13 Feb 1953
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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1953
Page
1
Red haired Pat Ward testifies Jelke beat her scores of times during a alleged prostitution ring case. She says she stayed in love and feared threats as Jelke’s lawyers clash over evidence and witnesses.
In Compton California on February 13 police investigated a case of a car driven into an underground storm drain twelve feet wide nine feet high. Officers followed tracks for ten miles until the drain narrowed and the vehicle apparently backed up, turned around and exited the entry point.
Fair tonight with considerable cloudiness and a little warmer Saturday. Low tonight 30 to 35 and high Saturday 42 to 48. Temperature readings include 29 this morning, 39 at 6 pm yesterday, and 39 at noon today. Sun rises 6 53 and sets 5 34. Crab Orchard Lake 20 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 41 inches below spillway.
Evening edition notice from Southern Minoise Publications at 22 West Main Carbondale Illinois enters as second class matter March 1878 Post Office filing details.
Vatican releases indicate Pope Pius XII interceded for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg before Eisenhower rejected clemency. L Osservatore Romano notes the Holy Father never refuses to help save lives, though no details of the intervention were given.
Chicago notes superstition wary readers as Friday the 13th returns in 1953 with three occurrences in 1953 and two more in 1954. The first 13th falls today, with another in March and November and a single August entry in 1954.
President Eisenhower moves to a freer economy by decontrolling many goods including poultry oil soaps gasoline and rubber products. About 2 000 price control workers will be dismissed by March 15 from the 4 500 government staff overseeing price controls.
The U S Parole Board rejected gambler Frank Costello's parole request. He is serving 18 months for contempt of Congress begun in August and becomes eligible after one third time served. Costello is imprisoned at Milan Correctional Institution after prior confinement at Lewisburg, Atlanta, and a subsequent transfer.
Herbert Hoover left St. Francis Hospital today feeling much better and boarded a chartered yacht for a two week fishing trip in the Florida Keys, starting immediately.
Reports from Tehran indicate about 1,500 people were killed when an earthquake wiped out the village of Torround in northeast Iran. Fifteen truckloads of soldiers and army jeeps carried blankets medical supplies and food to the distressed area with only a handful of survivors reported.
Richmond Calif Feb 12 A flash and smoke from Hercules Powder Co dope house in Pinole caused a massive explosion that wrecked the brick building. Twelve workers died and debris flew up to 250 feet while bricks were hurled 700 feet. FBI investigates sabotage as UC Berkeley seismograph and four counties felt the shock. Plant manager Clarke Butler puts damage at $50 000.
Jean Eaton, Southern Illinoisan librarian, carries a cat named Sweetie Pie under a ladder and steps on a mirror to ward off Friday the 13th fears. The day is noted as unlucky for multiple historical reasons and superstitions.
Tech. Sgt. Charles Edward Lint, 22, of Hollywood, after a B 29 crash on Okinawa in 1951, received the air medal and is being fitted with artificial hands and ears. He plans marriage to Jean Mowat, 20, Oaklawn Ill., once plastic surgery completes. doctors expect him to be nearly as good as new in 18 months.
Betty Anderson a nineteen year old bride and Frank Dyslin twenty five wed on water skis after meeting while learning the sport in Miami Florida. The ceremony began in a motorboat with the minister aboard but the noise behind the roar of engines drowned him out. A bridesmaid’s swimsuit split and both skaters fell into the ocean. They swam to shore where Rev. Jefferson Stiles re officiated the vows knee deep in water.
Rep. Bishop and fellow coaling states lawmakers push bills to limit residual fuel oil imports to five percent of domestic demand. He argues such oil competes with coal for electric power and industry, risking Illinois coal jobs as imports rose last year and miners faced hardship.
Harrisburg resident Charles F. Cargecee, 47, a former Illinois Legislature member and ex-school teacher, is named Secretary of State in Springfield announced Feb. 13.
Urbana reports Jean Mowat, 20, accepts engagement to Charles Edward Lint, 22, a disabled U S airman recovering from burns after a Okinawa crash. Lint received the Presidential Air Medal for meritorious flights over North Korea. Jean is a University of Illinois freshman pursuing occupational therapy with four years left.
Britain, the Netherlands, and Belgium combat the greatest tide of the month with U S and European help. Sandbag airlifts, levee fortifications, and mass evacuations aim to save lives as death tolls pass 2,000 from late January to early February.
Allied soldiers repelled seven Communist assaults along a 155 mile battle front and inflicted about 200 casualties. Navy planes struck a Red marshaling yard near Wonsan on the east coast destroying eight supply buildings and damaging four others. U S Sabre jets searched over MIG Alley without engaging enemy aircraft.
Virgi Stewart of Chenoa leads grain dealers elect in Peoria on February 13 as part of an Associated Press report detailing industry voting results and regional leadership.
Secretary of State Dulles said there is a good chance for forming a European Defense Community and expects concrete progress soon. He noted six nations Italy France West Germany The Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg signed the treaty, with ratification still lacking.
Topeka Kansas legislators asked an inquiry into a 1951 state business transaction involving C W Wes Roberts then Republican armor national chairman. Roberts denies lobbying and says efforts are aimed at stirring a cyclone in a thimble. The state paid 110000 to buy a basing from a company tied to a building project dating to 1928 with listed costs and later additions.
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