Labor Secretary Goldberg urges bipartisan action on recession
Arthur J. Goldberg arrived in Chicago to press Kennedy economic plans. He told Mayor Daley and business and labor leaders that cooperation is needed to restore production and employment. He said Congress must approve the 1.2 billion emergency aid program to speed relief to long term unemployed.
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Chicago
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
Goldberg
Washington
Richard J. Daley
Congress
Labor Department
Chicago Midway Airport
President and Attorney General seek 59 new federal judgeships
President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asked Congress to create 59 additional federal judgeships to reduce backlog. They urged action on a bill expanding district courts by 50 and appeals courts by 9, noting no new positions in seven years and rising litigation.
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Washington
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Robert Kennedy
Court of Appeals
Atty
Gen
2Nd Circuit
New York
Connecticut
Vermont
4Th Circuit
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
5Th Circuit
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Canal Zone
Marilyn Monroe Hospital Stay Not Expected To Last
A New York spokesman said Marilyn Monroe, 34, was admitted to Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic for rest and recuperation after a busy year completing two films and facing marital problems. Her condition is reported as satisfactory and the stay is not expected to be prolonged.
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New York
Marilyn Monroe
Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic
New York Hospital
Forced Landing Avoids Serious Injury Near Wheeling
A two engine light airplane made a forced landing in a cornfield shortly after takeoff from Pal-Waukee Airport near Wheeling Illinois. Sherman Dickholtz and his wife Lorna of Skokie Lloyd Churchman and his wife Jean of Chicago escaped with facial cuts and shock and were taken to a Park Ridge hospital for treatment.
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Wheeling
Ill
Pal-Waukee
Palatine Road
Milwaukee Ave
Chicago
Sherman Dickholtz
Lorna
Skokie
Lloyd Churchman
Jean
Park Ridge
Fourth Annual Band Festival Set for Sunday in School Gym
The Morris Area Band festival returns at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Mazon Verona Kinsman high school gym with high school bands led by directors including Gerald Eisold. Participating groups Coal City Gardiner South Wilmington Marseilles Seneca Minooka Mazon Morris, each conductor directing the concert band. The Symphonic band under Thomas Fabish performs six numbers while the Concert band plays a set of marches and symphonic pieces. The two bands join for a final combined performance of Normal.
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Morris Area
Mazon- Verona-Kinsman High School
Gerald Eisold
Coal City
Anna L. Hale
Gardner-South Wilmington
Thomas Hoffman
Marseilles
Donald Sherrard
Seneca
Roger Rinaldi
Minooka
Everett Smith
Mazon
Robert Verhaeghe
Morris
Mr. Eisold
Thomas Fabish
Fabish
Catholic Youth Organization
Chicago
Lakeland
Manhattan
Will Organize Community Choir Here
A community choir directed by Charles Southard will meet at 2 30 p m Sunday in the First Methodist church for its first rehearsal. The group plans an Easter cantata on Palm Sunday evening and invites all who enjoy singing to attend, regardless of previous choir membership.
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Charles Southard
Heart Days for Business Under Way in Morris
A Morris Heart Fund drive for 1961 is under way led by Arthur R. Leach with a goal to finish by Wednesday. Dr. Sidney Liedman notes about 20 local business volunteers will visit downtown offices stores and centers to solicit contributions. Leach cites heart disease as a major economic drain causing untold human suffering and loss of production.
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Morris
Arthur R. Leach
Sidney Liedman
Heart Fund Drive
Leach
Heart Fund
Rep Mason Assigned to Committee
Rep Elmer J Hoffman of Wheaton wins a seat on the expanded House Rules committee as Republicans announce assignments. Illinois Republicans Leslie Arends Edward Derwinski William Springer Robert Chiperfield Marguerite Church John Anderson Harold Collier Noah Mason also receive posts on various panels.
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Washington
Elmer J. Hoffman
Wheaton
House Rules Committee
House
Republican Committee On Committees
Rules
Hoffman
Illinois
Leslie C. Arends
Armed Services Committee
Edward J. Derwinski
Banking
William L. Springer
Interstate and
District Speech Contest Held at Morris High School
Morris Community High School hosts the district speech contest on February 18 with entries from 12 high schools across 10 competition fields. Dramatics feature six one act plays in the auditorium as the event runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Morris Community High School
Bradley - Bourbonnais
Gardner-South Wilmington
Joliet Township
Mazon - Verona Kinsman
Kankakee Senior High
Mendota
Morris
Oswego
Ottawa Township
Ottawa Marquette
Plainfield
Streator
Walter Johnson
MCHS
Jury seated for Weger murder trial in Ottawa
The Weger murder trial jury was completed and Circuit Judge Leonard Hoffman ordered the trial to begin at 10 a.m. Monday after more than 300 prospective jurors were questioned over three weeks.
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Ottawa
Chester
Rocky) Weger
Leonard Hoffman
Lincoln Leaves for Presidency 100 Years Ago
Robert Goldenstein recounts Lincoln's 1861 departure from Springfield for Washington to be inaugurated amid farewell visits, prayers, and a somber mood as the nation stood on the eve of Civil War. Lincoln bids friends farewell, reflects on duty, and leaves behind a life in Illinois.
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Lincoln
Capitol
C. S. German
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Robert Goldenstein
Ford
Washington, D.C
Illinois
United States
Eighth and
Jackson Streets
Lincolns
Chenery House
A. Lincoln
White House
Robert T
William
Thomas
Great Western Railway
Lumumba Escapes Farmhouse Detention Heads Toward Angola
Katanga government reports Patrice Lumumba and two associates escaped a Kasasi farmhouse after overpowering guards. They fled by auto with rifles and gas, amid speculation he aims for Angola or Stanleyville. Col. Okito and Maurice Mpolo also escaped. U.N. and officials seek confirmation amid rumors of his death.
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Adrian Porter
Elisabethville
The
Congo
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Godefroid Munongo
Lumumba
Angola
Stanleyville
Oriental
Jadotville
Thysville
Leopoldville
Kasasi
Munongo
Col
Joseph Okito
Maurice Mpolo
Mpolo
Okita
Senate
Brussels
U.N
New York
Weather outlook with cool temps and no precipitation
The forecast predicts cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with little chance of rain. Temperatures will stay in the 20s at night and upper 30s to lower 40s by day, with 42 high and 22 low recorded at Collins station yesterday and 32 degrees at 9 a.m. today as temperatures rise.
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U. S
Collins
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Nathan Leopold
Trudy Feld Garcia de Quevedo
San Juan
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University of Puerto Rico
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Tolono
Moscow Radio
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