Life In Prison Time Dwells In The Me nard State Penitentiary
A Southern Illinois |mepiece | describes daily life in Me nard State Penitentiary with 2500 inmates in 6 by 11 foot cells. Regimentation dominates with six count bells, strict movement, and limited privileges. Inmates fill sixteen hours daily with work, recreation, and meals under constant guard oversight.
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Marie Volkert
Ptison
Menard State Penitentiary
FBI
Svork
Clemency Plea Denied for Canton Rape Slaying Suspect
Springfield Aug 20 AP Gov Otto Kerner denied Lloyd Eldon Miller Jr. a commutation of his death sentence for the 1955 rape slaying of Janice May of Canton. Kerner said Miller’s conviction had been adequately reviewed by courts and by an extraordinary Parole and Pardon Board session.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Lloyd Eldon Miller Jr
Janice May
Canton
Kerner
Miller
Parole’and Pardon Board
342 Bills Await Action In 1963 Illinois Legislature
Gav Otto Kerner faced a sizable bill backlog as 342 measures remained for action. The 1963 legislature had passed 1,616 bills, with Monday seeing 48 signed into law including a $50,000 state board to curb air pollution. Other actions required buses on four-lane highways to pick up and discharge only on the right, publish changes in property tax assessments after board reviews, raise aeronautics director salaries, require relief recipients to file annual financial statements, and mandate reporting of relief recipient crimes by state employees.
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Springfield
Board of ‘Review
Director of Aeronautics
Military air crashes claim many U S servicemen and civilians
The Associated Press reports at least 11 U S servicemen and two civilians died in a week of military aircraft accidents. Two fliers are missing, one believed lost at sea. Dozens were injured as six planes were destroyed across multiple incidents involving the Constellation carrier group, Eglin AFB, and ships like the Independence, Kearsarge, and Saratoga near Japan and France.
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Associated Press
U. S
Clayton
N.M
Constellation
San Diego
Fla
Air Force
Irwin
Iowa
U.S. Navy
France
Plourarnel
Independence
Independénce
U.S.8
Kearsarge
Kyushu
Japan
Kearsage
Leroy Gordon Cooper
Saratoga
Scientist Opposes Treaty Says Reds Seek Advantage
Washington Aug 20 AP Dr Edward Teller warned senators the Soviet Union seeks the limited nuclear test ban to block U S learning on missile defense He called ratification a dreadful mistake and said the pact could push toward war Teller argued the treaty would bar vital knowledge and hinder U S missile defenses while defense leaders noted security safeguards and opposing views persisted across hearings
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Washington
Edward Teller
Soviet Union
United States
Teller
University of California
U. S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services and Atomic Energy Committees
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Foreign Relations Committee
China
Russia
Robert S. McNamara
Free World
Power
John Stennis
D-Miss
Strom Thurmond
D-S. C
Kerner Warns Remappers As They Begin Work
Springfield Aug 20 AP Gov Otto Kerner assigns his commission on Illinois House reapportionment with a stern warning and a tone of sympathy He cautions that failure to agree by Dec 14 could force a special legislative session and a chaotic at large election He stresses compact contiguous districts with equal populations and notes Lake County’s population disparity versus downstate districts in the revived effort to redraw maps
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Illinois House of Representatives
Kerner
Gen‘eral ‘Assembly
Kerrner
Lake County
Commission
Miners Trapped as Rescue Drills Continue in Hazleton
In Hazleton Pennsylvania rescue teams drill toward three miners trapped 400 feet underground since last Tuesday. One entombed man and his wife spoke through a six inch communications hole saying he is cold but all right.
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Hazleton
David
Cuban pirate attack hits Havana oil plant. three workers buried
Havana reports two small pirate boats attacked a sulphometal estuary complex 100 miles southwest of the Santa Lucia plant. Projectiles missed but oil and sulphuric acid tanks and pipelines were damaged. Three miners drilling at night were trapped, with Louis Bova missing and others unharmed. rescue crews faced unstable ground and warned to drill slowly.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
United’ States
Santa Lucia
Pinar del Rio
Nother
Bova
Anna Fellin
Fellin
John Bova
Louis
Steve Horan
Henry
Throne
Horan
Wally Butts Wins Libel Award Against Post
A federal court jury in Atlanta awarded Wally Butts 3,060,000 in punitive damages in his libel suit against The Saturday Evening Post over a March article alleging he fixed a football game with Alabama coach Paul Bryant. The verdict followed about eight hours of deliberation, with Butts and his three daughters present as tears broke out.
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Atlanta
Wally Butts
Evening Post
the Post
University of Georgia
Post
Frank’ Graham
Nets
Curtis Publishing Co
Butts
Shan
Alabama
Paul Be “Bryant
Alabama- Georgia
Bryant
Bank embezzlement charges hit Missouri secretary
A private secretary at Macon’s sole bank was charged with embezzling 112 000 dollars. Crayton Kirks 29 of Macon named in FBI complaint filed in St Louis. The case shocks local officials and prompts investigation into bank security.
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Aissouri
St. Louis
Macon
Theown
Crayton Kirks
FBI
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Littleville
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