Judge weighs court reform vote issue in Illinois
A Lake County judge heard arguments on whether only an X marks yes on a statewide court reform referendum. Ten petitioners seek a recount, arguing many ballots marked yes with a written mark were discarded. Attorneys for petitioners say constitutional amendments may allow other marks, while opponents insist an X is legally required.
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Waukegan
Inl
Lake County
Sidney H. Block
Block
Lake
Cook Counties
State Election Board
Illinois
Justice of the Peace
Atty
Harry Fins
Chicago
Edward C. Eberspacher
Shelbyville
Illinois Township Officials Assn
Justices of the Peace
Eberspacher
Fins
Gerald Snyder
Sam Witwer
Driver Slightly Hurt After Big Truck Flip on Route 47
Charles Obrsajko of Pekin Illinois drove into the wrong lane to avoid water on Route 47 one mile north of Mazon at 2 15 a m. He caused a semi to leave the road and overturn though no collision occurred. Obrsajko was shaken but unharmed. his car was towed as water filled the ditch.
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Charles Obrsajko
Pekin
Ill
Mazon
Obrsajko
Morris
Kenneth Hanly
Lexington
Craig
Gardner plans drive to recruit 123 volunteers for 200 bed emergency hospital
A meeting in Gardner launched a drive to recruit 123 volunteers to staff a 200 bed emergency hospital stored in the Gardner Fire building and to be set up at Gardner South Wilmington High School in emergencies. The target is to secure volunteers by March 25 and file plans with the state Civil Defense office by April 1, covering Coal City Braceville South Wilmington and Gardner.
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Gardner
Grundy County
Coal City
Braceville
Wilmington
Lester Wise
Gardner Civil Defense
Charles MacDonald
Gardner Fire Department
Mac Reagan
Gardner - South Wilmington High School
Wise
MacDonald
State Civil Defense Office
Gardner Man Dies Today Unexpectedly
John Int-Hout 68 died unexpectedly today in Santa Cruz California while vacationing with his wife. The body will be brought to Gardner for funeral services and burial. Survived by his wife five sons five grandchildren five sisters and a brother.
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Gardner
John Int-Hout
Santa Cruz
Calif
Mr. Int-Hout
Garland
Pierrie
Alaska
Duane
Rodney
Lee
Rural Home Blaze Causes Minor Kitchen Roof Damage
The Mazon fire department was alerted at 7 a m to extinguish a fire at the Enar Nelson farm home three miles southwest of Mazon. The blaze, thought to stem from faulty wiring in a ceiling summer kitchen, was confined to the kitchen roof with only minor damage.
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Mazon
Enar Nelson
Daley Looks To Increase Democratic Edge In Chicago Primary
Chicago voters head to a Democratic primary with Mayor Richard J. Daley seeking a second term and aiming for about 775000 party votes. Republican Timothy Sheehan expects a weak turnout and Lar Daly poses a symbolic challenge. Aldermen vote also. Daley’s party holds City Council since 1931.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Timothy Sheehan
Lar
America First
Daly
Sheehan
Congress
Heart Fund Canvass Nets About $800
Volunteers from the Morris Junior Woman's club the American Legion auxiliary and post color guard canvassed Morris Sunday afternoon for the Heart Fund collecting about $800. Miss note homes missed may mail contributions to Mrs. Malmquist or Mrs. Turner. Refreshments were served at the Legion Home and thanks were given to Richard's Diner Irvin Day and all volunteers.
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Morris Junior Woman's Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Color Guard
City of Morris
Heart Fund
Robert Malmquist
Thomas Turner
Legion Home
Trailer Home Damaged by Gardner Fire
A Gardner fire at 1 20 p m Sunday destroyed clothing and caused interior damage in the trailer home of Mr and Mrs Ralph Sanders while they visited in Morris The blaze started in an electric fuse box and centered in a clothes closet.
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Gardner
Ralph Sanders
Gardner Fire Department
Sanders
Morris
Dial Telephone Installers Sprint To Complete Morris Project
Illinois Bell manager Warren Blackburn says crews have begun converting Morris telephones to dial service. Vice Chief R L Hurst leading installers who will cover homes and businesses over five months, inspecting wires and scheduling visits. Calls will be routed through operators until the changeover, and installers carry Illinois Bell ID cards with photos.
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Morris
Warren Blackburn
Illinois Bell
Ing
Blackburn
Ernie Oder
Len Adams
Marv Tyler
Skip Webster
Bob Colstock
Ron Reece
Missing Dartmouth Doctors Sought After Mercy Flight
A large air and ground search in the Littleton area for Dr. Ralph E. Miller and Dr. Robert E. Quinn, Dartmouth Medical College faculty, who disappeared after a Saturday mercy flight from Berlin to Lebanon. About 40 aircraft and a 20 man snow team from the Dartmouth Outing Club scoured the White Mountains region amid freezing temperatures and reports of a small plane heard Saturday near Littleton.
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Berlin
N.H
Littleton
Lebanon
Dartmouth Outing Club
Ralph E. Miller
Robert E. Quinn
Dartmouth Medical College
White Mountains
Weekend warm spell fades as temps dip this week
A weekend warm spell ends as temperatures fall to below normal for the next five days. Nightly lows of 15 to 20 degrees may freeze and slow river rise from a rapid thaw and Sunday rain half an inch. Sunday high reached 47 at Pyatt station, dropping to 39. 9 am today was 40.
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Pyatt
Cuban Bloodbath Atrocities Under Batista Regime Explored
Associated Press writer Robert Berrellez investigates Batista era crimes in Cuba. He details hundreds tortured or executed by police and army, notes Castro estimates 20,000 victims, and reports Castro’s tribunals have already executed over 300 former security personnel.
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Cuba
Associated Press
Robert Berrellez
Arizona
Batista
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuba massacre trials recount brutal Batista era abuses
Trials reveal Maj. Jesus Sosa Blanco linked to 108 killings, nine family members among Bayamo victims. Soldiers executed for massacre of 19 in one village as 82 of 92 prosecution witnesses testified to 29 assassinations. Survivor Miguel Llorente recalls moment before gunfire.
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Batista
Cuba
Jesus Sosa Blanco
Sosa Blanco
Bayamo
Oriente
Martin Argote
Miguel Llorente
Argote
Llorente
Funeral planned for State Senator Victor McBroom 72
State Senator Victor McBroom 72 of Kankakee died Saturday in St. Luke's hospital Chicago after a premature death following abdominal surgery. The Bloomington born politician, long active in business and local government, served in the Illinois House since 1940 and in the Senate since 1946. Burial will be in a local cemetery beside his family. Governor Stratton issued a statement on his passing.
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Kankakee
Victor McBroom
St. Luke's Hospital
Chicago
First Methodist Church
McBroom
Hillsboro
Ind
Edward Jeffers
Kankakee Township
House of Representatives
Senate
William G. Stratton
Sen
Macmillan Khrushchev Hold Talks on Disarmament Deadlock
In Moscow the British prime minister and Premier Khrushchev held a two and a half hour Kremlin meeting with one disarmament adviser present. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and Ambassador Sir Patrick Reilly attended. The meeting followed a weekend visit and focused on mutual interests and the West Berlin and German unity issues.
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A. I. Goldberg
Moscow
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Con O’neill
Selwyn Lloyd
Patrick Reilly
Communist Party
Pravda
Red Army
West Berlin
Anastas I. Miko
Three Die in Elgin Crash Involving Truck and Parked Cars
Elgin Illinois three people died and five were injured when a semi truck struck two parked cars on a highway shoulder near Elgin. The victims include Carl Aickstrand police official, and two Garcia children aged 14 and 12. Ahlstrand had stopped to ticket Antonio Garcia before a truck struck the vehicles. Swanson was identified as the truck driver charged with reckless homicide.
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Elgin
Ill
U. S. Rt
Carl Aickstrand
Hanover Park
Carrie
Gabriel Garcia
Ahlstrand
Antonio Garica
Garcia
Cliffo P. Smith
Bartlett
H. A. Swanson
Fourth St
Rockford
Maria
John
Antonio Jr
Smith
Swanson
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