Duke Ellington crafts jazz score for Anatomy of a Murder
Duke Ellington and his band completed the score for Anatomy of a Murder in three days on location in Michigan. Ellington, 60, used his ensemble to create a varied score from Dixieland to progressive jazz while recounting how the project sparked fresh ideas and extended touring life with constant work.
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Otto Preminger
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James Stewart
Adkins Surrenders After Nightlong Charleston Standoff
In Charleston a tense siege ends with Adkins turning over a shotgun and rifle after bargaining with police. He had threatened to kill his half sister if lawmen rushed the house. Beil, his former attorney, says a grand jury will decide charges. Mrs Kennedy exited to Paris following the surrender.
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Smokey Pauley
Charleston
Beil
French settlement named Au Pe in 1730 at Peoria
The French established a settlement in what is now Peoria Illinois in 1730 calling it Au Pe meaning out in the new country. The naming reflects early colonial geographic terminology used by settlers.
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Peoria, All
Will Appear With Wesleyan Summer Theatre
Nancy Emma Holler of rural Mazon will act with the Summer Stock Theatre program at Illinois Wesleyan University. The five week course runs until July 24 with five full length productions and ticket sales funding each show. Holler, a Mazon High School sophomore, can earn up to five college credits.
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Rural Mazon
Illinois Wesleyan University
Lawrence E. Tucker
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Japan's 19 National Parks Cover Vast Conserved Lands
The article notes 19 national parks in Japan totaling 174 million acres, ranking fourth globally after the United States, Canada, and the Soviet Union in this form of conservation.
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Japan
United States
Canada
Soviet Union
Said Ready To Rule on Palmer Charge
The Civil Service Commission is seen as ready to rule this week on Hatch Act violations by Illinois conservation director Glen D. Palmer. A one day Chicago hearing was held last December. Governor Stratton called the charges a phony waste of taxpayers money.
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Flight Is for Own Family This Time
Denver dispatch notes pilot Tom Knight of Riverton Wyoming flew about 500 mercy flights in 13 years. He piloted a single engine plane from Riverton to Denver carrying his wife Winifred on a stretcher for urgent exploratory surgery, lashed behind the pilot’s seat.
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Tom Knight
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Knight
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Lost gold Masonic emblem found in Want Ads
A middle aged woman seeks drug store work while readers note a missing gold Masonic emblem and a two room furnished apartment for rent listed among want ads plus a two wheel trailer for sale.
Half of U S Counties Meet Brucellosis Test
The Agriculture Department reports half of 3 152 counties and possessions are now modified certified brucellosis areas. Brucellosis is a cattle disease. An area becomes modified certified when fewer than one percent of cattle and five percent of herds in the area test positive.
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U.S
Washington
Agriculture Department
Western experts study stopgap terms for summit amid policy standoff
The draft formula would set the minimum Western conditions for a summit, unless Britain shifts policy as it appears to advocate.
Williams contends state board disrupted housing action
Williams alleges the State Housing Board, around September 25, 1958, disapproved the Housing Authority's measure, calling it unwarranted intrusion and seeking $9,535 in full payment for work completed.
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State Housing Board
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State Board
Colombia Opens 88 Mile Aerial Cable Network
Colombia in the Andes operates an 88 mile aerial cable system to assist regional transport across steep terrain. The network links multiple towns, boosting mountain travel and cargo movement in the highland region.
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Colombia
South America
Andes Mountains
Town Fights Invasion of Rats
In Dannemora New York the town battles a rat invasion described as large as cats. Mayor William Donahue cites a prison dump as the source where a moving mass of rats gathers at the surface. He notes hunger after raw garbage shipments stopped and reports cooperative prison authorities.
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Dannemora
New York
William Donahue
Clinton State Prison
State Quell Panic with Exterminator at City Dump
The state deployed an exterminator at the city dump on Monday to address a pest concern. Officials reported no injuries or further incidents, and the operation concluded with containment measures in place.
Exact speed given for meteor in Bohemia
Czechoslovak scientists used simultaneous photography from two stations to measure a meteor’s speed as it entered the atmosphere. The CTK report says the object was seen on April 7 and traveled at 20.9 kilometers per second before impact in Bohemia.
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Czechoslovakia
CTK
Bohemia
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