Mundt Pushes Tougher Security Law in Congress
Washington AP Sen Mundt with Eastland and McCarthy urge swift passage of a bill to negate a Supreme Court ruling on job dismissals for security grounds. Cain backs the criticism and cites a reassignment case during Senate judiciary subcommittee hearings. Red Cross offers to rehire Irving August for Seattle veteran, pending security review at Fort Lawton.
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Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Congress
Supreme Court
Mundt
Sens
Eastland
Dmiss
McCarthy
R-Wis
Harry P. Cain
Washington
Cain
Eisenhower
Red Cross
Army
Defense Department
Irving I. August
Seattle
August
Progressive Party
the Cross
Pentagon
Ft. Lawton
Simon Guilty In Slaying of Sweetheart
Charles Simon 22 of Carbondale pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the slaying of his sweetheart Alice Lester 20 also known as Alice Lassister. He received a sentence of one to four years at Menard State Penitentiary.
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Charles Simon
Carbondale
Alice Lester
Alice Lassister
Menard State Penitentiary
Honeymoon groom dies after fall from plane near Charlotte
Oren A. Pruitt a 38 year old groom from Charlotte was killed when a cabin door opened as he walked to the rear restroom aboard a Piedmont Airlines flight. Neighbors said he wed Blanche Tidd the day before. His body was found in a Shelby area churchyard after the 6000 foot plunge.
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Charlotte
N. C
Piedmont
Oren A. Pruitt
Blanche Tidd
Pruitt
Shelby
John Newell
Newell
Ike Adenauer 10 Minute Hospital Meeting
President Eisenhower met Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in a Walter Reed hospital room for about ten minutes. Dulles and interpreter Kellerman were present. Adenauer flew to New York after the talk which touched on German reunification and freeing 17 million in the eastern zone.
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Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
Henry Kellerman
State Department
Adenauer
Washington
New York City
U. S
Kellerman
Missing as storm sinks tug in Gulf
Four men are still missing after the 60 foot tug May Dee sank off the Mississippi coast during a tropical storm. Three survivors from the May Dee and eight men rescued from the barge were picked up by tugs O. J. Senac and Cormorant near Bay St. Louis and in Grand Island Channel. Coast Guard cutters and aircraft continue search operations as crews from Stevens and Co. Inc. identify the sinking vessel and the crew.
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Mississippi
O. J. Senac
Morgan City
Cormorant
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Stevens and Co. Inc
New Orleans
Grand Island Channel
Mississippi Line
Clay Calhoun
Stevens
Calhoun
WGCM
Gulfport
Conrad
Coast Guard
Salk Vaccine Safe During Epidemic In Navy Hawaii
Navy doctors report Salk polio vaccine can be given at epidemic height with little or no paralysis. Capt. John R. Seal notes vaccination of over 26 010 people in Navy and Marine families in Honolulu during a severe fall outbreak. Joint report with Capt. Robert S. Poos and Dr. Neal Nathanson prepared for the American Medical Assn. meeting. Poos urged rapid vaccination for all Navy and Marine families in Hawaii. about two thirds inoculated.
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Navy
John R. Seal
Naval Medical Corps
Marine Service
Honolulu
Naval
Robert S. Poos
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Neal Nathanson
Atlanta, Ga
The
American Medical Assn
Poos
Marine Corps
Fare Boost Sought by Gulf Transport Co
Gulf Transport Co applied to the Illinois Commerce Commission for bus fare increases between East St. Louis Red Bud and Cairo.
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Gulf Transport Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
East St. Louis
Red Bud
Cairo
Air Force Boosts B52 Bomber Goal to 600 by 1959
Secret testimony released this week shows the Air Force raising its B52 bomber target from 500 to 600 by 1959 as production climbs from 17 to 20 aircraft monthly. Lt. Gen. C. S. Irvine notes continued lead over Soviet air power, while the House Armed Services Committee eyes rocket programs including Jupiter with cross service input.
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Washington
Air Force
C. S. Irvine
Special Armed Services
Irvine
Armed Services Committee
Army
Rep
Patterson
R-Conn
Inson
D-Ga
Vinson
Gen. Irvine
Senate
Polio Findings Listed Jackson Unit Completes 5-Year Study
Five year polio study data from 1951 to 1955 shows 30 cases in Jackson County with a surge from Aug to Oct and September as peak month. Health officer Dr. R F Sondag summarizes paralytic and non paralytic cases, age 0 to 14, and notes gradual decline as vaccine guidance is issued.
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Jackson
Jackson County
Jackson County Health Department
R. F. Sondag
Health Department
Murphysboro
Sondag
Russian Church Leaders Delayed By Bomb Scare
Eight homeward bound Russian church leaders including Metropolit an Nikolai of Moscow were delayed four hours by a phony bomb threat at Idlewild Airport. Police searched the plane and baggage before takeoff for Amsterdam after a clerk received the anonymous warning. The group, invited by the National Council of Churches, spent 1 1 days in the United States, calling the visit a step toward mutual understanding despite remaining differences.
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Idlewild
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Amsterdam
Holland
United States
Nikolai
Moscow
Russia
National Council of Churches
House Passes Pollution Bill Advances to Senate
Rep Kenneth J Gray reports anti-pollution Bill HIR. 9540 passed the House by a large majority. The measure gives the U S Attorney General authority to file suit to halt interstate water pollution and preserves $50 million yearly for 10 years in grants to municipalities. The bill heads to the Senate for swift action.
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Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Southern Illinoisan
House
Gray
U. S. Atty General Authority
Senate
Soviet rename of Molotov plant to Gorky auto works
The Soviet government changes the Molotov automobile factory name to Gorky auto works confirming a top level rebranding. The move reflects ongoing shifts in industry naming and regional associations under state policy.
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Molotov Automobile Factory
Gorky Auto Works
Girls Stage New Revolt At Reformatory
Geneva June 14 AP state and county police were called to quell a sixth uprising at the Illinois State Training School for Girls. Ten inmates were involved with earlier rioting in the disciplinary cottage causing about 1000 dollars in damage and several escape attempts. Authorities reported disturbances spread across cottages until police arrived and restored order.
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Geneva
Illinois State Training School
Marquee Collapse Injures Six At Cincinnati Hotel
A severe storm in Cincinnati snapped cables of a 40 foot marquee over the Sheraton-Gibson Hotel entrance. Six people were cut by glass. none trapped. Two were pushed through a restaurant window as the marquee collapsed onto the sidewalk amid uncertainty about the cause.
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Cincinnati
Sheraton-Gibson
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois This Week
Cloudy with periods of rain expected across Southern Illinois. Tonight temperatures near the upper 60s, Friday highs near the mid 80s, and mild overnight lows in the mid 60s. Crapp Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake show water levels near spillway readings.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Connelly And Caudle Convicted In Tax Conspiracy Case
In St Louis on June 14 AP reports that Matthew J. Connelly and T Lamar Caudle former Truman officials were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to defraud the government by obstructing a tax evasion case. Sentencing set for July 19 with possible five year prison terms and $10 000 fines each. The jury deliberated eight hours and 43 minutes. Sachs pleaded guilty to evading $128 721 in taxes and was fined $40 000. Caudle expressed faith in innocence. Connelly showed no comment as reporters pressed him.
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St. Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
T. Lamar Caudle
Truman
U. S
Wadesboro
N. C
Connelly
New York
Irving Sachs
Sachs
Caudle
Charles Margiotti
Pittsburgh
Herbert A. Giesler
Ste. Genevieve
Drake Watson
Paris Man Found Shot to Death in Motel
Paris IL man N F O Hair 57 was found shot to death in a motel south of Springfield on Wednesday. Police said the cause was a chest wound and a .32 caliber pistol lay beside the body. He was the brother of Grady O Hair Paris postmaster.
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Paris
Springfield
N. F. O’hair
O’hair
Grady
O’ Hair
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