Helen Hayes addresses SIU on theater reach and future
Actress Helen Hayes spoke to a near capacity SIU audience about the shrinking reach of commercial theater and the need for university and community productions. She urged actors to engage the public, noted no discouragement for stars pursuing New York, and discussed a national theater idea while receiving an honorary degree at commencement on campus.
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Helen Hayes
Southern Illinois University
SIU
New York
America
Miss Hayes
National Academy of Theater
Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
National Theater
Antoinette Perry
Edwardsville
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Stratton
Alaska Plane Crash Kills 14 Near Mt Gilbert Peak
An airliner from Cordova to Anchorage crashes in clouds on Mt Gilbert killing all 14 aboard, including two children and the wife of a rich Alaskan. A search plane found the wreckage 700 feet below the summit, and a rescue team found no survivors. The incident ends 29 years of Pacific Northern Airlines service in Alaska.
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Mt. Gilbert
Pacific Northern Airlines
Constellation
Cordova
Seattle
Wash
Anchorage
Here
Air Force
Pna
Alaska
Josephine Baker Faces Stolen Goods Charge
Montreal June 15 AP reports singer Josephine Baker and her manager Stephen Papich arraigned on charges of bringing stolen goods into Canada. Items included a mink jacket theatrical costumes and music scores valued at 10 000 dollars. Bail set at 1 000 each. Baker resumed her act at a local night club.
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Montreal
Josephine Baker
Canada
Miss Baker
Stephen Papich
Partly Cloudy For Southern Illinois With Warm Thursday
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday night with mild night lows in the 60s and Thursday highs near 80. Yesterday's highs reached 77 with a peak 11 am reading of 79. sun up at 5 31 am and set at 8 31 pm. Shore readings show Crab Orchard Lake 1 inch above spillway, Little Grassy Lake at spillway, Devil's Kitchen Lake 20 feet below spillway.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Firing Squad Executes 3 Castro Foes
In Santiago Cuba on June 15 AP reports Manuel Beaton 30 and two accomplices were executed at dawn for leading an abortive revolt in the Sierra Maestra last spring. Five others sentenced to prison and seven youths ordered to reformatories.
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Manuel Beaton
Cipriano
Felipe Martinez
Fidel Castro
Sierra Maestra
Castro
Beaton
Havana
la Cabana
Navy Sub Sargo Fire Leaves Two Missing After Pearl Harbor Incident
A flash fire aboard the 2500 ton submarine Sargo at Pearl Harbor left two crew members unaccounted for. The blaze in the stern torpedo room lasted about an hour and flooded the torpedo compartment. The submarine tied at the dock did not carry atomic warheads per Navy statements.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Honolulu
Washington
Titan Explosion Claims Air Force Technician at Cape Canaveral
The Air Force probes a Titan missile mishap that killed technician Joseph G. Sibole, 24, on a service tower during a systems check. Nine others suffered minor injuries as a flare package ignited after a small explosive charge detonated on the intercontinental ballistic rocket.
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Air Force
Cape ‘Canaveral
Joseph G. Sibole
Sibole
Titan
Tokyo crisis flares as students storm Parliament grounds
Police struggled to disperse left wing mobs in Tokyo amid the worst violence yet against Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi’s pro western government. Thousands of students overran Parliament, overturning gates as rioters clashed with officers injuring hundreds.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
Kishi
Eisenhower
U.S. - Japan
Security officials wary after Tokyo riots threaten Eisenhower visit
U S security chiefs fear Japanese police may fail to protect President Eisenhower as thousands of left wing students clash with authorities near Parliament. Ki shi calls cabinet session amid claims of insurrection mood. Eisenhower arrives Sunday on a 10 day Asian tour.
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John Scali
Associated Press
Manila
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Japan
Nobusuke Kishi
U.S
Shojiro Kawashima
Liberal-Democrats
United States
Soviet Union
Philippines
Formosa
Okinawa
Korea
America
NEA Report Details Crowding and Half Day Schools
The NEA reports nearly 1 in 3 public elementary pupils in 1959 60 were on half day sessions and more than 2 million faced overcrowded classrooms. Urban districts averaged 29 12 pupils per classroom with significant totals above 25, 30, 35 and higher.
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G. K. Hadenfield
Associated Press
Washington
National Education Assn
NEA
Publisher Jenison becomes director of state finance
Edward H. Jenison of Paris Tl took office in May as director of the State Department of Finance, announced from Springfield on June 15.
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Springfield
Edward H. Jenison
Paris
Tn May
State Department of Finance
Mass Expert Plans Appeal After Koch Fired
Trustees at the University of Illinois discharged Assistant Professor Leo F. Koch for a letter to the Daily Illini that condoned premarital sex for mature students. Koch plans to appeal to the courts as the board noted the letter violated university standards and academic freedom limits.
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University of Illinois
Leo F. Koch
U. of Lt
Koch
Daily Illini
U. of 1
David D
Henry
Board of Trustees
Division of General Studies
University
Urbana - Champaign
Faculty Senate
Earl Long Arrested After Traffic Incident in New Orleans
Former Gov. Earl K. Long was arrested by New Orleans police on five counts after a minor traffic crash. He faced reviling police resisting arrest driving without a license and disturbing the peace. Long planned to seek a court continuance before his Congressional campaign events.
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New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Long
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U. S
Kosaku Shinoda
Liberal Democratic Party
Ike
Jenison
U. of S
Ralph Lesemann
Earl
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