Southern Illinois Brews Mixed Feelings on Federal Prison Site
Residents react to a proposed 1,200 acre Crab Orchard refuge location for a new maximum security federal prison. The Bureau of Prisons gave a top site recommendation while critics worry it conflicts with regional plans for recreation and culture. Rep. Kenneth Gray notes a $10 million project with an estimated $1.25 million annual payroll. local leaders tout jobs and commerce impacts.
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West Frankfort
Bureau of Prisons
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Herrin Chamber
Southern Illinois
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Herrin-Marion-Carbondae
Southern Illinois University
Alcatraz
Frank Harris
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
D. D. Wright
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Smith
Herrin Laborers Union
W. E. Peters
Spnuce St. Murphysboro
Illinois
Orville Bevel
Barber
Carbondale
J. C. Williams
Fish & Wildlife Service
Ray Hubbs
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Washington
Kenneth J. Gray
D-Ii
Gray
Clarence Cannon
DMO
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Crab Orchard Lake
Congress
Libby to resign from AEC to teach after mid summer
Washington Feb 7 AP Dr Willard F Libby 50 plans to resign from the five member Atomic Energy Commission by midsummer He would have completed three years of a five year term by June 30 He said he plans to return to teaching and has not submitted a formal letter to President Eisenhower Libby previously served at University of Chicago Institute for Nuclear Studies and taught chemistry He argued fallout from atomic testing is not harmful enough to halt tests.
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Willard F. Libby
Atomic Energy Commission
Libby
Eisenhower
Henry DeWolf Smyth
AEC
University of Chicago
Institute For Nuclear Studies
Commission
Goldwater Booed On Peoria Visit By Labor Pickets
Barry Goldwater faced about 200 union pickets in Peoria as he arrived for a Lincoln Day dinner. Organizers said the protest labeled him anti labor and a right to work advocate while police cordoned the route. Goldwater defended himself saying he is not anti labor and would have department store staff testify to his stance.
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Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Peoria Bar Assn
Greater Peoria A
Land
Lincoln
Peoria Trades and Labor Assembly
United Auto Workers Local 974
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Peoria Building Trades Council
Senate
John McClellan
D-Ark
Time for school change says University of Illinois educator
Dr. J Lloyd Trump argues today that current schools stem from a 2000 year old model and must be revolutionized. He outlines a future system with large group instruction by master teachers, smaller discussion groups, and more supervised study, funded by Ford Foundation backed report.
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J. Lloyd Trump
University of Illinois
Trump
Sion
National Association of Secondary Principals
Ford Foundation
Foreign Ministers Set Conference In Paris
Moscow Rans Recording Of Jet Attack. Moscow Radio labeled the tape as a sensational farce while the U S State Department called Moscow broadcasts false denials. Lincoln White said the transcript is authentic but gave no sourcing details. The dispute followed claims Soviets shot down an unarmed American transport last September. In Washington the State Department accused Moscow of compounding denials and misrepresenting the tape. Moscow Radio described the transcript as a clumsy staged forgery and ridiculed Secretary of State Dulles. In response, Soviet commentators attacked U S officials.
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Dulles
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Allies Plan Big Four Meeting On Berlin Issues
Foreign ministers from the United States France Britain and West Germany will meet in mid March to discuss responses to the Soviet Union and potential Big Four talks on European security and German reunification. They seek unity on Berlin access and Russian duties but hold key disagreements on a peace treaty and future negotiations.
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France
Britain
West Germany
Soviet Union
Paris
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Germany
Khrushchev
Russia
Virginia Integrates Nine Negro Children in Three Alexandria Schools
A federal judge rejects a stay on an order admitting nine Black students to three Alexandria white schools. Six Norfolk schools and one Arlington school already enrolled 21 Black students without incident, signaling broader federal integration steps in Virginia.
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Virginia
Alexandria
Norfolk
Arlington
Baltimore
Simon E. Sobeloff
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Sobeloff
Fliers end 65 day nonstop flight for world endurance record
Bob Timm and John Cook completed a 65 day single-engine Cessna 172 flight from Las Vegas beating the 50 day 18 minute record. They flew between Las Vegas Blythe and occasional Los Angeles Phoenix refueling by pickup truck hose, sleeping in the plane and monitoring tire paint checks to prove no landings.
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Bob Timm
John Cook
Los Angeles
McCarran Field
Jim Heth
Bill Burkhart
Dallas
Tex
Timm
Cook
Blythe
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
Weekend weather turns colder with possible light rain
Colder turning colder with occasional light rain possibly becoming mixed with wet snow by late afternoon Sunday. Monday colder with some snow likely in the afternoon or at night. High Sunday 38 to 45, low Sunday night 25 to 30, high Monday around 32. Cr? Orchard Lake 3 inches above spillway. Little Grassy Lake at spillway.
Airliner damaged in landing attempt
An Eastern Air Lines Electra prop jet suffered nose wheel collapse during a routine training flight in Miami. No injuries reported. The aircraft resembled the American Airlines craft that crashed in New York, killing 65, earlier in the week.
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Eastern Air Lines
American Airlines
New York
SIU Beats Normal. NAC Cage Read
SIU defeats Normal in conference action to take the NAC basketball lead as outlined in Page 12. Norbert Rumpel sets American record in the 200 yard breaststroke on Page 11.
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Nac Cage
Bill Veeck
White Sox
Norbert Rumpel
Clayton
D. Blaney Miller
Carbondale
Hagerty Denies Interfering In TV Case
Presidential press secretary James C. Hagerty rejected Bernard Schwartz’s charge that he intervened in a TV case for political reasons. Hagerty said Schwartz was misinformed or lying and noted he merely passed a 1957 letter from a New York Republican protest to FCC chairman George McConnell. The case concerned TV channel assignments in the Albany area and was already closed in earlier years.
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James C. Hagerty
Bernard Schwartz
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Schwartz
House
Subcommittee
Albany Schenectady
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