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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1954
Page
1
Chemists at Kanazawa University report snow atop peaks in Japan's Alps contains radioactivity likely from recent U S hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific. Climbers are warned not to consume snow to quench thirst as tests confirm radioactive contamination.
Eighty Guatemalan army officers delivered questions on Communist influence to President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman and set a week for a satisfactory response. Reports from Guatemala City say the army threatened to quit, with Arbenz reportedly agreeing to resign if guaranteed no harassment of civilians.
An inquest into a Chicago tenement fire was postponed to June 18 after an 11 year old boy Marion Gregory hospitalized with mumps. The boy allegedly started the blaze by flipping a lit cigarette onto a trash heap. His father Lewis Gregory faced charges but refused to testify. Seven died and nine were injured in the near Northwest Side fire.
In Phoenix on June 15 the $75,000 ransom money tied to the Evelyn Ann Smith kidnapping was found near the Superstition Mountains. A man, Daniel J. Marsin, was arrested nearby and identified by Mrs. Smith as her abductor. Marsin awaits a preliminary hearing as authorities seek the missing rifle and binoculars. County Attorney Mahoney called the case the most fantastic kidnapping in American history.
New York reports that Perlman has been named the new president of the city agency. The appointment announced on June 15 positions Perlman to lead the organization through future initiatives.
Governor Meyner announced detailed misconduct charges against the late Harold G. Hoffman accusing embezzling about 300000 in bank funds to finance his political career and pay a blackmailer. Hoffman's daughter Ada Leonard pledged repayment and highlighted a state pension bill pending signature.
Cloudy and warm conditions continue in southern Illinois with humidity rising. Chance of afternoon or night thundershowers. tonight’s low near 74, high mid-90s Wednesday, Wednesday night low around 74.
Oscar R. Burden testifies he agreed to a $28 000 payoff at the suggestion of AFL official Lawrence Callanan to secure labor peace on a 1952 pipeline project. The trial in Federal Court includes Callanan and four other AFL officials with several co defendants already serving 10 year sentences from earlier racketeering convictions.
Two labor leaders charged with racketeering asked the U S District Court in East St. Louis for a change of venue to Danville citing prejudice. Orell B Soucie of Terre Haute Indiana and Oscar L Ferrebee of Lawrenceville charge the grand jury as incompetent and improper and say they were indicted without sufficient evidence.
A non scheduled Great Lakes Airlines DC4 carrying 78 aboard made an emergency landing at Gage Oklahoma early today and was destroyed by fire after passengers and crew evacuated. Pilot Charles Tedesky notified tower before 3 30 am. Cause of fire unavailable. One passenger Bernie Weiss of Los Angeles described a fire in an engine. A replacement aircraft will transport passengers later today.
Property owners opposed to the Chau tauqua Illinois site plan prayer meetings and church bell ringings over the next days to draw attention. The 19 000 acre tract on the Mississippi is among three proposed sites for the 126 million dollar Air Force academy guided by Air Force Secretary Harold E Talbott. Advocates were preparing a brochure for Talbott. An Air Force team inspecting Chau tauqua left for Colorado Springs another proposed site.
Gen Alfred Gruenther warned time may be running against the West as NATO fortifies Europe. In a Senate Foreign Relations Committee session he said the United States could be “behind the eight ball” if defenses relax. He cited Russia expanding forces and satellite troops.
About a dozen lawmakers urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to renew Ozark Airlines certificate to carry passengers in eight Midwestern states. The hearing followed the examiner's five year renewal recommendation starting Sept. 26.
M A Kluge, a Carbondale freight clerk since 1941, received the railroad’s 70th cash award for a suggestion aiding IC operations. The 35 dollar award and plaque recognize his active role in the IC system begun in 1939 which has paid out nearly 900 thousand dollars for more than 388 thousand ideas adopted out of over 893 thousand proposals.
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