Cook County Sheriff probes Phil Brown on police raids
Cook County Sheriff Joseph D. Lohman seeks a grand jury probe of State Police Superintendent Phil M. Brown. Lohman claims Brown connives with illegal elements to boost his image and accuses Brown of issuing secret raid orders overruling Gov Stratton. Brown faces charges after a bank incident and disappearance of a couple in a related case.
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Cook County
Phil Brown
Chicago
Joseph D. Lohman
Phil M. Brown
Brown
Lohman
Cook
Rown
Stratton
White with fear youth climbs cliff near top
Fourteen year old Tom Carr and four companions planned a dirt cliff climb near Newport Kentucky. Carr pressed on to 25 feet from the top before his grip failed and he dangled for about 30 minutes until rescuers lowered a rope to pull him to safety.
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Newport
Tom Carr
Tom
Mother and father die of coal gas at home in Oneonta
In Oneonta New York a two year old girl sobbed for her mother as autopsy showed Dr Walter S Packer 34 and his wife Mary Louise 31 asphyxiated from coal gas from a coal furnace. The coroner said Janet stayed in her bedroom with doors closed overnight.
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Oneonta
N. Y
Mommie
Walter S. Packer
Mary Louise
Janet
Weather forecast and lake level notes for Crab Orchard and Little Grassy
The report predicts fair and cooler conditions with light tonight and Wednesday. Tonight's low about 26, Wednesday's high in the 50s, and Wednesday night near 30. Yesterday's temps ranged from 25 to 49 with sunrise at 6 36 and sunset at 5. The Crabs Orchard Lake level sits 24 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 101 inches below spillway today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Murphysboro Plant Kept Running Amid Shoe Industry Walkouts
Scaled production at Brown Shoe Co. in Murphysboro continues under a separate deal while St. Louis wage talks stall. The International and Brown shoe groups face broad strikes across Illinois plants affecting about 9 000 Brown workers and 17 000 International workers. Federal conciliators are expected to urge renewed negotiations.
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Brown Shoe Co
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Virgil Belton
Belton
International Shoe Co
Randolph County
Chester
Steeleville
Evansville
Randolph
Anna
Mt. Vernon
The
AFL Boot
Chicago Area
Canada
Brown
Eden Re jects United Nations Antarctic Proposal
Prime Minister Eden rejected a Commons proposal to designate Antarctica as a world territory under UN jurisdiction. H. S. Osborne proposed the idea, but Eden replied he would not advance the plan to Eisenhower or Bulganin. The continent is already divided among nations with overlapping claims.
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Eden
Antarctic Continent
The
United Nations
House of Commons
H. S. Osborne
Sir
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Antarctic
South Pole
Britain
Charleston Man Dies After Brief Illness
Arthur E. Craig 77 a corn broker and civic leader died Monday after a brief illness. He served 30 years on the Charleston School Board and was a past president of the Chamber of Commerce and a charter member of the Rotary Elks Clubs. Survived by his widow Anna a daughter a son and five stepchildren.
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Arthur E. Craig
Charleston
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Elks Club
Anna
Alexander County Sheriff backs state police action
Alexander County Sheriff Leslie V. Chrestman welcomed state police raids in his county saying they act within their jurisdiction and could bring in investigators not known locally. He noted no present gambling or vice cases but supported cooperation with state authorities despite criticism from other sheriffs.
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Alexander County
Leslie V. Chrestman
Lawstman
Illinois
Chrestman
Alexander
Madison County
Kenneth T. Ogle
Prevue
Collinsville
Joseph Lohman
Israel Moves To Bid For Weapons Amid Middle East Tensions
Washington reports Russia ignores Dulles protest over shipments of tanks jet fighters and artillery to Egypt paid for with cotton and rice. Israel seeks new arms to defend itself and Foreign Minister Sharett travels to the United States to renew Israel in multimillion dollar arms bid.
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Russia
Dulles
Egypt
V. M. Molotov
Israel
Moshe Sharett
United States
Sethez
SUPT SUSPENDS STATE POLICE COMMANDER
Springfield reports Phil M. Brown chief of the Illinois state police suspended Capt. Henry Engstrom commander of state troopers in the Rock Island and Sterling districts for insubordination disrespect to a superior officer and conduct unbecoming an officer. Engstrom said he will defend himself and offered no further elaboration.
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Phil M. Brown
Illinois State Police
Henry Engstrom
Rock Island
Sterling
Brown
Engstrom
Chicago
State Police
Evanston
Molotov Rebuffs West Proposals at Moscow Geneva Talks
Molotov rejected Western plans for East West Germany unification via free elections at the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Moscow. He warned no softening of Soviet policy and avoided new proposals on aerial inspection while noting possible future talks in Geneva. Bulganin smiled at Molotov's confident remarks.
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V. M. Molotov
East
West Germany
Big Four Foreign Ministers
Moscow
Molotov
Germany
Russia
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Bulganin
Centralia Woman Pleads Guilty to Pinball Tax Evasion
Bertha L. Deley of Centralia pleads guilty to evading the 250 pinball machine tax and is fined 100 plus tax due and a 175 penalty. Ten tavern owners pleaded innocent including Cluck Mascoutah Chapman Peoria Hollycross Chenot Wright Ballweg Coniglio Williams Albertine Mabie. Judge Briggle set 10 days to withdraw pleas.
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Centralia
U.S. Dist
Charles G. Briggle
Treasury
Bertha L. Deley
Raymond D. Cluck
Mascoutah
William S. Chapman
Peoria
Harold Hollycross
E. M. Chenot
East St. Louis
Charles E. Wright
John E. Ballweg
Phillip Coniglio
Robert H. Williams
John Albertine
John R. Mabie
Springfield
Briggle
Woman Charged with Murder in Poison Deaths of Two Boys
Mary Moss Falcon of Violet Louisiana was booked with murder in the deaths of William Baughman Jr. 7 and Lawrence 6 in New Orleans. Police say a quarrel sparked the plan to “get even” and that poison used in rat and roach killer killed the boys who lived in a crowded single room with minimal subsistence.
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New Orleans
William Baughman Jr
Lawrence
Orleans Parish
Coro
Ner
Mary Moss Falcon
Violet
Falcon
Helen Baughman
Ranger
Ill
Doorman’s Estate Reveals Large Stock Fortunes
Thomas W. Burns a longtime Chicago Athletic Association doorman left an estate valued around $185,000 discovered in a safe deposit box. Examiners found stocks totaling about $180,000 plus $3,000 in U S savings bonds and $1,800 cash.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Thomas W. Burns
U. S
Cop Killer Suspect Goes Wild At Trial
Richard Carpenter faces trial for the Roosevelt Road subway murder of Detective William Murphy 34 in Chicago. On opening day he screamed kicked a bailiff collapsed and moaned as four jurors were chosen while a psychiatrist deemed him sane. Prosecutors expect an insanity defense. He also faces charges including assault to kill and a separate fatal shooting of a radio disc jockey.
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Richard Carpenter
Carpenter
William J. Murphy
Roosevelt Road
Chicago
Murphy
Recreation Head Named Jasinek to Lead Illinois Program
William G. Jasinek of Joliet was named recreational consultant for the Illinois Youth Commission. He resigns as Joliet recreation superintendent and will take the new post January 1 to administer a statewide recreation program.
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Springfield
William G. Jasinek
Joliet
Illinois Youth Commission
Jasinek
Moonshiner Gulps Pint On The Run From 2 Deputies
Middlesboro Kentucky November 8 AP Jack Eldridge dodged two deputies by jumping around a room then drank a pint of moonshine whisky and broke the bottle. He was arrested at his home with a woman companion and jailed on two morals charges with a hearing set for November 17.
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Middlesboro
Jack Eldridge
Howard Johnson
Eldridge
Hatchet Killer Pleads Guilty In California Case
A 14-year-old boy named David Ross Drew pleaded guilty in Superior Court to tying up a 7-year-old and killing him with a hatchet. He was placed under California Youth Authority jurisdiction until age 25. The victim was Robert Frank Jr., son of a printing company executive, killed in the Montclair Hills last May.
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Oakland
Calif
Superior
David Ross Drew
California Youth Authority
Robert Frank Jr
Montclair Hills
Robbers Get $4100 At Bob O'Link Golf Club
Two men wearing stocking masks robbed the Bob O'Link Golf Club early today of 4100. They forced 55 year old auditor Harry Thompson to open the safe, taking a revolver, Thompson’s watch, and the cash. Police described the suspects as short and stocky in leather jackets.
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Bob O’link Golf Club
Harry Thompson
Thompson
Toth Defeats Air Force Try on Slaying Case
Robert W. Toth, former Air Force sergeant, smiles over an AP story about a Supreme Court ruling that he cannot be tried by the Air Force in the slaying of a South Korean. His mother Mrs. Antoinette Mertz and wife Shirley Coyne stand with him at his Pi home.
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Robert W. Toth
Air Force
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Toth
Antoinette Mertz
Shirley Coyne
Dixie Officials Miffed At Ban On Segregation
Southern leaders react to the Supreme Court ruling banning segregation in public parks playgrounds and golf courses. Leaders in the Deep South oppose the decision saying it threatens public facilities while border states are more accepting. Governors and officials pledge to close parks pools or sell facilities rather than integrate in some cases.
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Associated Press
U. S. Supreme Court
South
High Court
Deep South
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Atlanta
South Carolina
George Bell Timmerman Jr
Timmerman
Birmingham
Ala
Wade Bradley
Barbara Hutton Marries German Tennis Star von Cramm
Paris confirms socialite Barbara Hutton 43 marries Baron Gottfried von Cramm in her latest high profile marriage. The groom, 46, is a former Wimbledon finalist who faded from prominence after wartime service. Hutton recently divorced her fifth husband Porfirio Rubirosa after a brief union.
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Paris
Barbara Hutton
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
von Cramm
Miss Hutton
Porfirio Rubirosa
Pentagon approves closures of 32 military repair shops
Thirty two industrial type activities at military installations including two in Illinois will close within 90 days. The Pentagon says the step reduces military competition with private business. Illinois facilities include office equipment repair shops at Chanute Air Force Base and Scott Air Force Base.
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Scott
Chanute Air Base
Washington
Illinois
Pentagon
Chanute Air Force
Scott Air Force Base
Honeymoon Certificates Rise at Niagara Falls
At Niagara Falls Ontario the AP reports 1483 honeymoon certificates issued to visitors in September and October, up from 1122 the year before. June remains the peak month with 940 certificates issued this year.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
French Assembly Approves Tax Free Alcohol Distilling Quota
The French National Assembly voted 407 to 188 to allow about one million Frenchmen to possess ten quarters each of distilled alcohol tax free for ten more months. The measure expands a temporary relief aimed at easing prices and supply.
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Paris
French National Assembly
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