SIU seeks near double budget in state request
Southern Illinois University asks Illinois to nearly double its operating funds for 1955-57 to 16.5 million plus a 416 thousand emergency allotment. President D W Morris cites overcrowded classes, rising costs, and maintenance needs. He also seeks 31.5 million for a building program including dormitories and an agricultural facility.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Southern Tiinois University
D. W. Morris
Illinois Budgetary Commission
Southern Illinois University
Morris
Commission
SIU
General Assembly
Everett R. Peters
St. Joseph
Peters
Assembly
Stratton
Kenneth A. Stark
Nebo
The
Illinois Agricultural Assn
Agriculture
Wilson calls Formosa a ripple then calls it inept word
Rep Van Zandt quoted Defense Secretary Wilson describing a Chinese attack on Formosa as a ripple to current forces. Wilson later labeled that language inept while stressing no need for large increases. He urged stay-the-course cuts, proposing Army manpower drop to 1,027,000 by June 30, 1956. Admiral Radford backed a total force near 2,850,000 by mid 1956 for long term readiness.
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Associated Press
Washington
van Zandt
R-Pa
Wilson
Formosa
House Armed Services Committee
7Th Fleet
Formosan Straits
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Blackout on News of 7th Fleet Continues
The broadcast near the Tachen Islands quoted the Chinese people confident in victory in the Taiwan formosa liberation effort and denouncing Chiang Kai-shek. China News cited reliable sources claiming 300 Navy planes roared north of Formosa in a display of strength against the Reds.
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Tachen Islands
Taiwan
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China News
U S Rushes Jet Planes to Formosa
United States planes moved to Formosa to repel Chinese forces near the Tachens. Reports say waves of jets attacked Yikiangshan Island eight miles north of the Tachens, targeting Communist artillery as the evacuation of the Tachens continued.
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U. S
Formosa
Yikiangshan Island
Rude Awakening For Young Man Sleeping In Stolen Car
Thomas Fisher, 21, of St Louis, found sleeping in a stolen car near Mt Vernon. He pleaded guilty to vagrancy and was sentenced to five months at the Illinois state farm in Vandalia after officers reached the scene by railroad motor car. The car had been stolen in St Louis.
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Mt. Vernon
St. Louis
Illinois
Vandalia
Thomas Fisher
Charles Jordan
Jordan
John Richardson
Bob Ruddick
Milton Ecker
Fisher
J. R. Thomas
Justice of the Peace
State Farm
Marine on Way to Benton for March of Dimes
S Sgt Richard Mitchell 25 from Murphysboro heads north from West Frankfort in near zero weather on the second half of a 100 mile March of Dimes hike toward Benton and Carbondale. He set one cent a step and supporters report over $1,000 raised with gifts including a $100 contribution from Charles Moleski police officer in Benton. Mitchell fights in Korea and plans stops at Du Quoin Elkville and DeSoto before finishing in Carbondale.
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West Frankfort
USA
Korea
Richard Mitchell
Benton
Christopher
Mitchell
Murphysboro
Charles Moleski
Linton
Ind
Carbondale
du Quoin
Elkville
DeSota
Alton Girl Aims to Meet Monaco Prince on European Trip
Miss Jo Ann Stork of Alton Illinois, a University of Illinois student, flies from New York to Paris en route to Monaco to meet the prince. She saved money for a Sun Valley vacation but wrote to the prince instead, hoping for a possible meeting. She has not previously won a queen title in campus beauty contests.
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Sy FP
Ssocrave Press
Chicago
University of Illinois
Europe
Prince
Monaco
Jo Ann Stork
Alton
Til
Mediterranean
Monte Carlo
Sun Valley
Idaho
Miss Stork
New York
Paris
Births in Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Coy Reed of Fairfield Road Mt Vernon are parents of a daughter Kathy Lynn born at 4 32 am weighing seven pounds Mrs Reed’s husband is Rural Fire Department member Mr and Mrs Joseph P Carter 1709 south 13th street have a son Randall Allen born at 2 07 pm Wednesday infant weighs eight pounds one and a half ounces
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Coy Reed
Fairfield Road
Mt. Vernon
Kathy Lynn
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Reed
Rural Fire Department
Joseph P. Carter
South
13Th. Street
Randall Allen
Meeting A. F. and A. M. Special Session Mt Vernon Lodge
A special meeting of Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M is set for Friday January 28 at 730 pm Work in the third degree A bus load of visitors from Granite City Lodge will be present to contribute The lodge urges all members to attend and welcomes visitors James R Apgar WM and Wm E Reavis Secretary report 1 27
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Mt. Vernon
A. F
A. M
Granite City Lodge
James R. Apgar
W. M. Wm
Five East St Louis Boys Plunge Into Lake Rescue
Five East St Louis High School students spent 30 to 45 minutes in cold lake water at Grand Marais State Park. William Whetstone, 15, broke the ice and was rescued by passersby with a rope after 45 minutes. Four companions, ages 14 to 16, escaped after about 30 minutes. Whetstone treated for exposure at St Mary's Hospital. officials had warned against ice. Names: Tom Mabry, Harold Knepper, Monty Johnson, William Tippett.
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Associated Press
East ST. Louis
Ill
Grand Marais State Park
William Whetstone
Whetstone
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tom Mabry
Harold Knepper
Monty Johnson
William Tippett
Man Found Outdoors Bare Amid 4 Below Cold Wave
Chicago police found 34 year old laborer Lewis Miegocki without clothes in a vacant lot at 18th and Damon on the coldest day this year. Sgt. Samuel Pettigrew and a squad car driver wrapped him in a blanket and rushed him to Cook County Hospital. He had been drinking and was in fair condition. The outdoor temperature was four degrees below zero.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Samuel Pettigrew
Lewis Miegocki
18Th
Damon
Cook County
Pettigrew
Miegocki
Governor Stratton Wears Car Safety Belt On Trip
Governor Stratton wore a nylon safety belt as he headed to Freeport by auto. Four airline type belts were installed in his car, two front and two rear, to reduce injury in accidents. He is due in Chicago on Friday after tonight’s appearance in Freeport.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Stratton
Freeport
Chicago
Manhole Covers Blown Into Air In East St Louis
Six teen iron manhole covers were blown into the air by a mysterious underground explosion in East St Louis on Wednesday. No injuries occurred in the eight block area. The covers served pavement openings of a newly completed sewer. Illinois Power Co crews checked the area for possible gas leaks.
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Associated Press
Local airport sees notable arrivals and visitors
Mr and Mrs H T Heinz stopped at the local field late yesterday while en route from Key West Florida to Moline Illinois. Mike Michaels and Arthur Cedarland of St Louis members of the Civil Aeronautics Authority visited the airport yesterday. Bill Sims flew in from St Louis yesterday.
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H. T. Heinz
Key West
Fla
Moline
Til
Mike Michaels
Arthur Cedarland
St. Louis
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Bill Sims
Police Court Fines Irvington Man for Drunk Charge
Orvil Timmons of Irvington was fined 14.40 dollars by Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney on a drunkenness charge.
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Orvil Timmons
Irvington
Allan Dulaney
Missing Tot Found Asleep On Railroad Track
Three year old Tommy Frac wandered from Plainville home during nap time and slept on a railroad tie for seven hours in 30 degree cold before being found by a 200‑member search party. He was in Bradley Memorial Hospital for observation and resting comfortably.
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Associated Press
Plainville
Conn
Tommy Frac
Tommy
Bradley Memorial Hospital
Louis Frac
Two Collisions on Mt Vernon Streets Lead to Fine
No injuries were reported in two Mt Vernon street crashes on Wednesday. At 4:49 p m a collision in the 1300 block of Broadway involved Robert McClinton and John Sigworth after McClinton swerved to avoid another car. At 10:50 p m Billy Anthis and H D Summers collided at 26th and Cherry. Anthis was fined 30.40 dollars for reckless driving.
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Mt. Vernon
Robert McClinton
Casey
John Sigworth
Forest
Broadway
McClinton
14Th Street
Billy Anthis
South 22Nd
H. D. Summers
South 32Nd
Cherry
Anthis
U S Navy to Launch New All Purpose Destroyer Forrest P Sherman
The lead ship of a new line of destroyers will be launched in Bath Maine with the ship named USS Forrest P Sherman. The ceremony on February 5 will be conducted by Adm Sherman’s widow. Ten more ships in the class are under construction at Bath and Bethlehem Steel in Quincy Massachusetts. The vessels are designed for rapid mass production, exceeding 35 knots, larger than World War II ships, and largely aluminum for the superstructure. They will house about 350 personnel and be air conditioned throughout.
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Associated Press
Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Adm. Sherman
Naval Operations
Bath, Maine
Bath
Quincy
Mass
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Navy
Ike Is Staying Close To Home
President Eisenhower plans to limit travel for two to three months to trips within about two hours flying time from Washington, citing the Formosa situation. The decision was announced late in the day.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Formosa
Dinner in Springfield Honors Dr Cross by Illinois Medical Society
The Illinois State Medical Society hosts a February 8 buffet in Springfield to honor Dr Roland R Cross director of the state department of public health. Attendees include lawmakers governor Stratton and staff, county medical secretaries, council members and society officials at the Leland Hotel.
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Illinois State Medical Society
Springfield
Roland R. Cross
State Department of Public Health
Cross
Hamilton County
Dahlgren
Illinois
William Stratton
Council of the State Society
Leland Hotel
Declines Rescue In Short Nightie in Minneapolis Fire
Mrs. Pearl McKersie, 41, refused rescue from a second floor smoke filled room as firemen raised a ladder. Flames raged in the living room while she kept a shortie nightie, avoiding embarrassment by not descending the ladder. Firemen battered the door, quelled the blaze, and carried her down the stairs wrapped in blankets.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Pearl McKersie
Ms. McKersie
Hospital Notes Shows Admits and Discharges at Two Hospitals
Good Samaritan admits Raymond L. Capps Belle Rive Mrs Shirley Ann Edwards Dahlgren Mrs Genevieve Devoy Leonard Cleveland Hester Ina Mrs Ella Pearl Davis Mrs Martha Ellen Hill Miss Shirley May Farmer Mrs Mildred Margaret McGill Discharged Miss Alfie A Myers Dane H Nation McLeansboro Infant John Edwin Allen Mrs Susan Estine Norris and infant son Billy Blake More Walter M Fox Mrs Lillie Warren Mrs Yvonne Sidney Norris and infant son James Patrick Jefferson Memorial admits Roy Lee Harris and a Berry Blytheville rk Discharged Macel Bousman Mrs Martha Wooldridge
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Good Samaritan
Raymond L. Capps
Belle Rive
Shirley Ann Edwards
Dahlgren
Genevieve Devoy
Leonard Cleveland Hester
Ina
Ella Pearl Davis
Martha Ellen Hill
Shirley May Farmer
Mildred Margaret McGill
Alfie A. Myers
Dane H. Nation
Mc Leansboro
John Edwin Allen
Susan Estine Norris
Billy Blakemore
Walter M. Fox
Lillie Warren
Yvonne
Sidney Norris
James Patrick
Jefferson Memorial
Roy Lee Harris
A Berry
Blytheville, Rk
Macel Bousman
Martha Wooldridge
Rubenstein Strangled in Mansion Inquiry Continues
Rubinstein, an extortion target and financier, was strangled in his mansion after entering the United States on an illegal Portuguese passport. The case ties to an extortion plot against him and to Emanuel Lester of the Bronx, charged with attempting to extort 535000 and with automobile smuggling, who pleads debt and fights deportation while Rubinstein cites wartime neutrality and essential occupation as his defense.
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United States
Rubinstein
Emanuel Lester
Bronx
Lester
Canada
Portugal
10 Degrees Below Zero In Chicago Continues
The Midwest faced a fierce cold snap with temperatures 20 to 30 degrees lower overnight. Chicago notes Arctic air moving east across the Great Lakes toward New England and the Middle Atlantic states with strong winds. The South saw a warming trend, while the lowest reading reported was 28 at Cross City, Florida.
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Midwest
New England
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Arctic
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Middle Atlantic States
Cross City
Fla
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Dimes March
E. St. Louis
Lake
Airport News
Dr. Cross
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Mermaid 17
Jewels
Bulova
RA Ae
U. S. Testing CO
North 10Th St
Rubenstein
Moose Lodge
Jefferson County
Riley E. Johnson
Johnson Insurance
Agency
S. 10Th
Mt. Vernon, Ill
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