Air Force finds kitchen duty cuts have little manpower impact
Maj. Gen. Kenneth B. Hobson told a House appropriations sub committee that the Enid Okla experiment using civilian mess attendants at Vance Air Force Base yielded morale and service gains but produced no substantial manpower savings. He noted some cases where military runs are uneconomical and warned against universal contracting.
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Air Force
Enid
Okla
Kenneth B. Hobson
Hobson
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Vance Air Force Base
Oklo
Offcers
Vance
Southern Illinois hit by weekend tornado storms
Storms in Southern Illinois reached tornado strength in Percy causing injuries to over 200 residents at a sale when debris and sparks knocked down power and telephone lines. Central Illinois Power Co crews cleared lines. power outages extended to Carbondale Makanda Herrin Marion Carrier Mills Benton and Murphysboro with repairs listed through Sunday.
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Percy
Willis Trading Post
Central Illinois Power Co
CIPS
Illinois
Carbondale
West Main Street
University Avenue
Carbondale Cips
Roy Ramsey
Oak St
Ramsey
Makanda
South Road
Giant City Park
Herrin
General Telephone Co
Marion
Murphysboro
Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Railroad
Morton Alvis
Missouri Pacific
P. A. Hogenmiller
R. C. Joseph
Illinois Central
Man wounded in standoff with Carbondale police
Elijah Whiteside, 31, stabbed Police Chief Henry Hale during an attempted arrest at his home on North Wall Street. Hale, wounded, required stitches but is reported to be recovering. Whiteside was shot by Officer Jim Stearns and is under guard at Doctor's Hospital where he remains under observation. Peppering details indicate Whiteside brandished a knife and a gun, and Hale had aided by neighbor Leroy Brooks who called authorities.
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Carbondale
Doctor's Hospital
Henry Hale
Elijah Whiteside
Hale
Hale and Stearns
Whiteside
N. Wall St
Leroy Brooks
Stearns
Doctor’s Hospital
Chief Hale
Cairo
Champaign
Corinth
Airmen face fivefold auto accidents versus plane crashes
The Air Force told a House subcommittee it records about five times as many auto accidents as airplane accidents. In 1954 fatalities reached 757 from aircraft and 608 from autos, with 5,324 auto injuries versus 529 from planes, and 6,460 auto crashes against 1,326 airplane crashes.
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Washington
Air Force
House
Re Today
Weather Summary for Clear Fox Area
Clear and cool tonight with Tuesday fair and warmer. Tonight lows upper 40s. Tuesday highs around mid 70s and Tuesday night low around 50. Yesterday low 54 and 7 am today 51. High yesterday 74. Precipitation 0.02 inches from yesterday 7 am to today 7 am. Sun rises 5:09 am, sets 6:46 pm. Spillway levels: 3 inches above today for spillway. Little Grassy Lake 1 inch above spillway today.
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Fox
Illinois
Little Grassy Lake
Ike Proposes Sending Atomic Ship Round The World
President Eisenhower unveiled plans to send an atomic powered merchant ship around the globe to demonstrate peaceful uses of atomic energy and spur global cooperation. He said the vessel would travel without refueling, visiting ports worldwide, and he will seek funds from Congress to build it. The message paired a tariff cut plan with the peace exhibit aim, framing two national objectives: global peace and a expanding economy shared by all citizens.
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Eisenhower
Globe
America
Congress
Associated Press
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Weel
Red China
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Formosa
China
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Maritime Administration
Violence Marks South Labor Dispute Escalation
The Southern rail and telephone strikes enter week seven amid weekend violence raising injuries and property damage. In New England 23000 textile workers and mill operators remain deadlocked as Sperry Gyroscope plants resume limited operations after brawling. Governors fail mediation. Kentucky officials seek a regional meeting to push an agreement while L N union activity includes a bridge fire, a gun attack on a switch engine, and a derailmentSabotage described by a company spokesman. Negotiations via the National Mediation Board continue in Washington with no change in the L N situation.
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Southern Rail
New England
Lake Success
N. Y
Sperry Gyroscope Co
CIC
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Lawrence Wetherby
Kentucky
Louisville
F. W. Kirchner
L&n
Wasioto
Barbourville
National Mediation Board
Washington
Paris Big 3 Talks May 8 in Paris on four power meet
The Western Big Three will meet in Paris on May 8 to discuss concrete plans for a four power conference with the Soviet government. The State Department said the United States Britain and France earnestly hope the meeting can occur soon. Technical experts from the three powers will meet in London to prepare a preliminary study of topics for the ministers.
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Paris
State Department
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Eisenhower
Dulles
Moscow
Bulganin
Anthony Eden
London
Wreckage Cleared After NYC Freight Train Derailment
Work crews cleared the New York Central tracks 30 miles west of Mattoon after 14 cars of a 60 car NYC freight train derailed Saturday night. The freight was en route from St. Louis to Mattoon. No injuries were reported.
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Wiawoon
Plul
New York Central
Mattoon
NYC
St. Louis
Jonesboro Woman Wins Part Of Weekly $600 Prize
A Jonesboro woman wrote today about the Little Stinker and enjoyed tinkering. She was among 364 entries submitted for this week's $600 prize, while a Murphysboro woman sent in 130 entries.
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Jonesbor
Stinker
Murphysboro
Door Open A Slight Crack in U S Talks Hint
Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammed Ali says Chou En Lai sees a slight crack for direct U S talks on Formosa. After a 24 hour luncheon with Chou, Ali discussed Formosa with him. the Asian African conference adjourned amid pro and anti Communist clashes and a compromise on colonialism.
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Mohammed Ali
Pakistan
Chou En-lai
Red
Ali
Chou
Chiang Kashek
United States
Formosa
Tricky guitarist serenades Churchill in Sicilian visit
Salvatore Stella, a former New Yorker now in Sicily, performs an over the head serenade for Sir Winston Churchill as the former prime minister returns from a painting session at Ropemakers Grotto in Syracuse last Wednesday. Churchill vacations at a colorful Sicilian resort. An original copy of the photo was received in London by telephone from Sicily.
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Salvatore Stella
Sir Winston Churchill
Syracuse
Sicily
Winnie
Stella
London
Business population falls 3000 in 1954
The Commerce Department reported 4,184,000 business firms in the nation at the start of 1954, a net decline of 3,000 during the year. It was the only downturn in at least a decade, marking a rare contraction in the national business population.
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Washington
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