Hayes crashes plane ends era for Du Quoin figure
Don M. Hayes a longtime Du Quoin State Fair leader and Hambletonian advocate is identified as the pilot of the wrecked aircraft found on a northwestern Kentucky farm. The Illinoisan report notes Hayes 55 and his wife Ruby 52 left Chicago’s Midway Airport Saturday.
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du Quoin
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Illinois
Albion
Hayes
Ruby
Chicago
Midway
Wreckage Found in Kentucky Linked to Fair President
Du Quoin State Fair president Don M. Hayes and his wife Ruby were missing and presumed dead after a Beechcraft De Bonair crash south of Mt. Vernon Indiana and east of Henderson Kentucky. The couple left Chicago Saturday for Southern Illinois, had radio contact near Evansville, and were last seen at Mattoon, Illinois. Local and state authorities searched, with volunteers from Carbondale aiding frantic efforts. Hayes, 55, had led the fair since 1964 and received multiple local honors.
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Don Hayes
Illinois
du Quoin
Hayes Fair Acres
Lusty
Goshen
Inly
Hayes
Gene
Gene Hayes
New York
Ruby
E. Roland Harriman
Hambletonian Society
Harriman
Don Jr
du Quoin State Fair
Don M. Hayes
Chicago
Midway Airport
Mattoon
Sportsman’s Park
Southern Illinois
Carole
Gene Seibert
Southern Illinois Airport
Memorial
Evansville
Ind
Carbondale
Charles Wells
Salem
Seibert
Wells
Southern Illinois University
Don Boma
al Goodwin
Bob Zimmer
Thomas Young
Fred Leach
Hank Patchett
Revenue plan sparks tax boost in Illinois session
Gov Otto Kerner and lawmakers discussed a half cent sales tax increase as the core revenue plan. House Speaker Ralph Smith said talks remain close but unresolved as caucuses prepare with multiple modified plans amid opposition to proposed college tuition hikes.
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Otto Kerner
Kerner
Ralph T. Smith
R-Alton
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Smith
Johnson to hold talks with Romanian leader and U S lawmakers
President Johnson plans further meetings today with Romania's prime minister Ion Maurer and with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders following the U N session with Soviet premier Kosygin. No word on a White House news conference. Romania urged negotiations at the U N debates. Maurer extended invitation to visit the White House.
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Romania
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
United Nations
House
George Christian
Middle East
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
White House
Flight Instructor Describes Don Hayes As A Safe Pilot
Hayes, a several year veteran, was praised by an instructor as a fine pilot. Bob Piland of the Southern Illinois Airport oversaw Hayes solo flight and sometimes flew his plane when weather worsened. Piland noted Hayes avoided taking risks in bad weather and preferred to have someone else fly.
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Don Hayes
Bob Piland
Southern Illinois Airport
Hayes
Don
Piland
Albania accuses Soviet plot at UN session over Middle East
Albanian Foreign Minister Nesti Nasi told the General Assembly that Kosygin’s talks with Johnson betray Arabs and world peoples. He condemned Soviet aid as a fraud and urged condemnation of Israel for premeditated aggression with U.S. and British backing.
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United Nations
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Nasi
U. S
Israel
Britain
Kosygin Returns Home After U N Visit and Cuba Stop
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin departed Kennedy Airport for Cuba ending a nine day United States stay. He met with President Johnson in Glassboro and urged tensions reduction while reaffirming stance on the Arab Israeli conflict.
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Johnson
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Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Anastas I. Mikoyan
College
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N.J
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Middle East
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Moscow
Nugent Baby To Leave Hospital After First Public Photo
Patrick Lyndon Nugent, Lyndon B Johnson’s grandchild, is shown in a private fourth floor maternity room photo as Luci Johnson Nugent and her husband Patrick J Nugent prepare to take their newborn home from Seton Hospital Austin. A nurse Mary Gfeller assisted.
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Patrick J. Nugent
Lyndon Johnson
Littie Lyn
Luci Johnson Nugent
Seton Hospital
White House
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Patrick
Luci
Mary Gfeller
Washington, D.C
Parker Leaves Estate to Rev King and NAACP
Dorothy Parker's will names Rev Martin Luther King Jr and the NAACP as beneficiaries. King receives semiannual income from a trust funded by Parker's copyrights royalties and contract rights during his life, with the trust principal passing to the NAACP after his death.
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Dorothy Parker
Martin Luther King Jr
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Miss Parker
King
NAACP
Weather outlook for Wynne Wycombe region
Partly cloudy with a warm trend tonight and Tuesday. Slight chances of showers or thunder showers late tonight into Tuesday. Lows around mid 60s tonight. Highs near mid 80s Tuesday. Details and map on page 14.
Glassboro Summit Ends With Hopes For Progress
Johnson and Kosygin wrapped 10 hours of talks in Glassboro without final deals yet signaling cautious optimism. They instructed Rusk and Gromyko to pursue formal accords on nuclear arms and broader peace issues while Kosygin emphasized linked steps for Middle East and Vietnam as paths to peace.
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Associated Press
Glassboro
N.J
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Washington
Moscow
Kosygin
U.N
Kosylyn
Asian Troops Battle Cong in Vietnam Front Lines
South Vietnamese paratroopers and South Korean Marines bore the brunt of ground fighting on Sunday and reported 148 Communist soldiers killed. U.S. units conducted 21 major ground sweeps with light contact. American air missions over North Vietnam reached 153, mostly against supply routes, while pilots avoided Haiphong due to weather.
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Phu Yen
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