Eisenhower Says Geneva Talks Show Little Progress
President Eisenhower said no detectable progress at Geneva justifies a summit and urged the Soviet Union to offer concrete steps such as respecting Western rights in Berlin. He noted Khrushchev’s recent statements aim to ease tensions and stressed the need for real progress.
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Eisenhower
Geneva
Russia
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
Christian A. Herter
Britain
France
West Germany
Gromyko
U.S
Herter’s
Sel
Four Convicts Escape Iowa State Penitentiary
Four long term prisoners escaped the Iowa State Penitentiary after slicing window bars in cell house 19 around 12:25 am. They held guard Larry Pickard and cell house captain Lawrence Smith at knifepoint then climbed an eight foot fence to vanish. Identified escapees are Lloyd Woodson Albert Boerger Elon Girdler and Robert Jones.
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Iowa State Penitentiary
John Bennett
Lloyd Woodson
Quincy
Ill
Albert M. Bierger
Kansas City
Elon Girdler
Peoria
Robert Jones
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lawrence W. Smith
Janes
Smith
Boerger
Larry H. Pickard
Woodson
Girdler
Pickard
Eisenhower Denies Siding With Steel Firms in Wage Clash
President Eisenhower at a news conference rejects charges of favoring steel industry management in the ongoing wage dispute with organized labor. He urges discipline, cautions against a wage price spiral, and stresses worker importance while pushing Congress to pass corrective labor legislation. He rejects Marxist warfare views and calls all workers essential, from laborers to executives.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers
Congress
AFL
CIO
George Meany
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Karl Marx
Bicycle Crash In Murphysboro Injures Raines
David Raines, a Southern Illinois carrier, escaped serious injury after his bicycle was struck by a car at 1:45 p m today near Logan Grade School on N 14th Street Murphysboro He was taken to St Andrew s Hospital where officials said he apparently was not hurt The driver of the car was not identified.
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David Raines
Murphysboro
Logan
N. 14Th
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Fishin' Parson Convicted In Rape Case
The Rev. Arthur R. MacDougall 62 known as the fishing parson was convicted Thursday night by a Superior Court jury of statutory rape of a 14 year old girl who later claimed she bore his child. MacDougall, pastor of the Bingham Congregational church since 1953, showed little emotion as the verdict was read. He is married and the father of four. He is an ardent fisherman who wrote over 200 short stories about fishing and delivered an annual angler's sermon.
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Arthur R. MacDougall
Bingham
MacDougall
Bingham Congregational
Southern Illinois Forecast Weekend Warmth Returns
Fair and warmer for southern Illinois with a mainly sunny Thursday. Tonight’s lows near 60, Thursday highs near 80, and a Thursday night drop into the 60s. Yesterday’s high 76 and low 60. Sunrise 5:32 a.m., sunset 8:24 p.m. Crab Orchard Lake 0.2 inches above spillway, Little Grassy Lake at spillway.
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Southern
Illinois
Little Grassy Lake
Marion ICC Hearing Illuminates Rural Phone Woes
Illinois Commerce Commission heard complaints on overcrowded party lines and high installation costs for rural General Telephone service in Marion. Testimonies cited 15-line cases, costly new lines, and questions about equipment versus switcher lines, prompting a broader probe into a $3.6 million rate increase.
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Marion
Jack Bastien
Vergennes
General Telephone Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
Edward Melcher
Lawrence A. Glenn
Carnegie Library
Jackson
Perry County
The
Bastien Seed Co
Bastien
Lloyd Lodge
Willisville
Springfield
Glenn
ICC
Hoodlum Bribe Offer Claimed by Indiana Deputy
A Porter County Indiana deputy sheriff testified that a Chicago mobster offered up to a half million dollars in bribes to police for gambling protection. Harold Rayder named the hoodlum as Tommy Morgano, an agent of Sam Giancanna, who ran a pizza business at the College Inn on the Valparaiso University campus. Morgano invoked the Fifth Amendment and did not answer if he knew Rayder.
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Washington
Porter County
Indiana
Chicago
Harold Rayder
Tommy Morgano
Sam “Moony Giancanna
Morgano
College Inn
Valparaiso University
Rayder
Springfield Nursing Scholarship Bill Rejected and JP Revamp Alive
The Illinois House Appropriations Committee rejected a bill for annual nursing scholarships of 400 dollars amid a 4.15 million per decade cost, as hospitals face rising education burdens. Meanwhile JP reform bills passed House Judiciary Committee but face Senate resistance, proposing elected JPs per population with county minimums. The House Public Aid Committee also moved to end the one year residence requirement for poor relief recipients.
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Springfield
Illinois House Appropriations Committee
Illinois Hospital Assn
Josephine Brandt
Moline
The
Illinois Nurses Assn
Senate
House
House Judiciary Committee
Robert Burhans
Peoria
Judicial Advisory Council
Allan Dixon
Belleville
House Public Aid Committee
Seven killed as troops quell Guayaquil riot in Ecuador
In Guayaquil Ecuador night clashes between students civilians and police left seven dead and more than a hundred injured. President Camilo Ponce de Leon deployed military law to save the republic and ordered curfews as army troops entered the city with tanks and armored cars.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Camilo Ponce
Republic
San Antonio
Ponce
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