I U Speaker Urges Graduates To Live Fully At SIU
The 274 member summer class heard Erving Dilliard deliver a kickoff style commencement. Dilliard urged each small group to pursue service in Southern Illinois, improving local governance, education, civil rights, freedom, and community development while stressing personal responsibility and enthusiasm for life. The event ended with degrees conferred by Gen. Robert W. Davis in Shryock auditorium due to threatened weather.
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Southern Ilinois University
Erving Dilliard
Illinois
Dilliard
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Southern
Southern Illinois
United Nations
Boards of Education
Congress
Giant City State Park
U. S
America
Kremlin
Washington
Moscow
D. W. Morris
Robert W. Davis
Carbondale
Southern Ilinois University Board of Trustees
Shryock
Polio panic dismissed as unfounded health pamphlet says
The Illinois Department of Public Health outlines polio as a rare danger with about one infection per 3,000 in 1946 figures. It notes most cases do not paralyze and many recover fully. death rates are lower than typhoid, meningitis, or pneumonia, arguing against panic and fear.
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Illinois Department of Public Health
Roland R. Cross
M. D
Illinois
Denver Police Chief Earns Milestone Long Service
M Rugg Williams, Denver's police chief, marks sixty years in the department since joining as a rookie in 1890. He entered the force at age seventeen and has served through many era changes in the city police.
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M. Rugg Williams
Denver
Hugh Scott Snubs Dewey in Radio Interview
Pennsylvania Representative Hugh D. Scott Jr. said former NY governor Thomas E. Dewey should not run for president again. He spoke after resigning as GOP chairman, urging the party to nominate new faces such as Alfred E. Driscoll Val Peterson Robert A Taft and Harold E Stassen.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Pennsylvania
Scott
Dewey
Alfed E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
Cavalier Parade to Tour Southern Illinois Cities
A Cavalier sponsored by Reynolds Tobacco campaigns king size cigarettes arrives in Carbondale at 1 p.m. Tuesday with a convertible parade featuring Marion girls and Carmie La Bue. The two day tour travels Marion Herrin Carbondale Murphysboro Cape Girardeau Anna and back to Marion with proceeds from the Marion Jaycees benefiting charity.
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Reynolds Tobacco Company
Carbondale
Marion
Carmie la Bue
Arbout
Herrin
Murphysboro
Cape Girardeau
Anna
Marion Jaycees
Miss Lo Bue
Jo Ann Garrison
Greta Ford
Judy Cruse
Martyn Johnson
Gloria Sullivan
Sue Carter
Kay Cole
Aston Taylor
Delores Eason
Overnight Nudists at Colorado Camp Stir Phone Calls
A Colorado nudist camp near Denver reports a flood of inquiries about joining the movement. John Garrison of the National Sunbathers' Association warns that entry is strict and involves background checks and committee approval. An elderly Canadian traveler arrived with a cello, while a California resident questioned camp practices and health habits.
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Denver
Here
John Garrison
National Sunbathers’ Association
California
Miss America Denies Wine Rumors About Her
Hopkins Minnesota August 6 AP It took a trans Atlantic telephone call last night to reassure Bebe Shopp Miss America 1948 father Edward Shopp that she is the same sweet girl. He said she did not drink wine she is a teetotaler and does not smoke. He noted one incident where a reporter suggested she might be getting too far and she answered back like any girl would.
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Hopkins, Minn
Bebe Shopp
Bebe
Edward Shopp
Shopp
Fire devastates Kriegshauser mortuary in St Louis
A major blaze at the Kriegshauser mortuary in southwest St Louis burned about four hours last night drawing over 12000 spectators. Damage could exceed 250000 with initial estimates of 100000 for the building and 40000 for contents. Three firefighters were lightly hurt as Acting Fire Chief Lyon begins his tenure.
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St. Louis
Kriegshauser Mortuary
Herman Kriegshauser
Hugh F. Lyon
Lyon
Frank Egenriether
Honeymoon by Proxy For Dutch Engineer in Singapore
Henk Kremers 26 and his bride Riet Holthuysen 25 married by proxy while he tours Singapore for a solo honeymoon. They wed from distant Holland and Durban South Africa to allow longer officer leaves. He says they will have a real honeymoon when they can meet in about a year and a half.
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Singapore
Henk Kremers
Negro forger jailed. reads and writes denied
Miami, Aug 6 AP A 22 year old Negro, Lewis West, who says he cannot read or write, begins a one year eleven month federal prison term for forgery. He pleaded guilty to forging four government check endorsements totaling 100 dollars and used an x mark to cash them with local merchants.
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Miami
Fla
Lewis West
John W. Holland
Secret Service
West
Lenzburg Mine Loot Recovered
Edward Dayton a junk dealer was arrested after his truck broke down in Belleville Ill police found stolen equipment from the Okay coal mine at Lenzburg about 300 dollars worth of material had been taken Dayton said he lived at 1200 South Vandervenue St Louis and the car carrying items was traced and returned to the car owner
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Belleville
Ill
Edward Dayton
Lenzburg
Dayton
Okay Coal
St. Louis
Vandeventer Avenue
Heat Wave Grips Western States As Temperatures Soar
The hot spell reaches the Northern Plains Rocky Mountain and Plateau states with readings above 100 in several locations. Some cooling expected in Minnesota Nebraska Iowa while northeastern areas stay warm and skies remain clear aside from brief thunderstorms in the South Atlantic states and light rain in parts of Wisconsin and Michigan.
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Plains
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Mercury
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
South Atlantic
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Greek Inscription Sparks Mixup by Dortmund Workers
In Dortmund Germany anti communist construction workers were asked to carve a Greek inscription on a new building. They refused mistaking the letters for Russian, highlighting a clash of language and politics during construction.
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Dortmund
Germany
Failure Reported In Mo Pac Union Disputes
An emergency board reported failure to settle about 300 grievances between Missouri Pacific and four strike threatening unions. Six minor issues were recommended for quick settlement. the status quo remains for 30 days. The dispute involves B of L E, Order of Railway Conductors, and BRT.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri Pacific Railroad
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Railroad Adjustment Board
Yawn Stricken From Record Sparks Senate Quip
During a Tennessee Senate speech Senator Kenneth McKellar noted Senator Scott Lucas’s yawn and apologized for the effect. Vice President Alben Barkley ordered the yawn struck from the record, prompting Lucas to remark that McKellar should feel complimented.
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Scott Lucas
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
McKellar
Lucas
Alben W. Barkley
Illinois
Chicago Daily News Wins Illinois Legion Editorial Award
The Chicago Daily News received the Illinois American Legion editor ial appreciation trophy for its October 16, 1948 editorial The Legion Deserves a Salute for Its Patriotic Services. The Danville Commercial News won second place for June 17 A Legion Holds Spotlight on Danville Stage This Weekend.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Illinois American Legion
Legion
News
Danville
American Legion
Pass Flunked Students Stir Bangkok Education Row
A government decree granted passing grades to 29 students who failed university entrance exams in Bangkok. Within days the Education Ministry faced floods of requests from parents for similar leniency. Top ministry officials considered resigning in shame after cabinet action but stayed on since their terms were nearly finished. The controversy began when a member of parliament’s son scored 49.6 on an exam as the passing mark was lowered to 49.5 or better.
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Bangkok
Ministry of Education
Thailand
Man Kills Wife's New Mate Then Takes His Own Life
In Southampton New York August 6 a divorced husband killed Harold Winters 44 as he embraced Winters wife Mary 40 in the kitchen of the home they formerly shared. Zieman 44 then killed himself with a .22 revolver. Police called both deaths homicides and a suicide, noting Zieman had vowed to kill the new couple. He had just returned from Navy civilian duty in the Pacific.
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Southampton
N. Y
Harold Winters
Mary
Francis Zieman
Zieman
Winters
Navy
Pacific
Wife Picks Locks in Charleston Locksmith Shop
The story notes Madelyn Judy, wife of Reaburn Judy, a Charleston locksmith, often takes over the shop when he is out on jobs. She claims she can pick locks as well, surprising customers who come in with requests for her husband. Four alleged pickproof locks were not after her handling.
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Charleston
W. Va
Madelyn Judy
Judy
Iron Rings Are Found In Early Roman Wedding Customs
Archaeologists report iron wedding rings dating to early Roman times, shedding light on marriage customs and metalwork. The rings suggest a symbolic use of iron in nuptial practices and indicate broader trade networks in antiquity.
Midwest Cowboys Ride In Illinois Roundup
The Buck Deer ranch near Dixon and Oregon hosts a roundup on August 14 with 600 horsemen from 14 riding clubs in Illinois and neighboring states. Bronc riding bull dogging and calf roping highlight the largest Midwest event, according to Harold Stroup, president of the Rock River Trailriders and Horsemens association.
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Dixon, Til
Buck Deer Ranch
Illinois
Midwest
Harold Stroup
Rock River
Desert onetime land of lakes
California's Mojave desert is described as among the sandiest and driest regions in the United States. Dr. Robert R.
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la Jolla
Calif
California
Mojave Desert
United States
Robert R
Belgium Faces New Elections Over Leopold Crisis
Belgium faced a possible parliament breakup and general elections as three main parties deadlocked over restoring exiled King Leopold. Leopold offered to abdicate if his return could not serve the country and indicated Parliament should decide his throne, while observers floated a referendum as a possible solution.
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Brussels
Belgian
Belgium
Leopold
Baudouin
Social-Christian
Land of Lakes Once Saeced by Glacial Era
Miller of the United States National Museum and Dr. Carl L Hubbs of UC biologist say the region was a water rich land of lakes until after the glacial era about 20 000 years ago. They estimate the landscape changed as the ice retreated.
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