Miss Illinois Pageant honors Mount Vernon entrant
Vicky Joyce Nutter, 17, a Vandalia High School graduate, was named Miss Illinois and will represent the state in the Miss America competition in Atlantic City next fall. Ten finalists emerged from 38 contestants in Mount Vernon. Jane Crusius Miss Carbondale placed third runner up and Joanna Gentry Miss Marion won Miss Congeniality.
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Mount Vernon
Vicky Joyce Nutter
Vandalia High School
Illinois
Atlantic City
N.J
Mount, Vernon
Jane Crusius
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Joanna Gentry
Carterville
Tibetans Renew Attacks on Chinese Forces in Tibet
Desperation fuels guerrilla fighting across Tibet with a major uprising in Shigatse and raids near Lhasa. Refugees and sources report Panchen Lama followers turning against Chinese forces and unrest spreading from towns to hills.
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Shigatse
Tibet
Lhasa
Taipei
Tien Chun-Chin
Nationalist
China
Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission
Chiang Kaishek
Valai Lama
Strikes Back At K Solons Close Ranks Behind Eisenhower
Washington reports Khrushchev’s attacks on the President dimmed prospects of a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report on the U2 affair. Senators Mansfield Church Gore differ on whether to publish findings while Khrushchev’s barbs test committee unity and the President’s role.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Frank Church
Idaho
Khrushchev
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Russia
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Mansfield
Eisenhower Signals Campaign Kickoff for GOP Candidates
President Eisenhower said he is ready to campaign for Republican candidates in upcoming elections. He spoke at a Rockland County dinner honoring Rep. Katherine St. George in New York. Adlai Stevenson urged Vice President Nixon to denounce a supporter’s claim of a big Democratic California primary vote. Brown praised for attacking the remark as Nixon era tactics.
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Eisenhower
New York State
Rockland
N.Y
Republican Organization
Rep
Katherine
Richard M. Nixon
California
Edmund G. Brown
Patrick Hillings
Los Angeles County
GOP
Brown
Bolivian Exile Plot Aims to Disrupt Election
Bolivian exiles allied with two former army colonels and an air officer gathered at Taragla on the Argentina border to invade and wreck the presidential election. Interior Minister Morales Guillem reported more than 50 deaths amid high tensions before voters choose Victor Paz Estenssoro.
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Victor Paz Estenssoro
Carlos Morales Guillem
Targala
Argentina
Bolivia
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois Forecast
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated thunderstorm chances through the weekend. Highs in the low 90s Sunday and Monday, nights in the 60s. Saturday peaks near 92, with sundown around 8:26 p.m. Crude lake spillway readings noted at Crab Orchard and Little Grassy, Devil's Kitchen Lake well below spillway.
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Ilinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Shelling at Quemoy Off Formosa on Even-Numbered Day
Chinese Communist guns fired on a Nationalist transport delivering supplies to Quemoy in the Formosa Strait. Nationalist officials said over 500 shells hit the ship, which returned safely. No direct hit on Quemoy reported. analysts note timing amid Eisenhower visit in 1958 era.
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Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Quemoy
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Eisenhower
Paris
Peiping
Editorials and notices for regional issues and sports
The page highlights editorials on the supreme court election and local votes in Herrin city court and Jackson County TB proposal. It also features an atomic waste disposal discussion, a profile of historian John Allen, and columns by a law professor. Bob Mitchell leads the New Era Golf Tourney as area all stars defeat South Seven 76-65.
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Supreme Court
Herrin
Jackson County
John Allen
U.S. Supreme Court
Bob Mitchell
New Era
South Seven
Khrushchev Likely To Try Disrupt Eisenhower Tour
U S officials say Khrushchev will try to harass and embarrass President Eisenhower during his Far Eastern trip. Eisenhower plans a long tour to the Philippines Formosa Japan Korea and Okinawa plus Alaska and Hawaii. Communist elements in Japan are expected to amplify anti administration sentiment to mar the visit.
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U.S
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Philippines
Formosa
Japan
Korea
Okinawa
Alaska
Hawaii
Europe
Asia
North Africa
Soviet Union
Paris
Purge Lists Stir Fear Among Illinois State Employees
A Springfield based feature reports thousands of Illinois state workers fear purge lists compiled after April primaries. Names target those who did not vote or voted “wrong”. Civil Service officials note potential political retaliation pressures and limited appeals under the Personnel Code.
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Charles O. Stewart
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Department
Commission
Civil Service Commission
Downstate
Eisenhower Defends West Allies Amid Khrushchev Attacks
President Eisenhower told West Point classmates and a GOP dinner audience that Khrushchev’s “ill tempered expressions” have strengthened Western unity. He stressed America will stay strong scientifically, economically and militarily and urged voters to favor leaders who back liberty and a middle road on foreign policy.
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West Point
Washington
Eisenhower
America
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Sy Lake
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Ite
Devil's Kitcher Lake
Spiway
Chinese Shell
Sisan
Nikita Khrushchev
Maude Myers
Illinois Civil Service Commission
Miss Myers
Maurice W. Scott
Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois
Scott
Kremlin
Berlin
West Point, N.Y
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