Victims Of Audrey Hurricane Return Home To Cameron Parish
Cameron Parish survivors of Hurricane Audrey recount why they returned after a year of death and ruin. Sheriff O B Carter notes that nationwide aid from Red Cross Salvation Army unions churches and companies helped rebuild. He says residents now feel supported and prepared with a near foolproof hurricane warning system in place.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Associated Press
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SAGE Air Warning Network Goes Operational At McGuire
Gen Curtis LeMay inaugurates the Semi Automatic Ground Environment system at the first SAGE center near New York Philadelphia New Jersey and parts of Connecticut Rhode Island and Delaware. Heavy radar units gap fillers and two acre computers feed data to NORAD. SAGE cannot track ballistic weapons.
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Vern Haugland
Associated Press
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Air Force
North American Air Defense Command
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Entertainers Reach Tax Settlements Across 1940s Stars
The IRS agrees to settle tax claims with Dinah Shore Irene Dunne Hedy Lamarr and others for 45 cents on the dollar under tax court stipulations. Jolson estate and Dunne Griffin Shore Montgomery Lamarr cases list specific claim and settlement amounts including wardrobe expenses Secretaries salary and charitable deductions. The settlements cover Jewel theft value disputes and March of Dimes contributions.
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Washington
Dinah Shore
Irene Dunne
Hedy Lamarr
United States Tax Court
Internal Revenue Service
al Jolson
Miss Dunne
Francis D. Griffin
Miss Shore
George Montgomery
Miss Lamarr
Robeson and Lamont Win Passports After Court ruling
Paul Robeson and Corliss Lamont obtained U S passports in New York on Thursday after years of denial for refusing to answer questions on Communist party membership. Both have left wing ties but deny party affiliation, with Supreme Court involvement noted last week.
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Corliss Lamont
Robeson
Lamont
Columbia University
Supreme Court
Cosmic Ray Grant To Young Scientist
O. B. Young, physics professor and director at Southern Illinois University’s Atomic and Capacitor Research Laboratory, received a $2,000 National Science Foundation grant for cosmic ray research. The one year award supports International Geophysical Year studies using high altitude photographic plates to identify nuclear particles from tracks and delta rays.
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O. B. Young
Southern Illinois University
National Science Foundation
Young
GY Fund
Death of Herrin resident Mary E Nance at 87
Mary Etta Nance 87 of 1000 W Cherry St Herrin died at 12 45 a m today in Herrin Hospital after five year illness She was born February 1 1871 in Nashville Tenn daughter of Wilson and Elizabeth Fish Taylor Her husband Millage Nance died in 1934 She leaves son Ralph Richmond Ind daughters Pearl Barr and Pauline Savage Herrin brother Omer Taylor Benton sisters M Mendozie Meredith Whittington Amanda Stewart New Harmony Ind 10 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren Funeral 2 pm Sunday at First Methodist Church Rev Heber Burge officiating Burial Herrin City Cemetery Friends may call Johnson Funeral Home after 6 pm today
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Herrin
Etta Nance
W. Cherry St
Herrin Hospital
Ralph
Richmond
Ind
Pearl Barr
Pauline Savage
Omer Taylor
Benton
Mendozie Meredith
Whittington
Amanda Stewart
New Harmony
First Methodist Church
Heber Burge
Herrin City Cemetery
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Johnson Funeral Home
Missing druggists drift to shore after three days afloat
Two druggists Edward C. Ryan and John J. Frantz disappeared in a 19 foot cruiser on Lake Michigan after running out of gas on Tuesday. They drifted ashore near Sawyer Michigan about 55 miles from Chicago and said they had no food. Police found Ryan's car Thursday at the 59th Street harbor parking lot.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Sawyer
Mich
Edward C. Ryan
John J. Frantz
Ryan
59Th St. Harbor
Court rules passport cannot be denied for beliefs or associations
A tribunal held that a passport may not be withheld solely based on a person's beliefs or associations. The decision affirms due process and protects individual rights against discrimination by immigration authorities.
Circus Fans Gather for Chicago Meeting to Save the Big Top
W L Montague of West Hartford leads a nationwide Circus Fans Assn group meeting in Chicago as Cristiani Circus opens a 17 day stand under canvas. An elephant hair charm is shown as a lucky token to keep circuses alive and thriving.
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Chicago
W. L
Bill) Montague
Exbanker
West Hartford
Conn
Montague
Cristiani Circus
Summer enrollment rises at Illinois university
C W Sanford reports 7372 students are enrolled in the University of Illinois summer session on the Urbana Champaign campus and the Chicago Undergraduate Division. At Urbana Champaign 2793 undergrads and 3472 graduates show a 12.88 percent rise from 1957 while Chicago Division counts 1107 students, up from 799.
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University of Ilinois
Urbana
Champaign
Chicago
C. W. Sanford
Urbana-Champaign
Demo Women Meet at City Park Cabin
Johnston City Democratic Women's Club met in the Cabin in City Park Tuesday night. Mrs. Milo Cardwell Williamson County chairman announced a Marion meeting Monday and spoke of her trip to the National Democratic Convention in Washington D C in April. Mrs. Stella Smith and Mrs. Elizabeth Hannebique served refreshments.
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Johnston City
Democratic Women’s Club
Milo Cardwell
Williamson County
Marion
Washington, D. C
Stella Smith
Elizabeth Hannebique
Missing Royalton boy prompts family appeal
Royalton mother states James Moleski adopted son of Mr and Mrs Joe Moleski has been missing since June 13. She says he would not have left Royalton and asks anyone who has seen him to contact authorities. A Johnston City service station reported a boy fitting his description the night he disappeared.
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James Moleski
Joe Moleski
Johnston City
James
George W Allen Named Norge Plant Engineering Director
George W Allen appointed director of engineering for the Herrin Norge plant directing work on Norge wringers and automatic washers. Formerly manager of combination washer dryer engineering with Whirlpool in St. Joseph Michigan, he also headed home laundry equipment engineering for Crosley Bendix in Cincinnati. The family plans to move to Herrin once housing is found.
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Herrin Norge
Allen
Norge
Whirlpool Corp
St. Joseph, Mich
Crosley-Bendix
Avco Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
Bendix Home Appliances, Inc
South Bend
Allens
George Jr
Claudia
Ly-Mar
Herrin
New Troubles For Objector
The Marine Corps reports Pvt. Peter H. Green 19 has refused to obey orders as a brig prisoner. He faces a special court martial atop a general court martial sentence of two years at hard labor with forfeiture of pay and bad conduct discharge. Green is in brig awaiting review. no date for the special court martial is set.
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The
Marine Corps
Peter H. Green
Public Information
Green
Evanston
Ill
Strict enforcement urged on fireworks in Illinois
Atty. Gen. Latham Castle called for stronger enforcement of state anti fireworks laws in Illinois. The act bans certain fireworks including sky rockets and sparklers. Castle said adults who knowingly violate the law face tougher penalties than youths who receive fireworks innocently.
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Illinois
Castle
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