20-Hour Struggle Ends With Well Rescue in Mississippi
Harry Miller, a Negro tenant farmer, spent nearly a day trapped in a 20-foot cistern well full of wet sand. Rescue crews, including 10-man relays and makeshift shoring, dug a diagonal shaft and used a rope to pull him free in 22-degree cold. He remained conscious, smiling, and directed rescuers as he was hoisted into an ambulance.
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Harry Miller
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GOP Endorses Simkins to Succeed Judge Bevan
Lincoln voters heard Republicans back Leland Simkins of Mount Pulaski to fill the late Frank Bevan’s judgeship in the Sith Judicial Circuit. Simkins defeated Edwin C. Miller of Gincala for the endorsement. Democrats have not yet caucused. The circuit includes Maclean, Woodford, Ford, Livingston and Logan counties.
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Lincoln
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Mount Pulaski
Frank Bevan
Edwin C. Miller
Gincala
Melian
Woodford
Ford
Livingston
Logan
Dreier Leaves NBC May Move to ABC Amid Harassment Claims
Alex Dreier quits NBC after alleging harassment and is slated to co host a press lunch with Sterling Quinlan of ABC in Chicago where his next post may be announced. Dreier, earning around 200000 annually, has sparked industry speculation he will join ABC after a long career with NBC.
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NBC
ABC
Engage
Nationa Broadcasting Co
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Sterling Quinlan
American Broadcasting Co
Chicago
Draier
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
United States
Southeast Asia
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Seata
Laos
Treaty Organization
Thailand
Philippines
Seal
Ambbassador
Rangsivakarn
Radio Savannakhet
Vientiane
National Assembly
Lid Is On Says Alexander County Officials
Alexander County officials told a citizens crime fighting committee that gamblers and lawless elements are on the run after a cleanup campaign. Sheriff Clute announced enforcement would continue and plans were made to tighten a 2 a.m. liquor sale closing rule to close taverns and night clubs earlier. The meeting, chaired by Peyton Berbling, drew about 50 residents and county commissioners who pledged ongoing effort to clean up Cairo.
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Citizens Crime Fighting Committee
Sherif Carl Clute
County Board of Commissioners
Chitts
Cairo
U N General Assembly Urged To Act On Congo Crisis
India and Yugoslavia pressed for an urgent U.N. General Assembly session to address Congo turmoil. The Security Council blocked rival Western and Soviet proposals, with Vietnam abstentions and sharp exchanges between the United States and Russia marking a marathon session that ended without a resolution.
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General Assembly
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Argentina
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Britain
Dag Hammarskjold
Lagos
Poland
Voling
Tun
Palwice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Russia
Lumumba
U.S
James W. Barco
U.N
Subaluers
Itey
Valerian Zorin
Congolese Seize Air Base Guarded By U N Troops
Congo army units seized the former Belgian air base at Kilona near Leopoldville, prompting UN protests. About 250 soldiers with antiaircraft guns and heavy machine guns attacked the base guarded by Moroccan UN troops, while regional Cold War tensions and potential SEATO involvement loomed over Laos and Indochina.
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Kilona
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Conflicting Laos Battle News From AP Reports
Civil War in Laos yields contradictory AP updates on progress as communications with Vientiane fail. U.S. embassy sources in Thailand claim Gen Phoumi Nosavan forces retook four fifths of the capital while American correspondents report Communist recapture. Simultaneously a Boeing eight-jet bomber flew 19 hours 45 minutes breaking two long-distance records.
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Souvanna Phoumi
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Laos
Viet Nam
Associated Press
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U.S
Thailand
United States
Algerian Rioting Amid French Troops Fire On Protestors
Algerian unrest escalates as French troops fire on demonstrators in Algiers. Attacks and reprisals erupt near Casbah as civilians, including Muslims and news staff, face gunfire and crowd clashes. Reports tally 123 dead and hundreds wounded amid six years of nationalist struggle. De Gaulle reaffirms plan for Algerian self rule despite settler violence and ongoing tensions.
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Mason
Lover
America
Masinenile
Cashah
Casbah
Premmer
Loughy
Zasbah
Asdon
Andrew Borowiec
David
France
Charles de Gaulle
McNamara Leaves Ford for Kennedy Cabinet Role
McNamara plans to quit Ford Motor Co to join President elect Kennedy's defense team. He will forgo about 3 million in Ford shares and options to become defense secretary after a career at Ford and service in the Air Force. The move follows reports of a sweeping postwar shift in top government and industry, with McNamara joining a group known as the whiz kids.
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Nedy
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Robert Craig
Mary
Kathleen
Ant ‘McNamara
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Elisabeth
Stanford Ford
Arthur Edson
Associated Press
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Georgetown
North Carolina
Lacher H. Hodges
U S To Build Capacity For Limited War
Kennedy plans emphasize expanding US capacity for non-nuclear conflict. President elect and nominee Dean Rusk urge strengthening defense, with Robert McNamara chosen as defense secretary to shape policy within NSC framework despite past debate over nuclear reliance.
Kennedy plans shift to international trade roles
Cloudy, mild Thursday with rain possible as Hodges voices a plan for undersecretary positions in commerce and agriculture. Kennedy remains to pick a secretary of Agriculture and an attorney general while MeNamara’s post as Defense chief is noted. Herrin firemen extinguish a home blaze at Claude Hamp, 709 N 18th St, with minor damage.
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Kennedy
Ilinois
Kenedy
Treasuryj
Eral
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Mara
Herrin
McNamara
Claude Hamp
Ford Presi
Accident at University Avenue and Elm Street intersection
An accident occurred at the intersection of University Avenue and Elm Street. Police and responders examined the scene and directed traffic as injuries were assessed and reported, with authorities collecting witness statements.
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