Birdman Of Alcatraz Opens Door To Stroud’s Mind
Robert Stroud recounts his transfer from McNeil Island to Leavenworth in 1912 where he encounters the hard regime under Warden McClaughry later challenged by reform efforts. The piece sketches prison life punishments and a key cause of Stroud’s grim outlook leading to later events.
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Robert Stroud
Jefferson
Stroud
McNeil Island
Steilacoom
McNeil
Puget Sound
Seattle
Leavenworth
Kan
Eddie
R. W. McClaughry
Chicago
Pontiac
Joliet
McClaughry
Thomas W. Morgan
Farm Bureau head says govt farm programs never helped farmers
Charles B. Shuman president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told a Rotary Club Farm Night banquet that no government farm program has aided farmers in five years citing a 28 percent price drop and 29 percent cost rise across administrations. He urged farmers to stop relying on government supports and to seek profits closer to home.
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Springfield
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Fedration
Shuman
Rotary Club
Washington
Weather Snapshot for Southern Illinois
Cloudy conditions persist across Southern Illinois with little temperature change. Tonight and Wednesday will see lows around the upper 20s to 30s and highs near 50. Overnight readings show 31 at 7 am and 40 at 6 pm yesterday, with yesterday’s high 45. Crab Orchard Lake sits 18 inches below spillway, Little Grassy Lake 90 inches below spillway.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Couple Held For Cruelty In Monrovia Child Abuse Case
A sheet metal worker and his wife in Monrovia California are jailed on felony counts after police found 8 year old Victoria Ruth Podger undernourished and locked in an unheated backroom for three weeks. The girl wore only a ripped undershirt and robe, tied wrists, a small bed, and scarce food as temperatures dipped into the high 30s. The parents, both 30, faced hearings February 17. the father one count and the stepmother two counts, with $2,500 bonds each. Victoria and her half sister were taken to juvenile hall.
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Monrovia
Calif
Victoria Ruth Podger
Victor R. Podger
Rose Ann
Ficers
Alice Wood
Victoria
Jack Jimmink
General Services Chief Quits Post Under Fire
General Services chief Edmund F. Mansure resigns amid congressional and administration probes into his conduct. President Eisenhower names Franklin G. Floete as acting administrator, moving from defense properties role, while Mansure cites personal obligations to return to private life.
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General Services
Edmund F. Mansure
Mansure
White House
Eisenhower
Franklin G. Floete
Floete
Ernment
Des Moines
Iowa
Mansuer
Chicago
Cuba
House
GSA
Sheen aboard DC6 derails at Idlewild airport
A National Airlines DC6 nose wheeled collapsed at Idlewild Airport on Monday night. The plane nosed over injuring one passenger slightly. Observer passengers included Bishop Fulton J. Sheen among the people on board.
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New York
National Airlines
Idlewild
Fulton J. Sheen
Mollet arrival sparks Algerian protest with riot police
Police and security forces advanced through tear gas as demonstrators opposed the French premier Guy Mollet in Algiers. Protesters hurled rotten fruit and stones, fearing Mollet's policies would endanger Algeria.
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Guy Mollet
Algiers
Mollet
Algeria
Senate Passes Bill Freeing Gas Producers From Price Controls
The Senate approved by 53 to 38 a bill to free natural gas producers from direct federal price controls and sent it to President Eisenhower. Backers predict a sign and long-term gains in exploration and supply, while opponents warn of higher household gas bills. The House had previously approved a version, with Illinois senators split. Senator Case opposed the measure after stating he rejected a $2,500 campaign contribution intended to influence him.
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Senate
Eisenhower
House
Commerce Committee
Illinois
Sen
Douglas
Sen. Dirksen
Francis Case
R-Sd
Case
East St. Louis Fire Destroys Three Buildings Downtown
A noon smoke pall covered East St. Louis as a early morning blaze gutted three downtown structures. The Fritz Building, Fowler Building, and Vogel Building were destroyed after a 2 a.m. start likely from an exhaust fan short circuit. Firemen saved the 12 story Spivey Office Building and Union National Bank, with 36 firms impacted in the three-block area.
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East St. Louis
Publix
Fritz
Fowler
Missouri Avenue
Vogel
Collinsville Avenue
Spivey
Union National Bank
Collinsville and
Missouri Avenues
Accidental verdict in 30 deaths from train wreck
In Los Angeles on February 7, a coroner's jury ruled the deaths of 30 passengers aboard a Santa Fe diesel train accidental. The engineer said he blacked out before the crash, with a doctor noting he acted without conscious volition for 10 to 30 seconds prior to the curve. The two-car train, traveling about 70 mph on a 15 mph curve, overturned last January 22, injuring 130.
Judy Garland Drops Divorce Suit Against Sid Luft
Actress Judy Garland will drop her divorce complaint against Sid Luft after returning home, according to Luft. Garland had moved out Friday and filed for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty.
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Judy
Hollywood
Judy Garland
Sid Luft
Miss Garland
Youth admits filling pair with hatchet during trip
Donald Wyciskala a 22 year old North Dakota temp worker confessed to FBI agents that he killed James B. Askew and his wife near McFarland California after the man nagged him about driving. He said he grabbed a hatchet from the car floor and struck both victims then ran over the woman. He planned to visit his wife and child in Griffin Georgia and answered an ad to drive to Los Angeles.
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North Dakota
FBI
Seattle
Wash
Donald Wyciskala
Bismarck
N.D
McFarland
Calif
James B. Askew
M. P. Chiles
New Orleans
Wyciskala
Griffin
Los Angeles
Askew
Stinker contest entrants rush to win prize this week
Fans submitted 125 entries in the race to beat the little fellow for a $50 prize. Mail entries must be postmarked by 6 p.m. Wednesday and reach Southern Illinoisan offices by 9 a.m. Friday. All other entries must be in Southern Illinoisan offices by 6 p.m. Wednesday.
United Nations Estimates World Population at 2.655 Billion
The United Nations in New York raised the world mid-1954 population estimate by 129 million to a record 2.655 billion. The rise is mainly attributed to Red China reporting 582,603,417 people in mid-1954, replacing the earlier mainland China figure of 463,493,000 from 1948.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Red
China
Road Report Across The State Roads Mostly Normal
Highways in the southern two thirds of the state reported normal today while the northern third showed scattered ice patches. Officials urged motorists to exercise caution on bridges and shaded areas.
Killing spree ex convict claims three killings in 18 days
Ex convict David Cooper Nelson, 35, of North Las Vegas Nevada, told officers he killed Kenneth Short John Valenti and Ralph Rainey in an 18 day spree. He said Valenti was killed after Valenti caught him rummaging for money. Rainey reached for a gun as Nelson drove Rainey’s car. Short was killed because he believed he could not hang for one, and Nelson says he prays daily.
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Los Lunas
N.M
New Mexico
David Cooper Nelson
North Las Vegas
Nev
Kenneth Short
North Hollywood
Calif
John Valenti
Pioche
Ralph Rainey
Santa Monica
Nelson
Valenti
Rainey
Short
Johnson Resolution Voted 90 0 to Probe Campaign Donation
The Senate approved a Johnson resolution to form a four member bipartisan committee to investigate a $2,500 donation to Sen. Francis Case. The panel, funded up to $10,000, must report by March 1 and could prompt a broader inquiry by Sen. Hennings’s Elections subcommittee into Case’s disclosure.
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Washington
Senate
Francis Case
R-Sd
Case
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Nixon
Johnson
Roll Call
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Sen. Hennings
DMO
Hennings
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
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