City Ballots For April 16 Aldermanic Election Printed
Drafts of ballots for the April 16 aldermanic election have been delivered to the printer by City Clerk Alvin E. Wooldridge. The list names Ward by Ward election workers and head judges plus polling places at Turner Hall, Buhrmester Wallpaper, Public Library, Hurst Pontiac, and Montclaire Shopping Center. Election workers will not receive the proposed $10 pay raise. current pay is $0 per election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin E. Wooldridge
Elsie Werner
Eberhart Ave
Jeanette Morgan
Sanner St
Virginia Dowling
West Union St
Esther Szegedy
Second St
Florence Steiner
St. Louis St
Ida Mae Pebbles
Celia Haho
Vera Gardner
Helen Moore
Clare E. Weeks
Maud Stahlhut
Springer Ave
L. J. Burtus
Hillsboro Ave
Timothy Douglas
South Fillmore St
Henry Foehrkalb
Lillie Gillig
John Haldenstein
Abner Place
Denny Hentz
East High St
Ralph Baird
Chapman St
Rose Brandt
Orchard St
Hays Mallory
Jayme Giardina
Montclaire Ave
Mary Shashek
Hale Ave
Nei MacDonald
Angeline Massa
Roanoke Ave
Edna Suessen
Wilson Drive
Turner Hall
North Second St
Buhrmester Wallpaper & Paint Co
Pub
Wooldridge Not Responsible For Candidacy Error
City Clerk Alvin E. Wooldridge is not responsible for allowing Joe Small to file for alderman in Ward 2. Small is ineligible due to residency, but his name remains on the ballot as withdrawal deadlines pass. City Attorney Robert Trone clarifies the clerk’s lack of liability and the statute governs ballot status.
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Alvin E. Wooldridge
Joe Small
Randle St
Small
Robert Trone
Trone
Randle Street
Wolf Heights
Edwardsville
Wooldridge
Weather Outlook for Edwardsville: Clouds and Warmth
Considerable cloudiness and warmer conditions with a few showers and thunderstorms through tomorrow. Tonight's low in the 40s, high tomorrow near 60s. Readings today to 1 p.m. ranged from 29 to 48 degrees.
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Edwardsville
Nasser Talks With Syria and Iraq on Federal Union
United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser meets with Syria and Iraq officials in nightlong talks on a proposed federal union. Delegations return to continue discussions as Damascus hints at a joint committee to study unity and eventual popular votes on the project.
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CATRO
UPI
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Syria
Iraq
U.A.R
Damascus
Salah el Bitar
Cairo
Bitar
USAR
Police Watch Over Wortman Vending Expansion in Edwardsville
Edwardsville authorities monitor Edward Wortman and his firm as cigarette machines surface in Blue Note Lounge and Kellys Cafe. Officials deem no illegal action yet but radio checks continue and Zimring urges city action citing felony-convict leasing bans elsewhere. Sheriff Fraundorf says no county machines yet and promises vigilance.
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Edwardsville
Edward
Ted) Wortman
Frank
Buster) Wortman
Ted Wortman
Blue Note
North Main St
Kelly's Cafe
John E. Hartung
Robert E. L. Trone
Morrie Zimring
Zimring & Sons Tobacco and Candy Co
State St
Granite City
Alvin Wooldridge
Trone and
Hartung
Wortman
Zimring
Collinsville
O'Fallon
Zimling
Missouri
Huntsville State
Texas
Zin
Continental Vending Machine Co
Esther A. Rule
Phil Moody
Kelly's
Miss Rule
Moody
Belleville
St. Louis
Fraundorf
Barney Fraundorf
Madison County
Roy J
Scarface
Eulalia Hotz
County Board of Supervisors
Zimling’s
Conrad
St. Louis County
Subcommittee Head Blames Canada for Newsprint Price Rise
Washington. House judiciary antitrust subcommittee Chair Emanuel Celler says newsprint prices appear fixed in Canada by a cartel of willful men and could threaten newspaper viability. He notes his inquiry into ownership concentration and presses for action if illegal means are used. ANPA officials hedge on American involvement.
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Subcommittee
Canada
WASHINGTON
UPI
Emanuel Celler
House
judiciary antitrust subcommittee
New York Democrat
Celler
Ontario
ANPA
Stanford Smith
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Smith
Arthur B. Hanson
No enemy would dare bomb this Madison County courthouse
A postcard-sized sign pinned on the third floor bulletin board of the Madison County Courthouse proclaims No enemy would dare bomb this place and end this confusion. An anonymous note in ballpoint pen adds Dont depend on it.
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Madison County
New York Guild Eyes End to 98 Day Newspaper Blackout
The New York Newspaper Guild administration voted 9 to 8 to back a contract revision from city publishers, clearing the way for a membership vote that could end the 98 day newspaper blackout in the city. Three men were killed and eight injured in an explosion at Trojan Powder Co. near Allentown, prompting plant security to tighten. A federal grand jury indicted Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. and H.P. Hoot & Sons of Boston on six counts for trying to force smaller milk wholesalers out of business.
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NEW YORK
UPI
New York Newspaper Guild today
ALLENTOWN Pa
Trojan Powder Co
fight security
BOSTON
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
New England
H.P. Hoot & Sons
ABP
Cuban Blockade Continuance Could Trigger War, State Dept Says
UPI reports the State Department told Congress that extending the Cuban blockade would have greatly accelerated nuclear war risk. Assistant Secretary Edwin M. Martin warned continuing the quarantine after Soviet missiles were removed would have cost crucial European and Latin American support and raised Soviet confrontation to intolerable levels.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
State Department
Congress
Cuba
Edwin M. Martin
United States
Martin
McNamara Won't Junk Dyna-Soar Plan Yet
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said the Air Force Dyna-Soar space glider program will not be junked now. He aims to merge it with the civilian space agency for mutual benefit and noted about 350 million dollars will be spent on X20 by year end with a request for 120 million more next year.
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Martin
United States
McNamara
hemisphere
Castro
betto
Rail Unions Seek Meaningful Talks On Work Rule Changes
Five operating railroad unions urge restart of meaningful negotiations over featherbedding to avoid shifting responsibility to others and warn they could strike if modernizing work rules eliminate jobs. They expect a Kennedy advisory board while White House signals no immediate action before Palm Beach trip.
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CHICAGO
UPI
labor department
Congress
Railrasd
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Palm Beach
Fla
Costa Rica
brotherhoods
Peron's Excommunication Lifted Sparks Argentine Tensions
In Buenos Aires reports say the Catholic Church lifted excommunication for exiled former president Juan Peron. Police and military leaders meet after rumors of naval moves to curb a Peronist comeback, with an upcoming June election and a destroyed Frondizi precedent shaping fears.
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BUENOS AIRES
UPI
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Interior Ministry
army
navy
air force
defense
naval headquarters
Peronist
Popular Union party
tions
Arturo Frondizi
Russians Warn Of Possible Split In Red Movement
A Moscow backed manifesto in Marxist Review accuses Red China of demanding removal of Soviet leaders including Premier Khrushchev. It warns that clashes over core issues threaten a split in the international Communist movement while urging peaceful coexistence as the path forward.
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Red
LONDON
UPI
Red China
Nikita Khrushchev
Marxist Review
Communist party of the Soviet Union
international Communist movement
Khrushchev
Peking
Merger Opposition by Illinois and Cities Stirs Rail Debate
Illinois joined with several communities to oppose the New York Central and Pennsylvania rail merger. Atty Gen Clark warned the plan would reduce downstate service and jeopardize Rock Island commuter runs if NYC vacates La Salle Street Station in Chicago. Some southern and central Illinois witnesses feared industrial decline and tax loss, while others, including General Steel and Brown Shoe officials, urged consolidation as a path to preserve or improve service and relieve rail losses. Mayors and chamber leaders warned of job cuts and reduced service in Hillsboro and Paris.
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Thomas J. Logue
Mattoon
Roy H. Kranz
General Steel Industries
Granite City
Joseph H. Gass
Brown Shoe Co
St. Louis
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Moscow
ROY CONRAD
Nasser
2nd Company
Bulletins
ares
Junior Service club
JoAnn Davis
Intelligencer
House foreign affairs
Latin Africa
Cert
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Campo IMayo
Italy
Vatican
Madrid
John Andrews
Hillsboro
Roger Peters
chamber of commerce
Paris
Andrews
Peters
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