St Louis Transit Strike Ends as Drivers Return to Work
St Louis bus drivers and streetcar operators ended a three day strike and returned to work unconditionally after Acting Mayor Albanese announced the move. Normal service was restored by 5 am and about 315000 daily riders were affected. Governor Smith had seized the system under the King Thompson law.
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St. Louis
Charles E. Albanese
Forrest Smith
King-Thompson
Smith
A. F
L Street
Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employes Association
44th Division Starts Training at Camp McCoy
The 44th Illinois National Guard division begins two weeks of field training at Camp McCoy Wisconsin after a week of settling in. Nearly a dozen chaplains led more than twenty services as the division’s 129th Infantry Regiment and artillery moved in by truck. The unit gathers soldiers from 95 Illinois communities and will advance from individual tactics to cooperative large group training.
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Camp McCoy
Wis
Illinois
4Th National Guard
44Th
Man Held in Slaying Over TV Spy Claim
Alfie Miano, 58, was detained in St. Louis for the shotgun killing of neighbor Otto R. Schneider, his wife, and their son William after claiming the family spied on him via a television set. He said he bought an automatic shotgun six weeks ago to defend against bother.
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St. Louis
Alfie Miano
Miano
Otto R. Schneider
Schneider
William
Proposed Gateway Amendment to Illinois Constitution
Public notice announces a proposed amendment to Article XIV Section 2 to be voted on at the November 7, 1950 general election. It details submission via separate blue ballot, publication requirements, voting thresholds, and form of the ballot, with explanations of present versus proposed provisions.
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Illinois
General Assembly
State OF
Capitol
Springfield
Secretary OF State
Edward J. Barrett
Senate
Sixty-sixth General Assembly
Capitol Building
A.D
United States
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