Soviet aviation day unveils new fighters and transport
Moscow observers watched 120 fighters 40 helicopter transports and 16 bombers fly at Tushino Airport as Khrushchev stressed defense over offense. The show featured delta wing interceptors two advanced “Farmer” fighters two “Flashlight” all weather fighters and a twin engine turboprop transport capable of short field ops. Western analysts found little startling and noted U S and British air chiefs witnessed the display.
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Twining
U.S
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Tushino
Iceland Election Yields No Clear Majority
Reykjavik June 25 AP Iceland's Conservative Independence party lost ground as Progressives and Social Democrats surged, potentially forming a coalition to oust U.S. forces from Keflavik and NATO bases. Preliminary counts show Conservatives at 11 seats, Progressives-Social Democrats at 25, Communists at 7, with one seat undecided. Domestic issues were eclipsed by demands for withdrawal of 5,000 to 6,000 U.S. troops and allied radar links.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Intendence Party
Atlantic
U.S
Keflavik
Olafur Thors
Ition
Air Force
Washington senator cites overseas bases as funding impetus
Sen. Jackson of Washington urged a billion-dollar Air Force budget increase, saying overseas bases from Iceland to Okinawa are increasingly unreliable due to political pressures that threaten support for the nation’s all-atomic power. He spoke on the Senate floor.
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Washington
Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Iceland
Okinawa
Minnie Mangum Gets 20 Years
Norfolk, June 25 AP Minnie Mangum ex-officer of an embezzlement wrecked financial institution was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Judge H Lawrence Bullock ordered 10 years for embezzling 1 082 968 25 and 10 years for giving false information to the State Corporation Commission, to run consecutively. Concurrent sentences of two each on eight indictments and two for false information and one for embezzlement of 17 000 were imposed.
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Norfolk
Minnie Mangum
Heard Corporation Court
H. Lawrence Bullock
State Corporation Commission
Bullock
Midget Driver Killed In Joliet Race Crash
Earl P. Sims a 30 year old from Chicago was killed Saturday night when his midget car crashed into a wall during a race at Joliet Memorial Stadium.
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Joliet
Earl P. Sims
Chicago
Joliet Memorial Stadium
Weather forecast for Illinois with thunderstorms
Warm humid conditions prevail in Illinois with partly cloudy skies and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Tonight and Tuesday bring more thunderstorms with a low around 70 and a high near 90. Tuesday night dips to the upper 60s.
Weather data fragment from Crab Orchard area
Yesterday low 68. day high 95. today 76 at 6 pm and 57 inches from 7 am to 7 pm. Noon today 57 inches. Sunrise 4:30 am, sunset 7:35 pm. Crab Orchard Lake 2 inches below spillway today. Little Grassy Lake inches below spillway today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Defense Official Urges Restore Slashes in Foreign Aid
Defense Department spokesman E. Parkins McGuire told the Senate Appropriations Committee that capping foreign military aid at 402 million dollars in Europe would nearly destroy the Allied arming program. He urged restoring House cuts totaling a billion and warned that limits would force abandonment or reduction of major European weapons projects including conventional arms and advanced missiles. He stressed the need to counter Soviet military growth with adequate U S and Allied defenses.
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Washington
Defense Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Europe
E. Parkins McGuire
Defense
House
Spain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McGuire
Rhee Optimistic on Reunification Prospects in Korea
President Syngman Rhee told about 10,000 in Seoul that the outlook for early Korean reunification is brighter than ever as allies awaken to armistice failures. He spoke at a ceremony marking the sixth anniversary of the Korean War start.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
US Businessman Leaves Red China After Five-Year Wait
Charles Sydney Miner an American businessman who waited over five years in Shanghai for a permit to exit Red China departed for the United States by air. He arrived in Hong Kong May 19 after seven years in Shanghai and said he was not imprisoned or mistreated. He had signed deals to close his Shanghai interests and was due to reach New York on July 14. His wife Maria accompanied him.
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Charles Sydney Miner
Shanghai
Red China
United States
Miner
Hong Kong
Shanghai Post and Evening Mercury
C. V. Starr
Reds
New York
Washington, D.C
Maria
Shanghei
Steel Contract Talks Resume At Conference Table
The steel industry talks restarted today between United Steelworkers and the Big Three U S Steel Republic and Bethlehem after a one day recess. Eight other firms await outcome as contracts covering 650 000 workers expire next Saturday midnight. A statement from U S S Steel Bethlehem and Republic says the offer would raise wages and benefits by 4200 over five years for 550 000 USW members.
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United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
U. S&s. Steel
Clue Clarified For Stinker Fans In Puzzle No 90
Southern Illinoisan explains clue 3 in puzzle 90 reads It would receive widespread publicity no doubt if one were charged with a grave offense. The note helps readers who had trouble deciphering the published hint.
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Clue
Stinker
Southern Illinoisan
Nasser is elected Egypt’s first president in secret ballot
Cairo reports Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser won over 90 percent of votes as Egypt’s first elected president in a national referendum. A new constitution was approved 97.7 percent. About 94 percent of 5,720,000 registered voters participated, with 99.7 percent supporting Nasser. The only alternative was a vote against him.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Farouk
Interior Ministry
Nasser
State VFW re elects Carmi veteran
Desmond C. Fortner of Carmi was re elected state commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the organization's annual convention. Mrs. Alva M. Johnson of East St. Louis was named commander of the ladies auxiliary. Other officers include Edward Oakes of Champaign senior vice commander Otis Banks of East St. Louis second vice commander Carl H. Pearson of Chicago third vice commander and Robert Ross of Elgin sergeant at arms. Auxiliary officers include Mrs. Bernice Rabin Chicago senior vice commander Mrs. Lillian Hefferly Granite City first vice commander Mrs. Mary M. Sprague Chicago second junior vice commander and Miss Ann E. Manau Chicago adjutant treasurer.
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East St. Louis
Desmond C. Fortner
Carmi
Alva M. Johnson
Ladies Auxiliary
DAV
Edward Oakes
Champaign
Otis Banks
Carl H. Pearson
Chicago
Robert Ross
Elgin
Auxiliary
Bernice Rabin
Lillian Hefferly
Granite City
Mary M. Sprague
Ann E. Manau
Truman Calls Presidency a Killing Job and Solution
London June 25 AP Harry Truman called the American presidency a killing job for one man and urged training young men for the role as the only solution He refused to discuss Eisenhower illness noting the office is a six man job He hosted British Labour leaders and recalled Churchill as keen and energetic after a weekend reunion
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Harry Truman
Truman
Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill
Mine Owner Shoots Miner in Coal Valley
In Coal Valley on Saturday, mine owner John Milke, 62, shot and killed William McGinpsey, 38, after a heated argument. McGinpsey, a father of four and resident of Coal Valley, died at the scene. authorities report Milke used a shotgun at his mine.
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Coal Valley
Henry County
John Milke
William McGinpsey
Milke
McGinpsey
Heart attack kills swimmer after river boating accident
Joseph M. Farinella, 27, former Glade star at Lewis College, died of a heart attack while swimming ashore after an outboard boat capsize in the Kankakee River Sunday. He was a Berwyn salesman. His wife witnessed the drowning attempt from the riverbank and collapsed.
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Joseph M. Farinella
Lewis College
Kankakee River
Farinella
Berwyn
Chicago
80 Are Killed In Algiers Rebel Mop Up
Algiers June 25 AP French forces reported killing about 80 rebels in a large operation in the Aures Mountains southeast of Algiers. The band, estimated at 200 to 300, encircled near Edgar-Quinet as fighting continued to wipe them out. About 50 rifles and three submachine guns were seized.
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Algiers
Aures
Algieria
Edgar-Quinet
Pair Caudit After Wild Chase on Route 66
Two jailbreakers from Louisville were captured by state officer Dean Kinsell after a 110 mph chase on U S Route 66. Their stolen 1951 auto crashed after veering to avoid a truck, rolling twice but causing no injuries. Penn, 29, and Powell, 21, had escaped Friday from a Louisville jail while awaiting armed robbery arraignment.
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Pontiac
Louisville
Dean Kinsell
Heyworth
Auto North
Kinsell
Arthur E. Penn
Jerry Powell
Penn
Powell
No Strip Shows In Russia
Twenty five Russian tourists on a nine day West Germany sightseeing swing visited a night club. They watched nude dancers and, through guides from Intourist, concluded that such shows are impossible in Russia because people there are not interested.
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Russia
West Germany
Soviet Intourist Travel Bureau
Thirty Die in Nigerian Plane Crash In Kano Storm
A British Overseas Airways Argonaut four engine airliner crashed near Kano in northern Nigeria after taking off from Kano en route Lagos to London. Thirty people perished including one American Mobiloil Nigeria area manager G K Eyseman from Mohawk New York. Survivors numbered 18 with four crew members and five passengers. The American’s wife and daughter were in the United States. The steward L A Ward from Reading England was missing.
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Nigeria
G. K. Eysaman
Mohawk
N. Y
Mobiloil Nigeria, Ltd
Ibadan
New York
United States
Ann
L. A. Ward
Reading
England
Kay Buckley
British Overseas Airways Argonaut
Lagos
London
Tripoli
Libya
Kano
H. V. Tomlinson
Royal Air Force
Kane
Rebels Shoot Cyprus Judge In Narrow Street Ambush
In Nicosia two gunmen shot British Judge Bernard Shaw in the head and neck as he sat in a guarded car near an Armenian quarter street. Shaw, presiding over a special emergency court, was taken to a hospital in serious condition after the attack.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Britain
Old City
Ike and Mamie Eisenhower Plan Gettysburg Convalescence
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower intend to drive to their Gettysburg farm after discharge from Walter Reed as his convalescence progresses. White House secretary James Hagerty said plans include spending their 50th wedding anniversary at the farm, with a Panama City visit planned for July 21 22 and Nehru's talks postponed. Sen. Bridges noted that Eisenhower may still pursue a second term, while doctors reported the operation stitches removed and recovery proceeding satisfactorily.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Walter Reed Army Hospital
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Panama City
India
Nehru
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
Miss Illinois winner from Collinsville chosen for Miss America
Tillie Micheletto a 23-year-old Collinsville brunette and Lindewood College junior was selected Miss Illinois from 24 contestants at the Miss Illinois pageant. She will represent Illinois in Atlantic City in September. Micheletto won a $400 scholarship along with a trophy and gift certificates. Jeanne Begalke and Marilyn Younglove placed second and third, with Barbar Ann Trosley and Jean Cathryn Cutler among other finalists.
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Wood River
Tillie Micheletto
Collinsville
Illinois
Atlantic City
Lindewood College For Women
St. Louis
Micheletto
Jeanne Begalke
West Chicago
Marilyn Younglove
DuPage
Barbar Ann Trosley
Jean Cathryn Cutter
Bloomingson- Hugnal
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