Ragen Seeks Testimony On Aurora Trucker in Overweight Scam
Springfield AP State Safety Director Joseph Ragen said he will ask three state’s attorneys to summon Franklin Newkirk of Aurora before grand juries in Cook Will and Kane counties. Newkirk, 56, owner of three ready mix companies, has refused to name troopers to investigators probing the overweight truck scandal. Sixty one state troopers have been suspended in District 3 for the case that surfaced in July.
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Springfield
Joseph Ragen
Aurora
Ragen
Franklin Newkirk
Newkirk
Joliet
Naperville
Cook
Will
Kane
State Police District
Cook County
Beauty Puts School First Amid Miss America Fame
New Miss America Jacquelyn Jeanne Mayer, from Sandusky Ohio, says she has no steady boyfriends and will not marry until education ends. She recalls dieting to improve her figure and notes she was not attractive as a freshman. Mayer emphasizes education as crucial for a woman.
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New York
Jacquelyn Jeanne Mayer
Sandusky
Ohio
Northwestern University
Kennedy to visit St Louis for McDonnell inspection
President John F Kennedy will arrive in St Louis at 3 15 p m Wednesday to inspect the McDonnell Aircraft corporation facilities. The visit underscores federal support for the defense and aerospace industry.
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John F. Kennedy
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
Reds Down Plane U S Blamed For U 2 Flight
Taipei dispatch reports Red China claimed a U 2 spy plane was shot down after a routine high altitude reconnaissance mission over the mainland. Nationalists confirmed the other U 2 had been brought down and said it involved a Lockheed built aircraft bought in 1960. U S officials said operation was Nationalist and that data could be shared in intelligence exchanges. The incident follows a similar protest by the Soviet Union regarding a U 2 over Sakhalin. Fate of the Nationalist pilot remained undisclosed.
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Formosa
Red China
United States
Torla
U.S
Peiping
Defense Department
Red
State Department
Washington
United Staes
Soviet Union
Sakhalin Island
Japan
Blue rain clouds over south England mystery show
A blue rain shower streaked a 30 mile rural area near London under clear skies. Towns such as Egham Staines Chertsey Virginia Water Wentworth and Thorpe reported blue stains that dried quickly. A Scotland Yard spokesman attributed the phenomenon to jet planes from Farnborough air show dyeing vapor trails.
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London
Egham
Staines
Chertsey
Virginia Water
Wentworth
Thorpe
Scotland
Little Girl Identified in Unhappy Bus Terminal Mystery
Indianapolis case ends with police identifying four year old Jeannie Leo Odom as the missing child known as Smiley. Jeannie reunites with her mother, Mrs. Lois Jean Littler, at the Marie County Children's Guardian Home, as custody questions and shifting stories surround the disappearance. Mrs. Gitther, 27, Chicago, is charged with child neglect. $2,500 bond set.
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Littl “Smiley
Jeannie Leo Odom
Lois Jean Littler
Marie County Children’s Guardia
Smiley
Gitther
Chicago
Jeannie
Lord Howe
Ruby St. Clair
Terminal Ang
Rebel Rule In Algiers Put To End
Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella and Col Houari Boumedienne were Algeria's rulers and move to nominate a pro Boumedienne legislature. Boumedienne's 5,000-strong army entered Algiers ending Wilaya 4's seven week occupation. Crowds welcomed troops as guerrillas fled gunpoint rule and puritan Moslem aims.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Houari Boumedienne
Algeria
Boumedienne
Wilaya
Wilaya 4
National People's Army
Trade Act Under Fire
London, Sept. 10. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan opened a Commonwealth summit amid rising criticism of Britain's bid to join the European Common Market. Seventeen premiers gathered at Marlborough House for a 10 day session likely dominated by Britain's plans to join the six nation group. Demonstrations marked the opening of the 11th Commonwealth conference as questions arose about guaranteed Commonwealth trade if Britain enters the Market and tariff barriers rise.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Marlborough House
Europe
Commonwealth
Stratoscope II to lift telescope above Earth
Norwalk, Sept. 10 AP Scientists will launch Stratoscope II, a six ton telescope with a 36 inch quartz mirror, from Palestine Texas next February or March, to view Mars from 80 000 feet aloft via television. Twin balloons will lift the apparatus as it sways like a pendulum while motors and cameras keep the instrument fixed on a target.
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Camn
Mars
Earth
Mt. Palomar
Calif
Palestine
Tex
Washlington Monument
Weather note and sports score from obscure clipping
The item mentions a cool spell in southern Illinois with a fair week through Tuesday and cooler tonight. A wrestling score shows Law defeating an opponent 85 to 48 or 68 to 75 in a separate line. Details reference a weather map on page 14.
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Law
Eisenhower and Kennedy Hold White House Talks
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, back from a European tour, briefed President Kennedy on his observations and findings. The two conferred in the White House for over an hour before a 1 p.m. luncheon, discussing U S relations with Europe, Berlin tensions, and the Atlantic Alliance. This marks their fourth meeting since Inauguration Day 1961.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Eisenhower
White House
Newport
R. I
U. S
Europe
Berlin
Atlantic Alliance
McNamara asks Senate to back 150000 reserve call up
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, before the Senate Armed Services Committee with Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, urged swift approval of a White House resolution seeking authority to call up 150000 reserves to ensure a prompt, decisive response if the international situation worsens. He cited Berlin tensions and Cuba as potential flashpoints and noted gains in U S military strength since the Berlin crisis.
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Washington
Robert 5.McNamara
United States
McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wge
Congress
White House
U. S
Kennedy
Berlin
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Senate Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Cuba
Congo considers freeing Gizenga from island jail
The Congo government may free former Lumumbist Antoine Gizenga from his island prison. Informants say Premier Cyrille Adoula and cabinet see Gizenga as no longer a threat after eight months jailed for an unsuccessful coup attempt in Stanleyville.
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Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Cyrille Adoula
Gizenga
Adoula
Stanleyville
Hard To Get Home Fishing Was Fine In Newark
Two Newark men John McClary and Keith Oveson faced a dangerous rescue after a Labor Day fishing trip went wrong. They hiked down 1000 foot cliffs to reach a wild San Joaquin River pool, became trapped by boulders, and were later saved by forest rangers and Air Force personnel using a helicopter and rope system. They were finally brought to safety on a downstream sandbar and airlifted to safety.
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Calif
John McClary
Keith Oveson
Hayward
San Francisco Bay
Middle Fork
San Joaquin River
Made
Frent
Oveson
Air Force
Mecelly
McClary
Phere
Bill Offers Federal Aid To Area
The Senate sent to President Kennedy a bill authorizing $900 million in public works to create jobs in distressed areas. The measure passed 45 to 22 after overrriding a clerical error 38 to 30. The bill combines aspects of Kennedy’s proposal with House revisions and includes rural and urban eligibility, unemployment criteria, and a broad mix of project types from flood control to reclamation.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
White House
Congress
Soblen Suffers Brain Damage in coma ordeal
Dr Robert Soblen remains unconscious after a mass barbiturate dose to avoid extradition. Doctors say brain damage from oxygen deprivation is serious and could take time to assess as convulsions persist despite treatment.
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London
Robert Soblen
United States
Soblen
Cyril G. Barnes
Sablen
Hillingdon Hospital
New York
Barnes
US spy dies in San Diego veteran of World War II
William Warwick, a veteran member of the U.S. Foreign Service nicknamed Uncle Sam's master spy of World War II, died Sunday. He was credited with pinpointing Germany's Peenemunde V1 and V2 rocket bases for Allied bombers in 1943.
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William Warwick
the .S. Foreign Service
Uncle Sam
Ith
Germany
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