Lawyer Claims Chicago Judges Take Bribes
Chicago lawyer Angelo Geocaris charged at a Carlinville Lions Club talk that some Municipal Court judges in Chicago accept bribes from $50,000 to $100,000 yearly. He alleged judges and crime networks drain public funds, citing widespread corruption and bribery in the Cook County system.
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Carlinville
Chicago
Torney
Cook County
Illinois
United States
Geocaris
Pease of Crime Commission
Entertainer Says Union Enforced Reprisals Over Libel Suit
Nightclub entertainer Dick Jones testified before a Senate subcommittee that the American Guild of Variety Artists barred him from speaking to members after he sued a union official for libel. He said the union paid $20,000 damages to him but imposed a silent treatment rule. he also accused leaders of tolerating exploitation of women and failing to enforce contracts, citing harsh dressing room conditions and unpaid unscheduled shows.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Dick Jones
Jones
Senate Investigations
American Guild of Variety Artists
AGVA
Jackie Bright
Bright
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Uiien
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
National Board of Agva
Kerner Pushes State Pay Over Meeting Aid Cuts
Springfield June 18 CAP Gov Otto Kerner said continuation of pay for state employees takes precedence over maintaining the present level of relief payments. He told a Democratic rally drastic moves to reduce public aid are needed to avoid payless paydays, but left it to the IPAC to set living standards for relief recipients. IPAC Chairman Virgil C Martin had asked for reductions, with a Friday deadline. Kerner argued IPAC must cut relief costs and noted no special legislative session is planned to meet the financial crisis. John M Bailey urged Kennedy administration support, citing tax and trade bills as tools to expand the economy.
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Otto Kerner
Kerner
Miners Public Aid Commission
IPAC
Virgil C. Martin
Commission
Martin
Kern
John M. Bailey
Bailey
Deputies Slap At De Gaulle Walkout Over Unity Policy
Paris June 18 AP reports more than half the French National Assembly left the chamber in protest of President de Gaulle s unity policies after Foreign Minister Couve de Murville spoke and Maurice Rene Simonnet read a European manifesto signed by 280 of 550 deputies. The government refused a vote on a resolution. Some deputies said no point speaking without a vote.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Maurice- Rene Siimonnet
Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee
Lincoln Escaper Sets Fire Menaces Women
An escapee from Lincoln State School started a fire at Lincoln Sportsman's Club and threatened a mother and daughter with a knife. Authorities did not identify the suspect, who was apprehended late Tuesday.
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Lincoln
Lincoln Sportsman’s Club
Lincoln State School
Notice The Difference It’s New Type Tempo Bold
The page introduces a new headline type Tempo Bold replacing Tempo Heavy Condensed. The change aims to improve readability and harmonize with other headlines, and the note invites reader reception to the updated style.
Oil Executive Dies in Domestic Tragedy and Flight Crash
Washington reports tie of a Kansas City oil exec and a jetliner disaster. Secretaries, brothers, and a wife are linked as insurers warn of no romance between a 90,000 dollar a year executive and a secretary. The Jamaica Bay crash killed 95 aboard an American Airlines 707 after takeoff from Idlewild.
Firm Denies Estes Links
Maynard C. Wheeler president of Commercial Solvents Corp said the Estes relationship was only customer and supplier. He testified before a House subcommittee that Frank Cain’s testimony was false and defamatory. Wheeler denied offering help with Brazil business or secret Swiss deposits. The firm funded Estes’ anhydrous ammonia dealings, tied to grain storage payments. The case follows Estes’ fraud indictment last April.
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Maynard C. Wheeler
Commercial Solvents Corp
Billie Sol Estes
House
Estes
Wheeler
Frank Cain
Finance Company
Texas
Cain
Dallas
Pacific Finance Co
Brazil
Iwheeler Heads
Three Alcatraz Escapees Still Are On Loose
Three bank robbers vanished from Alcatraz Island after evading guards with dummy sleepers and enlarging cell vents. Leader Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin are feared to have reached shore or disappeared at sea as FBI searches widen across Northern California.
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Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Olin Blackwell
Frank Lee Morris
John
Clarence Anglin
FBI
California
the Rock
Blackwell
State seeks court airing of Estes death question
The state asked for dismissal of the request as attorney John Cofer for Estes said he wanted the issue aired in open court to clear doubt that Estes is involved in Marshall's death. The grand jury probes whether Marshall, 52, was slain or killed himself at Marshall's ranch on June 3, 1961.
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Angelo Geocaris
Winnetka
State Liquor Control Commission
Adlai Stevenson
Geocaris
U. S
Northern Illlinois
John Cofer
Estes
Marshall
Grand J
Laos Coalition Gov Rentons Peace Move in Vienna Talks
President Kennedy told Khrushchev the Laos coalition government under Prince Souvanna Phouma marks a milestone toward a neutral independent Laos. He urged continued Geneva collaboration to prevent untoward actions and advance settlement, aiming to extend stability beyond Laos. Souphanouvong will assume temporary command as the new coalition forms, with Phoumi Nosavan to lead a cabinet delegation to Switzerland to ratify the Geneva agreement.
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Khrushchev
Laos
Souvanna Phouwmna
Vienna
Geneva
Southeast Asia
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Souphanouveng
Souvaana Phouma
Phoumi Nosayan
Europe
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Phoumi
Switzerland
Turbulent Trading Stocks Dip Toward Record Low See-Saw Upward
Stock market fluctuates as early losses narrow and gains emerge led by IBM AT&T Ford Polaroid Merck and International Nickel. Dow Jones up about 1.80 points at noon while volume rises to 2.31 million shares amid mixed intraday movement and expectations of a later selling drive. A second item reports an antisubmarine bomb found at Memphis waterfront near anchored barges, removed to the Naval Station for checks.
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du Font
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Dow
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SIU Commencement Tonight for 1180 Graduates
Southern Illinois University Carbondale will hold commencement at 7 30 p m in McAndrew Stadium for 1180 graduates with about 3000 guests expected. If rain occurs ceremonies move to Shryock Auditorium where Henry Allen Moe of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and Harvard professor Douglas Bush receive honorary degrees.
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Henry Allen Moe
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College of Education
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Shryock
Moe
Harvard University
Douglas Bush
Patton Plans To Orbit Man And Monkey In Space Test
St Louis reports plans to pair a human and a monkey in an orbital flight as part of preliminary experiments outlined to senators. The man identified is Mel Patton, a 20 year old from Southern University baseball star background. The project was signed today by the St Louis Cardinals landing group.
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Washington
St. Louis
Mel Patton
Senators
Cardinals
Former Illinois Resident Reds Claim Teen-Age GI Asks For Refuge
AP dispatch reports Pvt. Larry A. Abshier of Cleveland Ohio, a 19-year-old American soldier with an Army recon squadron along the Korean armistice line, defected to North Korea. Pyongyang radio quoted him saying he is tired of U S Army actions and urged American troops to oppose the war and return home. Abshier had been in Korea since May 26, 1961, and was last seen crossing no man’s land toward the North on May 28. His father George of Normal Illinois questioned the quotes, noting the son had previously expressed Army career interest.
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Charles Chin
Associated Press
Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang Radio
Whinois
North Korea
Larry A. Abshier
Cleveland
Ohio
U. S. Army
Kornea
Abshier
No Man’s Land
Theyfield Heights
Youngei
Tal
Pyongyang
Suly
Ilinois Soldiers’ and Sailors
Normal
George
Weather notes and youth foster home in Champaign
Fragmentary weather bulletin mentions a foster placement in Southern Janois near Champaign. It notes fair conditions tonight and Thursday with lows in the mid 60s and highs in the 80s. References to University High school, a band, and a youth named Abshier are included among unclear details.
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De:rnight
Abshier
Tended University High School
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