Illinois Aged Care Plan Nears Rollout
Illinois residents over 65 soon can access low cost medical and hospital insurance. The Blue Shield plan will cost 1.65 dollars a month, with physicians accepting reduced fees. About 85 percent of Illinois doctors support participation. The Blue Shield features no physical exam and no benefits for pre existing ailments for 180 days. A 30 day hospital care provision is included. Blue Cross hospitalization plan will follow in 30 to 60 days, likely at higher cost.
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Symington Tour Details Expand Illinois Trip Plan
Washington reports Rep Charles H Brown announces Sen Stuart Symington will tour Illinois over the next two weekends to secure most of the 69 Democratic convention votes. Brown serves as Symingtons national campaign manager. Symington says he will stay out of presidential primaries but would accept the nomination and face Vice President Nixon if chosen.
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Weather forecast and recent snowfall report summary
The U S Weather Bureau projected possible additional snow flurries ending tonight with a low near 15 degrees. Saturday’s high should reach the upper 20s, and Sunday will be partly cloudy with little temperature change. Earlier, Collins Weather Station logged 1.5 inches of snowfall with 9 a m temperature at 20 degrees. Thursday night low was 19 and daytime high 27 degrees.
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Alitalia DC7 crashes near Shannon killing 26
An Italian airliner bound for New York crashed after takeoff from Shannon Airport and exploded in a nearby cemetery. Twenty six aboard were killed, 12 of 40 passengers were Americans, and 23 survivors were badly burned or injured. The four engine DC7 plowed through tombstones and a sheep pasture in cold, clear weather.
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Growth of Morris Hospital Reported at Lions Club
Miss Dee Elsom, administrator of Morris Hospital, outlined five year growth under remodeling. Income rose from 171735 to 349538 while expenses grew from 185506 to 339873. In patients climbed from 16104 to 33161 and outpatients from 1299 to 3361. X ray and emergency room use also surged as staff expanded.
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Morris Lions Club
Road Travel Not Bad In Area After Cleanup Efforts
Hans A. Hexdall state highway maintenance superintendent said travel conditions were not bad overall though about half of area highways were iced. U S Highway 66 had about 20 percent ice and drifting snow kept some stretches hazardous. Crews worked around the clock to spread salt and cinders with hopes roads would be ice free by 2 to 3 p.m. if sun and warmth persist.
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Indictments Against Three Chicago Police Tainted Scandal
A Chicago special grand jury voted true bills naming three policemen in the police scandal. John P Begley Robert J Polite and Det Henry Pates face charges of larceny and perjury related to a warehouse burglary in Hyde Park Burnside and Warren Avenue districts.
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Downey Expected to Face Indictment in Tax Case
William W. Smokey Downey, former aide to Gov. Stratton, is expected to be indicted for failure to report an estimated 110000 in income for 1953 to 1956. Downey left his $15000-a-year post January 1 to run a Springfield public relations firm. A federal grand jury has been examining his finances for months.
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Smokey) Downey
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James B. Martin
Springfield
the Tribune
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Air Collision Death Toll Is 61 At Rio
The collision of a U S Navy plane and a Brazilian airliner at Rio de Janeiro killed 61. Only 25 bodies were recovered. Thirty five of the dead were Navy men and three survived. Among the dead were 19 members of the Navy band traveling from Buenos Aires for a dinner hosted by President Kubitschek. A Navy torpedoman from Illinois was listed among the missing.
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Washington
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Cecil Wagner
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Route 2
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Erma Colbert
Brainered Ave
Princess Margaret Engaged to Anthony Armstrong-Jones
London report says Princess Margaret, age 29, will wed court photographer Anthony Armstrong-Jones. Clarence House announced the betrothal as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip expressed delight at the match.
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Peter Townsend
Bachelors Run Wild in Illinois Cities for Leap Day Fun
Leap Year pranksters in Ottawa Aurora and Naplate Illinois plan fugitive bachelor stunts with women judges and pretend fines. Ottawa Mayor Philip J Bailey will be among the bachelors, giving up his office to Dorothy Bender of the Ottawa Junior Woman's Club. Fines fund civic projects including a recovery room at Ryburn Memorial Hospital and a first aid truck for the Fire Department.
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Ottawa
Naplate
Philip J. Bailey
Dorothy Bender
Ottawa Junior Woman’s Club
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co
Ryburn Memorial Hospital
Paul Egan
Eisenhower Arrives in Buenos Aires Promoting Peace
President Eisenhower landed in Buenos Aires for a weekend visit emphasizing freedom and international idea exchange as the path to peace. He praised Argentina’s efforts to rebuild its economy and urged cooperation with U S policy aims amid Peronist dissident tensions and a spate of bomb blasts in the capital.
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U S Fires Spy in the Sky Satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The United States launched an experimental Midas spy satellite but quickly lost radio contact after lift off The Air Force said separation of the second stage may have occurred telemetry partial and orbit status would take time to confirm The system aimed to extend warning time for enemy missiles by seconds after launch
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