Rockefeller Bypasses GOP Leaders in Presidential Bid
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller announces entry in the Oregon presidential preference primary on May 15 as part of a strategy to win rank and file Republican support. An AP survey finds him fourth to Goldwater Nixon and Lodge. he plans New Hampshire in March and California in June, aiming to prove personal life does not hurt electability. Oregon carries 18 votes at the July Republican convention.
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Robert T. Gray
Associated Press
Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Oregon
New York
Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
New Hampshire
California
Weavers Disband After Final Chicago Concert
The Weavers end 15 years on the hootenanny circuit with a farewell at Orchestra Hall Chicago. Pete Seeger was absent. crowds cheered the final songs So Long It’s Been Good to Know You Goodnight Irene and Tzena Tzena Tzena.
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Weavers
Orchestra Hall
Irene
Tzena
The
Fame and Fortune
Village Vanguard
New York
Four Weavers
Pete Seeger
Four Die in Wisconsin Fire at Pleasant Prairie Home
Four members of the Hansen family perished in a tri level Pleasant Prairie blaze. Clarence Hansen Sr., 27, his wife Frances, 28, and their sons Clarence Jr., 3, and Kenneth, 2 months, died from smoke inhalation. Daughters Brenda, 5, and Renee, 9, and babysitter Lorraine Gorski, 15, escaped with Mrs. Hansen's help through a bedroom window. Coroner Edward Wavro noted the deaths were due to smoke inhalation.
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Wisconsin
Pleasant Prairie
Wis
Clarence Hansen Sr
Frances
Clarence Jr
Kenneth
Brenda
Renee
Lorraine Gorski
Kenosha
Hansen
Edward Wavro
Murder Found Matter of Family Friends
Cleveland reports New York sociologist Dr Gerhard Falk of State University College at Buffalo said murder is a very intimate matter often occurring among relatives and friends rather than strangers. His study of 121 Buffalo homicides from 1948 to 1955 found only 12 percent of victims were unfamiliar to killers.
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Cleveland
New York
Gerhard Falk
State University College At Buffalo
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Buffalo
Actress Kathryn Grayton Grayson Fur and Jewelry Theft
Police estimate furs and jewelry worth 39000 dollars were stolen from the actress and singer Kathryn Grayson’s apartment overnight while she performed in Camelot at the Civic Opera House.
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Chicago
Kathryn Grayson
Personal diplomacy success seen in LBJ Erhard talks
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard wrapped two days of talks with broad agreement on pursuing East West detente and a nonpermanent peace, while cautioning that any deal must not perpetuate a divided Germany. They pledged to explore new avenues with the Soviet Union and to include agricultural and industrial tariff talks in Europe.
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Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Germany
Austin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Bonn
Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
U.S
United States
France
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Stonewall High School
Ranch
West Germany
Russia
Texas
Berlin
Pesticide Study Under Way On Cancer Link Claim
Washington AP reports the U S Public Health Service launches a 645000 investigation into whether certain chemicals and pesticides cause cancer. The contract for the project goes to Bionetics Research Laboratories of Falls Church Virginia.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Bionetics Research Laboratories
Falls Church
Congress Tracking Major Bills in Early 1900s Style
In Congress how major bills stand across routes HR9499 3 billion foreign aid credit guarantees to communist countries passed House awaiting Senate action S J Res 102 railroad work rules settled HR8363 tax cut revised passed House Senate Finance Committee HR3920 Social Security aged medical care pending Ways and Means Public elementary School Aid HR3000 in House Education Labor Committee HR12 academic facilities aid for colleges and universities doctoral and health schools S6 urban mass transit aid passed Senate in House Rules Committee S1 Youth Training Corps passed Senate in House Rules Committee HR5625 Domestic Peace Corps creation in committee passed Senate 1321 1163 area redevelopment aid passed Senate HR4955 vocational education expansion S4 wilderness preservation system passed Senate in House Interior Committee X unemployment compensation expansion in House Ways and Means HR4955 student loan program expansion enacted X new farm production control programs in House Agriculture Committee Public Works HR5517 additional funds for public works construction enacted HR7152 1732 civil rights program in Senate Commerce and House Rules Committees HR4997 voluntary acreage reduction program for feed grains enacted HR5555 military pay raises enacted HR6688 social security tax increase in House Ways and Means Committee X unassigned number awaiting committee action
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Congress
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Agriculture Committee
Commerce
Judge Upholds Trial Move to Chattanooga for Hoffa Case
U S District Judge Frank W Wilson transferred the jury tampering trial of Teamsters Union President James R Hoffa and six co defendants from Nashville Tennessee to Chattanooga The move keeps the January 20 start date but shifts venue due to publicity that prejudiced the defendants The defendants argued the Nashville publicity would prevent a fair trial while Hoffa faced prior trial and related developments
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Nashville, Tenn
U. S
Frank W. Wilson
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Nashville
Chattanooga
Wilson
District Court
Hoffa
Chester Woman Dies in Chester Memorial Hospital
Mrs Velma Dungey 42 of 1403 Knott Street Chester died Sunday after a brain hemorrhage at Chester Memorial Hospital. Wife of Lester Dungey Chester city street commissioner funeral services pending at Schroeder Funeral Home.
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Chester
Velma Dungey
Knott St
Chester Memorial Hospital
Dungey
Lester Dungey
Schroeder
Rickenbacker Retires to Fight Leftists in Crusade
Eddie Rickenbacker, famed racing driver and World War I flying ace, resigns as Eastern Air Lines chief and vows to expand his anti leftist campaign. He will also edit biographical notes spanning his career from racer to board chairman. He details his lifelong fight to preserve the American way of life and his WWII life raft ordeal.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Airlines
Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Board of Directors
America
Eastern
Pacific
Fight Urged On Atheism Fight Urged On Atheism
Vatican City reports Patriarch Athenagoras I urged Pope Paul VI to convene a pan Christian meeting to combat atheism and tyranny. The leaders plan a meeting on the Mount of Olives in the Holy Land next week, the first between the two since 1472. The Pope begins a three day Palestine pilgrimage Saturday.
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Paul VI
Vatican
Istanbul
Athenagoras
Holy Land
Mount of Olives
Palestine
Constantinople
Mrs Agnes Rains 88 died in West Frankfort hospital
Agnes Rains 88 of 210 East Elm Street West Frankfort died Saturday at Anna State Hospital where she had been a patient four months Her husband R C Rains died March 4 1950 She was born January 26 1875 in Clay County daughter of Calvin and Mary Rumley She leaves sons Rolla and Lissie of West Frankfort a sister Mrs Alva Dees of Christopher Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort with Reverend Laverne Butler officiating Burial will be East Fork Cemetery southeast of West Frankfort Friends may call after 6 pm today at the funeral home.
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Agnes Rains
E. Elm St
West Frankfort
Anna State Hospital
R. C. Rains
Clay County
Calvin
Mary McCully Rumley
Rolla
Lissie
Alva Dees
Christopher
Driver Charged After Junction Collision Near Murphysboro
Allan H Carlson 17 of Rockford faces a failure to yield charge after an accident at the Routes 13 127 and 149 intersection near Murphysboro Saturday. Police say he stopped at the stop sign on the west approach and was struck by Donnie J Thornton of Buncombe. No injuries reported.
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Allan H. Carlson
Rockford
Murphysboro
Carlson
Donnie J. Thornton
Buncombe
CORE to block Mummers Parade over blackface clash
The Congress of Racial Equality and Chester committee threaten street action to halt Philadelphia New Year’s Day mummers if blackface costumes appear. CORE leaders say city approval drives violence risk and vow nonviolent demonstrations with support from Eastern chapters.
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Philadelphia
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Chester
Committee For Freedom Now
Louis Smith
Stanley Branche
John Schaefer
Seaboard
Smith
John Trefts Dies in Coulterville at 90
Funeral services were held today for John Jacob Trefts 90 of Coulterville who died Saturday at Washington Springs Nursing Home Okanyville after a long illness. Rev Ewell Gulley officiated at Coulterville Methodist Church burial in Swanwick Cemetery. He was born April 25 1873 in Conant son of William and Elisa Trefts survived by a wife five Oklahoma children and two sisters Mrs Henry Miller Coulterville and Mrs Sadie Brown Swanwick.
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John Jacob Trefts
Coulterville
Washington Springs
Okanyville
Ewell Gulley
Coulterville Methodist Church
Swanwick
Trefts
Conant
William
Elisa Trefts
Oklahoma
Henry Miller
Sadie Brown
Mrs Griffin Dies in West Frankfort
Mrs Erma Griffin 74 of 1707 E Elm St West Frankfort died at 7 am Sunday in Union Hospital after six months illness She was a member of West Frankfort Second Baptist Church and the TELL Class She was born June 29 1889 in Macedonia daughter of Matthew Simmons She leaves a large family including husband Ben children Ennis Harold William Guill Francis Guill etc and many grandchildren Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at Second Baptist with Rev Wendell Garrison officiating Burial in Ten Mile Cemetery near McLeansboro Friends may call after 4 pm today at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort
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Erma Griffin
E. Elm St
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
West Frankfort Second Baptist Church
TELL
Macedonia
Matthew Simmons
Ben Sons
Ennis Guill
Harold Guill
William Guill
Franklin Park
Francis Guill
Chicago
Howard Guill
New Berlin
Wis
George Guill
Maywood
Lena Dunning
Phoenix
Ariz
Crystal Smith
Eddie Griffin
Ethel Burton
Estelle Zanter
Earl Simmons
Saint Petersburg
Fla
Hattie Plasters
Second Baptist Church
Wendell Garrison
Ten Mile Cemetery
McLeansboro
Union Funeral Home
Former Area Woman Dies in Sikeston
Mrs. W. H. Smith formerly of Carbondale died Sunday at Sikeston Nursing Home Missouri. She leaves brother C. C. Thomas of Sikeston and niece Dora Brubaker of Carbondale. Funeral services Tuesday at Shuffers Funeral Home Sikeston. Burial Oakland Cemetery Carbondale. Graveside rites at 11 a.m. conducted by Rev. Charles E. F. Howe Carbondale First Presbyterian Church.
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W. H. Smith
Carbondale
Sikeston
Missouri
Carbondale First
Funeral notice for Mrs Sylvia L Arnold of Creal Springs
Mrs Sylvia L Arnold 73 of Rt 2 Creal Springs died 6 p m Sunday at Marion Memorial Hospital Born September 20 1890 in Johnson County daughter of Lucius and Mary Bratten Married Thomas Arnold September 25 1913 Survived by husband two children Clifford Pittsburg and Mary Hutson Creal Springs sisters Mrs Richard Burns Stonefort and Mrs Allen Graves Marion brother Orvil Bratten Marion Funeral arrangements at Cosby Funeral Home Creal Springs Call after 5 p m today
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Sylvia L. Arnold
Rt. 2
Creal Springs
Marion Memorial Hospital
Johnson County
Lucius
Mary Brookhouse Bratten
Thomas Arnold
Arnold
Clifford
Rt. 1
Pittsburg
Mary Hutson
Richard Burns
Stonefort
Allen Graves
Marion
Orvil Bratten
Cosby Funeral Home
Lakonia Liner Sinks After Fire Toll Reaches Many
The burned Lakonia sank 260 miles southwest of Gibraltar after being towed to safety near Lisbon. Captain Gaasoe said the starboard list increased and decks on that side filled with water before the hulk rolled and disappeared. Of 1041 aboard, 91 dead and 64 missing.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Gibraltar
Trygve Gaasoe
Herkules
Gaasoe
Lakonia
Britain
Madeira
Canary Islands
Mrs Ogilvie Dies at 83 in Lesser
Mrs Kazia Ogilvie 83 of East Florence Street Lesser died at Miners Hospital Christopher at 1130 p m Saturday after four weeks hospitalized. Born June 12 1880 in England she lived in Lesser 50 years. Survived by daughters Cicely Gilmour Evelyn Ogilvie Jennie Dennis Mildred Brimm Madeline Neilson and sons George and Thomas plus a brother 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral p m Tuesday at Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser with Rev Gerald Gulley of Herrin officiating. Burial Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Kazia Ogilvie
East Florence St
Lesser
Miners Hospital
Christopher
England
John Hardwick
John
Cicely Gilmour
Evelyn Ogilvie
Royal Oak
Mich
Jennie Dennis
Joliet
Mildred Brimm
Melrose Park
Madeline Neilson
Herrin
George
Wood River
Thomas
Steger
Brayfield Funeral Home
Gerald Gulley
Maple Hill Cemetery
Death of John C. Huser at 69 in Herrin
John C. Huser 69 of Rt. 1 Herrin died at 7 30 p.m. Sunday at home after a long illness He was born June 24 1894 in St Louis Mo son of Casper and Mary Hinman Huser He was a member of Sacred Heart Church St Louis He leaves a wife Thelma Irene Stacey sons Elmer Manchester Mo Irvin Jennings Mo daughters Dorothy Phillips and Laverne McGrath both of St Louis a sister Leona Crouse of St Louis and a step brother Clarence Felthouse of Herrin Funeral services 2 p m Tuesday at George Van Natta Funeral Home Herrin Rev B P Mongan will officiate Burial in Herrin City Cemetery Rosary 7 15 p m today at the funeral home with calling after 4 p m
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John C. Huser
Rt. 1
Herrin
St. Louis
Casper
Mary Hinman Huser
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Thelma Irene Stacey
Elmer
Manchester
Irvin
Jennings
Dorothy Phillips
Laverne McGrath
Leona Crouse
Clarence Felthouse
George van Natta
B. P. Mongan
Herrin City Cemetery
Coast Guard base fire damages St Louis installations
St Louis December 30 AP Coast Guard officials continued the investigation into a fire that raced through a Coast Guard base Sunday causing about 400000 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported. The blaze heavily damaged an enlisted men's bar racks and three adjoining buildings forcing about 15 enlisted men to flee in 20 degree weather without coats.
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St. Louis
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
FNB Tightens Rules On Drug Percodan Telephoned Prescriptions Ended
The Federal Narcotics Bureau will publish next week a rule forbidding Percodan sales by telephone. After a year of study the bureau found widespread abuse of telephoned oral prescriptions, especially in California. New restrictions aim to require written orders for all states.
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Federal Narcotics Bureau
California
Illinois
Federal Register
Carl de Baggio
Bureau
de Baggio
New York
Endo Laboratories
Time's Choice Man of the Year King Honored by Time
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr is named Man of the Year by Time magazine becoming the first African American recipient since the award began 37 years ago. Time credits King as the voice of the Negro people and the conscience of whites.
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New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Time Magazine
Weekly
King
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