Belgrade Bound DC3 Carried Pedigreed Pigs
A Sabena transport plane carrying 1 200 pedigreed pigs from Britain to Belgrade was shot at near the Yugoslav Austrian frontier. The radio officer was killed and two Belgian crew members injured. the aircraft landed at Graz after taking cannon fire from an unidentified MIG jet fighter.
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Belgrade
Vienna
Austria
Redio
Hungary
Britain
Yugoslavia
Graz
D. Wilson
Arsene Devreese
Joseph Caluvwaert
Victor Sluyts
London
Sabena
U. S
Maribor
Graz’ Thalerhof
Weather Synopsis for Southern Illinois Area
Partly cloudy tonight with Friday mostly fair and cool conditions. Low tonight around 52 with Friday highs in the 60s and Friday night lows near 52. Yesterday’s high 78 and today’s noon reading 61 as precipitation totals 1.16 inches from yesterday morning to today 7 am. Sun rises at 4 35 and sets at 7 20. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake are both 2 to 3 inches below spillway today.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
College Girls Learn Lesson In Economics Investment
Prof Frederick G Reuss of Goucher College started an investment project with 31 economics students. Each girl analyzed a single stock and reported on its potential, generating about six percent annual income. Prof Reuss plans a scholarship fund once profits near one thousand dollars.
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Gowson
Frederick G. Reuss
Goucher College
Prot Reuss
FBI arrests in Pensacola link to Olmsted bank robbery
The FBI announced the arrest of Roosevelt Whitaker 26 East Moline and Elizabeth Cleo Jackson of the Quad City area in Pensacola Florida for the May 5 16 778 holdup of the First State Bank of Olmsted. Four other Quad Cities suspects including Gore Carver Freeman and Ligon already face charges.
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FBI Today
Pensacola
Fla
First State Bank of Olmsted
Richard N. Hosteng
Springfield
FBI
Roosevelt Whitaker
East Moline
Elizabeth Cleo Jackson
Quad-City
Hosteng
U.S
W. W. Cameron
Harrisburg
Whitaker
Mrs. Jackson
Paul Clutts
Cairo
Hosteny
Quad-Cities
East St. Louis
Charles Gore
Morris N. Carver
James Freeman
Joseph Ligon
Ligon
Freeman
Gore
Quad- Cities
Carbondale
Carver
Lewis Orders End Of Strike
John L. Lewis ordered a month long Panther Valley coal strike to end. The UMW president sent a telegram to District Seven officials demanding workers return immediately to discuss grievances over Lehigh Navigation Coal Company production plans. A meeting was held but no quick compliance was shown.
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Lansford
Panther Valley
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
Thomas J. Kennedy
UMW
Lehigh
Coal Company
Toiaine
Panther Valley General Mine Committee
Boy Scouts Lectured By Judge After Temple Defacement
In Chicago on June 3 AP reports Judge John F. Clayton in Family Court lectured three Boy Scouts who defaced the South Shore Temple. Two splashed oil on a marble block and one tossed red medicine. judge found no hate motive, calling it childish exuberance.
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Chicago
John F. Clayton
South Shore Temple
Clayton
Eisenhower shifts to people driven push for legislative program
President Eisenhower plans to speed up his program as Congress nears adjournment and campaigns start. He will restrict questions on McCarthy while stating the package covers farm policy tax revision foreign trade health housing and social security. He intends exclusive attention to enacting the plan and will discuss it with the public Congress and newsmen.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Alton Among 3 Sites Picked For Academy
The Air Force narrowed the academy site search to Alton Illinois Colorado Springs Colorado and Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Air Force Secretary Talbott will select after further inspections and land and engineering reviews. The site board traveled over 18000 miles reviewing more than 400 proposals. Congress authorized 126 million dollars for the academy and architects will be chosen to begin design.
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Washington
Air Force
Alton
Ill
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lake Geneva
Wis
Talbott
Academy Selection Board
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Merrill Meigs
Hearst Corp
Congress
Telephone Repairman Finds Entry With Quick Ingenuity
A Nebraska repairman responded to a house trouble call at the John Koftend home. Locked out by a bell and back door knocks, he connected his test line and called the family to let him in, solving the entry problem without damage.
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Omaha
John Koftend
Hoftends
Ransom Clue Hinted by Heady in Greenlease Case
The Globe-Democrat reports Mrs. Bonnie Heady hinted to a federal officer that she and Carl Hall knew the fate of the missing $300,000 from the Greenlease ransom. Hall reportedly warned, We never rat on a pal, as he claimed drug-stimulated kidnapping and killing.
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St. Louis
The
Globe-Democrat
Bonnie Brown Heady
Carl Austin Hall
House Appropriations Committee
Washington
Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
Heady
King Hall
George P. Larrick
Food and Drug
House Committee
FBI
Larrick
Roy S. Pruitt
Food and Drug Administration
Justice Department
Pruitt
Carl
Jefferson City
Mrs. Heady
McCarthy Hearings Highlight Stacked Deck Charge
Rov M. Cohn charged that Atty. Gen. Brownell or his aide instigated the Army McCarthy hearings shaping a stacked deck against McCarthy. He testified the Army filed charges after alleged blackmail attempts to halt the subcommittee probe. The panel held back some transcripts and released others only to attendees.
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Rov M. Cohn
Atty
Brownell
McCarthy
Cohn
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Army
McCarthy Subcommittee
Stevens
John G. Adams
Jackson
Adams
Subcommittee
Army Loyaly Board
Dirksen
Ill
Sen. Dirksen
R-Ill
Sen. McCarthy
Armed Services
Kirke B. Lawton
Ft.Monmouth
N. J
Asst
H. Struve Hensel
Hensel
Mundt
Defense Wilson
Sen
R-Wis
Marine Ace Wins Nomination For South Dakota Governor
Joe Foss, a former Marine pilot with 26 downed planes in World War II, won the Republican nomination in South Dakota, defeating Ed C. Martin of Chamberlain and securing a large victory margin after a wartime hero’s run for governor. Foss, 39, farmer’s son and former state legislator, appeals to farmers and voters with a direct, practical approach.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Joe Foss
Guadalcanal Island
Foss
South Dakota
Eddie Rickenbacker
Joe
Ed C. Martin
Chamberlain Rancher
NYC To Drop Proxy Suit Over Central Stock
Robert R. Young won another round in his fight for control of the New York Central Railroad as attorneys agreed to discontinue a court suit over 800000 shares bought by Young supporters. Election inspectors in Albany approved unanimously the proxy votes. The shares are held by Texans Sid W Richardson and Clint W Murchison. The Central had sought a temporary injunction to block the proxy voting.
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New York
Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
Young
Albany
N. Y
Sid W. Richardson
Clint W. Murchison
the Central
State Supreme Court
James B. M. McNally
Turnpike Routes Sketched But Distances Uncertain
Gov Stratton and the Illinois Toll Road Commission released a map of proposed turnpike routes. Chief engineer George Jackson says exact locations depend on further surveys and topography, with distances varying up to about 15 miles from shown positions.
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O. T. Banton
Springfield
Gov. Stratton
Illinois Toll Road Commission
George Jackson
Commission
Chicago
Jackson
Stratton
Danville
Quincy
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Policy Fixed On Camp Ellis Sale
A GSA spokesman said Camp Ellis land near Macomb Illinois will be sold back to original owners at current market value or offered by sealed bids. Original owners complain the price is too high compared to 12 years ago. appraisal sets the value and first offer goes to the owners, with bids if they decline.
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Washington
General Service Administration
Camp Ellis
Macomb
GSA
Illinois
Douglas
Dirksen
Paris Hospital Former Manager George F Patterson Dies
George F Patterson aged 70 former manager of Paris Hospital died of a heart ailment Wednesday. He came to Paris from Milford Iroquois County in 1930 and retired five years ago.
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Paris
Ill
George F. Patterson
Paris Hospital
Milford
Iroquois County
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