Justices Ponder Girard Appeal
Supreme Court opens hearing on whether GI William S. Girard should be tried by a Japanese civil court for manslaughter. Eight justices attend a closed conference after a Department of Justice appeal for quick reversal of a ruling that he must stand trial in a U.S. military court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
GI William S. Girard
Justice Department
Girard
U. S
William C. Douglas
McGarraghy
Douglas
U. S. Court of Appeals
Department
Killer Storm Destroys Fargo Neighborhood Fatal Tornado
A tornado more than 10 miles high struck a Fargo residential area, killing 10 people including six Munson children aged one to twelve. At least 85 were injured, some critically, as a 20 by 5 block swath of destruction hit the city Thursday night. The Munson mother was hospitalized for shock and one child died of injuries early Friday.
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Fargo
N. D
Twister
Fargo Forum
Alf Olsen
U.P
Gerald Munson
John L. Lewis Attacks a Police State View in Hearing
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers warns Congress that federal regulation of unions could create a police state while endorsing disclosure laws for welfare fund operations. Lewis denounces encroachment on voluntary associations and calls for labor leaders to be honest without naming individuals.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
Lewis
Independent
United Mine Workers
Robert C. Tyson
United States Steel Corp
Senate Labor
Miners Union
Republic
A.F.L.C.1
George Meany
Subcommittee
Farmers vote for wheat quotas in nationwide referendum
The June 21 referendum across 36 states showed 143,333 farmers voting for federal marketing quotas for next year’s wheat crop and 28,833 against. The result, an 83.3 percent approval, surpasses the two thirds required and compares with 87.5 percent approval last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Tornado kills woman near Athol south of Aberdeen
A tornado 18 miles south of Aberdeen South Dakota struck Athol Thursday night. State police say a trailer house tipped over trapping a woman who died as she apparently stepped outside near 10 p.m. The victim remains unidentified.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Athol
Wrecked Home Searchers Find Girl as Toll Rises
Walter Olson Fargo police chief warns death toll may rise as volunteers comb debris from over 200 wrecked homes. In Minneapolis a Weather Bureau radar shows a cloud mass related to the Newsome twister at 60,000 feet high and 50 miles wide.
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Walter Olson
Fargo
Minneapolis
Here
Weather Bureau
North Dakota
John Davis
Armistice Ban on New Weapons Declared Void
The UN Command voided the Korean armistice ban on new weapons to match the Communist buildup in North Korea. Murray Snyder says new arms include jet aircraft capable of carrying atomic arms but no atomic weapons are being given to ground forces. The UN will continue to observe the 1953 armistice provisions.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Murray Snyder
U. S
Washington
U. N
U.N
Greensboro man’s golf ace caps birth celebration
W. B. Beavers of Greensboro marks a landmark day on June 20, 1957. He welcomes his first child in the morning and, after lunch, holes out a hole in one on the 274 yard par four 12th hole at Gillespie Park Golf Club, leaving him shaken and amazed.
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Greensboro
N. C
W. B. Beavers
Beavers
Gillespie Park
Wages of Publicity Turn Sour in Manorville Rescue
In Manorville New York the Benny Hooper rescue once hailed as unity now divided by a $1500 bill from Dr Joseph Kris. Parents deny profiteering and say they have not gained financially while neighbors claim the publicity altered perceptions.
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Manorville
N. Y
Benny Hooper
Benny
Joseph Kris
Ce Kket OS
AMA trustees condemn billing in Benny Hooper case
Dr Edwin S Hamilton head of the AMA board of trustees denounces a $1500 bill sent to Benny Hooper's parents as improper while defending the doctor's public service in the life saving effort. He says the physician stood by in a noble tradition but that such fees are universally unnecessary.
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Chicago
American Medical Assn
Benny Hooper
Edwin S. Hamilton
Kankakee
Ill
Association
Board of Trustees
AMA
Hooper
Demonstration halted outside U S Embassy in Tokyo
Police broke up a student protest outside the U S Embassy in Tokyo arresting four of about 200 teens demanding a Japanese trial for Army Specialist 3C William S. Girard of Ottawa Illinois. Demonstrators bore placards accusing the U S of stealing Okinawa and moving to bring nuclear weapons to Japan. Continued on page 9 column 4.
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Tokyo
U. S
Abor
Army
William S. Girard
Ottawa
Til
United States
Okinawa
Japan
Richard L. Sneider
Girard
Escapee Seized In Teeners' Brawl
Police investigated two teenage brawls with one 17 year old escapee from Indiana Boys School identified as Samuel E. Duran. The incident at Eighth street and Wabash avenue included a man wielding a meat cleaver before a waitress intervened. Two 18 year olds and another 17 year old were held for questioning. names include George A. Hines Paul H Wallace and Donald W Gregg.
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Ohio Boulevard
Eighth Street
Wabash Avenue
Indiana _m
Kamneia
Willard Gantz
Samuel E. Duran
North Sixth
Ed Rauscher
Duran
George A. Hines
Sycamore Street
Paul H. Wallace
Locust Street
Summer Arrives in Chicago Amid Tornadoes and Heat
Chicago reports the official start of summer at 11:21 a.m. with seasonable weather. The spring preceding it was marked by deadly tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, floods, and the year's first intense heat wave.
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Chicago
E.S.T
Civil Rights Bill Fight Shifts to Senate Filibuster Preview
Washington reports the Senate rejected moving the House civil rights bill to a Judiciary Committee in a 45 to 39 vote. Supporters claim a first-round victory in the ongoing 1957 struggle though July filibusters loom. Passage now hinges on securing 64 votes to end debate. Continued on Page 9.
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Washington
South
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Psilota XI Sorority Opens Convention Here
Beatrice Biggs reports the Psilota XI Sorority begins its annual convention in the city. Local members gather to discuss plans, activities, and upcoming community service events.
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Psilota XI Sorority
Psi Iota Xi 54th Annual Convention Attracts Delegates
Psi Iota Xi sorority holds its fifty fourth annual convention at the Terra Haute House drawing about 1 110 members and delegates from 89 chapters in three provinces. Most attendees are from Indiana with representatives from Ohio Illinois and the District of Columbia. Sullivan Beta Beta Chapter hosts with Mrs Arnold Hannum as general chairman and Mrs Wallace Wray as co chair. Mrs Lester L Mahan leads the Sullivan chapter and Marie North Indianapolis grand president presides over sessions. Grand officers arrived for a pre convention dinner at Louise's Restaurant as the Diamond Jubilee theme decorates the event.
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Psi Iota Xi Sorority
Terra Haute House
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
District O Columbia
Sullivan
Arnold
Hannum
Wallace Wray
Lester L. Mahan
Marie North
Indianapolis
Louise’s
Psi Iota Xi
Terre Haute
Eulah Gorby
Vivian Jones
Mary Wees
Betsy Phillips
Margaret Smith
Premier Kishi Aligns Japan Against Reds
Japan's Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi declared Japan will not become Communist or neutralist, seeking to boost trade with Communist China only in ways that do not weaken free world security. He spoke at a National Press Club luncheon after White House talks with President Eisenhower, urging adjustment of the U S Japanese security pact.
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Washington
Japan
Nobusuke Kishi
China
National Press Club
Kishi
Eisenhower
White House
City Park Board Delays Mayors Pool Plans
The City Park Board postponed today’s meeting as the full board could not attend. Sealed bids for Deming Park pool construction and Booker T. Washington Park pool remodeling were to be opened, with firms Tower oe ve Nolen Vea Associates Inc Indianapolis and Sun and Fun Concrete Terre Haute among bidders.
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Board of Park Commissioners
Deming Park
Booker T. Washington Park
W. L. White
Harold Harrison
The
White
Vea Associates, Inc
Indianapolis
Sun and Fun Concrete Swimming Pool
Terre Haute
Weather Report Summary for River Conditions
The Weather Bureau notes warm and humid conditions. River stage at sunset is 10.4 feet and falling.
Weather Outlook for Terre Haute and Indiana
Partly cloudy and warm with high humidity through tonight and Saturday. Tonight’s low around 65. Sunday brings a few showers or thunderstorms. Highs in the 90s Saturday. Temperatures noted at 72 and 83 in the morning and afternoon readings.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
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