Airmen Face Board at Scott AFB Over Wartime Confessions
Eight airmen and one enlisted man from Scott AFB, among 14 who failed to gain clearance, will go before a board of inquiry around July 6 on charges tied to false germ warfare confessions and misconduct. Secrecy was ordered by Washington. names remain withheld. The group, prisoners of the Korean War, are among 83 officers and enlisted personnel reviewed by a special board. Other members resigned or sought discharges.
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Air Force
Washington
Special Board
Scott Afb
Reynolds Wins Libel Suit Against Pegler for 175000
Author Quentin Reynolds wins 175000 dollars in punitive damages in a federal libel case against Westbrook Pegler and Hearst interests. The jury assigns one dollar for actual damages, citing no substantial injury to Reynolds beyond reputational harm. The judge noted the column was defamatory as a matter of law.
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New York
Quentin Reynolds
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Hearst Corp
Hearst Consolidated Publications Inc
U. S
Reynolds
Pesler
Pegler- Hearst
Edward Weinfeld
Hearst
Weinfeld
Collier's Magazine
Guatemalan Junta Falls Further as Diaz Resigns
The radio reports the resignation of Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz's regime after Col. Castillo Armas’s rebels demand unconditional surrender. Jose A. Sanchez and Alfredo H. Monzon leave, with Monzon heading the new ruling group, as Diaz's faction fights to hold Guatemala City amid rebel bombardment reports.
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Radio Today
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Col
Castillo Armas
Enrique Diaz
Jose A. Sanchez
Arbenz
Alfredo H. Monzon
Jose Luis Salazar
Maurice Dubois
Diaz
Guatemala City
Communist Party
Honduras
Associated Press
Jack Rutledge
Rutledge
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Liberation Radio
Kremlin
Prague
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois Turns Warmer Then Cooler
Partly cloudy with scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight into Wednesday. Warmer tonight, then cooler Wednesday. Lows tonight near 70s, highs Wednesday mid 90s, Wednesday night near 70.
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Ilinois
Weather notes and lake spillway levels at Crab Orchard
Yesterday the high reached 93 and low 68. At 7 am today the temperature was 79 and by 6 pm yesterday the figure was 87. Sun rises at 4 37 a m and sets at 7 29 p m. The report mentions Crab Orchard Lake Spillway level and Little Grassy Lake.
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Crab Orchard Lake Spillway
Grassy Lake
Peabody Board Elects Elward Amid Opposition to Stock Option
Peabody Coal shareholders elected seven directors Monday including Joseph F. Elward a Chicago lawyer who had criticized management as incompetent. He opposed a plan to grant Otto Gressens a 40 000 share option at 3 a share and the board won by over three to one. Elward disclosed owning 11 000 shares and said he will pursue a lawsuit to block the option. Other new directors included John Hawkinson and Conrad Tuerk.
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Joseph F. Elward
Peabody Coal. Co
Elward
Chicago
Otto Gressens
Stuyvesant Peabody
Patrick Healy Peabody
Peabody
John Hawkinson
Central Life Assurance Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Conrad Tuerk
Indian River Farm Supply Co
Vero Beach
Fla
Turek
Hawkins
Harry T. Peters
Raymond H. Schultz
Patrick H. Peabody
Frank L. White
Coroner's jury probes Thorne poverty and family ties
Testimony shows Montgomery Ward Thorne planned with Maureen Ragen as his fortune dwindled. Maureen's mother says Mrs Gordon C Thorne pressed meetings in 1952 while Thorne hoped for a $1000 monthly allowance from his father's estate and faced money pressures before his June death.
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Montgomery Ward Thorne
Maureen Ragen
Aleen Ragen
Maureen
Gordon C. Thorne
Miss Ragen
Young Thorne
Carl A. Hedberg
Thorne
Fordham University
Ragen
South Korean Patrols Seize Japanese Fishing Boats
Tokyo reports fuelled tensions as more than 150 Japanese boats idle in southern harbours amid the mackerel season fearing seizure by Korean patrols. Dozens of Japanese vessels have been confiscated by Korean forces since last September.
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Tokyo
South
Japan
Rio Grande Flood Rages Through Texas Border Cities
Rio Grande surges into Laredo and Nuevo Laredo as 60-foot crest threatens business districts. Across the border Ozona reports deaths from floods, while Ciudad Acuna and Piedras Negras endure widespread destruction. Red Cross airlifts aid as Falcon Dam containment looms.
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Texas Laredo
Tex
Boundary River
Nuevo Laredo
U. S.-Mexico
Texas
Ozona
International Boundary and Water Commission
Texas- Mexican Gulf Coast
United States
Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Falcon Dam
Ciudad Acuna
del Rio
Tamaulipas
American Red Cross
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Bailiff Fired After Woman’s Visit Tied to Jailbreak
Sheriff John Babb dismissed bailiff Henry Peterson after he admitted taking $5 to allow a woman posing as Mrs. Agostino Amedeo to visit inmates. Delores Del Genio might have smuggled the gun used to free ex convicts Amedeo and Gambino from Criminal Court.
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Chicago
John Babb
Criminal Court Building
Babb
Henry Peterson
Agostino Amedeo
Amedeo
Anthony Gambino
Delores del Genio
Peterson
Gambino
Matthew D. Hartigan
Miss del Genio
Stevenson Attacks National Issues At Springfield Dinner
Adlai E. Stevenson spoke to about 600 Democrats in Springfield criticizing the state administration and urging focus on national issues. He contrasted promises with results and warned of a price if leadership fails, while Sen. Mike Monroney and others attacked the GOP and McCarthy, framing the election stakes.
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OT. Banton
Southern Illinois
Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Mike Monroney
Okla
Monroney
Everett M. Dirksen
Joseph T. Meek
GOP
Paul H. Douglas
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
Ike
Oklahoma
Truman Gains Still Serious After Surgery
Kansas City AP report states Harry S. Truman shows improved condition but doctors remain concerned about drug reactions. Recovery from emergency appendix and gall bladder operation on June 20 is hampered by antibiotic hypersensitivity. He lies in Research Hospital fatigued yet stable, with meals soft and liquid. Temperature fluctuates near 99.4 to 100.0. On his 35th wedding anniversary Mrs. Truman visits, noting he is in better spirits and more alert.
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Harry S. Truman
Wallace Graham
Truman
Trumans
July 4 traffic jam predicted with 430 may die
The National Safety Council warned that the three day weekend could cause the worst July 4 traffic jam yet with more than 40 million cars on the roads. Council president Ned H Dearborn urged greater caution to keep the holiday safe.
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National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Two Held in Peoria Hijacking Whisky Truck
Two men, Robert E. Park and Glen A. Orr, are charged with theft from an interstate shipment after allegedly hijacking 20 cases of whisky from a truck in East Peoria. Each is held under a 2500 bond pending grand jury action.
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Peoria
East Peoria
Robert E. Park
St. Louis
Glen A. Orr
Akron
Ohio
Somebody Ticketed Mayor’s Car and Judge Threatens Fine
In Chicago 193? a parking ticket placed on Mayor Martin Kennelly’s car led to a case against Jack Keisman, 35, a clothing manufacturer. Policeman Edward Maher testified he issued the ticket on Jan 22, later found on the mayor’s windshield. Keisman denied stealing the ticket, and Judge Joseph J. Butler postponed the trial to July 28, warning a guilty finding could incur a $100 fine for disrespecting the law.
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Chicago
Martin Kennelly
Jack Keisman
Edward Maher
Keisman
Joseph J. Butler
Fight On Farm Program Opens
President Eisenhower backed a flexible farm program on a national radio appeal led by Vice President Nixon and Agriculture Secretary Benson. They argued the current system unfairly burdens farmers and taxpayers while Congress considers extending the present 90 percent parity support for key crops for one year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Agriculture Benson
Benson
Congress
House
Eisenhower Churchill End Talks Cite Southeast Asia Differences
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill concluded five days of Washington talks. They yielded concessions and a set of agreements while leaving many issues unsettled, with plans to draft collective action for Southeast Asia and talks with other nations.
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Eisenhower
Churchill
Washington
Southeast Asia
Britain
United States
Funeral Services Held for Church Moderator
Services for The Rev. Dr. John Timothy Stone former moderator of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America were held Tuesday afternoon at the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Dr. Stone longtime pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church died Sunday at age 85.
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Chicago
John Timothy Stone
Presbyterian Church of the United States of America
Stone
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Issues Left Unsolved By Conference
The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a proposal to cut off Southeast Asia foreign aid to any nation joining a nonaggression pact with the Asian communists. Rep. Vorys of Ohio said the aim is to prevent a Far Eastern Locarno pact as proposed by British Foreign Secretary Eden.
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Britain
Southeast Asia
Europe
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Vorys
Ohio
Anthony Eden
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