Macmillan Plans 31 Day Africa Fact Finding Tour
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan departs for a 31 day fact finding safari through awakening Africa targeting political figures and colonial tensions. He will visit dependent and independent British Commonwealth nations to ease nationalist versus white settler friction and bolster Commonwealth ties.
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Tom Ochiltree
London
Harold Macmillan
Africa
Britain
Conservative
British Commonwealth
Macmillan
Labor Party
Hastings Banda
Nyasaland
Bow
Kenya
Ghana
Banda
Central African Federation
Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia
Hunt Stepfather as Murderer of Girl in Chicago
In Chicago a 13 year old girl Margaret Nowicki was found murdered in her home. Police pursued Edwin Conrad stepfather after clues including missing clothes money in the bedroom his car and bob pins scattered around the house. Detectives found a length of clothesline a blood stained towel and whiskey in the kitchen authorities noted.
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Chicago
Margaret Conrad
Margaret Nowicki
Edwin Conrad
Conrad
Harry ‘Fawn
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs George Sexton of 2217 College welcomed a daughter named Mary Beth born yesterday afternoon at 559 o’clock weighing six pounds two ounces. Mr and Mrs Marion Odle of RFD 2 Inc welcomed a son named Mark Steven born this morning at 7:49 weighing eight pounds nine ounces. Both births occurred at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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George Sexton
College
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mary Beth
Marion Odle
RFD 2, Inc
Mark Steven
Hospital Notes Tefferson Memorial Admits and Discharges
Hospital notes show multiple admissions and discharges at Tefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan. Patients admitted include Etta Mae Holman Adra Vern Smith Randall McKinley Smith and Bertha Ann Hart. discharges include Lila Ruth Capps Clarence Osear Pigg Minnie Lou Bowers and baby Jeffrey William. At Good Samaritan, admissions list Shuford W Coffman Levin Sts Alva Fenton Merriman Harry Emore Purnell James Earl Rose Clem Otto Burnett. discharges include Anita Marie Hunt Fred Jacob Wheeler William Earl Eater and several others including Helen Margaret Quinn and baby Pamela Sue.
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Tefferson Memorial
Etta Mae Holman
Adra Vern Smith
Randall McKinley Smith
Bertha Ann Hart
McLeansboro
Lila Ruth Capps
Belle Rive
Clarence Osear Pigg
Minnie Lou Bowers
Jeffrey ‘William
Good Samaritan
Shuford W. Coffman
Sts Levin
Alva Fenton Merriman
Harry Emore Purnell
James Earl Rose
Clem Otto Burnett
Anita Marie Hunt
Fred Jacob Wheeler
William Earl Eater
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Pamela Sue
Dorothy Marlice Henderson
Jane Ellen
Salome Bertha Roesch
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Pearl Fisher
Sarah Lillie Power
Illinois Weather By The Associated Press
Cold air from Canada brings near zero readings in northern and western Illinois. Rockford 6 above, Moline 7. Overnight teens in central regions, 20s in the south. Skies clear to partly cloudy with a chance of snow in the north Wednesday. Brisk northwest winds. Today's highs mid teens to mid 20s south.
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Illinois
Associated Press
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Ilinois
Reading
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Symington Not In Any Primaries
Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri said he is not an avowed candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination and will not enter any primaries. He would not withdraw his name from Oregon’s May 20 presidential preference primary, though he will not campaign there. Names of major Democratic possibilities are expected on the ballot.
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Stuart Symington
Missouri
Symington
Oregon
Africa
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No Doubt Steel Pact To Get OK News
Senators and representatives warned inflation would rise if steel industry concessions proceed. Clarence Brown of Ohio feared the pact would push prices up, while George D. Aiken of Vermont cautioned that price hikes now won’t win favor. Griffin urged continued study and possible new legislation to guard against a repeat crippling strike.
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Ohio
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Kenneth B. Keating
RNY
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Rwis
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
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Congress
Blough
Benson Pushes Wheat Price Support Shakeup Amid Surplus
Washington AP report notes huge wheat oversupply with 1960 production forecast. Secretary Benson seeks to trim planting controls and set price support at 5 percent of average three year price, urging freer farmer planting. expects Congress wary. Milk program expansion shows 81.5k schools and 2.2 billion half-pints used.
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Mafia Pal's Body Left In Car Trunk
Lewis Cirotta a 49 year old real estate promoter was found strangled in the trunk of his car in the foothills northwest of Tucson. Sheriff Burr said he had enemies among racketeers and big businessmen and had dealings with Mafia members as FBI reviews his past. The body was found Monday by a sheriff's investigator checking an abandoned car.
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Ariz
Lewis Cirotta
Sirotta
Walden V. Burr
Burr
FBI
Los Angeles
Three Guilty Of Stock Sale In Indianapolis Case
Three men connected with Home Agency Inc of Indianapolis were denied a new trial after a federal judge ruled they were not in the business of insurance when Farm & Home Insurance Co stock was sold across state lines in violation of the Securities and Exchange Act. Defendants Phillip Meade of Indianapolis E Bernie Shelton of Evansville and W Harold Hilbert of Mount Carmel Ill were convicted December 18 and await sentencing.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Widow of Slaying Victim Weds Paper Salesman in Oklahoma
Mrs Edna Ruth Bullock widow of the unsolved St Louis slaying was married on December 26 in Miami Oklahoma to Dean Cole 29 a paper company salesman. The couple will live in Cole's hometown near Kansas City. Bullock had left Merriam Kansas after investigation into her husband's death December 17 1958 when he was shot near the city art museum in Forest Park.
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ST. Louis
Edna Ruth Bullock
Dean Cole
Miami Okla
Bullock
Mortimer A. Rosecan
Coles
Cole
Kansas City
Merriam, Kan
City Art Museum
Forest Park
Hate Slogan Disease Spreads Across Nations
Anti-Semitic vandalism spread from England to Italy and Australia as swastikas and hate slogans appeared amid threats to West Germany and calls for action by Adenauer. In New York and New Jersey schools and synagogues faced further vandalism. six Brooklyn youths faced juvenile delinquency charges for New Year’s vandalism.
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Federal Republic
Israel
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Ohio
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London
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Adenauer
Bonn
Red Cross Board To Meet January 19
The Jefferson county Red Cross chapter directors will meet at 7 30 p m January 19 in the directors room of the First National Bank. Chapter chairman Lynn Welge urges all board members to attend. Adoption of new bylaws is among the important items of business.
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Jefferson County Red Cross
First National Bank
Lynn Welge
Eisenhower Chooses Brazil as Start for S America Trip
Washington reports say President Eisenhower plans a South America swing next month beginning in Brazil. Observers note the visit could boost U S Latin relations amid recent anti American rhetoric in Cuba and Panama with hints of visits to Argentina Chile and Uruguay and a push for broader cooperation.
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Daley Declines Governor Bid Amid 1960 Slate Talks
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley states he is not a candidate for governor. He cites unfinished city projects and his duty to Chicago after telecast remarks during his annual report. Daley’s decision comes as Democrats begin shaping the 1960 slate in Springfield and Chicago.
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Daley
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Downstate
Illinois
Ernor
Wbbm-Tv
Springfield
Stephen Mitchell
Stratton
Hayes Robertson
Flossmoor
Settle Big Tax Claim For 231
U S Tax Court settled a tax claim against St. Louis gamblers for 231 dollars, reducing an income tax claim of 25110 dollars and a 4180 dollar penalty. The case involved Thomas Brennan, former Hyde Park Club partner in Venice Illinois, and his wife. The court opened a two week session to clear a docket of claims over 500000 dollars against gamblers.
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ST. Louis
U.S
Thomas Brennan
Old Hyde Park Club
Venice
Enrollment Increases At Mt. V. College
Mt. Vernon Community College expects higher enrollment for the second semester as Dean Howard Rawlinson reports preliminary day-school signups reaching 156, already surpassing first-semester totals. Registration closes January 15 with evening college credit classes starting January 18 at 7 p.m. in the Vocational building offering courses in accounting typing shorthand art American history speech educational psychology arithmetic teaching and community chorus and orchestra.
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Mt. Vernon Community College
Howard Rawlinson
Phony $20 Bills Seen in Illinois Taverns
Phony twenty dollar bills circulating in southwestern Illinois trace to a tavern patron who frequents bars. A counterfeit note was found in Murphysboro bank deposits and another used for whisky in Freeburg during the holiday season. A third bill appeared in Steeleville. Serial numbers are faded and the green ink is unusually dark on one side.
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Murphysboro
Illinois
Freeburg
Steeleville
Randolph County
U.S
Keg Of Nails Stops Traffic Near Waco
A keg of roofing nails bounced from a truck onto Highway 6 near Waco Texas causing multiple flats as cars halted in rain. State Police closed the road until nails were swept up. the trucker responsible was not located.
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Waco
Tex
Highway 6
Texas
Fire Hose Used To Fill Baptistry
A mass baptism at Cedar Street Baptist Church proceeded on schedule when the fire department helped by supplying water after the janitor failed to turn on the supply. A fire hose filled the 500 gallon baptismal pool.
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Richmond, Va
Cedar Street Baptist Church
Screen Writer Dudley Nichols Dies at 44
Screen writer producer and director Dudley Nichols died of cancer Monday night at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. He was 44 and won the 1935 Academy Award for The Informer.
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Hollywood
Dudley Nichols
Cedars of Lebnon Hospital
Nichols
The
Shapleigh Liquidates St Louis Firm
The Shapleigh Hardware Co has announced dissolution of its St Louis operations. About 200 workers were informed Monday that the firm, one of the nation's oldest wholesale hardware companies, is to be dissolved immediately.
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ST. Louis
Shapleigh Hardware Co
Dear Abby Advice on Unhealthy Family Boundaries
Dear Abby responds to a widow who married again and faces a 15 year old daughter's close fatherly attention. She urges firm boundaries, hands off the daughter, and broader social dating, plus parental involvement and clear limits to prevent rumors. Additional letters praise Abby's guidance and offer other parental questions.
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Abby
Japanese Prison Camp Victim Dies
Mitchell Keen Childers, 44, a Navy veteran and former high school athlete from Dilton Oklahoma, died New Year’s Day after years of traumatic epilepsy and near blindness from a Japanese prison camp beating. He survived the USS Houston sinking in the Battle of the Java Sea, returned with injuries, and lived in Dilton until his death from pneumonia. The community mourned as New Year’s services filled the First Baptist Church and local business paused.
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Dilton
Okla
Mitchell Keen Childers
First Baptist Church
Indonesia
Childers
Houston
Java Sea
Sys-Tone All Druggists Mt. Vernon Ad Claim
An ad promotes Sys-Tone claiming it relieves stomach gas that mimics heart symptoms. It asserts the product prevents gas by working with food and providing lasting relief, calls it a vitamin iron tonic, and directs readers to drugstores in Mt. Vernon and nearby towns.
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Mt. Vernon
Bluford Home Talent Show Opens March of Dimes Drive
The 1960 Bluford campaign begins with a home talent show on Saturday January 9 at 7 30 p m in Bluford grade school gym featuring a womanless wedding male cast grade band and glee club teachers monologues a ladies quartet and string ensemble. Proceeds go to the New March of Dimes Campaign aiding birth defects arthritis and polio in U S families.
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Bluford
Dwight
York
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