31 Jul 1955
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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1955
Page
1
Unidentified assailants killed a guard at the Cristo Rey Roman Catholic Church in the Buenos Aires suburb of Nuñez before dawn. Federal authorities have stationed guards at Catholic churches since the June 16 revolt when many religious buildings were sacked and burned.
Dixon Illinois, July 30. William Young, a Dixon chef, walked into a place after seeing a red neon sign over the door and demanded a drink. The sign read Police Station and he was arrested by Police Sgt Ray Wilson and fined $10 for intoxication.
Fair and hot weather continues in Southern Illinois with highs around the mid 90s and lows in the mid 70s. Yesterday reached 96 degrees and 7 pm measured 92 today. Precipitation totaled about .65 inches from yesterday morning to today early morning. Lake levels at Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy are near spillways today.
A University of Maryland physicist Professor S F Singer proposed a two foot diameter aluminum sphere satellite weighing about 100 pounds. The model focuses on instruments to measure cosmic rays solar ultraviolet and X rays. Singer is in Copenhagen for an International Aeronautical Federation meeting.
Washington scientists express confidence they can launch a basketball sized satellite into space by 1958 to study cosmic rays weather and radio transmission. President Eisenhower backs the plan and the project would be for scientific purposes with data shared internationally.
A noted Philadelphia astronomer forecast a successful satellite launch today and said the mission would be followed by further space efforts. The prediction comes amid rising interest in national space programs and related research collaborations.
A motorcycle truck crash on the Chain of Rocks bridge across the Mississippi River killed Hugh Richards 26 of suburban Berkeley. Richards died at St Elizabeth Hospital Granite City. Robert Phillips 32 of O Fallon Mo was injured but survived the crash Friday after visiting friends in Illinois.
Paris reports warn of possible nationalist violence on a major Muslim holiday as France extends Algeria emergency for six months. At least 37 nationalist rebels and suspects were killed amid clashes sabotage kidnappings and arrests in North Africa. In Casablanca a curfew was extended to cover the holiday as rioting earlier this month raised tensions.
Police in Baltimore and Wilmington seek the parents of two foundlings who cannot or will not identify themselves. A girl aged about 3 to 4 was found near a downtown Baltimore five and dime store, while a boy about a year younger was found in Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. John in Wilmington, about 70 miles away. Both children are blue-eyed blondes and appear similar, but neither can provide identifying details. Both avoid answering questions about their identity.
Montgomery reports Capt Harold Fischer Jr, a 30 year old jet ace and POW survivor, will wed Mary Jane Peterson of Des Moines at Maxwell Air Force Base. The ceremony follows Fischer's release by Chinese forces and reflects their early correspondence after his capture in Korea. Both brides have children from prior marriages and Fischer recently divorced.
Paris fashion notes the Genevieve Fath collection emphasizing a seated silhouette with emphasis on the bosom. Garments blend modesty with draped details for dining and nightlife, featuring coat dresses in thick warm materials with fur collar and cuffs.
Herrin City Council in a special session plans to buy a ladder truck and fire lights with a local power plant. Mayor Dave H. Miller and council members inspected a Salem unit used in the Annex Building fire and discussed bids from Herrin dealers. Estimated cost runs 5500 to 6000 dollars with about 4000 dollars in the fire fund.
The NLRB dismissed one unfair labor practices charge against the Daniel meat market chain over a dispute with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union. Picket lines appeared at five stores Sparta Chester Cobden Du Quoin and Pinckneyville after earlier actions in Murphysboro Carbondale and Merion.
Antonio Abertondo, a government employee and long distance swimmer from Argentina, plans a 300 mile Mississippi crossing in about 100 hours to beat John Sigmund’s 1945 record from St. Louis to Caruthersville. He previously quit 262 miles in after 72 hours, injured by fish bites. Companion Oberto Maddalena, 14, swam 63 miles in 16 hours 40 minutes last Tuesday.
Three ex GIs who defected to Communist China after Korea return to the United States and face military charges possibly up to the death penalty. Otho Bell William Cowart and Lewis Griggs were dishonorably discharged and arrested on arrival aboard the President Cleveland. Relatives greet them as Army police escort them for formal read of charges. A fourth POW in Red China writes his mother that the turncoats have not discredited the U S. so far.
The Stinker contest shows 4 444 entries but none near the 100 prize for No 42. Next week No 43 prize rises to 150 on page 8 of the Southern Illinoisan. Four poems arrived with four postcards and 14 puzzles after deadline.
Three Republican senators say Talbott faces mounting pressure to quit over outside work and a possible new Senate inquiry. Talbott denies the must-go claim, pledges to follow the President, and says he will relinquish his Mulligan firm interests effective Sunday after testifying about $132,000 in profits from the two and a half year post.
A 77 year old Chicago mother met with Ambassador U Alexi and secured a promise to press Geneva negotiators to free 51 Americans held in Red China. Rev Fr Harold V Rigney, a Roman Catholic missionary, has been imprisoned since Peiping in 1951. Mrs Rigney traveled to Washington by Chicago Sun Times aid and was accompanied by Senator Douglas and Megan of the Back of the Yards Council to the State Department.
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