Senate Nears Hot Fight Over Civil Rights Bill
Washington political clash builds over House civil rights bill as Knowland Senators seek to place it on the calendar bypassing the Judiciary Committee. Southern Democrats warn of a filibuster while Humphrey and liberal Democrats back the move with Nixon’s potential influence anticipated.
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D-Minn
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Pleasant three day forecast for Grundy county
The U S Weather Bureau predicts three days of ideal weather with daytime temperatures in the 80s and nights in the 50s and no precipitation. Sunny conditions this afternoon give way to a clear cool night and fair mild Thursday. Tuesday reached 87 degrees at Pyatt station with a 58 degree low. 9 am today was 70.
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Pyatt
Polish Defense Ministry Opens Broad Political Offensive
WARSAW The defense ministry orders a campaign to stamp out anti Communist and anti Soviet sentiment within the army amid rising political tensions and loyalty concerns.
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Warsaw
Polish Defense Ministry
Will Probably Bring Case to Supreme Court
The government moves quickly to overturn a ruling banning handing GI William S. Girard to Japan for trial on manslaughter charges. An imminent direct appeal to the Supreme Court aims to finish before the term ends. Rankin's decision whether to bypass the appeals court was expected today. Girard, from Ottawa Illinois, is in Army custody at Camp Whittington after a judge ruled surrender would violate his rights. the case concerns a contested shooting of a Japanese woman on a firing range.
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Ill
Naka Sakai
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High
Sato
Nakamura
Head on Crash On Highway 6 Kills Four Men Near Joliet
Four Joliet men died in a head on collision on U S Highway 6 eight miles southwest of Joliet near Channahon at 11 15 p m Tuesday State police identified the dead as Carmen Cacia 29 Albert Sileppe 20 Thomas David Koral 18 and Raymond De Bene detti 18 Cacia drove eastbound and was in his lane suggesting Sileppe in the wrong lane All four bodies were taken to Joliet for inquests by Coroner Willard Blood There were no witnesses to the crash.
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Albert Sileppe
Thomas David Koral
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Sileppe
Willard Blood
Jordan says Hussein and Dina divorce report false
A Jordan government spokesman denied a Cairo newspaper report that King Hussein divorced Queen Dina last week, stating no such divorce occurred and the royal family has not confirmed any split.
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Japan's Minister Arrives for High Level Talks in Washington
Japanese Prime Minister Kishi arrives in Washington for three days of high level discussions aboard Eisenhower's plane Columbine III. He is greeted at National Airport by Vice President Nixon and a military honor guard as officials vow closer US Japan cooperation for world peace and welfare.
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Japanese Claim Not Binding on Girard Trial
Japanese officials said a U.S. District Court ruling blocking William Girard’s Japanese trial is not binding and Japan will proceed with the trial. Judge Yuzo Kawachi said the trial could start mid August, with Girard in Army custody at Camp Whittington near Tokyo.
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Governor Signs Bill for State Aid to Schools
Governor Stratton swiftly signs a 227 million dollar state aid package for Illinois schools after a brief Senate clash led by Sen. William Lynch who tried a filibuster to raise the total. Republicans keep support, voting 53 to 0, with a plan to supplement via deficiency funds if needed and a guaranteed 200 dollars per pupil aid.
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Chicago
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Eight Killed As Oil Ships Crash at Sea
Two oil tankers collided off Brittany in fog eight sailors died and more than 50 rescued. Vessels Stony Point under Liberian papers and Greek Ioannis burned amid darkness about 20 miles from the Brittany coast. All missing men later accounted for.
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France
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Ionis
Italy crisis deepens as Merzagora fails to form government
Rome Italy 45 day government crisis worsens as Senate President Cesare Merzagora announces he cannot form a new government. The development signals heightened political instability and potential new elections.
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Illinois House Defeats Corp Taxes Bill in 76–90 Vote
Springfield battles over a proposed 500 percent rise in corporate taxes to fund schools. The defeat also ends a plan to redirect gasoline tax funds to Chicago transit and other systems. House approved two year appropriations including 645 million for highways and over 18 million for the state school superintendent.
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Chicago Transit Authority
John Morris
Chadwick
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Morris
Illinois
Senate
State Highway Department
Heat and Floods Push Death Toll Toward Two Hundred Twenty Five
Heat wave across the Atlantic Coast triggers record drownings and heat prostration deaths. By Saturday floods and storms have claimed at least 225 lives with Minnesota and South Dakota hardest hit. The Redwood River and Big Sioux River floodplains suffer major damage as forecasts warn of rising crests and multi‑million dollar losses.
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Minnesota
Eisenhower Opens Door to Talks on Atomic Test Suspension
President Eisenhower said he would be delighted to pursue a satisfactory agreement to suspend atomic tests while negotiating with Russia for a broader disarmament program. He suggested a prohibition on weapon manufacture might not be essential to a test suspension, diverging from State Department views. He endorsed Russia’s three point UN proposal for a moratorium, a supervising commission, and inspection posts, while noting details must be studied.
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Eisenhower
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State Department
Harold Stassen
London
United States
United Nations
Britain
Stassen
France
Valerian Zorin
Weather Device Lands on Morris Farm Near Peoria
A radiosonde weather recording instrument released near Peoria was recovered last night on the Orville Otto farm seven miles north of Morris. Mr Otto saw the parachute descent about 80 rods from him and reported the item with directions for disassembly and return. The device, carried aloft by balloons, relayed wind and temperature data to the U S Weather Bureau and was designed to burst at about 16 miles altitude.
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Orville Otto
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Otto
U. S. Weather Bureau
American soldier gets 15 years for priest murder in Japan
Pvt. Randall B. Boyles, 24, of Kenton Delaware, was convicted in Otsu Japan of assaulting a Buddhist priest last December, robbing him and dumping the unconscious man into Lake Biwa where he drowned.
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Japan
Randall B. Boyles
Kenton
Del
Lake Biwa
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