U S Code Clerks Defect To Russia
Two NSA code clerks, Bernon F. Mitchell and William H. Martin, defect to the Soviet Union in Moscow claiming U S policy brinkmanship could trigger World War III. They allege U S espionage against allies and the planting of a spy in a friendly embassy, and criticize U S reconnaissance flights and religious persecution at home. They left Ft Meade on vacation and traveled via Mexico City.
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Moscow
U. S
National Security Agency
United States
Bernon F. Mitchell
Eureka
Calif
William H. Martin
Ellensburg
Wash
Soviet Union
Journalists Club
NSA
Mitchell
Martin
U.S. Navy
Ft. Meade
Mexico City
U.S
Red China
Francis Gary Powers
Morris Man's Auto Takes Deep Plunge
Ross J. Knapp of 610 Johnson Ave. Ottawa escaped serious injury when his car and boat trailer rolled off a launching ramp into the Illinois river, dragging both into 20 feet of water. Divers and rescue squads pulled the gear from the river and freed Knapp.
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Ross J. Knapp
Johnson Ave
Illinois
Ottawa
Knapp
Allen Park
Brotherton Describes Des Moines Parking Note in District
A Des Moines street sign reads Parking for patients of Dr Walter Dr Gustafson and customers of Gustafson s meats. Dr John P Gustafson is a dentist and Emery Gustafson runs a meat market. They are brothers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Walter
Gustafson
John P. Gustafson
Emery Gustafson
Saunemin Free From Blast Threat After Train Derailment
Thirty one cars of a 99 car Wabash freight train jumped the tracks near Saunemin Illinois causing a blast risk from a liquid oxygen car. Natural gas experts neutralized the danger and a three quarter mile area was cleared. No injuries were reported and service will be disrupted for days.
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Saunemin
Ill
Chicago
Ind
Central Illinois
Wabash
Morris Man Found After Fishing Trip Missing
Charles Phillips, 81, went missing on a fishing trip to the Mazon River southeast of the city Sunday forenoon. Civil Defense auxiliary police Morris fire department emergency squad searched the river and fields until tracks led to Phillips, who said he had become lost.
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Charles Phillips
Mazon
Civil Defense Auxiliary Police
Morris Fire Department
Phillips
Earl K. Long Dies at 65 After Heart Attack
Earl Kemp Long, 65, longtime Baton Rouge political figure and governor, died Monday in Alexandria after a third heart attack. He would be returned to the Capitol for a 24 hour stay, with funeral set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church. Democratic leaders face selecting a successor by September 20 for his congressional candidacy.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Kemp Long
Alexandria
Capitol
First Baptist Church
Ole Earl
Long
Weather forecast sings sunny and hot through Thursday
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts fair conditions with a low in the lower 70s tonight. Expect mostly sunny and continued heat with a mid 90s high on Wednesday and little change on Thursday. Highs reached 95 Saturday 94 Sunday, 88 Monday, 66 overnight with 9 am reading at 76 and rising.
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U. S
Longstanding Family-Run Weekly Monitor
Marietta Oklahoma’s Monitor is published weekly by the same family for 66 years marking a long tradition in the local press.
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Marietta
Okla
Monitor
Illinois Weekend Traffic Toll Tops Nation in Fatalities
Seventeen people died on Illinois highways over the 78 hour Labor Day weekend pushing the state into the nation's top ranks for traffic deaths. No Illinois residents died on Labor Day itself, with all fatalities on the first two days. Two boating deaths plus eight in other accidents brought Illinois to 28 total for the period. The worst wreck involved three Galesburg teenagers.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Woodstock
Lawrence Prince
St Louis
McLeansboro
Anna G. Gudeman
Hampshire
Elgin
Dorothy Jointer
Chicago
Sybil Williams
Olney
Rockford
Ned Morrill
White Oak
Peoria
Tamara Kuntz
Halleck to Be Chief Speaker At DeKalb Meeting
Congressman Charles Halleck of Indiana will be principal speaker at a DeKalb Republican Women’s club meeting on September 13 at 2 p.m. in DeKalb. Governor Stratton and Samuel Witwer will also speak with other candidates and officials. The event is at 545 Northern Lane on the lawn of State Senator Dennis J. Long, open to the public. if rain, it moves to Moose Hall.
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Charles Halleck
Indiana
House of Representatives
DeKalb County
Republican Women’s Club
DeKalb
William G. Stratton
Samuel Witwer
GOP
U.S
Illinois
Dennis J. Long
Ilinois
Noah Mason
Halleck
Moose Hall
Young GOP To Hold Meet Here Thursday
The Grundy County Young Republican club, active at the county fair in Mazon, will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Grundy county courthouse to conduct a business session. Members of the Grundy county Central committee helped man the Sam Witwer Pollmobile at the fair, where visitors voted on three top issues in the campaign. The Witwer voting machine is believed to be the only one outside Cook county.
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Grundy County
Young Republican Club
Mazon
Grundy County Court House
Witwer
Cook County
Volunteers for O'Brien Hold Morris Area Meeting
The Volunteers for O'Brien group will join the Grundy County Young Democrats and the county Democrats Central committee for a public meeting at 8 p.m. in the Knights of Columbus hall Morris to discuss plans for Dorothy O'Brien's campaign for the U S House of Representatives.
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Grundy County
O’brien
Young Democrats Club
Democrats Central Committee
Dorothy O'Brien
U. S
House of Representatives
Knights of Columbus Hall
Morris
Two Fires Hit Mazon On Labor Day
Two fires erupted in Mazon on Labor Day. A 3 a.m. blaze destroyed a one car garage in the business district near D and R restaurant and an alley storage shed. At 5 p.m. a fire under the grandstand at the fair grounds caused minor damage. Morris department responded after alarms spread. An auto owned by Donald Bivens suffered paint and tire damage from the heat.
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Mazon
Fair Grounds
D and R
Morris Fire Department
Grandstand
Donald Bivens
Misplaced Digit Transmits Call Across Borders
In Claremore Oklahoma Vayer James Hammett dialed what he thought was Oklahoma City but misdialed one digit. A Hamilton Ontario woman answered the ringing number, illustrating a cross border misdial incident.
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Claremore
Okla
Vayer James Hammett
Oklahoma City
Hamilton
Ont
14 Die in Labor Day Holiday Traffic Toll
Nationwide three day Labor Day weekend traffic deaths totaled 414, lower than last year’s toll and well below the National Safety Council’s estimate. An AP count added 28 boating, 80 drowning, and 90 miscellaneous deaths, bringing the total to 612.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Broadcasts Banned as U.N. Mandate Shifts Congo Power
In Leopoldville the United Nations halted all radio broadcasts and tightened airport controls amid looming civil strife. Premier Patrice Lumumba seeks a confidence vote as President Joseph Kasavubu appeals for control after firing Lumumba. U.N. forces guard Kasavubu’s residence while Dag Hammarskjold reviews the crisis.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
United Nations
Radio
U. N
U. N. Congo Command
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Lumumba
Kasavubu
Kasavvubu
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Man Arrested After Attempted Escape From Police
Robert Smith of a Morris hotel faced Grundy County jail after his wife filed a disorderly conduct charge. He attempted to flee the Grundy courthouse when told to stay. Officer Gordon Gregg fired a warning shot, injuring neither seriously. Smith was fined 25 for disorderly conduct and 25 for attempted escape plus costs including 20 for new trousers for the officer, and remains jailed to cover fines.
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Morris
Grundy County
Morris City
Smith
Stephen Lumber Co
Gordon Gregg
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