Moonward dreams push Jupiter C to new stages
scientists at Caltech's jet propulsion lab seek permission to use a fifth stage on the Jupiter C to circle the moon with a future satellite while Explorer I conducts ongoing tests. Explorer II will receive a radio receiver to enable commanded transmissions and data storage for distant readings.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Defense Department
U. S
Moon
Henry Richter
Jet Lab
Mack says charges against him are unsubstantiated
Richard A. Mack told congressional investigators he is confident facts will show the accusations against him as a FCC member are groundless. He asked for an early chance to testify and said he would cooperate with an FBI probe. He told reporters he has no plans to resign.
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Washington
Richard A. Mack
Congressional
Mack
Federal Communications Commission
Miami
Fla
Harris
D-Ark
House
FCC
Justice Department
FBI
Toll Highway Budget Boosts sharply for Illinois program
The Illinois Toll Highway Commission boosts a six month budget to 137.85 million with 124 million for paving and bridge work. The plan includes 11.89 million for right of way and 485,930 for admin and legal costs as the first toll system segment prepares to open in July.
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Chicago
Illinois Toll Highway Commission
Charles L. Dearing
Austin L. Wyman
Commission
BBC to televise medical surgeries in new series
The British Medical Association condemned the BBC plan to air surgeries in a new series titled Your Life in Their Hands saying the blood curdling and deplorable concept risks sensationalism Public access broadcaster plans to show cancer brain and heart operations in upcoming program slots
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London
British Medical Agsn
BBC Today
BMA
Minooka Firemen Acquire 1800-Gallon Tank Truck
Minooka Volunteer Fire Department obtained an 1800 gallon tank truck for 115 through Grundy County Civil Defense with Fire Chief Robert Blair noting the surplus property purchase and a later 90 dollar tank mounting, plus a 25 dollar surplus flat bed vehicle via Minooka and County Civil Defense directors.
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Minooka
Grundy County Civil Defense Headquarters
Robert Blair
Minooka Civil Defense
Lloyd Talkington
Civil Defense
George Reagan
Blair
Grundy County Civil Defense
Firemen Free Frozen Ducks on Campus Pond
Stillwater Oklahoma State University firefighters answered an odd call to find four ducks frozen in a campus pond. The birds were unhurt and squeaking loudly. After an hour of careful work the ducks were freed.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma State University
Kahler and Goad Charged With Three Burglaries
Kahler 19 and Goad 21 of Wilmington appeared before Justice of the Peace Ches ter Winsor in Morris and were released on 1000 dollar bonds. A March 15 hearing was set and the youths face breaking and entering charges. They are tied to three Grundy County burglaries: October 8 1957 at Diamond Gas Station and December 24 1957 at Diamond Pizza and Diamond Dairy Castle.
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Will County
Eugene Kahler
Chester Goad
Wilmington
Justice of the Peace
Chester Winsor
Morris
Joliet
Garland D. Rakes
Dale Underwood
Dale Chaney
Henry Brown
Coal City
Gene Strong
Kahler
Goad
Grundy County
Diamond
Land M
Diamond Dairy Castle
Red China Leaders Visit North Korea for goodwill
Premier Chou En Lai and new foreign minister Chen Yi arrived in Pyongyang for a goodwill visit to North Korea today. The trip signals strengthened ties between China and North Korea amid regional diplomacy.
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Tokyo
Chou En- Lai
Red China
Chen Yi
Pyongyang
North Korea
Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago remembers infamous crime
On the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day massacre, Chicago’s Capone Moran gang battle for bootlegging control. Five attackers, dressed as police, killed Moran allies at 2122 N. Clark in a brutal ambush. Moran and gunman Jack McGurn later died in gangland violence. A coroner’s note foreshadowed the era’s fate with a crushed valentine found beside McGurn’s body.
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al Capone
George
Bugs) Moran
Chicago
Moran
N. Clark St
Frank Gusenberg
Leavenworth
Kan
Capone
Jack
Judge Upholds Trustees in Conklin Case
Circuit Court Judge Howard Ryan on Thursday upheld the Grundy County Board of School Trustees decision denying reestablishment of the Conklin School District. The ruling found no proof the trustees erred and barred a new petition within one year of a prior disposition.
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Circuit Court
Howard Ryan
Conklin
Grundy County
Wilding and Bride Plan Postnuptial Trips
Los Angeles actor Michael Wilding and former Mrs Susan Nell, a London divorcee and interior decorator, wed in Las Vegas Wednesday night. After a honeymoon in Palm Springs they will travel to the Caribbean and London.
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Los Angeles
Michael Wilding
Susan Nell
London
Las Vegas
New
Palm Springs
Caribbean
Light Snow Expected With 1 2 Inch Accumulation At Area
Frigid weekend forecast from the U S Weather Bureau predicts a light snow that began today, with an inch or two of accumulation possible. Snow should diminish by late tonight or early Saturday, followed by cloudy skies and much colder temperatures through Sunday with highs near 20 and lows near 15. At Pyatt Weather station Friday, the high reached 29 and the mercury fell to nine degrees overnight. 9 AM temperature was 22.
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U. S
Pyatt
School Bus Collision Delays Grand Ridge Team Game
A three vehicle crash at Grand Ridge and Verona Road west of Mazon injured no one. A Grand Ridge school bus rear ended Edna Loomis Marseilles circuit clerk as her car stopped. Loomis turned around and Cheryl Granby Verona sideswiped Loomis. Grand Ridge lost 37 29 to St Paul.
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Grand Ridge Road
Verona Road
Mazon
James Bell
Leon M Hinckelman
Grand Ridge
Coal City
Edna Loomis
LaSalle County
Marseilles
Sterling Hayden Officially Reverts Name Change
Los Angeles Sterling Hayden has had his legal name clarified by Superior Judge Burnett Wolfson. The actor’s petition replaces the prior John Hamilton alias used during his Marine Corps service in 1942. Hayden was born Sterling Walter in Montclair New Jersey and renamed at age ten to honor his stepfather.
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Los Angeles
Sterling Hayden
Burnett Wolfson
John Hamilton
Marine Corps
Qeter
Sterling Walter
Montclair
N. J
Hayden
Wm. E. Allan To Head Drive For Red Cross
William E. Allan will chair a two week Red Cross fund drive March 25 to April 1 in Grundy county. The goal is 9988 dollars, with Al Swansbro guiding Morris business canvassing and Warren Blackburn leading Morris residential solicitation while Earl Hunt heads countywide efforts.
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Wm. E. Allan
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Eugene Baldwin
Grundy County
The
Col
William E. Allan
Morris
al Swansbro
Warren Blackburn
Earl Hunt
Ragged Recluse Dies in Police Car Over Ambulance Refusal
Dixon Illinois report states Morris Adams a 56 year old junk dealer died Thursday in a patrol car after saying he could not afford an ambulance. He had a heart condition and left behind about 300 000 in assets including 160 acre Palmyra Township farm and real estate in Rock Falls Sterling Rockford. He refused hospital admission two days prior. His sister Mrs Albert Bellars of Sterling is listed as survivor.
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Dixon
Ill
Morris Adams
Adams
Lee County Treasurer's Office
Palmyra
Rock Falls
Sterling
Rockford
Albert Bellars
Iraq and Jordan forge Arab federation in rivalry to U A R Egypt Syria
Iraq and Jordan announce a new federation to rival the United Arab Republic formed by Egypt and Syria. King Faisal II of Iraq and King Hussein of Jordan name joint chiefs and merge armies finances and foreign affairs while retaining separate thrones. The move seeks broader Arab unity but may exclude Saudi Arabia.
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Amman
Jordan
Iraq
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Syria
Faisal II
King Hussein
Faisal
U.A.R
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Hussein
al Ittihad
al Arabi Bayin al Dawlatayin
Nasser
Middle East
Mason predicts tax cut by May or June
Rep Mason of Illinois foresees a five billion dollar tax reduction by May or June as Congress pivots from tax increases amid recession fears. He spoke to the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and said Democrats will press the cut with Republican support noting U.S. missile progress has matched Russia’s pace.
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Ottawa
Ill
Mason
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