Four Men Aboard Barges Killed or Missing After Ice Co Explosion
Two dead and two missing after a violent explosion at Ice Co docks near Hartford. Two barges sank and debris spread over a six block area as rescuers hunted in a rainstorm. Identified dead are Billie Maggart 25 East Alton and David Sorgea 23 Hartford. Missing are Earnest Kanter 49 East Alton and Charles B Knight 35 Hartford. Authorities blamed volatile fumes and noted a steam plant and nearby barge were damaged. The Southern Towing Co barge owned the wreck and National Marine Service equipment also harmed.
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Ice Co
Hartford
Billie Maggart
Alton
David Sorgea
Sorgea
Paris
Earnest Kanter
East Alton
Charles B Knight
Knight
Kanter
Moro
ay company
Milford Jacob
Wood River
Herbert Horton
Madison County
George Payme
the
Southern Towing Co
National Marine Service
Beverly
Cecilia
Johnny
$400 000 Suit Is Entered in Court
Two Granite City men Guy M. Lahar and Otto A. Willaredt are named as defendants in a Madison County Circuit Court damage suit totaling 400000 arising from a crash at Illinois Route 3 and Maryville Road. The plaintiffs William P. Green and Robert McCommas allege severe and permanent injuries with Green and McCommas each seeking 100000.
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Granite City
Madison County
Illnois
Maryville Road
Guy M. Lahar
Otto A. Willaredt
William P. Green
Robert McCommas
Green
Lahar
Willaredt
McCommas
Illinois House Eyes Flat Income Tax Bill
A Illinois bill would impose a flat 2 percent income tax on residents and corporations, paired with sales and property tax reductions. Rep. Joe Russell claims $336 million yearly revenue and tax relief for about 75 percent of residents, with some paying more. Other measures include election law tweaks and a new House Judicial Committee leadership slate.
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WILLIAM FEURER
United Press International SPRINGFIELD
UPI
Piperity Democrat
Illinois
Joe Russell
Russell
George Sp. Dolezal
R-Berwyn
Dolezal
Zlection Laws Commission
Meeting To Discuss Public Buildings In Madison County
County Clerk Eulalia How announced four board of supervisors committees will meet March 11 at 2 30 p m to discuss establishing a public building commission in Madison County The Detention Home New Buildings Finance and County Jail Committees will hear experts in public financing discuss the proposal The commission could sell bonds to finance new buildings and the county would rent from the commission with rent paying the bonds Miss How said she has mailed letters to other Illinois counties to learn if they have building commissions and responses are pending
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Eulalia How
board of supervisors
public building commission
Madison
building commission
Hotz
Iinois
Weather Outlook for Edwardsville
Today's conditions show decreasing clouds and a bit colder night with precipitation ending. Wednesday brings considerable cloudiness and warmer temperatures. Low around the 20s tonight. High near the 40s tomorrow. Edwardsville range today 35 to 41 degrees.
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Edwardsville
Copper and brass firms fined for price fixing
Eight leading copper and brass companies and five executives were fined 158000 in U S District Court for conspiring to fix prices. Judge Blumenfeld assigned 132000 to companies and 26000 to individuals with no appeal, dated after April 1. Fines reflect executive salaries, with listed firms including Bridgeport Brass, Phelps Dodge, and Calumet and Hecla, among others.
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HARTFORD, Conn
UPL
M. Joseph Blumenfeld
U.S. District Court
Blumenfeld
Revere
Copper and Brass Co
New York
Calumet and Hecla, Inc
Chicago
Bridgeport Brass Co
Bridgeport
Phelps-Dodge, Inc
Progress Mfg. Co
Philadelphia
Cerra Corp
Triangle Conduit and Cable, Inc
New Brunswick
N.J
Edgar P. Dunlaevy
Phelps- Dodge
Richard H. Lewin
Cerro
John M. Dumser
Wolverine
Calumet and
Hecla
Bridgeport Brass
Richard L. Allen
Alfred C. Dappert
Mueller
Authorities Seek Cause of Tragedy
The explosion at William Hanks’s house on Third Avenue leveled the home at 2 55 pm Monday killing his wife Eleanor 49 and injuring Hanks 53 and son William Jr 23. She died at St Joseph Hospital Alton. The family and neighbors aided in the rescue as fire and gas crews investigated. Authorities indicated gas was unlikely the cause though a broken gas line burned briefly. investigators will continue to probe the scene.
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William S Hanks
Third Ave
Coolbaugh
Hanks garage C intelligencer
Hanks
ELDON KNOCHE
The
Intelligencer
William
Eleanor
William Jr
Woody
peconus
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Alton
Krous
Marvin L. Tedder
Granite City
Maxwell Bratten
Howard Dutton
John Hartung
Moose Lodge
Moose
Hartung
tme
City Hall
L. L. Kneier
Third
Longfellow Avenues
Mr. Kneler
Edward Koenig
Koenig
Budget Commission Rejects Hike in State Aid Formula
SPRINGFIELD The Budgetary Commission rounds out its year by turning down a proposal to raise the state aid formula for public schools. It approved $64 million in new money for schools while keeping the $252 per student per year formula at current levels, passing the cut vote without opposition. The panel overall trimmed about $220 million from requests but endorsed increases totaling $270 million for universities, common schools, mental health, and public aid. Commission Chairman Sen. Everett R. Peters warned tax hikes may be needed if governors and legislature accept the panel's guidance.
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SPRINGFIELD
API
Budgetary Commission
commission
Everett R. Peters
St. Joseph
Otto Kerner
Edward Eberspacher
Shelbyville
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R.-Marshall
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House Public Aid Committee
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Kneier
Clarence Schroen
John J. Caban
Robert Wood
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Second Ave
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