Gray's Father On Payroll In Congressman's Staff
Rep. Kenneth Gray of West Frankfort lists his father Thomas W. Gray on the payroll at 8003 a year with other aides in the 15 county district. Gray says his staff total is 38000 but not all used and defense of hiring family follows claims of dedicated service.
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Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Associated Press
Thomas W Gray
Gray
Washington
Margaret J. Bergin
Chet Townsend
Herrin
Lucille Brooks
Evelyn Hange
Anna Lee McKee
Congress
Gray Motor Co
Mt. Vernon
Benton
Southern Illinois
National Congress
Illinois
Eight-year-old Colp girl seeks 25 blood donors in St Louis
Priscilla Harrison requires 25 O positive blood donors for a delicate heart operation March 26 at Barnes Hospital in St Louis. She enters March 21 with donors on standby March 26. Donors must be ready on site for the heart lung machine.
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Colp
Priscilla Harrison
St. Louis
Butchie Gibbons
Herrin
Barnes Hospital
Errast Harrison
Harrison
United Mine Workers of America
Robert Tullus
Yukon
Tullus
Harrisons
Williamson County Red Cross
Son's Salary May Be Out
Rep Steven V Carter said he may cut the 11873 dollar annual salary of his student son Steven A Carter and even remove him from payroll. He defended the employment while his son studies at George Washington University and works part time in his office.
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Washington
Steven V. Carter
Diona
Steven A. Carter
George Washington University
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Griff Williams Dies at 50 In Chicago
Griff Williams, 50, famed pianist and bandleader whose orchestra played in major ballrooms, died Monday of a heart attack. Born in The Dalles, Oregon, he had focused on business in recent years but remained active for special dates and recordings.
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Chicago
Griff Williams
Dalles
Ore
Fair Weather and Temperature Outlook for Southern Illinois
The forecast calls for little temperature change tonight with mostly sunny skies and warmer conditions Wednesday. Overnight low near 30, high around 50, and Wednesday night dipping into the low 30s. Reported lake levels show Crab Orchard Lake 6 inches above spillway, Little Grassy Lake 3 inches above spillway, and Devil's Kitchen Lake 43 feet below spillway.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Khrushchev Rejects West Plan for Four-Power Talks
Soviet Premier Khrushchev dismissed Western plans for a four power meeting on Germany saying reunification must be decided by the two German states. He warned that a foreign-minister level gathering could raise tension and urged talks among wartime Allies to work out a settlement with Germany. He attacked the Shah of Iran and criticized Open Skies while Macmillan toured Moscow and visited Dubna’s atom smasher.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Germany
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
East
Hitler
West Berlin
Macmillan
Middle East
Iran
Eisenhower
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Mikoyan
Bruno Pontecorvo
England
Communist Party
Pravda
Isvestia
Texas Legislators Accuse SMU and Colleges of Atheism
A group of four Texas representatives charged prominent institutions including Southern Methodist University with teaching atheism. They proposed remedial legislation requiring teachers in state schools to affirm belief in a supreme being. University leaders and religious figures challenged the claims as unfounded.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Southern Methodist University
Bill Hollowell
Grand Saline
Joe Chapman
Sulphur Springs
Ben Lewis
Dallas
W. T
Chapman
University of Texas
Hollowell
Dungan
Southern Methodist
Methodist School
Lewis
SMU
Daley Proposes City Help If U of I Chooses Chicago Campus
Mayor Richard J. Daley said Chicago will pay the cost difference if the University of Illinois builds its Chicago branch rather than the Riverside site. A Riverside Golf Course location was chosen but faces local opposition. Daley noted a 2 million difference versus 4 million for a Chicago site and said funds or subscriptions could cover the gap. Trustees urged Chicago engineering options and plan to decide March 12 with final submission by April 15.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
University of Illinois
Riverside
Daley
Relief Clients May Be Assigned To Road Work
Cairo Illinois February 24 AP Able bodied relief clients must work on Alexander County roads and highways the Board of Supervisors decreed a resolution notes workers needed but funds unavailable to pay for labor the work relief project has been submitted to the Illinois Public Aid Commission for approval IPAC spokesman said in Chicago such projects are authorized by the Public Assistance Code
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Cairo
Ill
Alexander County
Board of Supervisors
Illinois Public Aid Commission
IPAC
Chicago
Reuther Gain Seen In AFL-CIO Clash
In San Juan and in Washington a rift over policy direction yielded uneasy truce within AFL-CIO. Walter Reuther and CIO leaders push for stronger voice in economic policy and a more dramatic approach to unemployment crisis than Meany favored.
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Reuther
San Juan
Puerto Rico
AFL - Cio
Walter Reuther
George Meany
CIO
Afl-Cio
Meany
Washington
Auto Workers
Eisenhower Defends Dulles as Cancer Battle Continues
President says determining Dulles fate is his responsibility amid calls for resignation by Sen Symington and others. GOP leaders report Eisenhower’s update on Dulles’ health as discussions hint at an ultimate decision on whether the secretary can continue, with Democrats like Rep Morgan urging he stay if able.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Congress
Dulles
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Symington
Halleck
Love as a subject for science draws attention
Galesburg February 24 AP psychologist Harry F. Harlow of the University of Wisconsin told Knox College audiences that love deserves broader scientific study beyond adolescent and adult focus. He cited infant research with babies and monkeys showing affection for soft devices that aid feeding, warning that psychologists rely on guesswork and pale beside poets. He urged more rigorous exploration of love as a motive that pervades all life.
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Galesburg
Harry F. Harlow
University of Wisconsin
Knox College
Harlow
National Institutes of Health
Dr. Harlow
Krebiozen Fund Sought To Expand Controversial Drug
Dr Andrew C Ivy of the University of Illinois launched a public drive to raise 350000 to manufacture more Krebiozen. Advocates claim it helps cancer. American Cancer Society and American Medical Association question efficacy. Ivy warned funds are needed to avoid exhausting supply by summer.
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Chicago
Andrew C. Ivy
University of Illinois
Dr. Ivy
Krebiozen Research Foundation
American Cancer Society
Ivy
American Medical Assn
Krebioa
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Atomic Research Institute
Dubna
Mac
Millan
William S. Martin
Lanier Cox
Cox
Raibel
American Unitarian Ministers Assn
Spain
America
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Morgan
Foreign Office
Krebiozen Fund
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