Southern Illinois A Waste Burial Ground Considered
A Illinois legislative commission and state health officials study a southern Illinois burial ground for atomic waste. The plan aims to isolate waste from population centers and water sources while reviewing disposal, health factors, and any needed legislation. Three reactors in Illinois currently produce waste with Oak Ridge handling most excess material.
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Arthur L
George Drach
Springfield
Legislative Commission On Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
Chicago
Klassen
Drach
AEC
Illinois
Argonne National Labratory
Dresden
Morris
Illinois Technological Institute
Argonne
Illinois Tech
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Fourteen Pupils Graduate At Immaculate Conception School
Fourteen pupils of Immaculate Conception school graduated from eighth grade in a May Procession tied ceremony at 2 p m Sunday. Rt Rev Msgr E P McDonough led the program. May Queen Marie Bartol and recipient Charles Roudis received American Legion Honor awards.
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Immaculate Conception School
E. P. McDonough
Marie Bartol
Charles Roudis
American Legion
Window washer Grace Lake stirs attention in East Orange
In East Orange New Jersey Grace Lake a blonde mother of three begins window washing after her husband’s injury. She attracts male stares and whistles as she works though she ignores the offers and continues her trade with professional focus.
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East Orange
N. J
Grace Lake
Bright sky object over Braidwood believed Jupiter
A bright object was seen in the southern sky near Braidwood prompting jet interceptors from Truax Field Milwaukee to survey the area. Civil defense officials and Joliet State Trooper John Walsh confirmed the sighting, with experts noting Jupiter often appears bright and harmless at this time of year.
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Braidwood
Truax Air Base
Milwaukee
William Gomora
Jupiter
Gomora
Braidwood Civil Defense
Robert McFadden
Will County Civil Defense
Federal Air Defense Office
Chicago
Gamora
Truax Field
Robert F. Price
Joliet Junior College
Saturn
John Walsh
Joliet
Walsh
James Lawry
Two Contests In Illinois Supreme Court Elections
Springfield voters face two high court contests as five justices are chosen for nine year terms with a $30 000 salary. Incumbent Byron O House and James W Gray compete in the 1st district while B Jay Knight faces Roy J Solfisburg Jr in a Republican district.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Walter W. Schaefer
Chicago
Harry B. Hershey
Taylorville
George W. Bristow
Paris
Byron O. House
Nashville
James W. Gray
Belleville
B. Jay Knight
Rockford
Roy J. Solfisburg Jr
Aurora
Gray
Knight
Joseph E. Daily
Peoria
Ray I. Klingbiel
East Moline
Bristow
Schaefer
Hershey
House
Supreme Court
Washington County
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower Hospitalized for Bronchitis
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower entered Walter Reed Army Hospital Tuesday for acute bronchitis. Doctors said she is as comfortable as possible, improving from Tuesday with little fever and will stay a few days under treatment. The 63 year old has had prior bronchitis episodes but none as severe as this one.
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Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Stevenson Proposes Five Point Peace Strategy
Adlai Stevenson outlines a five point grand strategy for peace urging U S adoption to recover initiative in the cold war and restore confidence in leadership He calls for disarmament under international control and strengthens Western alliance while aiding poor countries and proving freedom works at home.
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Chicago
Adlai EF. Stevenson
United States
Textile Workers Union
John F. Kennedy
Massachusettes
Stevenson
NATO
Western Alliance
Free World
Atlantic Council
Ike
Nikita
Hinsdale County May Be Nation's Thinnest Populated
Gunnison Colorado reports Hinsdale County may be the least populated in the United States with an unofficial census count of 216. The sparse population highlights rural isolation and limited local services in the high country.
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Gunnison
Colo
Hinsdale County
United States
Wisconsin Minnesota Farm Bureaus Oppose Rail Purchase of Barge Line
Farm bureau federations of Wisconsin and Minnesota join river boat firms in opposing the sale of the John I. Hay Barge Line to Southern Pacific and Illinois Central railroads. The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing continues in its second week with witnesses against the sale.
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ST. Louis
Farm Bureau
Wisconsin
Minnesota
John I. Hay
Southern Pacific
Illinois Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Lawrence R. Garaghty
St. Paul
Minnesota Farm Bureau
Robert V. Hulder
Madison
Wisconsin Bureau
Halder
Step Closer To Duplicate River Locks
Senate Public Works panel approves House rivers and harbors bill to authorize seven new Illinois Waterway locks. Dirksen notes the 110 by 1200 foot locks at Lockport Brandon Road Dresden Island Marseilles Starved Rock Peoria and LaGrange will enable larger vessels to move Chicago ocean commerce.
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Washington
Everett Dirksen
Ill
Senate Public Works Committee
Illinois Waterway
Dirksen
Chicago
Ilinois Waterway
Lockport
Brandon Road
Dresden Island
Marseilles
Starved Rock
Peoria
LaGrange
Nursery Owner Loses 300 Plants to Rumor Devastation
St Louis business owner Frank Frisella faced a costly rumor that a nursery planting area would be developed into a subdivision. He checked the claim and found it false, but by then 300 trees shrubs and plants valued at 1600 dollars were missing from his nursery.
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ST. Louis
Frank Frisella
Frisella
124 Graduates Toast MCHS Commencement With Map Theme
Morris Community High School held commencement for 124 graduates with guest speaker Dr. Frank S. Endicott of Northwestern University. He likened graduates to ships on the sea of life and presented a MAP of motivation, ability, and personality. Medals, awards, and diplomas followed as faculty and officials saluted the 1960 class.
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Anne Hynds
Morris Community High School
Dale Steffen
Fred Nelson
Stanley Graham
Arnold Varland
Palmer Reed
Herald
J. Robert Nelson
Vanderbilt Divinity School
South
Frank S. Endicott
Northwestern University
Peter Trucano
Harold M. Kelley
Elliott Tratt
Herbert Weitz
MCHS
Northwestern Placement Bureau
Laurel Kelley
Endicott
Palmer O. Reed
Stanley E. Graham
High School Board of Education
Harold Kelley
Tried Walking Tucson Tale of a 1956 Car Trip Misadventure
Mrs. Kate Boyle drove a 1956 model from Boston to Tucson, totaling a month and $1,000 in delays. She faced snow, brake failure near Columbus, Georgia, repairs in Alabama, an influenza layoff in Macon, costly motor replacement, deadouts in Mississippi, towing 250 miles, and repeated breakdowns across Texas and New Mexico.
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Tucson
Ariz
Kate Boyle
Boston
Weather Flights by U2 Planes Reported Since 1956
NASA official testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that high flying U2 aircraft have conducted more than 200 weather flights covering about 264000 miles since 1956. He said flight paths were known only after the missions and that the program used instruments on both military and commercial planes. Observations span the United States western Europe Turkey and Japan with instruments on Pan American and TWA jets already circling the globe.
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Washington
Space Agency
United States
Europe
Turkey
Japan
Hugh L. Dryden
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dryden
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
NASA
Senate Group
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Dwight youth loses eye in farm accident
Richard Dick Christiansen age 20 of Dwight was rushed to Bloomington Clinic after a screw driver slipped while opening a fertilizer sack on Delbert Neece's farm, entering his eye and leading to removal of the eye.
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Gardner
Richard
Dick) Christiansen
Dwight
Bloomington
Delbert Neece
Here
Christiansen
Neece Farm
Weather outlook with warm spell follows showers
The Weather Bureau reports a mostly warm spell with partly cloudy skies and a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Tonight’s low will be in the 60s with highs in the upper 70s, clearing and cooler Thursday, then fair Friday.
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Weather Bureau
Collins
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