Supreme Court Urges Prompt Desegregation of Schools
Washington May 31 AP The Supreme Court directed that public school segregation be ended as soon as feasible with lower courts deciding if local authorities are moving toward full compliance. Chief Justice Warren said full compliance should begin as early as practicable and that courts may consider local problems. The 1954 decision declared racial segregation unconstitutional and urged careful, timely implementation respecting local conditions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren
High Tribunal
Courts of Equity
Yiet
U. S
Eisenhower
Sobeloff
Racial dispute sparks filibuster over Illinois remap
A Chicago South Side reapportionment dispute triggered a House filibuster led by Rep. Paul A. Ziegler and Rep. Carl H. Preihs amid a calendar of about 450 bills. Support from organized labor and potential Senate action loomed as negotiations aimed to grant Chicago Negro residents two senate seats.
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O. T. Banton
Southern Illinois
Amsorn
Chicago
Illinois Senate
Senate
Paul A. Ziegler
D-Carmi
Ziegler
Carl H. Preihs
Pana
Charles M. Skyles
James Y. Carter
House
Senate Committee On
Weather Summary for Fair or Southern Illinois
Fair conditions dominate with light winds. Tonight will be cloudy with a low around 50. Tomorrow looks mostly cloudy. Temperatures rise to the low 60s by Wednesday with highs near 60 and lows in the 60s at night. Yesterday’s marks included a 53 low and 73 high. Crab Orchard Lake sits 8 inches above spillway, Little Grassy Lake 2 inches above spillway.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Six-Fingered Suspect in Oklahoma Theft Case
Oklahoma City report says police found six fingers on each hand of 54 year old Oran Telford during fingerprinting. Officer Mark Higgs noticed an extra finger on the card and later Telford revealed six toes on each foot, confirming the unusual trait.
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Oklahoma City
Mark Higgs
Oran Telford
Higgs
Telford
Four Charges In Colp Fight At Local Tavern
A Colp tavern brawl led to multiple charges. Bobby Joe Dean filed assault and battery against bartender August Pagliughi after claiming pistol whipping. Pagliughi pled guilty and was fined. Warrants were issued for Disturbing the Peace against Dean and Carroll Miller, while Miller pressed assault against Charles Rowatt. Trials set for Dean and Miller, and for Rowatt on June 11. John Calcaterra owned the tavern.
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Colp
Saturnight
Bobby Joe Dean
Marion
August Pagliughi
Herrin
Charles Gilley
Dean
Pagliughi
Charles Rowatt
Carroll Miller
Miller
Rowatt
Gilley
John Calcaterra
Mystery Explosions Return to Carbondale Again
Residents report a loud blast at about 10:30 p m near the south city limits echoing the 1954 Big Noise mystery. Firemen, operators flooded with inquiries. theories include plane crash or dynamiting fish ponds. Students aided by SIU residents searched areas but found nothing. Smoke traced to a burning trash barrel.
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Carbondale
Thompson Lake
Jackson County
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Chatauqua
Queen Proclaims National Emergency Over Strike Turmoil
London reports a royal proclamation declaring a national emergency to protect essential services amid strikes by 70 000 railway engineers and dockers. Eden's government seeks power to call troops if needed as ports falter and rail traffic jams loom.
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London
Elizabeth II
Balmoral Castle
Ae Oe
Privy Council
Fden
Lord Salisbury
Eden
Ex-Prisoners Freed After Korean War Flight Home
Four American fighter pilots released by Communist China arrive in Hong Kong and depart for Hawaii for a family reunion. Capt. Harold Fischer Jr. and three others express relief and gratitude, saying they were well treated. The Air Force plans a full checkup in Hawaii and organises a reunion flight for close relatives.
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China
Hong Kong
Hawaii
U. S
Gol. O.W.D. Simpson
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle W. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Cameron
Canton
Shunchun
Air Force
Washington
Talbott
Mukden
Manchuria
Lowu
Col
Simpson
Heller
Heirens Plot Rejected Refuels Chicago Hearing
William Heirens of Chicago, serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to three murder indictments, had a hearing sparked by a rejected plot against him.
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Washington
William Heirens
Chicago
Memorial Day traffic deaths set record nationwide
The Associated Press reports a Memorial Day weekend toll of 365 motorist deaths, 129 drownings and 86 miscellaneous fatalities, totaling 580 for the four day period. The National Safety Council raised its toll projection to at least 375.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Weekend Wells Top Producers At Eldorado
John Stelle and associates report two large wells in the Eldorado area producing about 7 000 barrels per day. The wells, in Waltersburg sands at roughly 2 150 feet, sit on Paul McKinnis property north of Eldorado. One well yields about 145 barrels an hour and the other about 188.
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Wee Cae
John Stelle and Associates
Paul McKinnis
High
Co Vsng
Waltersburg Sands
McKinnis
Washington Grade
Eldorado
Student Dies in Safe Russian Roulette Game
Detroit police report Martin Taylor a 24 year old premedical student at Wayne University died after playing a supposedly safe Russian roulette. He loaded two cartridges in a .32 caliber revolver spun the chamber and fired once the gun misfired on the first attempt then fired on the second. Seven friends witnessed the fatal shot. Taylor believed the cartridges were defective.
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Detroit
Martin Taylor
Wayne University
Taylor
Poem Honors No 34 Little Stinker Puzzle Entrant
An Anna woman offers a playful tribute to the puzzle from Lit tle Stinker No 34. She notes long hours solving and urges persistence as 6,282 entries chased No 33, with puzzle No 34 valued at 250 dollars and potential extra for line entry.
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Little Stinker No
Anna
Stinker
10th Houston child stricken by polio after Salk shot
Houston May 31 AP a 6 year old Linda Koelle child of Mr and Mrs A T Koelle Jr contracted paralytic polio after the Salk vaccine given in April this is the 10th Houston child to develop polio the third paralytic case others had nonparalytic polio Linda is reported to be getting along very well
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Houston
Tex
Linda Koelle
A. T. Koelle Jr
Linda
Auto Union Challenges Ford To Hold Poll On Annual Wage
CIO United Auto Workers press Ford for a binding secret ballot among 140,000 workers on whether to accept a guaranteed annual wage or Ford ownership and profit sharing. Walter Reuther announced the proposal after a 96,541 to 3,828 strike vote in favor of the wage. Ford promised a reply at the bargaining table after recess and full consideration of the union plan.
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Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Auto Union
Ford
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Reuther
Henry Ford II
Eisenhower Talks on China Release and Other Americans Held
President Eisenhower said Communist China implied the four released American airmen were part of a détente effort but warned against hasty conclusions. He had no information on whether other Americans held would be released. He noted the fliers were en route to Honolulu and families would join them in Hawaii. He also discussed polio vaccine funding, UN opening in San Francisco, and wage price controls.
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Eisenhower
China
Far East
Honolulu
Hawaii
Eisenhow
United Nations
San Francisco
Congress
Executive de Te Ena Ance
Cman
Gti
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High Court
Ike
U.S
Harold Fischer III
Harold Fischer Sr
South Durham Steel Co
Britain
United Steel Companies
Colville’s
Stevedores
National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union
General Transport and General Workers Union
NASDU
TGWU
Heirens
Weekend Wells
Salk
Red China
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