Four Jail Escape Prompts Sheriff Guns Thefts
Four Jackson County jail inmates escaped Murphysboro after stealing the sheriff's guns and a Plymouth from Sheriff Howard Cheatham. The fugitives vanished into dense woods near Elkville around 12:15 PM, aided by a master set of jail keys left on a kitchen table. Authorities suspect an outside helper entered the courthouse after hours to facilitate the breakout.
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Elkville
Jackson County
Hurst
Murphysboro
Howard Cheatham
Gene
Cheatham
George Clifton Boyd
Jayess
Miss
William H. McDowell
Royalton
Bert N. Gowdy
St. Petersburg
Fila
Jimmy W. Whitehead
Henderson
Tex
Boyd
Thurlow Sickler
Rt. 1
Warner
Harris
Southern Illinois
Donnie
Cheathaam
Imogene
Walnut St
Trusties
Gowdy
Whitehead
County Board of Supervisors
Descriptions of Four Men from an Investigative Report
William H. McDowell, 28, five feet seven, 180 pounds, black hair blue eyes dark complexion. George Clifton Boyd, 20, six feet, 150 pounds, brown hair blue eyes fair complexion. Bert N. Gowdy, 20, six feet one, 147 pounds, brown hair blue eyes fair complexion. Jimmy W. Whitehead, 24, five feet eight, 145 pounds, brown hair hazel eyes fair complexion.
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William H. McDowell
George Clifton Boyd
Bert N. Gowdy
Jimmy W. Whitehead
Adams Violated FTC Rules Unwittingly, Probers Told
Washington June 17 AP Sherman Adams testified that he would act more prudently if more experienced in inquiries for his friend Bernard Goldfine He admitted ignorance of FTC and SEC rules and said he believed information passed to Goldfine was entitled under rules. Subcommittee cautioned that Adams aided misbranding inquiry could violate law.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Adams
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Goldfine
House
Commission
Howrey
Lishman
White House
Springfield
Ill
Stratton
Foot-Dragging Khrushchev Letter Undermines Summit Plans
The United States Britain and France faced the wreckage of secret diplomacy as Khrushchev publicly denounced talks and pressed for a heads of government meeting. The West released its pre summit proposals while Moscow called home ambassadors and highlighted Khrushchev’s June letter criticizing time-wasting talks. Domestic and international pressures deepen the standoff with Eisenhower.
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Warren Rogers Jr
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Khrushchev
State Department
Russia
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Llewellyn Thompson
Patrick Reilly
Maurice Dejean
Paris
London
What is Vicuna Cloth in Andes Wool Trade
Vicuna cloth is a very soft woolen fabric made from the wool of the vicuna, a wild animal of the Andes from Ecuador to Bolivia, similar to the domesticated llama.
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Andes
Ecuador
Bolivia
Goldfine mill inquiry and FTC disclosure dispute
Testimony shows hotel costs exceed $2,000 as staff investigators probe. White House says Eisenhower received vicuna fabric from Goldfine and gave it away, not recalling recipient. Lishman accuses improper disclosure of a complainant name and notes potential settlement details violated statute and commission policy.
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White House
Eisenhower
Lishman
Adams
Edward F. Howrey
FTC
Howrey
Goldfine
White House admits Goldfine gifted vicuna cloth to Eisenhower
On June 17 AP reports the White House acknowledged industrialist Bernard Goldfine once gave President Eisenhower a supply of vicuna cloth. Press secretary James Hagerty said the President passed the material to a friend and does not recall the friend's name.
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Washington
White House
Bernard Goldfine
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
U S Officials Open Door To Arms Aid For Lebanon
Secretary of State Dulles signaled possible U S military action to defend Lebanon's independence. He said the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean could deploy Marines if needed and might be enlarged for greater mobility. He noted U N Secretary General Hammarskjold and a U N security force present and U S backing for any proposed support.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Lebanon
U. S
Mediterranean
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Fair weather details for Illinois and nearby lakes
A weather summary notes fair or southern Illinois with warm temperatures. Tonight and Wednesday bring near 60 to the low and around 80 daytime highs. Earlier readings show yesterday’s high 74 and noon today 76 with temperatures in the mid 60s to 70s and sunrise at 4 28 a m. and sunset at 7 33 p m. Crab Orchard Lake spillway and Little Grassy Lake are 2 inches below spillway level.
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Southern
Illinois
Cops Held In Bank Holdups Paris and Detroit
Two Detroit policemen Patrolmen James R. Burke and David Tapp admitted to bank and savings and loan robberies totaling about $100,000 across 10 holdups. Burke and Tapp resigned after FBI and police investigations linked the crimes, while a prior suspect Patrolman Marmion Pollard Jr. had pled guilty to two attempted robberies. The men used disguises from army fatigues to sunglasses.
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Detroit
Edward S. Piggins
James R. Burke
David Tapp
Marmion
Pollard Jr
Burke
FBI
Tapp
Department
Nagy Executions Seen As Slap At Tito Across Europe
Vienna dispatch reports that Imre Nagy and three aides were executed, shocking Yugoslavia and the West. Gen Pal Maleter led the group. Moscow’s action risks new anti Soviet sentiment, with experts warning on Tito and satellite nations.
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Nagy
Tito
Richard Kasischke
Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Imre Nagy
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Pal Maleter
Fungary
Moscow
Kremlin
Janos Kadar
Neuer Kurier
Nagy, Maleter
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Goldtine
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Mass
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Vieuna
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Stalin
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