Area Officers Mixed Reply To Gov Kerner Veto
Area police and firemen reacted with disapproval to Gov. Otto Kerner’s veto of bills boosting minimum pay for city officers. Vetoes would have raised minimums in cities over 5,000 by 100 to 150 dollars monthly, but many officials backed the governor’s action as fiscally prudent.
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Otto Kerner
Carbondale
Kerner
iHerrin
Carl Mayers
Marion
Murphysboro
Chester Steele
Steele
James Hiller
Robert Butler
Marissa Man Wins Trophy At County Show
Marissa Man won first place in Class A at the Mississippi Valley Horseshoe Championship held during the Power Progress Show at the Perry County fairgrounds near Pinckneyville. Richard Wadel of Webster Groves won Class B. runners up included H C Kohlenberger and Harvey Jarvis of Millstadt and Arthur Schroeder of Creve Coeur. World dogs events followed with about 50 entrants in seven classes. United Kennel Club judge Bob Meyers of Granite City won Champion of Champions. Open tractor-pull winner Mation Shiver of Roanoke pulled 158 feet 1 inch to take the top trophy and $200.
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Paul Foersch
Marissa
Perry County Fairgrounds
Pinckneyville
Richard Wadel
Webster Grove
H. C. Kohlenberger
Millstadt
Harvey Jarvis
Arthur Schroeder
Creve Coeur
United Kennel Club
James Sagidanine
White Heath
Blue Tick
Teldy Pyatt
Homer Cox
Charles Hirt
Harrisburg
Walker
Milligan Hartford
Red Bone
Albert Yearing
Oroville
Bob Meyers
Granite City
Mation Shiver
Roanoke
Shiver
Ralph Keith 85 Alto Pass dies in Anna State Hospital
Ralph Keith of Alto Pass dies at 4 30 p m Saturday in Anna State Hospital after several years ill. Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Church Alto Pass with burial in Alto Pass Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p m Monday at Walker Funeral Home Alto Pass.
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Ralph Keith
Alto Pass
Anna State Hospital
First Baptist Church
Walker Funeral Home
Ten Die As Driver Crashes Down Ecuador Cliff
Quito Aug 24 A car plunged from a cliff killing 10 and injuring 23 peasants police reported the driver was drunk and fled on the road between Carchi and Imbabura.
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Quito
Ecuador
Carchi
Imbambura
Mine Unionists Argue Capsule Readied To Save Trapped Men
A rolled steel capsule designed like a shell with ends and a trap door is prepared to rescue miners David Fellin and Henry Throne from Hazelton Pennsylvania. Two capsules were specified to fit the 17 and 24 inch shafts with safety features and a surface winch to lower rescuers. Louis Bova, the third trapped miner, remains separated awaiting rescue.
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Hazelton
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Earl Bush
Independent Miners Association
Fellin
Throne
Jesser
Louis Bova
Loot Said In London Loot Said In London
London dispatch reports a tip that two million pounds of train loot is cached in London. Scotland Yard’s Flying Squad hunts hiding places while 271,917 pounds of the 2.6 million stolen from a Glasgow-London mail line have been recovered. Also, UMW president W A Boyle visited a mining rescue scene, sparking a clash with Independent Miners Association reps over lifeline access and safety measures.
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London
Scotland Yard
Yard
Metropolitan
Kidnapper seize real Madrid star Alfredo Di Stefano
Venezuelan terrorists abducted international footballer Alfredo Di Stefano from his Caracas hotel room at 6 am after gunfire at a game attended by the president's wife and daughter. Real Madrid officials said a kidnap call promised his safe return by Monday, while Casey Stengel held a .284 lifetime batting average over 14 MLB seasons.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Alfredo di Stefano
Real Madrid
Spain
di Stefano
Casey Stengel
Major Indian government shakeup resignations flood Nehru era
New Delhi Aug 24 The largest government reshuffle since independence unfolded with Prime Minister Nehru accepting the resignations of six cabinet ministers and the chief ministers of six states. Notable is Bakshi Ghulam Muhammad of Jammu and Kashmir who opposed recognizing Pakistani sovereignty.
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New York Times
New Delhi
Nerdu
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed
Jammu and Kashmir
Nehru
Morarji Desai
Lal Bahadur Shastri
S. K. Patil
Jagjivan Ram
B. Gopala ‘Reddi
K. L. Shrimali
Bakshi
Madras
Orissa
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Congress Party
India
Proponents Debate Treaty Amid Nuclear Shifts
Washington reports tense debate over the limited nuclear test ban treaty as critics seek reservations to curb testing and redirect resources. Khrushchev’s planners fear Red China’s growing nuclear push while U.S. leaders note Kennedy’s Cuban missiles crisis reshaped Soviet resolve and U.S. power.
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Washington
Ban Treaty Center
Khrushchev
China
Humphrey
Des Moines
Iowa
Kerner Veto Record Expected to Stand
Springfield report says Gov Otto Kerner likely will veto fewer bills than in 1961 after setting a veto record. By Saturday he had vetoed 172 bills this year versus 258 in 1961, with roughly 150 of 1616 passed by the 1963 General Assembly still awaiting action.
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Kerner
Springfield
Otto Kerner
General Assembly
Scientists Back Treaty Supports Kennedy in Mass
President Kennedy won backing from a blue ribbon panel of scientists and Nobel laureate Albert Schweitzer for Senate ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty. The science advisory committee said further improvement of nuclear warheads is no longer the main driver of military tech. Schweitzer hailed the treaty as one of the greatest events in world history.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Albert Schweitzer
Senate
Schweitzer
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