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THE DE KALB DAILY CHRONICLE PRICE TEN CENTS 'M year-no. 1:2 DEKALBIUJNOIS, FRIDAY. AUGUST 13, 1958 -IjWUu jr a I 1 I -'KbBME mm "i 3. I 111! I I I I I I I 1 I I a 1 MVMU SOVIET U1II01I iq 1 hduicliStriiGkBy MAKESJTHREAT JsarTorndo Today Micht Take Action" If Our Troops Are Not Withdrawn Extensive Damage Caused by Stormi Trees Uprooted, Homes, Business nouses Are Hit Hard IS PROPAGANDA 1 Vnltfd I'mi International UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. FAinGnODNDS AREA SHAMBLES The Soviet Union warned to i i -a -y' (a lv "s'-s, I 1 "i aifcmfwsajiBi, If i i If 1 day It might "take action" if American and British troops are not withdrawn from- the Sandwich residents were picking themselves out and away from debris today after a night that appeared to most to ue someining uae a oaa a ream.

Middle East. The sabre-rattling, statement lent urgency to the emergency session of the U.N. General Assembly. v1 Tornado-like winds struck the area during the nlcht leaving large portions of the town and the main business The Soviets made thev threat area pretty much a shambles. Officials estimated that damages will run to well over 9Z.u,OUO and some estimated the total might reach in Pravda, the official Communist Party organ, the Western nations swung their support to a Norwepian reso $300,000 before final tabulations are completed.

Violent winds reported at time to have reached over 100 lution asking Secretary Gen miles per hour struck the Sandwich fair city during the eral Dag Hammarsklold to building named In Ma honor. Vniveraity President Leslie Holmes (right) conferred 200 degree! at. Summer Commencement exercises where Thokey poke. v. early morning hours damaging homes, business stores, uprooting trees and toppling cars like tooth picks.

COMMON IXTEEESI Carl Thokey (left) principal of ReavU High School, Oak Lawn, 111, admires the picture of William Claude Reavla In the lobby of Northern Illinois University's classroom Sandwich oiuctals thia morning stated that between 20-23 homes were severely damaged by the storm, approximately 30 cars, (at the latest count) had either put President Elsenhower's Middle East peace plan Into action. Some observers dismissed the Moscow warning as a propaganda jab designed to give emphasis to a Soviet resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of American and Kalb County Film Library established at NIU ust recently will catalog the films for use throughout the county. The DeKalb banks and the Sycamore bank contributed to the purchase of the nine films along with the DeKalb Agricultural Association. ACCEPTS FILSIS County Superin-tendent of Schools D. E.

Stltzel accepts a series of films depicting America's free enterprise system from Charles Roberts, personnel manager of the DeKalb Agricultural Association. Dr. Virgil Alexander (left) representing the De DAY Sycamore Men Are Injured been totally wrecked or were seriously between 600 and 700 trees were uprooted, blocking streets, sidewalks and knocking down power lines. Officials reported that luckily no one had lecn Injured, or at least they had not had any reports of in IS C3SERVED Oil THURSDAY in Accident 9 juries. British troops from Lebanon and Jordan.

But they were worried by the blunt wording. Moscow said "our state cannot be Indifferent to the fart that a serious danger of war Two Sycamore men are in St Mary's Hospital today re tour airplanes located at the Sandwich Airport were DeKalb Isn't Livestock Parade Vill Two Hundred Awarded GIVE FILMS covering from Injuries received 4 Qlmax Day at State Fair 'M in a two-car headon collision on the Annie Gldden blacktop! DELIVER BABY DURING STORM I- 'I Degrees Yesterday at Northern is being generated In the Im Finalist in City Contest road two and a half miles damaged considerably and huge pane-glass windows of six business houses were blown to bits by the intensity of the winds. Hail reached the size of golf balls, causing extensive damage to roofs, breaking windows, and denting car roofs and fenders. At the site of the famous fairgrounds, where the DeKalb County Fair is held each fall, over 30 trees were either uprooted or seriously damaged. north of DeKalb at 4:10 pjn.

mediate vicinity of Its borders" and "it is natural that in these circumstances countries bordering on the Near and "To keep American educa The DeKalb Chamber of Thursday. tion in orbit" much depends! Commerce wa notified today TOUBRARY Series of Films Given to County Film library Flaftldights Used When Harold Healey, 40, 157 Ter-race Drive, an employee of the upon the best in teaching and that Its entry Into the All American cities contest, sub Public Service! Company in Ilochclle Storm Cuts Off Power the desire of the student to pursue excellence, said Carl SPRLVGFIELD-- The "mil dollar" livestock parade at the grandstand today will climax "Farmers Day" at the Illinois' State Fair which already Is boasting paid attendance of more than 200,000 persons. i--'y'--: lmrlmiMur Director Still- A large cattle barn and poultry shelter used during mltted on July 21 was. not DeKalb and an active member Thokey. addressing the 200 of the DeKalb Chamber of chosen as one of the 22 final Ists.

a severe electrical Commerce, is in "fair" condi candidates for degrees at the Summer Commencement pro A major contribution was A report on community tion according to hospital auth storm accompanied by high Middle East should he forced to take steps to guarantee their own and general security." There wss a growing belief Hammarskjold himself might undertake another peace mission to the Middle East to sound nut the Arab nations on establishment of a do-it-yourself economic Droeram' and made to the DeKalb County the fair period, were also extensively damaged. Power In Sandwich and Somonauk was knocked out completely for a period of over six hours. Roads leading to the two towns were blocked until they were cleared by af Went work of the Stale Police Department early this morning. gram at Northern Illinois UnJ winds which knocked out all orities. achievement in DeKalb based on organized Citizen efforts Film Library Thursday morn itan S.

Stanard gave the at-j electrical power in Roche Ue raytiwll! be liken tijay to ing with the presentation of a was submitted by the Chamber determine met injuries, how Al .1 411 1 iiiiriB, nuw this morning, a doctor and a nurse successfully delivmed an eight pound, one ounce boy 'THUv In America," Reports, not confirmed, tional Municipal League con ever unconfirmed reports indicate he hat an injured knee and possible internal chest in 'lit his "Cjianengei In American Education." the superintendent of ReavU High School reminded his listeners that Lawrence Derthick, U. S. Commissioner of Education The DeKalb County Film test which was held in con at the Rorhelle Hospital, dur trncrth0nfnfr rtf Inttornriont lunciion with imK macjh, Uorary was established re juries. ing the height of the storm. Taking lead parts In the dra Sandwich Storm Highlights Melvin Noss, alderman, head of the street and alley depart were received tnat a tunnel cloud resembling that of a tornado was sighted near Piatt vllle.

Authorities at Sandwich reported that a large corn field had been leveled by winds a 4..., ni cently In cooperation with i Aflu.Mudewlll M.ect Northeri 1Jlino7B Unlveislty 1 of the 22 cities ss winners nations against outside aub- version. There also was a possibility he would consult with Jordan Driver, of the. other auto, George Darnell, 73, rural route one, Sycamore, Is In good matic and darkened delivery niifii-iij train w.iunfi in uit- who headed an American team to visit; Soviet Schools said, "The Russians have chal room were the bahy, the son at a conference at Colorado county system contributes 50 bprlngs, September 14 to 7. of Mr. and Mrs.

Melners of condition. Extent of his injur ies were not disclosed. ment of Sandwich gave the following Information to The cents per pupil towards the, on broadening U. N. activity which resembled In a circular lenged us to a race in the Ashton; the doctor.

Dr. Joseph There were 100 entries Into purchase of outstanding films. there where only Thursday manner which is similar to classrooms which we have no Chronicle reporter. Palumbo, also of Ashton and the contest. Among the 22 According to State Trooper Jean Hutson, the autos collided that of a tornado striking the alternative but to accept" the registered nurse, Dorothy At 3:30 am.

all power went earth. headon. He said that apparent Jordanl authorities in Amman disclosed another plot against King Hussein had been broken up. A similar plot was report- finalists were Elmwood ,.,.,,1 ni. ui v.i mane hy Charles Roberts of Granite City and Highland nif.it, n.rw DK Agricultural Aiko out Blume.

The successful delivery was State Troopers In the downtown area of Sandwich were ly the' Darnell auto swerved into the wrong lane of traffic, causing Healey to swing across jvieaiiuu vuuiltj' llltriHJ Thokey urged his young listeners not only to "develop the talent of a student to the best of his ability" but also to inspire him to pursue a goal Phoenix. Several people definitely sighted a funnel cloud making a sweep, uprooting hundreds of trees, sending them through roofs of houses, and In many assigned to guard the stores where the windows had been blown out. the road. Darnell's car came made with the assistance of Haven. and ordinary flashlights, brought Casper, into the hospital at the lastjbanon, N.ll.

minute when the Rorhelle tendangf figure Tnuwuayin a statement that described over-til attendance as "very satis- He added that overall carnival sales were running about J4.0OO ahead of last year. Exempted from the "all pay" admission policy were children under 13 years of age and veterans and their fami-t lies on Veterans Day last Sun- day. Most of the livestock which has vied for prize money wu expected to head for home tonight after Farmers Day climaxes the agricultural portion of the exposition. But Thursday livestock Judging continued apace. Two Rochester owners came up with major winners, A Junior yearling owned by Ray Ovenneyer and Son, was Judged grand champion boar the open class of Chester White competition.

The entry of John Taft and Sons, was named Land of Lincoln grand champion among heavy horse. I to final Ayrshire Judging. Mackayr Farm, Princeton, won ribbons for erand cham. back to his own lane and the of "excellence" in his work. Power company crews were ent or Schools D.

K. Stltel. 'en on June a. Three banks, Trust and Sav-j Abdul Monem Rifal. Jordan-ings and First National of De-len representative to the Unit-Kalb and the National Hank ed Nations and brother of and Trust Company of Syta Jordanian Premier Samlr Rl-more.

fai, stunned some U. N. rep- The series of nine films! resentatives when he said his collision occurred. Darnell was ticketed for dri "Excellence is not only a product of ability but also one cases tearing the roofs from the homes. hard at work after the storm struck and were still at It early Fire Department's auxiliary lighting equipment did not arrive in time.

The storm which struck Ro vlng on the wrong aide of the! of motivation ana character. thia afternoon repairing the road. One of the hardest hit homes was that of Lyle Hyatt he continued, "and the more FOSTER HAS BEEN FREED produced by the Ameri government would not accept damage caused by the severe storm as quickly and as ef one observes high perform rhelle began around 2:30 a.m. which was completely de ran Economic Foundation, a' a U. N.

police lorce or observ-non-profit group of educators. I ers such as were sent into ance in the dust and heat of dallv life, the more one Is ficiently as was possible un molished, with the top story this morning, and reached its height near 3:15 a.m. when high winds and heavy rain der the circumstances. of the house being ripped off. businessmen and interested, Lebanon.

likely to be Impressed with the Frank Spoor, manager of Several other houses on North individuals endeavoring to Car Ilita Power Pole in Crash North of Genoa Gerald D. VanDeMark. 25. squalls struck the city. All the DeKalb-Ogle Telephone contribution made by mouva tion and character." However, It was believed Jordan might accept an enlarged truce supervisory or- Two-Yrar Nightmare IIask7P Privat Main Street were hit hard.

Hyatt's home is located on Company this afternoon stat ed that phone communications West Second Street' In his conclusion, Thokey said, "In a free society an undiscovered talent, a wasted in Lnued With directed Verdict of 1328 Benton Street, Rock- electrical power went off at 3:19 a.m. Heavy winds knock ed down large tree branches and severed electrical lines for an area of six miles surrounding the city. Emergency crews of the Each film poses a problem 'ganglion, set up originally to in economic understanding. i maintain peace with Israel, presents this problem dramall Premier Rifal apparently fa-cally in terms of everyday peo-l vore(1 ucn P1" but said If to Sandwich, Somonauk, Piano, Shabbona, Hinckley, Lee, and Steward were knocked Two other areas that were hit hard were the Sandwich Fairgrounds and the Airport ford, suffered minor injur dividual skill, a misapplied hu man ability is a threat to that out by the storm and that ies and his car was smashed eatty today in an accident I'nluJ Prua tnttrnatlona: At the Fairgrounds, the pie, and ends with a lauea to protect most of the areas were with-Lwfgt damage was to the cat JEFFERSON, Ga. The to the audience to discuss the; Jordan his country would phone company were called! 4 and senior champion fe out electrical power, also.

-La I two-year nightmare James Ful problem in the lieht of the adopt "other means." This tie buildings, one being leveled, the roofs of the two others north of Genoa on the blacktop. 1 Deputy George Could inves people's capacity to survive. Dr. Leslie A. Holmes, president of Northern, conferred the master of science in education degree upon 86 gradu UUl Ullil Willi UIC OMlfflalKT'.

Spoor said that emergency reference r.t lu" muuiru in uiruui iaris prcseniea in me mm. crews had been called out iwui 1 a I tljtl.k and being ripped off. I I A. In "1 l.llr I 1 1 1 v. tlgated the crash and reported 1 American aid.

Including and repairs were being made as quickly as possible to get The entire fairgrounds area Is littered with trees which that VanDeMark lost control vy anomer was over io- in rle are day, and the 40-year-old father We Got what We Havf. ates. Seventy-eight students received the bachelor of troops. of his' southbound car and fl at least temporary communi more and another crew of four from damages were repaired as quickly as possible. All power according to Superintendent Lyle Brady of were uprooted, science in education degree, nally crashed into a power cations up case of any fur male in both open and Lincoln classes.

I J'wla Ann McDonald. Princeton, grabbed Junior open and Lincoln laurels for her fe-aiale animal, Diana Thles, 15, Mason City. Wowed the winning barrow In Junior Hampshire competition. The champion pen of three barrowt was shown by oi seven organ uit anew as a-wt We Have." "How to' free man. L(mt whM 3IinoP Crash pole, snapping it off.

at 4:35 ther emergencies. thirty received the bachelor of science degree, and six re-j ceived the bachelor of arts de "As far aa the DeKalb-Ogle A directed verdict Of Innocent Face It." "Backfire1," "How to in a murder charge against KeeD What We Have." and At the airport, several planes were badly damaged and the hangers were also heavily damaged, authorities believing them to be a total am about three miles north of Genoa. me Telephone Company re-i is concerned," Spoor said. ported that all power had been Foster ended a climactic day "It's Your cree. VanDeMark was trealed at a Reported by Gty Police One minor traffic accident oi coun acuon mat saw a ior xithmiph mi nf ih.

film. Graduating with high scho restored by 9 a.m. physician's office for facial "Shabbona. Lee. Waterman and Hinckley were hardest hit by the storm." loss this afternoon.

mer Illinois policeman and aW County School Library The boiler room of the Ro- cuts, bruises and lacerations. i-arweu, 15, Viola. Georgia bootlegger draw life chelle Hospital was temporar lastic honors were Jeanne Anne Burke. Rock Patricia Elizabeth Irving, of Glen are primarily for use in the' The area is swarming with telephone, and power company Phone service to all of these Uy flooded when the pump school systems, this set of reporiea io ueiuuopouce Mm. k.

hAM Thuiday. that occurlng at Imprisonment for the crime. Disposal of the three rases workers trying to restore ser communities wu completely cut off. with only temporary lyn, and Roberta Sue Rob vice, along with volunteer the university Pm- th 600 bI w-hlch is used to keep seeping water out tailed when the power went out. service.

Haish Boulevard. crews and crews from neigh In rapid-fire order ended four days of proceedings In the rustic small-t own courthouse service center by civic groups. ert of Aurora. Graduating with scholastic honors were Mary Barbara Apparently the storm start Beirut Communique Eye-Witneis Account Direct From Strife -Torn Middle East Reported by DeKalb Minister boring towns cleaning up the Many residences in this A parked car belonging to Irene Ca pen art, 673 Haish, was ed a path around Steward and debris. area were Uttered with tree Miller of Mendota, Gladys fields, and yards were strip Uen have been added to the about a mile from the spot where grocer Charles Drake was shot to death when he Weather Forecast (Tara to Page t.

Please) Nelson of and Me-linda Ann Ulvellng of Oak Sandwich Street department to facilitate the work. sirucit oy a venicie anven dj Fannie Weems, A 311 Haish. According to DeKalb police accident files, a child In the editor NOTE: The follow- tth rebels intrenched behind Park. ped by the high winds with rabbits being seen running through the field, The storm than moved into If ora fate 1, Please) tried to fight off a bandit on the night of July 19. 1956.

Man Is Found Estimates at a late hour this Clearing north with low to-ight i5-frt barricaded streets in their tec tion of the city. The VS. Ma Six undergraduate students with records of high schoiaa- Wermi auto grabbed the Hee afternoon were that the Sand i'windurrJbgan when a Dead Outlook for Saturday: Cen- Ing wheel causing the driver wich storm damage will run on lra rinee have taken over every tlc achievement acted as mar 12 man Jury, which had report- erally fair -ad cooler wlthito momentarily lose cvntrul tsr olive grove around the airport. into the million dollar figure: Anyone that la'able Is help-' led Itself shsls. They were Ann Beverly Cole St BalamUeaii K.

Barn- high 785. (suiting in the mishap. Gbnditioii of The soWiers talked to -ex- IIfjrdeU3Ioriej ea alter aoout nine noars or artlel written by Rev. wuitam D. Whin, pastor of the Tm MMhotfirt Chun mt Kalbnrluuvclyfor TM DcKalk Orotilel.

whtu iihi tour "rope ane at ament Is ipend. HI atveral dayi vmtln la tbe rtP0t of the Middle EaiU Tilt the but of two stories tlttfl, Kr WhH eewftm. tho BToMcma la the Middle tmprtmopo -of hat ho saw and kMrd. I Ing with the clearing and clean pressed intense boredom and a deliberation, returned a ver aby of Sycamore, Duane Ever hart of Kent, Ronald Kopplln ing up work. Every street in Train Victim diet of guilty against car deal- deep desire to go home.

They had come to fight and now Last Minute News town la completely littered and A Portland Oregon man was found shot to death aboard a Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy passenger train of Chicago, Franklin Van Buer er-bootlegger D. Allen. The the trees are entirety gone. IthtT dty appears to be in arm-l Is Improving of DeKalb, and Reca Mae War Jurors chose a life sentence tor WASBLNGTOX-ITI U.A arUUea esaerta gave lav A Chronicle Randy ed Jni. jinctiM Jjpnor Aflenr ford of Maple Parky Thursday.

Johnson, stated this afternoon Teatlgaaors only a M-M ehaae today ef aVtermlnuig DeKalb Public Jloepital au President Chehab, Receiving master's degrees "aOM toys Data Alrtinea Super Coa 1 efTwai that see a tree standing in theritiee thia- mwrilnf hated I am mailing this communl Rothschild, former lawman Ul eoucmuon U) rrmAlHn of Harr SteUatioa crashed la the AUantle. Sandwich was a 7 TnLLLUf D. WHITE found on his berth by a porter when he tried to arouse the que from Beirut because all: were Edward BroRiy. isne; -M 27. Dumas.

who was Aiit-iT 7 iQ'a Ark- hit One man was injured during whose confession on July 4 unlocked the door to freedom 1 rv- Rrrmt-w I vww oiLvniua. jonn bunt. nr WASHINGTON ITI President Etsenhower i the cleaning up process. strictly ceiored. Under N.s- Klple.

Cerhard Scholz. era freight train man for breakfast as the train passed through Roche lie. for Foster, -ntered a plea of eartv Thurs- -Sections of Somonauk were fef as closed vestrrfav tt guilty and asked for the merry morning on the eastenrtii bard but the damage was! a reaaed Senate today that aa federal money nas bee ear win bo speat aa a study of poaaible U. 8. aarreader ta aa eaemy la ereat ef aaclear war.

Authorities In Aurora took charge of the investigation not nearly as wide spread, of the court. Judge Maylon B. Clinkscales sentenced htm to rrandiow Focitic ambitlonLr. from th ar. wert Brtty, mTd not fly Into Damascus "4 so landed in Beirut after ISht across the vu Port Said.

Suez Canal when the train stopped there. Chuck Dierxen of Sandwich reported to authorities he saw We. UUf WlUltaJalWflM 4V lQQ CUriUTI Oft IVU-1 UTI Vi Over $000' was found in from th Suet hat mAd of J. OUwi f' "yjjifreight smacked him as he sat; the funnel cloud between the MlUer-s shoes and $218 In his Then cam Foster new vs couiii sre the He had a bullet trial. Sheriff John B.

Brooks WASHIXGTOX Aa ex-cenvict suilo leafier. Caa Zapaa, wfca admitted kaowlag aeeaa hlgh-ranklag aeedmme denied today that bo ever threatened the fife aa ladlaaapous attorney wba vaaiaaed without trace ta June, X33i "nu railroad track with his hours of 3 and 3 JO. Funnel pockets. Nasser a national hero almost worshipped by the mobs wound In his tight temple and Identified Rothschild's signed er, n.i battleships of the1' fleet. As we in fori far.

he 33feJ Amert-'" a were t-'intw were vbible feared by the thinning at rv nZm hf a hU hands. I cloud wss sighted coming rrom and Edward W. dujow oij llMtw wu Mar th the. northwest into the dty a 23 caHber pistol clutched In confession and after Foster minority. to his right hand took the stand briefly.

Clink- T. jcoai chutes but police found when he awoke and went On the list or Bachelors oe-v, m-- omvw. KMranm mtnAnm wk his enrorusdous form tying 200 close a bedroom window There is in Egypt a definite where Donald S. Curran. Auroralscalea told the Jury that under move to expel all but Ejypt from DeKalb were Tenlh StreM'th mm W1.

being blown VSTft 0k Ka Tanlh et eaataa tatreaai Ka flat BtlMeau 1 vi uw Agiiui tum ult wuiK wavwn twa -j, I- A mm.tJt flt1UI. I A a.1 SHAXX0X, Ireland -CTl The starch for kodiee et peaalbte saurrtvers of Tharsday's crash ef a KLM Dutch airllBer with 19 penons aboara waa tailed eft today. viuci vt uvm hiu ui muki uiu nucmi vcniKV l'1 into the city a.rrort v.e couid see. by the heavy wind. iby tht betvr wind.

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