Guatemalan rebels claim victory as air strikes escalate
Anti-Communist rebels form a provisional government led by Col. Carlos Castillo Armas and claim control of parts of Guatemala City after incendiary air attacks on Zacapa and Quiché. Government forces deny loss of Chiquimula while U S Senate adopts a Monroe Doctrine style anti-communism resolution as violence increases.
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Guatemala City
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Carlos Castillo Armas
Liberation Army
Chiquimula
Honduran
Chiquimuls
Associated Press
Jack Rutledge
Rutledge
Zacapa
Boston
Washington
Inter-American Peace Committee
Guatemala
Arbenz
Honduras
Nicaragua
Afredo Chocano
Security Council
United Nations
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Service Officer Named Springfield
The Illinois Veterans Commission named Field M. Otter of Sycamore as service officer for DeKalb and McHenry counties. He will assume duties on July 1.
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Springfield
Illinois Veterans Commission
Field M. Otter
Sycamore
DeKalb
McHenry
Weather forecast snapshot for southern Illinois area
Showers possible for southern Illinois with scattered thunder showers likely Saturday or Sunday. Temperatures remain steady with lows 60 to 65 and highs around 85. Yesterday low 56, today morning 85, yesterday high 93 with noon 96, sunrise 4 36 a m, sunset 7 29 p m near Crab Orchard Lake spillway and Little Grassy Lake details.
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Linois
Nixon headlines Wisconsin GOP dinner without McCarthy
About three thousand Wisconsin Republicans attend a $100 per person box supper with Vice President Nixon in Milwaukee. Senator Joe McCarthy is absent, resting at an undisclosed vacation site, while Nixon plans an 8 30 p m CST address with no stated topic.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Richard Nixon
Sen
Joe McCarthy
Train Derailment Cripples Rocky Mountain Rocket Near Hallam
A Rock Island Line eastbound Rocky Mountain Rocket derailed near Hallam Nebraska, injuring 79 and sending many to hospitals. Fifty to sixty remain hospitalized with at least 16 to 18 in serious condition as engineers and crews worked to assess damage and passengers recounted the sudden plunge.
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Hallam
Neb
Rock Island
Rocky Mountain
State Safety Patrol
Col. C. J. Sanders
Lincoln
Beatrice
Crete
Roy Ensign
Fairbury
Col. Sanders
W. O. Nielson
Omaha
Harold Segard
St. Louis
UN Council Delays Guatemalan War Probe Amid Voter Split
The UN Security Council postponed action on Guatemala's complaint against Honduras and Nicaragua to allow the Inter-American Peace Committee to conduct an investigation. The vote showed a split, with Brazil and Colombia backing the delay and the Soviet Union opposing. several members abstained or voted against.
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United Nations
N. Y
UN Security Council
Organization of American States
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Council
OAS
Inter-American Peace Committee
Brazil
Columbia
U. S
Soviet Union
Central America
Russia
Denmark
Lebanon
New Zealand
United States
Colombia
China
Turkey
Britain
France
Eduardo Castillo Arriola
Washington
Argentina
Mexico
Cuba
Hugo Gauthier
Carlos Echeverri - Cortes
Fishermen Feared Lost In Lake Michigan 17
Five AFL construction union leaders were found guilty of extortion involving 28 000 dollars from O R Burden Construction Corp Tulsa Oklahoma. Sentencing set for July 9 with possible 20 year prison terms and 10 000 dollar fines per count. Defendants Callanan Bianchi Thompson Secor and Poster face future penalties.
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St. Louis
AFL
Oklahoma
U. S
Rubey M. Hulen
Lawrence Callanan
Steamfitters’ Union
Car J
Dutch) Bianchi
L. A. Thompson
Cape Girardeau
Teamsters
R. M. Secor
Farmington
William M. Poster
O. R. Burden Construction Corp
Tulsa
Okla
Sinclair Pipeline Co
Callanan
Secor
Liberty
Thompson
Poster
Bianchi
Carbondale Murphysboro Freeway Nears Actuality
The long hoped for Federal Aid Route 14 between Murphysboro and Carbondale moves forward as low bids are named for the Illinois Central Railroad overpass and the Big Muddy River bridge. The four lane freeway will replace portions gradually, with plans for six lanes to intercity traffic and traffic control to prevent dangerous driveway intersections.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
Illinois Central Railroad
Howell Engineering Company
American Bridge Division
U. S. Steel
Big Muddy River
F. A. 14
W. D. MacLeod
MacLeod
Two Children Fall Three Floors in Alabama Apartment
In Birmingham on June 27 two 18 month old girls Donna Webb and Rickey Wel landed in a gutter after tumbling from a third floor window. Both were not badly hurt and were expected to recover. Their mothers watched as the screen fell and the children dropped head first from the window.
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Birmingham
Ala
Donna Renee Webb
Rickey Dianne
Dulles and Eden Open Talks on Red Defense
Secretary of State Dulles and British Foreign Minister Eden began talks at the State Department on a Southeast Asia anti-Communist policy. The discussions, part of a round with Eisenhower and Churchill, aim to forge a UK US approach with other interested nations. Eden suggested non aggression pacts, challenging the US push for a broad alliance.
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Washington
Dulles
Anthony Eden
State Department
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
Churchill
United States
Eden
Britain
Asia
U. S
Freak Tidal Wave Sweeps Large Chicago Area
A huge freak tidal wave swept Chicago’s Lake Michigan shore for miles washing at least 17 fishermen into the water. Coast Guard, police and fire units aided in rescues as three bodies were recovered and fear of more drownings spread along the lakefront.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Montrose Harbor
North Avenue
Loyola University
Rogers Park
Sam Leone
City Life Guard Service
Leone
Wilmette
Jackson Park
Park
64Th Street
Theodore Stempinski
John Jaworski
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Loyola
Jack Cina
Dina
Horshoe Pier
Jaworski
Joe
Oil Pumped From Tanker Tuapse Off Formosa
Reports say pumping of oil from the seized Russian tanker Tuapse began after a Nationalist China warship intercepted the vessel off Formosa and escorted it to Kaohsiung. Official talks offered no details.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Kaohsiung
Freedom Against Itself review and SIU news roundup
Howard'ight reviews Clarence K Streit s Freedom Against Itself and reports on Allied ships aiding a dictator. ABE MARTIN ends a decade as SIU athletic director next Thursday. Page 9 highlights WEEK S NEWS in review with Southern Illinois top stories. Chester Riverman marks 20 years as a Mississippi pilot. Job hunting tips stress smart appearance for the new grad. Page 2 and 6.
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Howard’ight
Clarence K. Streit
Abe Martin
SIU
Southern Illinois
Chester Riverman
Mississippi
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Nebraska
U.N. Council
Bermuda
D. D. Strohmeier
Dartmouth
Mass
St. David’s Head
Newport
R. I
Paris
Virginia
Horse Country
Fauquier County
Sam S. Hall Jr
G. M. Williams
G. Thomas Strother
Brunswick
D.C
Strother
Ellen Grimes
Alexandria
Ruth Strother
Mary Boyer
Brunswick Va
Rt. 14
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Illinois Central
Jore
Bowlsboro
Stag
Dulles, Eden
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