Russia Breaks With Israel Over Tel Aviv Bombing
The Soviet Union severed diplomatic relations with Israel after a Tel Aviv bombing at the Soviet legation. Andrei Vishinsky charged Israeli leaders with inciting hostility toward the Soviet Union, while Israel pledged reparations and pursued suspects. Twenty five Israelis were injured in ensuing anti-Soviet clashes in Tel Aviv.
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Soviet Union
Israel
Moscow
Tel Aviv
Andrei Vishinsky
Samu Eliashev
Pavel I. Yershov
Legation
David Ben-Gurion
Eggs rise to eight cents amid Mexican shortage
Mexico faces a domestic egg shortage pushing prices to 70 centavos per egg. The shortage increases calls to U S producers with eggs ordered from the United States to supplement local supply.
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Mexico City
Mexico
U. S
Partly Cloudy For Southern Illinois Weather Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with colder air. Lows 22 to 25, highs 34 to 38. Yesterday's high 60, low 39. today 7 am 33, 6 pm yesterday 39. Precipitation 0.09 inches in the last 24 hours. Sunrise 6:54 am, sunset 5:33 pm. Crab Orchard Lake 20 inches below spillway today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Carbondale Daily Press Publication Details
The Carbondale Daily Press announces its evening edition schedule excluding Sundays and holidays under South erp Tinois Publications. A second closing matter is noted at 22 West Mato Carbondale Illinois with a March date in 1978.
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Southe
Daily Tree Press
Evenin
Tinois
West Mato
Carbondale
Illinois
Post of the Star At
Insta Amer
Sorry About Whole Thing Youth Admits Killing Vandalia Deputy
A 15 year old boy admitted shooting Deputy Clarence Kelly during a jail transport in Vandalia. He said the gun went off while he tried to bluff to freedom. The deputy, 30, was killed. the boy and a 14 year old companion fled but were captured after an 11 hour search.
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Virgil Allen
Clarence Kelly
Kelly
Allen
Alfred Cohoon
Vandalia
Martin Corbell
Delaware abolishes ancient witchcraft law
In Dover, the State Assembly voted to repeal the old witchcraft statute. It had punished those who practiced or pretended to exercise witchcraft, conjuration or fortune telling with fines up to one hundred dollars and possible imprisonment up to one year.
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Delaware
Dover
Del
State Assembly
Korea fighting drops to small raids on frontline
In Korea the fighting dwindled to small raids and clashes as warm weather moved in. The line saw temperatures rise above 40 across the 155 mile front with rain on the Western Front. Allied warplanes conducted fighter bomber strikes and air battles with MiG 15s, flattening eight buildings in a troop concentration area while F80 Shooting Stars breached a rail tunnel with eight bomb hits.
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Mercury
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Three Illinois Cities Classified As Severe Unemployment Areas
The Labor Department reports Herrin Murphysboro and West Frankfort among 37 areas with unemployment above six percent due to long term coal industry declines. Such regions receive preference on government contracts if the bidder meets the lowest bid.
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Illinois
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Herrin
Murphysboro
West Frankfort
Bureau
Elbert Thomas, Pacfic trust territory high commissioner, dies
Elbert D. Thomas, former Utah senator and U S trust territory high commissioner in the Pacific, died at his Honolulu home at age 69. A former Mormon missionary in Japan, he was appointed to the Pacific post two years earlier by President Truman after 18 years in the Senate.
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Honolulu
Elbert D. Thomas
U. S. Trust Territory
Pacific
Utah
Japan
Thomas
Pacific Trust Post
Truman
Senate
Egypt and Britain Sign Sudan Pact and Suez Troop Plan
Britain and Egypt signed a Sudan settlement allowing eight million Sudanese to choose their future within three years with options to join Egypt, the British Commonwealth, or become independent. They also moved toward withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone, with technical details remaining.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Sudan
Naguib
Suez Canal
Middle East
British Commonwealth
Suez Canal Zone
Ralph Stevenson
Suez
London
Anthony Eden
Stevenson
Senators push Mississippi River bridge near Clinton and Fulton
Iowa senators Gillette and Hickenlooper plan to introduce a bill authorizing a Mississippi River bridge near Clinton Iowa and Fulton Illinois. The measure mirrors a House bill by Rep. Talle and follows the previous session where the House passed such legislation but adjourned before Senate action.
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Iowa
Mississippi
Washington
Gillette
Hickenlooper
Mississippi River
Clinton
Fulton
House
Rep. Talle
Congress
Senate
Lincoln Birthday Observance Highlighted Across States
Today marks the observance of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, celebrated as the 16th president's commemorative day with ceremonies and school events nationwide. Communities pause for reflection on Lincoln's legacy and contributions to the nation.
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Abraham Lincoln
The
United States
Lincoln
Star- Today
Rosenbergs Must Die Ike Refuses Clemency
Former Army Sgt John David Provoo was convicted by a federal jury of four treasonous acts for aiding Japanese captors and broadcasting from Tokyo during World War II. He faces a sentence ranging from five years to death, with jurors unable to agree on three additional treason charges. A sentencing hearing is set for next Tuesday.
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Army
John David Provoo
Gregory F. Noonan
Provoo
Burton C. Thompson
Swea City
Thomson
Prooo
Tokyo
U. S
Philippines
United States
Bishop Names Area Boys for Military Schools
Rep. C W Bishop announces three nominations to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis and one to the U S Military Academy at West Point from his Illinois district. Nominees include Robert Leon Kirby Ridgway Gallatin County Don Paul Keeneman Chester Randolph County Robert B Morrow Cairo. An alternate for Brown Vienna is named for West Point.
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U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Rep
C. W
Runt) Bishop
Illinois
Bishop
Robert Leon Kirby
Ridgway
Gallatin ‘County
Don Paul Keeneman
Chester
Randolph County
Robert B. Morrow
Cairo
Armored Shorts Tested by Army on War Front
The U S Eighth Army on the Western Front issued armored shorts to a front line division. If practical they may become standard gear. The shorts are built with 12 layers of nylon and weigh four pounds each.
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Western Front
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Ellender urges Chiang Kai-shek ouster to seek peace
Sen. Ellender urged the Eisenhower administration to consider asking the Chinese Nationalists to remove Chiang Kai-shek as their leader. He said peace may come from weaning the mainland away from Russia and finding a Chinese leader more popular than Chiang. He warned against blockading the Red Chinese coast or taking militant steps that could push China closer to Moscow.
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Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Eisenhower
Issimo Chiang Kai-shek
Louisiana
Russia
Chiang
Osa
H. Alexander Smith
Senate
Dulles
Foreign Relations Committee
China
Manchuria
Korea
Vatican urged to annul marriage of O Dwyer and wife
Archbishop Luis Maria Martinez of Mexico says the Vatican is being asked to annul the marriage of former New York mayor and U S ambassador William O Dwyer and his wife. The couple had a Catholic separation granted January 17. O Dwyer noted the outcome rests with ecclesiastical authorities and said Keg has become a permanent resident in Mexico after resigning as ambassador.
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Vatican
O'Dwyer
Mexico City
Mexico
Luis Maria Martinez
U. S
Keg
U.S
UHF Television Station Approved for St Louis
Missouri Broadcasting Corp. of St Louis won FCC approval to build an ultra high frequency TV station in St Louis on channel 42. President L A Benson said the station will launch in about three months and serve a 50 to 60 mile radius around St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Broadcasting Corp
The
Communications Commission
L. A. Benson
Wil
Benson
Lincoln's Wit Visible in New Lincoln Photo
The Associated Press reports a newly found Lincoln photograph showing a humorous side absent in most portraits. Wayne C. Grover calls the image a testament to Lincoln's wit, alongside famous anecdotes about his sharp tongue and calm in the Civil War era.
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Arthur Edson
Associated Press
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Wayne C. Grover
United States
President Upholds Rosenberg Death Sentences Amid Protests
President Eisenhower rejects a new appeal by Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and confirms their death sentences for atomic espionage. Attorney Emanuel Bloch vows to take the case to the Supreme Court as protests mount abroad.
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New York
Emanuel Bloch
Supreme Court
Rosenbergs
Julius
Ethel
Sing Sing
Roserbergs
U. S
White House
Times Square
Paris
Daily Worker
Communist Party
Albert Einstein
Harold C. Urey
Brownell
Rosenberg
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Morton Sobell
Dav. Greenglass
Greenglass
Statl
Los Alamos
N. M
Dulles Trip Report to Be Aired Tonight
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will address the nation in a radio-television program tonight detailing his recent overseas trip. The broadcast follows the foreign tour that former secretary Dean Acheson praised after his own travels.
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Dulles
Washington
Secretary of State
E. Stassen
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