Illinois Ozarks Parks Tour Reveals Giant City Plans
The report outlines Giant City and other state parks in the Illinois Ozarks. It notes signs vanish from trails causing lost visitors and cites Senator Crisenberry backing park expansions. It covers Dixon Springs Fort Massac Cave-in-Rock Ferne Clyffe Red Hills Fox Ridge and funding bids for a Giant City lake and broader recreation efforts amid tightened budgets.
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Ferne Clyffe State Park
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Johnson County
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Red Hills State Park
Route 50
Lawrenceville
Fox Ridge
Charleston
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Woodrow Fleming
National History Survey
Fleming
University of Illinois
Fox Ridge Park
Everett Cooper
Paralyzed Ottawa Girl Awaits Doctor's Report
Dorothy Thompson, 19, of Ottawa, Illinois, paralyzed in an automobile crash, awaits a doctor's report on whether she will walk again.
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Ottawa
Dorothy Thompson
Shirley May Aims for Channel Swim Tonight
Dover England August 15 Shirley May France plans to start her English Channel crossing late tonight or early tomorrow. The 17 year old from Massachusetts may begin around midnight at Cape Gris Nez after resting in her room. Coach Harry Boudakian says the attempt hinges on the tides as conditions look ideal with calm seas and a light southwest breeze.
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France
Harry Boudakian
Massachusetts
Cape Gris Nez
English Channel
Dover Castle
Shirley May
England
Continent
Ottawa Woman Paralyzed After Fall From Car
Miss Thompson was brought to Wesley Memorial hospital after a fall in Ottawa. Dr John Martin examined her and reported spinal cord nearly severed leaving paralysis from the neck down. Treatment funded by a $1000 donation from the Ottawa Daily Republican Times.
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Miss Thompson
Wesley Memorial Hospital
John Martin
Ottawa
Ottawa Daily Republican Times
Boy Wounded by Rifle Accident in Peru
Fourteen year old Thomas Ellerbrock was seriously wounded when a .22 caliber rifle went off in the hands of his 12 year old cousin Richard Ellerbrock while the boys played with it. The injury was to the abdomen.
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Peru
Thomas Ellerbrock
Richard Ellerbrock
Thomas
Mail from R. F. D. Carriers Reaches Over 30 Million
More than 30 million persons receive their mail via rural free delivery carriers. The service extended nationwide, delivering letters and parcels to rural residents and farms.
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R. F. D. Carriers
Stateville Prison to Offer TV Repair Course
A 15 month course in television repair and maintenance will be offered to Stateville prison inmates this fall as part of the vocational education program. Instructors are two convicted murderers with backgrounds in mathematics physics and military instruction and prior television study.
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Stateville
The
Pention
Development Plan Links Crab Orchard Parks to Giants City
Superintendent Hubbs proposes a road connecting Little Gras lake and Giant City to stimulate access between Crab Orchard and Giant City parklands. He notes the two sites lie two miles apart and could be developed by state and federal governments to aid recreation and dining area access.
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Illinois
Illinois Beach State Park
Lake Michigan
Waukegan
Department of Interior
Crab Orchard
Little Devil's Katchen Lakes
Dales and
Murphysboro
Giant City Park
Little Grassy Lake
Giant City
Veep Crowns Granddaughter at Paducah Airport Dedication
Vice President Alben Barkley crowned his granddaughter Dorothy Anne Barkley as queen at the Paducah McCracken County airport rededication to Barkley Field. He joked about a future “queen of my own” as Mrs Hadley sat nearby. The Barkleys then returned to St Louis and later Washington.
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Paducah Ky
Paducah-McCracken County
Barkley Field
Alben Barkley
Carleton Hadley
St. Louis
Dorothy Anne Barkley
Madison Sheriff Closes 200 Club
Madison County Sheriff Dallas T. Harrell ordered the 200 Club gambling casino closed after a breakdown of local law enforcement. He and two deputies raided the club Saturday night and sealed the premises citing recent threats and a bombing as context.
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Madison Sheriff
Madison County
Dallas T. Harrell
Harrell
Barney Frannfort
Madison
Granite City Press Record
Nationalists Report Red Leader's Death
A Nationalist army spokesman said Mao Tze-tung died in Peiping on July 17 from tuberculosis. He claimed the report came from very reliable information but gave no further details.
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Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
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