Shawnee Forest grants $660000 for nine counties
Public Works Acceleration Act funds totaling 660000 are approved to upgrade recreation and timber projects across nine counties in the Shawnee National Forest. Jackson County receives 140000 for a large 3000 acre duck hunting area between the Big Muddy River and Fountain Bluff.
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Shawnee National Forest
Forest
Frank Kopecky
Alexander
Massac
Gallatin
Hardin
Pope
Saline
Jackson
Union
Johnson
Big Muddy River
Fountain Bluff
Jackson County
National Forest
Kopecky
Pine Hills
Kenneth Gray
West
Frankfort
Menard Graduates Ex Cons Face Odds In Redemption
Marie Volkert profiles ex con Clyde Wagner of Steeleville whose 25 years at Menard yielded inventions and art training. Wagner became a sign-painter instructor and toy designer, gaining community support and local job offers while balancing church life and family. A second release story notes another inmate with a troubled path, highlighting mixed outcomes for rehabilitated prisoners.
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Marie Volkert
Ilinoisar
Menard State Prison
Chester
Randolph
Clyde Wagner
Steeleville
Menard
Wagner
Mlindg
War Department
Wagners
Percy Assembly of God Church
Agai
Paroled man advances to insurance manager amid rehabilitation faith
A parolee now leads a million dollar plus insurance firm and many former inmates pursue college studies on release. Parole officers note chance of success with persistence, counseling, and steady work. A Menard parolee entered a Midwestern university at 22 after four years for aggravated assault and earned an honor average while continuing college through a program.
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Joe
Menard
Thomas Cassidy
SIU
Land Grand
New Iry Planned Drillers Fail In Effort To Reach Trapped Miners
Philadelphia August 22 AP rescuers failed to reach three trapped coal miners as a 32 inch escape hole missed their six inch lifeline by feet. David Fellin 58 urged enlarging the hole while Henry Throne 28 waited in the mine.
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Fellin
Throne
Anna
David
Philadelphia
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Felicty
Gordon
Smith
Miller
Canton
Janice
Viet Nam news from Troy Ohio mixed with local finds
Viet Nam updates mix with local oddities as reports describe buried currency hoards found under a mill near Altman Mills in Ohio. The text blends a Vietnam conflict briefing with notes on historical family wealth discoveries and a weather forecast.
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Troy
Ohio
B.S
Altman’ Mills
Rochester
Minn
Ohio‘ City
William
Birth Control Aid Cut as Public Aid Rules Tighten
Springfield Aug 22 AP Gov Otto Kerner signed a bill curbing state payments for birth control advice to public aid mothers living with husbands. The measure, sponsored by Sen Morgan Finley, tightens rules and rejects a total ban amid political clash with anti-Communist factions.
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Otto Kerner
Morgan
Finley
Chicago
Gnienn
America
Legislation Aimed at Avert Rail Strike Moves Forward
In State Monday remarks Magnuson said House Commerce Committee chair Harris indicated Senate bills to avert a rail strike would reach the House early next week after hearings. Negotiations under the Labor Department stalled with no immediate chance of reconciliation as Secretary Wirtz reported breakdowns.
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Magnuson
Oren. Harris
D-Ark
House Commerce Committee
Senate
House
Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Labor Department
W. Willard Wirtz
Misgivings over limited nuclear test ban treaty surface
Atomic Energy Commission figures Lewis Strauss and Willard Libby voiced misgivings today about the pact. Libby, UCLA chemistry professor, warned of restraints harming peaceful uses while Strauss urged two reservations to allow armed retaliation and free use of nuclear power for peaceful projects. Both noted doubts on Soviet compliance and potential delays before ratification.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
Willard F Libby
Libby
University of California
Los Angeles
Senate
Strauss
AEC
U. S
Last-Ditch Appeals Scheduled for Miller
In Chicago on August 22 the appeals on behalf of Lloyd Miller, convicted of rape and murder, were to be considered in a last-ditch bid for clemency or review.
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Miller
Chicago
Lloyd Miller
Lodge Flies To Viet Nam Blasts Diem Move
President Ngo Dinh Diem's government said it would release captive Buddhists willing to cooperate but would detain those who plotted against the state during the war with Communist guerrillas. A communique described the accused plotters as yellow robed Reds. Several thousand Buddhists were arrested in predawn raids nationwide.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Associated Press
Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
South Viet Nam
Washington
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Diem
U.S
Viet Nam Presse
Tian van Chuong
eChuong
Ngo Dinh-Diem
Chuong
Tag
South Viet’ Nam
Mme
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu
Vietnamese Envoy Quits Amid Saigon Buddhist Crisis
South Vietnam faced a crisis as Ambassador Tian Van Chuong resigned over policies toward Buddhists. U.S. officials criticized the crackdown while insisting aid and troops would continue. Pagodas were blocked, monks and nuns arrested, and Saigon’s airport reopened after a 24 hour shutdown.
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