Great Books discussion groups mark 15th year in Chicago
Chicago judge Roger J. Kiley described Great Books study as addictive as he attended the 15th anniversary of the courses begun in 1943 by Robert M. Hutchins. The movement has grown to 250000 members, with 35000 in 2000 groups in 120 countries, spawning the Great Books Foundation and the Aspen Institute, and expanding to high school programs.
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Charles G. MC
Daniel
Chicago
Roger J. Kiley
Judge Kiley
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Margaret Barnes
Will . Mutelins
Mortimer Adler
Walter Paepcke
Container Corp. of America
Paepeeke
Meyer Kestnbaum
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Kestnbaum
Marshall Field Jr
Adler
Institute For Philosophical Research
San Francisco
Great Books Foundation
Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies
Paepcke
Encyclopedia Britannica
Great Books
Weather forecast shows clearing with cooling temperatures
The local area is partially clearing this afternoon with temperatures dropping to a low around 50 tonight. Friday will be fair and cool with highs mid 60s, then warmer Saturday. Winds shift from northerly tonight to easterly Friday, and southwest again Saturday.
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Pyatt
Stratton Back Faces Jobless Pay Problem
Illinois Governor Stratton returned from Arizona and said a special session could be called if unemployment benefits are exhausted. Labor reports show improving unemployment with fewer benefit claims. federal law may extend benefits to 39 weeks, funded by borrowed money repayable later.
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Stratton
State Labor Department
Illinois
Heat Wave Claims 100 in Bihar India
A severe heat wave in Bihar, India, over the last two weeks has caused about 100 deaths due to sunstroke among local residents.
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Calcutta
India
Bihar
Recognition Day Held at Vets Hospital
Recognition Day for American Red Cross Gray Ladies was observed at the VA hospital in Dwight with Marvin Pothoff as master of ceremonies. The event included introductions of Dr. Saul Fortunoff, regional officers, songs by the Kanakee Troupers, and the distribution of 1000 hour certificates plus a year’s trophy to Mrs. Fred Class.
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Dwight
Marvin Pothoff
Saul Fortunoff
Dorothy Damgard
Ottawa
Gray Ladies Organization
Fred Kavenda
Morris
Emma Klopfenstein
Fairbury
Pothoff
Vernon Harrod
Everett Wallace
Ruth Wallace
Fred Class
Hospital
Farm Leader Blasts Congress Over Farm Legislation
American Farm Bureau Federation head Charles B. Shuman accuses Congress of fiddling while agriculture faces urgent needs. He derides lawmakers for vote buying and socialistic spending, urging a shift to market based price supports and reduced government role in production controls.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
MGRGE
Charles B. Shuman
Federation
the Nation's Agriculture
Shuman
30 000 Suit Filed Over Carver Death
Nellie Waldo Carver as administratrix sues Joseph Shock Frank Fairclough Bennie Sklut and Donald Black in Circuit Court for 30000 under the dram shop act in connection with a fatal collision on Route 47 1138 on August 21 1957. The deceased Arnold LaVerne Carver was killed when his car ran a stop sign and crashed through a fence. Taylor Wilhelm of Ottawa represents the plaintiff.
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Nellie Waldo Carver
Arnold LaVerne Carver
Morris
Joseph Shock
Frank Fairclough
Annie Fairclough
Bennie Sklut
Donald Black
Carver
Thwarted raid on women's dorm at DeKalb campus
Police and Northern Illinois University officials blocked plans by about 1000 male students to march on a women's dormitory. One student was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after officers moved in on the campus in DeKalb Illinois Wednesday night.
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DE Kalb
Ill
Northern Illinois University
Eisenhower seeks separate authority for Iron Curtain aid
President Eisenhower wants power to spend foreign aid in Iron Curtain countries, separate from the mutual security bill. Senate Republicans, led by Sen Knowland, oppose altering the current foreign aid package and back defense budget distinctions in a split vote.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Iron Curtain
Senate
William F. Knowland
California
White House
Capitol
Knowland
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Moscow
Con
Fisenhower
U. S
Soviet Union
Red China
North Korea
William Proxmire
Dwis
Defense Department
Proxmire
Illinois Fatalities Decline in May to 158
Illinois toll of fatalities in May fell to 158, 14 fewer than a year earlier, marking the 11th straight month of lower deaths than the previous year. For the first five months, fatalities totaled 668, down 20 percent from 831 in the same period of 1957, per the State Highway Division.
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Springfield
State Highway Division
De Gaulle Proposes Plan in Algeria Open to All Algerians
Premier De Gaulle toured Constantine amid mixed reception as FLN spokesmen rejected his plan for equal rights and votes for Moslems and Europeans. He outlined a three month pathway toward constitutional reforms to merge Arab and Berber Algerians with French residents, and envisaged a single future voting list for Algerian representatives.
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Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
de Gaulle
Paris
Constantine
Teveinvun
Vaurcu Caeawi Baytor
Tunisia
Cairo
Algerian National Liberation Front
FLN
France
Springfield bids sought for Vermillion River levee work
The Illinois Division of Waterways announced it will receive bids on June 24 for levee improvements and the construction of a retaining wall along the Vermillion River in and near Streator.
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Springfield
Illinois Division of Waterways
Vermilion River
Streator
Guard Teen Ager Targeted In Apparent Kidnapping Raid
Stephen Stoll the 16 year old son of Mrs Margaret Stoll was sought by a gang that intruded the Stoll home in Northbrook Tuesday night wounding the butler and fleeing after a futile jewelry demand. A car linked to the raid was found abandoned near a tavern containing rope and twine. Vito Spillone 21 faced disorderly conduct charges after a habeas corpus writ allegedly filed for him. Stephen’s father John C Stoll a magazine executive and Arlington Park Jockey Club VP died in 1948 leaving a large estate.
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Stephen Stoll
Margaret Stoll
Stoll
John C. Stoll
Arlington Park Jockey Club
Wisconsin Tornado Rips Through Colfax Area Killing Dozens
A lethal twister tore across northwestern Wisconsin destroying Colfax and spreading damage to St. Croix, Dunn and Eau Claire counties. At least 30 dead and over 100 injured as homes barns and power lines were crushed. Governor Vernon Thomson sent National Guardsmen for rescue and relief while hospitals struggled with the influx of critically hurt.
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Menomonie
Wis
Wisconsin
Colfax
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls
Vernon Thomson
National Guardsmen
Woodville
St. Croix River
Ludington
Eau Claire County
St. Croix
Dunn
Chipewa
C. H. Root Former Grundy Educator Dies
C. H. Root longtime superintendent of Grundy county rural schools died at his home 733 Fremont Ave during Wednesday night. With two sons David and Gordon Root away today no funeral arrangements had been completed yet.
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C. H. Root
Grundy County
Fremont Ave
David
Gordon Root
Special Plan For Festival Concessions
Morris Firemen announce an attractive concession plan for the Summer Festival from June 23 to 28. Local groups should contact Charles Pete Muffler and Cy Bryant for location details and plan explanations.
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Morris Firemen
Charles
Pete’ Muffler
Cy Bryant
Muffler
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