Israelis and Syrians exchange fire near Sea of Galilee
Border clashes escalate as Syria and Israel exchange fire north of the sea with an Israeli patrol near Shaar Yashuv hit and a border policeman wounded. Earlier reports said another Israeli officer was wounded 25 miles south in the demilitarized zone. A U N spokesman in Jerusalem voiced cautious optimism about renewed talks at the Mixed Armistice Commission.
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Jerusalem
Sea of Galilee
Shaar Yashuv
U. N
Syria
Israel
All-America Cities honors go to Illinois towns Alton and East St Louis
New York announces eleven U S cities awarded for progress through citizen effort. Alton Illinois and East St Louis Missouri join De Soto Missouri Fargo North Carolina Lamar Colorado Norfolk Virginia San Juan California Santa Fe Springs California Seattle Washington Vallejo California and Winston-Salem North Carolina. Winners were selected from about 100 cities by a jury led by George Gallup. Look magazine will publish descriptions of the winning efforts in its March 1 issue.
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New York
U. S
Illinois
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Alton
Ill
East St. Louis
de Soto
Fargo
N. C
Lamar
Vallenjo
Calif
Winston-Salem
George Gallup
Look
Crossman Informations Filed in Kendall County Case
Two informations were filed Tuesday in Kendall County circuit court against William Wesley Crossman 25 of Morris charged with abducting and assaulting two Joliet women last December. Bond set at 30000 each. Crossman to stand trial if no plea by March 14.
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Kendall County
William Wesley Crossman
Morris
Joliet
Yorkville
Jerome Nelson
Crossman
Grand Jury
Casius Poust
Sycamore
Ralph Lowe
Aurora
Petit Jury
Housewife with 18 year past faces extradition in California
Irene Marie Robbins 45, formerly Ruth Crum, was sought after her parole violation 18 years ago. Traced by fingerprints, she told her husband Frank Robbins in Gardenia California that her past had caught up. Illinois will pursue extradition with California Gov Brown asked to refuse. She was arraigned on a fugitive charge and released without bail until March 4.
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Gardena
Calif
Irene Marie Robbins
Frank
Reformatory
Illinois
Newark Votes Down Three Improvement Proposals
In Newark a special election Saturday drew 210 votes. A sewerage bond failed 118 to 90, a sanitary district levy failed 115 to 95, and a fire tax request failed 112 to 96, defeating all three projects.
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Newark
Favor Blast Theory on Plane Crash
Investigators revisit the January crash near Bolivia North Carolina after examining the body of Julian A. Frank and his seat. They report twisted seat frame a hole in the floor and shattered upholstery with possible wire fragments in Frank’s body. Frank a New York attorney carried about 900000 in life insurance. Sixty passengers and crew perished in the crash as the Civil Aeronautics Board orders further wreckage tests expected to take three weeks.
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Washington
Julian A. Frank
North Carolina
Frank
New York
Bolivia
N. C
Civil Aeronautics Board
Army to Lease 4451 Acres to Farmers at Joliet Arsenal
Chicago District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced plans to lease 25 tracts totaling 4451 acres at Joliet Arsenal to farmers. Bids due 1:30 p.m. February 18 at the Post Engineer’s Office. Leases run five or ten years from March 1. Restrictions limit land use to hay seed and vegetable crops under a policy against price supported surplus crops on government land.
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Joliet Arsenal
Chicago
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
C. F. Mitchim
Mitchim
Morris Teachers Assn Banquet February 15
The Morris Teachers association plans a banquet at 6 30 p m February 15 in Morris Community High School cafeteria. Guests include the high and grade school boards of education and county superintendents. Tickets available at the high school Franklin school and county office before February 10. Dr Donald Grubb will speak and the local Barbershop quartet group will perform. Grubb is a former newspaper man now heading a new journalism department at Northern Illinois University.
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Morris Teachers Association
Morris Community High School
Boards of Education
Franklin
Donald Grubb
Morris
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Charles Southard
Grubb
MacArthur Reports Best Night Since Hospitalization
General Douglas MacArthur aged 80 is reported to have his most restful night since entering a New York hospital on January 29 for treatment of an enlarged prostate gland.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Nixon standoff ends as school aid proposal defeated
In a dramatic Senate session, Vice President Nixon helped kill a $1.1 billion yearly school aid plan. A rival Monroney proposal, seeking $880 million yearly for four years, advances. Johnson tried to force a reconsideration, but Dirksen tabled it to seal the fate.
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Washington
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
A. S
Mike Monroney
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Nixon
Eisenhower
Seismic quake near Solomon Islands rocks region north of Sydney
Sydney observers at Riverview Observatory logged a severe earthquake today about 1900 miles north north east of Sydney, likely in the Solomon Islands region. The event prompted readings from local stations but details on damage or casualties were not available.
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Sydney
Australia
Riverview Observatory
Solomon Islands
Grand Jury Recalled for February 15 to Hear Reckless Homicide Case
Circuit Judge Leonard Hoff man signed an order to convene at 10 a.m. on February 15 the regular grand jury plus 10 members of the supplemental panel. The move follows a motion to reconvene to hear the reckless homicide case against Richard R. Bunt who allegedly drove a car that ran a stop sign at Route 1138S and struck M. E. Tascher, causing Tascher’s death.
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Leonard Hoffman
Richard R. Bunt
Division Street
M. E. Tascher
Tascher
Bunt
Darrell Herman
Mazon
Burglars Take $40 From Bedford Drive-In
Police report a Tuesday night theft at the Bedford Drive-In on Bedford Road. Entry was gained by forcing a west door into the office, with no other items disturbed. About $40 in change left in paper cups was taken, suggesting a strong push caused the break in.
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Bedford Drive-In
Bedford Road
Jimmy Marks
Would Be Police Boss Says Gibbons For Chicago Post
CHICAGO The Philadelphia police commissioner Thomas J. Gibbons says he would take the Chicago job only as absolute boss with no mayoral interference and civil service support to remove undesirables and speed promotions He would bring several Phil adelphia officers described as rough and square men if he accepted The city searches for a new commissioner continues as Captain Herman R Dorf is suspended for refusing to testify amid the Summerdale corruption probe and committee chair O M Wilson warns he may return to duties next week over potential delays in naming a successor.
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Chicago
Philadelphia Police Department
Thomas J. Gibbons
Philadelphia
Chicago Post
Civil Service Commission
Philadephia
All Square
Special Committee
Dorf
Herman R. Dorf
Summerdale
Richard Morrison
Kyran Phelan
Selection Committee
O. M. Wilson
University of California School of Criminology
Nuclear Institute Opens at Lemont
The International Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering opened at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont. Forty-one students are enrolled, including 37 from foreign countries and 4 from the United States.
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Chicago
International Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont
United States
Recovery devices detailed for Discoverer IX space capsule
At Vandenberg Air Force Base the Discoverer IX rocket launched to test recovery of a 300 pound capsule. Details released describe two devices aiding recovery: radar-reflecting aluminum chaff released when the parachute opens and an automatic timing device to eject the capsule on the satellite’s 17th polar pass, likely between passes 15 and 18 over the Pacific.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Pacific
Polar Orbit
Midwest Vote On School Aid Bill Shifts 44-44 Tie
Senate rejected a Democratic proposal to double the school aid bill. Nixon broke the tie at 44-44 to table reconsideration. Illinois Douglas voted for while Dirksen opposed. Indiana Hartke Martin for while Hickenlooper opposed. Missouri Hennings and Symington for. Wisconsin Proxmire for. Wiley initially with Democrats then paired.
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Washington
Midwest
Senate
Nixon
Illinois
Douglas
Dirksen
Indiana
Hartke
Iona Martin
Hickenlooper
Missouri
Hennings
Symington
Wisconsin
Weather forecast predicts rain with sleet into Friday
The Weather Bureau forecast rain possibly mixed with sleet tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Highs in the mid 30s, nights near 30 degrees, and a 38 degree high yesterday at Collins station with 27 expected tonight. At 9 am today the temperature was 34 degrees.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
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E. St. Louis
Crossman Informations
National Airlines
Wilmington
Teachers Assn
Mac
Sen. Clark
By Jor Hall
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Johnson
Gayle Croskrey
Harbor City
Huntington
Utah
Gayle
Muskegon, Mich
Skip Cook
Jack Beagle
Jim Cook
Don Aley
Gibbons
Nuclear Institute
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