Anna Man Beaten To Death Leads To Murder Charge
Anna man Bettie Norris a 30 year old telephone operator is charged with murder after she beat her husband Everett Norris 30 a service station operator to death with a length of two by four. The couple argued in their Anna home and Norris allegedly used a door stop as defense. Norris waived preliminary hearing and is in Union County jail awaiting bond decisions. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Anna
Bettie Norris
Union County
Jonesboro
Justice of the Peace
Jasper Douglas
Roy Dillow
Dillow
Norris
Trusty Flees Four States Seeks Menard Escapee
Four states and prison officers hunted Donald Nolen 28 of Carrier Mills after he fled Friday night from Menard Prison honor farm. Nolen, serving five to seven years for car theft, was last seen at the ball diamond around 6 30 p m. Roadblocks and a prison search failed to find him. Illinois authorities and agents in Missouri Kentucky and Alabama were notified. Nolen had previously served a larceny sentence in 1952 and was a trustee at the farm garage.
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Menard
Honor Farm
Donald Nolen
Carrier Mills
J. W. Milligan
Carbondale
Nolen
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Alabama
Roswell TV Tower Plans Approved as World’s Tallest
The KSWS TV station owner in Roswell New Mexico announced FCC approval to begin construction of a 1610 foot television tower touted as the world's tallest. The approval was reported on Tuesday with plans moving forward in the city.
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Roswell
N. M
Kswstv
Federal Communications Commission
Actor Robert Monty’s daughter files divorce in Las Vegas
Elizabeth Montgomery Cammann, daughter of actor director Robert Monty, obtained a divorce from Frederick Cammann of New York in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Robert Montry
Elizabethontgomery Cammann
Frederick Cammann
New York
Weather Summary for Southern Illinois Ranges
Showers and scattered thunderstorms ending this evening with clearing and cooler temps tonight. Thursday dawns sunny and mild with high near 86 and low around 60s. Yesterday’s high 90, low 63, precipitation 3.2 inches in 24 hours. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake levels near spillway slightly below.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Randolph County tavern operator bombed twice in weeks
Charles Odum narrowly escaped injury when a tavern building at 117 South Market Street in Sparta was bombed at 3:25 a.m. A prior July 1 explosion damaged his Coulterville site. Deputy Morrison said a homemade bomb targeted the rear door. Odum plans to abandon the venture.
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Randolph County
Charles Odum
Odum
Coulterville
S. Market St
Laverne James
Sparta
Elmo Morrison
Morrison
Sparta Fire Department
Railroads Accept Board Report On Wage Recommendations
Chicago Aug 10 The nation's railroads accept the Emergency Board recommendations in the wage dispute with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen but the union has not. It would reopen negotiations after a May deadlock. The board on Aug 1 urged varying pay rises for yard workers converting to a five day week with most firemen set for a 12.5 percent hourly increase.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Bathing suit glare triggers $20,000 suit in Charleston
Claudia A. Hamilton sues Shops Inc of New York for $20,000 claiming a new bathing suit turned transparent, causing mortification and psychic injury after crowds saw her semi nude at the beach and a friend covered her with a towel to shield her from jeers. The incident allegedly caused lasting nerves damage and humiliation.
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Charleston
Claudia A. Hamilton
Slamer Shops, Inc
New York
Son
POW Sergeant Accused of 3 Yank Deaths
New York details the court martial of Sgt. James C. Gallagher, accused of causing three prisoner deaths in a North Korean camp. Testimony from former POWs describes him tossing two men, John W. Jones and Donald T. Baxter, into the cold and denying reentry, with a third prisoner dying after alleged beating. Witnesses say Gallagher sought Red favor and warmer gear while others suffered malnutrition and exposure.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
Gallagher
North Korea
Brooklyn
John W. Jones
Detroit
Donald T. Baxter
Waukon
Walter J. Polinsky
Bloomsburg
Bolinsky
Flat Top Haircuts Raise Prices for Youths and Adults
Barbers Local Union 672 approved a price increase Tuesday night raising flat-top and flat-top baggie haircuts to 1.50. Regular haircuts remain 1.25 with no change. The policy targets youngsters and some adults beginning Tuesday.
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Barbers
Barbers Local Union 672
Eisenhower to Seek Changes in New Reserve Law
President Eisenhower says he will ask Congress early next year to modify the recently signed reserve act. He calls the measure short of his goals but says it will strengthen the reserve structure and expand the ready force toward 2.9 million. Key points include 18 to 25 year olds volunteering for 3-6 months training and 7-8 year reserve service, mandatory drills, and shortened service for draftees and volunteers with a four year total active and reserve period.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Margaret Truman Arrives in Le Havre for Europe Tour
Margaret Truman lands in Le Havre aboard the United States for a six week Europe tour. She travels with Guri Lie daughter of former U N secretary general Trygve Lie. The pair plan to tour central Europe.
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le Havre
France
Margaret Truman
United States
Europe
Guri Lie
U. N
Trygve Lie
Air Force mix up delays wife notice of prisoner husband
The Air Force says a June 1954 telegram notified Mrs. Una Schmidt that her husband Daniel Schmidt was a prisoner in Red China, but she says she learned of it only in November 1954. Schmidt, 22, is among 11 airmen released by the Communists and due at Travis AFB near San Francisco. Mrs. Schmidt, who had remarried, lives with her two year old son in California and declined comment. An Air Force spokesman cited a Western Union delivery receipt but did not identify who signed it.
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Washington
Air Force
Una Schmidt
Daniel C. Schmidt
Red China
Western Union
Revenue collectors told to sell public on Illinois tax hike
Richard Lyons state revenue director urged 100 investigators to persuade taxpayers of the benefits from the new tax increases. He said the extra revenue would be visible in better schools and enhanced city services after the legislature approved a half-cent sales tax rise and another half-cent for municipalities seeking more funds.
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Chicago
Illinois
Richard Lyons
Rivera Reveals Cancer Battle in Studio Statement
Mexico City Aug 10 AP painter Diego Rivera 69 announced he has cancer and doctors say the condition is serious. He expressed high spirits but warned he might face surgery in two or three weeks and that he may not be alive by then.
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Mexico City
Diego Rivera
Mexico
Derby Champ Bruce Reiman Heads to Akron for All American Derby
Bruce Reiman the 14 year old Southern Illinois champion from Murphysboro leaves for Akron to compete in the 18th All American Soap Box Derby. He will race the car he built titled Southern Illinoisan against 153 regional winners ages 11 to 16 at Derby Downs. Prizes include college scholarships of 5000 4000 3000 2000 and 1000 for top five finishers.
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Bruce Reiman
Akron
Ohio City
Murphysboro
Gilbert Reiman
S. 20Th St
Reiman
Southern Illinoisan
Derby Downs
Carl Mayhew
Illinois Central
Chicago
Bruce
Derby Downs Camp
Chevrolet Motor Division
Setork
Crowds clash as U S troops bar entry to Wolmi Island
Seoul August 10 AP three hundred shouting Koreans ignoring President Rhee’s no violence edict stormed the causeway to Wolmi Island again but were repelled by U S troops with tear gas and fire hoses. Twenty two Americans and eighty Koreans injured none seriously. The protests target Communist inspectors at neutral truce teams and contrast with calmer ports Kunsan Pusan Kangnung and Taegu where demonstrations were mild.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Wolmi Island
U. S
South Korea
Inchon
Kunsan
Pusan
Kangnung
Taegu
Korea
Washington
Bohr Explains Atomic Physics Atoms-for-Peace Talk
Nobel laureate Niels Bohr of Denmark spoke at the International Atoms-for-Peace Conference. He described quantum mechanics where classical theories appear as a limiting case and noted operators governed by Planck's constant underpin the theory.
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Nies Bohr
Denmark
Bohr
Hurricane Gennie Bears Down On East Coast
Hurricane Gennie stayed offshore off Hatteras North Carolina as warnings spread from Myrtle Beach to Virginia Capes. The Weather Bureau said center 225 miles southeast of Myrtle Beach with winds 125 to 135 mph and path uncertain toward Cape Lookout. East Coast girds for possible impact as Red Cross deploys 41 disaster experts and shelters open along the coast.
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Hatteras
N. C
Gennie
Carolina
Weather Bureau
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Hazel
Virginia Capes
Connie
North Carolina
Cape Lookout
Here
Eastern
Seaboard
Savannah
Provincetown
Mass
Air Force
Marine
Navy
American Red Cross
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower Resting at Gettysburg
Mamie Eisenhower is resting in bed at the family farm near Gettysburg on doctors advice. The White House says she is not ill just tired after a busy weekend with guests and hot weather. President Eisenhower plans a Denver vacation after the congress adjourns.
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Gettysburg
Mamie Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Murray Snyder
White House
Washington
Congress
Denver
Traffic court jam strains Dallas backlog of unpaid tickets
Police crack down on unpaid traffic tickets leads to 1,250 people packed into Dallas Corporation Court on Tuesday and Monday. Extra officers were on duty after a backlog of about 4,000 tickets accumulated over the weekend.
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Dallas
Tex
Corporation Court
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Stanley Strawstack
Louis Dockery
Sparta Police Force
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Rails Accept Board Report
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Margaret
Mayhew
U.S
Niels Bohr
Geneva
Carolinas
Mamie
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