Aga Khan III Dies at 79 in Geneva After Heart Decline
The Aga Khan III, spiritual leader of about 20 million Ismaili Muslims, died in Geneva after a night of heart trouble. He was 79, had suffered heart issues since 1952, and was famed as a statesman and racehorse enthusiast. His heir apparent was debated between Prince Aly Khan and Prince Sadruddin.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Aga Khan III
Aga Khan
League of Nations
Aly Kahn
Sadruddin
Aga
Aly
Rita Hayworth
Nina Dyer
London
Paris
Bombay
Karach
Fatima
Mohammed
Iran
Persia
Shahzadi
Theresa Magliano
Andree Carron
Yvette Blanche la Brousse
Czechs Return from Texas Visit to Prague
The Czech news agency reports Czechs who moved to Texas are visiting Prague and finding the Communist country so attractive they plan to return to live.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Texas
Khrushchev Calls Eisenhower Clean H Bomb Idea Stupid
Khrushchev in Prague denounces Eisenhower's claim of a clean hydrogen bomb as a stupid notion. He argues a "clean" bomb would still destroy civilians and contradicts Communist aims. He spoke to workers after touring a plant with Bulganin, defending socialist cultural autonomy.
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Prague
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Stalingrad
Nikolai Bulganin
Khrushchev
Illinois corn crop forecast 25 percent below last year
Illinois farmers face a corn crop this year about 25 percent smaller than last year and 1 percent under the 1946 55 average. The State-Federal report projects 430 million bushels with an average 52 bushels per acre, down 16 bushels from 1956. Soybeans rise 8 percent to 5.1 million acres. wheat at 43 million bushels. oats down 13 percent to 125 million.
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Springfield
Illinois
Break In Slaying Probe Links Chicago Boys to Downtown Visit
Chicago police pursue a major lead in the 1955 murder of three schoolboys after a downtown visit is verified. A 14 year old's signature was found in a Garland Building registry and an eye clinic worker recalled the youths with a suspicious man matching a rape suspect sketch.
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Chicago
Robert Peterson
John Schuessler
Anton, Jr
Robert
Garland
N. Wabash Ave
Maria Gonzales
Noyed
Defense seeks FBI files in Clinton segregation case
Defense attorneys in the Clinton segregation trial pressed for full access to the FBI files on the 16 defendants. They already obtained one document, a signed statement by Robert G. Grossno, while a summary of agents’ reports on the Clinton violence remains with U. S. District Judge Robert L. Taylor. The case follows riots over enrolling Negroes in the high school, with John Kasper among the defendants.
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Knoxville
Tenn
FBI
Robert G. Grossno
Anderson County
Clinton
U. S. Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Paul Turner
John Kasper
New Jersey
J. Benjamin Simmons
Washington, D. C
Kasper
George W. Williams
Baltimore
John Crawford
U. S
Taylor
Crawford
Grossno
Supreme Court
Byron Pope
Pope
William Shaw
Louisiana
Shaw
Malenkov Appointed To Remote Soviet Power Plant Post
Moscow says Malenkov is reassigned to run the hydroelectric station at Ust Kamenogorsk and other ousted Kremlin leaders receive unspecified posts. The broadcast claims no persecution, arguing the move proves Soviet democracy, though observers doubt the claim and note the remote posting limits opposition.
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London
Moscow Radio
Kremlin
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow
Ust Kamenogorsk
Malenkov
July Heat Spurs Corn Growth Across Illinois
A hot July sun pushed temperatures into the 90s in Illinois with arid skies aiding corn growth. Readings favored the north and west sections, reaching 88 degrees by Wednesday after a 78 degree morning at Pyatt Weather Station. Tonight’s lows near 70 offer relief but Friday returns to the 90s as light winds and low humidity persist.
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Illinois
Pyatt
Weather Bureau
Open Verdicts Return on Joliet Deaths in Route 66 Accident
In two inquests held Wednesday night in Gardner，对 open verdicts were returned for John Gavin and Add Gavin both of Joliet who died from injuries after a truck driven by Shelby J. Norman of Jonesboro struck a barricade and hit workers on Route 66. Norman attended the inquest but did not testify.
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John
Sam) Gavin
Add Gaven
Joliet
Gardner
Grundy County
W. Clark Davis
John Gavin
Shelby J. Norman
Jonesboro
Livingston County
Vernon van Qualen
Dwight
Add Gavin
Crown Rock Asphalt Co
Norman
Sponsors Move To Narrow Civil Rights Measures
Washington sponsors seek to limit the Eisenhower era civil rights bill to protecting Negro and minority voting rights. Sen. Francis Case says he is drafting an amendment, with Clifford Case and Kuchel backing a strictly voting-rights focus as Senate leaders push to bring the House measure to a vote amid Southern opposition to federal enforcement of school integration.
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Washington
Francis Case
R-Sd
Clifford Case
Kuchel
Calif
Senate
Sen
Knowland
California
GOP
House
Russell
D-Ga
South
Governor Signs Lobbyist Registration Bill and Other Laws
Governor Stratton signed measures to require lobbyist registration with a $5 fee and up to 200 fine for violations, choosing the Powell bill over Green's tougher proposal. The package also includes licensing rules for boxing and wrestling events, kindergarten health checks, English literacy for election judges, disabled school district race discrimination provisions, utility relocation costs for highways, 30 minute duty free lunches for teachers, and licensing for child care facilities.
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WUV
Suave
Stratt
Rep
Paul Powell
Vienna
Egbert Green
Rpekin
Powell
Stratton
State Welfare Department
Supreme Court gives Girard to Japan for trial
The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that delivering GI William S. Girard to Japan for trial on the death of Mrs. Naka Sakai is not forbidden by the Constitution. The decision upholds executive power to decide foreign trials under a status of forces agreement and releases a sealed Defense Department affidavit detailing the incident.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S
William S. Girard
Japan
High Court
Girard
Executive Department
United States
Warren
Congress
Naka Sakai
Sakai
Defense Department
Robert Dechert
Six room bungalow for rent in Seneca
Modern six room bungalow available for rent in Seneca. Also offered is an apartment-size electric range for sale. Wanted: baby sitting job and small ironing tasks.
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Seneca
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