Iraqs Revolution Fades as Kassem Holds Ground After July Upset
Beir ut dispatch notes Iraqis lingering in a carnival mood post revolu tion. Maj Gen Abdul Karim Kassem dominates streets with posters while Soviet and Communist ties loom. opposition parties waver as workers prepare arches for July 14 anniversary and bookstores tout communist pamphlets.
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William L. Ryan
Beirut
Lebanon
Baghdad
Iraq
U. S
Soviet Union
Kassem
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Permier
Abdel Karim Kassem
Gas Available For Homes and Businesses in NI Gas Plan
Northern Illinois Gas will mail heating permits around June 24 to about 65 000 residential applicants on the May 31 waiting list. The ICC approved a modified space heat restriction allowing gas for heating multi unit buildings schools churches and other facilities. New single family homes applied after May 31 can receive gas if heat equipment is installed by year end 1959. Permits issued reflect NI Gas expectations from the 360 mile Midwestern Gas Transmission pipeline delivering 60 million cubic feet daily.
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Bellwood
Northern Illinois Gas Company
H. A. Diekmann
Ni-Gas
Diekmann
Illinois Commerce Commission
M. Gas
ICC
Midwestern
Tennessee
Joliet
Wage hike ends strike by Joliet laborers
A three week strike of 150 laborers against the Joliet Contractors Assn ends as employers grant 15 cents an hour increase to 3 dollars. The union sought 30 cents and had previously been offered 10 cents.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Visit Canada and Chicago
The Queen and Prince Philip began a 45 day tour across Canada with a stop in St. John s and a planned one day visit to Chicago on July 6. A coastal fog lifted as their Comet jet departed London and Canadian defenses tracked the royal flight. In Montreal the Queen will join President Eisenhower for the St. Lawrence Seaway dedication, a 475 million dollar canal system opened to Great Lakes trade.
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ST. John's
Mid
Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Canada
Chicago
London
Montreal
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
Third Band Concert Set For Saturday
The Morris high school band program stages its third outdoor concert on the Court House lawn this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. The program features Col nel George S. Howard March Pecking Egmont Overture Beethoven Cranberry Corners U S A Klein Say It With Music Berlin Thunderer March Sousa Fairest of the Fair Sousa Show Boat selections Kern Lite Brown Jug Baroni On the Mall Goldman. Sponsored by the Morris Band Parents Association.
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Court House Lawn
Morris High School
George S. Howard
Beethoven
Cranberry Corners
U.S.A
Klein
Berlin
Sousa
Bishop Sheil Promoted to Archbishop
Pope John XXIII promoted Bernard James Sheil auxiliary bishop of Chicago to archbishop. The Chicago born 73 year old becomes titular archbishop of Selge while remaining in his role in the Chicago Archdiocese.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Bernard James Sheil
Albert Gergory Meyer
Chicago
Sheil
Pege
Selge
Vatican
Archdiocese of
Big Four Delay Talks For 24 Hours
The Big Four foreign ministers postponed 24 hours at the request of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. He sought time to study the Western compromise for a stop gap Berlin settlement and to obtain Moscow guidance.
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U. S
Christian Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Geneva
Berlin
West Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
NEA Telephoto
John M. Hightower
Gromyko
Lloyd
Christian A. Herter
Moscow
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
West
Soviet Union
U.S
Global Lutheran membership tops 71 million
The Lutheran World Federation reports about 71,135,068 Lutherans worldwide, roughly one third of Protestant denominations, up from 70,753,389 a year earlier.
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Geneva
Lutheran World Federation
Ith Annual Firemans Ball Saturday
The seventh annual firemen's ball is set for Saturday at Morris fire station at 9 p.m. Tickets are available from Lions club members and firemen or at the door. Adults pay $1 and students 75 cents. music by The 3 Guys. Proceeds benefit Morris Community Fire Department.
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Morris Fire Station
Lions Club
Fire Department
Morris Community Fire Department
Weather Update: Sunny Afternoon and Pending Partly Cloudy Night
The afternoon was mostly sunny and will turn partly cloudy tonight with a low near 60. Friday will stay partly cloudy with highs in the 70s. East to northeast winds around 10 mph today, drifting light and variable tonight, then southeasterly 8-15 mph Friday. Saturday looks mostly fair with little temperature change. Previous records show 73 for Wednesday at Pyatt station. last night’s low was 53 and 9 am today read 70.
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Pyatt
Navy plan adds Sidewinder missiles to recon jets
Congressional sources say Navy jets will carry Sidewinder missiles on Far Eastern reconnaissance flights after Communist planes attacked a patrol plane over the Sea of Japan. The move follows a two year gap in incidents and faces demand from Senators Bridges and Johnson for stronger defenses.
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Washington
Navy
House
Appropriations Defense Subcommittee
Naval
Sea of Japan
Sens
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Ethel Barrymore Dies in Beverly Hills at Home
Famed stage and screen actress Ethel Barrymore died today in her Beverly Hills home after a long chronic heart condition. Her son Samuel Barrymore Colt was with her.
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Hollywood
Ethel Barrymore
Beverly Hills
Samuel Barrymore Colt
Pay TV in Canada in 1959, Novins says
International Tele meter Co. president Louis A. Novins states pay television will operate in Canada before year end. Viewers will choose from sports, motion pictures, or a local show simultaneously with coin boxes attached to home sets.
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Los Angeles
International Telemeter Co
Canada
Louis A. Novins
Durante to Appear at Du Quoin State Fair 1959
Jimmy Durante and partner Eddie Jackson will headline the Du Quoin State Fair Stagerama for one week starting August 31. Fair officials announced the 1959 engagement.
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Durante
du Quoin Fair
DU Quoin
Jimmy Durante
Eddie Jackson
du Quoin State Fair
Death Trap For Children Is Swillbox
Chicago inspectors uncovered 141 building code violations last March at the West Side four story building where a pre dawn fire killed five children. The coroner called the overcrowded structure a catacomb and fire trap with a 17 year old manager overseeing 300 residents amid substandard plumbing rubbish clogged air shafts and few extinguishers. City records show $150 in fines for 91 violations while residents complained of high rent and poor facilities.
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Chicago
West Side
Cook County
Walter McCarron
McCarron
Curtis Montgomery
George L. Ramsey
William Morris
Morris
Six Illinois scholarship winners named in Stratton list
Raymond Clennon of Morris is among 493 additional Illinois scholarship winners announced today by Governor Stratton. The awards come after withdrawals from a larger group. about 60 percent provide financial aid and the rest are honorary. Other area winners include James Crimmins Dwight Marjorie Gardner Mazon Regina Ryan Verona and Martin Grose Kenneth Leitheit Yorkville.
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Raymond Clennon
Morris
William G. Stratton
James Crimmins
Dwight
Marjorie Gardner
Mazon
Regina Ryan
Verona
Martin Grose
Kenneth Leifheit
Yorkville
Miami Tornado Damages Hit One Million Dollars
Rain drenched Miami after a Wednesday night tornado injuring about 100 people. Highway Patrol valued damage over 1 million dollars with no deaths. Red Cross said 1,000 families affected and 100 homes majorly damaged, many businesses hit. Local area around 79th Street causeway suffered the worst losses.
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Miami
Fla
Highway Patrol
Weather Bureau
Florida
Tampa
Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center
Jupiter Island
Palm Beach
Frank Vasellott
Florida Highway Patrol
79Th Street Causeway
Stewart Cooley
L. S. Pope
Railroads Cut Rates on Grain Shipment
Washington reports eastern railroads cut export grain movement rates by 20 to 25 percent to meet St. Lawrence Seaway competition. Carriers include Baltimore and Ohio, Speake and Ohio, New York Central, Pennsylvania, Wabash, and Illinois Central. ICC voted unanimously not to intervene. Chicago port interests asked for suspension pending investigation.
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Washington
North Atlantic
St. Lawrence Seaway
Baltimore and Ohio
Speake and Ohio
New Yo Central
Pennsylvania
Wabash
Ilinois Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Seaway
Great Lakes
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Colo
Laura Lee
Novins
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