Keating Accuses Tieken Probe Of Partisanship
Rep. Kenneth Keating charges Rep. Emanuel Gell wr's influence risks partisan bias in the Tieken investigation. The House panel presses a sixth day of hearings into grand jury subpoenas aimed at state officials tied to Toll road contracts and the Starvation Hill estate settlement near Libertyville Illinois.
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Washington
Kenneth BL. Keating
R-Ny
Emanuel Gelwr
D-Ny
U. S
Robert Tieken
Chicago
Celler
House Judiciary Subcommittee
National Democratic
Stephen Mitchell
Tieken
Flushing
Mitchell
Starvation Hill
Libertyville
Hodge
Governor quips at speech to 1200 women in Providence
Governor Dennis J. Roberts after addressing 1,200 women invited questions. In a light moment he, a bachelor, quipped that no girl ever asks him a question, drawing laughs from the audience in Providence.
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Providence
R. I
Dennis J. Roberts
Roberts
Fire Department History Reviewed
Morris Fire Department traces its roots to Eagle Hose Company No 1 formed in 1868. From hand pumps and horse drawn gear to modern motorized equipment, the open house celebrates progress from Old Shab A Nee to seven motorized units today and a new station.
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Myron B. Green
Morris
Eagle Hose Company No. 1
Eagle Hose Company
Niagara
City Hall
Morris Volunteer Firemen
Eisenhower Defends Adams Amid GOP Criticism
President Eisenhower repudiates allegations of impropriety by his aide Sherman Adams while pledging an impeccable White House standard. GOP lawmakers remain divided over Adams fate as he testified denying influence on agencies over gifts and hotel expenses tied to Bernard Goldfine.
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Adams
Sherman Adams
Washington
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Robert Lishman
Mouse Legislative Oversight
Goldfine
Federal Trade Commission
Eisenhower
Eienhower
White House
GOP
House
John B. Bennett
Michigan
John J. Williams
Rdel
Senate
William Langer
R-N.d
Williams
Stratton Refuses MH Resolution in Illinois House
The Illinois House adopted a resolution urging Gov. Stratton to convene a special session to address mental health issues in state hospitals. Stratton refused. Minority Democrats sponsored the measure with Republican support, arguing for housing and staffing improvements, while supporters cited patients’ conditions.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois House
Stratton
William Clark
Chicago
John Lewis
Marshall
Republican House
Lewis
Collapse of Second Narrows Bridge Kills Sixteen
In Vancouver British Columbia two sections of a nearly completed six lane Second Narrows Bridge collapsed Tuesday. At least 16 workers died and 22 were injured with two missing. The sections plunged about 200 feet into Burrard Inlet after the front supports failed. Forty workers were on the structure when it gave way on a hot windless afternoon.
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Vancouver
B. C
Burrard Inlet
North Vancouvver
Grundy County Courthouse Renovation Nears Finish
With weather aiding progress the Grundy County courthouse renovation is 45 percent complete and on track for full completion by late September. Contractor W S Bills and superintendent Jack Younker cite 80 percent terra cotta demolition done and steel work minimally affected by the Joliet strike risk.
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Grundy County
Jack Younker
Bills Construction Company
W. S. Bills
Younker
Grundy County Court House
Weather shifts as showers dampen Illinois outlook
Temperatures rise modestly in Illinois with damp, cool air ahead. Scattered showers are forecast for most areas this afternoon with more likely Thursday and again Friday. Highs in the low 70s. Pyatt Weather Station readings show 66/47 for the day, 63 at 9 am, and light showers yielding 0.10 inch rainfall.
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Illinois
Pyatt
Illinois Senate Approves Unemployment Extension Relief Bill
The Illinois Senate passed Gov. Stratton's unemployment extension to 39 weeks with 16 votes, moving toward final enactment. The House backed a $15 million relief appropriation 167 to 0, as Democrats failed bids to add weeks or raise funding.
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Springfield
NLW
Illinois Senate
Stratton
House
Senate
General Assembly
Warren Wood
Injured Men Examined At Hospital
Phillip Hilgert of 251 N Central St Gilman was brought to Morris hospital for x ray examination of a right shoulder injury from a fall. Marion Plummer of 44 W Ave Lemont was examined and released after a left shoulder injury. Both work for Bechtel Corp on the Dresden Nuclear Power Plant project.
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Phillip Hilgert
N. Central St
Gilman
Morris Hospital
Hilgert
Bechtel Corg
Dresden
Marion Plummer
W. Ave
Lemont
Bechtel Corp
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Morris Herald
Fire Department History Reviewed
Ike
By Jack Bell
San Francisco
Esther Silvanes
St. Mary's Help Hospe
Madeline Gauthier
Deborah Lynn
Rosemary Conner
Karen Joyce
Clark
Prospect
Gov. Stratton’s
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