Britain Moves to Abolish Death Penalty in Commons
London Feb 17 AP The House of Commons ordered Prime Minister Eden to draft a bill removing capital punishment from British law. The vote 293 to 262 backed abolition, with Eden promising no undue delay and a statement on consequences. Three men awaiting hanging may have their sentences commuted to life.
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London
House of Commons
Eden
Britain
Commons
William C. Edmunds
Robert J. Boyle
Patrick Ross
War Souvenir Injures Boys in Peoria
Three young boys were wounded when a war souvenir antitank shell exploded while they banged it on the concrete floor of an upstairs bedroom. Thomas Stout 5 Ronald 3 12 and Donald Reeder 3 suffered arm injuries with additional head and leg wounds. Police said mothers were downstairs in a public housing project when the blast occurred.
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Peoria
Thomas Stout
Ronald
Donald Reeder
Thomas
Mary Reeder
Clarabelle Stout
Reeder
Birdman Of Alcatraz Canaries Thrive In A Prison Cage
Robert Stroud works on his cage during a Kansas winter, fashioning bars from sticks and using shards to shape joints. He trains a canary hen named Jacky, mediates fights, and plans to raise a brood with two male canaries named Ape and Petey.
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Robert Stroud
Jacky
Kansas
Stroud
Ape
Petey
Pony
Reds Free AWOL Yank After 4 Years Captivity
U S Army Pvt Sidney Ray Sparks 23 of Tennile Ga freed from four years of Russian captivity in East Berlin. Returned to Army authorities after escape from West Berlin guardhouse on December 4 1951. He faced charges of AWOL stealing money and assaulting a German cab driver.
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Berlin
U. S. Army
Sidney Ray Sparks
Tennile
East Berlin
Sparks
West Berlin
East
Army
J. W. Gladin
Tennille
Ray B. Schultz
Batavia
N.Y
Charles J. Scott
Decatur
III
Schultz
East Germany
Scott
Rain and cold spell forecast for Southern Illinois
Weather outlook shows rain with possible thunderstorms tonight and Saturday across Southern Illinois. Temperatures fall to the low 40s tonight and low 50s on Saturday, with a mid 30s low Saturday night. Precipitation totals reach 0.42 inches from yesterday to today. Crab Orchard Lake stands 10 inches below spillway. Little Grassy Lake 75 inches below spillway. A separate human-interest note recounts a prisoner caring for canaries, detailing mating, nesting, and a single pale blue egg observed in the bird’s nest.
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Ilinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Driver Apparently Has Flunked Out Of Traffic School
Middletown Ohio February 17 AP Bob Boring 19 skipped the third traffic school session ordered by Judge John T Labb after a reckless driving conviction He had been arrested for hitting a pedestrian en route to class Philip Palazola 76 suffered minor injuries Boring charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian
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Middletown
Ohio
John T. Labb
Bob Boring
Boring
Philip Palazola
State Worker Payments Hit Chicago Feb 17 AP
A former Illinois secretary of state staffer alleges a 20 cent deduction from pay to fund job protection. Secretary Charles Carpentier denies the charge. Le Roy Cohnen of Springfield, former chief correspondence clerk, testified at a Cook County Young Republicans meeting. He resigned Jan 1 and now works for Central Illinois Public Service Co. Bohling opposes Carpentier for the 1956 GOP nomination.
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Chicago
Illinois Secretary of State
Secretary of State
Charles F. Carpentier
LeRoy Cohnen
Springfield
Carpentier
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Cohnen
Cook County Young Republicans
Ald
Nicholas J. Bohling
GOP
Britain Tightens Spending With Stop Inflation Plan
Prime Minister Eden's government imposes an emergency stop inflation program cutting food subsidies tightening installment buying curbing defense outlays 38 million pounds and reducing the 1955-56 defense budget to about 4.2 billion dollars. Macmillan announced broader curbs to slow money flow and lift export capacity while raising milk and bread prices and forcing higher down payments on consumer and capital purchases. Laborites demanded resignations as public and household costs rise amid the austeritypush.
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Eden
Macmillan
Bank of England
First Crash of B52 Bomber Kills Three Crew, One Missing
Tracy Calif Feb 17 AP an all jet B52 exploded high over northern California on training flight from Castle AFB. Eight aboard eight crewmen with three bodies recovered and one missing four parachuted to safety. Survivors described two explosions at 32000 feet. Captain James Frederickson and others named. Survivor Maj Harold Korger burned and injured rushed to hospital. Witness William Dedini aided Korger.
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Tracy
Calif
California
Air Force
Castle Afb
Sacramento
Harold F. Korger
Atwater
Korger
San Joaquin General Hospital
Stockton
Here
William Dedini
Hope
Uncle Sam Thanks You stamp vending debuts in Washington
The Post Office Department unveils an experimental talking stamp vending machine in Washington drawing curious patrons. It dispenses 2 3 and 6 cent stamps, makes change, and operates around the clock. Cost per pilot unit about 4000 dollars. mass production expected to lower to about 1000 dollars.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Congress
O’hara
D-Ill
Summerfield
Tomers
GOP Reported Booming New Ihe Running Mate
New York Feb 17 AP The New York Times reports a movement within the Republican party to persuade President Eisenhower to accept a new vice presidential running mate if he seeks a second term The plan would move Nixon to a Cabinet post and is discussed by some Republican leaders and associates including former Gov Thomas E Dewey Despite Nixon’s strong White House and party support the talks persist amid controversy over his actions and the Warren desegregation decision could fuel calls for a different running mate
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New York
New York Times
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Washington Dispatch
James Reston
Nixon
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Dahl Hunted By 14 Planes
Montreal February 17 AP At least 14 planes searched for an American DC3 vanished Tuesday in subarctic conditions with Harold Whitey Dahl at the controls. The Royal Canadian Air Force said four engine Lancasters from Prince Edward Island Greenwood N S Torbay Nile and others from Goose Bay Labrador joined the U S Air Force two planes. Dahl, native of Champaign County Illinois, once attended Millikin University in Decatur.
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Harold
Whitey) Dahl
Royal Canadian Air Force
Dahl
Rcaf Search and Rescue Division
Prince Edward Island
Greenwood
N.S
Torbay
Nile
Goose Bay
Labrador
U. S. Air Force
Champaign County
Ill
Millikin University
Decatur
Former champ's wife files cross-complaint in divorce
Los Angeles February 17 AP Mrs Henry Armstrong has filed a cross complaint in a divorce suit against former boxing triple crown champion Mrs Willa Mae Armstrong 42 alleging cruelty and misconduct with another woman She seeks 100 a month alimony and all community property The couple married in 1934 Armstrong now an evangelist and fight manager aged 43 once held featherweight lightweight and welterweight titles
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Henry Armstrong
Willa Mae Armstrong
Armstrong
No Farm Plan Works Without Reducing Surpluses
Shuman of the American Farm Bureau told the National Farm Institute in Des Moines that no farm program will succeed while crop surpluses remain large. He urged reducing production to market absorption levels and placing more land in soil banks, criticizing current legislation for excluding the corn belt and reviving 9 percent parity. Secretary Benson was set to address the event.
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Des Moines
Iowa
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farm Institute
Charles B. Shuman
Federation
Benson
Sion Shuman
Farm Bureau
Shuman
Congress
Sen
Ate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Eisenhower vetoes gas bill after Senate feud
President Eisenhower vetoed the natural gas bill amid bitter Senate debate and an inquiry into a $2,500 campaign contribution. He accused private interests of pushing questionable activities that threaten public trust and the integrity of government processes.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Francis Case
R-Sd
Perrine to lead Great Lakes Conference on atomic safety
George R. Perrine of the Missouri Commerce Commission has become president of the Great Lakes Conference, a nine state group under the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners. The first meeting addressed safety measures for public utilities against potential atomic radiation from proposed nuclear plants. States in the conference include Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota New York Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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George R. Perrine
Minois Commerce Commission
Great Lakes
Midwest
National Assn. of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
Perrine
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Nine Teenagers Sentenced in Gang War Slaying
Nine teenage youths were sentenced for the gang war slaying of 17 year old Kenneth Sleboda. The youngest, 15 year old Cookie Macis, received 16 years in prison after being convicted of murder. The eight others pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter with terms from 5 years to 14 years. Five teens who testified for the prosecution face sentencing later. The incident began when the gang sought revenge for a beating of a member.
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Ange
Eal Clement
Cookie) Macis
Criminal Court
Thomas Kluczynski
Macis
Kenneth Slebloda
State Highways Clear With Ice Slush in Springfield
Road report notes state highways clear overall though Springfield area reports ice and slush. General rains may create ice on road surfaces with colder weather expected tonight.
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Springfield
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Harold Macmillan
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Albert K. Brown
Edward L. Stefanski
James Frederickson
Uncle Sam
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