Students Trapped in Cave Rescued After 45 Hours
Six college students—Joan Smith Christine Woodward Michael Gazlet Robin Turner Peter Blackburn and Peter Clough—were rescued from a flooded cave in Kettlewell England after 45 hours trapped 400 feet underground. Rescue workers aided by a 200-man operation retrieved the group as water levels receded and ledges kept them safe.
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Kettlewell
England
Peter Clough
Mack
Clough
Joan Smith
Christine Woodward
Michael Gaz‘let
Robin Turner
Peter Blackburn
Yorkshire
Weather outlook cool with snow flurries and mixed readings
Forecasters expect snow flurries late tonight and again Tuesday with daytime temperatures in the 30s and a tonight low near 30 rising to the upper 30s tomorrow. Sundays high was 38 with a 23 low, and at 9 am today it was 30. Wednesday's outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and much colder temperatures with northwest winds.
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Pyatt
Four-room modern house for rent near Morris
Want ad item lists a four room modern house for rent eight miles north of Morris. Also offered is a six year old sorrel riding horse described as very gentle and a 1953 two door station wagon for sale.
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Morris
Sorrel
Christmas Vocal Concert Draws 800 At Morris Center
About 800 parents and neighbors filled Morris Center gym for the Morris school Christmas concert directed by Mrs. Vernon Cornish. The program opened with a boys chorus, then the MCHS Girls Glee Club performed several numbers with solos by Bonita Belt and Delight Montanus. The Junior High chorus sang multiple carols, followed by the MCHS mixed chorus with five pieces. The evening closed with Song of Bethlehem by all choirs. a future Christmas Band concert was announced for next Sunday at 3 p.m.
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Morris Center School
Morris School
Apna
Vernon Cornish
MCHS
Charles Southard
Bonita Belt
Delight Montanus
Jean Johnson
Kathryn Tratt
Wenceslas
Governors Urge Industry Fund Traffic Accident Research
Illinois Governor William G Stratton told the Public Officials Traffic Safety Conference that automobile makers oil companies and insurers should financially support university traffic safety research. He urged studies on what drives dangerous driving and driver responsibility and warned federal intervention could come if progress stalls.
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Washington, D. C
William G. Stratton
Stratton
Congress
Illinois
Fiery Object Reported Across Southwest Sky
Mrs Mae Dunbar Plattville Herald correspondent and Civil Defense observer saw a fiery object in the southwest sky Sunday evening at 445 PM. The ball of fire was nearly as large as the moon and appeared to revolve as it descended before disappearing behind cloud banks.
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Mae Dunbar
Herald
Plattville News
Civil Defense
Controversy Over Lincoln Stamps Has Run Its Course
The Post Office will issue a 1959 Lincoln sesquicentennial stamp and no other new Lincoln stamps for several years. Officials say the advisory panel prefers not to repeat commemorations and have not yet approved a Lincoln-Douglas stamp for 1958, leaving the 1959 birthday stamp as the path forward.
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Lincoln
Post Office Department
Abe
Post Office
Bruns
George Washington
Community Nativity Scene Dedicated by Morris Ministers
The Community Nativity Scene on the Grundy county courthouse lawn was formally dedicated Saturday evening by the Morris Ministerial Association. The Rev L G Hinderaker offered prayer, the Rev Clifford Gilson read scripture, and Rev Harold M Kelley spoke on keeping Christ in Christmas. A 150 voice chorus, directed by Charles Southard, performed carols and the event was broadcast citywide via Illinois Bell Telephone Company linemen. Carpenters Union members donated setup services for the creche.
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Jesus
Grundy County Court House
Creche
Morris Herald
Morris Ministerial Association
L. G. Hinderaker
Clifford Gilson
Harold M. Kelley
Charles Southard
Morris Community High School
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Presbyterian Church
Court House Lawn
Morris Carpenters Union
Rebels Killed and Executed in Weekend in Algeria
Algerian rebels are reported killed by French forces with 227 dead and four executions on terrorism charges over the weekend, according to military authorities in Algiers.
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Algiers
Indonesia Moves to Supervise Dutch Firms Nationwide
Indonesia's defense minister ordered all Dutch owned plantations and allied firms under direct government control amid fears of economic collapse. Three Jakarta banks seized by workers were reopened under army police and central bank supervision. The edict targets estates owned by Dutch and mixed firms, with managers ordered to keep operations running as normal.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Bank of Indonesia
Djuanda Kartawidjaja
Jakarata
Foresight Stressed to Prevent Crashes by Chief Olson
Police Chief Arthur Olson urges drivers to plan ahead for winter driving by ensuring their cars are ready with proper preventive measures. He warns against delaying maintenance and emphasizes checking windshield wipers lights battery brakes and other safety equipment before cold weather arrives.
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Arthur Olson
Olson
Judge Hoffman Elected VP of State Assn
Circuit Judge Leonard Hoffman named vice-president of the Illinois Circuit and Superior Court Judges Assn at the annual meeting in Chicago. He was absent for the election after returning home from conventions. Judge Wilbert F. Crowley was chosen president and Circuit Judge Robert F. Cotton of Paris became secretary and treasurer. The group includes 119 state judges across circuit and superior courts.
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Leonard Hoffman
Illinois Circuit
Superior Court Judges Assn
Chicago
Hoffman
Circuit
Superior Court
Wilbert F. Crowley
Cook County
Robert F. Cotton
Paris
Downstate
Morris High School Board Meeting Moved to Tonight
The Morris Community High School board of education will hold its regular meeting at 8 p.m. at the high school. The session was moved from Tuesday to tonight due to a Morris Princeton basketball game conflict.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Morris- Princeton
Vanguard Experts Seek Cause Of Failure In Film Evidence
Vanguard engineers review 20 000 feet of footage shot from many angles as the rocket burns on its stand. They say the film may reveal the fault but will not disclose details yet. Washington hosts the analysis by the Naval Research Laboratory overseeing Project Vanguard.
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Vern Haugland
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
Iis
Washington
Naval Reservch Laboratory
U. S
Earth
Defense Department
General Electric Co
Cincinnati
Louis Michelson
Farm Bureau Official Blasts New Farm Group
A Farm Bureau official condemned the National Council of Commodity Organizations as sowing confusion in agriculture. Kenneth Hodd, director of the bureau’s Commodity Division, warned the rival group could splinter farming. The council, formed in Washington last summer, will meet December 10 11 in Kansas City to draft farm program proposals for Congress. It includes 35 commodity groups. The bureau’s Resolutions Committee indicated most favor less government intervention, with a small minority seeking full withdrawal of support programs. President Charles B. Shuman urged moving away from federal encroachment on agricultural decisions.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Council of Commodity Organization
Kenneth Hodd
Bureau
Commodity
Federation
Commodity Council
Washington
Kansas City
Hood
Farm Burrau
Resolutions Committee
Farm Bureau
Charles B. Shuman
Sullivan, Ill
Shuman
halt to US military aid to Yugoslavia after Tito request
Washington reports that the United States ordered a halt to military aid shipments to Yugoslavia following Tito's request. Tito told Ambassador James Riddleberger he was irritated by repeated State Department reviews and rejected further aid after Brioni talks. Simultaneously the Supreme Court ruled that wiretap evidence obtained under state law cannot be admitted in federal trials.
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United States
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
James W. Riddleberger
Brioni
State Department
Washington
Supreme Court
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Idlewild
New York
Judge Hoffman
State Assn
New Farm Group
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