African Asian Meet presses on disarmament bid at Cairo
Delegates from 42 nations and colonies at a non governmental conference in Cairo worked on a resolution condemning nuclear tests and foreign bases. Kaoru Yasui heads the disarmament committee and the draft notes mention of the United States Britain and the Soviet Union. The assembly praised Soviet economic aid and discussed nationalizing Western enterprises in Africa and Asia as part of a broader anti Western influence push.
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Cairo
Japan
Kaoru Yasui
Yasui
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Russia
U. S
East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Apushavan A. Agafonovich
Indonesia
Kremlin
Africa
Asia
Break Into Bally's Garage At Gardner
The Grundy County Sheriff's office reports Bally's Ford Garage in Gardner was broken into during the night. About five dollars was stolen from the cash register after burglars forced entry through the rear door. Sheriff John E. E. Olson and Chief Deputy James Bell investigated.
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Bally
Gardner
Grundy County
John E. E. Olson
James Bell
Wanted: Used cornet and radio-phonograph for sale
Want ad notes a used cornet in good condition to buy. Also lists a mahogany radio-phonograph for sale with records included. A woman seeks child care for two children five days a week.
Illinois Bell Seeks Higher Rates For Long Distance Calls
Illinois Bell Telephone Co seeks Illinois Commerce Commission approval for higher rates on long distance calls within Illinois that require special handling. The plan covers person to person calls over 20 miles, more than 25 miles, station to station, and special reversed charge toll service used by businesses. The company notes these calls are about 5 percent of state long distance traffic and cites rising costs since 1949 with example increases for Chicago area routes during day and night Sunday periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois
Chicago
Chicago Heights
Kankakee
Dwight
Peoria
Danville Woman Named First Floor Nomination IEA President
Katherine Stapp, a Danville High School teacher, won the Illinois Education Association presidency at the state convention becoming the first candidate nominated from the floor to achieve the top post. She defeated committee choice A. W. Boley of Kewanee Junior High. Gerald Brown of Paris and William Watters of Chicago were added as committee nominees.
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Normal
Ill
Illinois Education Assn
Katherine Stapp
Danville
IEA
Stapp
A. W. Boley
Kewanee
Gerald Brown
Paris
William Watters
Chicago
Weather Update for Grundy County After Storm
Rain snow storm left 0.30 inch moisture at Pyatt Weather station creating ice patches on roads. Tonight partly cloudy and colder with a low near 15. Sunday partly sunny and cold with a high in the low 30s. Monday may see light snow flurries with little temperature change.
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Grundy County
Pyatt
Agriculture Department to Issue Year End Report on Farm Prices
The Agriculture Department will release a year end report Monday detailing whether farm prices end the year higher or lower than the start. It will compare prices for major crops and livestock to a month and a year ago and note changes in costs of production and living. Farm prices have run about 3 percent above 1956 levels, with parity at 81 percent by November.
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Agriculture Department
Washington
The
GOP Proposal Aims 100 Million in School Science Grants
Washington reports the administration will ask Congress to authorize a matching grants program to states for higher school science and mathematics. Over 100 million dollars would fund salaries, new teachers, equipment, and stronger state education departments, with NIE scholarship support and graduate fellowships. A National Science Foundation expansion would receive 50 million dollars annually for textbooks, fellowships, and teacher institutes.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Science Foundation
Dwight H. Green in Presbyterian Hospital
The condition of Dwight H. Green, 60, former Illinois governor, remains unchanged. He has been in critical condition for two weeks after entering Presbyterian Hospital for treatment of a malignant chest tumor.
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Chicago
Dwight H. Green
Presbyterian Hospital
Illinois
Firefighters Battle Blaze as Rifle Ammunition Flies
Firemen tackled a house fire at the home of Nicholas N. Skaredoff in Manorhaven New York. The heat sent about 100 rounds of rifle and revolver ammunition blasting around but no one was injured. Skaredoff, 48, a gun club member, owned the residence.
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Manorhaven
N. Y
Nicholas N. Skaredoff
IEA Seeks State Appointed School Superintendent
The Illinois Education Association urges a state board of education to appoint the statewide school superintendent, a move opposed by Vernon L. Nickell who argues for voter choice and local accountability. Nickell also cautions against distancing schools from grassroots input and cites the current School Problems Commission as a successful model.
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Normal
Ill
Illinois Education Assn
Vernon L. Nickell
Association
Board of Education
Nickell
IEA
School Problems Commission
Illinois
Car Damaged In Route 47 Crash Near Morris
An automobile registered to G. Olson of 741 First Ave. was damaged when it left Route 47 south of Morris and struck a tree. No injuries were reported.
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G. Olson
First Ave
Rve
Morris
Boy Drivered Truck in Washington England Stuns City
Seven year old Jim Brennan climbed into his uncle’s idle truck and steered through busy streets for about a mile. The vehicle scraped a police station wall before stopping. an officer then chauffeured the boy home. Under eight age limits the law offers no prosecution, though the father punished him by spanking and canceling a new bicycle.
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Washington
England
Jim Brennan
Jim
Hillarys Party Reaches Point Of No Return
Sir Edmund Hillarys four man team nears the South Pole after advancing 41 miles in one night and averaging 40 to 50 miles per day. They sit about 240 miles from the Pole with another expedition led by Dr Vivian Fuchs approaching from the opposite direction, 500 miles distant.
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Auckland
N. Z
Sir Edmund Hillary
South Pole
Hillary
Vivian Fuchs
Pole
Ronald Rehberg Nearly Loses Arm In Farm Accident
Ronald Rehberg, 15, of Sara toga township, nearly lost his left arm when a power driven auger shaft broke and drew him into the machinery while unloading ground feed. He suffered third degree arm burns and a facial laceration and was treated at Morris hospital after rescue by the Morris Fire Department squad.
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Ronald Rehberg
William Rehberg
Saratoga Township
Ronald
William
Morris Fire Department
Young Rehberg
Morris Hospital
U S Aid Builds 31 Major Plants In Korea In 1957
Seoul reports that the U S aid program completed 31 major plants in 24 industries in 1957. Over 100 more plants are under construction as aid funds exceed 1.3 billion dollars in four years, said economic coordinator William E Warne in a year end statement.
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U.S. Aid
Korea
Seoul
U. S
William E. Warne
7 Year Old Youth Surrenders After Killing Mother
A Brooklyn youth age 17 confessed to shooting his mother Gladys Jessup 35 with a .22 rifle after she nagged him about using the telephone. He dragged her into the bathtub and helped by friend Howard Denlea who faced juvenile delinquency charges.
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New York
Brooklyn
John Jessup
Gladys Jessup
Jessup
Howard Denlea
Denlea
Denlen
Gas Explosion Traps 25 Miners as Rescue Finds 11 Bodies
At Mine No 1 on the Virginia West Virginia border a gas explosion trapped 25 men. Eleven bodies were recovered by dawn while fourteen miners were brought out unharmed. The mine, called gaseous, lies 500 feet underground with two affected sections and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Amonate
Virginia - West Virginia
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Vinia
Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Border
Bishop
William Fullarton
Fullarton
Man Dies After Fall From Tree In Ottawa Illinois
Wallace JaKa 57, a belfry clock repairman, fell 55 feet from a cottonwood while adjusting a home TV antenna in Dayton near Ottawa. The rope knot loosened, causing the plunge onto a concrete walk. His wife Julia reported the accident to police.
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Ottawa
Ill
Wallace JaKa
JaKa
Dayton
Julia
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