Mansion once built to last 1,000 years to be razed
Chicago news that the Marshall Field mansion at 1905 S Prairie Ave will be demolished after decades of decline. The three story home cost over a million, featured rare woods, green marble, and was the first Chicago house with electric lights. Now Aeronautical University sold it to a trust that plans to raze the property for new use.
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Chicago
S. Prairie Ave
Marshall Field
Field
The
Aeronautical University, Inc
Burma Premier Says Chou Accepts Unofficial Talk
Burmese Premier U Nu said Chou En-Lai approved an unofficial U S mission to discuss imprisoned American airmen and East-West tensions. Dulles noted Nu conveyed Chou’s approval, while Nu refused to discuss further. The move follows Hammarskjold’s diplomacy and the U N call to release the 13 jailed airmen.
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Rangoon
Burma
U Nu
Chou En-Lai
U. S
United States
Peiping
Chou
Dulles
Bangkok
Colombo
Plane crash kills Danville couple near Mt Vernon
Mr and Mrs Fred Brougher of Danville die in a private plane crash shortly after takeoff for Clearwater Florida. The 59 year old man and his wife Dorothy 49 were en route via Paducah Kentucky. The single engine ship struck a cornfield ten miles south of Mt Vernon as fog shrouded the area. Authorities from Jefferson County and state aeronautics probe the accident while a coroner's inquest is set.
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Fred B. Brougher
Danville
Inn Sunday
Florida
Brougher
Dorothy
Clearwater
Fla
Paducah
Mt. Vernon
Glen Sweeton
Leonard Wood
Jefferson County
Mount Vernon
Illinois Supreme Court
Walter J. Grant
Nasan
Joe Desloge
St. Louis
Udions
Earl Outland
Broughers
CAA
Byron Sons
Statement of Aeronautics
Springfield
Jeferson County
This Week's Little Stinker Sees 22 Entries by Mail
The column notes 22 entries received by morning mail for the contest worth 200 dollars. All but one entry were on postcards, and none questioned the fairness or logic of the contest, marking a near perfect day for the Stinker editor.
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Morning Mail
Standard Oil Indiana Chief A W Peake to Retire
A W Peake will retire May 3 as president of Standard Oil Company Indiana a post he has held since 1945 Frank O Prior executive vice president since 1951 was elected to succeed Peake Dr Robert E Wilson Standard chairman announced Peake will retain his directorship until May 5 the date of the annual meeting His seat will not be filled and the number of directors reduced to 15 Peake served 25 of 34 years as director He is 65 The retiring president rose from oil field laborer to head of the nation s third largest oil company His successor also started as an oil field roustabout after WWI both studied engineering at Stanford University.
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Standard Oil
A. W. Peake
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Frank O. Prior
Peake
Robert E. Wilson
Standard
Stanford University
Weather near Southern Illinois shows cloudy mild spillway rises
Cloudy and mild conditions prevail in Southern Illinois tonight through Tuesday with showers ending early Tuesday. Lows tonight near 50s, highs Tuesday near 70, Tuesday night around 60. Precipitation totaling .03 inches from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake report water 6 and 4 inches above spillways today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Road Report For Illinois Clears All Regions
Road report shows Southern, Central, and North Illinois all clear with no weather or hazard issues reported. Authorities advise continued caution for work zones and follow traffic signals.
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Southern
Central
North
Illinois
Red Retrials On Matusow Plea Rejected
Washington AP says the Supreme Court refused again to hear appeals by 13 leading Communists convicted in New York on subversive conspiracy charges. The ruling cites Matusow's perjury testimony as not warranting review. Names include Mrs Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Pettis Perry Claudia Jones and others.
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Supreme Court
Harvey Matusow
New York
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Communist Party
Pettis Perry
Claudia Jones
Alexander Bittelman
Alexander Trachtenberg
Victor Jeremy Jerome
Albert Francis Lannon
Louis Weinstock
Arnold Samuel Johnson
Betty Gannett
Jacob Mindel
William Wolf Weinstone
George Blake Charney
6th District Justice Race In Illinois Supreme Court election
The 6th district holds a 12 county special election to fill the Illinois Supreme Court seat vacated by William J. Fulton who resigned for health reasons. Republican Charles H. Davis of Rockford and Democrat John T. Vincent of Aurora contest the post used since 1960 in the 12 county district including Rockford Elgin and Aurora. Turnout was expected between 25 000 and 30 000 in this contest with Davis favored in a heavily Republican district and Vincent drawing backing from CIO and AFL labor groups in industrial cities.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Supreme Court
Fulton
Boone
Carroll
de Kalb
Jo Daviess
Kane
Kendall, Lee
McHenry
Ogle
Stephenson
Whiteside
Winnebago
Rockford
Freeport
Sterling
Rock Falls
Galena
Sycamore
Elgin
Aurora
Davis
GOP
Winnebago County
Vincent
CIO
AFL
Aurora Rockford
No Break Seen In Sangamo Strike Third Week
The Sangamo Electric plant strike at Ordill entered its third week with no signs of a breakthrough. Federal mediator A M Thompson, in Marion, was out of town and not expected back for several days, though unionsmen hoped joint talks might resume Thursday when he returns.
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Sangamo
Ordill
A. M. Thompson
Marion
Thompson
Choisser elected chairman of Southern Illinois AP Editors
Newsman Jim Choisser editor of the Benton Evening News was elected chairman of the Southern Illinois AP Editors, succeeding B B Ridgway of the Jacksonville Courier Journal. Les Crow of the Belleville Daily Advocate was named vice chairman.
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Centralia
Jim Choisser
Benton Evening News
Southern Illinois AP
B. B. Ridgway
Jacksonville Courier & Journal
Les Crow
Belleville Daily Advocate
Illinois Commission Rejects Coal Shipping Rate Cut
The Illinois Commerce Commission rejected a petition by railroads to cut coal shipping rates by 35 cents per ton for bituminous fine coal from Illinois mines to Beloit Wisconsin and South Beloit Illinois. The Rockford Chamber protested the tariffs saying Wisconsin rates would drop without a similar reduction in Illinois. The proposed Beloit rate was 3.46 dollars per ton, compared with the current Rockford rate of 3.57 dollars.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois
Beloit
Wis
Rockford Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
Rockford
Peabody Mine No 10 Tops U S Coal Producer
Peabody Coal Co announced that its No 10 mine near Taylorville was recognized as the nation’s top commercial coal producer in 1954. The mine employed 630 men and produced 2,645,923 tons, over seven percent of Illinois output, with No 17 near Pana ranking second in Illinois and sixth nationwide.
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Peabody Mine
Taylorville
U. S
Peabody Coal Co
Keystone Coal Buyers’ Manual
Peabody
Pana
Illinois
British Fete for Departing Yankee Airman in Cassington
The entire 420-person Oxfordshire village gathered to bid farewell to U. S. airman M. Sgt. Jack Lyons of Quincy Illinois. Lyons, based at Brize Norton, led community efforts raising funds for the Norman church and local charities, organizing youth events and aiding the Boy Scouts, while serving as Cassington Soccer Club vice president. He and his British wife and twins were given a village album signed by all residents. Lyons departs England March 4 to report to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana after a 30-day leave.
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U. S
Jack Lyons
Quincy
Ill
Cassington
Jack
Lyons
Tyrella
John
Brize Norton Air Base
Sergeant Lyons
Louisiana
England
805Th Air
Barksdale Air Force Base
Red China frees two American spies in Hong Kong
Malcolm Bersohn of New York and Adele Austin Rickett of Yonkers return from Red China after 30 years of detention. They declare communism the best life and say they spied for the United States. Bersohn and Rickett discuss brainwashing, prison terms, and their hope that nations unite under communism. They acknowledge guilt and praise Chinese treatment while Washington defers comment pending full consular reports.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Malcolm Bersohn
New York City
Adele Austin Rickett
Seattle
Wash
Peiping
U. S
United States
Walter A. Rickett
China
Bersohn
Harvard University
University of Chicago
Peiping Union Medical College
Washington
America
YWCA
Walter
Walter Ricken
Peiping University
Rickett
Yonkers, N.Y
Malcolm Bershow
New York
Peiping Regime Described As Democratic By Expatriates
Bersohn and Mrs. Rickett defend the Peiping regime as democratic and peaceful, saying they will return home to be upright and honest as they warn that peace is endangered by warmongers from Wall Street and Washington.
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Bersohn
Peiping
Ested
April Draft Call Drops to Eight Thousand Navy
The Defense Department issued a draft call for 8,000 men in April the lowest monthly quota since Selective Service resumed in 1950. All April draftees enter the Army, as officials credit a strong January volunteer surge and broad enlistments across the four services. Since resumption, 1,888,430 men have been drafted or earmarked for induction following the Korea outbreak.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Korea
Mendota cattle dealer killed by bull at fairgrounds
Beryl Althaus, 39, of Mendota, was leading a bull into the sales ring at Bureau County fairgrounds when the animal butted him. He died from a ruptured spleen, according to physicians.
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Mendota
Princeton
Ill
Beryl Althaus
Route 2
Bureau County Fairgrounds
Dulles Visits Laos Cambodia and Viet Nam in Southeast Asia Tour
U S Secretary of State Dulles pressed his Southeast Asia tour with non Communist assurances in Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam He met Crown Prince Tiao Savang Vatthana and officials in Vientiane and discussed the Manila Pact defense setup SEATO Laos eyed admission within two to three years after talks with Prime Minister U Nu in Rangoon and Bangkok last week.
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U. S
Dulles
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Vientiane
Tiao Savang Vatthana
Pacific
China
France
Red
Pathet Laos
Phong Saly
Sam Neua
SEATO
Southeast Asia
Rangoon
U Nu
Bangkok
Victory Short-Lived Victory in Japan Diet Race
Liberal Noboru Tanigawa died of a heart attack at his moment of victory in Japan's general election. His new Diet seat went to the runner-up a Right candidate, ending a brief triumph amid the electoral contest in Hiroshima on February 28.
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Japan
Noboru Tanigawa
Diet
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