Five Salesmen Fined After Herrin Arrest
Five door to door salesmen were fined for soliciting without a Herrin city permit after complaints. They faced Justice of the Peace Pat Ballard and paid ten dollar fines plus eight dollars ninety cents costs each. Names listed include Ronald Spaugh, James Mackelvey Jr, Donald Martin, George Ventres, and Larry Bradley. They were reportedly selling encyclopedias.
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Herrin City
Herrin
Roy Cole
Justice of the Peace
Pat Ballard
Ronald Spaugh
Lost Bridge Road
Decatur
James B. Mackelvey Jr
St. Louis
Donald Martin
Olive St
George Ventres
Maple Ave
Larry Bradley
Utah St
Youth Injured In Rt. 142 Crash Near McLeansboro
An 18 year old McLeansboro youth, Mike Eugene Meadows, sustained major injuries when his car struck a bridge abutment on Rt 142 one mile south of McLeansboro. He was treated at McLeansboro Hospital. No injuries were reported in a separate two car crash on Rt 148 north of Irvington involving George Long of Centralia and Percy Poe of Hot Springs Arkansas.
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McLeansboro
District 13
du Quoin
Mike Eugene Meadows
Meadows
Rt. 148
Irvington
George Long
Rt. 5
Centralia
Percy Poe
Hot Springs
Ark
Thousands pack Chicago Trade Fair opening at Navy Pier
More than 30 000 people throng Navy Pier as Mayor Daley opens the 1960 International Trade Fair. The 80 million dollar event spans two miles of exhibits with 21 nations. A Friday night fireworks show and a commercial buyers focus precede an expected 600 000 cash customers before closing July 5. Performers include Javanese Geisha girls Austrian high wire artists French can can dancers and South African balancers.
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Chicago
Navy Pier
Richard J. Daley
Lake Michigan
Ia,ou
Rome displays 2000-year-old forum column in Brasilia
Rome presents a column from its 2000-year-old forum to stand before the presidential palace in Brasilia as Brazil's new inland capital steps forward. The gesture emphasizes historical ties and regional significance for the relocated capital.
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Brasilia
Rome
Brazil
Florida vacation tour by Presley returns Illinois group
A group of 546 travelers from Illinois and Missouri completed a Florida trip organized by Wayman Presley. The riders, including 145 from Carbondale, paid about 95 dollars for round trip fare five days hotel and ten meals, far below the typical 225 dollar cost. They toured Miami Beach Florida keys and deep sea fished, inspiring praise from railroad officials and Floridians alike. The group presented Presley a money-filled cigar box to fund Bald Knob Cross work.
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Miami Beach
Illinois
Carbondale
Wayman Presley
Makanda
St. Louis
Rossclare
Florida
Illinois Central Railroad
Presley
E. R. Vaughn
Bald Knob Cross
X Rays Destroyed In Kane County Fire
Fire officials blamed spontaneous combustion for a blaze that ruined about half a million chest X rays at Kane County Spring Brook Sanitarium. No patients were endangered. The films dated to 1920 and were valued by physicians.
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Kane County
Springbrook Sanitarium
Andres Pierce
North Aurora
House Sets $25 A Day Limit For Members On Trips
The House Administration Committee on Thursday set a $25 per diem cap for members on government trips effective July 1, after a Knight newspapers investigation reported some members spent up to $103 daily. Executive branch staff face a $12 per diem limit with prior approval required for higher costs. Separate dispatch notes American tourists as the biggest spenders in Hong Kong’s British China Coast colony, with $63 million spent, including $7 million by servicemen.
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Crusade
Washington AF House
House Administration Committee
Executive Branch
Knight Newspapers
Hong Kong
China Coast
Nixon Favored Over Kennedy by Party Leaders Poll
Gallup surveyed 3,393 county chairmen from both parties. Nixon would win 61 percent to 39 percent for Kennedy, with strong GOP confidence nationwide except New England where Kennedy leads. In the South Nixon edges Kennedy 73 to 27 percent. The pattern mirrors Eisenhower's preconvention margins in 1952 and 1956.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N.J
Nixon
Sen
John Kennedy
Gallup
Kennedy
Massachusetts
New England
GOP
Mid-Atlantic
Ntral
South
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Eaton Heads Lions Club in Carbondale for 1960 61
William C. Eaton, Carbondale city commissioner, was installed Friday as president of the Carbondale Lions Club for 1960 1961. He succeeds 1959 1960 President William Winstead. New officers include Robert Chaniels first vice president Roger Spear second vice president Horton Talley third vice president Wayne Givens secretary Glenn Kitzman treasurer Ralph Johnson Ray Pulliam tail twisters T A Young greeter and lion tam er. Committee chairmen are S L Rinella membership James Jenkins attendance and Don Staples program.
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William C. Eaton
Carbondale
Friday
Carbondale Lions Club
William Winstead
Robert Chaniels
Roger Spear
Horton Talley
Wayne Givens
Glenn Kitzman
Eaton
Ralph Johnson
Ray Pulliam
T. A. Young
S. L. Rinella
James Jenkins
Don Staples
St Louis Hopes to Recount Missing Population
A crash program seeks to prove the Census Bureau wrong about St Louis population at 764,844 after a 91,252 drop since 1950. Mayor Tucker leads a recheck with press, radio and TV cooperation aiming to finish by June 30. Citizens urged to mail in “are you counted?” forms.
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U.S. Census Bureau
St. Louis
Raymond R. Tucker
Four More French Colonies To Gain Independence
Four more members of the French Community will become fully independent in the first week of August. Niger Dahomey Upper Volta and the Ivory Coast are listed among those set to shed colonial ties and establish sovereign status.
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Paris
Niger
Dahomey
Upper Volta
Ivory Coast
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