Gunman Slays Girl In Park Ends Own Life
In Grant Park a man fired on a young couple, killing Patricia Kahler 17 and critically wounding Herbert A. Hoffman 17. The killer, Bernard Richardson, later killed himself. FBI fingerprints identified him. a written letter blamed unrequited love. Police noted prior crimes in several cities and past psychiatric treatment.
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Sally
Grant Park
Symphony Orchestra
FBI
Hoffman
Miss Kahler
Benny
Carol Hoffman
George Wochner
Erie
Richardson
Warren Pay State Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Gulfport
Miss
State Gets 30 Days To Answer Heirens Petition
The state was granted 30 days to answer William Heirens petition for a new trial. Acting Chief Justice Crowley set Sept 4 for a hearing on the petition filed July 15 and transferred the case to Judge Harold G. Ward. Heirens, 23, jailed at Stateville, argues his 1946 conviction on 28 crimes including three murders violated his constitutional rights.
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Heirens
Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Wilbert F. Crowley
Harold G. Ward
Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet
Degnan
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market update shows steady to firm butter with receipts 584 616 and unchanged wholesale buying prices. Eggs ready to easy with current receipts 7 816 and prices down a cent a dozen. Live poultry shows weak demand with F O B prices flat to two cents lower and various coop stock pricing.
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U. S
U.S
Iraqi King Feisal II Sets Five Week U S Visit
Iraq's King Feisal II, age 17, sails on the Queen Mary from Southampton for a five week official visit to the United States. He is accompanied by the Prince Regent who rules until Feisal turns 18. The king says he aims to promote irrigation development in Iraq.
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Southampton
Eng
Iraq
Feisal II
United States
Eisal
Demand Lifts Stocks On Railroad Rally
Demand gives stocks a boost with railroad shares rising 1 to 2 points and overall market gains. Volume rose to just over 1.14 million shares, with rails leading recent market strength and key names including Nickel Plate Northern Pacific Pacific Southern Railway U S Steel Chrysler Standard Oil Internations Paper and Servel advancing.
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New York
Northern Pacific
Pacific
Southern Railway
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Ihe Inecon GC
Standard Oil
Internations Paper
And
Servel
Harvestor Contract Enforcement Sought in Illinois Plant Shutdown
The International Harvester Company seeks an injunction against the Independent Farm Equipment-United Electrical Workers Union to enforce a 1946 contract and end a strike tied to moving the twine mill to New Orleans. 141 were arrested last week after a sit-down. the Chicago plant is to reopen September 2.
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International Harvester Company
Independent Farm Equipment-United Electrical Workers Union
New Orleans
Harvester
Chicago
Grain and feed price report summary for wheat corn oats barley
The report lists grain prices: Wheat No 1 red at 2.27 percent, No 3 at 2.25 to 2.6 percent. Corn No 1 yellow 1.86 percent, No 2 at 1.854 to 1.86 percent, No 4 at 1.79 percent, No 5 at 1.80 percent, sample 1.54 to 1.78 percent. Oats No 1 laevy white at 89.4 to 4-2 percent. Barley nominal making 1.35 to 1.81, feed 1.10 to 1.29 percent. Soybeans: none.
Rhubarb Over Umpire Gesture Prompts Press Stand
East St. Louis Chronicle reports a clash at the St Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers game after umpire Bill McGowan ejected a Tiger bench player and made obscene gestures toward the press box. Ellis Veech of the East St. Louis Journal demanded an apology or threatened embargo, with Veeck promising discipline to AL president William Harridge.
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East St. Louis
East St.Louis Journal
St. Louis Brown
Saeed
Bill Veeck
Browns
McGowan
Veeck
William Harridge
Explosion on U S Carrier Boxer Kills Eight in Korean Waters
In Korean waters aboard the carrier Boxer explosions aboard a jet plane caused a deadly fire. Eight sailors died and 63 crewmen were rescued after debris and flames swept the vessel about 50 miles off Korea. The ship suffered light damage with no enemy action involved.
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U. S
Navy
Korea
Three Fatally Injured in Dwight Area Crash
Three people were killed and one injured in a head on collision between a truck and a passenger car on U S Route 66 about three miles south of Dwight Illinois. The victims, all Negroes, were passengers in the northbound car. One dead was identified as Thaddeus H Ferrell 52 of Milwaukee Wisconsin. The other victims included a middle aged woman and a girl, possibly Ferrell's relatives.
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Dwight, Ill
Dwight
Thaddeus H. Ferrell
Ninth St
Milwaukee
Wis
Ferrell
Heat crippled fields push southern farmers to drought relief
Roy Bishop surveys a stunted corn field in Fayetteville Georgia and expects only 15 bushels from nine acres. The four states Georgia Alabama Kentucky and Mississippi were declared a disaster loan area by the Department of Agriculture due to prolonged heat and drought.
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Roy Bishop
Fayetteville
Bishop
Georgia
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Department of Agriculture
Alton Man Killed in Route 66 Truck Collision Near Towanda
Five others were injured when a semi-trailer rear-ended a light truck on Route 66 near Towanda Illinois. Elbert Malone 31 of Alton died at the scene. Injured: W E Leis Wayne Hatcher Jesse Simmons Norman Gibson Clarence Plank. The crash occurred after driver Shannon Murray reported sun glare impaired his view. victims were treated and released or remained hospitalized.
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Towanda
Ill
Route 66
Elbert Malone
Alton
W. E. Leis
Wayne Hatcher
Pearl, NL
Jesse Simmons
Freeburg
Norman Gibson
Granite City
Clarence Plank
Madison
Hatcher
St. Joseph's Hospital
Bloomington
Coroner Jury Rules Tractor Accident Fatal for Niantic Farmer
The coroner's jury in Sangamon County found Gus Strechert a 54 year old Niantic farmer died from internal chest injuries after his tractor slipped off a bridge and overturned pinning him in water. The inquest at Pritchett Funeral Home Iliopolis heard witness Pete Conner about Strechert's position and the brief time to death.
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Gus Strechert
Niantic
Sangamon
W. L. Dragoo
Pritchett
Iliopolis
Pete Conner
Strechert
Stre
Illinois Power Reorganizes Official Chain
Decatur August 7 Illinois Power Company completed a unization of neta eliminating one level in the chain of command. Allen Van Wyck president said service areas now report directly to the Decatur main offices. Sixteen division office staff were moved to Decatur and 14 to service areas. three left the company.
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Illinois Power Company
Allen van Wyck
Decatur
Galesburg
Champaign
Belleville
van Wyck
L. C. Ruby
R. S. Ewers
Southern Transmission
G. O
Hotel Saver Taunts Police in Hammer Slaying Case
A police tip led to a room at the Loop Hotel where a man was found beaten to death with a hammer. The caller taunted officers, warned of more killings, and later disappeared after setting up a meeting at a saloon. Victim tentatively identified as Thomas Acton of Birmingham, Alabama. Robert Moore sought for questioning.
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Chicago
Big North Side
John Golden
Thomas Acton
Birmingham
Ala
Loop Hotel
Tony’ Liberato
Acton
Robert Moore
Moore
Governor Stevenson Sends Toys to Neighbor Boy
A three year old boy bitten by Gov Adlai Stevenson's dog received toys from the governor to make amends. A tractor duck and chair were given to John Bierman by Mrs Ernest Ives Stevenson’s sister. Artie, the Dalmatian, had bitten the child and was locked in his kennel.
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Gov. Stevenson
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
John Bierman
Ernest Ives
Stevenson
Artie
John
Executive Mansion
Bierman Yard
Whooping Cranes in Captivity Seek Egg Layoff
Crip and Josephine, New Orleans Audubon Park Zoo, engage in mating dance in a private cage. Officials hope this year’s mating yields an egg, though timing remains uncertain. The pair, part of a fragile 31 crane population, were once on an Arkansas refuge. Scientists report a summer breeding ground found near Great Slave Lake and plan field investigations to protect the species.
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New Orleans
Josephine
Audubon Park Zoo
George Douglass
Douglass
Arkansas
Corpus Christi
Tex
Stougless
Aransas
Department
Texas
United States
Robert Henry Smith
Medford
Ore
Everett L. Sutton
Aberdeen
S. C
Great Slav Lake
Smith
Canada
Busy Arlene Francis Keeps a Fast TV Radio Schedule
New York actress Arlene Francis is among the busiest in radio and television. She appears weekly on CBS TV shows What's My Line and Who's There, hosts NBC radio's What Happens Every Day, performs six daily CBS radio segments, and twice weekly on ABC radio. She also does humorous news quips and recent TV work including a summer series Blind Date with additional dramatic and guest roles.
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New York
Arlene Francis
Radio-Tv
Arlene
Cbs-Tv
CBS TV
NBC
CBS
ABC Radio
U. S. Offers Hog Program to Fight Swine Disease
The Agriculture Department proposes a 15 state hog slaughter program to curb vesicular exanthema. Owners would be paid for destroyed hogs with half the cost covered by the federal government and half by participating states. No aid for farmers already affected. States invited include Alabama Arizona Georgia Illinois Iowa Kansas Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York Ohio Oregon South Dakota Washington Wyoming. California excluded.
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Washington
Alabama
Arizona
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
South Dakota
Wyoming
States
California
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Plankton as Wanderers Name of Drift Ocean Site
The term plankton refers to the tiny drifting organisms that travel with ocean currents and the name means wanderers. It highlights how these microscopic life forms roam the seas without control over their paths.
Income tax cut for New Zealanders in 1952-53 budget
Prime Minister Sidney Holland announced a tax reduction in New Zealand as part of the 1952-53 budget. Expenditures are put at 468 million dollars with a 7.5 million dollar surplus, and the 10 percent surcharge will fall to five percent. Defense spending is set at 70 million dollars.
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Wellington
N. Z
Sidney G. Holland
New
New Zealand
Pana to Build Sewage Plant to Halt Pollution
Springfield Aug 7 AP The Illinois Sanitary Water Board set a Nov 15 deadline for Pana to contract a new sewage plant to halt stream pollution. The current plant cannot handle waste and failure to start construction could trigger an abatement order and daily fines up to 500 dollars.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
Pana
Pickets Ordered to Remove Disguises in New York
Twelve men wearing black hood like masks picketed the City Sanitation Department Pier but later removed their disguises on orders from police. They said they were employees seeking a shorter work week and wore the masks to hide identities and avoid reprisals by department officials.
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City Sanitation Department
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