World Needs Leaders Ike Tells Graduates
President Eisenhower told Notre Dame graduates that the nation needs intelligent, creative, steady political leadership and urged at least four years of public service. He urged reconsidering conflict of interest rules to allow capable individuals to enter government and return to private life.
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James E. Warner
N.Y. Herald Tribune
South Bend
Ind
Eisenhower
Notre Dame University
Notre Dame
Bear Mountain
N.Y
United States
Khrushchev
Paris
Washington
Japanese Leftists quit as Ike trip looms in Tokyo
The Socialist bloc in Parliament resigns to pressure Prime Minister Kishi to dissolve Parliament before Eisenhower's June 19 visit. Sohyo plans a national convention to organize protests against the security pact and the president's trip, with demonstrations set across June 10 to 17.
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Nobusuke Kishi
Eisenhower
Japan
Kishi
Eis- Eisenhower
National Labor Federation
Sohyo
People’s Council
U. S
White House
James C. Hagerty
Parliament
Liberal-Democratic Party
Supreme Court Upholds Waterfront Union Felon Ban
The Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision, sustains a New York Waterfront Commission Act provision barring felons from union officer roles. Justice Frankfurter writes for the majority. Justice Douglas dissents. George De Veau, secretary treasurer of local 1346, had challenged the rule after past felony and later union suspension.
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Supreme Court
New York Waterfront Commission Act
Longshoremens Union
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Douglas
Warren
Justice Black
Justice Harlan
Frankfurter
New York
George de Veau
The
International Longshoremen’s Assn
de Veau
Union
Unwed Coed Slays Baby at Illinois Dormitory
Claudette Kozel 19 of Brookfield is held on murder charges in the death of her newborn daughter. Police say she gave birth in her Northern Illinois University dormitory and stabbed the infant in the back with scissors. The body was found in a second floor rest room trash barrel after she collapsed and was taken to St Mary’s Hospital.
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DeKalb
DeKalb County
Carl A. Swanson Jr
Northern Illinois University
Claudette Kozel
Brookfield
Miss Kozel
St. Mary’s Hospital
Swanson
Illinois 1961 license plates honor North Central College
White numerals on a cardinal red background will form the 1961 Illinois motor vehicle license plates. The colors honor North Central College centennial celebrations.
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Springfield
Illinois Motor Vehicle
North Central College
Paz Estenssoro Returns to Bolivian Presidency in Landslide
Victor Paz Estenssoro, who nationalized Bolivia's tin industry in 1952, won a sweeping victory and reclaimed the presidency in La Paz. He secured an overwhelming vote, returning to power after years away.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Fleeing duo captured after St Louis Illinois car chase
A man and a woman who had grabbed hostages during a police chase shot a motorcycle officer. They were surrounded by Illinois and Missouri officers at a roadblock near Waterloo and surrendered. Hostages were released unharmed.
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St. Louis
Illinois
David Jones
Jones
Hayes
Wilde
Portell
Waterloo
Ill
Rockefeller’s Dual Strategy for Nixon Nomination
AP dispatch by Robert T. Gray reveals Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller seeks a split approach to Nixon’s possible nomination. Rockefeller praises Nixon in North Dakota and keeps open the option to be drafted if Nixon falters while campaigning for Senate candidate John E. Davis.
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Robert T. Gray
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Rockefeller
North Dakota
John E. Davis
Chilean quake registered near uninhabited island
An earthquake, likely centered on Wellington Island in Magallanes province, Chile, was recorded at 1 54 a m by the University of Chile seismological institute.
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Santiago
Chile
Wellington Island
Magalones Province
Seismological Institute of
The
University of Chile
Loyalty purge controversy tests Illinois state employes
Officials react to reports of political purge lists targeting state workers. Governor Stratton aides deny knowledge of such lists while stressing two job paths merit and patronage. Union leader Groeteke accuses ongoing spoils tactics and calls for code safeguards amid ongoing political pressure on 11,000 state employees.
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Charles C. Stewart
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois
William G. Stratton
State Department
Groetke
Decatur
Cairo
Russell C. McClellan
Atlas Missile Bases Hit by Union Walkout Across Nation
Union machinists launched a midnight walkout at Atlas missile bases from California to Florida, including Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg, with 800 IAM members picketing Cape Canaveral. The stoppage targets Convair Division General Dynamics and could slow launchings and construction while a mass meeting is held. Some bases such as Warren and Offutt were also affected.
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San Diego
Calif
Key Atlas
California
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape
International Assn. of Machinists
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Offutt Afb
Convair
General Dynamics
Atlas
Polaris
Midas
Samos
Discoverer
Lockheed’s Missile and Space Division
Aerojet-General
SAM
Lockheed
Douglas Aircraft Co
IAM
el Segundo
Santa Monica
Long Beach
Tulsa
Charlotte
Mmet
Douglas
Vandenberg
Air Force
Pomona
Goldwater Sees Johnson As Strong Democratic Ticket
Sen Barry Goldwater argues a Johnson Kennedy ticket is toughest for Republicans to beat in the presidential race. He cites Johnson rising in Democratic nominating votes and questions Kennedy Stevenson ground.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Barry Goldwater
D-Ariz
Goldwater
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Minneapolis
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Johnson
Khrushchev
Nikita
Eisenhower
Paris
Stevenson
Baby Beating Death in Chicago Leads to Immediate Detention
Seven month old Douglas Mark LeClaire was found beaten to death in a Chicago apartment. Police hold parents Francis LeClaire 22 and Geraldine LeClaire 18 without charge. The mother says she and her husband were drinking and he returned angry after leaving her in the lobby.
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Chicago
Douglas Mark LeClaire
Francis
Geraldine
Fair and Cooler Weather for Southern Illinois
Cooler conditions prevail across Southern Illinois with generally fair skies tonight and Tuesday. Overnight lows reach the upper 50s, Tuesday highs near 80, and Tuesday night lows again in the upper 50s. Yesterday recorded a high of 91 and a low of 64 with today’s signals showing 7 am at 62 and 6 pm at 78. Crab Orchard Lake sits 1 inch below spillway, Devil's Kitchen Lake 20 below spillway, Little Grassy Lake at spillway.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Little Grassy Lake
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University of
Ike
Socialist Bloc
Union Felonian
Hiller
Red) Bayes
McNeil Island
Wash
Darlene Mc
Cracken
Kansas City
Robert Portell
St. Louis County
Harry Wilde
Marie Schelting
Rocky
Republican National Convention
Bismarck
N.D
Eac
Atlas Missile
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