Steelworkers Back SIU Campus Plan and Court Action
The Illinois State Political Education Committee of the United Steelworkers of America plans resolutions urging repeal of SIU engineering degree restrictions and funding for a St. Clair Madison County campus. They back a court recount of the 1960 judicial amendment vote and seek funds for a Champaign Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations building. Governor Stratton addressed the meeting, praising the union’s campaign and highlighting a proposed fair employment practices bill.
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O. T. Banton
Springfield
Southern Illinois University
St. Clair-Madison County
Illinois State Political Education Committee
United Steelworkers of America
Illinois
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
Champaign
University of Illinois
SIU
Steelworkers Committee
U of I
Chicago
Madison
St. Clair
Fight For Amendment
Steelwaters Union
Joseph Germano
New University
Edwardsville
William G. Stratton
General Assembly
Stratton
Steelworkers Union
State Cio
Virginia Calm As Integration Plan Proceeds
Racistly integrated classes opened uneventfully in six Norfolk public schools and Arlington County as Virginia proceeds with a state wide integration plan. Police maintained vigil at Norfolk and Stratford Junior High while officials pursue a long term strategy in the governor’s office and General Assembly.
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Richmond
Norfolk
Arlington County
Governor’s Office
General Assembly
Stratford Junior High
Arlington
Washington
Virginia
Stratford
Old Dominion
Norview High
Norview Junior High
Bridal couple on probation after wedding spree
In Lawreceville Illinois on February 3, Army private Herschel Hawley and his bride Ellen Hawley aged 19 along with Thomas Hawley 22 and Darwin Hart 20 received one year probation for a destructive spree two days after the wedding. They allegedly burned two abandoned farm houses and broke into a general store and have been held on 2500 bond each since January 2. Hart was released on bond earlier.
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Lawreceville
Ill
Pvt
Herschel Hawley
Ellen Joan Hawley
Hawley
Thomas
Darwin Hart
Roy O. Gulley
Hawleys
Hart
Crab Orchard Lake Height at Spillway and Little Grassy
Water levels show Crab Orchard Lake four inches above its spillway while Little Grassy Lake sits at its spillway, indicating near spillover in both systems.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Illinois Endures Hazardous Winter Storm From Midwest System
Heavy wet snow and freezing rain hit Illinois as warnings spread across the state. Snow depths surpassed three inches in Canton to Chicago and DuPage County, with icing in Decatur and East St Louis. Schools closed in Decatur area as utilities and roads faced slick conditions and traffic delays persist.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Decatur
East St. Louis
Midwest
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Soviet Defense Chief Boasts ICBM Reach at Congress
Moscow reports that Defense Minister Malinovsky told the 21st Congress of the Soviet Communist Party that the USSR possesses intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of delivering hydrogen warheads with pinpoint accuracy. He claimed Soviet weapons would overpower Western forces and warned the United States on coastal vulnerability. US officials later doubted the accuracy claims, with McElroy and General Twining refusing to endorse pinpoint hit assertions.
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Moscow
Rodion Malinovsky
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow Radio
Hie
United States
United States Navy
Khrushchev
Congress
Outer Space
Malinovsky
NATO
Europe
Washington
U. S
Defense McElroy
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Radio Malinovsky
Earth
McElroy
House Armed Services Committee
Ator
Eastern Sea Frontier Command
Astor
Brooke
John H. Russell
Marine Corps
Bar Harbor
Maine
Helen Dinsmore Huntington
Wyoming
Mary Cushings
Harvey Cushing
East Hampton
N. Y
Two Flyers Extend 60th Day Of Desert Flight
Las Vegas reporters say Robert Timm and John Cook circled above the desert on the 60th day of nonstop flight. They broke the endurance record 10 days earlier to promote a cancer fund drive with daily refueling from a speeding truck.
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Las Vegas
Robert Timm
John Cook
Christmas Turkey Tax Ruling Sparks House Debate
The IRS in Tacoma Washington ruled a Christmas turkey given by an employer is taxable income. Representative Thor Tollefson called the decision ridiculous but correct and urged Congress to exempt gifts under 20 dollars. The ruling, retroactive for three years, had a firm add the turkey's value to the employee's income statement.
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Internal Revenue Service
Tacoma
Wash
Thor Tollefson
Rwash
Flo
Congress
Tollefson
Rockers Die In Plane Crash North of Mason City
Three teen rock stars Buddy Holly 22 Ritchie Valens 21 and J. P. Richardson 28 along with pilot Roger Peterson died when their chartered four place plane crashed in light snow northwest of Mason City Iowa The singers had performed at the Surf ballroom in Clear Lake and were bound for Fargo to perform tonight.
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Mason City
Iowa
Here
Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valend
J. P. Richardson
Big Bopper
Dwyer Flying Service
Roger Peterson
Clear Lake
Fargo
N. D
Hazardous Driving Warning for Southern Illinois
Sleet and freezing rain shift to rain then snow flurries with much colder air. High near 50 Wednesday, low 20s tonight and Wednesday night. Yesterday's highs around 30 and 34, lows 17 to 24. Sunrise 7 07, sunset 5 22.
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Ilinois
Move Aimed At Creating Incident Army Charges
The Russians detained a U S Army convoy of four cargo trucks and five soldiers on the East German Autobahn near the West Berlin border for over 24 hours claiming to create an incident. The Army pressed protests and sought release of the convoy while Soviet talks continued.
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Berlin
West Germany
West Berlin
Helmstedt
East Germany
Marienborn
Richard . Mastero
West Stockbridge
Mass
Benjamin G. Peoples
Theodore
Ala
Elwood F. Johnson
Brooklyn
N.Y
James E. Cook
Hardeeville
S.C
Robert E. Love
Plain City
Ohio
Frankfurt
U. S. Army
Findlay Burns
U. S
East Berlin
Judge Frees Union Boss in Acquittal Dismissal
U S District Judge Joseph R Jackson acquitted Clyde Crosby Oregon Teamsters boss who faced charges of lying under oath to the Senate Rackets Committee The ruling ended the trial begun Monday The judge found the government failed to prove Crosby's testimony was a material matter before the committee Crosby had testified in March 1957 that he did not meet with James B Elkins and Thomas J Sheridan in November 1954 The decision notes Crosby acted in private capacity as an individual not as a union official
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Washington
U. S
Joseph R. Jackson
Clyde Crosby
Oregon
Teamsters Union
Senate Rackets Committee
Jackson
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Rackets Committee
Crosby
The
Teamsters
James B
Big Jim) Elkins
Portland
Thomas J. Sheridan
Elkins
Crosbvy
Vincent Astor Dies at 67 After Heart Attack
Vincent Astor prominent New York millionaire and philanthropist dies of a heart attack in his apartment at age 67. He built a vast estate in Manhattan real estate, oil, and other ventures and chaired the Newsweek foundation. He supported medical research and the alleviation of human misery.
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Vincent Astor
New York
Arizona
Astor
Harvard
John Jacob Astor
Manhattan
Canada
Cleveland
United States
Steamship
Cuba
Newsweek Magazine
Upper Broadway
John Jacob Astor III
William Vincent Astor
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Lance New
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U.S
U.S.S.R
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Turkey
Red Army
Judge Frees Union
South Seas
Atlantic
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