the bill became law automatically when no veto was issued before adjournment. The statute gives boards power to decide which schools pupils attend to maintain segregation.
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Alabama
Montge Ala
James E. Folsom
Lowe
South Korea Demands Release of 20,000 Koreans
Acting Foreign Minister Cho Chung Whan urged Red China to free 20,000 Korean prisoners of war and civilians held since prior to the conflict. The statement notes 2,263 Korean POWs and 17,504 civilians remain in China, while 11 American fliers were freed.
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South Korea
Seoul
Red China
Cho Chung Whan
North Korea
Free World
Navy Boot Training for Jerald E Law at Great Lakes
Jerald E Law 17 son of Mr and Mrs Edward Law of 619 S 19th St Herrin is undergoing boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He was inducted into the Navy July 11 and is listed at 4688594 Co 393 103 Bn 10th Reg USNTC Great Lakes Lil.
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Jerald E. Law
Edward Law
S. 19Th St
Herrin
Great Lakes
Law
Navy
USNTC
Lil
Overcutting Wastes Timber in Southern Illinois Farms
The district forester warns that overcutting reduces future profits as timber is a growing crop. Owners should sell only unprofitable trees and wait until diameter reaches 22 inches for many species. Guidance includes species and site recommendations and emphasizes professional advice.
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Southern Illinois
Illinois
Russell warns nuclear war would end life on Earth
Bertrand Russell told an opening session of a world conference of scientists that nuclear warfare would likely destroy life, leaving only mosses and fungi. He urged governments to abandon world war aims and scientists to explain war’s consequences to the public. The three day meeting involves 70 delegates from 24 countries, sponsored by the World Assembly of Parliamentarians for World Government.
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Bertrand Russell
Cahabie
United States
World Assny of
Funeral Friday for George Meisenheimer in Dongola
Funeral services for 90 year old George Meisenheimer of Dongola are set for 10 30 am Friday at Ford Funeral Home with Rev H G Peterson officiating. Burial will follow in Dongola IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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George Meisenheimer
Dongola
Ford Funeral Home
H. G. Peterson
Extortion Plot Foiled By FBI In Bel Air Case
FBI agents say unemployed musician Edgar Williams and his wife Veronica sought 100000 dollars by threatening John Thompson. They mailed a letter to a fictional Dale Smith and used a dummy package. The couple, in jail, were tied to the Bel Air murder of Norma McCauley on July 5.
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Edgar Leon Williams
Veronica
FBI
John Thompson
Dale Smith
Norma McCauley
Bel-Air
Smith
Williams
Herrin Boy To Attend Art School
Donald Russell of Herrin will attend a one week art school at Robert Allerton Park near Monticello. The University of Illinois conference center offers classes in design sketching and painting under university instruction, with sponsorship by the Herrin Woman's Club.
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Donald Russell
W. Adams St
Herrin
Robert Allerton Park
University of Illinois
Monticello
Herrin Woman’s Club
Williams family tied to slaying case casework
FBI said the Williamses targeted someone due to publicity from their daughter's killing. Mrs McCauley’s former house boy John R Crocker Jr 31 faces trial on murder charges.
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Kage
He Williams
FBI
Williamses
NYC Cars Jump Tracks At Ogden Derailment Delays Rail Lines
An Ogden derailment injured two crewmen when six cars and a caboose left the tracks on a 45-car NYC freight train. A third of a mile of track was torn up and trains were rerouted on the Peoria & Eastern Division. Wayne Denhart narrowly escaped a wreck while washing his truck near the right of way.
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Ogden
New York Central
NYC
Peoria & Eastern
Wayne Denhart
Peoria Names New School Superintendent
Dr. Mark Bills chosen as Peoria Illinois superintendent of schools and will assume duties September 1 under a three year contract with salaries of 16000, 17000, and 18000 dollars respectively.
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Kansas City
Mark Bills
Peoria
Ill
Bills
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