Editorial warns Illinois house map should ignore partisan pressure
The special reapportionment commission, named by Gov. Kerner, met briefly with no assembly members among its 10 members. Editors urge the panel to study disputes and draft a House map by December 14 so candidates can file in their districts, free from party pressure or court actions.
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Special House
Otto Kerner
Springfield
Illinois
73Rd General Assembly
Kerner
House
State
Senate
Special Commission
U Thant Carries Post Into Troubled Waters
A U.N. secretary general comparison notes Trygve Lie and Dag Hammarskjold. It argues Hammarskjold’s neutral, impartial mediation built a powerful secretariat, while U Thant’s public judgment risks undermining influence in power politics.
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U Thant
Trygve
Thant
Mr. Thant
Hammarskjold
New Man In Senate Selections Stir Tennessee and Washington
Gov. Frank Clement appointed 71 year old Herbert S. Walters a Democratic national committeeman from Tennessee to fill the vacant U. S. Senate seat left by Estes Kefauver. Walters will serve until the 1964 election for the remaining Kefauver term and is not expected to run.
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Herbert S. Walters
Tennessee
Frank Clement
U. S
Clement
Senate
U. S. Senate
Estes Kefaguer
Judiciary
Appropriations
Sen
Philp Hart
Ichigan
Fen. Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
Judiciary Committee
Washington
Second Look At Farm Land Acreage And Grain Storage
The piece notes reconsidering acreage removed from farm production and highlights vast grain storage areas. It reflects on conventions, urban takeovers, and the need for travel access like inns and motel vacancies. A wary associate wonders about the fate of a so called Latin aid pony in Caesar's Commentaries and alludes to Frost.
Were We Right All Along in Newspaper Style
Dave Felts reflects on spelling quirks from Covent Garden to Convent Garden and notes a Times report on My Fair Lady filmed in Hollywood. He recalls A. L. Bowen’s Illinois career, honors his memory, and mentions Bowen’s work with Governor Dunne and the state welfare department. He shifts to a cousin’s Bible medal, praises the King James Version, and previews a guide to reading the Bible in one year by Webb Garrison.
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New York Times
Hollywood
Times
Spain
Harrisburg
A. L. Bowen
State of Illinois
Ilinois State Journal
Springfield
Bowen
State ‘Department of Public Welfare
Illinois
Dunne
Lowden
Em‘merson
Horner
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Webb Garrison
Roberts Park Methodist Church
Indianapolis
Jesus
James
Webb
Verdant Turkey Faced With Aid and Reform Needs
Ankara surveys growth with 700000 population, a 94 story new city block, and a 6.5 percent rise in GNP to 53 billion lira. Premier Inonu calls for greater foreign aid while warning that military influence lingers, unemployment and illiteracy persist, and the five year plan aims to boost private enterprise and self sufficiency by 1968.
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Ankara
Turkey
Senboga
Yenesehir
Ismet Inonu
Ataturk
Kemal Ataturk
Inonu
Inanu
Soviet Union
Gamal
Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Ahmed, Ben Bella
Algeria
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Istanbul
Tuonu
Street Show Star Marvin Bell Fades From Fame
Marvin Bell, a frail 14 year old from Cincinnati, won $20 at Apollo Theatre Amateur Night in New York with If I Didn’t Care and was booked for Albany. Now 37, he sings on Manhattan sidewalks with two friends, earning up to $50 weekly as police disrupt their performances, while crowds toss coins and show support.
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Marvin Bell
Cincinnati
New York
Harlem
Apollo Theatre
Albany
Paramount Theatre
Manhattan
William Brown
Herbert Young
Broadway
State Needs More Workers, Writer Says
A reader letters criticizes Republican claims at the State Fair in Springfield about state payroll numbers. The writer, working in a crowded state institution, argues there are not enough workers and urges blame on societal conditions and parentage, not Democrats.
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Hinojzan
Springfield
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Trygve Lie
Dag Hammarskjold
Creas Tive
Mr. Hammarskjold
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Convent Garden
London
Covent Garden
Westminster Abbey
European Council
Council of Europe
Bosporus
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New
War College
Talat Aydemir
Adnan Menderes
Celal Bayan
People's Republican Party
Pariament
Deman Gurse
Justice Party
Menderes Democratic Party
Menderes
Benevenuto Cellink
Monu
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