Stratton Calls June 16 Special Illinois Relief Session
Gov. Stratton announced a special Illinois legislature session for June 16 to extend unemployment benefits by 13 weeks and replenish relief funds. He proposes using a 400 million dollar state reserve, with costs over 34 million for a year, and notes 35,000 workers have exhausted benefits. District cities like Chicago, Decatur, Springfield and Peoria are affected.
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Cial
Ilinois
Illinois
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Ed Hie
Chicago
Decatur
Springfield
Peoria
General Assembly
General Revenue Fund
Reds See U S Helicopter Crew as Spies After Landing
Berlin reports East German press calls the nine U S Army men captured after a helicopter forced landing a possible espionage crew. The Volksarmee says borders were overflown and air space will be treated as such. U S officials say the helicopter from the 3rd Armored Division strayed in a thunderstorm from West Germany.
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Die Volksarmee
Jas. R. Zeller
Joy
U. S
3Rd Armored Division
West Germany
United States
Proposes Nuclear Talks In Geneva
President Eisenhower sent a letter to Nikita Khrushchev proposing technical talks begin July 1 in Geneva on policing any future nuclear test ban. He noted Switzerland as preferred site and discussed possible wider Western participation including the UK France and other nations.
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White House
Moscow
Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
Poland
United Kingdom
France
United States
Soviet Union
Showers and Thunderstorms For Southern Illinois
Weather update for Southern Illinois predicts showers and thunderstorms tonight with a cool down by Wednesday. Tonight's low expected in the 60s and Wednesdays highs near the 80s with 80s on Wednesday. Earlier today temperatures reached 86 after a 94 high yesterday. sunrise at 4 28 a m and sunset at 7 31 pm. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake level readings show spillway depths about 3 inches below spillway.
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Little Grassy Lake
Runaway Car Claims Two Young Lives in Arizona Gorge
Cameron Arizona June 10 AP Frank Qualls 29 and his wife Katherine of Brownsville Texas watched in grief as their two sons James five and Harold 15 months died when a car rolled from a viewpoint and plunged 600 feet into the Little Colorado River gorge after they failed to engage the parking brake. Coroner James Brierley said the parents likely left the car unsecured.
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Vali
Frank Qualls
Brownsville
Tex
Qualls
Katharine
Colorado River
James Brierley
James
Harold
Three Moon Rockets Planned by Air General
Lt. Gen. S. E. Anderson announced that the Air Force plans three lunar probes this year with launches scheduled for August September and October. The probes will crash on the moon and carry no instrumentation. The launches use three stage Thor missiles to reach about 278000 miles in two and a half days.
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S. E. Anderson
Air Research and Developement Command
Air Force
Anderson
Thor
United States
Gen. Anderson
AC Spark Plug
General Motors
Washington
Roy W. Johnson
Pentagon
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPA
Army
Defense Department
Vanguard
Johnson
Nuclear Ban Requires Wide Checks Across Regions
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States likely would seek international inspection posts within Communist China and other areas to police a nuclear test ban. U.S. scientists advised an effective suspension system would cover China Australia and the Sahara. Eisenhower proposed technical talks begin July 1 in Geneva with six nations. experts include Lawrence Fisk and Bacher.
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Sahara Desert
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Soviet Union
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Poland
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University of California
James Brown Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Robert F. Bacher
California Institute of Technology
Quiz show star Elfrida von Nordroff leads 10-0 in NBC event
Up to 248000 New York June 10 AP Elfrida von Nordroff the biggest money winner in quiz show total Jane ager. She returns next week to NBC's Twenty One with a 10 0 lead over Herbert Hulse from Goldsboro NC.
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Elfrida von Nordroff
Total
Jane Ager
Herbert Hulse
Goldsboro
N.C
Macmillan Urges Small Steps Toward World Peace
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan called for a gradual approach to world peace discarding all big weapons including atomic arms in a speech at Johns Hopkins University commencement exercises in Baltimore. Eisenhower introduced him as a great free world leader and both were awarded honorary degrees.
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Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Johns Hopkins University
Eisenhower
School
Swiss Women Campaign Against Vote for Women
A committee of women formed to oppose granting voting rights to women as Switzerland prepares for an autumn referendum. The group argues women voting like husbands would be unnecessary and ballots could cancel each other if they vote against their husbands.
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Switzerland
Europe
Firemen Respond to Grass Fire in Murphysboro District
Murphysboro firefighters were dispatched Monday at 6 15 p m to a grass fire along the Illinois Central Railroad right of way on North 11th Street near the 900 block. The blaze appeared to spread from rubbish burning in a barrel.
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Murphysboro
North 11Th Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Demand End To Parties Insurgents In Algeria Defy De Gaulle Orders
The Insurgent Committee of Public Safety in Algeria rejects De Gaulle's loyalty to government plans and calls for one currency and abolition of barriers with France. Gen Raoul Salan approves the communique. The group, which seized control May 13, seeks end to party politics and full equality between Muslims and Europeans in Algeria.
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Algiers
Committee of Public Safety
de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Raoul Salan
Sahara
De Gaulle Favors Parliament Split to Weaken Assembly
Paris June 10 Premier De Gaulle favors a two chamber reform. He proposes a weakened National Assembly for continental France and a stronger Senate representing the entire French union.
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Paris
de Gaulle Rn
France
Retail Sales Show Southern Illinois Spending On Food And Cars
A 1957 Sales Management survey reports Franklin Jackson Randolph Union and Williamson Counties totaling 54 473 000 for food and dining while automotive sales reach 40 588 000 gas sales 16 261 000 totaling 56 849 000 General merchandise 11 511 000 furniture 10 325 000 and apparel 9 232 000 rose across all categories from 1954 to 1957 Population shifts may explain many gains with Jackson Williamson counties leading in total sales and Union remaining smaller.
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Southern Illinoisan
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Franklin
Jackson
Randolph
Union
Williamson
Union Counties
Franklin County
Union County
Jackson and
Southern Illinois University
Orchill
Jackson County
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