Illinois to Tax Missouri Bound Trucks Starting Jan 15
Illinois regulated trucks operating in Missouri must pay a $25 annual fee starting January 15. The Missouri Public Service Commission prompted the rule amid reciprocity tensions with Illinois. Illinois officials say Missouri plates retain reciprocity while other issues require negotiation.
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Springfield
Missouri
Illinois Commerce Commission
Charles F. Carpentier
William G. Stratton
Missouri Public Service Commission
Illinois
Department of Public Works
The
Commerce Commission
ICC
Missouri Minois
W. W. Westbrook
Automobile Department
Secretary of State
St. Louis
Tongay Makes Death by Own Action in Jailed Flight
Russell Tongay ex swimming instructor under Florida manslaughter sentence attempted suicide in Los Angeles County Jail. He slashed both wrists with a double edged razor and was moved to a padded cell after jailer Will Roe called it an insincere gesture despite a Bible quote note. He had been despondent since his arrest on November 21 following an escape from a New Orleans prison.
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Russell Tongay
Florida
Los Angeles
Tongay
Will Roe
New Orleans
Weather Note for Southern Illinois Clouds and Cold Snap
Cloudy and cold conditions persist in Southern Illinois through Saturday with daytime highs in the 30s and night lows in the teens to 20s. Previous readings show yesterday's high 41, low 22, and today 27 at noon with 0.02 inches of precipitation. Crabs Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake report water levels well below spillways.
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Illinois
Satururday
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Dulles Stresses Massive Retaliation for Deterrence
Secretary of State Dulles urged Western nations to strengthen alliances and keep selective massive retaliation to deter Soviet aggression. He spoke at an Illinois Manufacturers Association dinner, reaffirming a policy of deterrence through a flexible, locally applied response.
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Chicago
Russia
Dulles
Illinois Manufacturers Assn
Soviet Union
Ex-Adviser of Capone Syndicate Ambushed on South Side
Gunmen killed Alex Louis Greenberg a 64 year old brewer and longtime mob financier linked to Capone era figures. Police say he may have been targeted over alleged missing payments totaling $4627.83 found in his checkbook. Greenberg served as president of Canadian Ace Brewing Co and testified about Capone associates in past trials.
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Capone
Alex Louis Greenberg
Greenberg
Ieland
Thomas Mclin
McLaughlin
Olice
Canadian Ace Brewing Co
Oil Swindler’s Sentence Cut to Two Years
George V. Vasen, 54, who swindled investors of nearly two million dollars in a Mississippi oil well scheme, had his prison term reduced from five to two years by Federal Judge Joseph S. Perry. The 1954 conviction for mail fraud involved a dry well near Wiggins.
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Chicago
George V. Vasen
Joseph Sam Perry
Vasen
Court of Appeals
Wiggins
Beaten death of mother and daughter in Florida car
Melbourne police identify the victims as Patricia Van Eeghen and daughter Phyllis, found beaten in a car in front of Brownlie Funeral Home after husband reported them missing. Patrolman Collis found the bodies with signs of beating and possible cuts. Sheriff Williams said the father broke down when told of the deaths.
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Melbourne
Fla
John Thomas
Patricia van ‘Eeghen
Phyllis
Philip van Eeghen
Charles Collis
Brownlie Funeral Home
Eeghen
van Eeghen
Thomas
H. T. Williams
F Vard
Collis
Baby Racket Indicts Kentucky Judge in Separate Charges
Rowan County Judge William T. McClain is indicted on misfeasance in office for taking fines and destroying bond records and on aiding in an alleged baby selling plot. The case links McClain with Zelda Brown McPherson, charged with procuring babies for sale to wealthy Texas women.
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Morehead
Rowan
William T. McClain
McClain
Sarge
Zelda Brown McPherson
Texas
McPherson
Draft Board
Northwestern names Stu Holcomb as athletic director
Stu Holcomb, Purdue football coach since 1947, is named Northwestern athletic director after a reorganization led by university president J Roscoe Miller. He leaves Purdue with four years left on his ten year contract and signs a five year Northwestern deal succeeding Ted Payseur.
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Chicago
Purdue
Stu Holcomb
Northwesten University
Holcomb
Northwestern
Ted Payseur
Taff m University
J. Roscoe Miller
Illinois railroads allowed to keep freight rate increases
The Illinois Commerce Commission authorized all Illinois railroads to continue general freight rate and charge increases effective since April 1952. The increases, set to expire December 31, will not be rolled back.
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Springfield
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois
Towel Leads To His Capture In Double Murder
A Carlyle man, Fillmore Young, 200 pounds, confessed to the 1948 drowning of his wife and the Nov 27 1954 killings of Harold and Arlene Smith near Lebanon. He guided officers to two wells, where the bodies were recovered after a towel with human blood was linked to him.
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Lebanon
Harold Smith
Arlene
Carlyle
Fillmore Young
Clinton County
Smiths
St. Louis
Dan Parker
Smith
Young
Kaskaskia
Parker
Doug Keith
Mrs. Smith
Melvin Koehler
Ernest Arnold
St. Clair ‘County
Flood
AFL-CIO Maps Giant Recruiting Drive To Enlist Millions
The AFL-CIO aims to recruit millions of new members in two years before the next convention. George Meany and Walter Reuther pledge an all out campaign, with four million dollars already pledged as an organizing fund by former CIO unions. Initial targets include chemical textile and paper industries along with office and building workers. Meany says the effort will energize veterans and lift living standards through higher wages for nonunion workers. He and Reuther spoke amid a final convention session and Meany planned to address the National Association of Manufacturers on labor expectations.
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Afl-Cio
Apl-Cio
George Meany
AFL
Walter Reuther
CIO
Reuther
Meany
National Assn. of
Charles R. Sligh Jr
NAM
Greek Fishing Boat Attacked by Turks Near Dodecanese
Press dispatches report a Turkish patrol boat machinegunned the Greek fishing boat St. George near the Dodecanese Islands. One crewman was killed and another severely wounded. The vessel was within Greek waters and later taken to a Turkish port.
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Dodecanese Islands
St. George
Santa barred from Henderson Christmas parade
Santa Claus has been banned from the Henderson city Christmas parade on December 24 after several religious leaders objected to him as a pagan symbol. Recreation Director Dr Earl Gould said leaders threatened to withdraw floats depicting biblical scenes if Santa appeared.
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Santa Claus
Jolly
St. Nick
Henderson
Earl Gould
Gould
Draft quotas cut sharply in early 1951 pullback
Washington reports the Army will call 6000 men in February, the lowest quota since selective service resumed in 1950. The Defense Department reduced January Army drafts from 8000 to 6000. Navy calls drop to voluntary enlistment, saying fewer conscripts are needed as wartime pressure eases.
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Korea
Defense Department
Army
State raids nab 35 in Coles County gambling busts
In Coles County three raids led to 35 arrests as police seized bookie materials at Cooley's Place in Charleston and Knight's Buffet in Mattoon. Charges included running and inmates of gambling houses with names Paine Allan Cooley Clifford L. Conley A. J. White Harry McDermott and others. Bond posted.
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Coles County
John Murphy
Phil M. Brown
Cooley
Charleston
Paine Allan Cooley
Clifford L. Conley
A. J. White
Knight's Buffet
Mattoon
Harry McDermott
Knight’s
Was Traffic Victim Dead In Accident Dispute
An inquest into the Melrose Park crash where Earl Evans 43 was struck by Evelyn Schnorr 19 continues after a coroner's jury failed to decide if Evans was dead when police blocked hospital transport. Ambulance worker Tonelli and Sgt Remkus gave conflicting timing. Dr Joslyn said he arrived at 11 20 p m and declared death.
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Chicago
Melrose Park
Earl Evans
Evans
Evelyn Schnorr
Bensenville
Ill
Albert A. Tonelli
Tonelli
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Ed Belz
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