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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1961

Page

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Gave Away Secrets U.S. Diplomat Charged With Aiding Communists

Washington reports that Irvin Chambers Searbeck a U S foreign service officer stationed in Warsaw was arrested on charges of transmitting classified information to Poland. FBI and Justice Department said the alleged disclosures occurred January through May this year with a possible penalty of up to 10 000 dollars fine and 19 years in prison. Searbeck joined the State Department in 1952 and had been in Warsaw since 1958.

Washington Irvin Chambers Searbeck Poland Robert F. Kennedy FBI Scarbeck Washington Street State Department Warsaw Brooklyn N.Y the College of the City of New York New York University Edgar Hoover Searbeck United States Peoples Republic of Hoover Security Office Justice Department Informa Tion Searbeck U.S Sam Werbleb Loyaltt San Francisco Department of State NSA Barnon F. Mitchell William

U S Security Aide Found Resigns From NSA Post

National Security Agency clerk William E Covington 28 was found at Delaware Park Race Track near Wilmington after four days missing. He resigned from the agency for personal reasons, the Pentagon said. No charges, no arrest, and he had access to limited classified material in a $6600 yearly post. Officials said he did not defect to the Communists.

Washington William E. Covington National Security Agency Pettingers Covington Super Secret Agency Pentagon Defense Department Delaware Park Wilmington

Kennedy proposes broad expansion of jobless pay plan

President Kennedy asks Congress for a wide overhaul of unemployment insurance to raise benefits and payroll taxes. Key points include extending the 13 week extra benefit permanently for workers with employment, expanding coverage to those with short work histories in 1962, sharing two thirds of costs during fund drains, reaching about 50 million covered workers by 1964, raising state wage replacement, and enacting higher payroll taxes starting 1964 with a raised base to 34 800 dollars.

Washington Kennedy Congress

Ban Expires On Riders In Alabama

Montgomery Alabama June 13 AP federal judge refused to keep a temporary restraining order against freedom rides. Sponsoring group said rides into Montgomery will be unannounced while a Johnson Jr warning looms. Rev Wyatt Tee Walker of Riders Coordinating Committee said no advance notices will be given unless climate changes and rides will continue this week.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Grups Frank M. Johnson Jr Atlanta Wyatt Tee Walker Riders Coordinating Committee Alabama Capital

Lawmakers debate sales tax hike amid merchant protest

In Springfield on June 13, House leaders weighed a half cent sales tax increase as a House committee heard arguments. Speaker Powell and Illinois Retail Merchants Association chief Meek clashed over economic impact while some 125 merchants demonstrated outside. The measure aims to lift the tax from 3% to 3.75% to fund state budgets, with further talk of a city tax hike in Chicago and a proposed court review of new taxes. Powell praised past governors for backing tax support for children. Meek warned against making Illinois the highest tax state.

T. Banton Lindsay-Schaub Springfield House Paul Powell Joseph T. Meek Illinois Retail Merchants Association Powell Granite City East St. Louis Statehouse Otto Kerner Isha K. Morris Chadwick House Revenue Committee Meek Jaller Illinois Harmer Kerner State Supreme Court Igov Gov Stratton United States U.S Everett M. Dirksen Howe GOP Ihouse Ilinois Union Richard J. Daley Caicago

U S Team Arrives to Negotiate Tractor Swap in Havana

U S mission arrives in Havana to exchange tractors for prisoners. Four technical experts including Dusney Greathouse Roy Banner and Clarence Hansen seek a quick swap while Castro negotiates terms. Visaed U S newsmen accompany team as they anticipate Castro’s approval and acceptance of large heavy tractors.

Havana Fidel Castro Luis Crespo In Istitute of Agrarian Reform U.S Miami International Douglas R. Voorhees Cuba Castro Sre Dusney Greathouse United Auto Workers Agriculture Implement Division Roy Banner Agriculture Engineering Department Agriculture Engineering Purdue University Clarence Hansen Assl Michigan State University Tad Seluc New York ‘Times Robert Boyd Knights

Eisenhower comments on Cuba invasion and air power

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said an invasion of Cuba could not succeed without opposing air power and defended prior efforts to assist Cuban refugees. He noted no advance plan existed for an invasion and that refugees were prepared only if a viable opportunity appeared. The remarks followed a Kennedy administration stance on a tractors-for-prisoners proposal, as Eisenhower toured Cincinnati amid heat and crowds.

Cincinnati Ohio Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower Cuba Fidel Castro William E. Miller Kennedy United States Central America Castro Lunken Music Hall

Cheryl Crane Missing Teen In Beverly Hills Case

Police report Cheryl Crane missing from her mother Lana Turner home in Beverly Hills after failing to appear before juvenile officials. She was last seen yesterday with two drunken teens as officers investigate the incident and weather updates note mild tonight with scattered showers possible tomorrow.

Beverly Hills Cheryl

Teens Describe Multistate Slayings Ties to Army Harassment

Salt Lake City June 8 Two teens James Latham 19 Mau theville Texas and George York 18 Jacksonville Fla say they killed seven people in five states to keep killing They faced murder charges after the man they thought dead died The pair blamed Army harassment racial integration and serving under Negro officers They both want the electric chair but note states may execute by hanging in Kansas and gas in Colorado They were AWOL from the Army York doubted they would have killed again if a companion killed near Baton Rouge Louisiana survived The men expressed little remorse for most killings but some regret for one victim an elderly Negro railroad porter in Tullahoma Tenn

James Douglas Latham Mautheville Tex George Ronald York Jacksonville Fla Kansas Calo Itado Ence Salt Lake County Joh A. Whitaker Tullahoma Tenn Bisck York Latham

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