Japan Admitted as 80th United Nations Member
The UN Security Council unanimously recommended Japan's admission as the 80th member. After a four year wait and four Soviet vetoes, the council vote opens the General Assembly to final action. U.S. Delegate Henry Lodge Jr praised the decision as diplomats watched the dramatic session.
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SIU football player shot amid prank gone wrong
Robert Batura 19 of Danvers Mass died after a room prank escalated to a shotgun discharge, allegedly held by roommate Fred Sinroll 20 of Sterling Ill. Witnesses described the fatal moment and the room’s dim setup as Sinroll was detained after the incident at 12:15 a.m. in Carbondale.
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Southern Illinois University
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Danvers
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S. Seventh St
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SIU
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Sinroll
Japan to join United Nations marks national aspiration
Foreign Minister Shigemitsu announced Japan’s entry into the United Nations as the fulfillment of 11 years of national effort. He said he would leave for New York to attend the UN General Assembly and declare Japan ready to participate more positively and effectively than ever before.
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
Japan
United Nations
Shigemitsu
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Plane Still Missing in Vancouver Search
Leads fizzled out and new ones appeared as authorities hunted for the 62 people missing after a Trans Canada plane vanished Sunday night above Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B.C
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Crisis in Haiti as Magliore faces showdown
Haitian crisis deepens as mass sitdown halts work and food supplies. Gen Paul Magliore resigns as president then resumes power as chief of state after dissolving the Senate and imprisoning presidential candidates and others. Soldiers patrol streets amid growing upheaval and starvation risks.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Haiti
Paul E. Magliore
Port-au-Prince
Magliore
Magloire
Awny
Senate
Police Called As Fans Storm Met Office
About 200 opera fans stormed the Metropolitan Opera House box office in New York protesting Maria Callas absence from Lucia de Lammermoor. She was replaced by Dolores Wilson due to a throat infection. police dispersed the crowd after the first curtain.
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Metropolitan Opera House
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Donizetti
Lucia de Lammermoor
Dolores Wilson
Dallas
Promoter Faces Charges Hudes Extradited
Irving Hudes 43 ordered returned to Illinois to face defrauding backers of a Harrisburg factory promotion scheme. FBI arrested him Dec 5 in Springfield Mass. He allegedly took 9,000 from Harrisburg Junior Chamber of Commerce and 5,300 from Bank of Marion, claiming a factory would employ 150 to 200.
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Illinois
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East St. Louis
George C. Sweeney
FBI
Springfield
Mass
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Marion
Unionist Asks Increase In Farm Income
Miami Beach December convention hears Pat Greathouse of the United Auto Workers Union urge higher farmer income via government-guaranteed pricing based on cost of production. He cites tractor shortages and industry layoffs, backing subsidies as similar to support for shipping and publishing, with labor and agriculture interdependent.
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United Auto Workers Union
American Farm Bureau Federation
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Territories
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International Harvester
Farm Implement Workers Union
Albion
Edwards County
Rain and cold forecast for Southern Illinois
Rain arrives this afternoon and tonight with a sharp cooldown. Thursday will be partly cloudy and colder with lows near 30 and highs in the lower 30s. Tonight’s low mid 20s. Yesterday’s high 39. Sunrise 7 15 am sunset 4 33 pm. Four inches below spillway today.
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Illinois
Lloyd proposes a Atlantic NATO super parliament plan
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd urged a three point design to bind 15 NATO members in a political alliance. He called for a parliamentary assembly with defined powers a NATO directorate with WEU input and strong economic links through OECD EC and Euratom plus a Europe free trade area. Western officials warned East Germany could test Soviet control prompting NATO readiness. Brentano consulted with the 14 NATO ministers in Paris Chaillot Palace.
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Ambulance Interruption on Herrin Run
A Herrin ambulance on an emergency run to Allen Industries collided with a car on N Park Ave near Kroger. The Storme Funeral home ambulance finished the emergency run for an Allen employee who suffered a heart attack.
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Fred Culp
Allen Industries
Eugene Watson
Herrin
N. Park Ave
Kroger
Storme Funeral Home
Allen
Storms Hit Java as Floods Kill Dozens and Leave 75,000 Affected
Storms and floods in East Java last week kill 66 people and leave more than 200 missing. Government says over 75,000 are affected across the region as relief efforts continue.
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Indonesia
East Java
Phillips plane crash kills eight in Oklahoma
A Phillips Petroleum Company airplane with eight aboard crashed and burned south of Bartlesville Oklahoma. There were no survivors. Names of the dead include A M Rippel W C Reed C W Brnckley George Sneed D F Mayfield T D Young Bolots wers and R E Ulrich all tied to Phillips. The crash hindered by heat.
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Okla
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Washington County
E. McCombs
Washington
Phillips
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W. C. Reed
C. W. Brnckley
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D. F. Mayfield
T. D. Young
Joe Bolots Wers
R. E. Ulrich
Oi Rippel
Sneed
Natural Gas
Tearful Sinronl Questioned By State Attorney Office
Tearful Sinronl was taken from the County jail to the state's attorney's office for questioning. He sobbed and could not answer questions as Deputy Arch Edwards escorted him to State's Atty. William G. Ridgeway's office. A statement will be taken once he calms down.
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State
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Inquest Planned in Murphysboro Coroner Case at 7:30 PM
Jackson County Coroner Gale Williams said an inquest will be held in the County Court room at the Jackson County Courthouse in Murphysboro at 7 30 p m Thursday. The case is Williams first since taking office December 3. No charge had been filed against Sinroln at 12 30 p m today.
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Jackson County
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
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Poles Storm Red Consulate and Municipal Offices
In Warsaw on December 12, reports say anti-government violence followed the Stettin Soviet consulate attack. Eighty eight detainees were jailed for the Stettin riot. Trybuna Ludu says a crowd attacked a police building in Olecko near Bialystok and municipal offices were demolished at Nowy Ciechocinek before militiamen arrived.
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Bialystok
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