Quell Revolt On San Quentin Death Row
Six condemned murderers on San Quentin Prison death row sawed bars, beat guard C. L. Deatrick, and held staff hostage for about three hours before surrendering after tear gas was fired. Associate Warden Frady said the men had hidden hacksaws and used Deatrick’s keys to reach the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
Death Row
Calif
Dale B. Fradg
Frady
C. L. Deatrick
Sel. R. R. Kardell
Deatrick
Relief Checks Held Up In Illinois For ADC Unemployed Plan
About 60 000 relief recipients in Illinois face delays as $2.3 million in Aid to Dependent Children of the Unemployed program checks await mailing pending Senate renewal action. Illinois Auditor Howlett said funds cannot be disbursed until Congress appropriates its share, while Senate leaders expect renewal soon without major hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.S. Senate
Illinois
Michael J. Howlett
Congress
Howlett
Senate
House
Washington
Fowlett
Ilinois Public Aid Commission
Prisoner Escapes During Transport To Jail
Ir, AP report that Jesse G. Curry, 36, of Cape Girardeau Missouri, fled a police car while being taken to Williamson County Jail on a stolen car charge. Officers stopped at his sister’s home en route to Marion. Curry leaped from the car, dashed through the house, and vanished into a cornfield as a massive search continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berrin
Jesse G. Curry
Williamson County
Sat'lay
Curry
Cape Girardeau
Anys
Marion
Carbondale Girl Wins Miss Illinois In Elk Grove Village
Pam Gilbert 21, a SIU junior from Carbondale, won the Miss Illinois crown after a talent reading of the Titanic. Runners up include Sara Hart Elgin Nancy Shields Mount Vernon Mary Janovetz Macombgaven Palmquist DuPage County. Gilbert will represent Illinois in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Grove Village
Illinois
Pam Gilbert
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Miss Gilbert
Atlantic City
Sara Melissa Hart
Macomb
Haven Palmquist
DuPage County
SIU
Utica N.Y
John Gilbert
New Mt Vernon Post Office Opens Soon
Mt Vernon prepares to open a modern air conditioned post office at 13th and Broadway in early August. The building is 85 to 90 percent complete and will be turned over before July 31 pending inspection. The move requires closing the old office and shifting operations next Monday.
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Mt. Vernon
13Th and Broadway
Bill Lee
Lee
Main Street
City of
Broadway
14Th Street
Post Office
Island
14Th and Broadway
Post Office Department
Michael F. Chernick
Detroit
Mich
Department
Post Ofice
Eisenhowers To Visit In Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhowers plan a six week overseas tour starting July 18 with stops in Stockholm Paris and London The trip blends business and pleasure for President Eisenhower and Mamie An aide released the itinerary noting he will address a July 31 world conference of teaching professions in Stockholm They will be joined by grandchildren Dwight David Jr Barbara and Craig Gosden and a secretary and an aide as escorts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhowers
Stockholm
Paris
London
Mamie
Eisenhower
Sweden
Eisenhowers
Dwight David Jr
Barbara
Freeman Gosden
Amos and
Andy
Craig
Sailor From Carmi Dies In Maine Wreck
In York Beach Maine two people were killed and seven injured when a car struck two pedestrian groups on Route 1A. The dead were Allan D. Wills 19 of Carmi and Dorothy Linscott about 35 of Newton Upper Falls Massachusetts. Wills was a sailor aboard the Navy submarine Thor. The driver was William H Couch 25 of Kinderhook New York. The car entered the oncoming lane and hit another vehicle.
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York Beach
Maine
Allan D. Wills
Carmi
Dorothy Linscott
Newton Upper Falls
Mass
Wills
Thor
Kittery
William H. Couch
Kinderhook
N. Y
Delegation to push new highways to Elizabethtown
A Hardin County group will ask Illinois highway officials in Carbondale to relocate routes to Elizabethtown. Organized June 22 after a division official said only routine repairs are planned, the effort targets Illinois 3 and W6 between Elizabethtown and Mitchellsville to cut travel time. The message was sent to Governor Otto Kerner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown, Ill
Hardin County
Ilinois Division of
Elizabethtown
Carbondale
Goy
Otto Kerner
Mitchellsville
Mount Vernon Plans Water Bonds Sale and Parking Lots
Mt. Vernon city officials plan to sell 3.85 million dollars in revenue bonds to finance the water system purchase and to buy two off street parking lots at Tenth and Jordan. The city would pay former mayor Virgil Bailey 20000 dollars for the corner lot and Herbert Morgan 18500 dollars for the adjacent lot containing a pool hall cafe and upstairs apartments. Bids open July 25 and council actions include reading the bond ordinance and expressing intent to pass it after bond bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Tenth
Jordan
Virgil Bailey
Herbert Morgan
Senate Debates Health Care for the Aged under Social Security
The Senate opens debate on a nationwide health program for the elderly funded by Social Security. Humphrey foresees bipartisan support. Republicans split on financing while House action lags. The plan, tied to amendments to public assistance, would add hospital, nursing, home health, and outpatient services, funded by a higher payroll tax and raised taxable earning base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hall Washington
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
House
Ways and Means
Kennedy
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Anderson
Hoover backs fingerprinting of teachers to weed out abusers
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover renewed a push for mandatory fingerprinting of teachers and other school employees to screen out potential child molesters. The remarks were made earlier in a closed session of a House appropriations subcommittee and released today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
House
Kennedy signs debt and export control acts in one day
President Kennedy signs measures lifting the public debt limit to 308 billion dollars and extending for three years his power to curb trade with unfriendly nations. The ceiling will revert to 300 billion next June 30, with a potential further rise if the budget falls short. The Export Control Act tightens authority to prevent Communist nations from obtaining vital goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Treasury
United States
Girl 12 Drowns In Ohio River near Brookport
Authorities search the Ohio River for Darlene Williams 12 of Metropolis and neighbor William Whalen 53 after they stepped into deep water near the mouth of Seven Mile Creek. Whalen's body was recovered shortly before midnight and the girl may have been swept from the creek into the river.
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Brookport
Ohio River
Metropolis
Darlene Williams
Wiliam Whalen
Seven Mile
Whalen
Ohio
Tuberculosis screening gaps noted by health group
AP report from Denver says the American School Health Association finds school children lack adequate protection against tuberculosis. Dr J Arthur Myers president notes only nine states meet screening standards, with Illinois among the few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
America
American School Health Association
J. Arthur Myers
Association
Drive opens for 7500 dollar Operation Greater Mt Vernon
A new fund drive to raise seven thousand five hundred dollars for Operation Greater Mt. Vernon launched this morning with one thousand dollars already in. Bank contributions from Security Bank and First National Bank totaling five hundred dollars each were announced by Bob Hendrickson, the organization’s director. The drive funds operating expenses for the fiscal year March 1, 1962 to February 28, 1965 as volunteers mail letters to past donors and businesses. Hendrickson, Illinois Bell manager, is loaned to the city to help the program, while Arch Whitlock, retired sewer superintendent, acts as assistant director donating services. The program targets general building needs, labor management, tourism, industry conservation, and city planning to improve Mt. Vernon’s public services and economy.
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Greater Mt. Vernon
Security Bank
First National Bank
Bob Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Mt. Vernon
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Greater
Kennedy triumph in Mexico City fuels Alliance for Progress
President Kennedy and First Lady were greeted by massive crowds in Mexico City during a weekend visit that bolstered the Alliance for Progress. The trip featured speeches on peaceful revolution, a joint communique with President Lopez Mateos, and a pledge to reduce Colorado River salt content affecting Mexicali farmers.
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Whitney
Washington
Kennedy
Alliance For
Progres
Latin America
Mexico City
Mexico
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Alliance For Progress
United States
Venezuela
Colombia
Ben
Ami-U.s
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Castro
Cuba
Khrushchev
Moscow
Colorado River
Mexicali
New Algerian Civil War Looms
About 4 500 armed supporters of anti French leftist Ahmed ben Bella massed for a coup in Algeria as Muslims celebrate independence. Ben Bella, deputy premier in exile, broke with moderates led by Premier Youssef ben Whedda and Jet foe Tee pol i, the Libyan capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Goldsmith Algiera
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
Ben Bella
Youssef Ben Whedda
Jet Foe Teepoli
Capita
Libya
Doctors Strike in Saskatchewan Shuts Clinics Across Province
Saskatchewan doctors walk out over compulsory medical insurance as the government launches North America’s first broad plan. Hospitals brace for strain. 10 month old Carl Derhousoff dies en route to care. 240 volunteers provide emergency services. plan taxes and premiums fund an estimated 21 million annual cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
North America
Carl Derhousoff
Usherville
Yorkton
Medical Care Commission
Britain
National Health Service
Small Child Electrocuted at Normal Illinois Campus
John Michael Stroud Jr., 14 months, died from an electrical shock in his parents apartment on the Illinois State Normal University campus.Deputy coroner Wayne Hibbins said the child reached a faulty refrigerator and was fatally shocked. The Strouds, teachers in Colfax, were renting in Barton Hall during ISNU summer session.
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Normal
Ill
John Michael ‘Stroud Jr
Ilinois State Normal University
John Stroud Sr
Colfax
ISNU
Barton Hall
McLean County
Wayne Hibbins
Swoud
Firecracker Shooters Warned By Mt Vernon Officers
Mt Vernon and Jefferson county officers warned firecracker shooters they will be arrested if caught. The alert followed several pre Fourth of July complaints of firecracker shooting. Officers reminded youths that it is against the law in Illinois to sell or shoot firecrackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Minois
Firecracker incident injures 7 year old in Alton Indiana
Raymond Wadson, seven, of Alton, placed a lit firecracker in his mouth as if a cigarette on Sunday. He received treatment at St. Joseph's Hospital for lacerations to both lips and a scorched mouth and was released after care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton, IN
Raymond Wadson
Alton
St. Joseph's Hospital
Man Near Death From Gun Wound at Good Samaritan
John A. Wiegand, 61, of Route 3 Bluford, remained critical after a self inflicted looking gunshot wound to the head. Deputy Sheriff John Richardson said Mrs. Wiegand found him on the floor this morning with a .22 rifle nearby. He was rushed by ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital in critical condition.
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John A. Wiegand
Route 3
Bluford
Good Samaritan Hospital
John Richardson
Nuclear test third attempt set for Johnston Island
The United States will try a third high altitude nuclear blast as part of Operation Dominic. The detonation from Johnston Island is planned for the early hours of July 4 to 5, with an expected yield of over a megaton and potential ionospheric effects across the Pacific.
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Honolulu
United States
Johnston Island
Joint Task Force 8
Johnston
Christmas Island
Washington
Kennedy
Hiroshima
Pacific
Girl Shoots Up Cousin's Home in Illinois
In Jonesboro Illinois 18 year old Helen Schacherer of Carbondale fired about a dozen shots from a .22 rifle into her cousin Edward File's home in Anna while police surrounded the area. No injuries were reported. Schacherer was charged Saturday with assault with a deadly weapon after surrendering when the rifle jammed and no one was hurt during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Ill
Helen Schacherer
Carbondale
Edward File
Anna
Tore Franco's Picture Down in Madrid Court
Chicago businessman William Bas was sentenced to one year in prison for tearing down a portrait of Gen. Francisco Franco in Madrid. Bas claimed drunkenness and memory loss as defenses, and his attorney plans to seek conditional liberty for his client to return to the United States. He remains in Madrid’s provincial prison. A taxi driver reported the incident to city authorities.
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Madrid
Chicago
William Bas
Francisco Franco
Bass
Miguel Ortiz Canavate
United States
Franco
Malaga
Thermore
Diversey Avenue
Circuit Court Session In Mt Vernon Tomorrow
Judge Roy Gulley of Benton will conduct circuit court in Mt. Vernon tomorrow. A jury trial is scheduled but delayed. default matters only will be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Gulley
Benton
Mt. Vernon
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Ivan Cox
Nancy
Miss Tlinois
Carbondale Normal Faculty
Europe
Sailor
Water Co
Mt.v
President Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
JFK
Belleille, Lll
St. Clair County
Belleville
Chiicago
Joseph H. Koch
St. Louis
Firecracker
Circuit Court
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