Joppa Reopens Under No-Strike Pledges Next Week
Construction at the Joppa steam electric station will resume next week under a no-strike pact. Bechtel Corp and labor leaders negotiated a master agreement to curb jurisdictional disputes and set travel pay. About 2,500 workers were idle. the project has a $195 million price tag and past work stoppages.
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Joppa Steam Electric
Cairo
Bechtel Corp
Fir
Internationals
AFL Building Trades Department
Bechtel
Labor
Joseph Keenan
Building Trades
Bechtel and Electric Energy, Inc
Keenan
Elieve
J. Perry Yates
Ebasco Services, Inc
F. H. McGraw
Paducah
Joppa
Wil Ly Energy
Weather Bulletin for Southern Illinois and Lake Levels
Continued cool for Southern Illinois with fair tonight and Friday. Friday highs near 86 with a low around 58. Observed values include yesterday’s high 84 and low 56, today’s 61 at 7 am and 80 at 6 pm, sunrise 5 19 am and sunset 6 48 pm. Crab Orchard Lake 6 inches below spillway, Little Grassy Lake 3 inches below spillway.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Stevenson Optimistic on Free World in Cold War Win
Former Gov. Stevenson returns from a six month world tour saying American postwar policy has been successful and the free world is winning the cold war. He cites communist spread now arrested, shifts in Russia’s tactics, and a decline in U S prestige but predicts vigilance remains. He dodges questions about a 1956 presidential bid.
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Stevenson
New York
Iron Curtain
East Germany
Stalin
Russia
United States
White House
Kinsey Questioned? Man Charged After Assault on Woman
Knoxville August 20 John H. Brown was charged with felonious assault after Maggie Bryant testified he stripped her, whipped her with a board, and broke a date, a judge heard the testimony.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John H. Brown
Maggie Bryant
French Unions Expand Strike Across Paris Region
Paris August 20 The non Communist unions ordered 48 hour walkouts affecting metal and building trades as 1 million workers idle. Renault factory workers join stoppages as Socialist and Catholic federations reject Premier Lanier’s ultimatum and threaten longer strikes into Parliament’s next session.
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Renault Auto
Paris
Joseph Lanier
Labor
POW Exchange Advances in Korean War Prisoner Swap
Aug 20 Panmunjom reports the prisoner exchange reaching the halfway point with expectations of larger daily returns. The day freed 60 Americans 90 British and 300 Koreans while 150 Americans were promised for Friday and 300 Koreans and 300 more Koreans also slated.
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Panmunjom
Reds
Eldorado Soldier Freed From Communists After Prisoner Return
The eleventh Southern Illinois soldier captured by the Communist forces to be released is Cpl. Donald L. Denny from Eldorado son of Howard Denny. He was released last night at Panmunjom and is reported in good health.
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Southern Illinois
Cpl
Donald L. Denny
Howard Denny
Eldorado
Panmunjom
Allied troop releases and typhoon hamper Korean War reach
Thursday's shipment raised freed Allied troops to 6,533, just over half of the 12,763 pledged by the Reds. No Communists moved north Thursday and none scheduled until Saturday. Typhoon conditions delayed Koje Island prison camp shipping. The hospital ship Haven with 104 disab U.S. repatriates left Inchon for Japan to load more sick and injured and return to the United States, due about Sept. 14.
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Koje Island
Korea
Haven
U. S
Inchon
South Korea
Japan
United States
Royalist claim Mossadegh captured in Tehran
Tehran reports say Premier Mossadegh and three aides were seized by Fazollah Zahedi's forces in central Tehran. Royalist radio cited street fighting as pro and anti-Mossadegh factions clashed. The Shah, in Rome, urged obedience as Zahedi moves to form a cabinet and put Mossadegh on trial.
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Tehran
Iran
Fazollah Zahedi
Mohammed Mossadegh
London
Tehran Radio Today
Mossadegh
French deposes Moroccan Sultan and exiles him to Corsica
France ousts Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef ruler of Morocco after Berber chief Thami El Glaoui’s forces march on Rabat. The sultan and two sons are sent to Corsica as nationalist tensions rise and press is censored in the protectorate. France claims the move reflects the will of the Moroccan people amid a looming civil conflict.
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France
Morocco
Interior Ministry
Corsica
Mediterranean
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Pasha Thami el Glaoui
Marakech
Rabat
Sidi Mohammed
el Glaoui
Fernch
Napoleon
Augustin Guillaume
Paris
Marrakech
Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa
UN Rcle
Second Chance Camp Opens for Juvenile Offenders
Twenty teenaged boys, ages 15 to 17, from St Charles reformatory began life in Dixon Springs State Park as the state’s first forestry rehabilitation camp. Directed by Kenneth Absher the pilot camp will host up to 40 youths, tear down structures, clear grounds, and learn trades while transferring to Giant City in winter.
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Robbs
Dixon Springs
Kenneth Absher
Marion
Absher
Reformatory
This Should End Controversy Over The Oldest Horse
The horse named Tulle, claimed as the oldest in the world, celebrated her 55th birthday with an extra ration of beer. Owner Andreas Hansen bought her in 1918 and notes she has become fastidious with age and now sticks to beer.
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Tulle
Andreas Hansen
Polio cases expected to be well below 1952 total
The Public Health Service said infantile paralysis cases this year appear to be substantially below last year’s record 57,626. Last week 1,997 cases were reported, a 7 percent rise from the prior week but 40 percent below 1952 levels, with California leading the nation in cases and Texas following.
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The
Public Health Service
Health Service
California
Texas
Kinsey Findings On Women's Sex Life Released Today
The Kinsey report shows women stay younger longer in sex activity and differ from men psychologically. It notes 10 percent of wives are frigid and estimates 26 percent of older single women share that, while about half of all women have pre marriage relations.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Bloomington
Ind
New Kinsey
Alfred C. Kinsey
Body Found on Highway 3 Near Ware
Union County Sheriff Roy Dillon sought clues to identify a 16 year old African American youth found dead across Highway 3, two miles north of Ware. He had skull injuries and a deep scalp gash, no papers, and may have fallen or been hit by a truck. An inquest will be held. body at Norris and Son Funeral Home.
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Union County
Roy Dillon
Highway 3
Ware
Dillon
Chester
Norris and Son Funeal
Roach Taylor
Charleston
Warren Grammer
Murphysboro
Area Man Hurt In Plane Crash Near Picacho Peak
A B50 bomber exploded in the Arizona desert near Picacho Peak and crashed with 12 crew members. Captain Le Aubuchon of Prairie du Rocher Illinois and Airman Charles R. Stewart of Steubenville Ohio were among the injured. Stew art suffered multiple fractures and was listed in serious condition. Ground rescue teams from Davis Monthan AFB assisted, and ambulances transported two airmen to Hoakme Hospital in Casa Grande.
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Picacho
Ariz
Arizona Desert
Prairie du Rocher
Picaho Peak
Pinal County
Ill
Charles R. Stewart
Steubenville
Ohio
Aubuchon
Stewart
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Soviet Claims Test Hydrogen Bomb on August 12
Moscow reports a test hydrogen bomb of great strength and calls for international disarmament. The Atomic Energy Commission confirms it had information on a Soviet test and notes similar reactions in 1951 and 1952 tests at Eniwetok. The Russians urge a ban on atomic weapons and bid for Big Five arms reductions.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Eniwetok Atoll
Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Myravda
Georgi M. Malenkov
Supreme Soviet
Malenkov
Britain
France
Russia
China
Kremlin
U S Indicates Two Year Edge in H Bond Race
The United States said Russia’s hydrogen bomb boast is not yet linked to a workable device. Atomic Energy Commission chief Lewis L. Strauss announced U S detectors observed early hydrogen type reactions after tests in the Pacific in 1951 and 1952, signaling a lead in the race to perfect the weapon.
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United States
Russia
New Pravda
Moscow
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Pacific
Eisenhower
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