Eight Dead In St. Clair County Flood Disaster
Eight people died as St. Clair County suffered a devastating flood tied to weekend rainfall. Belleville and East St. Louis reported about four million dollars in losses with hundreds evacuated and many homes under water. The National Guard guarded areas to deter looting as Red Cross opened disaster headquarters and began needs surveys.
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Joe” Fletcher
W. Monme St
Harry Hackman Sr
Harry J
Donna Dr
Centreville Township
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Sixth St
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Joseph Dickerson
McClure
Ihi
Ralph A. Rehberger
Route 1
Lebanon
Roger L. Chaffin
West Bilvd
Sheriff's Office
National Guard
Harding
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois with warm humid shift
Cloudy and warm conditions expected in Southern Illinois with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Highs near the mid 90s, lows around the mid 70s, and recent temperatures noted include 84 at 7 am and 82 at 6 pm yesterday. Crab Orchard Lake sits about 2 inches above spillway at Little Grassy Lake level.
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Illinois
Little Grassy Lake
Wants Revenge- Girl Holds Up Police in New Jersey
Vivian Masters, a 20 year old from Sussex County, entered the Newton police station armed with a 12 gauge shotgun and demanded Patrolman Charles Young. After a tense standoff with officers and a safe cracking call nearby, Knoll wrestled the weapon away as others entered the station. She has a prior reckless driving charge and threats against police. Prosecutor Frank Dolan said she would be charged today.
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N. J
William Knoll
Vivian Masters
New Jersey
Knoll
Charles Young
Miss Masters
Young
Anthony Deta
Couny
Sussex County
Frank Dolan
Braves Gather For Guide Pow Wow
Big Braves and Little Braves from 53 tribes in Southern Illinois met at Little Grassy Lake for the seventh annual YMCA Indian Guide Pow Wow. 223 fathers and sons registered, camped in tee pees and tents, and stayed through Sunday. A chief Demetri Hassakis and two assistants Ken Mannering and John McCann were elected. past chiefs Harold Pennock and E. V. Heisler ended their terms. Cecil Franklin of SIU directed the program with Frank Gumm coordinating through the YMCA.
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Illinois
Little Grassy Lake
YMCA
Demetri Hassakis
Vernon
Ken Mannering
Carbondale
John McCann
Centralia
Harold Pennock
E. V. Heisler
Cecil Franklin
Southern Illinois University Athletic Department
Frank Gumm
Jordan and Egypt feud widens over embassy closure
Amman moves to close its Cairo embassy widening the rift with the Egyptian Syrian alliance. Jordan's foreign minister says political relations remain but all staff are recalled while Egypt guards potential retaliation and funding impacts loom from Arab subsidy deals.
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Hussein
Saud
Saudi Arabia
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bin Hussein
Britain
Stanford scientist found dead amid House inquiry
William K. Sherwood, 41, a Stanford research scientist, was found dying in his Hopkins Marine Laboratory in Pacific Grove after reportedly saying he would end his life. Deputy Coroner Hill said death appeared suicide from a chemical dose. Sherwood, subpoenaed by the House Un American Activities Committee, faced televised hearings amid stress from finances and career pressures. He left a note citing threats to his wife and livelihood and expressed resentment at televised hearings. He is survived by wife Barbara and four children Frances, Peter, William, and Morris.
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Calif
Stanford University
House
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Sherwood
House Committee
Oakland
Bertram Edises
Stanford
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Frances
Peter
William
Morris
New Smith Act Trials Ordered For 9 Others
The Supreme Court freed five California Communist leaders and ordered new Smith Act trials for nine others convicted in 1952 for plotting to overthrow the U S government. Justice Harlan led the majority 6 to 1, with Brennan and Whittaker not participating. Eleven named defendants were involved, with several officials and editors among those released or facing retrials.
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Supreme Court
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Clark
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Burton
Brennan
Whittaker
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Los Angeles
Mathes
High Court
Philip M. Connelly
Communist News ” S World
Henry Ties
Angeles County Party
Rose Chernin Kusnitz
Drag Racer Fined After Wrong Car Chase
Murphysboro patrol officers stopped William Ward Jr 18 after he sped from a police car at a stop sign pursuing other speeders. Ward allegedly thought the police car was another racer and tried to “get the jump.” He was fined 25 dollars. other offenders fled. Ward lives at 2310 Clay Street.
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Murphysboro
James Hiller
Bill McCoy
William Ward Jr
Ward
Clay St
Lord Ismay Knighted by Queen in Windsor
Former NATO secretary general Lord Ismay was invested by Queen Elizabeth II as a Knight of the Garter in Windsor. The ceremony elevated Ismay in Britain’s oldest and most noble order of chivalry.
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Windsor
England
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Gartef
Britain
Hoax theories swirl around missing frogman Crabb case
British media and readers question if the headless body found off the south coast is Cmdr Lionel Crabb or a Russian impression of a wartime decoy. Reynolds News cites security fears and three Russian submarines near the area, while recalling the World War II deception The Man Who Never Was. No official identification has been made.
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Britain
Lionel
Buster) Crabb
Reynolds News
Independent Sunday Express
Portsmouth Harbor
Orezhonikidze
Ion Curtain
Crabb
English Channel
Chichester
Portsmouth
Mediterranean
Egypt
Sunday Express
Murder Indictment in Slaying of Voice of America Translator
Edith Louise Hough 41 is indicted on a first degree murder charge for shooting Zurab Abdushelmi Abdusheli 44, a Voice of America translator, in her apartment on Memorial Day on upper 16th Street. She claimed Abdusheli pressed and lunged during a visit after her engagement ended due to his infidelity.
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Voice of America
Edith Louise Hough
Zurab Abdusheli
Abdusheli
Miss Hough
Fionable Upper 16Th Street
Abdushel
Radcliffe College
William Hite Hough
Heavy Rains Cause Floods Across Dakota and Minnesota
Heavy rains dumped up to eight inches in eastern South Dakota and southeastern Minnesota Sunday and today. Three people drowned near Flandreau as a car went off a partly washed out bridge into the Big Sioux River. bodies found in the car. Rescuers seek another casualty near Ward, South Dakota, where a man was seen floating after a car was swept away.
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Minneapolis
South Dakota
Minnesota
Flandreau
Big Sioux
Ward
S.D
Bluegrass Radio DJ Freeman Reported Safe in Carbondale
Roy Freeman a Carbondale disc jockey listed missing on June 5 was reported in Carbondale over the weekend police had not received an official notification to cancel the missing person alert. Paul McRoy operator of WCIL said he had not heard from Freeman. Freeman previously hosted a program on WCIL.
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Roy Freeman
Carbondale
Jurist Vanderbilt Dies in New Jersey at 68
Chief Justice Arthur T. Vanderbilt, who reformed New Jersey’s court system and was once considered for the U.S. Supreme Court, died Sunday in Short Hills. He would have turned 69 on July 1.
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Short Hills
N.J
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
New Jersey
U.S. Supreme Court
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