Area Substation REA Loan Granted to Steeleville Coop
The Egyptian Electrical Cooperative Association of Steeleville won a $734,000 Rural Electrification Administration loan to finance new power lines and a Pomona substation. The project covers 38 miles for 25 new customers and 43 miles of line upgrades. Completion is two years away with work by cooperative crews and contractors.
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Egyptian Electrical Cooperative Association of
Steeleville
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Pomona
Jackson County
RIGA
Washington
K. S. Hall
Hult
Coopera 5
Randolph
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Montlake
St. Clair
Washington Lake
Illinois Rec
Coop- Rea
Thel
Coopera
Marion
Eastern Illinois Electric
Eldorado
Co Minoi Electric Cooperative
Dongola
Power Cooperative
O Harras Says Ellender Hurting U S In Africa
Rep Barratt O Hara said Ellender spoke for himself not Congress and hurt US relations in Africa by remarks in Southern Rhodesia about self government and apartheid. He noted Ellender may be playing politics for Louisiana constituents while touring Africa.
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O'Hara
Ellender
U.S
Africa
Washington
House
State Department
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Rep
Barratt O'Hara
D-Ml
Congress
Louisiana
Elender
Rhodesia
South Africa
South African Press Association
Uganda
Tangany
Tenm
Cold Weather Forecast Hits Southern Illinois Week
The forecast calls for continued cold with temperatures around 20 to 25 tonight and highs in the 30s on Friday. Partly cloudy tonight, mostly cloudy Friday with a chance of snow by late Friday, map on page 22.
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Illinois
Governor's Powers Grow in Illinois Office
Governor Otto Kerner said Illinois executives have grown stronger and broader in scope since the state’s founding. He noted veto power and code departments under direct governor control as key steps boosting the office’s stature and prestige. Former Gov. William Stratton was slated to speak on the topic at Robert Allerton House.
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Monticello
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Robert
William G. Stratton
Assembly
Kerber
New Orleans Firemen Injured as Wall Falls
Eleven firefighters were injured when a brick wall collapsed on them while battling fires in an old warehouse in New Orleans. The three story building at 200 block of Poydras Street housed wholesale produce firms near Canal Street and the Mississippi River.
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New Orleans
Wall Falls
Poydras Street
Mississippi River
Canal Street
Foor Wholesale Produce Companies
Hoffa Mistrial Bid Over Air Pistol Attack
Hoffa's lawyers said they would file formal notice for a mistrial after an air pistol attack on the Teamsters president during the $1 million conspiracy trial. Judge Miller instructed the motion in writing. Accused assailant Warren Swanson, 20, of Washington, D.C., required stitches. Hoffa escaped injury and security kept court entrances guarded.
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Nashville
Penn
James
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
U. S
Daniel Maher
William B. Miller
Warren Swanson
Washington, D. C
Swanson
U. 8
IPAC Commissioner Quits Over Birth Plan Fight
James M. Cleary of Winnetka resigns from the Illinois Public Aid Commission rather than back a birth control program for relief recipients. The Roman Catholic retiree, on IPAC since 1959, faulted the commission’s direction and cited funding for contraceptives as a taxpayer burden. The resignation deepens the split on the panel following the four yes votes against the plan.
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Winnetka
Ilinois Public Aid Commission
James M. Cleary
IPAC
Cleary
Otto Kerner
Minors Public Aid Commission
Commission
Arnold J. Maremont
Michael L. Howlett
Howlett
Maremont
India Closes Consulates In China Tibet Amid Tensions
New Delhi announced the closure of India's consulates in Shanghai and Lhasa due to restrictions, with Bombay and Calcutta to close reciprocally on December 15. The move leaves India with only chargé d affaires and limited embassy staff in Peking. Separately, reports say about 300 Chinese troops remain along the Bomdila corridor, with 64 Indian prisoners released and one death amid the ongoing border clash.
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New Delhi
India
China
Tibet
Shanghai
Lhasa
Indian Foreign Ministry
Red China
Bombay
Calcutta
Peking
Seapur
Lee. 6
Bomdila
Kennedy to view Nevada crater on Midwest West tour
President Kennedy will tour military and scientific centers visiting Nevada crater formed by a 100000 ton TNT nuclear test, then fly to Omaha and Santa Fe. He will inspect Strategic Air Command underground HQ and Los Alamos lab with Rover nuclear rocket briefing.
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Washington
Kennedy
Nevada
Midwest
Far West
White House
U. S
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
Strategic Air Command
Santa Fe
N. M
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Fog Shuts LA Freeways In Massive 285 Car Collision
Fog halted four Los Angeles freeways as 285 cars collided. On the Santa Ana Freeway southeast of the city 65 accidents involved 250 cars Wednesday morning with other crashes on Harbor Long Beach and Santa Monica freeways. Only 13 people hospitalized including five sailors. no serious injuries reported.
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Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Harbor
Long Beach
Santa Monica
Hodge seeks new life after parole cut in health case
Former state auditor Orville Hodge, imprisoned for embezzling 1.5 million in state funds, says he plans a new life and will not discuss the past. Gov. Kerner reduced his sentence from 12 to 10 years for health reasons, making parole possible after more than six years served. Hodge, 58, describes ulcers, a kidney ailment, and nerves as factors, while warden Randolph notes his value to the prison radio department.
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Orville Hodge
State Auditor of Public Accounts
Menard
Chester
Hodge
Otto Kerner
Kennedy backs Stevenson amid Cuba Crisis confidence
President Kennedy expresses fullest confidence in Adlai E. Stevenson U N ambassador and praises his UN work amid turmoil sparked by a controversial Saturday Evening Post article. White House officials confirm letter was sent and Stevenson remains key in ongoing Cuba missile crisis negotiations.
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Washington
Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
United Nations
Stevenson
Evening Post
Hodge
Granite City
Bess Henley
William
Security Council
U. S
U.N
Pierre Salinger
White House
Stewart Alsop
Saturday Evening Post
Charles Bartlett
Chattanooga Times
National Security Council
Cuba
Bartlett
Salinger
Executive Committee
Bombers Seen Aboard Soviet Ships
Navy patrol planes report 27 IL28 bombers aboard two Soviet ships outbound from Cuba. Kashnov carries 15 IL28s from Mariel. Okhotsk has 12 IL28s east of the Bahamas. U.N. talks and White House review frame a tense East West stance as aerial surveillance continues.
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Washington
Cuba
Defense Department
Kashnov
Mariel
Russia
Pentagon
Kasimov
U. S
United States
White House
Executive Committee
National Security Council
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
John J. McCloy
Pierre Salinger
New York
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
U. N. Security Council
Havana claims U S back two attacks in Cuba
In central Cuba, counter revolutionaries struck twice this week and Havana charged the United States with aiding both. A militiaman was killed and a minor official wounded near Jaguey Grande in Matanzas Province. Seaborne raiders wounded fishermen near Caibarien, Las Villas, with Havana radio naming San Francisco Beach as the raid site. Cuba denounced the Las Villas raid to the United Nations as proof of Fidel Castro’s five-point plan being needed to settle the Caribbean crisis.
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Havana
U.S
Cuba
United States
Jaguey Grande
Matanzas
Caibarien
Las Villas
San Francisco Beach
United Nations
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
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Nehru
S. I
Menard Penitentiary
Nesday
Evie Cash
Stratton
Ross Randolph
E. W. Kenworthy
New York Times
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