Earthquake in Turkey Kills At Least 500
An eastern Turkey quake killed 500 plus and wounded hundreds. Reports from Mus Erzurum and Bitlis provinces describe 80 dead in Erzurum and 32 in Bitlis, with Varto leveled. The quake lasted five minutes and reached intensity 9 on the Soviet scale.
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Turkey
Istanbul
Suleyman Demirel
Mus
Erzurum
Bingol
Milliyet
Armenia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Varto
Bitlis
Court halts Chicago marches with cap on crowd size
A Circuit Court judge issued a temporary injunction limiting civil rights demonstrators to 500 and allowing one march per day in Chicago. Demonstrators must march only in daylight hours with 24hour police notice. The action, begun by the city, aims to curb violence and property damage tied to housing protests led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Chicago Freedom Movement.
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Chicago
Cornelius J. Harrington
Chicago Freedom Movement
Harrington
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Ledership Conference
King’s
Richard J. Daley
King
Soldier Field
O.W. Wilson
Mendell Named President-Elect of Soil Conservation Society
Frank H. Mendell from Des Moines Iowa has been elected president-elect of the Soil Conservation Society of America, a 11000 member organization based in Albuquerque New Mexico.
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Albuquerque, N.M
Frank H. Mendell
Soil Conservation Society of America
Des Moines
Iowa
Lawyer Challenges Old Law Case Dismissed in Chicago
In Evanston Judge Wallace I. Kargman dismissed charges against James Graf after his lawyer argued the Illinois statute banning opened liquor transportation lacked a defined penalty. The case, originally accusing negligent driving and Cramp shop act violation, ended with no crime proven due to the missing penalty.
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Chicago
Illinois
James Graf
Kenilworth
Ill
Wallace I. Kargman
Graf
Evanston
Marshall Kaplan
Kaplan
Kargman
Weather Outlook: Cloudy Cool with Mild Temperatures
Forecast calls for little change today with cloudy cool conditions and highs near the 70s. Sunday similar with a chance of showers. Collins Weather Station logs Friday high 79 and low 60, Mor ris district reading 70 at 8 p.m. Friday.
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Collins
Morris Business
Kerner Opposes Fox and Des Plaines River Diversion
Governor Otto Kerner rejected the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Planning Commission plan to divert Fox and Des Plaines river waters into Lake Michigan. He warned such diversions would raise health hazards and degrade the lake's water quality.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Planning Commission
Lake Michigan
Kerner
Commission
Fox and Des Plaines
Morris Community Band Plays Second Summer Concert
The Morris Community High School Band directed by Dale Wise performed a second summer concert on Friday evening on the Grundy County Courthouse lawn. The program ran from 7 p.m. to about 8 p.m.
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Morris Community High School
Dale Wise
Grundy County
Ducks Stir Dixon as Park Traps, Disorderly Conduct Charged
About 400 ducks clustered on the Rock River in Dixon Illinois as park officials tried to move them with traps and corn paths. Mrs Paul Evans head of the Humane Society was arrested for disorderly conduct after resisting the traps with a broom. Police intervened as crowds gathered and wire traps were torn out. A defense fund of about $2000 was reported for Evans.
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Dixon, Ill
Dixon
Rock River
Park District
Dixon Humane Society
Paul Evans
Evans
Union Ends Long Air Strike Hit by 1.25 Billion Urban Aid Plan
The Senate backed a 1.25 billion dollar program to aid cities addressing urban blight through housing education health and welfare grants. The Machinists union announced an end to the six week airline strike with 35 400 workers approving a new contract. Planes are set to resume service this weekend as pilots return to work.
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Washington
Senate
House
House Banking Committee
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Johnson
Senate Banking Committee
Machinists
U.S
P.L. (Roy) Siemiller
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Siemiller
Congress
White House
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United
House of Representatives
Airlines
Federal Aviation Agency
Motorcycle Race Day Highlighted At Illinois State Fair
Illinois State Fair schedule for Sunday August 21 lists an 8 30 a m organ competition in the Illinois building a dahlia show at 9 a m time trials for motorcycle aces at 10 a m and a 50 mile national championship race at 1 30 p m in the grand stand and Coliseum near the Opry venue.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Dahlia
Rand Ole Opry
Fewer Tomato Acres Hit Grundy County Summer Crops
Phillip C. Collins reports tomato acreage in Grundy County has fallen from 650 to 165 acres due to market and labor issues. Campbell Soup contracted 65 acres, Libby, McNeil & Co. the remaining 100 acres. Migrant workers are arriving later and fewer in number this year. Cucumber picking remains about three weeks from finish. tomato picking starts in roughly three weeks. Local growers include Harry and William Roe and Gary Granby with cucumber and tomato plots, plus Abner Peterson contributing cucumber acreage.
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Grundy County
Phillip C. Collins
Quality Vegetable and Fruit Growers’ Association
Collins
Campbell Soup Co
Campbell
Libby, McNeil & Co
Harry Roe
Vienna Township
Verona
William Roe
Seneca
Gary Granby
Abner Peterson
Big Grove
Lisbon
Lunar Orbiter Captures Far Side Moon Images
Lunar Orbiter sent its first photos of the moon's far side from 930 miles up on its 33rd orbit. Officials caution pictures may be scrambled as camera issues persist, with release expected in coming weeks. The previous Soviet effort Luna 3 produced blurred results from 40,000 miles away in 1959.
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Pasadena
Calif
Lunar Orbiter
Earth
U.S. Space Agency
Hearings by House Committee on Un American Activities End on Stormy Note
Rep Joe Pool says the hearings revealed the character of antiwar groups and proposes penalties for interfering with troop movements. More than fifty people were ejected for disruptions during four days of questioning and testimony from witnesses labeling themselves as Communists or Marxist Leninists.
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Washington
House Committee On UN
Joe R. Pool
Dtex
Pool
Committee
U.S
Brethren Church Delegates Approve Merger of Boards
Ashland Ohio delegates to the 78th Brethren Church general conference vote to merge the National Brethren Youth and National Sunday School Board into a single Board of Christian Education.
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Ashland
Ohio
78Th
General Conference of the Brethren Church
National Brethren Youth
National Sunday School Board
Board of Christian Education
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