Fiery crash kills 13 migrant workers in North Carolina
A flat bed truck carrying 41 laborers from several states collided with a tractor trailer at Highway 301 and 102, nine miles north of Fayetteville. Thirteen passengers died, 14 were critically injured, and 21 were hospitalized as fire erupted. Tractor-trailer driver Gilbert Peters was slighted hurt.
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Bryan Haislip
Fayetteville
N. C
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Joe Lazak
Berwick
W. H. Fenant
Mount Olive
Dunn
Gilbert Robert Peters
Watwallopen
Covington
Raleigh
Chicago
National Safety Council
Graham cites prejudice as sin despite skin color at Madison Square Garden
Billy Graham told 18 000 at Madison Square Garden that looking down on others for race is sin against God. He cited John 4 1 29 and said Jesus showed no prejudice, urging listeners to yield to Christ. Crusade totals show 13 306 decisions and 392 500 in attendance as the program runs toward July 21 possibly ending at Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds.
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New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Jesus
Jacob's Well
Graham
Christ
Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
Corn Festival Committee Is Announced In Grundy County
La Verne Mendenhall chairs the Grundy County Corn Festival committee named Wednesday night. Members include Leo Boren, Tom West, Richard Johnson, Walter Hundt, Walter Wolff, Arthur Baker, Wendell Wagon, Frank Condon, Fred St. Germain, and William McElwain. Ten tentative dates were set and main events discussed. no definite information yet. The Morris JayCees attended and may join in festival plans after their next meeting. Strong push for authentic Corn Festival atmosphere with regalia and fines for nonconformity.
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Grundy County
LaVerne Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Leo Borens
Tom West
Richard Johnson
Walter Hundt
Walter Wolff
Arthur Baker
Wendell Wagon
Frank Condon
Fred St. Germain
William McElwain
Morris Junior Chamber of Commerce
JayCees
Mayflower II Nears Bermuda
The Mayflower II now rests about 85 miles southwest of Bermuda on her replica Pilgrim voyage to Plymouth, Massachusetts. Cmdr. Alan Villiers reports the vessel is steering northwest at four to five knots and all is well.
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London
Bermuda
Plymouth
Mass
Cmdr
Alan Villiers
Ottawa Buses Ordered Off Streets
Ottawa Illinois has no public transportation after the ICC banned Ottawa Safety Lines Co. buses citing unsafe conditions. Investigator James O'Brien said repairs were not completed from a two week prior inspection and cited defective mufflers brakes inoperative emergency escape doors and other defects. Company manager Arthur Hohnke said funds are unavailable for repairs as the ICC petition to discontinue service remains pending.
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Ottawa
Ill
Ottawa Safety Lines Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
James O’brien
O’brien
Arthur Hohnke
American Children Fail Fitness Tests
In Ashville North Carolina Bonnie Prudden cites that American children raised on TV cars and buses show poor physical fitness in tests. Prudden warns of danger to health and emotion if limits are pushed and notes Russia spends billions on physical education focused on gymnastics for national strength.
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Ashville
N.C
America
Bonnie Prudden
White Plains
N. Y
Paris School Board President Indicted In Beating Case
Edgar County grand jury indicted Karl O'Hair, Paris School Board president, on conspiring with four youths to beat editor Edward L. Jenison of the Paris Beacon News. Howard Andrews faced separate indictment for aggravated assault. four youths granted immunity. Bond set at 1500 for O Hair and 1000 for Andrews.
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Paris, Ill
Edgar County Grand Jury
Karl O’hair
Paris School Board
O’hair
Edward L. Jenison
Paris Beacon News
Aetpota
Namteihustine
Will Culliivalia WU
James Ray Griffin
Howard
Jake) Andrews
Paris
Jenison
Atty Wayne S. Jones
Andrews
Bond
Jones
Time
William Cline
William Matthews
David Malone
Griffin
O'Hair
Grover Hoff
Robert F. Cotton
Morris Chamber of Commerce to Host Meeting Monday
The Morris Chamber of Commerce will hold its quarterly meeting at 6 30 p m Monday in the Presbyterian church with the Morris City council and Mayor Don ald Caisley as guests. H A Hopper and Ray Owens will speak. New members will be introduced. Tickets are available at the Chamber office.
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Morris Chamber of Commerce
Presbyterian Church
Morris City Council
Donald Caisley
Leo Borens
H. A. Hopper
Dresden
General Electric Co
Ray Owens
Bechtel Corporation
Chamber
Weather: Warm Humid Air and Showers In Illinois
Warm humid air covered Illinois with scattered showers and thunderstorms forecast for much of the state this afternoon. A thunderstorm passed Grundy county late Wednesday with .11 inch of rain recorded at Pyatt. 9 am temperature 72. Last night’s low was 59 and Wednesday’s high 82. Tonight fair, Friday partly cloudy with a chance of Saturday showers.
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Illinois
Grundy County
Pyatt
Finland hosts Khrushchev on goodwill visit
Soviet Premier Bulgarin and Communist Party boss Khrushchev arrived in Helsinki for a seven day goodwill tour. The Finns prepared a gift to please the Russians, a locomotive that carried Lenin back to Leningrad to spark the Bolshevik revolution forty years ago. Finland endured three wars with the Communists and preserves the engine today.
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Helsinki
Finland
Bulgarin
Khrushchev
Lenin
Leningrad
Wanted to Buy and For Sale Items in Local Ad
A reader seeks a five to eight room house on the west side. A three bedroom home in Mazon is for sale. A desk and a twin bed are offered for purchase.
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Mazon
Girard Names Japanese Lawyer to Head Defense in Tokyo Trial
In Maebashi Japan Army officials said William Girard will use Itsuro Hayashi a WWII war crimes trial veteran as chief counsel in the case over a U S soldier accused of killing a Japanese woman on a firing range. Hayashi once led the International Military Tribunal for the Far East defense team.
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Maebashi
Japan
William Girard
Army
Ottawa
Ill
Itsuro Hayashi
U.S
Girard
Hayashi
International Military Tribunal For the
Maj
Stanley F. Levin
Hollywood
Calif
Levin
Judge Advocate's
Ist “Zealry
Louis Girard
Earl J. Carroll
Air Force
Illinois House approves 10 million for school classrooms
The Illinois House voted to create a 10 million dollar state fund to aid school districts in building needed classrooms. A construction commission would build and lease facilities to districts, repaid via local property taxes. The plan aims to help districts at bonding limits while Gov. Stratton backs the measure.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Senate
Stratton
Illinois School Problems Commission
House
John W. Carroll
Park Ridge
Henry M. Lenard
Dchicago
Southern Illinois University Police
Secretary of State
Rival Senator Dies During Iraqi Senate Speech
In Baghdad Prime Minister Nuri Said’s rival Saleh Jabr aged 61 collapsed and died while addressing the Iraqi Senate as the political tension in the country remained high.
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Baghdad
Nuri Said
Sen Saleh Jabr
Senate
Saratoga annexation questions answered by Morris officials
Mayor Donald A. Caisley and council members Donald Davidson Robert Ryder and John Truty clarified timing for street lights garbage service sewer plans and ward changes tied to Saratoga's proposed annexation to Morris. They warned improvements begin after annexation is certified with a census likely to follow for funding.
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Saratoga Township
City of
Morris
the Herald
Donald A. Caisley
Donald Davidson
Robert Ryder
John Truty
Saratoga
Right to Work Bill Is Bottled Up in Illinois House Subcommittee
Illinois lawmakers in Springfield blocked a right to work bill in a House Judiciary subcommittee. Sponsor Rep. George Brydin alleged a denial of a fair hearing as the measure faced a time-limited, voice-vote defeat with spectators filling the chamber.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Illinois House Judiciary Committee
George Brydin
Prophetstown
Robert Burhans
R-Peoria
Marion Burks
R-Evans
Judge to Hear Suit To Bar Trial Of Girard In Japan
Federal judge sets 11 am EDT Tuesday hearing on a habeas petition seeking to bar trial of Army specialist William S. Girard by Japanese courts for the death of Mrs. Naka Sakai. Judge McGarraghy will consider whether Girard should be produced here or kept in Japan for trial.
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Washington
William S. Girard
Japan
Girard
Dist
Joseph C. McGarraghy
United States
F. C
McGarraghy
Earl J. Carroll
New York
Carroll
Dayton M. Harrington
Louis Girard
Ottawa
Defense
Wilson
State Dulles
Army
Brucker
2389 Cub Scouts to Use Boy Scout Camp
A total of 2389 Cub Scouts in Rainbow council have registered for Cub Day outings to be held June 19 21 and 24 28 at the Boy Scout Reservation four miles southwest of Morris. The boys attend by packs under den mothers and Cubmasters supervision. Cubs bring lunches and spend the day at swimming boating rifle and archery ranges handicraft work and nature hikes.
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Rainbow Council
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Reservation
Morris
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Eisenhower
Press Service
Merriman Smith
James Hagerty
Ann Wheaton
NEA Telephoto
William Sylvester Girard
Morris C of C
Council
State Department of Health
Naka Sakai
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