Trial opens in Weger case with cave photos shown
In Ottawa Newfoundland the Weger trial began for the murder of Mrs Lillian Oetting and two other Chicago spouses. Deputy Sheriff William Dummett testified as the sole morning witness identifying about 30 cave and crime scene photographs.
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Weger
Ottawa
Starved Rock State Park
William Dummett
Dummett
Chester
Rocky) Weger
Lillian Oetting
Chicago
Robert Lindquist
Space Age 1961 Looms as Exciting Space Year
The article previews a milestone year for space exploration with Ham the chimp flying 155 miles high as a sign of rapid progress. It notes Soviet strides including Venus rendezvous goals, plus plans for satellites, weather forecasting, and global communications. The piece highlights the coming era of manned orbital flight and the push to break gravity’s limits.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
Cape Canaveral, Fla
Venus
Earth
United States
Ham
South Atlantic
U.S
Moon
Mars
Mardi Gras Madness Grips New Orleans Parades and Rex
Multicolored crowds flood the streets for Mardi Gras revelry in New Orleans. Six grand parades with lavish floats roll through the French Quarter as Rex and Comus prepare midnight champagne toasts. Rex is Lawrence Moore Williams with queen Virginia Wayne Borah. Zulu opens the day with its own parade.
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New Orleans
Vieux Carre
Rex
Monarch of
Merriment
Comus
Camus
Lawrence Moore Williams
Virginia Wayne Borah
U.S
Wayne G. Borah
Zulu
Egan Faces Nine Rivals in Aurora Primary Vote
Aurora mayor Paul Egan, 59, seeks re election in a nine way non partisan primary. Top two vote getters meet in a runoff April 4. Contenders include Jay L Hunter real estate man and Albert D McCoy comptroller for a dress maker.
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Egan
Aurora
Paul Egan
Jay L. Hunter
Albert D. McCoy
Kerner panel forms subcommittee to study Illinois joblessness
Gov Otto Kerner appointed a nine member Illinois Board of Unemployment Compensation Advisors to study unemployment with a three man subcommittee. Breul Siemiller and Winks will gather data and report recommendations to the parent board which may seek legislation to extend benefits and raise weekly unemployment payments. The board, split among labor management and civic groups, will meet again Feb 20 in Chicago.
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Chicago
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Illinois Board of Unemployment Compensation Advisors
Frank R. Breul
University of Chicago
P. L. Siemiller
International Association of Machinists
Gordon W. Winks
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Breul
Nineman
Mazon Speed Bowl Sued For 15000
Edward Wilmington Lake filed a $15 000 damage suit in Grundy County Circuit Court against Mazon Speed Bowl River Valley Racing Club Inc alleging negligence in keeping the track and pit area in unsafe condition after a July 4 1958 accident in which Lake was struck by a racer in the pit area. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Joseph F E Baker and Anton E Mutz of Joliet. the defendant is represented by Dunn Stafenich and McGarry of Joliet.
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River Valley Racing Club Inc
Grundy County
Will County
Edward Lake
Wilmington
Mazon
Anton E. Mutz
Joliet
Dunn, Stafenich and McGarry of
Thief Turns Out To Be Laundryman At Motel
In Grand Junction Colorado police investigated a call about a thief stealing 20 dirty sheets from a motel. A second call soon after corrected the suspect to the motel’s laundry man.
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Grand Junction
Colo
20 Year Sentence For Murder In Livingston County
Streator factory worker Richard Bright, 22, was given 20 years for the murder of 18 year old Dean Jerde, after finding him with Bright’s wife. He also received 10 to 20 years for assault with intent to commit mayhem on his wife, to run concurrently. Jerde was shot in the head. Mrs. Bright was wounded.
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Pontiac
Richard Bright
Dean Jerde
Brights
Livingston County
Yvonne
R. Burnell Phillips
Jerde
Streator
Home Demonstration honors 38 years of service with pig gift
In Summerton South Carolina Eleanor Carson retired after 38 years with Clarendon county home demonstration. County Council of Farm Women presented her a six month old pedigree pig with a red sash, a playful twist on her remark years ago about preferring a hog.
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Summerton
S. C
Clarendon County
Eleanor Carson
County Council of Farm Women
Large anti Castro force lands in Cuba sparking second front fears
Reports say up to 1,000 anti Castro rebels gathered at Baracoa or Moa Bay on Cuba s northeast coast and may have opened a second front in Oriente Province. Rumors claim Fidel Castro s militiamen defected in the Escambray mountains and joined the rebels. Officials refuse to confirm details amid a government blackout.
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Havana
Cuba
Oriente
Fidel Castro
Escambray
Armed Forces Ministry
Baracoa
Moa Bay
Sierra Cristal
Santiago
Fidel
Raul Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Soviet Union withdraws Hammarskjold recognition over Congo crisis
The USSR announces it will not recognize Dag Hammarskjold as UN secretary general and demands Belgian and other foreign forces leave the Congo within a month. It calls for censure of Belgium over Lumumba’s death, and urges arrest and trial of Moise Tshombe. Demonstrations erupt in Moscow as students target the Belgian Embassy.
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Congo
Katanga
Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
T Ee
Albert Kalonji
Baluba
London
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
United Nations
Belgium
Patrice Lumumba
Tass
Moise Tshombe
Republic
Republic of Congo
Moscow
Hippolyte Colls
Republic of the Congo
Mass
Hammarskjold
Tshombe
Con
Supervisors Meeting Under Way
The Grundy County Board of Supervisors opened its February session and recessed to review bids for painting remodeling and repair work on the courthouse. They aim to approve some bids this month and consider hiring a janitor for the courthouse.
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Grundy County
Weather forecast shows cloudy period with no rain
The Weather Bureau predicts considerable cloudiness tonight through Thursday with no precipitation expected. Daytime highs in the upper 40s and nighttime lows around 30s. Collins Weather Station recorded 47 degrees Monday and a 27 degree low. at 9 am today it was 34 and rising.
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Weather Bureau
Collins
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