Sparkman Avoids Specific Civil Rights Promises
Sen. John Sparkman told Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. he will work for the Democratic program but refused to answer on specific civil rights questions. Powell pressed on ending filibusters and federal fair employment measures, while Sparkman noted his past opposition to federal action and filibuster rule changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Sparkman
Alabama
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Sparkman
Powell
New York
Harlem
Senate
Chicago
50 000 Pounds of Beef Stolen from Trailers
Chicago on August 1 AP Robert Redding a Milan trucking contractor reported the theft of 52 460 pounds of beef valued at 28 000 from two trailer trucks in a Southwest Side lot. He and helper A J Burns of Sioux City slept at a nearby hotel after driving the trucks from the Mid State Packing Co Milan.
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Chicago
Robert Redding
Milan
Redding
A. J. Burns
Sioux City
Mid-State Packing Co
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois with warm weekend
Cloudy and warmer through Saturday with scattered thundershowers in the west. Tonight low 68, Saturday high 90 to 95. Yesterday’s low 66, high 87, temperatures and precipitation minimal. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake below spillway readings noted. South ern Illinois Press edition, Carbondale address and publication details.
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Illinois
West
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Omaha Negroes Withdraw Petition Over White Family Move
In Omaha on August 1, 1950, Negro residents who protested a white family moving into their mixed neighborhood withdrew the petition. Public Defender Joseph M. Lovely said the 17 signers, including Luella Blackson, ended their protest within 24 hours, amid indications the issue was not racially charged. The NAACP offered help. Urban League officials noted the area was evenly mixed and not predominantly Black.
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Omaha
Joseph M. Lovely
Luella Blackson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
M. M. Taylor
Urban League of Omaha
End St Louis Truck Strike Settled After Night Talks
Union negotiators and the St Louis motor carriers council reached a settlement ending a monthlong AFL truck drivers strike. The plan includes a 31 cent hourly raise bringing top pay to 2.07 dollars, a 40 hour week, and Saturday overtime rules subject to wage board approval.
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St. Louis
AFL
Joseph M. Darst
AFL Teamsters Union
Motor Carriers Council
St. Louis Team and Trucks Owners Association
Wage Stabilization Board
Illinois Central seeks 45 percent suburban fare hike
The Illinois Central railroad announced it will petition the Interstate Commerce Commission and Illinois Commerce Commission for a 45 percent increase in suburban fares. It says the rise is needed to cover spiraling labor and material costs and higher taxes.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Commerce Commission
Marine Barracks at Annapolis Reorganizes Command
Lt. Col. William M. Gilliam of Redbud Illinois takes command of the 84 man Marine barracks at Annapolis replacing Col. Sidney M. Kelly of Lexington Kentucky who has been ordered to the Far East in a recent reorganization announced in Annapolis Maryland.
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Annapolis
William M. Gilliam
Redbud, Ill
Marine Barracks
Sidney M. Kelly
Lexington
Far East
Three Red Jets Shot Down and Old Baldy Recaptured
The U S Fifth Air Force said United Nations pilots shot down three Communist MiG-15 jets over North Korea in clear weather. Eighth Army infantry recaptured Old Baldy hill after an eight hour bloody fight on the Western Front. The clash involved 32 Sabre jets and more than 60 MIGs with no Allied losses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Fifth Air Force
United Nations
North Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Old Baldy Hill
Korea-Manchurian
Air Force
Eisenhower Backers Map White House Bid at Conference
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower meets with campaign leaders to plan his race for the presidency. Attendees include running mate Richard Nixon and Arthur Summerfield as campaign manager, plus Gov Sherman Adams Sen Henry Cabot Lodge and others shaping the bid.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Richard Nixon
California
GOP National Committee
Arthur E. Summerfield
Eisenhower
Gov
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Henry Cabot
Massachusetts
Lodge
Senate
Lewis and Moses discuss soft coal wage talks amid secrecy
John L. Lewis and Harry M. Moses hold recessed wage negotiations with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association president, aiming to set bargaining method for soft coal pay. Lewis’s miners earn 16.35 dollars daily for an eight hour shift, while BLS notes 2.24 dollars hourly average for 400,000 miners, with productivity up 29 percent from 1949 to 1951.
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John L. Lewis
Harry M. Moses
Moses
Bituminious Coal Operators Association
United Mineworkers
Lewis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Solons Plan Airbase Tour To Cut US Base Costs
Sen. Russell Long of Louisiana and Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon plan a 25 000 mile tour to inspect overseas air bases. They aim to identify savings for taxpayers and curb potential waste in Greenland North Africa Iceland and European bases.
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Washington
Russell Long
D-La
Wayne Morsey
R- Ore
U. S
Long
Morse
Senate
North Africa
Greenland
Congress
Iceland
Acheson and Aides Depart for Pacific Defense Meeting
Secretary of State Dean Acheson left for Honolulu with advisers to join Australia and New Zealand foreign ministers in forming a Pacific defense organization. The trio aims to draft the treaty machinery agreed at San Francisco last fall. The meeting starts Monday aboard aConstellation plane.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Honolulu
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific Defense
Acheson
Constellation
San Francisco
Egyptian Coup Leader Warns of Corruption Purge
Cairo Aug 1 AP Maj Gen Mohammed Naguib head of the military council that ousted King Farouk announced the Army will withdraw from politics but warned corruption must be purged from Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohammed, Naguib
Arouk
Herrin Slot Dealer Fined In East St Louis
Earl Walker head of Walke Amusement Co Herrin was fined 500 plus costs by Federal Judge Casper Platt for failure to register as a slot machine dealer. Walker pleaded nolle contendere and was listed as owner of 120 machines though 62 were in operation.
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Earl Walker
Walke Amusement Co
Herrin
Casper Platt
Walker
Illinois
Platt
Ernest McHale
Harold G. Baker
Harold G. Baker, East St. Louis
Baker
Nhlle
Jay Dee Brown
E. Davie St
Anna
Brown
Henry A. Hutson
Centralia
FBI
Hutson
St. Louis
Aluminum Prices Seen Up About Five Percent
A price hike averaging 5 percent across the aluminum industry was reported today, about half of the amount requested. A price official said the increase would be announced next Monday.
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Washington
Sheriff Draws Scorn Following Rebuke of Bare Chested Women
Syracuse reports Deputy Sheriff Arthur Willis stopped a speeding car and found four women bare from the waist up. They wore brassieres and observed men riding bare chested. A flood of mail defending women’s rights followed, including an anonymous letter from Austin, Minnesota praising public nudity.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Arthur Willis
Willis
Austin
Minn
United States
Sit-Down Strike Triggers 141 Jury Trials Set for Oct 15
The Farm Equipment United Electrical Workers Union won jury trials for 141 members arrested during a sit-down at International Harvester twine mill in Chicago. The company closed for cleanup and machine checks as 10 police stood by. Judge Daly granted trials and denied quashing the disorderly conduct charges.
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United Electrical Workers Union
International Harvester Company
Chicago
Liberty
Irving Meyers
William V. Daly
South State Street Court
Stevenson and Wyatt May Resume Talks on National Chair Role
Gov Adlai Stevenson and Wyatt Coner Stevenson were seen resuming discussions about a possible succession to Frank McKinney as Democratic national chairman. Wyatt, former Louisville mayor and longtime government aide, has held roles with the Navy, State Department, and the United Nations and led Americans for Democratic Action in 1947.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Wilson Wyatt
Stevenson
Wyatt
Frank McKinney
William S. Flanagan
Louisville
Board of Economic Warfare
North Africa
Americans For Democratic Action
Navy
State Department
United Nations
Nylon Body Armor Helps Soldiers in Korea
In Seoul on August 1, an Army research team led by Lt. Col. Andrew A. Ames tests a nylon Body Armor vest designed to stop grenade and shell fragments. The eight pound vest, made of 12 nylon layers with a waterproof coating, is issued to UN patrols and evaluated by soldiers for safety and mobility.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
U. S. Army Quartermaster Corps
United Nations
Andrew A. Ames
Boston
Boar
Cpi.eee E
Hot Springs
Virginia, La. Senators Split Over Demo Ticket
Southern senators show split over the Stevenson Sparkman ticket with Byrd declining to endorse a presidential candidate while Long and Robertson back the ticket. Clarke resigns Halifax County Dem chair and endorses Eisenhower. Nixon attacks Stevenson as Truman’s captive and promotes Eisenhower. Hoffmann predicts independent and dissident support for Eisenhower amid 40 billion in spend cuts.
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Adlai Stevenson
John J. Sparkman
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Morrell Clarke
Halifax County
Democratic Committee
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Richard
Nixon
Ohio
Columbus
Sparkman
Truman
Jacob Kroll
CIO
Political Action Committee
Jacob Arvey
Illinois
Democratic National
Denver
Springfield
Ill
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
Wyatt
Frank McKinney
Democratic National Committee
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Kerr
Beverly Hills
Calif
Chicago
Jacob Arvey i Stevenson
New York
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Old Baldy
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Daly
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Buddy
Philadelphia
L. O. Thieme
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Army Ordnance Ballistics Laboratories
Ralph W. Barlow
Dondo Beach, Calif
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