Airlines Buy Midget Jets Strike 80 Aircraft Deal
Eastern Air Lines and United Air Lines sign contracts to buy 80 midget jet airliners from Boeing for 350 million dollars. Each airline orders 40 planes to be delivered by end of 1963, marking Boeing’s entry into short-range jets and rear-mounted three-engine design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta LaValley
Sible
Eastern
United Air Lines
New York
Eastern Air Lines
Boeing Airplane Co
Boeing
Europe
Allen
Herrin Man Fined for Intoxication by Police Magistrate
J. A. Cox, about 60, of near Herrin, was fined 10 dollars plus 7.90 dollars costs for intoxication Friday by Herrin Police Magistrate Earl May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
J. A. Cox
Earl May
Survey shows broad health insurance coverage in U S
A federal survey by the National Health Survey finds about two thirds of civilians had some voluntary health insurance in mid 1959. Coverage was strongest among ages 25 to 44 and in urban nonfarm areas of the northeast and north central regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Health Survey of the
U.S. Public Health Service
Man Fined Twenty For Disobeying Peace
Murphysboro man James Godsill, 412 North 16th Street, was fined 20 dollars on two charges of disobeying the peace after his aunt Lettie Tucker filed a drunkenness complaint. Police received Saturday and Sunday night notices from Mrs. Tucker. Godsill appeared this morning before Police Magistrate Charles Helwig Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
James Godsil
N. 16Th St
Lettie Tucker
Tucker
Godsill
Charles Helwig Sr
Churches Weigh Communism in Cuba and Congo
The National Council of Churches reports Fidel Castro’s Cuba and the Congo show Communist gains but not decisive victory. It argues revolutions can be Christian rooted and warns against writing off revolutionary situations. Castro’s land expropriation and anti American stance are noted as strategic moves rather than proof of communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
National Council of Churches
Cuba
The
Congo
General Assembly of the Council
United States
Howard W. Yoder
New York
Council
Latin America
Fidel) Castro
Goldwater Blasts Sentimental Foreign Policy Critique
Sen. Barry Goldwater criticizes American foreign policy as soft and sentimentally driven. He argues the U N and other policies bow to world opinion, urging a tougher stance and possible interim African protectorate to accelerate self government and economic, political, and cultural progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Arizona
Goldwater
United Nations
Congo
Cuba
United States
U.N
Africa
Association of Western Nations
Trailer Tragedy Enraged Husband Kills Stranger Wounds Wife
In Streator Livingston County an enraged husband shot and killed a man found with his wife in their trailer early Monday. The wife was critically wounded and a 9 week old child slept nearby as Richard Bright said he fired at the victims and then fled to a phone for help. He was jailed without charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streator
Dean Jerde
Yvonne Bright
St. Mary’s Hospital
Richard Bright
Sheriff's Deputies
Jerde
Brights
South Streator
Livingston County
Bright
Pontiac
Trash Can Delays Train From St Louis to Memphis
A St Louis to Memphis passenger train was delayed 15 minutes after striking a large trash can on the track near 8th Street in Murphysboro at 2 15 a.m. Investigators said a steam heating hose was cut, likely by vandals, with repairs done in Carbondale and no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Memphis
Murphysboro
Clyde Webb
Illinois Central Railroad
8Th St
Bridgewood
Webb
Carbondale
Elevator Burns Bushnell Grain Elevator Blaze
Fire destroyed a grain elevator in Bushnell with several thousand bushels of grain inside. Owner John Morris estimated losses at $30,000. Cause of the blaze remained undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushnell
John Morris
Rites for Carbondale Man Set Thursday
Willie Green 47 of 602 E Green St Carbondale died at home after four months illness He was a truck driver for Holder Van Lines and a Baptist Church member He was born January 12 1913 in Corinth Mississippi He married Bertha Thomas Green and survived by wife daughters Melba Robinson Mary Stokes Susan Diana Green sons Vance Billie Willie James Samuel Eugene Donald Kenneth Larry sisters Pearl Banks Delta Green brothers Vance Lee Theodore and 14 grandchildren Calling 8 to 10 pm Thursday at Algees Funeral Home Services 1 pm Friday Rock Hill Baptist Church Carbondale burial Oakland Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Green
E. Green St
Carbondale
Holder van Lines
Corinth
Miss
Sam Green
Melba Robinson
East St. Louis
Mary Stokes
Washington, D. C
Susan Diana Green
Vance
Billie
Connecticut
Willie James Samuel Eugene
Donald
Kenneth Larry
Pearl Banks
Delta Green
Flint
Mich
Vance and
Lee
Algee’s
Rock Hill Baptist Church
Lenus Turley
Paste
Oakland Cemetery
Woman seeks advice after rheumatic illness offers information
The notice by Mrs. Lela S. Wier of Jackson Mississippi describes worsening muscular soreness and severe joint pain diagnosed as Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatism and Bruitis and requests free information at a given address and box number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lela S. Wier
Arbor Hills Drive
P. O. Box
Jackson
Mississippi
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William M. Allen
U. S
Man
Air Force Reserve
Reserve Officers Association
Murphysboro, Tl
Studebaker
Smith Motor Sales
West Main Street
Carbondale, Ill
Beckman Motors
North 17Th
Murphysboro, Ill
Bertha Thomas Green
Corinth, Miss
Theodore
Cincinnati, Ohio
Eastman Kodak Film
Neulist
W. Main Carbondale
Motorola
Energy Cell
Tahiti
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