Ex-Klan Leader Stephenson Freed from Indiana Prison
D. C. Stephenson, former Indiana Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan and once a Carbondale resident, was released from life sentence for murder. He had long sought freedom, was paroled to L. O. Hill, arrested later, and his discharge requires leaving Indiana. His name topped a governor clemency list.
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D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Carbondale
Stephenson
L. O. Hill
Minneapolis
Eye
Indianapolis
Oberholtzer
Sphenson
Cost Of Living Rise To Boost Steel Wages
Washington reports a tenth of a percent rise in November consumer prices, reaching a fifth new peak in 1956. Despite higher living costs, net spendable earnings for factory workers rose to $75.20 weekly with dependents and $67.79 without, lifting buying power to an all time high. About 900,000 workers under cost of living wage clauses will gain an hourly raise, mostly in steel. Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Ewan Clague expects prices to hold or drop in December through February due to clothing sales.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Statistics Bureau
Calm survivors recount fast Belleville rail wreck
In an Illinois Central crash near Belleville passengers described a swift, calm incident. Mrs Gladys Hines of Carbondale, treated for a cut elbow, credited strangers and crew with helping. Others, including students and officers, recalled remaining steady as the train rolled and wrecked, with little panic.
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Carbondale
Donald Hartley
Cairo
Wade LaDue
Columbia
Five Area Residents Among 34 Hurt In Chickasaw Crash
A Chickasaw train wreck near Belleville left two dead and 34 injured at 12 35 a m Nine cars of the Illinois Central Railroad passenger train overturned. Five injured residents of Southern Illinois were listed including Carl Mitchell Jr 21 Herrin D L Stearns 34 Carbondale Mrs Gladys Hines 56 Carbondale and Mrs Ethel Newsome Cairo all in fair condition. Mitchell was YMCA national chairman of student division and en route home for Christmas. The dead were Mrs Jennie Covell 70 North Platte Neb and Henry Hudson 67 Gravesdale Miss. Rescue work proceeded quickly despite mist and involved ambulances state police and hospital treatment.
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Illinois Central
Belleville
Gladys Hines
Rt. 2
Carbondale
Walter C. Hines
Chickasaw
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Carl Mitchell
Herrin
Washington University
Mitchell
Carl Sr
Illinois Central Railroad
Southern Illinois
Carl Mitchell Jr
St. Louis
Guy F. Comstock
Fair Condition
D. L. Stearns
Jennie Covell
North Platte
Neb
Henry Hudson
Gravesdale
Miss
Covell
Orson
Hudson
St. Louis Union Station
Scott Air Force Base
Sinroll Takes Final Exams While in Jackson Jail
Fred Sinroll a 20 year old Southern Illinois University student charged with the murder of Robert Batura 19 of Danvers Mass is to take his full term exams in jail today. Asst Dean Robert Etheridge sent the psychology history and speech exams to the county jail in Murphysboro with another student. Bond set at 15000 by Circuit Judge Clarence E Wright. Sinrolls parents visited him in Murphysboro this week.
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Fred Sinroll
Southern Illinois University
Jackson County
Robert Etheridge
University
Sinroll
Murphysboro
Howard Cheatham
Sterling
Robert Batura
Danvers
Mass
Clarence E. Wright
Nixon Meets Austrian Leaders on Refugee Aid Effort
Vice President Nixon conferred with Chancellor Raab and Austrian cabinet on the 140000 Hungarian refugees crisis. Austria plans to spend over seven million dollars by Jan 1 to care for refugees and seeks U S help, as Nixon prepares to visit refugee camps in Salzburg and Munich. An Illinois train wreck near Belleville caused extensive damage with five cars overturning amid rain soaked earth, prompting a large response and ongoing investigation.
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Nixon
Julius Raab
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Salzburg
Munich
Caution Reminder Tags Handed Out by Illinois Officials
Motorists at major Illinois intersections received yellow reminder tags from Secretary of State staff in blue uniforms. The round tags list ten highway safety rules on the back and warn of holiday driving hazards. Coroner Gale Williams, an investigator, said distribution runs until Christmas Eve and resumes the following Thursday through New Year’s Day at Carbondale main streets.
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Illinois
Secretary of State
Gale Williams
Jackson County
Main Street
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
Parole Sought For Illinois Escapee McArthur
Joseph McArthur aged 43 formerly jailed for auto larceny in 1935 walked away from Stateville in 1941. He lived as Charles Burke with wife in Long Lake Illinois, built a repair trade record, and was rearrested last summer. Judge Crowley urged parole review and released him on bond October 17 pending habeas corpus hearing March 25.
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Chicago
Joseph McArthur
Stateville Penitentiary
McArthur
Long Lake
Ill
Charles Burke
Criminal Court
Wilbert F. Crowley
Crowley
Edmund Grant
William G. Stratton
Illinois Parole Board
IBM Device to Track Man Made Satellite
New York December 21 The Navy Department announced selection of a high speed electronic device from IBM to calculate and predict the orbit of the first man made satellite. The computer will track the satellite as it orbits 200 to 300 miles above Earth.
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New York
Navy Department
Department
International Business Machine Corp
Montgomery Bus Riders End Segregation After Court Ruling
In Montgomery Alabama on December 21 the city integrated its bus system ending years of segregated seating. White watchers observed from a pickup and cars while Negroes, many who had boycotted since 1955, entered and sat in any section as the “white” and “colored” markers disappeared. The Supreme Court ruling outlawing bus segregation had taken effect the prior Thursday.
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Montgomery
Ala
U. S. Supreme Court
Weather update for Southern Illinois region
Cloudy and warm conditions with periods of rain or drizzle tonight and Saturday. Expect considerable fog tonight with lows around mid 40s and Saturday highs near mid 50s. Previous temperatures show a high yesterday of 50 and noon today 53, with rainfall totaling about 0.18 inches from yesterday morning to today. River spillway readings note Little Grassy Lake at 32 inches below spillway.
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Illinois
Little Grassy Lake
Ozark Wins New Route To Minneapolis St Paul Via Iowa Illinois
The Civil Aeronautics Board voted to grant Ozark Air Lines a new route from Davenport and Moline to Minneapolis St Paul via Cedar Rapids and Rochester. The authority runs three years or until 60 days after a final decision in the seven states Midwest air service study. The CAB noted the vote in a news release and said the full decision and order will be issued later.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautic Board
Ozark Airlines
Davenport
Iowa
Moline
Ill
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Rochester
Minn
CAB
Seven States
Midwest
Illinois Weather: Mild Saturday Then Colder Weekend
Illinois forecast shows temperatures about 4 to 6 degrees above normal with highs from 34 in the north to 44 in the south and lows from 16 to 25. Mild Saturday but turning colder late Sunday and Monday, with a warming trend Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation expected about one half to three quarters of an inch in occasional rain Saturday and Sunday.
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Illinois
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Houston
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Memphis
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Centralia
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