Herrin United Fund Drives Past Goal Again
Herrin, population under 10,000, has raised over $204,000 for its United Fund since 1997, aiming for an eighth straight surpassing of the goal. President Jack Murphy credits organization, experienced volunteers, and community pride with this record, noting a house-to-house campaign is avoided and local agencies benefit from the drive.
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Evik Slothrup
Herrin
United Fund
Murphy
Merrin
Illinois
Hick Stuttrup
Jack Murphy
Herrin UF
Herrin United Push
Onp
Murray
Herrin United Fund
Goldwater Stop in Southern Illinois Campaign Tour Details
Barry Goldwater plans a whistle stop through Southern Illinois in October while skipping Illinois outside Chicago before the election. Lawrence Wohlwend says a rally in Carbondale and a state fair appearance are on the schedule with Miller or Scranton among possible top speakers. The parade and candidate reception run September 2 events in Carbondale and the state fair.
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Barry Coldwater
Illinois
State Central
Lawrence Wohlwend
Marion
Wohlwend
Goldwater
Springfield
Chicago
Itinois
Wohbhwend
Carbondale
Illinois Central Railroad
Southern Illinois University Center
Engel's
Quoin
Saigon Students Lead Anti Khanh Rallies in Viet Nam
In Saigon and other cities students demanded civilian rule and the ouster of President Khanh after a deadly Communist ambush near Saigon. They warned of expanding the protest if replies by Tuesday fail, while four American advisers and several Vietnamese soldiers died in fighting near Phi Tue and Kien Hoa Province.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Ton
Tue
Khanh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Kien Hoa
Phi Tue
Ed Man
Saion
Barry Goldwater Supports Social Security Benefit Increase
Senate debate centers on a 5 percent cash boost for 20 million Social Security recipients to offset rising living costs since 1958. Goldwater backs the measure and the extended survivor benefits for a child to age 22, plus lowering widow eligibility age to 80, while opposing Medicare within the program.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Senate
Goldwater
Senate Finance Committee
Union Sticks By Hoffa
Miami Beach, Aug. 2. The Teamsters Union executive council backs President James R. Hoffa as he appeals federal convictions for attempted jury tampering and conspiracy to defraud the pension fund. The council says Hoffa is innocent until legal rights are exhausted and offered no guidance on post appeal actions. Harold Gibbons, resigning aide to Hoffa, read the statement and dismissed it as no change in confidence. This was the council’s first meeting since Hoffa’s conviction and 23-year sentence.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Teamsters Union Executive Council
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Harold Gibbons
Chattanooga
Tenn
Teamsters Pension Fund
Chil
Togliatti Italian Red Leader Dies in Yalta
Palmiro Togliatti, 71, longtime head of the Italian Communist party, died in Yalta after a stroke that followed pulmonary complications. He led Italy's Communist party since 1926, spent years in exile in Moscow, and helped shape a wartime national front government before his death. The passing may trigger leadership struggles within the Western Communist movement.
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Moscow
Palmiro Togliatti
Communist Party
Yalta
Tass
Togliattic
Young Pioneers
Togliatti
Togliati
Italy
Stalin
Mussolini
U.S. House Committee On Un-American Activities
Maurice Thorez
Nominating petitions rejected for Illinois at large race
The Illinois Electoral Board ruled off the November ballot a 54 name third party slate for the at large state representative election after petitions failed to meet legal requirements. Board members Kerner Chamberlain Searl Howlett and Howlett rejected bids by Pope and the Ald slate. Irv Birnbaum said he would appeal in federal court.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Otts Kerner
Monlday
William, Chamberlain
Ard
Fiveman
Kerner
Chamberlain
William J. Searl
William Clark
Michael J. Howlett
Scott
Irv Birnbaum
Chicago
Aid
Donald E. Pope
Democrats Back Remap Ruling Urged at Convention
At the Democratic National Convention the mayor of St. Louis urged platform writers to back the Supreme Court ruling requiring state legislatures to be apportioned by population. Delegates noted the issue could affect the presidential campaign, while Senator Dirksen signaled resistance to sidetracking foreign aid debate for a Social Security bill.
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Supreme Court
St. Louis
Platform Writers
Mayo
Raymond R. Tucker
Congress
Tucker
Platform Committee
High Court
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Freedom Party Delegates Arrive for Fight at Democratic Convention
Delegates from Mississippi allied with the Freedom party arrive in Atlantic City for a floor clash over seating. They seek to block all-white regular Democrats, while Rauh and Johnson aides weigh options.
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Atlantic City
Democratic Freedom Party
Mississippi
Democratic Party
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Freedom Party
Gem
Rauh
Ington
Delates
Johnson
Henry
Boy Rescued From Locked Room After Three Year Confinement
Miami police freed seven year old Darrell Wilson found starved and naked in a dark room with only a bedspring and mattress. An uncle Clyde Minnis was jailed for contributing to the minor’s dependency as mother Jona Wilson and Hayward Sanders were elsewhere. The boy, hospitalized, had suffered malnutrition and a childhood disease. authorities say he had been confined since 1961.
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Darrell Wilson
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Robert Weimer
Clyde Minnis
Darrell
Jona Wilson
Hayward Sanders
Congo Rebels Driven Back In Bukavu Fight
Congolese army counterattack led by Col. Mulamba with airlifted reinforcement drove rebels from part of Bukavu's African quarter. Six Belgian killed by rebel snipers. Williams arrives in Washington to review US role after talks with Tshombe.
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Leopardville
Congo
Bukavu
Leonard Nulamba
Leopoldville
Mulamba
Bukevu
Bukxava
Elisabethville
G. Mennen Williams
Assitant US
African Affairs
Washington
Moise Tshombe
Pavi
Train Wreck Fatal To 7 At Leonard Ont
A heavy gravel track rammed the Ottawa Montreal Businessman's Special today killing seven and injuring eight. The track pierced a day coach, sending it into a pumphouse and trees. Two parlor cars derailed but stayed upright. a dining car burned. About 150 yards of mainline track damaged near Leonard, Ontario, 17 miles east of Ottawa.
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Leonard
Ottawa
Congress Approves Wilderness Bill in Compromise Form
Congress has approved a wilderness bill creating a 29.2 million acre national preservation system on federal forest lands. The measure, backed by both House and Senate, allows limited mining within the wilderness area under a compromise.
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Washington
Johnson
Flouse
Senate
Showers For Southern Illinois Forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy with several periods of showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. A few lighter showers Saturday. Cooler tonight with little temperature change Saturday. Lows tonight from the upper 60s, highs Saturday around the 80s. Weather details on page 38.
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Ilinois
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