Rent Officials Study Regions For Decontrol
Washington reports housing authorities will lift rent controls in about a third of regions nationwide. Federal housing expeditor Tighe Woods plans to target borderlines with ample or soon available rental housing as the White House budget cuts force staff reductions. Senate debate follows funding slashes while public housing grows with 34,600 homes approved for construction in four cities.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Housing Agency
Congress
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Senate
Budget Bureau
Labor Injunction Is Dissolved
Circuit Judge Ross Reynolds of Vienna ruled a labor injunction at Cairo over Mossman Construction bridge piling should be dissolved. He noted the contract directs disputes to the American General Contractors association for settlement and that work resumed after the injunction’s basis faded.
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Circuit
Ross Reynolds
Vienna
Reynolds
Cairo
Mossman Construction Company
American General Contractors Association
Carpenters Local
Connell Smith
Violent earthquake sweeps Eastern Turkey
An AP report from Istanbul notes a major earthquake struck Eastern Turkey last night with the Interior Ministry releasing details. Kigin in Bingo] province was reported hardest hit with four fatalities including two children. About twenty houses were leveled according to the ministry.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Interior Ministry
Kigin
Bingo
Staunton teen killed in bike scooter crash
Staunton August 18 Andy Krecknyak Jr age 16 was killed yesterday when his motor scooter crashed. Grace Jane Kodien 14 was injured and rushed to St. Francis hospital in nearby Litchfield with serious injuries.
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Staunton
Andy Krecknyak, Jr
Grace Jane Kodien
St. Francis Hospital
Litchfield
Barkley Plans No Dates After Illinois State Fair
Vice President Alben W. Barkley attended the Illinois state fair in Springfield without his accompanying date Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley of St. Louis. When asked about plans after the appearance, Barkley said he would return directly to Washington, indicating no further engagements.
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Springfield
Alben W. Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
St. Louis
Washington
Barkley
Illinois Polio Total Reaches 1120 This Year
Sixty two new infantile paralysis cases were reported to the state Health department today raising Illinois total for the year to 1120. The polio death list excludes George Aldrich a 14 year old from Newton who died yesterday in an Evansville Indiana hospital. James Cunningham 10 of Wataga and Jackie Harrison 11 of Peari are among recent victims. Sixteen new Cook county cases were added on state records.
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Springfield
State Health Department
Illinois
Department
George Aldrich
Newton
Evansville
Ind
James Cunningham
Wataga
Galesburg
Jackie Harrison
Cook County
Downstate
DuPage
Lake
Champaign
Peoria
Will
Joliet
Weather Outlook And Lake Spillway Readings
The report notes mild temperature changes overnight and into Friday with lows around 65 to 70 and a high near 90. It lists Wednesday temperatures, sunrise and sunset times, and precipitation yesterday to today. Crab Orchard Lake Spillway remains at the latest reading. Little Grassy Lake sits 13 feet below spillway. no Mississippi River Grand Tower reading available.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River
Grand Tower
Local newspaper sections listed by page numbers
The index lists sections for today including National Page 1 Local News Page 3 Editorials Page 4 Society News Page 9 Sports Pages 12 and 13 Comics Page 13 Classified Ads Pages 14 and 15 Births Deaths Marriage Licenses Page 15 Markets Page 15.
Britain Draws Plans to Meet Finance Crisis
A British committee drafted a four part plan to guide policy at the upcoming dollar pound Washington conference. Cripps and Bevin will discuss with Sny der and Canadian officials, while Acheson also attends. The document examines causes of the unbalance between dollar and sterling areas and proposes a global currency pattern to ease flows.
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Britain
London
England
Washington
Stafford Cripps
Ernest Bevin
U. S. Treasury
John W. Snyder
U.S
Cripps
Bevin
U. S
Dean Acheson
Sparta Veteran Dies in Crash Near Chester
Thomas Leo Nordberg 21 of Sparta was killed when his car hit a Kentucky man’s car on State Highway 150 near Chester at about 10 30 p m He was with Mrs Ruth Manster who is hospitalized in Sparta Sotherland Nordberg a Chester electric company employee recently discharged from the Navy leaves his parents three brothers and a sister One brother Jerry is in Rhode Island Navy Funeral services are set for 9 a m Saturday at the Sparta Catholic church
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Thomas Leo Nordberg
Sparta
Chester
Marion Davis
Kentucky
Davis
M. Nordberg
Ruth Manster
Sparta Southerland Hospital
Lester Walker
Sparta Catholic Church
Two British Brothers Cross Atlantic In 20 Foot Sailboat
Two daring British brothers completed today an epic 2700 mile Atlantic crossing in a homemade 20 foot sailboat. Stanley Smith 30 and his brother Colin 29 both Royal Air Force veterans set foot on land for the first time since leaving Halifax Nova Scotia in their cockleshell craft 43 days ago.
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Stanley Smith
Colin
Royal Air Force
Halifax
N. S
Dirksen Urges Free, Solvent Capitalist America
Former Congressman Everett M. Dirksen urged Republicans at a 400-strong Central Illinois dinner to back a free solvent competitive America. He said capitalism benefits would diffuse if capitalism expands with millions of capitalists and criticized Democratic policies as following the same path that bankrupted European nations by overspending and reduced income. He warned against bailing out others and cautioned that income is falling while spending rises.
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Springfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
G.O.P
U. S
Achiev
Central Illinois
Democratic
Czechs Urge Yugoslavs To Destroy Tito Regime
Czechoslovakia's Communist leadership launched a broad propaganda push urging Yugoslavs to revolt and topple Tito's regime. Resolutions from Czech factory workers and proclamations by Yugoslav émigré groups in the country accompanied the drive.
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Tito
Prague
Czechoslovakia
State Grants Freight Hike Intra Illinois Rates
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved a four percent general increase in railroad freight rates for intra state shipments with exceptions. Railroads operating between Illinois points may implement the rise after 20 days public notice but not before Sept 15. Sand gravel crushed stone are excluded. grains products and soybeans face only up to three percent.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Commission
Illinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lonely Hearts Slayers Given Death Penalty
Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were convicted of first degree murder in the lonely hearts case in New York. The verdict carries a mandatory death sentence, with sentencing set for Monday as jurors remained in deliberation overnight.
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New York
Martha Beck
Raymond Fernandez
Agencies Fund Quick Capitol Hill Action to Avert Cash Crisis
Congress delayed funds for nearly 30 billion dollars in operating expenses as deadlines slipped to September 15. House and Senate appropriations chairs Clarence Cannon and Kenneth McKellar led a stopgap to keep about 40 federal agencies paying salaries and expenses after a near financial emergency at July fiscal year start.
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Capitol Hill
Congress
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Kenneth McKellar
D-Tenn
House
Senate Appropriations
Cannon and
President orders Yugoslavia steel plant shipment
President Truman announced that he ordered the export of a three million dollar bloom and slabbing mill to Yugoslavia to aid Marshal Tito’s stance against Moscow. Acheson backed the risk as part of a broader strategy to curb Soviet expansion while Defense argued the move could enhance Yugoslavia’s war capacity. Shipment is due about a year after work starts in Pittsburgh.
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Yugoslavia
United States
Poland
Czechoslovakia
High Command
Tr¢P
Dean Acheson
Marshal Tito
Acheson
Tito
Moscow
Russia
Louis A. Johnson
Johnson
National Securities Resources Board
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Commerce Department
Continental Foundry & Machinery Co
Pittsburgh
William B. Todd
K of C Seeks Federal Aid for Parochial Schools
The Knights of Columbus moved to back federal funding for parochial pupils if public schools receive aid. Suprem e Knight John E Swift was reelected and to help write the resolution. Archbishop McIntyre denounced the separation of church and state slogan as a false shield against such aid. President Truman urged suspending judgment on Vaughan until his Senate testimony. McCarthy called for Vaughan’s firing, citing his influence on veterans affairs and a race track permit matter.
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Portland
Oré
Knights of Columbus
John E. Swift
Boston
J. Francis A. McIintyre
Los Angeles
Supreme Court
McCollum
Congress
Washington
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Senate
Vaughan
Mundt
New Jersey
McCarthy
Veterans Affairs
Tighe Woods
Woods
Tanfor
California
White House
Death by own action in West Frankfort
The body of Ed Kiwala a 59 year old retired miner was found shot in a garage at his daughter's home in West Frankfort. The pistol belonged to his son in law and the coroner ruled the death a death by own action citing long standing despondency over his mother in law’s death.
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Ed Kiwala
West Frankfort
Lawrence Davis
Kiwala
David J. Clayton
Coroner’s jury terms death by own action in Mrs Brown case
A coroner's jury found that Mrs. Orville Brown, 40, died by her own action. Her body was found in a well near her Christopher home after she had been missing since Saturday night. Her husband, a miner, said she worried over his layoff at Valier mine.
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Orville Brown
Christopher
New M W A President Named in Rock Island
Henry F. Turner of Paducah Kentucky was chosen as the new president of Modern Woodmen of America. He succeeds E J Bullard of Rock Island and Detroit who has led the organization since 1938.
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Rock Island
Henry F. Turner
Paducah, Ky
Modern Woodmen of America
E. J. Bullard
Detroit
Mich
Prince Aly Khan Reveals Rita Hayworth Pregnancy
Prince Aly Khan confirms Rita Hayworth is expecting a baby, ending silence on persistent reports. The couple wed May 27 in Vallauris near Cannes, with Rita already a mother to a daughter and Aly’s two other children from a prior marriage.
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Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Aly
Rita
Vallauris
Cannes
House cuts European arms aid in tentative vote
The House tentatively reduced the European arms aid from 1.161 billion to 580.5 million and plans to end the program on June 30. Rep. James P. Richards led the amendment in a 172 to 137 teller vote, signaling a warning to European nations to unite for mutual defense. President Truman had sought full funding through June 30, 1951.
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Washington
House
Truman
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Korea
Iran
Philippines
Dean Acheson
James P. Richards
D-S.c
Richards
Congress
REA Electricity Display Opens Tomorrow Night
Electrical appliances and farm machinery will be shown in Steeleville city park in connection with the Rural Electrification Association meeting. The display opens tomorrow night and is open to the public. Senator Paul Douglas will be the main speaker at Saturday’s meeting, addressing rural electrification progress and related topics.
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Steeleville
Rural Electrification Association
Paul Douglas
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