Washington Trouble-Shooting Movie Chief Eric Johnston Dies
Eric A. Johnston 67, longtime government troubleshooter and president of the Motion Picture Association of America, died after a stroke. He had led the trade group 18 years and previously served on multiple national committees, including the Economic Stabilization Board and War Manpower Commission. Johnston was educated as a lawyer and rose from a paper carrier to a prominent business leader.
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Eric A. Johnston
Motion Picture Association ¢ America
Johnston
George Washington University Hospital
Europe
University of Washington
Marine Corps
Motion Picture Association of America
Brown- Johnston Co
Spokane, Wash
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
National Labor-Management Advisory Committee
Inter-American Economic Development Commission
Economic Stabilization Board
War Manpower Commission
War Mobilization and Reconversion Commission
Miller
International
Canton
Otto Kerner
East German border guard defectors to West Germany
Conrad Schumann, one of the first East German guards to defect when the Berlin border opened, recalls leaping the barbed wire at the fence. He fled on August 15, 196, and now lives in West Germany with his wife and baby, earning 500 marks monthly and planning to buy a car.
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Berlin
Schumann
Peter Lebing
Compress
Hamburg
Associated Press
East Germany
West
Gerlin
RIAS
West Berlin
Iin
West Germany
Guenzburg
Ulm
Germany
Nuuse
Convicted Rape Slayer Miller Wins Stay of Execution
Lloye E Miller, condemned for the 1955 rape slaying of Janice May in Canton Illinois, won a tenth stay of execution delaying the Sept 9 date at Stateville Joliet. A habeas corpus petition sought a new trial alleging false evidence and an alibi not heard at trial.
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Unicago
Lloye E. Miller
Canton
Ill
U. S
Miller
Janice May
Nanocuries Prompt Senate Hearing Stumble
Washington Aug.23 AP. A science hearing on nuclear fallout turned humorous as nanocuries sparked questions from Rep. Melvin Price and others. Hanford official H M Parker explained nanocuries equal ten to the minus ninth curies, a millionth of a curie. The exchange highlighted unfamiliar terms even among lawmakers in the Joint Senate House Atomic Energy Committee hearing.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Washington
Joint
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Alaska
Melvin Price
D-H
H.M. Parker
Atomic Energy Commission
Hanford Laboratories
Richland
Wash
Price
Tyne
Parker
Henry M. Jackson
Hanford
Craig Josmer
R-Calif
William P Henley of Goreville dies at 81
William P Henley 81 of Goreville died Thursday at home after a four year illness. Retired service station operator and farmer. Born November 7 1881 in Union County to William P and Jamima Henley. Survived by two daughters Alicen Newton and Glenna Kelley both of Goreville two half brothers Dan Toler of Goreville Ivy Toler of Dayton Ohio and one half sister Mrs Cecil Luttrell of Marion. Funeral at noon Saturday Goreville First Baptist Church officiated by Reverends Vernon Mifflin and William Lively. Burial Terry Cemetery Goreville. Calling after 5 p m today at Van Natta Funeral Home Goreville.
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William P.henley
Goreville
Friendship Baptist Church
Goreville First
Ivy Toler
Dayton
Ohio
Cecil Luttrell
Marion
Goreville’ First Baptist Church
Vernon Mifflin
William Lively
Terry Cemetery
van Natta
Vienna Police Brief Fines Driver for Unlicensed Accident
Herman Washington, 70, of Champaign, was fined $500 by Justice of the Peace Lewis Walker for driving without a license and causing an accident on Route 37 near West Vienna.
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Herman Washington
Champaign
Justice of the Peace
Lewis Walker
Rt. 37
West Vienna
Okay Strike At Caterpillar
A vote by about 13 000 Caterpillar Tractor Co. employees in Peoria authorized United Auto Workers Local 974 to strike. Union officials cited grievances over job classifications and speed up in work activity. The last Caterpillar strike in Peoria lasted one week in 1961.
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Peoria
Caterpillar Tractor Co
United Auto Workers
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