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Highlights the bid of independent candidate Robert E. Merriam for the mayoral election in Chicago, Illinois challenging Democratic candidate Richard Daley. Background on the political career of Merriam in the city council; Issues launched by Merriam attacking Daley such as vote frauds in a Democratic primary and the secret file of the Big 9 Crime Committee of the Democratic Party; Support of the independent candidate for the African American communities.

The article features Adlai Stevenson, a U.S. Democrat who ran for president in 1952 and plans to run again in 1956. He lives in a rolling rural countryside in Libertyville, Illinois. Stevenson has no precise counterpart in the American political history. He has received several job offers like university president, teacher and magazine editor.

The article focuses on the town of Peoria in Illinois. Ed Woodruff was the mayor of Peoria for years and was claimed responsible for making the town liberal by a politician. A city-manager plan was adopted by the town in 1951. George Bean was appointed city manager of Peoria in May 1953. Dick Estep, spokesman for the American Federation of Labor, comments on the Peorians for Council-Manager.

The article focuses on the parole application of convicted murderer Nathan Leopold. Leopold has begun planning for his parole hearing more than a year in advance. Having anticipated that he would become eligible for parole on January 10, 1953, Leopold has asked, as early as April 1952, that his hearing be moved up to December 1952 so that the Parole Board could render a decision by December. However, his petition for rehearing for his parole application was denied on March 17, 1955.

The article provides information about the life of Agostino Amedeo, a thief and a murderer who lived in West Side, New York. Amedeo was considered a mental defective person, who from his childhood and adulthood have experienced rejection and failure. He committed crimes with his friends from the slums and which got him arrested. He was always into some come of trouble which created disappointments on his parents part.

The article examines the declining coal mining industry in West Frankfort Illinois. One businessman explained that their depression began in 1923 but has regained its momentum during the 1941-45 war. During the war, They were producing twice nearly twice as much coal in 1922 but with half as many workers. The industry has employed approximately 16,000 men wherein only about 1549 miner were left by 1954.

Information about the 1953 session of the Illinois Legislature is presented. During the session, everyone was looking a little uneasily at an empty seat of kidnapped Chicago Representative Clem Graver. A resolution calling upon Governor William G. Stratton to post a $25,000 reward for Graver's kidnappers passed both houses.

Probes into the of the 1952 riot at Jackson Prison in Michigan. Number of hostages held by the prison's most dangerous criminals; Discussion of how Vemon Fox, the prison's assistant deputy warden in charge of individual treatment, thought of the riot; Efforts to understand the causes of the riot.

The article focuses on the riot at Jackson Prison in Michigan. Earl Ward, considered one of the most dangerous convicts in the prison, had telephoned Harold W. Tucker, who was captain in-charge of guards, and said that he and the other inmates had got out of their cell block. Their group is holding their guards as hostages and would kill them unless their demands were met.

The article traces the route that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's family took when they went westward of the U.S. in 1782. It describes the journey that the family took from Cumberland Gap in Kentucky to Springfield, Illinois. It reflects on the meaning of the Lincoln family's way west and the implications of this travel on the country. It offers tips to readers on what route to take on present-day highways, where to stop and what to be sure to see in tracing the routes of the Lincoln family.

The article presents the case of Mike Moretti, a Chicago police officer who killed two innocent men. Detailed as an Attorney's investigator, Morretti lost his gun in a tavern brawl wherein someone threw it into a vacant lot. The gun was found by several men who intended to return it to Morretti. Moretti shot the men wherein he killed two while wounding the third.

The article offers information about the conclusion of the Bill Morey case in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The paper narrates the details on how the incident happened and how the police found out that Morey was one of the murderers of the nurses in the city. It elaborates Morey's situation, while he was in jail. It describes how Morey and his co-murderers act in the public press during the hearing of the case. Other information related to the case are discoursed.

The article focuses on the murder case involving three teenagers named Bill Morey, Max Pell, and Dave Royal. They murdered nurse Pauline Campbell in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 15, 1951. Prosecuting Attorney Douglas K. Reading believed that the boys were drunk when the incident happened. Morey, who bludgeoned the nurse to death with a hammer, was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The article reports on the automobile accident that happened in November 10, 1951 at M-4, a place which runs north from Detroit, Michigan. The accident occurred in a short flat straightaway between two hills, involving two cars which collided head on and the third which had plowed into the wreckage. The first car killed a couple, living 11 of their children orphaned. The second car carried 6 teenagers who had a beer in their car. Four of them were also killed in the accident.

The article recalls the opening of copper mines by Calumet & Hecla (C & H) Consolidated Copper Company in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This was brought about by the near scarcity of copper used for building and defense in the U.S. As copper supply rose, C & H Copper Company was struck by worker's complaints on low wages and businessmen criticized their increase in prices. The company closed in the 1930s and new men revived it in 1941.

The article relates the sadistic beating received by homeowner association member Robert H. Niemeyer for trying to wipe out gambling in Northlake, Illinois. One of the partners of the gamblers whom Niemeyer opposed in Northlake was Louis Campagna. Niemeyer decided to sell their house after the incident. He campaigned for the election of United Citizens alderman to fight against the men of Mayor Eldon H. Hayes who allows the gambling operation in the area.

Reports on the efforts by prison warden Joseph E. Ragen to transform the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois into a tough prison as of 1951. Conditions of inmates at the prison before his appointment as warden; Implementation of strict rules to secure the prison from tough criminals; Classification of offenders based on their offenses.

Features ex-convict Anne Milton. Cruelty faced by Milton from her father and grandmother during childhood after her mother died; Factors that led Milton to Women's State Reformatory in Nebraska; Background on the life of Milton during her parole probation with her cousin.

The article relates the corruption in the city of Chicago in Illinois. An alderman reveals that they used to do money trafficking in civil service jobs, but when mayor Martin Kennelly blocked that, they rely on zoning variations which he himself has been offered with $5000. The alderman blames this corruption on the incapacity of Kennelly to control such deeds.

The article focuses on Greek ex-convict John Kuesis. Detective Emil Smicklas who has arrested Kuesis has used him as a stool pigeon in Chicago, Illinois. Kuesis who has been convicted of burglary and acquitted of rape has lived in the slum area of Chicago. Kuesis was murdered by hoodlum Jimmy Morelli in a shootout.

Provides information on the discovery of a uranium ore by Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. in L'Anse, Michigan. Comparison between the characteristics of metallic uranium and gold; Efforts of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to encourage private prospectors to discover uranium ores in the country; Cost of the exploration conducted by the company.

The article features Sam Davis, a professional criminal in the U.S. He does not like to go school and has decided to joined the U.S. Navy when he was in first year high school. He was first caught by police for burglarizing at home of wealthy people in North Side in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but was acquitted after his father paid the judge. He then became the mastermind of a hijack gang and spends $400 a week. He was acquitted from other charges against him after bribing jurors.

Presents information on a downstate Illinois gang called The Sheltons. Conduction of a open warfare by The Sheltons against the Ku Klux Klan; Types of crime they commit such as murder and bank robbery; Profile of its clannish brothers, Carl, Earl and Bernie Shelton.

Focuses on the disappearance of Orja Glenwood Corns Jr., district manager of a toolmaking company in Chicago, Illinois. Educational and career background of Corns; Speculations on the status of the relationship of the manager with his wife before he was declared missing; Ransom demanded by a caller from the family of Corns.

The article focuses on the opinion of coal miners in Saint Michael, Pennsylvania about their union leader John L. Lewis. Hoot Croyle, recording secretary of United Mine Workers of America, describes Lewis as a pale man who looks like a ghost. The miners oppose Lewis' appointment of key districtofficers and demanded independence. Jim Patterson believes that Lewis is somewhat a dictator.

Reports on people responsible for making decisions of what to and what no to present on television in the U.S. Challenges of supervising the production of a television broadcast for a client; Significance of the role of an advertising agency in the broadcasting industry; Concern of many advertising men regarding the emergence of television commercials that are offensive to viewers.

Presents the second part of a series of articles about the competition among top television networks in the U.S. Impact of the competition on the national television broadcasting; Recognition of the profitability and the risks associated with the business; Character that distinguishes one network from the other.

Focuses on television broadcasting by television stations in the U.S. Criticism of Newton N. Minow, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), on the television as a vast wasteland; Requirement for a television station to have a grass-roots interest in their communities before granting them licenses by the FCC; Dominance of comedians and variety shows; Aim of television to capture the mass audience.

The article focuses on the social evil abortion. Abortion is a crime in every state unless it is done to save the mother's life--a few states also permit it to preserve her health. The abortion laws, however, are not enforced. Abortion rarely comes to police attention unless a patient is badly hurt or killed. Police consider criminal abortion the third-biggest racket in the United States, ranking behind only gambling and narcotics. Nobody knows how many women are killed by abortionists, but it may be more than 5000 a year.

The article presents information on the violence between the Puerto Rican and Italian immigrants in the U.S. In one such case two Puerto Ricans killed an Italian named Guido Garro. The murderers were Santiago Osorio Gonzales, and Feuriel Aviles Cruz. The personal life of all the three men is discussed. The murderers had not known Garro or his friends. They were out simply, as one of them said, to kill all the Dagos. The case history presents an overview of the life of the immigrants living in the U.S.

Relates the culture and virtues accustomed by the author when still lives in the city of Chicago in Illinois. Experiences at the city during his childhood; Events of the city attended by the author; Economic status of the state.

Discusses the justice and the legal system of courts in giving judgments to guilty and innocent men. Accuracy of court decisions based on the evidences and witnesses presented; Equality of criminal law among innocents penalized; Reasons why guilty are acquitted and innocent are convicted.

Discusses the humanitarian rights of the accused. Police brutality experienced by suspected criminals; Violation on humanitarian rights of the accused by several police officials during investigations; Justice system for the guilty and the innocent.

The article focuses on James Foster who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to die in 1956. In June nineteenth, a prominent storekeeper on the outskirts of Jefferson, twenty-one miles southeast of Gainesville, Charles Drake, had been shot dead by a robber. Foster fitted the description of the robber given by Drake's wife. In addition, the police found in Foster's pocket a document showing that he had recently been released from Florida State Prison in Raiford. Foster was arraigned on August seventh, and attorneys Horace Wood and Floyd Hoard were appointed by the court to defend him. Only six days later the trial began.

The article presents information about Jimmy Hoffa, the president of the Teamsters Union. The Senate rackets committee has been at work for two and a half years. It has been the biggest, most spectacular congressional investigation in recent years. It has concentrated heavily on Hoffa because his Teamsters Union is so powerful and is run by his hoodlum friends. Hoffa was for decades a controversial Teamsters union leader, one with strong connections to organized crime. However, despite his underworld connections and a long list of shady dealings, he remained immune to prosecution until he became the target of Robert F. Kennedy, chief counsel of the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field.

Focuses on the implications of the increase in divorce rate in the U.S. Ratio of divorce to marriage in the country; Effect of divorce on children; Efforts of the Interprofessional Commission on Marriage and Divorce to promote the establishment of integrated family courts and the application to divorce of principles used in juvenile cases.

Provides information on divorce lawyers in the U.S. Minimum fee charged by divorce lawyers; Reasons behind the apprehension of some lawyers to handle divorce cases; Common grounds for divorce.

Features the Conciliation Court of Los Angeles established as a branch of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California in 1939. Duration of court orders for stopping a divorce or having a reconciliation agreement; Percentage of couples reconciled by the court in 1957; Limitations of the conciliation court.

Describes what goes on in an ordinary day in a divorce court in Chicago, Illinois. Hearing of uncontested divorce cases; Submission of a transcript of testimony and a decree incorporating the property settlement to the judge; Preliminary battles over motions for temporary alimony, child support and custody while the divorce is pending.

Looks at the difference between Chicago, Illinois and Madison, Wisconsin. Role of the growth of population in Chicago in the police problems it experiences; Loss of support for President Dwight Eisenhower in Madison; Improvements in industrial management in both cities.

Focuses on the condition and changes in the Midwest region of the U.S. Domination of the legislature by the Republican party; Initiation of the construction of roads for employees by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce; Population in Indianapolis.

Focuses on the business condition of Flint, Michigan-based Buick Motor Co. Number of people hired by the company in 1957; Decision of the firm to make a complete model change for its automobile; Forecast of company executive Edward Ragsdale on the business.

Examines the changes in the culture and attitude of people in Rushville, Indiana. Expansion and mechanization of farms in Rush County, Indiana; Interest of farmers in national or foreign affairs; Approach to social integration preferred by people; Role of the agricultural industry in the lack of development in the town.

The article focuses on the success and the problems created by school integration in Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri in response to the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw school segregation on May 25, 1954. The Parent-Teacher Association and other civic leaders staged a demonstration to defend desegregation in Maryland. The success of the integration program in Saint Louis, Missouri is attributed to community involvement. Some schools eliminated interschool athletic competitions in response to the desegregation.

The article highlighted the opposition of the Citizens' Councils to the desegregation in the U.S. in 1957. The U.S. Supreme Court approved to eliminate school segregation. It is said that the Council are losing its momentum during the period. Mississippi governor J. P. Coleman refused to associate himself with the Citizens' Council despite his similarity with the group against desegregation.

Discusses the initiatives taken to address the problem of mental illness in the U.S. in 1956. Role of hospitals in the initiatives; Support given by legislative bodies to the initiatives; Connection between insanity and mental illness.

Presents information on the condition of mental patients at Columbus State Hospital in Ohio. Total number of mental patients in the hospital; Types of mental disorder observed in patients; Outcome of the electroshock treatments given to the patients.

Relates the everyday activities of Gordon L. Smith, a ward psychiatrist at the acute female section of the State Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Description of his patients in each ward; Progress made by his patients; Problems facing government doctors; Views of several doctors on psychotherapy; Relationship of Smith with ward attendants.