Illinois Voters Face Tax Revision Proposal
Illinois voters will decide on November 4 whether to amend the 1870 Illinois Constitution to permit different tax rates by property class and remove the sales tax from food while prohibiting a graduated income tax. Critics warn this could unleash intangibles and real estate disparities, affecting revenue and tax collection.
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Springfield
Illinois
General Assembly
Assembly
Joseph Meek
Illinois Federation of Retail Associations
Meek
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Illinois State Bar Associations
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
Civic Federation
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Illinois Agricultural Association
League of Sires Yeoman Pune
Candidates Heated Remarks Test Party Unity
Eisenhower clashed with GOP leaders in Kansas City over intervention decisions in Korea and warning on Red China, while Stevenson faced Truman friction and questions about a Washington mess as both campaigns press toward key events and conventions.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Esenhbweet
Kansas City
South Korea
Red China
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
China
Gov
Stevenson
Truman
Washington
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Denver
New York
Wisconsin North Woods
Springfield
American Legion
Goreestate
Liberal Party
Ships Stratus and Coos Bay collide off California coast
The Swedish motorship Stratus and the American steamship Coos Bay collided in fog off the Southern California coast. Both ships reported no casualties. A Coos Bay crew member used life rafts and a Navy crash boat arrived. no sinking condition was noted despite a 151 foot hole in the port side of Coos Bay.
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Stratus
Coos Bay
California
Metropolis Teen Dies After Car Collision on Highway 145
A 16 year old girl from Metropolis was killed when struck by a car on Highway 145 around 6 p.m. Thursday while returning from picking peaches. The driver John L Gurley of Vienna swerved to avoid a sick dog. An inquest is set for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Metropolis courthouse.
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Metropolis
Highway 145
Massac County
Hester Casey
John L. Gurley
Vienna
Gurley
The
McGraw Co
Texas Still Faces 100 Degree Heat in 21st Day
Heat persists across Texas with no relief despite a cool air surge from Canada lowering readings 10 to 20 degrees in the Missouri Valley. Five more heat deaths were reported in Texas on Thursday as the long drought harms crops and pastures. scattered thundershowers appeared from New England to the Middle Atlantic and in parts of Ohio River Valley and Colorado.
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Canada
Missouri Valley
Texas
Mercury
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio River Valley
New Mexico
Colorado
New Drug Treatment for Infant Diarrhea
A pharmaceutical company announces a new antibiotic combination called neobacin, combining neomycin and bacitracin, claiming a high cure rate in infectious diarrhea of infants and children in New York on August 22.
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New York
A_ pharmaceutical company
Kefauver Urges Expanded Crime Control Measures
Senator Estes Kefauver said he is encouraged by law enforcement progress but seeks Congress to approve more of the crime committee’s recommendations. He wants new rules forcing racketeers to disclose net worth and banning deduction of illegal gambling losses. The record shows 22,401 gamblers registered under the occupation tax, with 3,950 stamps sold since July.
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Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Congress
Kefauver
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Crime Committee
Coungess
Bureau
Lewis Sets Strike With Termination
A United Mine Workers local in Shenandoah Pa asks John L Lewis and other UMW officials to turn over their salaries to the union health and welfare fund during the memorial holiday for miners. Local 1 516 representing 800 workers at Packer No 4 mine forwards the demand noting dues must be paid.
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Shenandoah
United Mine Workers Union
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
Packer No. 4
Locust Coal Co
Coal Company
Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreads in California
An epidemic of sleeping sickness moved north through California's central valleys carried by female mosquitoes. Thirty deaths and about five hundred cases have been reported, with twelve deaths in the last week. Doctors lack a vaccine and rely on mosquito control efforts across 276 towns to curb the outbreak.
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California
San Francisco
State Health Department
Malcolm Merill
Britain's 140 Ton Flying Boat Takes Maiden Flight
At Coles Isle of Wight on August 22 AP reports Britain’s largest flying boat the Saunders-Roe Princess 140 tons and built to carry 200 troops roared off on its maiden flight piloted by Geoffrey Tyson. The craft with ten turbo prop engines flew for about thirty minutes after a brief taxi test. It can fly 3550 miles nonstop with a wingspan of 220 feet and a length of 148 feet.
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Coles
Isle of Wight
Britain
Geoffrey Tyson
America
Howard Hughes
Four New Jets Tested Aboard Navy Carrier
The Navy announced first tests aboard a carrier for four new jet fighters. The XFJ-2 Fury, F9F-6 Cougar, and F7U-3 are touted as superior to the Russian MIG, while the F2H-3 is a twin-engine McDonnell Banshee model.
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Washington
Navy
Kimball
Train Hits Car Killing Motorist High-Speed Crash in Racine
In Racine Wisconsin a high speed Chicago to Milwaukee electric train at 75 mph struck a car near the city late Thursday. The motorist Episano Leal 31 of Racine died and 65 passengers were injured as cars toppled and tracks ripped up. Motorman Hiram M Bryant of Waukegan Illinois described the moment and brake failure.
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Racine
Wis
Here
Hiram M. Bryant
Waukegan
Ill
Chicago
Episano Leal
Bombers Hit New Targets Across Korea in August Actions
U N fighter bombers struck Communist targets nationwide in Korea while U S Sabre jets damaged two MiG 15s. Allied ground forces repulsed two light Red assaults as twelve B 26 bombers raided a supply area at Anak near the 38th parallel. East Coast strikes hit five large warehouses near Wonsan. The Air Force reported 28 Red jets damaged in August, with 15 infantrymen of the 45th Division presumed drowned after a training flood.
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Seoul
Korea
Korean Peninsula
U. S
Anak
Haeyu Peninsula
38Th Parallel
Wonsan
Susho
Manchurian
45Th Division
MSA accuses oil firms of overcharging taxpayers
The Mutual Security Agency told senators the five major oil firms Standard Oil of New Jersey Standard Oil of California Gulf Oil Socony Vacuum Oil and The Texas Company exploited price discrimination to charge Europe higher oil prices, burdening American taxpayers funding Marshall Plan aid. The Justice Department seeks 50 million dollars in a related suit.
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Washington
Mutual Security Agency
MSA
U. S
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Standard Oil of California
Gulf Oil Company
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Texas Company
Senate
Small Business Committee
Middle East
Justice Department
United States
New York
Standard of New Jersey
New Jersey Standard
Esso Corporation
Mine Leader Follows Taft Hartley Regulations
John L. Lewis notified federal mediators that coal contracts with soft and hard coal operators will expire at the end of September. The UMW president said a nationwide strike could follow if no new agreement is reached by then. The notice, signed by general counsel Welly Hopkins, triggers a 60 day pre-expiration period under Taft Hartley.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Welly Hopkins
UMW
Harry M. Moses
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Union
Pennsylvania
U S Schools Face Squeeze
The NEA reports a nationwide double squeeze on schools with rising enrollments and shrinking space and staffing. Surveying 4 372 districts, 1 270 responded listing major problems such as crowded classrooms and a teacher shortage amid inflation and building delays.
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Washington
National Education Association
NEA
Weather summary and lake level notes for Crab Orchard area
Yesterday's high reached 86 with a cooler today. Low yesterday 72, 7 a.m. today 66, 6 p.m. yesterday 80. No precipitation since 7 a.m. yesterday. The sun sets at 6:44 p.m. today and rises at 5:20 a.m. Crab Orchard Lake sits 18 inches below spillway. A Little Grassy Lake 13 inches below spillway.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Grassy Lake
Local Newspaper Extract Highlights March Event
Fragmentary text notes an event in March with mentions of publications and locations. Names and places are unclear but suggest a regional sweep and scheduling details.
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Llicoisan
Delig Ve Press
Ere
Tinole Peril Publications
Reonsale
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