Lincoln Trail promotion plans to boost Illinois tourism
The Lincoln Heritage Trail Promotion Council with 58 Illinois communities will urge restaurants service stations motels and other tourist businesses along the Lincoln Trail in central and southern Illinois to raise service standards share a code of ethics and improve hospitality. Short courses may be offered by chambers of commerce and local chambers will push broader tourism efforts as representatives including Verlynn Sprague promote the heritage route and its reading of Lincoln’s circuit days.
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Stephen ‘Latarsky
Illinois
Lincoln Heritage Trail Promotion Council
Iinois
Central
Verlynn Sprague
Sprague
State Board of Economic Development
Chambers of Commerce
Gotfrey Hughes
Southern Illnois Inc
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
SEC Seeks Broad Powers for Market Regulation
The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to ask Congress for extensive new authority to regulate unlisted securities and curb fraud. It would enforce rules on the National Association of Securities Dealers and ensure that published price quotations are accurate and trustworthy.
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Securities and Exchange Mile Club
im-'Commission
Congress
Commission
National Association of Securities Dealers
Kaskaskia Link Blast Signals Shelbyville Dam Start
A May 4 ceremony in Shelbyville launched work on the $60 million Kaskaskia River flood control and canalization project. Gov Otlo Kerner said the dam will open vast river valley potential, create barge traffic, and boost agriculture and jobs as the 12 000 acre lake forms near Cowden and New Athens. About 30 000 lined the streets for the event.
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Shelbyville
TNY
Kaskaskia River
Gev
Otlo Kerner
Kaskaskia Valley
Champaign County
Randolph County
Kaskaskia
Carlyle
Pucture
Cowden
New Athens
Kerner
Great River
Birmingham Protest Overlorded by Police Water Cannons
In Birmingham Alabama a crowd of over 1,000 Negroes defied police and dogs as high pressure water hoses were turned on marchers. About 200 arrests occurred including 111 children. the total arrested since April 3 topped 1,400. Ministers urged calm and urged dispersal while President Kennedy expressed dismay over the unrest.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
William Greer
James Bevels
Steel City
Alabama
Eugene (Bull) Connor
City Hall
Lincoln Heritage Trail activates Illinois towns and routes
A new campaign expands the Lincoln Heritage Trail promotion across Illinois with decals featuring Lincoln and a push to improve tourist areas. Cities from Chester to Cairo plan page ads in a state tourist guide, with 48 page full color guides for national and state distribution.
Peking releases 27 Indian officers in 1944 border clash
Radio Peking said China released 27 Indian military officers detained after last fall’s border fighting. The officers were handed to Indian Red Cross representatives who traveled to Kunming to receive them. The freed group departed by air for India.
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Peking
Tokyo
China
South China
Kunming
Jodia
Jackson tax bill tops 444 million in county totals
Union County museum offers a glimpse of the past as page five highlights local history exhibits. Mrs. Harlan Beem is named secretary of the year in a feature on page 21, while a reapportionment battle wraps up on page 29.
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Jackson County
Union County Museum
Harlan Beem
185 Drowned In Nile River Disaster Story
A motor launch jammed with 200 Moslem pilgrims sank in the Nile River today. Police said only 15 survived and many families perished. The vessel, sized for 80, carried over 200, prompting authorities to arrest the conductor, captain, and owner who were aboard and survived pending an inquiry.
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Nile
Africa
First Lady Of New York Marriage Pushes Mrs Murphy Into Limelight
The report notes the marriage of socialite Margaretta Murphy to Dr James Slater Murphy in 1948 and her ascent to First Lady of New York, detailing her aristocratic background, education at Bryn Mawr and Princeton connections, Rockefeller ties, and public profile as a former ebullient fundraiser and swimmer.
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Rockefeller Institute
Margaretta
Happy) Murphy
Murphy
Princeton
Nelson
Rockefeller
Johns Hopkins
Sideefeller Institute
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Gowa
Shipley
Bryn Mawr
Murphys
Albany
Rockeveing
Pocan
Rockefeller Weds New York Governor in Private Estate Ceremony
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller married Margaretta Murphy in a private ceremony at the Rockefeller family estate in Westchester. The couple plan a honeymoon at the Rockefeller ranch in Venezuela, amid mixed views from Republicans on the political impact of the remarriage.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Margaretta
Happy) Murphy
Rockefeller
Jchester County
Rockefeller Ranch
Venezuela
Law
Cloudy and Cooler for Southern Illinois
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and a cooler spell through Sunday and Sunday night with a few showers and thunderstorms. Highs Sunday near 72 to 77, lows around 6. Monday turns partly cloudy and mild with scattered showers across the region. Additional details, map, page 18.
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Illinois
Kremlin Power Shift Seen In Kozlov Illness Report
The New York Times Service reports rising Kremlin tensions as party secretary Kozlov's illness fuels speculation on Khrushchev era leadership. Kosygin, Suslov, Shelepin, and others are named as possible successors amid a May Central Committee plenary and Sino-Soviet strains.
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Alexander Shelepin
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow
Peking
Khrushchev
Kosygin
Demonstration Set Tuesday In Springfield
Social workers plan public protests at the Illinois Capitol Tuesday against a seven week legislative deadlock that has halted ADC funds. Checks stop flowing Monday and officials warn the emergency could worsen daily. The dispute centers on ADC funding ceilings with a potential crime wave feared. Gov. Kerner calls an emergency meeting in Chicago as the legislature reconvenes in Springfield.
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Springfield
State Capitol
ADC
Olte Kerner
Ilinois Public Aid Commission
Chicago
Assembly
House
Senate
Maremont
Aid Officials Seek Stopgap Aid
Chicago May 4 AP Hopes for thousands of Timncis ans for a break in the dispute holding up their relief checks centered in meetings next week Daniel Walker Deerfield acting chairman of the Minors Public Aid Commission said he has asked staff to work up ways and means of aiding the needy It is a very critical situation he said The legislature will reconvene Tuesday Walker said even if agreement is reached IPAC could resume mailing checks only late next week Private welfare officials in Chicago plan a meeting with Mayor Richard J Daley Monday to see if the city can provide cash for emergency aid Daley said no one in Chicago will starve
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Chicago
Daniel Walker
Deerfield
Minors Public Aid Commission
Walker
IPAC
Richard
J. Daley
Daley
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