Worry Mounts Over Seizure Of Kuwait
Beirut reports mount over Iraq's bid to annex Kuwait the oil prize of the Middle East. Kuwait pleads independence with British backing while Arab League silent diplomats and observers warn of regional crisis potential.
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Kuwait
Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Middle East
Cairo
The
Arab League
Abel Karim Kassem
League
Saudi Arabia
London
Britain
Soviet Union
Kassem
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Baghdad
Man Found Dead in Burned Illinois Farm Home
Paul Anthony, 42, lived alone on a Kankakee county farm and was found dead in the living room of his burned home. Firemen found his dog sprawled across his chest. cause of the fire remains undetermined.
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ST. George
Paul Anthony
Kankakee
Anthony
Traffic court records from Rte 1138S and Highway 80
Wesley Willis of Mazon faced charges for improper passing on Rte 1138S and paid a $15 fine plus costs after appearing before Justice Cryer Bryant. James Dorris of LaGrange was ticketed on Highway 80 for speeding 80 mph in a 60 mph zone and paid $15 plus costs in Justice Bryant's court.
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Wesley Willis
Mazon
L. J. Wasikowski
Willis
Cryer Bryant
James Dorris
LaGrange
Highway 80
Jack O'Hagen
Food Parcels Dropped Over Communist China by Nationalist Air Force
The Central Daily News reports 60 000 food parcels were dropped over a wide area of communist China about ten days ago by Chinese Nationalist air force planes. Cooked shoestring beets make a fine garnish for cole slaw.
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Taipei
Formosa
Munist
China
Central Daily News
Mazon Auxiliary Elects New Officers At Legion Meet
Mrs Maurice Gantzert hosted a recent Legion auxiliary meeting where officers were chosen. Elected were Mrs EF Hill president, Mrs Gantzert vice president, Mrs C A Jewett second vice president, Mrs Tom Parker secretary, Mrs W R Wallin treasurer, Mrs E B Gardner historian, Mrs Lyle Small chaplain, and Mrs Donald McCormick sergeant at arms. The group noted a flag presented to the Boy Scout troop and $119.83 raised from poppy sales. Steven Lowery won the essay contest and received a check. Patricia Henderson will report on Girls State at the July 12 meeting hosted by Mrs D R Bryant.
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D. R. Bryant
Patricia Henderson
Girls’ State
Minooka Notes Reflect Close Of Vacation Bible School
About 80 students from the Methodist Church Vacation Bible school participated in a program for parents and friends marking the end of the 1961 session. The crafts included scrapbooks, workboxes, shell crosses, sachets, paper weights, baskets, and flowers.
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Minooka
The
Methodist Church
St. Raymond's Cathedral
All Saints Greek Orthodox Church
Joliet
Ocean City Grows to Maryland's Second Largest City
Ocean City Maryland expands from a permanent 965 residents to as many as 125,000 on peak July and August weekends, reflecting a major seasonal population surge in the Atlantic resort.
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Ocean City
Maryland
South Wilmington News Briefs and Local Happenings
South Wilmington WSCS members visited the tuberculosis sanitorium in Kankakee to serve refreshments to patients. Melvin Cassetto enrolls in a summer course at Illinois State Normal University Normal. The Mix and Stitch 4 H club plans a record hop at the parish hall on July 1. Mrs Nellie Glasgow visits from Chicago to see Mr and Mrs Martin Residori. Ronald J Ferrari completes basic training in cooking baking meat cutting and field kitchen duties at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Lawrence Griglione earns a Bachelor of Science degree.
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South Wilmington
WSCS
Kankakee
Melvin Cassetto
Illinois State Normal University
Normal
Nellie Glasglow
Chicago
Martin Residori
Army
Ronald J. Ferrari
Fort Leonard Wood
Lawrence Griglione
Service Army Reserve Maj. Mattson ends annual training at Ft Benjamin Harrison
Maj Joseph M Mattson of 947 East Jackson Street wraps two weeks of annual active duty training at Ft Benjamin Harrison Indiana. James E Comrie son of Edward and Mrs Comrie Morris rural completed three years with the U S Marines receiving honorable discharge. Comrie served with the Marine Band at Pearl Harbor and now studies music and works part time in Hawaii living at Hale Poki Apt 201 1720 Poki Street Waikiki Hawaii.
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Army Reserve
Joseph M. Mattson
East Jackson St
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
James E. Comrie
Edward Comrie
Morris
U. S. Marines
Comrie
Marine Band
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Hale- Poki
Poki St
Waikiki
Kind but Crooked in Pittsburgh Store Scam
Mrs. Esther Jones of Pittsburgh was approached by a courteous man who suggested putting all her packages into one large bag. He left with the bag containing two pairs of shoes a skirt and other apparel and never returned.
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Pittsburgh
Esther Jones
Irish Jewish Mayor Briscoe Elected Again in Dublin
In Dublin Ireland Robert Briscoe an Orthodox Jew and ardent Irishman is chosen for a second time as Dublin’s lord mayor marking a notable repeat election and a historic moment for the city’s Jewish community.
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Dublin
Ireland
Robert Briscoe
Guttenberg Iowa Votes Not To Change Spelling
Residents reject changing Guttenberg’s spelling by 208 to 166 in a Rotary funded special election after earlier defeats in 1949 and amid debate over tradition and potential world unique honor for the printer Gutenberg.
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Guttenberg
Iowa
Gutenberg
Guttenberg Rotary Club
Civil engineering programs and summer courses noted
In civil engineering at Tri-State college in Angola Indiana on Thursday Mrs Harry Lund enrolled in an eight week summer course at Olivet Nazarene college in Kankakee Illinois
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Tri-State College
Angola
Ind
Harry Lund
Olivet Nazarene College
Kankakee
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