Romantic River Trip Aground near Cape Girardeau
Two young women from Wisconsin and Illinois set out on a Mississippi River raft trip from St Louis. A storm forces them to ride towboats, one falls overboard, they endure rain and insects, drift to a shore, camp in mud, then find shelter with a river work crew and travel on to Milwaukee and New Orleans by bus.
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Cape Girardeau
Mananva Ahine
Salkoping
Sweden
Betty Kozark
Downers Grove
St. Louis
Big
St Louis
Chester
Til
Miss
Kozak
Miss Ahine
Alte
Missouri
Wittenberg
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Weather Outlook With Warm Weekend Showers Forecast
Forecast calls for sun and much warmer conditions Sunday and Sunday night. Mostly sunny Monday with scattered afternoon showers. Highs around 81, lows near 60 to 46. Weekend temperatures show highs near 66 to 70 and Saturday around 54 evening. Sunrise at 6:31 a.m., sunset about 9:32 p.m.
Dag Handles Spy Complaint Against U N Secretary General
Czechoslovakia accused the United States in a cloak and dagger complaint, saying Washington sought to expel delegate Miroslav Navvalac for refusing to become an American spy. The U N countered that Navvalac worked for Czechoslovakia.
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Czechoslovakia
Dag Hammarskjold
United States
U. N
Miroslav Nacvalac
Navvalac
Laos Princes Agree On Unity Government Formation
In Zurich the tree warring Laos princes reached in principle agreement on forming a national unity government. They differed over having King Savang take the reins, while Souphanouvong and Souphanouvong’s half brother Souvanna Phouma urged neutralist leadership. General Phoumi Nosavan said a first general conference will be held Sunday to finalize details.
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Switzerland
Laos
Boun
Savang
Valhalla
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phowma
Bie
Talis
Geneva
Souvanna
Fhouma
Phourmi Nosavan
Bown Oum
Boun Oum
Phoumi
Hammarakjold
Reds Stall Tangle Over Nuclear Test Ban
Washington reports President Kennedy warned Khrushchev that the U S may resume nuclear testing if Russia blocks a test ban treaty. An American aide memoire accused the Soviet Union of stalling in Geneva and Vienna, urging safeguards against cheating and warning of wider proliferation.
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Warren Rogers Jr
Herald Tribune
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Kennedy
Khrushchev
United States
Russia
Kremlin
White House
Geneva
Vienna
Soviet Union
Ussr
Moscow
J. Kenneth Galbraith
U. S
India
Japan
West Germans Rally Against Soviet Demands Across Berlin
West Germans gathered in mass anti Red demonstrations to reject Premier Khrushchev’s plan and protests marking the eighth anniversary of the East German revolt. Leaders Adenauer Brandt and others urged nationwide free elections to decide Germany’s fate. Bonfires lit along the frontier and wreaths laid at memorials framed a day of unity amid East German protests calling demonstrators fascist troublemakers.
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Berlin
Tadey
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
Willy Brandt
Soviet Union
East Germany
Germany
East Geren
Inside The Southern Illinois News Briefs Summary
Union County museum to open as Cubs and Reds staging area featured. Len Dirksen wins oratorical contest. Littler wins U S Open. Pipes heads SIGA golf. Page references indicate additional items and updates.
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Heartee
New Hope
Union County Museum
Len Dirksen
Littler
U S Nuclear Submarine Model Promptly Provokes Security Alarm
Admiral Rickover testified that a $2.58 Polaris submarine toy model, made from official Navy blueprints, revealed vital reactor and crew details. He warned the model could let a hostile designer gain millions in free information, pressing for tighter controls amid interservice rivalry.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U. S
Hyman G. Rickover
Tam
United States
Supe
Rickover
George Washingto
Army
Navy
Air Force
Polaris
Night Sessions Push Illinois Legislature Toward Adjou
Night sessions extend to Friday as the 72nd Illinois General Assembly fights a heavy work load with a June 30 adjournment deadline. Veterans fear a repeat of 1959 clock-stopping near midnight, to avoid two-thirds votes. Major bills linger in both chambers. House debate lengthens while Gov. Kerner awaits revenue measures to fund a record $31 billion two-year budget.
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Luinois General Assembly
Novy
Te Senate
House
Oslo Kerner
Shin Strike Talks Snag in East Coast Shipping Labor War
New York June 17 AP The first in face meetings aimed at ending the East Coast shipping strike broke up amid anger with reports of progress The strike began Thursday midnight and involves 3000 crew members on nearly 1000 vessels across the East West and Gulf coasts The session was arranged at Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg's request
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New York
Labor
Artin J. Goldberg
Times Wire Service To Be Added To Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan will begin carrying dispatches from the New York Times wire service starting July 1. Content includes news features and commentary from the world renowned newspaper in addition to the full Associated Press service.
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Southern Illinoisan
New York ‘Times
Associated Press
Jeff Chandler Dies After Spinal Surgery Complications
Movie star Jeff Chandler died at 42 from septicemia blood poisoning and complications from spinal surgery performed five weeks earlier. He lingered in critical condition, with multiple operations and a May hospitalization, before Funeral services were planned at Temple Isaiah in West Los Angeles.
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Hollywood
Jude
Jeff Chandler
Temple
Isaiah
Los Angeles
Pri
Mill
Memorial Park
Group Fights Tractor Deal in Cuba Prison Negotiations
A group of Indianapolis residents urged the Seventh U S Circuit Court of Appeals to halt talks by a private citizens committee seeking release of about 1,200 prisoners captured in Cuba. They asked Attorney General Robert Kennedy to intervene against negotiations with Prime Minister Fidel Castro.
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Indianapolis
Us, Circuit Court of Appeals
Cuba
Robert Kennedy
Tractors For Freedom
Fisia Castro
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