Convict Describes Goons and Guard Abuse at Menard Riot
Former Menard inmate Thomas Abshire testified for the defense that a guard was a sadistic megalo maniac and described a faction of long term prisoners as a goon squad aiding guards. He named slain Lt. Lewis Paul and Lt. Arthur Kisro and claimed Elvis sampled inmates were kind, while he expressed fear of reprisals upon return to Stateville.
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Springfield
Menard
Thomas A. Abshire
Stateville
Lewis Paul
Chester
Abshire
William E. Bassett
Fairfield
Bassett
Elvis
Robert Crain
Creel Douglass
Crain
George L. Wilson
West Frankfort
Arthur Kisro
Public Safety
Ross Randolph
Illinois
Justice Dept seeks new hearings on Penn Central merger
The U S Justice Department asked Inter state Commerce Commission for hearings delaying the Penn Central merger beyond October 1. It backs railroads opposing the deal and urges scrutiny of three key issues including protection for Erie Lackawanna Boston Maine and Delaware & Hudson and potential control over Norfolk & Western by Penn Central.
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Eileen Shanahan
New York Times
Washington
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Justice Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission
Commission
Erie-Lackawanna
Boston & Maine
Delaware & Hudson
Penn-Central
Norfolk & Western Railroad
United States
Pennsy Still Committed to Passenger Service Says Saunders
The Pennsylvania Railroad will not quit passenger service, says chairman Stuart T. Saunders in Montreal. He argues to preserve and improve passenger trains, noting current losses while urging a federal state and local partner program modeled on the interstate highway approach to build an integrated rail system.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Stuart T. Saunders
Pennsylvania
Saunders
Montreal
Public Utility Law Section
American Bar Association
Pennisy System
Pennsy
New York Central Railroad
the Central
Carterville Miner Virgil Hopkins Dies at 81
Virgil Hopkins 81 of 410 Mark St Carterville died at 5 30 p m Monday at home born May 6 1885 in Sikeston Mo son of Marion and Harret Mann Hopkins was a retired coal miner He was a member of Carterville First Baptist Church and survived by three sisters Nora Radford Alice Radford Lena Ditterline Funeral services 1 30 p m Thursday at Riggin Funeral Home Carterville with Rev Owen Hamilton officiating burial in Oakwood Cemetery Friends may call after 6 p m Wednesday
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Virgil Hopkins
Mark St
Carterville
Sikeston
Marion and
Harret Mann Hopkins
Riggin
Owen Hamilton
Oakwood Cemetery
Edwardsville widow awarded 300000 in airline crash case
Mrs. Randall S. Cox of Edwardsville, widow of Captain Cox killed in the 1963 Northwest Air Lines crash that killed 101, receives 329 556 dollars based on projected earnings. Judge Igoe found training negligence by the airline’s flight dispatcher. The crash occurred 100 miles off Alaska en route from McChord to Elmendorf. Cox, native of Lincoln, expressed no hope of winning but called the award satisfactory.
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Edwardsville
U.S. District
Northwest Airlines
Associated Press
Randall S. Cox
Lincoln
Capt. Cox
Jacksonville
Highland Park
Champaign
Michael L. Igoe
Pacific Ocean
Alaska
McChord Air Force Base
Wash
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Slain Teen Edna Sullivan Found in Texas Grass
A search party found Edna Louise Sullivan, 16, the alleged rape and strangulation victim, after Roy Green 18 and Kenneth McDuff 20 were charged with murder in the deaths of three teens. The body was located in tall grass beneath an oak, with initial notes implying multiple assaults.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Roy Green
Kenneth McDuff
Marlin
Here
Green
Robert Brand
Alvardo
Mark Dunham
Tarzana
Calif
Edna Louise Sullivan
Everman
Miss Sullivan
Young Brand
Rusk Remarks Protested by Argentina
Argentina's military government protests U.S. criticism of police brutality during the University of Buenos Aires seizure. A note objects to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and aide Lincoln Gordon remarks cited by Buenos Aires officials.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Dean Rusk
University of Bunos
Rights March Into Cicero Planned By Civil Rights Leaders
Chicago area civil rights leaders plan a demonstration in Cicero a suburb of 70 000 whites where a 1951 mob violence and National Guard martial law are recalled as a warning. Jesse Jackson and James Bevel announce a target area to press open housing as a Wednesday protest likely in Bogan Cicero’s history underscores the urgency of the drive.
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Cicero
Chiago
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago
al Capone
Warren Avenue Congregational Church
Jackson
James Bevel
Bogan
Chicago Lawn
Selma
Bevel
Harvey E. Clark
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Rooseveltnamed fund director for Investors Overseas Services
Ambassador James Roosevelt, 58, eldest son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, named a director of a $420 million mutual fund managed by Investors Overseas Services IOS. A former U S representative and current U N ECOSOC delegate, Roosevelt was announced by IOS president Bernard Cornfeld in Geneva.
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Geneva
James Roosevelt
Investors Overseas Services
IOS
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
US S
U.S
U.N. Economic and Social Council
Bernard Cornfeld
Four Injured Tear Gas Halts Lansing Youths Clash
police used tear gas to break up teen gangs snarling traffic in Lansing Michigan during a second night of racial unrest. four people were shot none seriously. clergy and police worked to curb violence as about 250 officers patrolled and arrests rose to at least twenty.
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Lansing
Mich
West Side
State Capitol
Charles Straiger
Planning Commission Meeting Rescheduled to Tonight
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission will meet tonight at the Pinckneyville courthouse overriding Monday notice in the Southern Illinoisan.
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Greater Egypt
Funeral Services for Former Pomona Resident Held in Oregon
Funeral services were held in Fairview Oregon today for Ellis C. Smith 55 a former Pomona resident who died Sunday in Fairview He was born April 1 1911 in Doe Run Missouri the son of the late Rev H S and Della Grammer Smith Mr Smith belonged to Fairview Community Presbyterian Church and was a past Exalted Ruler of the Portland Oregon Elks Lodge He is survived by his wife Leva Isabel Ives of Wilbur Washington a son William of Fairview and brothers Ray of New York Maurice of Murphysboro Illinois and Michael of Oracle Arizona
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Ellis C. Smith
Fairview
Doe Run
H. S
Della Grammer Smith
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Norfolk & Western
B&o-C&o
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C&o B&o
New York
Edgar
Ue Ed
Bere Rl
Imperial Concrete
Cindy
Carbondale
Rusk
Saluki
Wallace
Bondale
John Gerdes
Wedgewood Ln
Sentry
Armstrong
Herrin
Oregon
Pomona
Ore
Raymond Stotlar Lumber
Rt. 51 North
Yadro
Every* Parts Corp
Auto Parts
Main Street
Frankfort
Dodge Boys
Bea
Dodge
Claunch Motors
S. Park Ave
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