Lincoln Birthday Interest Grows Amid Civil War Centennial Plans
The nation marks Abraham Lincoln's birthday with rising interest in Lincoln books and drama as the Civil War centennial nears. Historians warn that few experts study vast archives, risking lost details, while public efforts in Illinois to fund a Lincoln home park progress slowly. A NBC Monitor broadcast will highlight Illinois history with Gov. Stratton opening remarks.
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America
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Philip van Doren Stern
Stern
Lincoln Memorial Center Assn
Springfield
Memorial Center Assn
State of Illinois
Alex Dreier
NBC Monitor
Chicago Staton
WMAQ
Dreier
Ilinois
William G. Stratton
Pathologists say Grimes sisters died from exposure not natural causes
Medical experts report that Barbara 15 and Patricia 13 Grimes were alive when frozen and died from exposure. No alcohol drugs poisons or injuries found. The case remains a puzzling murder mystery with few tangible clues.
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Chicago
Grimes
Barbara
Patricia
Willow Springs
Edwin F. Hirsch
Jerry J. Kearns
A. Webb
Walter Camp
South Side
Hirsch
Edward
Bennie) Bedwell
Kearns
Four Indicted By Jury Here
Grundy County grand jury returned 12 indictments on four people, two youths and two men. Amill Smith of Butler Street faces arson, statutory rape, and assault charges with bonds totaling 5 000. Lester Johnson and Clinton Studgvin of Coal City face four charges each, bonds totaling 4 000 each. Charles William Hayes of Chicago is charged with grand larceny and malicious mischief with bonds totaling 5 000. Studyvin posted bond. others held. Arraignment dates not yet set. Jury reported county jail conditions satisfactory.
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Grundy County
Louis A. Zearing
Princeton
August B. Black
Amill Smith
Butler St
Lester Johnson
Coal City
Clinton Studgvin
Charles William Hayes
Chicago
Ray Matteson
Brienna
Arrests Across Hungary Target Counterrevolutionaries
Budapest reports widespread arrests of counterrevolutionaries by the Communist press. More than 80 arrests were reported in the last 36 hours, with charges including terrorism and prison escape.
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Budapest
Hungary
Thames Flood Douses Windsor Grounds and College Playing Fields
Swollen by steady rain the Thames rose two feet above normal at Windsor Bridge, flooding parts of the Windsor Castle grounds and the Etom College playing fields.
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London
Thames
Windsor Castle
Etom College
Windsor Bridge
Pike Planting Delivers 3500 Northern Fish to Three Clubs
More than 3,500 Northern pike were planted in lakes of three area clubs on Friday night. A truck from Fountain View carried 500 to Grundy County Red and Gun Club, 2,000 to Coal City Miners Area No. 1, and 1,000 to Braivdwood Recreation club. Despite a clutch fire near Coal Chutes road, Aage Hansen towed the disabled tank and the planting was completed within four hours at Horseshoe pit and the big slough.
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Fountain View
Wis
Morris
Grundy County
Red and Gun Club
Coal City Miner's Area No. 1
Braidwood Recreation Club
Horseshoe Pit
Rod and Gun Club
Rock Island
Hansen
Aage Hansen
Coal City
Braidwood
Cloudy and Mild Weekend Forecast for Grundy Area
The Grundy county region sees a 40 degree start at Pyatt station this morning. Forecasters expect mild weather through Sunday with possible rain Sunday into Monday and total precipitation around 0.44 inches.
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Grundy
Mercury
New Heights
Grundy County
Pyatt
U S Considering conciliatory Egyptian policy statement
United States envoys headed by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr propose a cautious Egyptian policy statement from President Nasser to encourage Israeli troop withdrawal from Egypt. Cairo papers threaten canal closure unless Israel pulls back Gaz a Strip and Gulf of Aqaba coast. Western delegates see a mild Nasser note as boosting Egypt's western prestige and pressuring Israel.
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United Nations
United States
Nasser
Egypt
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
Lodge
Cairo
al Shaab
Suez Canal
Suez
Israel
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
U. N. Assembly
West
Three Autos Damaged in Accident Here
Three cars were damaged in a Friday evening crash on the 400 block of East Washington Street. Theodore Scott, 1242 East Washington Street, said his car skidded after meeting another vehicle and struck Lloyd Wills’ parked car, which then pushed into Joyce Nelson’s car. Scott was uninjured.
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E. Washington Street
Theodore Scott
Washington St
Scott
Lloyd Wills
Joyce Nelson
Wills
Nelson
Rumors of Royal Rift Spark UK Silence
London newspapers ignored reports of a Royal rift between Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip despite a Baltimore Sun story claiming gossip spread to Britain. Palace press secretary Cmdr Richard Colville denied the rumors as untrue while the couple prepared to reunite in Lisbon for an official Portugal visit.
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London
United States
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Baltimore Sun
Cafe Society
Consut
Cmdr
Richard Colville
Duke of Edinburgh
Lisbon
Portugal
Sydney
Australia
Daily Mirror Today
Whale Hunt in Mexican Lagoon Aims for Heart Data
Dr. Paul Dudley White, Eisenhower's heart specialist, departs Santa Monica for a remote Mexican lagoon to hunt a grey whale by helicopter. He plans to obtain a one minute electrocardiogram recording to study the spread of electric current through the heart muscle.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Paul Dudley White
White
Eisenhower
Saud Leaves Washington After Cordial Talks On Airbase Aid
King Saud of Saudi Arabia departed Washington in a drizzle after a 10 day state visit that yielded five key agreements. The accords renew the Dhahran Air Field use for five years, provide a modern Saudi defense force in two years, plus economic aid, and affirm a U N backed peace effort. Saudi Arabia backs Eisenhower’s Arab plan to counter Communist expansion and will urge regional allies to support it at a forthcoming summit.
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Washington
King Saud
Saud
U.S
Dhahran
Russia
U. S
Saudi Arabia
United States
U. N
Eisenhower
Mideast
U S Communists Meet for National Convention in New York
In New York the U S Communist Party begins its 16th national convention with 300 delegates amid a split between old line Moscow loyalists and revisionists seeking independence. Eugene Dennis and William Z Foster to speak as leaders face calls to redefine policy after years of prison during the interim.
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New York
Biesel
Eugene Dennis
William Z. Foster
United States
Kremlin
Nuclear power era advances with EBWR near Argonne
The Argonne National Laboratory launches the Experimental Boiling Water Reactor in Lemont for a year long test supplying 5 000 kilowatts. The project aims to prove safe simple self regulating nuclear power using low enrichment uranium and marks a step toward Dresden reactor east of Morris for 180 000 kilowatts.
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AEC
Arco
Idaho
EBWR
Trains Collide in Chapel-en-le-Frith Collision
Three trains collided in Chapel-en-le-Frith England. Reports said one railwayman was killed and three people unaccounted for. Two freights and a diesel passenger train were involved. several passengers were injured and treated for shock.
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Chapel - En- le- Firth
England
Toscanini to Lie in State at La Scala in Milan
Arturo Toscanini's body will lie in state February 18 at Milan's La Scala Opera House, a return from New York where he died January 16. The maestro's body will be flown back next weekend for burial.
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Milan
Arturo Toscanini
la Scala Opera House
New York
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