160-Foot Bridge Span Collapses Into River
A 160 foot span of a toll bridge over the Mississippi at Muscatine Iowa collapsed sending two trucks into the river. Driver William Keatera and Wheatcraft both escaped with minor injuries while Duane Allen Chelf was hospitalized. Police blamed a nearby crash for possible structural weakness. The bridge, about 60 years old, is being repaired by Muscatine Bridge Co. after detouring traffic through Davenport.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Mississippi River
Duane Allan Chelf
Davenport
Young
Muscatine Brid¢ Co
Court Order Bars NAACP In Alabama
Circuit Judge Walter B Jones issued two temporary injunctions banning the NAACP from doing any further business in Alabama. The order bars organizing new chapters and collecting funds, with a 30 day window for the organization to answer. The petition claims NAACP support of the Montgomery bus boycott and payments to enroll at the University of Alabama. The court cites violations of state law and treats the NAACP as a foreign corporation operating without compliance.
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NAACP
Patterson
Montgomery
Autherine Lucy Foster
Alabama
New York
Four Die in B25 Crash Near Lowry Air Base
Four were killed and four injured when a B25 Air Force plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Lowry Air Force Base in Denver. The aircraft, en route from Wash to Panama City, stopped to refuel and the pilot asked for emergency landing permission. One crewman died at the scene, others were listed as in critical or fair condition at Lowry hospital.
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Denver
Lowry Air Force Base
Wash
Panama City
Lowry
Lowry Public Information Office
1100 City Workers Out In St. Louis
About 1100 city employees idle as 400 water division workers strike in St. Louis. City water supply unlikely affected. many city vehicles parked. Kiel Auditorium events canceled due to cross picket lines and missing electricians carpenters and switchboard operators. Protest targets Civil Service Commission denial of special job classification for water division workers.
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Water Division
St. Louis
Traf
Tists
Luis J. Gualdoni
Kiel Auditorium
Kiel
Civil ‘Service Commission
North Korea denounces UN truce inspections suspension
Pyongyang radio says UN Command cannot legally suspend inspection activities in South Korea and warnings of consequences are issued. North Korea claims the armistice is indivisible and unchanged, while allies plan to withdraw inspection teams within a week.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Pyongyang
U.N
South Korea
U.N. Command
Panmunjom
U. N
Neutral Nations Truce Supervisory Commission
Pyongyang Radio
Gunmen Slay Red Editor in East Side Club Ambush
Two gunmen killed Detroit Polish editor Thomas Dombrowski and associate Frank Grodzki in a lower East Side social club holdup. A third man was wounded. Dombrowski, 46, led Glas Ludowy and had testified before HUAC. Police say robbery motive appears primary.
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New York
Consane
Detroit
Lower East Side
Thomas Dombrowski
Glas Ludowy
People's, Voice
Frank Grodzki
New York City
Dombrowski
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Communist Party
Charles Potter
Michigan
U.S
Communist Party of Hamtramck
Congress
Husband Admits Slaying Caterpillar Machinist Strangled Wife
Landon C. Babb thirty-seventh admitted to garroting his estranged wife Delores Babb with a shoe lace after she refused reconciliation. He spoke to police before a lie-test, claiming he attacked during a failed attempt at settlement and property talk. The victim, 26, was last seen leaving a food dealer’s office and found in a hall washroom.
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Peoria
Landon C. Babb
Babb
Recont
George Johnson
Oen Johnson
Delores Babb
William Kellogg
LaFayette
John Swada
Swada
Kellogg
William Scudder
Cetae C. Babb
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Ike Aides Urge Race Issue as Campaign Ammunition
Richard L. Tobin of National Citizens for Eisenhower told delegates that race relations developments should be used as major ammunition to persuade Black voters. He cited Supreme Court decisions and the Emancipation Proclamation as a story the GOP can tell, and urged targeting Negro voters to gain a Republican House and Senate.
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Washington
Richard L. Tobin
National Citizens For Eisenhower
Tobin
The
New York Herald Tribune
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Nixon
New York
Congress
National Citizens For
Top Executives Hit Record Salaries Exceed $700000
Business Week reports 1955 executive pay topping $700000 for Harlow Curtice of General Motors Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel and Albert Bradley of GM with Curtice keeping 121328 after taxes. Grace 705923 Bradley 701525. Procter & Gamble names Neil McElroy above 300000 first time. Chrysler’s L L Colbert highest rise from 250900 to 500700.
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New York
Harlow H. Curtice
Albert Bradley
General Motors
Eugene R. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Business Week Magazine
Business Week
Securities and Exchange Commission
Grace
Bradley
Proctor & Gamble Co
Neil H. McElroy
International Harvester
Monsanto Chemical
General Foods
Standard Oil of Calif
F. W. Woolworth
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet & Rube
L. L. Colbert
Chrysler Corp
Colbert
Chrysler
Farm Prices Return To Year Ago Levels
Farm product prices rose 8 percent in five months and 3 percent from mid-April to mid-May, reaching levels seen a year earlier. The gain shapes political expectations in the Farm Belt as Democrats criticizeAdministration farm policies while Republicans welcome the recovery.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Southwest Wind Aids Fire Containment At Lumber Yard
A fire at Home Lumber Co. yard in Du Quoin caused more than 100000 in damage and burned storage sheds two trucks and three small buildings. The southwest wind helped confine the blaze as Alarms came from the taxi office Illinois Central station and two callers. Firemen stayed on scene past noon and into the evening with minor burns reported among responders.
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du Quoin
Lander Co
August Schneider
Illinois Central Railroad
Schneider
X ‘ Pere
Ray Provart
Pinckneyville
Tamaroa
Morris Supply Co
Willett Lumber Co
Home Lumber Co
Dunn Bros. Supply Co
Willett
Patrieman Plate Cutting Ruled Illegal by Attorney General
Chicago report states Attorney General Latham Castle ruled trimming license plates illegal after a policeman and ticket writer questioned legality. Muller issued tickets for cars with cut plates. owners argued no number change and visibility remained. Ruling released at request of State's Atty. Curran and made public Thursday.
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Latham Castle
Jack Muller
Chicago
Champions
Muller
Castle
Frank W. Curran
Kankakee County
Stable cool spell with mild weekend warmth ahead
Fair, cool tonight in southern Illinois. Saturday brings more sunshine and a touch warmer temperatures. Forecast lows mid 50s tonight, mid 70s by day, with earlier readings showing yesterday's low near 67 and high 81 yesterday. Sunrise 4 31 a m, sunset 7 26 p m.
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William Keatera
Mansfield
Jim Haynes
Streatar
Wit Als WA Se
Haynes
Wheatcraft
Eldead
Truck- Ang Co
Galion
Ohio
Walter B Jones
National Assn
Lyons
Ida Sue
Mary
Oswego
Ill
Daisy
Suzy Q
Palace Theater
Ken
Henrietta
Gar‘exens
City
Reds
Red
Firemen
the Home Lumber Co
Ike
Earl Warren
Sam
Curtice
Douglas
Commerce Department
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Patrieman
Grassy Lake
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