Eisenhower Signs Three Documents Fourth Day After Operation
President Eisenhower signed three papers at Walter Reed Hospital on his fourth day after intestinal surgery. He met with Sherman Adams and others, approving an emergency aid allocation for Colorado flood areas, a new design of the U S flag, and the 1956 international wheat agreement. Doctors reported he walked short distances and remained in good spirits, with hospital stay expected through June 24 and full duties in four to six weeks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Sherman Adams
White House
Adams
Wilton B. Pearsons
Congress
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Clear Creek
Jefferson Counties
Colorado
Georgetown
Brucker
Senate
James C. Hagerty
Hoxse
Hagerty
Ferry Service Halts At Batchtown Illinois
Batchtown Illinois June 12 AP ferry service between Batchtown and Winfield Missouri on the Mississippi River was suspended for the first time in 78 years. Owner Ellis Inman said silt filled the river bottom making landings impractical. Inman sold equipment to Carl Crader who hopes to operate a Hamburg to Elsberry Missouri ferry by Friday.
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Backtown
Here
Winfield
Mississippi River
Ellis Inman
Inman
Carl Crader
Hamburg
Elsberry
Fair Hot For Southern Illinois Weather Update
The report notes fair conditions with continuing heat in Southern Illinois. Tonight will be warm with lows in the low 70s, highs tomorrow mid 90s, and Wednesday night lows in the low 70s. Observations include cooler 65 at 7 a.m. and temperatures around 81 at 7 a.m. today. Crab Orchard Lake is 1 inch below spillway, Little Grassy Lake readings are mixed with unclear data.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Apilloney Tod
Talos missile favored over Nike in Senate hearing
Sen. Chavez of New Mexico, chairman of the defense funds subcommittee, said Talos appears a better weapon than Nike after Army Navy Air Force chiefs testified. He noted Nike remains important on land, but forthcoming tests could end Nike installations and push big Talos production within nine months.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Nike
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Chavez
Senate
Air Force
Chavex
Continental Air Force
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Nathan F. Twining
Maxwell D. Taylor
New Mexico
Cypriot man sentenced to death for shooting RAF pair
In Nicosia on June 12 a 23 year old Cypriot, Stelios Mavrommatis, was sentenced to death for firing on two RAF airmen Lawrence Leith and Norman Kitchen as they rode bicycles March 15. The defense argued he acted in surprise and may appeal. British security pressed a hunt for Eoka leaders in northwest Cyprus.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Stelios Mavrommatis
Mediterranean
Greece
Mavrommatis
Royal Air Force
Lawrence Leith
Norman Kitchen
RAF
Eoka
Greek Church Official Deported From Britain
London reports that Archimandrite Kallinikos Macheriotis a Greek national and high official of the Greek Orthodox Church in Britain was deported to Athens by plane Monday. Home Secretary Gwilym Lloyd George ordered the action in the public interest according to a Home Office spokesman who gave no further details.
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London
Britain
Kallinikos Macheriotis
Home Office
Athens
Home
Gwilym Lloyd George
Macheriotis
Revolt Leader Valle Said Captured In Argentina
Clarin reports Gen Juan Jose Valle captured early today and placed at Army Ministry disposal. Gen Raul Tanco remained at large. Valle likely faces firing squad under clemency order not extending to him. Eleven death sentences noted with four in Santa Rosa and others in Campo de Mayo and La Plata.
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Juan Jose Valle
Clarin
Valle
Army Ministry
Raul Tanco
Juan Peron
Tanco
Pedro Aramburu
Santa Rosa
la Pampa
Buenos Aires
Campo de Mayo
la Plata
Social Security Not Enough Man Makes $10 Bills
Detroit June 12 AP Social Security and old age aid failed to provide a fair living for 71 year old Paul Eifert who produced homemade ten dollar bills. He was sentenced to three years in prison for counterfeit money. His 82 year old partner Paul Carro received one year probation after pleading guilty to passing a bogus ten dollar bill at Ft. Miami race track in Toledo Ohio.
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Paul Eifert
Eifert
Paul Carro
Ft. Miami
Toledo
Ohio
Bus Crash Injures Nineteen In Chicago
A Chicago Transit Authority bus on the West Side struck a pillar today injuring nineteen people. Two passengers were rushed to Garfield Park Hospital with possible skull fractures.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
Garfield Park Hospital
48 Pass Final Tests in Waiters' Course
Forty eight students completed a 40 hour waiter course at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. The class was a joint effort by the New York City Community College and the Waldorf with ninety five hotel executives union officials and teachers serving as judges. No stains or damage were reported on the participants.
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New York
Waldorf
Ike Pleads Full Restoration Of His Foreign Aid Request
Secretary of State Dulles described encouraging but uncertain Soviet moves after Khrushchev’s speech. He noted possible shifts away from dictatorship while cautioning the purpose might be to placate subjects. Dulles cited greater freedom for Soviet workers as a sign of growing demand for a responsive government, yet outcome remains unclear.
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Ike
Washington
Dulles
Stalin
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
House Group Votes To Cite Paul Robeson
The House Committee on Un American Activities voted to cite Paul Robeson for contempt of Congress after a heated session with Robeson and Chairman Walter. The committee, meeting in a business session, unanimously recommended the contempt citation, sending it to Congress for final action. Robeson arrived with a statement calling his passport fight a struggle for freedom.
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Washington
House Committee On UN- American Activities Today
Paul Robeson
Congress
Walter
D-Pa
Robeson
Truce Teams Withdrawn From North Korea Vision
North Korea announced the withdrawal of four power armistice inspection teams. An American source said inspectors from Switzerland Sweden Czech and Poland moved to Panmunjom after the UN Command ordered the pullout amid arms buildup suspicions. Teams had been in Sinjuiji Manpo and Sinunju.
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Seoul
South Korea
Pyongyang Radio Today
North Korea
Panmunjom
North
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
U. N
Sinjuiji
Manpo
Sinunju
Dulles and Radford warn of great injury to aid plan
White House conference with Secretary of State Dulles and Admiral Radford urged restoring at least 600 million of the 1.1 billion cut from foreign aid. Eisenhower, hospitalized after abdominal surgery, sent an oral plea for the full 4.9 billion requested. Senate leaders weighed over the House 3.8 billion authorization as Democrats push further cuts and possible reshaping to aid the Air Force.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
State Dulles
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Adams
Dulles
Radford
Walter Reed Army Hospital
James C. Hagerty
Paring
Pare
John B. Hollister
International Cooperation Administration
United States
Stratton to lay cornerstone for SIU agriculture building
Governor William G. Stratton will attend at Southern Illinois University to lay the cornerstone for the new 1.706 million dollar agriculture building. The ceremony follows his 3 p m address in the library auditorium. The structure will be completed next spring and include classrooms laboratories offices labs and meeting rooms.
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William G. Stratton
Southern Illinois University
Stratton
Shawneetown Split Severs Old and New Towns
Shawneetown voters completed an 18 year fight by city council action to divide the old settlement from new Shawneetown. The 156 year old name will remain with new Shawneetown while old residents must reincorporate. A three mile separation has existed since a 1937 Ohio River flood reshaped the area and federal moves left about 400 residents along the river.
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Shawneetown
Muskegon Police Reject Bermuda Shorts Policy
Muskegon Michigan June 12 AP report says police will not wear Bermuda shorts in hot weather but will shed neckties for summer. Chief Fred E Castenholz notes an overwhelming informal poll opposing Bermuda shorts with one officer saying they would laugh us off the streets.
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Muskegon
Mich
Fred E. Castenholz
BANK PRESIDENT AND WIFE STOP BANK ROBBERY ATTEMPT
Stockbridge Georgia June 12 AP a bandit tried to rob Citizens Bank of Stockbridge Monday but was driven off by the bank president and his wife who fired multiple pistols. The gunman, possibly wounded, escaped in a car about 25 miles southeast of Atlanta. Mrs Charles T Loder 45 year old cashier linked the suspect to a May 4 1955 robbery of 4500 dollars and noted the assailant wore similar clothing.
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Stockbridge
Citizens Bank of
Atlanta
Charles T. Loder
Herrin Council Sees No Water Rate Increase If Bond Plan Is Passed
Herrin city officials discussed no water rate hike if the water and sewer improvement bond plan passes. Engineer R W Booker noted the operating budgets show $89,075 for water and $36,875 for sewer operations next year. The council approved an appropriation that shifts anticipated deficits to a projected $22,345 surplus, reducing the need for rate increases. Alderman Grindle cited new pipelines lowering maintenance costs as a factor in lower appropriations.
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Herrin
R. W. Booker
Water Department
Booker
William Grindle
Court Restores 8 Children in Short Creek Polygamy Case
Juvenile Court Judge Durham Mooris ordered eight children ages four to twenty returned to Mrs. Vera Johnson Black after she promised to stop polygamy. Black, who believes in plural marriage, and Leonard Black were linked to the Short Creek sect near the Utah Arizona line. The children had been in foster care since being taken from her months earlier. The Blacks had stated they would continue living separately since 1953 and denied organized polygamy in Short Creek.
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St. George
Utah
Durham Mooris
Vera Johnson Black
Black
Short Creek
Arizona State Line
Leonard Black
Arizona
Rocket explosion maims Granite City boy
A 13 year old Granite City boy lost both legs at the hip after a homemade rocket exploded in a shed behind his grandparents home. Two other youths, Ronald Pritchett and Paul Lingle, suffered eye injuries as authorities described the incident. Police believe the boys were attempting to make a rocket from railroad torpedoes and insect spray gun components found nearby.
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Granite City
Davie Christian
Rosetta Elmore
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Ronald Pritchett
Ella Mae Pritchett
Paul Lingle
Darrell Jordan
Tade Nelson
Pekin Woman Killed by Switching Freight Car
A 65 year old Pekin woman died after being struck by a New York Central freight car at a residential crossing. The car was being switched by a railroad crew at the time of the accident on Monday, June 12.
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Pekin
New York Central
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