19 Feb 1960
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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1960
Page
1
The article surveys Uruguay’s welfare system with full pensions at age 50 for some workers and heavy government involvement. It notes peso devaluation, rising prices, and gambling reliance, while highlighting urban beaches, tall homes, and accessible cars for a cross section of society.
Daryl Chessman, condemned to death for years, won an eighth reprieve from the San Quentin gas chamber after a U S Department of State appeal. Governor Brown ordered a 60 day stay less than ten hours before execution citing potential anti Ike era anti government protests abroad and pledged to seek abolition of the death penalty when the Legislature reconvenes. Chessman has drawn global attention for his long fight to avoid execution.
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies this afternoon and a clear, colder night with a low near zero. A warmup Saturday gives way to possible snow Sunday, with continued below normal temperatures for five days. Precipitation may total .3 to .5 inch beginning Sunday as snow, then mix or change to rain or snow by Tuesday or Wednesday.
The administration backs a modest rise in the federal minimum wage. Secretary James P. Mitchell told Congress a dollar-an-hour base is feasible without harming employment. The plan could lift pay for over a million workers and may seek raises to 1.10 or 1.15 and expand coverage to about three million more workers.
New York British stage star Michael Allinson is the new Professor Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady. A British Academy of Dramatic Art graduate he mostly recites songs with occasional melody and says he is an actor not a singer. Rex Harrison used a similar half talking half singing approach on Broadway.
The United States admitted a U S based plane flew on a raid over Cuba and apologized to the Castro regime The State Department said Charg dAffaires Daniel Braddock in Havana conveyed the government s sincere regrets that the plane evaded intensified air patrols The crash site and origin from Tampa Bay are noted with bombing material loaded before the Cuba mission
Fidel Castro appealed on television for the United States to stop raids from Florida air bases. He announced two Americans died in an attack on a Cuban sugar mill and warned continued bombing would worsen U S Cuban tensions.
An east of Dixon on U S 30 collision sent a Lee Center school bus into a ditch after a truck struck from rear as children alighted. Driver John Mutchmore 53 of Independence Iowa charged with following too close. Eleven children plus two adults were taken to area hospitals with various injuries.
Wayne Bailey of Wilmington sues Emmett Williams of Williams Tavern Du Page William Wills Riverside Inn owner Marie Kahler for 20000 dollars claiming his wife and minor son suffered damages after he was shot by a Coal City officer during a drunken driving arrest last July 12 in a scuffle while jailed.
Morris Grade School board announced bids for the Garfield school construction will be received until 5 p.m. Wednesday and a March 2 board meeting is expected to let the contract. Garfield pupils will move to Franklin School on Monday February 22, as the old building is demolished next week. The board also authorized bids this summer for painting about 10 rooms in Center and Franklin schools and for replacing south side Center windows with glass blocks and ventilator sections as part of a ongoing maintenance program.
Braceville and Gardner fire departments battled a blaze that destroyed about 300 hay bales on the Dwayne Hall farm, a mile and a half northwest of Braceville. Loss estimated at 350 dollars. Fire started around 10 p.m. and was brought under control by 5 a.m. a bulldozer helped scatter remaining bales. Braceville Sparks served coffee to firefighters at 1 30 a.m.
Queen Elizabeth II has given birth to a son, her second child, with both mother and baby reported doing well. Bells rang across London as crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace to hear the official bulletin announcing the delivery at 3:30 p.m. The infant’s name was not yet announced, though “James” was a likely choice.
Walter L. Jacobs, president of a nationwide equipment leasing firm, says rental options now include bull dozers mobile forklifts and aircraft maintenance gear as a natural extension of their autos rental service.
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