Goldwater Drive Starts In Illinois
Illinois launches a campaign to draft Barry Goldwater for the Republican presidential nomination. Peter O'Donnell heads the effort, with John F. Milliken and Mrs. Laddie F. Hutar in Illinois leadership. Office planned in Chicago after Labor Day. O'Donnell notes about 25 states active in Goldwater efforts. He dismisses Rockefeller candidacy and urges Goldwater to enter primaries to show strength with a January announcement needed for New Hampshire.
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Chicago
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Illinois
Ilinois Volunteers For Goldwater
Peter O'Donnell
National Draft Goldwater Committee
O'Donnell
Goldwater
Ilinois
John F. Milliken
Winnetka
Laddie F. Hutar
Republican Citizens League of
Douglas Gunkel
Lombard
Texas
Indiana
Washington
Louisiana
South Carolina
Ohio
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Unauthorized M4 Students Face Prosecution After Cuba Trip
Fifty four American students who traveled to Cuba face possible charges for violating the State Department ban on unauthorized travel. One student later left through Bermuda and returned to New York. another died while swimming in Havana, and two pregnant women did not complete the return flight. The group was routed via Prague due to the travel ban. Castro’s government paid all transport and expenses until July 27. Fines up to 5000 dollars and five years imprisonment await convictions.
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Madrid
Spain
State Department
Cuba
Fidel Castro
New York
Barry Hoffman
Brookline
Mass
Bermuda
FBI
Hoffman
Levi Laub
New York Town Hall
Havana
Warren Hill
Brooklyn
Miami
U.S
United States
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Rights March Clouds Uncertainties Dignity Amid Vast Washington Rally
Washington August 27 AP leaders urged calm for the civil rights march in Washington amid transport worries and uncertain turnout. Rail unions threaten a nationwide strike at midnight if new work rules take effect, risking thousands stranded. Police forecast crowds between 100000 and 250000 while authorities seek to prevent violence. organizers report about 2000 supporters unable to attend due to costs. Special trains and buses begin moving toward the capital, with a freedom train planned to depart by 6 PM and arrive by Wednesday morning.
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Washington
Congress
March
Sy Posner
Posner
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther ‘King Jr
A. Philip Randolph
Brotherhood of Railway
National Press Club
Capital
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
South
Paris girl regains leg after grain mill accident
In Paris Illinois an eight year old girl named Mary Sue Osborn was nearly severed to the knee when a grain mill conveyor blade struck her leg. Surgeons rejoined bones and major vessels in a two hour operation and restored circulation. The limb's circulation remains good and doctors express cautious optimism for full recovery. Separately, Mrs Edna Lacy, 72, Carbon Dale, died at Doctors Hospital after years of illness. Funeral arrangements by Algee Funeral Home.
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Paris
Ill
Margred
Sue Osborn
Vermilion
Paris Hospital
Mary Sue
Paul Osborn
Edna Lacy
Carbondale
Edna, Lacy
Doctors Hospital
Milwaukee
Asthma Formula Goes Over the Counter in Several States
A new asthma remedy, long prescribed by doctors, is now available without a prescription in many states. Medical tests show it ends attacks in minutes and provides hours of relief from spasms. The formula is described as safe when used as directed and already a leading physician prescription.
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New York
N. Y
Mont States
George McCracken, Carbondale, Dies at 80
George McCracken 80 of Carbondale died Sunday in Holden Hospital. Survived by three sisters Araminta Ford Mabel D. McCracken and Eva M. Wiley and cousin Mabel D. Davis. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bethel AME Church Carbondale with Rev Archibald Mosley. Masonic rites. burial Oakland Cemetery. Visitation after 6 p.m. today at Algee Funeral Home Carbondale.
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George McCracken
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Araminta M. Ford
Mabel D. McCracken
Chicago
Eva M. Wiley
East Moline
Mabel D. Davis
Bethel A.M.E
Archibald Mosley
U N Team Flees Riot in Sarawak Hearing
In Sibu Sarawak on August 27 more than 2000 Chinese rioters forced a United Nations fact finding mission to seek refuge in a school as police restored order. Led by Laurence Michelmore the four man team escaped unharmed while two police were injured and another U N team planned similar surveys in North Borneo.
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Sibu
Sarawak
United Nations
U. N
Laurence Michelmore
Bank Bandit Photographed At Emory Bank Heist
A nervous gunman with a sawed-off shotgun robbed the Emory Citizens and Southern Bank branch of 19 000 dollars. A hidden camera captured his photo, a teller set off a smoke bomb, a witness logged the license, and branch president alerted police. Coach Roger Couch narrowly missed blocking his exit.
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Atlanta
Emory
Citizens & Southern National Bank
Roger Couch
Couch
Two Killed and One Hurt in Pontiac Crash
Two persons were killed and a third was critically injured in a two car collision on Illinois 116 east of Pontiac Monday night. The dead were Paul E. Ahelby, 20, of Kempton and John R. Neal, 17, of Fairbury. A passenger in Neal's car, Sue Bryant, 16, of Forrest, remained in critical condition at St. James Hospital in Pontiac.
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Pontiac
Eee
Illinois
Paul E. Ahelby
Kempton
John R. Neal
Fairbury
Neal
Sue Bryant
Forrest
St. James Hospital
Herbicides vital to prevent famine says scientist
Dr. Frits Went of the Missouri Botanical Garden argues that reducing herbicide use could threaten global food supply and that weeds could reclaim up to half of arable land. He backs cautious use per Silent Spring but rejects minimizing chemical controls, warning of near starvation without steady production.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Amherst
Mass
St. Louis
Rachael Carson
Frits Went
Missouri Botanical Garden
Dr. Went
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Carson
United States
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