Arbenz Appeals For Honduras Help As Guatemala Crisis Grows
Tegucigalpa reports say Guatemala asks Honduras to stop anti-Red exiles massing at the border amid plans for demonstrations in Guatemala City. Exile leaders claim thousands ready to challenge Arbenz, with airlifts and a possible border strike.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Gatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Amadeo Chinchilla
J. Edgardo Valenzuela
Arbenz
Chinchilla
Valenzuela
Belize
British Honduras
Guatemala
la Ceiba
Puerto Barrios
Carlos Castillo Armas
el] Salvador
Castillo Armas
Associated Press
Jack Rutledge
Rutledge
Guatemala City
Springfield City Council approves $15 monthly pay rise
The Springfield City Council voted to raise wages by 15 dollars a month for 252 city employees on Wednesday. The raise included 75 workers in sanitation and street services who had struck last spring seeking a 50 dollar monthly boost.
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Springfield
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois Warm Humid This Week
Cloudy with continued warmth and humidity in Southern Illinois. Tonight and Friday remain warm with lows around 70 and highs near 90. Friday night will drop to about 68 with temperatures recorded as 77 at 7 am and 78 yesterday evening. The day saw a noon temperature near 87 while yesterday peaked at 91. Sunrise is 4 34 and sunset 7 28. Crab Orchard Lake Spillway and Little Grassy Lake spillway levels noted.
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Illinois
CAB Debates Ozark Renewal and Davenport Mount Joy Airport Issue
The Civil Aeronautics Board weighed arguments from 45 communities on renewing Ozark Air Lines certificate for five years. debate focused on whether Davenport Mount Joy or Quad City Airport should host Davenport stop, with Illinois groups urging Quad City and others backing Mount Joy. Additional route proposals included Chicago to Davenport via Clin ton Rockford and expansions to Peoria Mattoon Charleston and other cities.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Ozark Air Lines
Illinois
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Missouri
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Indiana
Ozark
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Moline
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Iowa
Hugh J. Dobbs
Rock Island
East Moline
Silvis
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Rock Island County
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Dobbs
Quad-City
James Verner
Jerrold Scoutt
Clinton
Chicago
Rockford
James Keefe
Quincy
Transworld
Harry S. Hannah
Coles County
Mattoon-Charleston
Labor Leader Earns Move to Reveal Grand Jury Names
Evan R. Dale of Carbondale asks Federal Judge Fred L. Wham to order release of grand juror names amid security measures. Dale alleges many jurors may be unqualified and cites suppression of identities, as motions to challenge indictments of nine labor associates face Saturday deadline.
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Evan R. Dale
Carbondale
East St. Louis
Dale
Fred L. Wham
Grand Jury
Southern Illinois Labor Associates
Man Who Killed Boy Self Describes Murder in Self FProductive Action
Sam Eric Mattson, 34, Ford aircraft engine plant tool and die maker, was found shot dead in his bathroom after admitting to killing 16 year old Jerry Gorman on January 31 over hubcap theft. A coroner's jury urged manslaughter charge. grand jury declined indictment.
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Chicago
Sam Eric Mattson
Ford Motor Company
Mattson
Jerry Gorman
Toronto Dock Workers Align with John Lewis Union
About 120 Toronto stevedores switched allegiance to John L. Lewis' Mine Workers union, quitting the AFL affiliated Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks as the labor power struggle expands to Toronto and possibly other Great Lakes ports. A. A. McKay of UMW said all organized Toronto stevedores joined the Lewis union after it moved in during last weekend's strike.
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Toronto
Great Lakes
John L. Lewis’ Mine Workers Union
UMW
A. A. McKay
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Afl-Tsc
Lewis Union
Father To Be Tried On Charge Of Letting Son Drive Car
Elmer Roosevelt Mason, 30, will be tried in Clyde on July 12 for letting an unlicensed minor drive his car. State Patrolman Wood en said he saw the Mason vehicle traveling about 30 mph with a driver who seemed too young. Mason argued the boy is a capable driver who also operates a farm tractor. The boy was not charged.
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Clyde
N. C
AP Elmer Roosevelt Mason
W. R. Wooden
Mason
Meek Seeks Calumet Sag Channel Funding in 1956 Budget
Chicago June 17 Joseph Meek Republican senatorial nominee pledged to push funds for the Calumet Sag channel in the 1956 budget. He spoke at the Calumet Transportation Assn dinner noting greater need for the canal since the St. Lawrence Seaway bill passage.
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Chicago
Joseph Meek
Calumet-Sag
Calumet Transportation Assn
Meek
St. Lawrence Seaway
McCarthy Says Hearings Will Hurt Demos
Senator McCarthy claimed the Army-McCarthy hearings were Democratic driven and would injure Democrats. The 36th day saw accusations from Symington toward Mundt and questions about Clark Clifford’s role, while McCarthy maintained the anti blackmail narrative and pressed loyalty board issues at Ft Monmouth and radar labs.
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Symington
D-Mo
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Clark M. Clifford
Truman
Army
McCarthy
Pvt
G. David Schine
Schine
McCarthy Subcommittee
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Loyalty Board
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Adams
Nationalists Convicted On Ten Counts
A federal jury found Lolita Lebron and three male associates guilty on all ten assault counts from the House gallery shooting on March 1. Five congressmen were wounded as Lebron faces up to 75 years, with sentences potentially running up to 125 years on weapon and intent to kill counts.
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Washington
Lolita Lebron
House of Representatives
Rachael Cancel Miranda
Andres Figueroa Cordero
Irving Flores Rodriguez
Mrs. le
Holtzoff
Police Rescue Red Hecklers In West Berlin Rally
At West Berlin City Hall a June 17 anniversary rally faced six Communist hecklers. Police intervened as 20 000 spectators grew hostile, rescuing the Reds after two hecklers were badly beaten and another hospitalized. Guards moved through the crowd to riot control cars and headquarters.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Light bike craze hits U.S. market and Cabinet review
Washington June 17 report says a wave of foreign lightweight bicycles threatens U.S. makers. The Business and Defense Services Administration backs a briefing to the Cabinet as imports surge to an estimated 900,000 this year. European firms benefit from mass production and lower wages while U.S. heavier bikes suffer price pressure.
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Douglas Larsen
Washington
Free World
U. S
England
Germany
Belgium
France
Italy
Business and Defense Services Administration
Department of Commerce
BDSA
U. S. Tariff Commission
EDSA
Commission
America
Europe
Principia Opposes Air Force Academy Site Near Elsah
Principia College in Elsah Illinois reverses its stance and opposes the Air Force academy site near the campus board chairman Dr Frederic E Morgan says he wrote Secretary Harold E Talbott. Officials fear the campus may be absorbed into the site though they had hoped for a buffer zone. Nearby Jersey County landowners and residents push against a 19000 acre site near the Mississippi River opposite St Louis with other sites under review in Wisconsin and Colorado.
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Elsah
Ill
Principa College
Air Force Academy
Frederic E. Morgan
Principia Corporation
Air
Harold E. Talbott
Chautauqua, Ir
Talbott
Air Force
Jersey County
Academy
Here
Illinois
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Lake Geneva
Wis
Colorado Springs
Colo
Garry Moore Show Interruption by Bottle Thrower
A studio audience member threw a bottle on the Garry Moore CBS show in New York. The bottle struck a light fixture, showering glass on stage and the front row. The man left the theater smiling, was detained by police for questioning.
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New York
Garry Moore
CBS
West 47Th Street
Bobo Rockefeller Divorce Near Rockefeller Wife Ends Cinderella Marriage
Barbara Sears Rockefeller files for divorce from Winthrop Rockefeller after a Park Avenue departure likely toward Reno. Sources say a financial settlement totals about 50 million dollars plus a 500 thousand dollar trust. Custody of son Winthrop Paul Rockefeller 5 awarded to Barbara with visitation for the father.
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New York
Barbara Sears
Bobo
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
McCarthy Recall Charges Planned After Sauk Case
Sauk County District Attorney Harlan Kelley said he will confer with Attorney General Vernon Thomson on filing charges connected to the unsuccessful McCarthy recall effort. Leroy Gore, Sauk City editor and Joe Must Go Club founder, appeared at a hearing as Kelley announced plans for many warrants and contempt charges for refusing to surrender recall petitions.
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Baraboo
Wis
Sauk County
Harlan Kelley
Vernon Thomson
Kelley
Sen
McCarthy
Thomson
Gore
Rhee Considers New Unification Policy after Geneva Collapse
President Syngman Rhee said he will work out a new policy for unifying North and South Korea after the Geneva conference collapsed. He did not specify the policy or indicate whether he will consult with allied nations.
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Chinthae
Korea
Syngman Rhee
North
South Korea
Rhee
Mendes-France Pledges Peace Push If Premier Vote Fails
Pierre Mendes-France told the French National Assembly he will resign if Indochina peace is not achieved by July 20. He proposed a three point plan including a settlement effort, an economic recovery program, and a decision on Europe army policy before Parliament’s vacation.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
French National Assembly
France
Indochina
Mendes-France
Thefts and threats shadow George D. O'Brien case
George D. O'Brien, 44, once acquitted in a $691,700 armored truck theft, was found shot in the head in Boston. Doctors at City Hospital offered little hope. Police say the wound appears personal safety related as he faced possible indictments for receiving stolen money and looming tax charges.
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Boston
George D. O’brien
O’brien
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