Keenan Indictments Dropped in Chicago
In Chicago, Keenan indictments were dropped, ending a high profile case. AP reports details remain unclear as officials move to close the matter.
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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1956
Page
8
British Author To Be Speaker At Carbondale Dinner
John William Hughes of Wales a British newscaster author and lecturer will speak at the Egyptian Dinner Club meeting in the First Christian Church Carbondale on Jan 10. He is a World War II veteran and a British Parliament candidate who served as Welsh delegate to a world conference in New York. Three indictments against County Assessor Frank Keenan were dropped at the request of State's Atty Benjamin Adamowski who succeeded former prosecutor Gutknecht. Keenan had faced charges of malfeasance and violating the state revenue act regarding tax exemptions for charities and educational institutions.
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Carbondale
New York
Frank Keenan
Benjamin S. Adamowski
Keenan
Atty
John Gutknecht
Adamowski
Live voter proves he is alive in Illinois voting test
In Decatur, AP reports J. Ross Patterson faced a challenge as an unregistered voter. Investigation showed a J. R. Patterson of his former Springfield precinct had died. Patterson produced a witness to prove he was not the dead man and was allowed to vote.
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Ross
Noses on Rushmore outsize Sphinx face in Egypt context
A curious fact notes that each nose on the Mount Rushmore portraits of Washington Jefferson Roosevelt and Lincoln exceeds the length of Egypt's Sphinx face.
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Jefferson
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Mount Rushmore
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South Dakota
Egypt
Hungarian decree restates internment system under state
Budapest reports that the Russian backed Hungarian government reinstated the internment regime used against dissent. A presidential council decree allows detention of those whose activity endangers public order, with a six month maximum. Interfering with production warrants detention without trial, giving Premier Janos Kadar a tool to break strikes.
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Budapest
Presidential Council
Janos Kadar
North Carolina Joins Union in 1789
The article notes North Carolina entered the United States on November 2, 1789, marking its admission as the 12th state. The brief item highlights the date and state’s foundational role in the Union.
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