Court Reform May Begin in Next Assembly
The 1953 Minors legislature is urged to start major overhauls of Illinois courts. A legislative commission and a bar association joint committee push a constitutional amendment and a new judicial article. The plan shifts to gubernatorial appointment via nominating commissions with eight to ten year terms, sparking controversy and predicted opposition.
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Springfield
Chicago
Ilinois
Senate
House
Bar Committee
Missouri
Ber
Edward P. Saltiel
Rep
Paul Taylor
Effingham
Legislative Commission
Operation on Miner's Son to Await X Rays
Carl Joslin, 11, unconscious for over two months after a fall, will have X rays Thursday to determine if surgery is possible. He was flown from southern Illinois by the United Mine Workers. parents Edward and (name) Joslin joined by Lions Club aid from Du Quoin Illinois to reach New York for the treatment.
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New York
Carl Joslin
Carl
United Mine Workers
Edward Joslin
Lions Club of
DuQuoin, Ill
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois region
Cloudy conditions persist with partly cloudy periods tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures be cooler tonight and in extreme south Wednesday with lows 40 to 48 and highs 50 to 60. Reported highs and lows include 64 yesterday and 52 yesterdaymorning. Crab Orchard Lake remains 20 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 314 feet below spillway.
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Illinois
Hugh
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Publication masthead for Southern Illinoisan evening edition
The notice lists the Southern Illinoisan The Daily Progress edition published by South Illinois Publications Inc at 227 W Main Street Carbondale Illinois with evening publication except Sundays and holidays and the second class post matter status under the 1878 act.
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Southern Illinoisan
South Illinois Publications, Inc
Wes ‘Ain Street
Carbondale Illinois
Carbondale
Illinois
Bus Driver Quits After Turbulent CTA Run
W. E. Jackson a 30 year old CTA streetcar motor man quit after a hectic 10 mile loop in the Loop during the evening rush. He told the superintendent I’m through after his nonstop trip. A relief driver moved 50 distraught passengers to their destinations and CTA said he will be fired.
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W. E. Jackson
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Archer Ave‘doo
Rockwell Street
Jackson
Court ruling hinders FDA enforcement of food safety
The FDA chief says a Supreme Court decision barring criminal prosecutions for manufacturers who refuse inspections will weaken enforcement. The court held the act has no requirement to admit inspectors, prompting calls for Congress to clarify the law and restore public protection. The decision also addressed Manila property claims from 1941, denying mandatory reimbursements under the Fifth Amendment.
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Supreme Court
Charles W. Craford
The
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
High Court
W. O. Douglas
United States
Manila
U. S. Army
Shell Colonel of Philippine Islands, Ltd
Standard-Vacuum Oil Co
Caltex (Philippines) Inc
Red Skelton to Be Photographed In X Ray at Hospital
Santa Monica a Dec 9 API Pictures of Red Skelton today will be X ray photographs taken at St. John’s Hospital where he is confined after a diaphragmatic hernia. Dr Stanley Immerman said the comedian was hospitalized Monday for the condition.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Red Skelton
St. John’s Hospital
Stanley Immerman
Registration Chief Named by Stratton in Illinois Cabinet
Governor-elect William G. Stratton named Judge Vera W. Binks of Kewanee to head the State Registration and Education Department making her the first woman Cabinet officer in Illinois history. Binks has served as Henry County judge since 1944 and as attorney since 1929.
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State Public Safety Department
Mines and Minerals Department
Stratton
Vera W. Binks
Kewanee
State Registration and Education Department
Illinois
Miss Binks
Henry
Morton Hollingsworth
Joliet
Supreme Court weighs school desegregation in landmark cases
The Supreme Court opens a historic session on racial segregation in public schools with five cases challenging the equal protection of Negro students. Oral arguments begin at 1 30 p m and may extend into Thursday as South states react, including moves toward potentially abolishing free public schools if non segregation is ordered. Kansas prompts the first argument noting it prohibits but permits segregation in large cities.
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Supreme Court
High Tribunal
South
South Carolina
James F. Byres
Kansas
Cecil Sanders Faces Silent World After Mine Rescue
Cecil Sanders now lives in Mt Vernon after surviving the Orient No 2 collapse near Benton. He avoided interviews at doctors’ urging, seeking forgetfulness of the entombment ordeal. neighbors attest he remains devout but rattled by well wishers and public attention.
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Cecil Sanders
Benton
Orient No. 2
Mt. Vernon
Here
Sanders
Neigh
Cecil Sand
Union Hos
Miner Rescue Reflections After Fatal Blast
Survivors recall the 1970 mine disaster as Ray Summers and others discuss the blast and rescue. Cecil Sanders, who did not swear or follow crude tales, is remembered by coworkers while Summers weighs a return to mining and a career recovery.
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Ray Summers
Benton
William Eovaldi
Summers
Cecil Sanders
Ray
Lady Wonder the Talking Horse Baffles Reporter
Reporter visits Lady Wonder in Richmond and watches the horse spell out answers by moving levers. Lady correctly identifies the interviewer’s birthplace Bethlehem and the weekly pay amount, while a delayed reply reveals the school. The horse’s aide and past psychologists’ doubts are noted.
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Mrs. Fonda
Lady
Phyllis June Ryder
Eggertsville
N. Y
Bethlehem
Woman Leaps From Eads Bridge. Body Not Recovered
A 64 year old Collinsville woman identified as Mrs Mikalina Jesuitis leaped from the center span of Eads Bridge into the Mississippi River late Monday. Her body has not been recovered.
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Mikalina Jesuitis
Collinsville
Eads Bridge
Mississippi River
Death of Ferhat Hached Triggers North Africa Riots
Riots spread from Casablanca as Nationalist advocates Demand independence. police evacuated French and European residents. French and Moroccan casualties rise with 50 wounded and reports of 40 Moroccans and eight Europeans killed. Reinforcements of the French Foreign Legion deployed as arrests total around 300 amid disruptions linked to Tunisian sympathy.
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Eurrope
Agedie
Frontier City
Morocco
We Og LB Tce
Oni
Ferhat Hached
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Benjamin Hayman
Providence, R. I
Richmond, Va
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Ladyie
Paul Duke
Richmond
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Quincy
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Duke University Psycchology
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Murphysboro
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