Missionary double slaying by Viet Nam guerrillas near Saigon
Two Protestant missionaries, Elwood Jacobsen and Gaspard Makil, were killed by communist guerrillas at a roadblock 50 miles north of Saigon. A Vietnamese bystander and one child were also shot, two other children wounded. the women and remaining children escaped unharmed. The incident, involving the Summer Linguistic Institute mission groups, ended with the robbers fleeing in a land rover.
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SAIGON
CPS
Sarsan
guerrilas
Elwood Jacobsen
Foreston
Minn
Gaspard Maki
Salcedo
Philippines
Maikils
Jacobsens
Makil
Tung Nghia
Jacobsen
Saagon
Seventh Day Adventist Hospital
Makils
Viet Nam
Loot Recovered After Highland Jewelry Store Burglary
St Clair County sheriff deputies recovered most loot from the February 28 Highland jewelry store robbery. Two women in whose apartment the forfeited items were found admit only driving the get away car and face no charges. Police seek the two men robbers, with $5240 in watches and rings recovered from the residence burglary later reported at Edwardsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clair County
Madison County
Bernard Hannig Jr
Box 348
Route 5
Edwardsville
Earthquake shakes Southern Illinois to Missouri region
A moderate to strong quake centered 140 miles south southeast of St. Louis rattled Southern Illinois Missouri and parts of Kentucky Arkansas and Tennessee. About 20 communities reported effects such as broken windows and plaster cracks with the tremor lasting seconds at the source and up to twelve minutes outward.
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ST. LOUIS
UPI
Sundas
Thlinois
Memphis
Tenn
William Stauder
St. Louis University
Dexter
Wilson Lesler
Herrin
Marion
Du Quoin inllinois
Sikeston
New Madrid
Caruthersville
Hayti
Poplar Bluff
Columbia
Hickman
Paducah
Fulton
Tiptonville
Reelfoot
Pinson
Arkansas
Father Stauder
Lawrence
Kan
Kennett
Ark
William Tanner
Mother in Wood River Is Critical After Tragedy
In Wood River, Mrs. Mar june Keraghan, 28, stabbed her two children Colleen 4 and Michael 2 in their cribs with a butcher knife and then cut her own neck and abdomen. She, in critical condition, was moved from Wood River Township Hospital to Deaconess Hospital. James Keraghan, the father and a Shell Oil refinery employee, found the bodies on Saturday afternoon. No note was found and Merle Bassett has filed a murder charge against her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. LOUIS
UPI
Marjune Keraghan
Wood River
Deaconess Hospital
Wood River Township Hospital
James
Shell Oil Company
Edwardsville poised for SIU campus impact says Kerner
Illinois Governor Otto Kerner told about 275 at the Edwardsville Chamber meeting that Edwardsville has a terrific opportunity if it leverages the Southern Illinois University Campus being built nearby. He cited potential for skilled jobs and increased regional prosperity plus greater world trade implications for the Midwest.
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chamber
Illnois
Otto Kerner
Kenneth L. Evers
Kerner
Illinois
Intelligencer
B. J. WANDER JR
Edwardsville
Who’s Who of
Paul Simon
Troy
Delyte W. Morris
SIU
Raymond ©. Rogers
George Musso
William G. Straube
Gyo Obata
St. Louis
Gene Jotte
Melvin Price
ius
midwest
Rogers
Albert Cassens
H. Bruce Brubaker
Edwardsville Hospital Asso
John R. Crook
Chicago Title and Trust Co
Congressional Action Committee
William E. Mindrup
new chamber
chamber Farm City Relations Committee
Alvin Wilkening
Edwardsville High School
Wilkening
FFA
Star
STU
Clinois
School absences rise across Edwardsville districts due to flu
Flu and related sickness forced 10 to 20 percent of students out of Edwardsville schools with Lincoln School reporting 19 percent of its 232 pupils home ill. Other schools show Hadley 17 percent of 171, Senior High 12 percent of 965, Junior High 10 percent of 1,027, LeClaire 10 percent of 608, Columbus Attendance Centers 10.7 percent of 833. Total enrollments are approximate and absences were high last week. St Boniface School had 48 of 417 missing and Trinity Lutheran 12 of 195 absent.
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Edwardsville
Lincoln School
Hadley
Senior High
Junior High
LeClaire
Columbus
St. Boniface School
Trinity Lutheran School
City acts on historic inventory of Ella Tunnel home
Edwardsville aldermen and Madison County Historical Society members inventory the late Ella Tunnel home contents. The city recently accepted the property and will consider sending items to the society for an indefinite period. Books may be donated to libraries or sold at auction.
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Edwardsville
Madison County Historical Society
Miss Ella Tunnel
Miss Tunnell
Jesse Hessel
Parks and Buildings Committee
historical society
Trinoiy University
Hessel
Orville West
Weather Outlook for Edwardsville and Nearby Areas
Rain to snow transition tonight with snow continuing into Tuesday. Temperatures fall from a low around 28 to 35 tonight to a high in the 30s Tuesday. Edwardsville readings through 1 p.m. show temperatures from 59 to 48.
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Edwardsville
38 000 Men May Lose Their Jobs
Washington UPI reports the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling allowing railroads to end featherbedding by train crews. About 13 000 firemen would be dismissed and 25 000 other jobs abolished over five years with salary adjustments for about 15 000. Unions threaten a strike. Kennedy could appoint a fact finding board to delay action.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Arthur J. Goldberg
Louis J. Wagner
Order of
brotherhoods
JE. Wolfe
Kennedy
National Railway Labor Conference
Bus Plunges Into East River in New York Tragedy
A bus carrying hospital employees plunged into the East River near Welfare Island in New York. Eleven to twelve aboard were feared dead with three bodies recovered and two rescued, as rescue craft, Coast Guard cutters, and helicopters patrolled the frigid water.
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NEW YORK
UPI
East River
Welfare Island
Queens
Coast Guard
Manhattan
Goldwater Sees GOP Victory in 64 and Opposes Vice Presidency
UPI interview with Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona outlines his view Kennedy is indecisive and the GOP could win the 1964 election. He predicts the presidential nomination is still up for grabs, warns about nuclear risk with China, questions defense planning, and rules out a run for vice president. He also suggests limited budget cuts are possible but unlikely due to Senate resistance.
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Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
UPI
Cuba
China
WILLIAM THES
JOHN A. GOLDSMITH
United Press International WASHINGTON
Kennedy
White House
Peking
Senate
House
Huvler
Kaiser
Reserve Air General
Pentagon
U.S
Russia
Explosion on Mississippi River barge injures crew
A blast aboard a Mississippi River barge being cleaned in the afternoon left several men dead or injured. Police and emergency crews converged on the scene as the barge split in two and began to sink. A National Marine Co spokesman could not confirm how many men were on board or the explosion’s cause. Fire Chief Edward Coslbane said three or four men were trapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Marine Co
Hartford
Edwardsville
dward Coslbane
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Viet Nam Commie
Sheriff's Men
Missouri
Raymond O. Rogers
Lamont Heidinger
Chamber of Commerce
Heidinger
Merle Bassett
Southern Illinois University
Newsra
Gov
New York River
Walter Arm
United Press International
Russia’s
Bulletin
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