Witness list set for McConachie inquest in Jackson Mo
Inquest into Donald W. McConachie death is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Steve Limbaughs office Cape Girardeau Witnesses include C J Murden Paul J Brown Hugh Watkins Jake Rubin Earnest Bowles Zollie Stewart Edward Taylor Sheriff Leslie Chrestman State Atty Michael O Shea and El Patio bartender Robert Wise A show girl named Marsha may testify Witnesses from Sparta Carbondale Cairo Mounds and surrounding areas are named with various conflicting accounts of how McConachie died
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Bob McClure
Cape Girardeau County
J. F. Sigmund
Jackson
Donald W. McConachie
Steve Limbaugh
N. Main St
Cape Girardeau
McConachie
Sparta
St. Francis Hospital
el Patio
Cairo
Sigmund
Alexander County
Atty
Michael O'Shea
Thurs
Southern Illinoisan
O'Shea
Leslie Chrestman
Southern Windsan
C. J. Murden
Carbondale
Paul J. Brown
Hugh Watkins
Jake Rubin
Earnest Bowles
Zollie Stewart
Edward Taylor
Mounds
Cairo State
Micheal O'Shea
Robert Wise
Iindian
Watkins
E Patio
Taylor
Pulaski News-Press
Murden
Murden and Brown
Brotherhood Day Set In Herrin
The annual Brotherhood Day fund drive is planned for Saturday in Herrin with headquarters at the American Legion Home headed by Mrs. Shirley Gurley. Volunteers will sell artificial flowers made by the blind to fund free eye operations medical care and other services. The National Brotherhood of Service for the Blind Inc also aids other causes and contributed 100 to Herrin’s blast fund with 15 percent of the net to BPW Club for needy cases.
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Herrin
American Legion
Shirley Gurley
National Brotherhood of Service For the Blind, Inc
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Four Arrested in Surprise Cairo Club Raid
State police arrested four at Frog City Club near Cairo after a 9 10 p m raid. Elmer Terrell of Mounds charged with operating a gaming device. three Cairo players William B Lawder Thomas H Smithey and George Thompson charged with common gaming. Bonds set at 100 each. trial date not yet set. A blackjack table dice table and 60 dollars seized and turned over to Alexander County Sheriff.
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Frog City Club, Inc
Cairo
Elmer Terrell
Mounds
William B Lawder
Thomas H. Smither
George Thompson
Earl Pogue
du Quoin
Ross Pautler
Chester
Pogue
Terrell
Alexander County Court
Court of Cairo
Rt. 1
Cache
Joseph C. Sudow
Peoria
Donald A. Lewis
Marilee Williamson
Sudow
Edward Mckee
Steel Blast Injures 20 at Inland Steel No 2 Shop
An explosion, likely from a gas line, injured 20 workers at Inland Steel Co in the No 2 open hearth shop. Many windows shattered, five men were sent to St Catherine's Hospital for further checks. no fire and no estimate of damage.
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Inland Steel Co
St. Catherine’s Hospital
East Chicago
Stores Set Holiday Hours in Carbondale Weekends
The Carbondale Retail Merchants Association declares stores will stay open until 9 pm on December 21 and 22, the Friday and Saturday before Christmas. Regular late Monday hours are not observed on December 24 and 31, with closing time set at 5 30 pm on those dates.
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Carbondale Retail Merchants Assn
Two Lobbyists Sentenced in Labine Act Case
Two lawyer-lobbyists Elmer Patman of Austin Texas and John M Neff of Lexington Nebraska pleaded guilty to failing to register under the Labine Act while working for a controversial natural gas bill They were fined 2500 each and sentenced to one year in jail suspended The Superior Oil Co of California was fined 5000 on two counts for aiding and abetting the registration failure The government dropped all other counts including trying to influence Senator Francis Case on the bill The case involved a misdemeanor with a 5000 maximum penalty and one year in jail The gas bill aimed to exempt independent gas see from direct federal aid regulation It passed Congress but Eisenhower vetoed it He opposed the tactics used by some petroleum interests Case rejected Neffs 2500 campaign contribution and voted against the bill.
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Washington
Elmer Patman
Austin
Tex
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Superior Oil Co
California
Patman
Neff
Sen
Francis Case
R-Sd
Congress
Eisenhower
Case
Sioux Falls
Sl.d
One Killed Two Survive After Mountain Plane Crash
Pineville Kentucky December 14 AP two men huddled by their dead companion for six hours awaiting aid after their single engine airplane crashed on a mountaintop. Dead was T Sgt John P Lancaster Airmen Robert Glover and Jessie R Cox civilian Air Force employee injured not seriously Sheriff J I West said it took nearly six hours for deputies to reach them.
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Pineville
John P. Lancaster
Robert Glover
Jessie R. Cox
Air Force
J. I. West
Strikers Defy Troops at Budapest Csepel Iron and Steel
About 28,000 workers at the Csepel iron and steel works south of Budapest joined thousands of colleagues in a sitdown strike denying output to protest labor leaders' detention. Bejolannis plant also halted as troops and police seized production sites. Sandor Racz and Sandor Bari, top labor figures, were arrested amid the national labor crackdown. Soviet officers reportedly supported Hungarian militia as protests persisted near Budapest.
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Budapest
Hungary
Csepel Iron and Steel Works
Csepel
Ands Kadar
Bejolannis
Sandor Bacz
Central Workers’ Council
Sandor Bari
Racz
Bari
NAACP Fined in Atlanta as Leaders Face Records Jail
The NAACP was fined 25000 by Fulton Superior Court and its Atlanta president John H. Calhoun was ordered jailed until records are produced. The contempt case followed a Georgia Revenue Department effort to inspect books for tax purposes. Calhoun received a suspended 12 month jail term on condition of behavior.
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Atlanta
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People Today
Georgia Revenue Department
NAACP
Fulton
Pye
Weather forecast for Southern Illinois rises and rains
Cloudy and warmer with rain tonight, Saturday rain and warmer. Low tonight mid 30s, high Saturday mid 40s, low Saturday night mid 30s. Temperatures yesterday and today noted, with sunrise at 7 17 a m and sunset at 4 33 p m.
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Southern
Illinois
Water level readings near spillway noted at two lakes
Crab Orchard Lake stands four inches below the spillway while Little Grassy Lake sits thirty two inches below the spillway today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Toady
United States agrees to supply weapons to NATO allies
In Paris defense secretary Wilson announced the United States will provide modern weapons capable of firing atomic charges to NATO allies while retaining the actual warheads. The program aims to aid allies in developing their own systems and stresses a joint Western European effort led by capable nations.
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Paris
United States
NATO
U. S
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Alliance
Paul- Henri Spaak
Spaak
Olka
A United Europe
Lord Ismay
Britain
Ismay
The
Council
America
Eisenhower
Congress
Europe
Herrin Man Hurt In Mine Rock Fall
A 24 year old Herrin man, Don Powell, was injured by a rock fall Thursday evening while at work at the Bell and Zoller mine near Johnston City. He was admitted to Herrin Hospital about 7 30 p m for treatment of cuts and other injuries.
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Herrin
Bell and Zoller
Johnston City
Don Powell
8Th St
Herrin Hospital
California D Scale Guides Drunk Driver Evaluation
California highway patrolmen receive a 44 page illustrated booklet outlining six stages of intoxication and the corresponding blood alcohol levels from .005 to .05 percent. The guide aims to standardize enforcement by defining drivers as dry and decent to dead at escalating BAC levels.
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California
Irish Outlaws Strike Again
Three police barracks were attacked and communications cut in fresh IRA raids. A crude dynamite bomb blew open a Lisnaskea barracks door in County Fermanagh. Raiders were beaten off after a volley of shots. A bomb hurled at Roselea barracks caused no damage.
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Irish Republican Army
IRA
Lisnaskea
Fermanagh
Roselea
Police Search For Missing Magazine Writer Perry
Police resumed a search in Guilford Connecticut for 46 year old magazine writer George Sessions Perry missing since Friday. Fire crews bloodhounds and a drained pond near his home are part of the effort as police consider that he may have fallen in or gone to find their missing dog. Perry contributed to the Saturday Evening Post including pieces on the Cities of America series. His arthritis has worsened and his wife says he may not have traveled far.
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Guilford
Conn
Police Today
George Sessions Perry
Perry
Saturday Evening Post
Banker H. M. Barron Dies After Fifty Years in Fulton Banking
Canton Illinois December 14 AP H M Barron 74 longtime Fulton County banker dies at his Canton home after fifty years in the banking business.
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Canton
Ill
H. M. Barron
Fulton County
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