Fund Report Urges Great School Reform
A two year Rockefeller Brothers Fund report calls for far reaching changes in U S education beyond more money. It cites overcrowded schools understaffed and ill equipped and urges stronger testing guidance and possible federal support. It warns of a science education crisis tied to rapid technological change and stresses national leadership.
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Paul Duke Washington
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc
Scientists
Pentagon
Car Blazes After Route 1138S Crash Wrecks Vehicle
A 1957 model car driven by Robert Duane Nichols, 33, of Morris escaped injury after a tire blowout caused it to skid off Route 1138S three and a half miles east of Route 47. The vehicle overturned into a creek and burst into flames at 4:30 a.m. Nichols was thrown from the car and uninjured. Sheriff John E. G. Olson investigated the wreck, which left the car a complete loss.
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Robert Duane Nichols
W. Jefferson
Morris
John E. G. Olson
Nichol
Indonesian rebels claim victory in North Celebes clash
Rebel radio from Manila says Indonesian rebels repelled Ja karta forces in North Celebes with 70 Jakarta soldiers killed in a single engagement.
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Manila
Radio Today
Jakarta
Celebes
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Delta Jointer
Boy Drowns In Fox River At Ottawa
The body of a Rock Falls youth, 14, identified as Bobby Jones, was recovered from the Fox River. He was traveling with a carnival when seen diving from a boat dock by 6-year-old Mark Short of Ottawa. Police say he swam briefly then disappeared.
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Ottawa
Ill
Rock Falls
Fox River
Bobby Jones
Gene Short
Mark
Weather outlook stays cool with light showers
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts five days of similar cool conditions with temperatures about eight degrees below normal. Scattered showers are expected tonight Tuesday and again Thursday or Friday. Sunday's high at Pyatt Weather station reached 73 and the low was 52 with 0.08 inch rainfall by 9 am.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
American yacht Thespian adrift near China with Calvert aboard
Japanese fishing fleets were ordered to search the East China Sea for the 95 ton yacht Thespian from Los Angeles with actor John Calvert and four others aboard. The vessel left Kee Lung Formosa in bad weather and may reach southern Japan soon.
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China
John Calvert
Hakata
Japan
Formosa
Tokyo
East China Sea
Los Angeles
Calvert
Keelung
Shanghai
Coast Guard
Admiral Ghormley Dies at 74 in Washington
Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley retired at 74 and once commanded the Allied attack on the Solomon Islands during World War II. He died Saturday after suffering a heart condition.
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Washington
Robert L. Ghormley
Solomon Islands
U.N. Chief Seeks Halt to Lebanon Rebellion Talks with Nasser
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold pressed Cairo talks with President Nasser amid Lebanese charges of arms and men crossing border. U A R warns against foreign interference while Hammarskjold heads back to Beirut and then New York. U N advits provide helicopters and planes to observers as Bekaa operations begin.
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Cairo
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Uatay
Hammarskjold
Amman
Jerusalem
Beirut
Syria- Lebanon
U.A.R
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
United States
Britain
New York
U. N
Sweden
Security Council
Syria
Bekaa
Maurice Brown
New Zealand
Judge Denies Stay of Central High School Integration Order
U S District Judge Harry J Lemley refused a motion to stay his order suspending integration at Central High School in Little Rock. He warned a stay would prolong a intolerable racial situation as appeals move through the circuit and Supreme Court. Wiley Branton of the NAACP said he would seek instructions from the 8th Circuit and may travel to confront the chief judge. The Little Rock School Board opposed the stay, arguing it would benefit Negro pupils more than the public.
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Little Rock
Ark
U.S. Dist
Harry J. Lemley
Central High School
Wiley Branton
National Assn, For the Advancement of Colored People
U. S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Lemley
Branton
Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Pakistani Student Honored at Oberlin Convention
Anna K. Syed a graduate student at the University of Illinois is named outstanding Pakistani student in the United States. The 27 year old Lahore native works on a doctoral in educational psychology and earned a Stanford master's last year at the fifth annual convention of the Pakistan Students Assn of America in Oberlin Ohio.
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Oberlin
Ohio
Anna K. Syed
University of Illinois
United States
Pakistan Students Assn. of America
Miss Syed
Lahore
Stanford University
Van Cliburn and Philadelphia Orchestra Stir Amsterdam Hall
A capacity audience in Amsterdam’s concert hall gave U.S. pianist Van Cliburn and the Philadelphia Orchestra a standing ovation after their Sunday night performance.
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Amsterdam
U.S
van Cliburn
Philadelphia Orchestra
Morris dedicates new fire station in a grand open house
The Morris community gathered for the dedication of a new $70,000 Morris Fire Department station. More than 2,000 adults attended, 3,000 total in daylong events, with hats, soft drinks, and dancing. Mayor Donald Caisley accepted the building for the city as officials and volunteers celebrated the modernization.
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Morris
Bert W. Maunder
Morris Fire Department Building Corporation, Inc
Donald Caisley
Charles Hansen
American Legion Americanism
Charles Ayers
Morris Fire Department
Atty. John Black
Myron
Jack) Bartlett
Lawrence Olson
Morris Herald
Morris Post
American Legion Arty
John Black
Bert Maunder
Department Building Corporation
Caisley
George Franks
Harold V. Olson
John J. Truty
Mobile X-Ray Unit to Tour Grundy County
A mobile X-ray unit funded by the Illinois State Public Health department will tour Grundy County from July 22 to August 7. It will X-ray only residents aged 30 and older and those with positive tuberculin test reactions.
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Illinois State Public Health Department
Grundy County
Mary C. Reed
Reed
Naplate Boy Dies of Burns
Naplate five year old Ted Bryan died from burns suffered in a trash fire near his home in Ottawa Illinois He was found by his parents Mr and Mrs William Bryan and transported to Ryburn Hospital for treatment.
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Ottawa
Ill
Ted Bryan
Naplate
Bryan
Ryburn Hospital
William Bryan
Kriz Elected 12th District Legion Head
James Kriz of Coal City elected commander of the 12th district Am erican Legion at Morris convention. Other officers named include George McConnell Belvidere senior vice commander and Rev Anderson chaplain. Delegates chosen for state convention in Chicago July 31 to Aug 3.
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James Kriz
Coal City
The
American Legion
Morris Legion
George McConnell
Belvidere
Anderson
Morris
Edward Kulig
Donald Caisley
Lester Grover
Winnebago
Boone
Kendall
LaSalle
DeKalb
Arnold Peterson
Grundy
Boys State
Morris Post
Minooka Post
Alls Post
Chicago
Raymond Kopezick
Grundy County
Merlin Carter
Lester Swanson
Lyle Snavely
Dorothy Hofferstadt
Bubble
Eisenhower Special Counsel Called as Adams Probe Grows
Rep. Morgan Moulder urged House investigators to call Gerald D. Morgan, Ike’s special counsel, saying he is seen as a front man. The House subcommittee resumes hearings on Adams contacts with two regulators for Bernard Goldfine as critics demand Adams step down.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Rep
Morgan Moulder
D-Mo
House
Gerald D. Morgan
Eisenhower
Morgan
Adams
Moulder
Sherman Adams
White House
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Negro leaders urge Eisenhower on Little Rock clash turnaround
At a White House meeting four civil rights leaders including A Philip Randolph Martin Luther King Jr Roy Wilkins and Lester Granger pressed President Eisenhower to intervene in the Little Rock school desegregation case. They said court action has outraged Black citizens and many Americans while recognizing the president listened sympathetically but offered no commitments.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
White House
A. Philip Randolph
International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Harry Lemley
Randolph
Jeaders
Justice Department
Roy Wilkins
National Ass For the Advancement of Color People
Lester B. Granger
National Urban League
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Leadership Conference
Wilkins
Bradley Man Drowns Near Aroma Park
In Kankakee Illinois Rob ert Doran 37 of Bradley is believed drowned after a boat capsized near Aroma Park. His wife Alicia 31 was rescued from the flood swollen river after the craft struck a submerged stump. Searchers continue to seek Doran. a second local drowning had occurred within three days.
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Kankakee
Ill
Robert Doran
Bradley
Doran
Alicia
Aroma Park
Morris JayCees Meet Tuesday at Junod's
The Morris JayCees hold a regular meeting Tuesday evening at 7 45 at Junod's Restaurant. Members are set to discuss club activities and upcoming community projects.
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Morris JayCees
Junod's Restaurant
Beirut Bomb Kills Five in Busy Shopping Area
A bomb blast in a crowded Beirut shopping district killed five people including a woman and her child. Authorities cautious on motive as rescue workers recover victims and search for additional injured.
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Beirut
Lebanon
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