Gallup Poll backs Stevens in hearings shown by surveys
Gallup surveys across the United States indicate Stevens leads McCarthy by margins in personal polling on the Army McCarthy hearings. In a separate question a majority said Stevens and Army officials used improper means, while most respondents supported the President’s right to withhold confidential information. A Nazarene church demolition at Walnut and 7th Streets prompts moving services to Schwebel Hall starting June 27.
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John G. Adams
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Aircraft Industry Tops Auto Makers as Leading Employer
The Aircraft Industries Assn reports U S aircraft manufacturing employs 823000 workers, surpassing 786000 in the auto sector. The figures, drawn from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, mark aircraft as the nation’s top manufacturing employer.
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Aircraft Industry
Los Angeles
Auto Industry
United States
Aircraft Industries Assn
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
University of Illinois barber shop suit ends in favor of shop
A black University of Illinois student, Robert A. Johnson, failed to win damages from Campus Barber Shop owner Lee Ingwerson after a June trial in Champaign. A jury did not comment on its verdict for the barber. A group pledged to cut hair for all students regardless of race.
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University of Illinois
Robert A. Johnson
Chicago
Lee Ingwerson
Trial Opens in Benton for Rape Charge Against Morgan
Trial proceedings in Franklin County Circuit Court began with jury selection and opening statements in the case of William Morgan Coello charged with raping a 25 year old West City woman on March 2. The judge is B. W. Eovaldi.
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William Morgan
Coello
Franklin County
Morgan
West City
Thomas Pierson
B. W. Eovaldi
Pierson
Kern’s
Ewing
J C Penney Improves in Washington Hospital
J C Penney, 78, national chain executive and board chairman, is reported improving and resting comfortably at George Washington University Hospital with pneumonia. He arrived in Washington for a National Council for Community Improvement meeting and was said to be fatigued on arrival from his New York home.
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Washington
J. C. Penney
George Washington University Hospital
Penney
J. C. Penney Co
National Council For Community Improvement
New York
Caterpillar workers to receive vacation pay in Peoria
About 18 000 Caterpillar Tractor Co. employees in East Peoria will get the final $2.8 million in vacation pay Friday, with another $1.25 million in regular weekly pay. An additional 3,000 on other payrolls will be paid later. The plant will close July 5 for two weeks.
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Caterpillar Tractor Co
East Peoria
Baptists To Hold Music Schools in Williamson County
The Williamson County Baptist Association of Music will sponsor an Associational School of Music June 28 to July 2 in three county churches. Groups meet at Cen ter Baptist Church Crab Orchard Marion Second Baptist Church and Herrin First Baptist Church. Teachers include Pat Henry for group one Albert Moore for group two and Prof Eugene Quinn for group three. Classes start at 7 30 pm daily.
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Center Baptist Church
Crab Orchard
Marion Second Baptist Church
Herrin First Baptist Church
Pat Henry
Albert Moore
Eugene Quinn
Baptists of Illinois
Baptist Foundation of Southern Illinois University
Fred Quinn
Marion
County Association
Singing Fest At Marion Junior High Features National Quartets
The Church of the Nazarene on West White Street Marion led by Rev Betty Wagner will sponsor a singing fest Saturday at Marion Junior High School gymnasium. Featured acts include the McDonald Brothers Quartet Blytheville Arkansas the Mobley Trio Evansville Indiana and the Southernairs Corinth.
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West White Street
Marion
Betty Wagner
Marion Junior High School
McDonald Brothers Quartet
Blythesville
Ark
Mobley Trio
Evansville
Ind
Southernairs
Corinth
Insecticide Use Surges Past 500 Million Pounds in 1952
The report shows Americans used more than 500 million pounds of insecticides in 1952, reflecting rapid expansion of pest control practices across farms and households. Major products included DDT and other broad spectrum agents, driving agriculture and public health efforts nationally.
Heir Montgomery Thorne Death Ruled Natural By Police
Chicago June 25 AP The death of mail order house heir Montgomery Ward Thorne was not murder say police sergeant St Thomas Muley He called the 20 year old death natural or accidental and said no suspects are sought The heir left his estate to his wife to be Marion Thorne in a prior will a second will dated this month splits shares among Maureen Ragen the fiancee and her mother and Thorne’s mother and guardian Mrs Carol McDougal Lind Both wills are in probate Thorne’s body was found in his Gold Coast apartment last Saturday by Maureen Ragen after he failed to meet a date or answer calls The cause of death is not yet established
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Montgomery Ward Thorne
Thorne
St Thomas Muley
Marion Thorne
Maureen Ragen
Miss Ragen
Carol McDougal Lind
Gold Coast
First Hurricane Hits Brownsville and Mexican Coast
Alice, the season's first hurricane, formed suddenly in the Gulf of Mexico and struck Brownsville Texas and the adjacent Mexican coast. The center targeted a desolate stretch 50 to 60 miles south of Brownsville. One man was injured in Brownsville.
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Alice
Gulf of Mexico
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Texas
Boys State Nominates Anna Youngster for Governor
Springfield June 25 AP three candidates vie for governor at the 19th annual Boys State. James E Gardner of Robinson and Gant Redman of Collinsville head regular tickets with Robert Sieben of Evanston as write in. Other offices see Phil Crawford Mount Pulaski state auditor and Lowell D Streiker Chicago. state treasurer William Mitchell Waukegan and Bill Boyd Anna.
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Springfield
James E. Gardner
Robinson
Gant Redman
Collinsville
Robert Sieben
Evanston
Phil Crawford
Mount Pulaski
Lowell D. Streiker
Chicago
William Mitchell
Waukegan
Bill Boyd
Anna
Marion Man on Okinawa joins 97th Anti Aircraft Artillery Group
Private First Class Carl A. Pritchett, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Pritchett of Marion, arrived in Okinawa for duty with the 97th Anti Aircraft Artillery Group and is a member of the 86th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion. He entered the Army in March 1953 and completed basic at Fort Knox Kentucky.
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Carl A. Pritchett
Claude L. Pritchett
Marion
Okinawa
97Th
Pritchett
86Th
Army
Fort Knox
State ticket filed against Jackie French in Carbondale
A state traffic ticket was filed with Carbondale police against 19 year old Jackie French of 421 West Sycamore Street Carbondale for driving in the wrong lane after a May 21 collision on Route 13 east of Carbondale. French was critically injured, later released from the hospital and is reported getting along fine. The ticket has not been served.
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Jackie French
W. Sycamore St
Carbondale
Rt. 13
French
Argument on train brings 13.40 fine
Daisy June Greenlaw 40 of Chicago was fined 3 dollars plus 10.40 dollars costs by Carbondale Police Magistrate W G Carter after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace. She was arrested about 3 a m on an Illinois Central Railroad train passing through Carbondale following an argument about a seat. She paid the fine and was released.
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Daisy June Greenlaw
Chicago
Carbondale
W. G. Carter
Illinois Central Railroad
Senate Passes Defense Bill for Armed Services Funding
Senate approved a $28,800,125,486 defense spending compromise bill to finance the armed forces for the new fiscal year beginning July 1 and sent the measure to President Eisenhower for signature.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
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