Southern Illinois University broadens reach in 75th year
In its Diamond Jubilee year, Southern Illinois University outlines a practical growth plan under a new independent board. President D W Morris describes terminal courses in agriculture and emerging programs in coal mining home economics and industrial arts aimed at serving the southern Illinois region and strengthening teacher training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Henry J. Rehn
College of Vocations and Professions
Southern
Rehn
Crab Orchard Lake
Carbondale
Networks Plan Battle to Save Giveaway Shows
New York August 20 AP broadcasters brace for a court fight to save profitable giveaway programs from FCC rules aimed at lottery elements. The FCC may deny license renewals for stations airing prize shows tied to audience participation and prizes.
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New York
Federal Communications Commission
American Broadcasting Co
Hollywood
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Justin Miller
Co. B. S
Rush Clarke
Rochester
N. Y
Lightning Sparks New Idaho Forest Fires
Lightning sparked 38 fires in Nez Perce National Forest with 28 smoke jumpers and 220 personnel battling them. Storms also blamed for about 36 fires in Payette and 25 in Boise forests, with the largest Nez Perce blaze consuming about 40 acres along the Salmon River.
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McCall
Idaho
Idaho National
Nez Perce Forest
Payette National Forest
Boise National Forest
Salmon River
Radio Show Winner Plans Million Wedding Guests
West Point cadet Ralph Stephen Stephenson who won 4600 on the Break the Bank program said he would marry June McFarland of Yonkers after graduation in 1950. He invited guests to the cadet chapel and by midnight ABC had 545 acceptances with producers estimating up to a million might accept in a week.
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New York
West Point
Ralph Stephenson
Jena
Amer
June McFarland
Yonkers
N. Y
Stephenson
Navy Vet Hunts Easy Quick Job After Cancer Diagnosis
Ernest Gillum a 34 year old Navy aerial photographer seeks a low effort, short term job. He cannot train or work long, as doctors say he has only four to six months before cancer ends his life. He says he must work to eat while he can.
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Navy
Detroit
Ernest Gillum
Gillum
West Berlin Protest Over Seizure Of Gift Packages
The West Berlin postal department protests a Russian seizure of 2,000 gift packages bound for West Berlin. Officials say a mail car was seized by Soviet border guards as an interzonal train entered the Soviet zone at Marienborn last night.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Wess
Post
Marienborn
Weather forecast and lake spillway readings
Fair weather continues with cool nights and pleasant Sunday. Low tonight around 53 to 59, high Sunday near 80. Today’s temperatures show 65 at 7 am, 85 noon, 73 at 6 pm, humidity around 75 percent at 8 am. Precipitation yesterday to 7 am today trace. Sunrise 5:14 am, sunset 6:52 pm. Crab Orchard Lake Spillway level Sunday latest reading. Little Grassy Lake 13 feet below spillway. no reading for Mississippi River at Grand Tower.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River
Grand Tower
Local Page Plan Features Wide Range of News
The index lists national and local sections for today across pages 1 to 12. It highlights areas such as Local News page 3 Editorials page 4 Society News page 5 Sports pages 6 and 7 Comics page 7 and Classifieds pages 10 and 11 Births deaths and Marriage licenses page 11 Markets page 11 Pictures page 12.
England balks at her share of U S funds in Marshall plan aid
Paris Aug 20 Britain refused to accept the aid figure allocated by the OEEC working party for its Marshall plan share. Britain sought 1 518 billion dollars but was cut to 842.7 million despite arguing the cuts were excessive and unjustified. At Chequers Cripps Attlee and Bevin met to discuss.
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England
U. S
Britain
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Alan Dudley
Chequers
Sir Stafford Cripps
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Vaughan Grain Ration Dispute Spurs Senate Inquiry
Washington reports indicate Maj. Gen. Harry H Vaughan pressed the Agriculture Department over a grain rationing order after brewery interests protested. Vaughan, aide to President Truman, allegedly abused his influence in 1946 47 while seeking to aid a New Jersey molasses firm, with Nate Koenig and Clinton Anderson tied to the case. The fivepercenter inquiry may pursue formal investigations as Vaughan is expected to testify next week.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Agriculture Department
Senate
Vaughan
Truman
New Jersey
Karl Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
White House
Clinton P. Anderson
Harry Hoffman
Milwaukee
Anderson
Nate Koenig
Koenig
Charles F. Brannan
Clinton Anderson
Puerto Rico
Nate
Hoey
Dope Ring Leader Arrest After International Crackdown
Authorities seized Eduardo Balarezo, 48, ringleader of a vast Peru linked drug syndicate. The U N and U S authorities dismantled a network moving cocaine worth about 500000 dollars monthly between the United States and Peru, funding insurgents and possibly extending to Italy. Balarezo, arrested aboard the liner La Guardia, faced 100000 dollar bail for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine from Peru.
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Peru
United Nations Action
U. S
U. N
Eduardo Balarezo
Great North River
Long Island
Joseph P. Martin
Italy
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Balarezo
la Guardia
New York
Alfonso Miero Teran
Department of Investigation
Aprista
Victor Haya de la Torce
Aprista Party
Mier
Saline County Board Member Found Dead
Claude Murphy 39 a Saline county board of supervisors member was found shot to death a few feet from his home. A gun was nearby Murphy lived 15 miles south of Harrisburg. Coroner J B Clark said Murphy complained of sleeplessness before retiring and his wife heard a shot a few minutes later and found the body. An inquest was set for Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Murphy
Saline County Board of Supervisors
Murphy
Harrisburg
Saline County
J. B. Clark
Clark
Polio Victim Dies at State Emergency Center
Versie Shannon six of Brookport Illinois died from polio at the state emergency polio center in Centralia last night. The death is the seventh at the center since it opened a month ago.
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Centralia
Versie Shannon
Brookport
Ill
Nine Year Old Tony Luppa Receives Seven Year Blood Promise
In Newark New Jersey a nine year old boy with Coyley’s Anemia has been promised seven years of blood supplies. Volunteers from New Jersey pledges include residents who read of his plight in local papers. The Essex County chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has pledged a full year and operates a blood bank at Beth Israel hospital.
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Newark
N. J
New
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Beth Israel Hospital
F B I to Probe Migrant Farm Strike Near Mazomanie
The Madison field office will investigate a 40 worker strike by Southern migrants on a Mazomanie farm. Complaints allege underfeeding poor sanitation and high board charges at Mazo Products Co. Mediation efforts paused warrants for 15 strikers while officials from Dane County oppose actions.
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Madison
Wis
Here
Industrial Commission
Governor’s Commission On Human Rights
Mazo Products Co
Mazomanie
M. Michael Essin
Milwaukee
Wallace Party
Dane County
Herman Kerl
U S Official Hails Rescue In Mine Fire
James Boyd of the Bureau of Mines praised the safe evacuation of 257 workers from a Peabody Coal Co mine near Springfield. He credited planned escape routes, calm crews, and rock dusting for preventing disaster. 62 reached surface, 135 hoisted to safety, 60 guided by rescue team. The fire, caused by a rail collision, remains burning.
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Washington
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Springfield
Boyd
Interior
Julius Krug
Illinois
Burmese Citizens Army Mobilized in Shan Area
An official source says a large citizens army has been mobilized in eastern Shan state to fight Karen tribesmen invading Shan territory. Shan minister Sao Hkun Hkio urged people to abandon peacetime pursuits and join in war in the hills near Thailand.
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Rangoo
Burma
Sao Hkun Hkio
Thailand
Siam
Alabama Klan Leader Seeks National Head Post
Atlanta August 20 AP Alabama’s jailed Ku Klux Klan leader William Hugh Morris said in Birmingham he may become top Klansman of the nation after the death of Dr Samuel Green Funeral services for Green were held as Morris, age 44, remains jailed for defying a grand jury order to provide secret membership rolls Morris and Green had discussed a possible merger of their organizations with near agreement, though Green had not signaled any merger plans.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Samuel Green
William Hugh Morris
Birmingham
Morris
Green
Serum used on polio patient at Dallas flight detour
Four year old Peggy Ann Best in New Mexico showed no signs of polio after a Chicago doctor grandfather administered a convalescent serum. Braniff Airways rerouted a Dallas to Amarillo flight to deliver the serum from Chicago, while sister Sandra Jean had died earlier in the week. The AMA cautioned that no drug cures polio and large studies are needed to prove efficacy.
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Lubbock
Texas
Chicago
Peggy Ann Best
Jordan
N. M
Peggy Ann
Sandra Jean
C. O. Molander
Deutsch Serum Center
Molander
Michael Reese
American Airlines
Dallas
Braniff
American Medical Association
A. M
Illinois polio cases surge with 77 new infections
Springfield reports 33 Illinois counties recorded 77 new infantile paralysis cases raising year total to 1,235. Cook county led with 13 cases while Dupage Kane Daviess and Lake counties reported four each. Polio deaths remain 82, with Versie Shannon not yet listed due to reporting delays.
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Springfield
Illinois
State Health Department
Health Department
Versie Shannon
Brookport
Centralia
Cook County
Amon
Jown State
Dupage
Kane
Daviess and Lake
Mother and Son Raid Gamblers in Los Angeles
An angry housewife shot at a dice game in Fred Barnett's upholstery shop to recover her husband’s $200 loss. Her 19 year old son helped attack the owner with a rubber mallet and spray gun. Both were arrested on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder. Barnett was hospitalized with face and head lacerations.
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Los Angeles
C.W. Barber
Vance Cushman
Fred Barnett
Barnett
Cushman
William
Fall from Ferris Wheel Injures Father and Daughter
Kankakee Ill Aug 20 Charles Voss 34 of Momence and his 8 year old daughter Patty were seriously injured last night after falling from a ferris wheel in Momence AP reports the accident occurred at the amusement ride with emergency medical aid summoned for both victims.
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Kankakee, Ill
Charles Voss
Momence
Patty
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Elisha Lair
Paris
William P. Rogers
Clyde R. Hoey
Rogers
Haya de la Torce
Martin
la Guardi
Saline County Board
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Checks
U.S
Shan
Illinois Health Office
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