Health Unit Fights TB Danger in Southern Illinois
Dr David P Richerson heads the Franklin Williamson Bi County Health Dept in a major TB campaign amid high regional risk. The piece outlines how TB spreads via coughs and close contact, the disease’s potential for fatality and multi system impact, and local 1961 case rates in Franklin Williamson Hardin Massac Alexander Pope and Latine counties.
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Bender
Ilimis
Blale
David P. Richerson
Franklin-Williamson
Jackson County
Southern Illinois
U. S
Richerson
Illinois
Franklin County
Williamson County
Areca
Hardin
Massac
Alexander
Pope
Latine
Hoffa Must Stand Trial
Federal Judge Frank Gray refused to dismiss the indictment charging Teamsters president James R. Hoffa and six others with attempting to fix a federal court jury. The seven defendants must stand trial on jury tampering charges, with only the trial date to be set after a pretrial conference.
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Nashville
Penn
Frank Gray
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Gray
Weather summary for Tennessee and Southern Illinois area
Cloudy conditions persist across Tennessee with scattered thunderstorms in the southern counties. In Jackson County Illinois the tuberculosis rate in 1961 was 13.7 per 100000. Tonight lows 65 to 70, Saturday highs 85 to 90. Mt Vernon area serves 30 patients. half of patients come from Williamson and Franklin counties.
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Jackson County
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Williamson
Franklin
Widow Metropolis Kidnapping Suspect Ends Life
Mrs. Mary Anne Dunlap a 39 year old widow and Chicago nurse accused of kidnapping an infant Lori Burnham last week in Metropolis Illinois died in a hospital from a chest wound described as self-inflicted. The 18 day old child was found with her in Dunlap's South Side apartment after a motel sighting. Dunlap had been released on a 1000 bond pending arraignment. Her husband a Chicago traffic officer died recently.
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Chicago
Mary Anne Dunlap
Metropolis
Til
Dunlap
Satara South
Ilinois
Jqoor
Margaret Hastcient
Vienna
Franklin County
Pew Yanks
Williamson Mary Anne Dunlap
Living Costs Rise Sharply To New High
Washington reports June living costs rose four tenths of one percent to a record high of 106.6, the highest monthly rise since September last year. The index shows costs 1.2 percent above a year ago, with food housing and medical care driving the gain. Sugar prices surged 8.2 percent and taxes rose in several cities, while meat and restaurant costs also climbed.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chase
Khrushchev sees path to disarmament after test ban deal
In Moscow Khrushchev said the new nuclear test ban opens favorable chances for total disarmament. He spoke in writing to Izvestia and Pravda and at a Foreign Office press conference following Harriman’s remarks in Washington. He stressed advancing a NATO Warsaw Pact nonaggression pact, urging continued goodwill for quick agreement.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Izvestia
Pravda I
Foreign Office
W. Averell
Harriman
U. S
NATO
Kremlin
GOP Remap Fight Shapes Illinois Redistricting Plan
The Illinois GOP votes on a slate of 10 nominees for a redistricting commission to redraw General Assembly House districts. Governor Kerner, a Democrat, will pick five nominees from the GOP list and five from a parallel Democratic list. Victor L. Smith says the party is more focused on a remap suit appeal, challenging the veto, than on the commission’s immediate work.
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Chicago
Republican State Central’Committee
Illinois’ General Assembly
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Victor L. Smith
Robinson
GOP
Smith
Central Committee
Igale Williams
Murphysboro
State Supreme Court
Pree May Enter GOP Race for Governor
Springfield July 26 Edward Pree Jr legal advisor to Illinois House Speaker John Lewis said today he might enter the Republican race for governor in 1964 and contest the party nomination.
President Kennedy Seeks Support For Nuclear Test Ban
President Kennedy addresses the nation to rally backing for a Moscow initialed nuclear test ban. The pact requires a two thirds Senate vote for ratification and aims to halt tests in space, air, and under water without compromising U S security. Leaders worldwide welcomed the step though France and Red China voiced opposition. The ceremony in Spirit of the initialing was conducted by Harriman, Hailsham, and Gromyko.
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Washington
Kennedy
Moscow
U. S
Senate
White House
Rusk
Capitol Hill
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Lord Home
Japan
Yasumi Kirogane
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Red
China
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Spiridonovka Palace
W. Averell Harriman
Britain
Lord Hailsham
Gromyko
Racial Work Quotas Held Not Feasible
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller says it is not realistic to meet Negro demands for rapid access to skilled construction jobs. He praises Peter Brennan for pushing recruitment and training to increase Negroes in unions, while noting quotas are unlawful and counter to American principles. A Brooklyn protest saw a chain gang of fourteen demonstrators manacled together and blocking the road at a downstate medical center project before police intervened.
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Peter Kihss
New York Times
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Peter J. Brennan
Brooklyn
Downstate Medical Center
Senate Treaty Okay Seen Likely By Morris
Democratic leaders aim for near unanimous Senate support for a nuclear test treaty. Key Republicans and Southern Democrats reserve judgment until hearings, with final fate tied to Joint Chiefs of Staff endorsement. Harriman to brief Foreign Relations committee in closed session Monday with Armed Services and JAE committee members present.
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John D. Morris
New York Times
Washington
Senate
Sen
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Armed Services Committee
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
John Stennis
Mississippi
Armed Services Preparedness
Russell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chiefs
W. Averell Harriman
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Armed Services and
Joint Atomic Energy Committees
Dirksen Sees Gimmick In Nuclear Pact
The Chicago Tribune reports Senator Everett Dirksen R Ill says there is a gimmick in the proposed treaty to ban most nuclear weapons testing. He spoke in Chicago while attending a Cook County Republican fund raising dinner and noted he could not include the remarks in his speech due to the political nature of the gathering.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Dirksen
Cook County
Republican Party
Tribune
Earthquake Devastates Skopje Killing Over 1000
A massive July 26 quake in Skopje, capital of Macedonia, levelled buildings and caused fires. Tanjug cited over 1,000 dead with thousands injured as roads filled with relief trucks and citizens evacuated. Hospitals prepared 1,000 beds as the earthquake cut water and communications.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Skopje
Radio Belgrade
Tanjug
Macedonia
Nis
Macedo
Aleksander Blagojevic
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Hoffa
Malachy Coghlan
JFK
Nikita
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Nuclear Pact
Belgrade Radio
Jlome
Maceautua
Bypen
Wax Uemmpen
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