Illinois House Rejects Police Pay Increase
The Illinois House failed by 13 votes to pass a bill raising police minimums in downstate cities, with 76 of 89 votes needed. The measure would set minimums from 500 per month in large cities to 300 400 in smaller ones.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois House
Carl Soderstrom
Assembly
Illinois Commerce Commission
James D. Holloway
Dsparta
Holloway
Leo Pfeffer
Seymour
Pfeffer
ICC
Senate
Taylorville
Big Ditch
Middle Fork
Big Muddy
West Frankfort
Hickory Creek
Joliet
Post Creek
Pulaski County
Open-air Methodist Mission Preaches Across Ohio
Fifty two Methodist ministers and lay volunteers roam Ohio venues from county fairs to drive-in theaters preaching directly to people. Guided by Bishop Hazen G. Werner they spread songs, distribute songbooks, and sing in choirs while sharing plain sermons on street corners and courthouse steps.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hazen G. Werner
U S Forestry Service Notes 1027 Tree Varieties in Nation
The U S Forestry Service lists 1027 tree kinds growing in the United States noting 78 varieties of naturalizer trees from elsewhere that have become so established they are often regarded as natives.
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U. S. Forestry Service
Discoverer 25 Soars Into Polar Orbit From Vandenberg
The Discoverer No. 25 satellite lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 4 03 p m PDT in fog and reached polar orbit about 1 45 after launch tracking stations in Hawaii and Alaska confirmed it was circling Earth every 91 minutes The 2100 pound satellite is the 18th in the series to achieve polar orbit and carries a secret payload future capsule recovery plans were not disclosed and weather and vehicle condition will determine how long the mission lasts
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Pacific
Alaska
Hawaii
Samos
Body Salt Loss Linked to Weariness and Faintness
Surveys indicate a 5 percent salt loss leads to weariness while 10 to 20 percent reduces will to work. A 30 percent loss causes dizziness, 40 percent cramps, and 50 percent results in prostration.
Braceville Fire Dept Wins Water Fight Championship
The Braceville Fire department won the championship trophy and a 100 dollar cash prize in the final rounds of the water fight tournament during the Morris Summer festival. Ransom finished second for 50 dollars, Grand Ridge third for 35, and Gardner fourth for 15.
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Braceville Fire Department
Morris Fire Department
Ransom
Grand Ridge
Gardner
Reading
Ottawa
Braceville
Yorkville
Elwood
Lisbon
Morris
Morris Firm Wins I-80 Road Work Contract
The Charles O'Brien and Son Construction Co. of Morris was awarded a contract in Springfield for 10.46 miles of surface treatment on Interstate 80 shoulders at a total of $166,376. Work runs from 1 1/2 miles east of the La Salle Grundy county line to three miles northeast of Morris, including interchanges with FAS 1272 and Illinois Route 47.
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Charles O’brien and Son Construction Co
Morris
Springfield
la Salle-Grundy County
Rabbits Birds Killed Prompt City Police Warnings
Conservation Officer James Darkhuff and Police Chief B O Enger warned boys hunting between the Illinois river and I M canal that killing rabbits and song birds violates state game laws. If caught they face prosecution and possible gun seizure for hunting within city limits and in the state park.
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Illinois River
I. and
M. Canal
James Darkhuff
O'Neal Enger
Darkhuff
Enger
Auto Hits Cultivator Injuring Driver in Seneca Crash
Lyle Sutton of Seneca was treated at Ryburn Memorial Hospital in Ottawa for severe facial and right arm lacerations after his 1960 car struck a cultivator drawn by a tractor driven by Emmett Sheedy of Seneca Route 1. Sutton’s car overturned and burned on State Route 170, a mile south of the Grand Ridge Mazon highway, with Lawra Thorson and the Seneca fire department extinguishing the flames and dialing for help.
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Lyle Sutton
Seneca
Ryburn Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Grand Ridge- Mazon
Sutton
Emmett Sheedy
Seneca Rte. 1
Lawra Thorson
Seneca Fire Department
Lloyd Jelm
Fire destroys Al's Steak House in Joliet
Rapidly spreading flames leveled the one story frame building housing Al's Steak House and night club at Joliet's western limits. Owner Al Koukas said he closed at 3 a.m., about 40 minutes before the alarm. Loss estimated at 225000 with blaze cause undetermined.
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Joliet
Ill
al Koukas
Harold Rasmussen
Freedom Ride disturbances lead to multiple arrests in Florida
Police arrested 17 people for breach of the peace during Freedom Ride forays at three points along 24 trips in North Florida. Mississippi saw five arrests on similar bus rides. A leadership delegation met with Attorney General Kennedy in Washington to seek aid. In Tallahassee ten hunger striking clergymen were detained after defying a dispersal order at the airport.
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Freedom Riders
Florida
Mississippi
Freedom Ride
Washington
Robert Kennedy
Tallahassee
Two Teachers Resign Posts At Channahon
Two resignations were announced by the Channahon grade school board. Mrs Neal Elens Joliet first grade teacher and Mrs George Malek Morris junior high English teacher leave after two years. Elens plans to return to college and resume teaching later. Malek, Northwestern graduate, moves to Morris Community High School to teach English after two years at Channahon.
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Channahon
Neal Elens
Joliet
George Malek
Morris
Elens
Malek
Northwestern University
Morris Community High School
Northern Illinois Gas considers Minooka gas service
Minooka would gain natural gas service pending village franchise a state certificate of necessity and a Federal Power Commission approval. The 50 year franchise would require street restoration after installation and includes free gas allocations based on population. Officials stressed spring availability and asked for street repairs assurance while Root and Wilder deemed the form sound.
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Minooka
Frank Murray
Northern Illinois Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Murray
Oliver Brinckeroff
Richard Wilder
Root and Wilder
Morris
Oat Clipping Deadline Set For June 21
Farmers in the 1961 Feed Grain program must meet rules on diverted oats. Chairman Frank Barr says clipped or allowed to go down are both options with advantages and disadvantages. Noxious weed control is required and clipped oats must be used for conserving acre base by June 21.
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Frank Barr
Grundy Asc County Committee
Barr
Weekend Forecast Promises Mild Sunny Weather Locally
The U S Weather Bureau projects clear skies and pleasant weekend conditions with highs in the low 80s and overnight lows around the mid 50s. Friday peak reached 77 at Collins Weather Station with a 48 night low. nine this morning shows 68 degrees.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
U K Tops Candy Imports for United States in 1960
The United Kingdom supplied more than half of U S candy imports in 1960, with the Netherlands as the second largest source and Belgium in third place.
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United Kingdom
U. S
Netherlands
Belgium
Forests Regain Net Growth After Century Shift
A survey shows the United States for the first time this century is increasing its wood stock overall as growth outpaces removal from harvest disease insects and fire. This indicates a net gain in forest resources across the nation.
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United States
Czech diplomat claims U.S. tried to hire him for espionage
Miroslav Nacvalac, a Czech U.N. official, defies expulsion while alleging U.S. intelligence offered wealth for spying. State Department details show an American worker allegedly pressured Nacvalac using a Czech fiancee as a hostage. The U.N. leader Dag Hammarskjold reviews the two accounts and the Prague mission protested the alleged promises. The American involved allegedly had access to classified material but provided only purported secrets.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.S
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Nacvalac
United States
State Department
Lincoln White
Washington
Czechoslovakia
White
Naevalac
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Los Angeles, Calif
Los Angeles
Nixons
Morris Firm
DD. C
Veterans Administration Building
FBI
Bethel Baptist Church
Fla
Freedom Ride Forays
Company
Hammarskjold
Milton Besser
Miroslav Nacvalac
Czech
Brad Henschel
Clintonville
Wis
Dan
Brad
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