Joint St Louis Area Transit Service Proposal
ST. LOUIS AP The St Louis Public Service Co proposed a plan for unified operation of all transit lines in the St Louis area including Illinois, seeking tax relief. The plan would consolidate control of 14 other area firms, eliminate local taxes, and coordinate schedules, maintenance, and operations with new express lines, bus replacements, exclusive bus lanes, and street resurfacing.
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Industrialist's Son Dies At 41 In California
Henry J. Kaiser Jr., vice president and director of Kaiser Industries, died Tuesday night in Oakland after a long illness at age 41. Born in Everett, Washington, he graduated from Stanford in 1949 and was Oakland's outstanding citizen in 1960 for extensive civic work. His death follows his public stance on automation profits sharing and labor issues.
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Wash
Stanford University
Planting Of Corn Begins In Central Areas
The state and federal crop reporting service said Tuesday that a few corn planters were seen in central areas as spring planting starts. Plowing less than three fourths complete, with the greatest progress in the central zone. Winter wheat improving. oat seeding nearly finished. Hail damaged peach trees, strawberries and truck crops in the west southwest, with heavy damage in Monroe and Alexander Counties.
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Etate Federal
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Alexander
JP Must Give Fines To City
Springfield Wisconsin report states a Justice of the Peace cannot file a claim for court costs against the city when a defendant is found guilty of a city ordinance violation and cannot pay the fine. Attorney General William Chark advised State's Attorney James E. Bales of Lee County. The ruling affects fine settlements and city costs in such cases.
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Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted: Marvin Ray Allen
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions and discharges across two units. At Jefferson Memorial, Marvin Ray Allen was admitted while Mrs. Lee Ellen Estes Rhodes and Jerry Lyle Harmon were discharged. Good Samaritan records multiple admissions including Effie Maysan, Evelyn Mulligan, Ronald Gene Perkins, Minnie Olive Williams, Anna Ethel Williams, Darrel Eugene Meyers, Bruce Edward Minor, Lillian Marie Nolan, Marvin Chapman Rust, and discharges Marilee Summers, Jeffrey Knibb, Nancy Jurons, Milburn Lee Warren, Frank Newland, Mrs. Susan Elizabeth Hecht and baby, Herbert William II, and Eva E. Cornwell.
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Milburn Lee Warren
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Susan Elizabeth Hecht
Herbert Wiliam II
Eva E. Cornwell
Illinois Weather: Cool Spring Persists Across State
The Illinois forecast shows a prolonged cool spell with sunny skies and below normal temperatures for at least five more days. Farmers in central Illinois begin planting corn as highs range from near 60 in the north to the low 70s in the south, with showers possible in the south Thursday and clear elsewhere.
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Associated Press
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Moline
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Weather Outlook For Southern And Northern Illinois
Southern Illinois faces temperatures 3 to 8 degrees below normal with a cooling trend Thursday and warming by weekend. Light precipitation possible Sunday or Monday, mainly north under one quarter inch, south up to three quarters. Northern Illinois sees 2 to 5 degrees below normal with minor day to day changes and total rainfall about one tenth inch or less in showers Sunday or Monday.
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Banks Limit East St. Louis Borrowing Power
East St. Louis banks agreed on Tuesday to cap municipal borrowing at 60 percent of anticipated tax income, down from the 73 percent state limit. Banks cited slow tax collections, many tax objections from major industries, and questions about the Illinois tax multiplier as reasons.
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Illinois Chamber official attends national commerce session
C. E. Brehm of Mt. Vernon attends the four day annual meeting of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington. Brehm, vice president of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, is among attendees as the session winds up.
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Newspapers Can Report Secret Grand Jury Action
AP report covers two items. Rich ard Morse resigns as assistant secretary of the Army and director of Army research amid debate over Nike Zeus deployment. In Illinois, Circuit Court Judge Ezra J Clark rules newspapers may publish reports on grand jury actions before indictments, siding with Cicero Life Berwyn Life and Community Reporter in a $1.5 million defamation suit.
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Space Flight Countdown For Shepard Looms On Friday
The plan calls for Alan Shepard to reach 115 miles up and 290 miles downrange in about 15 minutes. Weather delays from two advancing storm fronts pushed Tuesday's liftoff, with more flights anticipated roughly every six weeks, as the Weather Bureau warns Florida’s rainy season approaches. Shepard, 37, and alternate John Glenn Jr., 39, are expected to rise again after a four hour rest, undergoing routine prep including space suit fitting and heart-monitor tattoo sensors before final briefings and the countdown.
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Armistice conference aims for Laos cease fire and talks
Laos cease-fire set as prelude to a V nation Geneva conference beginning May 12. Envoy Lt Col Siho Lam holinthakhou told to avoid politics and push quick cease-fire. A three nation truce commission India Canada Poland to supervise soon. Boun Oum regime and Pathet Lao must form coalition for Geneva representation.
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Cancer Crusade Ends With $8225 Raised In Illinois
The campaign reported receipts of $8225 with expenses just over five percent of total. Donors include Farrington Webber Mrs. Gene Johnson and others from Woodlawn Spring Garden Blissvale and more. Excess funds go to eight Illinois cancer research institutions. Mail donations to the American Cancer Society Mt. Vernon Illinois.
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Woodlawn
Stanley Rosenberger
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Martin Zadalis
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Earl Hanes
Spring Garden
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Gary
Tommy Sweetin
Blissvale
Bald Hill
Elk Prairie
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Carl Schurtz
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
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American Cancer Society
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Man gets year and fine for beating son with cord
EAST ST LOUIS AP News report: Billy Borders, 8, had a broken arm and injuries after being beaten with an electric cord. Borders, 32, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault before Police Magistrate Charles Grider in Centerville.
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Couple Found Dead Of Fumes In Carmi Apartment
Authorities say Ronnie Peters 22 of Enfield and Jean L Campbell 20 were found dead in a Carmi apartment from fumes leaking from a space heater. They had been dead several hours. Peters lived with his parents on US Highway 45 south of Enfield. Campbell was married to Buyhel Campbell, a soldier stationed at Fort Riley Kansas.
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Man Arrested at Bluford After Freight Car Fire
In Bluford Illinois Central yards a young man was arrested on trespassing charges after a box car fire. Elbert Long 2 of Buffalo New York was taken to jail though officials said he has not been charged with starting the blaze. The damage to the box car was light.
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Newsgal Sticks To Her Principles
Vi Mur phy Colorado Springs reporter finished a 30 day jail term for refusing to disclose a news source. She would repeat the act if needed. She left the county jail with her husband Thel mer, an attorney and business manager of the Gazette Telegraph, carrying letters from around the world supporting her stance.
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Mt Vernon Market Prices Reported This Afternoon
Prices quoted in Mt Vernon include Wheat at 1.69, Sowbeans at 3.10, and Corn at 1.01.
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Livestock Market Prices Drop in Vernon Hogs Report
Prices paid on the Vernon market were down by 150 today with top bids at 16.50 for hogs weighing 190 to 220 pounds. Lows were 15.00 for 300 pound hogs and boars ranged from 10.53 to 11.50.
Chicago Butter and Egg Prices Steady at Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange shows butter prices steady with wholesale buys at 93 score AA 60, 92 A 60, 90 B 37s, 89 C 3%, and related codes. Eggs remain mostly steady with wholesale buys unchanged to 14 higher, A whites 32 13, mediums 29 2, standards 31%, dirtiess 30 74, hocks 30s.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Market Report From National Stockyards Livestock Sale
National Stockyards bulletin summarizes cattle hogs and sheep trading. Hogs range 14.25 to 17.25 for various weights and grades, calves and cattle show price spreads with heifers buyers paying 18.00 to 24.00 for slaughter and veal, sheep offer choice lambs around 15.50 with pelts noted, several lots and weight classes detailed for buyers and sellers.
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Chicago Poultry Prices Stable For Wholesale Buyers
Chicago AP USDA report shows live poultry wholesale prices unchanged with roasters at 23 to 24 cents per pound and special fed fryers at 18 to 19 cents.
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USDA
Grain futures report with wheat soybeans and corn prices
Chicago market notes show no wheat or soybean sales. Corn prices for No 2 yellow and No 4 yellow at 1.09, sample grade yellow 984. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 7114. Soybean oil prices around 133 sn, heavy white 71%. Barley making choice 1.10 1.20. Feed 93 1.00.
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Ship Sinks In One Minute During Gulf Storm
A two foot floating classroom brigantine Albatross carrying 19 aboard sank in a violent Gulf storm 180 miles northwest of Key West. Thirteen survivors were rescued by the Dutch freighter Gran Rio. The vessel owned by Ocean Academy of Darien Connecticut carried 14 youths, two professors, a cook, a chaperone and Captain Christopher Sheldon. The lifeboats were torn loose by the squall, survivors stayed in lifeboats until rescue at 8 am. The ship sailed from El Progreso on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula toward Nassau in the Bahamas.
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Centralia Youth Killed in Tractor Crash Near Salem
A car collided with a farm tractor on a country road near Salem. Samuel P. Smith, 19, of Centralia Michigan, was killed. Ronald Hilemdal of Salem, the passenger, suffered internal injuries and was hospitalized. The tractor driver escaped serious injury.
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Fulbright: Cuban invasion a blunder with shared blame
Sen. J. William Fulbright says the ill fated Cuban invasion was a mistake for which the White House and several agencies including the Defense Department the CIA and the State Department share collective responsibility. He urged hearings after briefings by Allen Dulles and Richard Bissell Jr. and warned that military advisers may be called before committees.
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Congo Leader Proposes UN Armies Reorganization
President Kasavu seeks UN help to disarm Katanga forces as Congo aims to reunite Katanga with the central government. Foreign Minister Bomboko says accord on army collaboration with the United Nations was reached, but tasks remain unspecified. Katanga President Tshombe is in a guarded villa after walking out of a conference.
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Balloon release at Leith Walk fair yields long voyage prize
At Leith Walk Elementary School a school fair balloon contest sent 575 helium balloons aloft. Five year old Geith Lid won first prize after his balloon traveled 420 miles to Black Donald Mines in Ontario, Canada.
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Gets Probation In County Court
Marvin R. Tate, 56, of Dix, was placed on probation in county court here yesterday for one year after pleading guilty before Judge Alvin Lacy Williams to driving a car while his license was revoked.
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Grow Beards For Mary's Birthday Parade In Lanark
Mary Elnora Peters born July 13 1861 near Lanark. her birthday party will be the biggest in Lanark as men and boys grow beards for a parade. She now lives in a Shannon rest home and may not attend the centennial celebration next month. "If I can't ride a horse at the front I can't want to be in it."
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Mary Elnora Peters
Shannon
Racial Strife Sweeps Angola Reported by Missionary
A British missionary, after 20 years in Angola, told a British Baptist convention that a spirit of hatred is burning there. He described thousands slaughtered and mutilated in racial strife sweeping into Portuguese West Africa, with atrocities attributed to both Portuguese security forces and Africans.
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Angola
Clifford J. Parsons
Wall Street gains widen in late trading in New York
Wall Street rallied in fairly active late trading with about 4.6 million shares. Major stocks rose from fractions to around 2 points with Allied Chemical and General Electric up over 2 points and Polaroid gaining several points. Kerr-McGee Oil lifted above 2 points after back-to-back rises, while American Smelting and General Dynamics posted gains. Some names like Liggett & Myers and Union Carbide slipped as the market firmed and bonds moved higher.
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Eggs and Live Poultry Trade Unchanged in St Louis Market
St Louis market reports show no change in egg and live poultry prices as of AP dispatch. Traders indicate steady demand and stable wholesale quotes across the morning session.
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