Dalai Lama Says China Plans Mass Tibetan Settlement
The Dalai Lama in Mussoorie accuses Communist China of planning to settle five million Chinese in Tibet to swamp the Tibetan race. He condemns the Lhasa government as a Chinese puppet and vows not to return until Tibet regains pre-1950 rights. He notes a 1951 treaty signed under threat and urges practical international consideration of Tibet’s true situation. He also mentions the Panchen Lama’s lack of freedom under Beijing.
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Mussoorie
India
Dalai Lama
China
Tibet
Lhasa
Godking
Birla House
Red Chinese
Peiping
Dalai
Buddha
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Red China
Johnson Unit Nearly Ready
Grading for the Johnston City low cost housing project is underway. Midland Construction Co. of Harrisburg is building the $277,960 project on a four acre site. About half the 26 duplex units are 95 percent complete with completion expected soon in good weather.
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Johnston City
Lawrence Reed
Midland Construction Co
Harrisburg
Reed
Police Brief in Herrin Fine for Intoxication
Herrin man Piliney Basaggio paid a $10 fine and costs after being arrested for intoxication. Police Magistrate Earl May levied the fine following an arrest at 10 p m Friday by Assistant Police Chief Calvin Hazel and Policeman Herbert Long.
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Herrin
Piliney Basaggio
Hertin
Earl May
Calvin Hazel
Herbert Long
Rites Sunday for W. W. Allard
Voltaire Walter Allard 37 of Riverton died Thursday in Springfield Memorial Hospital. A WWII veteran and shoe repairman, he was born June 2, 1922 in Dowell. He leaves a son David Crawfordsville Ind two brothers Marat Jerry Gus Blanchy and France and a sister Mrs Louise Delforge. Funeral 2 pm Sunday Gilbert Funeral Home with Rev M E Frank officiating. Burial in Harrison Cemetery.
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W. W. Allard
Voltaire
Walter Allard
Riverton
Springfield Memorial Hospital
Christopher
Dowell
August
Eugenia Allard
The
Baptist Church
David
Crawfordsville
Ind
Marat
St. Louis
Jerry
Gus
Blanchy
France
East St. Louis
Louise Delforge
Gilbert Funeral Home
M. E. Frank
Eisenhower urges fuel tax increase to save highway trust fund
President Eisenhower, shown troubled, presses Congress for a 1 cent a gallon motor fuel tax rise to avert a deficit in the interstate highway trust fund. Hagerty warns there will be no July August apportionments and only small sums for 1961, halting new contracts and ongoing programs. House panel debates the plan amid opposition.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Interstate Highway Trust Fund
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
House
Ways and Means
Public Works Committee
Highway Trust Fund
General Treasury
Zeigler Man to Sing with Army Chorus
Kenneth Bryan Corcoran, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Corcoran of 116 School St Zeigler, will leave June 23 to sing with the Army Chorus in Washington DC He earned a bachelor’s degree in music education last week from Indiana University Bloomington For the past two years he was assistant minister of music at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Indianapolis
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Kenneth Bryan Corcoran
Charles Corcoran
School St
Zeigler
Army Chorus
Washington, D.C
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis
Woman Jailed for Driving While Intoxicated
Edna Walker of Herrin was sentenced to 60 days in Williamson County jail by Police Magistrate Earl May after failing to pay a $100 fine plus costs for driving while intoxicated. She promised to pay within a week and was arrested by Policeman Herbert Long.
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Edna Walker
Herrin
Williamson County
Earl May
May
Herbert Long
Penitentiary Term For Break-In At Sparta School
Clyde Wayne Collier 18 of Sparta was sentenced to six months at Vandalia State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to burglary in Randolph County Court. Collier and two companions Larry Joe Wallace 16 and Vernon Eugene Donaby 15 both of Sparta admitted breaking into the Sparta Consolidated Grade School. The two minors were declared delinquents and referred to the Illinois Youth Commission in Randolph County.
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Clyde Wayne Collier
Sparta
Vandalia State Penal Farm
Rudolph County
Collier
Larry Joe Wallace
Vernon Eugene Donaby
Illinois Youth Commission
Randolph County Court
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James Murphy
Harrisburg Electric Co
Piano Tuners School
Caseyville East
St. Louis, Fll
Ilinois Utilities Co
Telephone du Quair
Benton—Ge
Buckner
West Frankfort
Marion
Ferrin
Carterville
S. Division
Emma and Market St
West Main Street
Boggia’s Grocery
E. Main Street
Broadway
Main Street
16Th Street
Illinois
Carbondale
North Illinois
Murphysboro
Walnut Street
Washington
ARMY
Havana
Rex Loan
W. Main
Heckel’s, Inc
North Division
Durang
MFA Mutual Insurance
ILL
Willhite
Ae Ted A Be
Tee Sam
Mabie i
Ben’s Shoe Outlet
Willhite’s
Famous Brands
Children’s Canvas Shoes
Deb
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