Stevenson Says No Major Increase in School Aid Now
Gov. Adlai Stevenson told the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers that increasing state aid to schools from current income is a waste of breath without new revenue. He warned districts to improve efficiency and urged long range local funding and consolidation to save costs.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
Stevenson
Illinois
Russell H. Oplinger
Decatur
The
Congress
State Police Trap Gunman Near Bloomington Captured
River Forest police captured Robert Petraborg, the Stateville prison fugitive involved in a Bloomington area gunmen raid. Petraborg stated he and a six man gang planned to rob a tavern when associate Robert P. Oliver was seized by State Police officer Howard Stein. Oliver, held in Bloomington, is charged with weapon possession and driving a stolen car.
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Chicago
Stateville
Bloomington
River Forest
Robert Petraborg
Howard Stein
Robert P. Oliver
Petraborg
Oliver
Charles Watson
Stein
Pair Held in Marion for Baggage Theft Case
Edward Dale Parrish a 24 year old Marion man and Margaret Turner 29 of Greenville South Carolina are jailed in Williamson county Marion on larceny charges. They were returned from Peoria where captured at the railroad theft complaint filed by Co and E I railroad. Deputy Edwards said the theft occurred about two weeks ago. Parrish met Turner while he was stationed in the Army in the East.
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Marion
Edward Dale Parrish
Margaret Turner
Greenville
S. C
Williamson County
Peoria
Charles Edwards
Edwards
Parrish
Miss Turner
Army
East
Wife Seeks Divorce Over Humorous Pet Kisses
Detroit court grants decree unhappily after Patricia J. Stephens testifies that husband Robert kissed the dog, gave her a pat on the head, then walked out, ending three years of marriage.
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Detroit
Patricia J. Stephens
Robert
Herrin Woman Accuses Man of Rane Abduction and Rape
In Herrin, Danny Walker faces kidnapping, rape, and car theft charges after Ruby Fallowell alleges he forced her into a stolen car and drove to Belleville where the assault occurred. Walker was arrested in Herrin with Abie Cooper, who is jailed on larceny charges.
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Danny Walker
Herrin
Joe Ing
Herrin Justice of Peace
Ruby Followell
Walker
Belleville
Earl Walker
Miss Fallowell
Blains Maddox
Danny Welker
Abie Cooper
Fallowell
Maddox
Peoria
Cooper
Williamson County
Henry George
Johnston City
Rail Crash Near Boston Injures 19 in Rain
A rear end collision of two heavily packed New Haven trains in a driving rainstorm near Boston last night sent 19 people to hospital and unsettled many more.
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Boston
New Haven Railroad
Weather Summary From The Local Station
Cloudy and warmer conditions with a not quite cool night. Saturday partly cloudy and warmer with lows 38 to 43 and highs 65 to 70. Thur high 60, noon today 64, sunrise 5 13 am sunset 6 45 pm. Humidity 40 percent at 8 am. Precipitation 0 since yesterday. Winds averaged 3.9 mph for 24 hours. Crab Orchard Lake six inches above spillway yesterday. Little Grassy Lake two feet below spillway. Additional weather on page 11.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Index Area and Page Designations Across Sections
The page plan lists sections for today covering National page 1 Local News page 3 Editorials page 4 Sports pages 7 and 8 Comics page 9 Classified ads pages 10 and 11 Markets page 11. The layout outlines where readers find each content area and indicates a unified daily edition structure.
Miss America Pageant Skips Year to Number Titles
The Miss America contest will be held this September but the winner will be titled Miss America, 1951. Jacque Mercer of Phoenix, Arizona is Miss America, 1949, and the board will skip a number so winners won’t wear last year’s title for eight months.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jacque Mercer
Phoenix, Ariz
Plan to Locate Aerial Ladder on I U Campus
Representatives from the Coal Belt Fire Protective association Egypt ian Fire Fighters association state fire marshal office and Southern Illinois university board of trustees meet in Carbondale on May 22 to finalize an aerial ladder station on the Carbondale campus. The unit will serve Southern Illinois towns and is part of a broader push to improve firefighting infrastructure, radio links, and interagency cooperation across Williamson Jackson and Franklin counties.
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Coal Belt Fire Protective Association
Egyptian Fire Fighters Association
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Board of Trustees
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Victor Stocks
Coal Belt Association
Illinois
Benton
Silas-Mason Co
Army Department
Fish and Wildlife
Coal Belt
Stocks
Williamson, Jackson
Franklin
Illinois State Forester’s Service
Max Lane
Army
National Guard
Cairo
Harry L. Boland
44Th Inf. Div
Federal Fish and Wildlife
W. A. MacDonald
St. Louis
Bonds Stolen From Los Angeles Executive Home
Police report the loss of more than 200000 in bonds from the vault of a wealthy Los Angeles executive. The bonds, both negotiable and non negotiable, belonged to Mayor McKinley, head of Constitution Life Insurance Co. and co owner of a major mortuary chain.
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Los Angeles
McKinley
Constitution Life Insurance Co
McCarran proposes new admission for Asiatic-Pacific arrivals
Washington April 21 AP Senator Parick McCarran proposes opening U S doors to Japanese Chinese and others previously barred He would establish regular immigration quotas for Asiatic-Pacific peoples previously excluded because of race and pursue citizenship paths under the plan
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Washington
Parick McCarran
Dnew
McCarthy Calls for Deeper Look into Lattimore Case
Senator McCarthy challenged Senate investigators to pursue Budenz's claim that Owen Lattimore was in a Communist cell. He urged subpoenaing Browder Field and Stachel to verify Budenz testimony while Lattimore denies the charges. Field and Browder disputed Budenz, and Stachel is reported ill. The panel recesses to decide on subpoenas.
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Washington
Joseph McCarthy
Rwie
Senate
Louis Budenz
Owen Lattimore
McCarthy
Budenz
Lattimore
Earl Browder
Ee Erick Vanderbilt Field
Jac Stachel
Field
Army
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
Browder
Communist Party
United States
New York
Mr. Lattimore
Stachel
Campbell Hill brick plant workers strike continues after tentative deal
Workers at Campbell Hill and other Illinois Missouri plants stay out as a tentative union management accord allows locals to sign individual contracts. Operators promise at least a 10 cent hourly rise from a $1.10 base. About 38 workers at Campbell Hill, with 160000 bricks and 72000 tiles produced monthly, await official word before returning to work.
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Campbell Hill
AFL United Brick and Clay Workers Union
Illinois
Missouri
East St. Louis
Sheffield
Springfield
Danville
Edwardsville
Well
Galesburg
Peoria
Carrollton
Petersburg
Ill
Maryland Heights
Lewis J. Miller
Upstate
Miller
Prosecution Rests in Suit for Injunction in Williamson Case
In Williamson circuit court plaintiffs rest their case seeking a permanent injunction against county commissioners and CPA Spencer D Lorton. The suit alleges improper audits and illegal contracts and seeks to halt further county book audits and fund disbursements.
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Williamson County
Spencer D. Lorton
Certified Public Accountant
Lazern Saylor
William Montgomery
Omer Evans
Williamson
Loyd M. Bradley
Carbondale
Lorton
Springfield
Marion
Aged Killer Freed as Governor Reduces Oscar Kelley Sentence
Oscar Kelley, 79, of Union County, freed from Menard after Adlai Stevenson commuted his life term due to age and time served for the 1933 murder of Jack Dawes. Co-defendant Everett Mangum, 34, previously paroled after eight years. The killing followed a family horse dispute near Pleasant Ridge northeast of Anna.
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Union County
Menard
Adlai Stevenson
Oscar Kelley
Kelley
Union Circuit Court
Everett Mangum
Jack Dawes
Saratoga
Pleasant Ridge
Anna
Charles
Charles Kelley
Mangum
Magngum
Injured Mason Wins $50,000 Verdict in Rites Case
East St Louis jury awards Frank B. Anderson fifty thousand dollars against the Mississippi Valley Consistory for permanent injuries to his knee and leg suffered during a 32nd degree Mason installation on February 6 1947. The suit alleged negligence by the non profit temple operator. A related Illinois Supreme Court ruling involving Bradley University was cited with a rehearing requested.
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Bradley University At
Peoria
Reds Claim Russia Bomb Was Atomic Explosion
Rep Charles Elston of Ohio on the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee says the United States has solved the Russia blast and identifies the bomb ingredients. He declines to reveal sources or discuss further details, noting both nations know hydrogen bomb potential similarly and neither fully understands detonating it.
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Washington
Charles Elston
Ohio
United States
Russia
U. S
Truman
Elston
Taxi Slayers Die in Chair
Two men convicted of the holdup murder of a taxicab driver were executed in Cook County Jail's electric chair early today. The double execution took 19 minutes as both maintained innocence to the end. A woman reporter was among 84 witnesses in the death chamber area, believed to be the first woman to observe an execution in Cook County.
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Chicago
Cook County
Reds Demand Allies Remove Trieste Troops
Moscow demanded that the United States and Britain remove their 10,000 troops from Trieste and that the Adriatic area be organized as a free territory under UN supervision. The note said the base is illegal and called for immediate governor appointment to establish the free territory.
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Trieste
Moscow
Russia
United States
Britain
Adriatic
France
United Nations
Washington
U. S
Italy
Yugoslavia
Actress Ann Sothern Returns Home After Surgery
Actress Ann Sothern is back home in Hollywood convalescing from an abdominal operation performed at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital on March 29.
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Hollywood
Ann Sothern
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Soviet Denials Blur Baltic Plane Incident And Photos Claim
Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky rejects U S charges over the Baltic event saying the plane was a B 29 photographed Soviet defenses and demands for compensation are absurd. The U S protests note the Privateer was unarmed and missing crew numbered ten with Latvia disputed as Soviet territory.
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Moscow
Russia
Washington
U. S
U. S. Navy
Latvia
Soviet Union
United States
Alan G. Kirk
Andrei Vishinsky
Baltic
Navy
Auto Thief Arrested After Attempt To Sell Stolen 1948 Station Wagon
An 18 year old, Joseph Ferguson, was captured in Murphysboro after trying to sell a stolen 1948 station wagon to dealer Harold Grob for 300 dollars. He confessed to stealing the car in Hot Springs Arkansas and admitted selling its spare tire and radio on the road. Ferguson is jailed in Jackson County. He says he was born in Jacksonville Florida and has recent Arkansas residence. an ID card lists an address in Malvern Arkansas.
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Murphysboro
Joseph Ferguson
Warren Grammer
Clarence Ward
Hot Springs
Ark
Ferguson
Harold Grob
Grob
Grammer
Jackson County
Jacksonville
Fla
Arkansas
Malvern
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Rane
I. U
McCarran
C. Hill
Bradley
Montgomery
Gordon Franklin
Kenneth Powless
Charles Winters
S. E. Storme
Peoria Auditing Company
Storme
Britt Sullivan
Court House
Sullivan
Saylor
Dawes
Denlis Duty
John Paul Davis
Ford L. Rendleman
Kelly
Lou
Nellie Dawes
Flint
Mich
East St. Louis, Ill
Scottish Rite Temple
Reds
Taxi
U. S S
Andrei Gromyko
Tass
Europe
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
London
U.S.S.R
Lepaya
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