Legislature Convenes on Wednesday in Illinois
Springfield, UK AP report notes Wednesday marks the opening of the 72nd Minors General Assembly. Paul Powell likely reelected speaker as Democrats face an 89 88 GOP majority. Senate control favors Republicans. Governor elect Kerner to push revenue plans for a 1961 63 budget, with a $214 billion current biennium.
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Larry Gramp
Springfield
General Assembly
House
Paul Powell
Senate
Otto Kerner
Kerner
William G. Stratton
Goodpaster Sentenced 199 Years for 1959 Slaying
Metropolis Illinois AP Walter J Goodpaster, 47, of Herrin is sentenced to 199 years in prison for the Christmas day 1959 killing of Margaret Strunk, mother of 12, after a jury conviction on October 28. Defense claims numerous trial errors and constitutionality questions, and plans appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court. The judge noted sentencing by a jury is required by state law.
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Clarence Wright
Goodpaster
Illinois Supreme Court
Strunk
Congress Opens With Demands For Change In Rules
The 87th Congress opens with Democratic insurgents in both chambers seeking rule reforms. Sen. Albert Gore Jr proposes direct votes to fill policy and steering committee vacancies, while House liberals target the conservative Rules Committee blocking liberal measures. Speaker Rayburn hints at purging Rep. Colmer to unlock legislation backing Kennedy.
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Washington
Senate
House
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Sam Rayburn
Texas
William Colmer
D-Miss
Dirksen GOP Floor Leader Re-elected in Senate Edge
Washington AP Sen Ever Ett Dirksen of Illinois was re-elected as Senate GOP floor leader. The GOP conference kept Sen Thomas H Kuchel of California as whip and named Styles Bridges of New Hampshire as policy committee chair. Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts was re-elected conference chairman and Milton R Young of North Dakota as secretary.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Castro Cuts U S Staff in Havana
Fidel Castro ordered a drastic reduction of the U S Embassy staff in Havana from 87 to 11, signaling deeper U S Cuban tensions on the eve of a UN Security Council session. He claimed the embassy housed spies and invited all staff to leave, while thousands cheered Cuba’s stance and demands for the Guantanamo base.
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Havana
U.S
Washington
United States
Cuba
Castro
Civic Plaza
Guantanamo
Daniel Braddock
Philip Bonsal
Santiago
State Department
Soviet Bloc
Cape Canaveral
Moscow
Khrushchev
Belgian riots: stores smashed as demonstration spreads
In Brussels and other cities police and strikers clashed as 9,000 marched in Brussels. The unrest touched Antwerp Liege and Tournai with stores smashed and 12 civilians injured. Soldiers guarded key points as Parliament nears debate on austerity measures.
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Eddy Gilmore
Brussels
Belgium
Antwerp
Tournai
Liege
Gaston Eyskens
Eyskens
Starving Child Found By Mother's Body in Bronx Flat
Three year old Patricia McKiernan lay in Misericordia Hospital in critical condition after a holiday ordeal of horror. Police found her beside her mother's body, Jennie McKiernan, who died days earlier of a heart attack. The child is emaciated and unable to walk or talk. Patrolman James Fortuno transported her to hospital where she received clear soup and milk. The mother lived on social security. her husband died three years ago. Medical examiner says she had been dead at least five days.
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New York
Patricia McKiernan
Misericordia Hospital
Housing Authority
Bronx
Jennie McKiernan
Patricia
James Fortuno
Fortuno
Mrs. McKiernan
First Day For Candidates To File Petitions
Tomorrow marks the first day for candidates to file petitions for mayor city clerk city treasurer councilmen and police magistrate. January 14 is the last filing day with the city clerk. The primary is in February and the final election on April 18.
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Mr. Vernon
Fast Ride To Good Samaritan Hospital
Trooper John Boyd rushed a man to Mt Vernon Good Samaritan Hospital after a mistaken call for an expectant mother. A motorist yelling for urgent help led Boyd to accelerate on Route 37, with police and hospital staff coordinating the emergency arrival. The husband admitted his wife was upstairs having a baby, not in the rear seat.
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a_ state
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan
John Boyd
Boyd
Ina
Trooper Boyd
Ike Moves Fast Over Laos Crisis
President Eisenhower accelerates action as Laos tenses, with warnings to North Vietnam and Red China. High level White House meeting reviews SEATO duties and readiness, while Dulles Lemnitzer and others coordinate military and diplomatic responses to reported North Vietnamese infiltrations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Laos
White House
Pacific
Christian A. Herter
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Defense
James H. Douglas
Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Lyman Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Viet Nam
United States
Red
SEATO
Livingston T. Merchant
Secretary of Defense
Lyman. L. Lemnitzer
Mt V Youth Injured In Car Train Crash Near Mt Vernon
Larry Bruce Rich aged 18 of 1209 North 7th Street was injured at 11 AM today in a car train collision on the Tolle Road crossing of the C and E railroad near Mt. Vernon. He was rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital in satisfactory condition. The exact injuries were not immediately learned. A car driven by Rich collided with a southbound freight train.
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Larry Bruce Rich
North 7Th Street
Tolle Road
C. & E. Railroad
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Rich
Bonds Stolen From Woodlawn Home Report
Jefferson county officers investigate a $1400 theft of U S government bonds from a Woodlawn residence. Herman Knox reported the bonds missing from his shoe box kept at his home where he lives alone. He said he discovered the loss on Monday.
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Jefferson County
U.S
Woodlawn
Herman Knox
Monay
Laos war update shows rebels lose Xiengkhouang gains
In Vientiane and Bangkok reports, pro Western forces recaptured Xiengkhouang as rebels were said to hold Plaine des Jarres. SEATO ambassadors met but offered no action while U S evacuated personnel from Vientiane and Japan urged pre consult with bases. Prince Boun Oum's government reported loyal troops at Ban Ban and warned against outside interference in Laos.
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United States
U.S
Japan
Laos
Foreign Ministry
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7Th Fleet
Navy
Okinawa
Vientiane
Boun Oum
Xiengkhouang
Information
Bouavanl Norasing
Norasing
Ban Ban
Plaine Des Jarres
U. S
Bangkok
U.S. Information Service
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Thailand
Pete Sarasin
U. Alexis Johnson
Sarasin
Thut
Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
Jungle Kingdom
Car Train Fatality at Du Quoin Involving Teen Attendant
A 15 year old Du Quoin service station attendant Dennis W Goodwin died from injuries after a December 28 collision between a car and an Illinois Central passenger train. Survived by his widow Teddi.
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du Uoin
Dennis W. Goodwin
Illinois Central
Teddi
Mansfield Elected Senate Democratic Leader by Unanimous Vote
Senate Democrats chose Montana's Mike Mansfield as floor leader succeeding Lyndon B. Johnson who will resign to become vice president. The caucus of 62 senators met in secret and mentored Mansfield's unanimous election. Hubert H. Humphrey was named assistant Democratic leader, effectively the whip.
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John F. Kennedy
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Republican Committee
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House Democratic
House
Gore
Senate
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D-Mont
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Mansfield
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Sen
Spessard
Lb. Holland
D-Fla
Anderson
Washington
Democrats
Montana
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Three Die in Smashup at Du Quoin
A New Year holiday weekend in Illinois claimed 24 lives in accidents and related incidents. Two fatal crashes near Du Quoin and near Kinkaid killed several people including William H. Pounds and Rudolph Maracki. Also listed were hit and run deaths, a plummeting car, a bridge-rail crash, a fatal fire, a stair fall, and a accidental shooting involving a 10 year old. The weekened toll leaves Illinois behind California and Texas in traffic deaths.
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Associated Press
Clinois
California
Texas
Illinois
William H. Pounds
Rudolph Maracki
Taylorville
Kinkaid
DuQuoin
Donald Lee Carruthers
Elkville
Park Ridge
Arthur R. Peterson
Marylou
Chicago
Theoris Washington
Hillard Zambroski
Wauconda
Harold Heisner
New Lenox
William G. Curth
Lake Villa
Northlake
Ralph Nichols
Canton
Margaret Zoren
Steger
Ment
Abe Richardson
Richard Dowell
Steven Kent Sapp
Warsaw
Three Jefferson County Men Nabbed In Ewing Burglary
Three Jefferson County youths are jailed in Benton on burglary charges after breaking into a grocery in Ewing earlier today. Billy Don Stewart 20 William Douthitt 19 both Mt Vernon and Donald Gene Orrick 22 Belle Rive face additional counts for a Scheller store theft last night. Sheriff Ruddick says a hold will be filed in this county after Franklin County officers, who pursued the suspects, report catching Stewart and Orrick at the Faving store and arresting Douthill nearby.
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Jefferson County
Benton
Ewing
Billy Don Stewart
William Douthitt
Mt. Vernon
Donald Gene Orrick
Belle Rive
Bob Ruddick
Scheller
Ruddick
Franklin County
Whittington
Stewart
Orrick
Douthill
Third Murder Trial Of L A Lovers Opens
LOS ANGELES AP Doctor R Bernard Finch and former mistress Carole Tregoff return for a third trial on murdering his estranged wife Barbara Jean in July 1959. Juries deadlocked previously. Finch argues double jeopardy as key issue, while Mrs Finch was shot to death at their West Covina home amid divorce dispute.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Jean
Toda
Finch
Miss Tregell
David Coleman
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