Wall Rebukes Bar Group Says He's Victim in Gambling Case
Springfield June 6 UP Pulaski County State's Attorney Warner Wall faces possible disbarment over alleged gambling ties. Wall says he is the victim of political persecution and claims funds were used for county business. He cites testimony from judges, bank presidents and officials dating back 15 to 20 years.
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Springfield
Ill
Pulaski County
Warner Wall
Illinois Supreme Court
Wall
Illinois State Bar Association
Supreme Court
Pulaski
The
Bar Association
Maurice Winn
Law Enforcement League of
Board of Governors
Illinois
State Bar Group
Oscar Edwards
Mound City
Justice of the Peace
Truck bed collapse injures thirty seven field workers
Thirty seven Negro cotton pickers from Cairo and Future City were injured when the truck bed broke loose near the Birds Missouri bridge on U S Highway 61 across the Mississippi. Seven remained hospitalized in Cairo at St Marys hospital. the rest received treatment and were released. Names of admitted victims include Bernice Wood Dorothy Ross Nancy Greensdale and others. The driver Samuel Brook was uninjured.
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Missouri
Mississippi River
Cairo
St. Mary’s Hospital
U. S. Highway 61
City
Samuel Brook
Bernice Wood
Nancy Greensdale
Tucker Braddock
Benny Green
Delia Glass
Orville Purchase
Dorothy Ross
Mauna Loa Eruptions Ease After Violent Fireworks Display
Mauna Loa slowed after five days of violent lava activity. Rivers of lava formed dikes and lakes along the southern flank while an earthquake forced 30 families to flee. Seismographs were knocked out on the island.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Frank Hjort
Ha- Awaii National Park
Island of
Hawaii
Storm the Seeing Eye Dog Heads to Morristown
Storm a 15 month old German shepherd from Mr and Mrs Dale Miles of Anna travels to Morristown New Jersey for training as a seeing eye dog. The family chose a long distance journey to place Storm with the Seeing Eye Corporation after realizing his size made city handling difficult. Susan the Dales daughter bids farewell with "Goodbye Sheppie" as Storm begins his mission to aid blinded people.
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Storm
Dale Miles
Anna
Morristown
N. J
Susan
Dales
Sheppie
the Dales
Ashland
Ohio
Seeing Eye Corporation of
Hickenlooper Wins Iowa Primary Amid Tight Race
Des Moines reports show Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper leading in the Republican gubernatorial and senatorial contests as precinct returns roll in. Albert J. Loveland backs Brannan farm plan against Kraschel, while Gov. Beardsley secures renomination. Final tallies show Hickenlooper ahead with 174,510 votes to Thompson 24,248 and Wisdom 34,599. Democratic governor candidates Bennett 22,643 and Gillette 63,786.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Brannan Farm Plan
Hickenlooper
Earl F. Wisdom
Atomic Energy Commission
Joseph Mearthy
R-Wis
State Department
Albert J. Loveland
Nelson G. Krasche
Alvin P. Meyer
Ernest J. Seemann
Willis M. Shaw
Othe D. Wearin
Harry B. Thompson
Weather outlook shows warmer trend into midweek
A mild forecast with a low around 60 to 65 tonight and a high near 80 on Wednesday. Gentle winds and humidity around 40 percent. Crashed with recent readings: Crab Orchard Lake six inches above spillway yesterday and Little Grassy Lake four feet below spillway yesterday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Abandon Hope for Girl Believed Bear Victim
In Chateau Bigot Quebec on June 6 a large search ended as a 2000 man force withdrew. Authorities believe three year old Nicole Renaud wandered into a bear lair and was likely killed. Fresh claw marks were seen on a tree near the cottage.
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Chateau Bigot
Que
Nicole Renaud
Jean V. Allard
Nicole
State Expects to Cover All Expenditures
Springfield June 6 AP The state nears fiscal year end with spending 2 million dollars a month exceeding income for general government functions. Finance Director George B. Mitchell says dipping into the general revenue surplus will cover all expenditures and leave some left over.
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Springfield
Ourgo
George B. Mitchell
Treasury
Stevenson
Mitchell
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Associate Hit As Shots Miss Young Shelton
Gunmen ambushed two men including Little Earl Shelton and his associate Dellas Wylie. Wylie was shot three times in the back and hospitalized in Flora with a fair chance of recovery after bullets struck while they sat at a garage on highway 45. Little Earl escaped unharmed.
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Little Earl
Shelton
Dellas Wylie
Flora
Wylie
Highway 45
Here
Earl
Sheltons
Big Earl
Cearl
Bernie
Cairo liquor dealer seeks suit dismissal
U S District Judge Fred L Wham took under advisement Monday the motion by J B Wenger Cairo NL liquor dealer to dismiss a Georgia suit for 395340 dollars in liquor taxes. Georgia accuses Wenger and 11 Georgia dealers of importing 79068 gallons of liquor into Georgia from August 1 1949 to April 1 1950 without paying tax and warehouse fees.
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East St. Louis
U. S
Fred L. Wham
J. B. Wenger
Cairo
Georgia
Wenger
Atty
Eugene Cook
Plane survivors rescued in Atlantic as body count rises
Report says 37 survivors were picked up in the Atlantic with five bodies seen. military and coast guard units continue search. President signs foreign aid bill during ceremony with lawmakers present in the foreground.
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Atlantic
Miami
Fla
Cape Ann
Coast Guard
U. S. S. Saufley
Hershell Sanders
St. Petersburg
Westair Co
Westair Company
Puerto Rico
United States
San Juan
Wilmington
N. C
Nassau
Saufley
Joseph Halsey
Seattle
Wasi
Bahamas
Coast Guard Air Sea Rescue Headquarters
Mae West
Purge of Japanese Red Chiefs Initiated by MacArthur
The Japanese government banned 24 top Communist leaders from public life on General MacArthur's orders after a letter to Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. Seven MPs will vacate seats. the ban bars party membership and leadership roles. Police arrested two union leaders amid fears of retaliation. The move follows prior government plans to outlaw the Communist party.
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Japan
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Shigeru Moshida
Yoshida
Shigeru Yoshida
Reds
Mattoon Father Kills Infant Then Himself in Tragedy
A 26-year-old father Herman Bergfeld and his 14 month old daughter Julia Lou were found shot to death in Mattoon. Police say Bergfeld used a .22 rifle to kill the child before turning the weapon on himself. His wife Myra, 24, reported hearing a shot and found the baby and later the husband.
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Mattoon
Harold Allen
Herman Bergfeld
Julia Lou
Bergfeld
Myra
Phone Tapping Legal For Divorce Evidence
New York June 6 AP state appeals court ruled that a man may have his telephone tapped to obtain divorce evidence against his wife. The decision overturned convictions of three men including Louis Appelbaum 49 who used the wire tapped records against his wife.
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New York
Louis Appelbaum
Governor Stevenson's Mail Receives Diverse Requests
Governor Stevenson received 500 to 600 daily letters seeking help from a broad mix of readers. A farm boy asked for bus service to his mailbox while a woman sought a quilt in Illinois colors and a beauty pageant entry. He declined most requests citing limited authority and advised the student to stay in school.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
England
Iowa
Stevenson
Illinois
Atlanta
Union Berry Crop This Year About Same As '49
The 1950 strawberry production in Union county matched 1949 levels per O R Nally and Frank Rendleman. Anna market sold 9000 cases at $6.83 per case. 1949 saw 8529 cases at $7.67. Cobden market handled about 10,000 cases at $6.50 to $7 per case, slightly down from 1949. Cucumbers are expected around June 25, with apples, then tomatoes by July 1.
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Union County
O. R. Nally
Anna
Frank Rendleman
Cobden
Nally
Rendleman
Two Pittsburg Stores Looted in Early Monday Burglary
The Williamson county sheriff's office probes a $1,800 burglary at two Pittsburg stores. Loot from Kelley Store Co. includes guns radios cigars tobacco scarves table cloths watches meat and wallets. Otey Grocery yielded cigarets tobacco gum candy bacon cheese. Debris and tracks suggest loot moved by vehicle.
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Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Pittsburg
Kelley
RCA
Otey
W G Polack Dies Concordia Seminary Historian
Rev. W Gustave Polack aged 59 longtime head of church history at Concordia seminary St Louis died after brain surgery in recent weeks He served 22 years as editor in chief of the Concordia Historical Institute quarterly and helped revise the hymnals for the Missouri Synod church body.
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St. Louis
W. Gustave Polack
Concordia Seminary
Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
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Bar Groun
Hickenlooper Brannan
Wisdom
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Nelson G. Kraschel
Kraschel
William
Beardsley
Myron J. Bennett
Lester S. Gillette
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Brown
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Texas
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Charles Eaton
Truman
White House
Congress
New Jersey
Dean Acheson
Liberal Party
Communist Party
Mattoon Man
Charles Edwards
Kelley Store Co
Everett Otey
Edwards
W.G. Polack
Lutheran
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