Adduci Quits Campaign for Assembly Post
Chicago state Rep. James J. Adduci of the West Side Bloc withdraws as a re election candidate at the urging of the Cook County Republican Central Committee. Indicted on conspiracy to defraud forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses he signed his withdrawal after months of pressure. He is free on $5,000 bail awaiting trial amid a phantom payroll investigation involving his brother Joseph and ward official Nicholas James Carr.
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Chicago
James J. Adduci
West Side
Cook County
Republican Central Committee
House
Adduci
Edward F. Moore
County
Moore
Joseph
Nicholas James Carr
27Th Ward
James Addison
Rep. Adduci
Drills Planned At Red Border Across North Europe
Denmark Aug. 20 AP reports the Atlantic Pact nations stage Operation Mainbone next month the largest combined exercises along the North European rim from the Baltic to the Norwegian frontier. Red propaganda calls it an unheard of provocation and warns it could spark East West complications in the Baltic.
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Denmark
Free World
Baltic Sea
Soviet Union
Red Press
Baltic
Cuba Builds Long Motor Tunnel To Ease Havana Traffic
The Cuban government is constructing a 708 foot tunnel under the Almendares River to relieve bottlenecks at two drawbridges. The project costs 5.5 million dollars and will have four lanes two in each direction, linking Havana with Miramar Jaimanitas Beach Resorts and Country Club areas.
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Almendares
Havana
Miramar
Jaimanitas
Country Club
Registration Date Set for Pinckneyville School
All freshmen entering Pinckneyville Community High School must register August 28 at 9 a.m. at the high school. upperclassmen register August 29 at 9 a.m. Late arrivals may face delays and all freshmen must complete medical examinations before registering.
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Pinckneyville School
Pinckneyville
Istering
Homores
Williamson Baptist Fish Fry Draws Missouri Brotherhood Speaker
Rev. R J West of Jefferson City Missouri state Brotherhood secretary will speak at the Williamson Baptist Associational Brotherhood Fish Fry at Marion city park Friday from 6 to 7 15 p m The Hour of Power will follow with devotional by Rev Arthur Farmer and a program including music by Tanner Quartet Harrisburg and the Male Chorus First Baptist Herrin plus a message by Rev West
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R. J
Bob) West
Jefferson City
Missouri State Brotherhood
Williamson Baptist Associational Brotherhood
Marion City Park
Arthur Farmer
Elm St. Baptist Church
Murphysboro
Tanner Quartet
Harrisburg
First Baptist Church
Herrin
Herschel Ridgway
Rev. West
Two Cobden Men Graduate Army Engineer Specialist School
Two Cobden soldiers graduated from the 6th Armored Division Engineer Specialist School at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Pfc Curtis V Leggans completed the demolitionist course and Pvt Herbert C Pearson graduated from the tractor scraper operation course. Both men were farmers before enlisting, Leggans last November and Pearson in February.
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6Th Armored Division
Fort Leonard Wood
Pfc
Curtis V. Leggans
Route 1
Armed Cobden
Pvt
Herbert C. Pearson
Lee Pearson
Women Veterans Support WAC College Officer Training Plan
Des Moines August 20 AP The Women's Army Corps Veterans Association backs a WAC reserve officer training program for women in college. The group adopted the resolution at its national convention ending Sunday noting enlistees will boost active corps strength to 30 000 from the educated age group. Miss Viola Koenigsberg 38 Chicago was elected president to succeed Audrey Aser also of Chicago.
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Des Moines
Women’s Army Corps Veterans Association
WAC
Viola Koenigsberg
Chicago
Audrey Aser
Water Consumption in United States Averages 1100 Gallons Daily
The report states that daily water use in the United States averages about 1100 gallons per person. It highlights overall consumption patterns across households and industries, noting variability by region and season.
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United States
Manslaughter Charge in Salem Beating Case
David Owens 27 faces manslaughter charges for the fatal beating of his wife Anna 24 in Salem. Owens reportedly confessed to the assault during a drinking party at their Centralia suburb home in Wamac. Anna Owens died Sunday afternoon after being taken to a Centralia hospital. Coroner Gerald Gabrath ruled death from a cerebral hemorrhage caused by the beating. The Marion County grand jury term begins September 25 with an inquest set for Friday.
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David Owens
Salem
Anna
Marion County
Basil Wilson
Owens
Centralia
Wamac
Gerald Galbreath
Wilson
Marion County Grand Jury
Easter Held For Grand Jury
Claude J. Easter was ordered held for the October term of the grand jury on assault with intent to kill after a downtown Cairo hotel scuffle last month. He was arrested July 23 at the Union Bus hotel in Cairo following a peace disturbance complaint. Easter and a police officer were injured and hospitalized. A justice of the peace heard testimony from 12 witnesses with conflicting accounts of whether Easter was beaten and whether the arrest had a legal warrant.
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Claude J
Blackie) Easter
Grand
Cairope
Easter
Union Bus
Cairo
Justice of the Peace
Robert M. Williams
Rev J Frank Norris Dies Faith Leader at 74
Fort Worth Texas August 20 Rev J Frank Norris 74 noted Baptist pastor died early today near Jacksonville Florida apparently of a heart attack He had flown to Florida Tuesday for a state wide fellowship meeting and had suffered failing health for two years
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. Frank Norris
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Steeleville Resident Hurt in Ladder Fall
Paul Liefer of Steeleville sustained a painful head injury Monday after slipping from a tall ladder while working on his garage at home. The head injury required nine stitches.
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Steeleville
Paul Liefer
Liefer
Terrapin a Gourmet Dish Through American History
The National Geographic Society notes terrapin was once common in early American diets and later became an expensive delicacy for gourmets in the gay nineties, before fading from menus to present obscurity.
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America
National Geographic Society
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