Henry declares crash education plans won't work
Dr Henry, president of the University of Illinois, told the North Central Assn that crash education programs are ineffective. He urged broad state planning to strengthen colleges, stressing facts over bias and interinstitutional cooperation for national talent development.
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Chicago
David D. Henry
University of Illinois
North Central Assn. of Colleges and Secondary Schools
America
Congress
Illinois to Hold 15 Congressional Primaries in April
Springfield reports fifteen Illinois House races split nine Republicans and six Democrats with incumbents in only three contests. Notable matchups include Noah Mason 75 of the 15th District facing Daniel Palmer Mitchell and Leo Allen against John P. Tappe in the 16th, while Melvin Price in the 24th remains unopposed.
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Springfield
Illinois
Noah M. Mason
Oglesby
Russell W. Keeney
Wheaton
Hoffman
Peter J. Fiefer
Lester C Ellis
Aurora
Clarence E. Josephson
Elmhurst
Chicago
Thomass. Gordon
Five unmanned moon vicinity probes planned by ARPA
The White House and Defense Department announced up to five launches of small unmanned space vehicles toward the moon with Eisenhower approval. A six to eight million dollar initial allotment funds the ARPA programs as Roy Johnson directs Army Air Force and Navy to proceed, with no timetable or target date disclosed.
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Washington
United States
White House
Defense Department
Secretary of
Defense McElroy
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Advanced Research Projects Agency
McElroy
Roy W. Johnson
ARPA
Army
Air Force
Navy
United
Unemployed In Illinois Increase Reported
Illinois unemployment claims rose for the week ended March 15 with 198,339 filings, including 21,967 new claims. The total topped the February high and exceeds the same period in 1957, with prior weeks recording 183,067 and 198,250 claims.
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Chicago
Illinois
Oy F. Cummins
Illinois Department of Labor
Precise Wrist Watch Sells At Menard Prison
In the Menard Times an advertisement for the Menard Prison commissary touts a wrist watch that helps inmates measure exact time to the second until discharge. It mocks loose calendars and promises precise tracking of time, noting a hypothetical display of 18 years 3 months 1 week 5 days 22 hours 5 minutes and seconds left.
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Chester
Ill
Menard Times
Menard Prison Commissary Today
Illinois War Monuments Neglected Across Civil War Sites
A state federal stalemate over repairs to the Illinois Soldiers' Monument at Mound City National Cemetery highlights broader neglect of Civil War monuments. The Army says federal funds cannot be used and Illinois lacks authority to maintain sites not on state property. Officials warn several monuments at Vicksburg Gettysburg Shiloh Lookout Mountain face deterioration ahead of centennials.
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Springfield
Ill
U.S. Army
Ilinois
Mound City National Cemetery
State Parks Division
Shelby Lee
Parks Division
Illinois
Vicksburg
Miss
Shiloh
Tenn
Lookout Mountain
Gettysburg
Clyde Walton
Lee
Walton
Mound City
Army Administration Center
Chicago
Charles Carpentier
Illinois Veterans Commission
Cemetery Division
The
Army
Explorer III Displays Strangest Orbit Pattern
In Cape Canaveral the Explorer III satellite shows an unusual orbit dipping to about 110 miles above Earth and climbing to around 1,700 miles, transmitting data 12 times per day. Army officials say increasing drag and gravity will shorten its life, though the craft continues to send signals.
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George Ludwig
Army
Ludwig
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Iowa State University
U. S. Army
Cape Canaveral
Fla
John B. Medaris
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Explorer
Three Car Crash on Morris River Bridge
A three car accident on the Highway 47 River bridge south of Morris occurred Wednesday afternoon at 1 45. No one was injured. A state crew halted traffic causing the crash sequence as a southbound truck swerved into the Spellisy car and pushed it into a second car. Parsons was fined 100 dollars and costs. Griswold Grain Co. paid the fine.
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Highway 47 River
Morris
William Spellisg
Charles Parsons
Sannemin
Spellisy
Joseph Lee DeGulie
Coal City
John Olson
James Bell
Parsons
Chester Winsor
Griswold Grain Co
Cullom
Bid on Route 6 Bridge Place by Standard Paving Co
Standard Paving Co of Chicago submitted the apparent lowest bid of 283 714 for the Route 6 bridge to carry Route 47 over the new Interstate Highway 6. The four span continuous deck girder bridge will be built at the Route 47 intersection with Route 6 about 1 1/8 miles north of Morris Illinois.
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Standard Paving Co
Chicago
Morris
Iowa Sheriff Held by Illinois Police After Car Chase
Jasper County Iowa Sheriff George Strausser was detained by Spring Valley police in Princeton Illinois after a car matching a kidnapping alert left a restaurant. He claimed to be transporting a mental patient and produced only a deputy card, then was released after his explanations and further verification.
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Princeton
Ill
George Strausser
Jasper County
Iowa
Strausser
Spring Valley
Bureau County
Hollywood Academy Awards Honor The Bridge On Kwai Bosses
The 30th Academy Awards crowned The Bridge on the River Kwai as best picture as Hollywood feted stars including Joanne Woodward Alec Guinness and Miyoshi Umeki. Red Buttons won best supporting actor for Sayonara and Woodward sewed a dress herself earning attention alongside top designers.
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Hollywood
Joanne Woodward
Britain
Alec Guinness
C Tangerare
Ome Sree
River Kwai
Red Buttons
Buttons
U. S
Miyoshi Umeki
Miss Woodward
Dior
Don Lopez
Deborah Kerr
Georgia
Guinness
Jean Simmons
England
London
Miyoshi
Grand Canyon
Grundy County Assessors Set 40 Percent Value At $160
The Grundy County Township assessors meet at the Court House under County Revenue Officer Wilbur Larsen. They vote to set top farm land at 40 percent of a 160 dollar per acre value. Department of Revenue officials Johnson and Garber spoke as real estate and personal property revaluation occurs in this quadrennial year.
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Grundy County
Court House
Wilbur Larsen
Johnson
State Department of Revenue
Allen Garber
Department of Revenue
Weather Outlook With Minor Temperature Changes
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts fair conditions tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. Lows tonight in the lower 30s, highs tomorrow in the middle 40s, and Saturday will be cloudy with slight variation. Grundy county sees cool spring weather with yesterday’s high 52 and a night drop to 28. At 9 am today the temperature was 44 according to Donald Pyatt.
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U. S
Burrau
Helow
Grundy County
Donald Pyatt
Khrushchev Becomes Soviet Premier Replacing Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev was named Soviet premier by President Voroshilov, replacing Nikolai Bulganin who submitted his resignation as the Supreme Soviet session began. Khrushchev also serves as first secretary, becoming the third leader to hold both posts. The session also addressed a possible ban on thermonuclear weapons with Foreign Minister Gromyko set to comment.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Klementi Voroshilov
Bulganin
Voroshilov
Khruschev
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Council of Nationalities
Eisenhower
Andrei Gromyko
Three Firemen Killed in Chicago Auto Agency Fire
A fast spreading South Side blaze at a large auto agency killed three firefighters and injured six more as flames reached three adjacent three story buildings. About 150 residents fled freezing weather as the roof collapsed trapping twenty inside. The dead were George Babich Maurice Crotty and Philip Sheehan all married Crotty leaving four children.
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Chicago
Robert Quinn
George Babich
Maurice Crotty
Philip Sheehan
Crotty
Three Grass Fires Fought Near High School
Morris Fire Department battled three grass fires near the high school yesterday. The first at 12:15 p.m. south of Highway 6 was backfired to reduce recurrence. The second at 2:30 p.m. near the athletic field bleachers, and the third at 7:15 p.m. along railroad tracks by West Avenue, were also in the vicinity.
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Morris Fire Department
Prairie Land
Highway 6
MCHS
West Avenue
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