Church Leaders Back Separation of Church and State
Denver AP reports 30 Protestant church leaders reaffirmed church state separation while urging religious education and no government funding for parochial schools They call members to seek public office to curb corruption and back a day of prayer for Eisenhower's inauguration The message supports Bible reading and the Revised Standard Version.
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Eisenhower
America
General Assembly
National Council of Churches of Christ
U.S.A
United Church Men
CIO To Test Taft Hartley With Court Injunction
The CIO announced a bid for an early Supreme Court test of Taft Hartley to halt a Dunkirk New York strike at the American Locomotive plant idling 1500 workers. If an injunction is granted the CIO will appeal in court with Arthur J. Goldberg saying the move targets a defense critical stoppage. A federal fact finding board warned Truman that the strike endangers atomic energy supplies.
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CIO
Supreme Court
Dunkirk
N. Y
American Locomotive Co
Buffalo
Arthur J. Goldberg
Truman
National Defense
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Girl 4 Dies After Taking Cold Capsules
Barbara Jean Vidosh, four, died in Joliet hospital after swallowing three cold capsules. Coroner Willard A. Blood attributed the death to strychnine and other drugs in the capsules.
Colder Weather Forecast for Southern Illinois
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a low around 22 to 28. Saturday should be clearer and not as cold with highs near 40 to 45. Crab Orchard Lake readings show 20 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 314 feet below spillway. sunrise 7:09 a.m., sunset 4:37 p.m.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Daily Free Press Carbondale edition index page note
Southern Illinoisay Daily Free Press edition lists sections and publish details. It notes evenings publication except Sundays and holidays and gives office address 227 West Main Street Carbondale Illinois.
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Southern Illinoisay
South On W Winds Publications, Inc
Urge Study of Mac's Views on Ending Korean War
Senator Lester Hunt proposed an immediate Senate Armed Services Committee session to examine Gen Douglas MacArthur's views on ending the Korean War. President Truman rejected calls to brief MacArthur and Eisenhower at the White House, while Eisenhower plans a meeting with MacArthur in New York to discuss his Dec 5 claim of a clear solution. Field commanders may have urged a new offensive toward the Yalu, backed by buildup in Korea.
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Lester Hunt
D-Woo
Senate Armed Services Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
MacArthur
Eisenhower
White House
Korea
Capitol Hill
Hunt
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Senate
Far East
Congress
John Stewars
D-Miss
New York
Yalu River
U. S
Transfer of 44th Creates Shortage at Lompoc Hospital
The 44th Infantry Division's move from Camp Cooke near Lompoc to Fort Lewis Washington caused a nurse shortage at Lompoc Community Hospital. Administrator George Lockard said 11 of 14 nurses left with their servicemen spouses, hampering staffing as he sought recruits in Santa Monica.
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Santa Monica
Calif
44Th Infantry
Camp Cooke
Lompoc
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Lompoc Community Hospital
George Lockard
Santa Monica Hospital
44Th
Skelton to Undergo Surgery for Hernia Today
Comedian Red Skelton will have surgery at St. John's Hospital for a dia phragmatic hernia that worsened breathing and caused chest pressure. Doctors debated delaying the operation but the illness prompted his decision to proceed promptly, said Mrs. Georgia Skelton.
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Red Skelton
St. John’s Hospital
Georgia Skelton
Farm Bureau Favors End to Wage and Price Controls At Convention
Delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention call for elimination of wage and price controls and curb on federal sale of electric power. They urge returning tide lands to coastal states, endorse flexible price supports, and criticize monopolistic power by industry labor agriculture or government.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Resolutions Committee
Public Power
Judy Canova Announces Second Child Due May Day
Judy Canova and her husband Philip Rivera expect their second child around May 1. The comedian already has an 8 year old daughter Tweeny from her previous marriage to Chet England.
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Hollywood
Judy Canova
Comedienne
Philip Rivera
Tweeny
Chet England
United States Threatens U.N. Funds over Subversion fears
Sen. Alexander Wiley warned that U.S. funding to the United Nations could be cut if spies and subversives remain in the U.N. Secretariat. He blamed the State Department for insufficient action and criticized reliance on oral tip-offs while noting the U.S. provides about one third of U.N. finances since 1946.
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Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
United Nations
United States
U. N. Secretariat
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
U. N
American State Department
Congressional
U. S
U. N. Assembly
Amerigest
Wisconsin Republican
Trygve Lie
Death ends Badman Billy Cook’s mass murder spree
William E. Cook age 24 was executed in San Quentin for the Mosser family killings after a long legal saga. The case tied to his earlier kidnapping of the Mosser family and other murders across several states. Central Illinois readers recall the shock of the family tragedy and the parole law that would have kept him alive in federal prison.
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San Quentin
California
William E. Cook
Carl Mosser
Near Atwood
Robert H. Dewey
Seattle
Illinois
Joplin
Mosser
Albuquerque
N. M
Arkansas
Cook
Mexico
Oklahoma City
U. S
California Supreme Court
Chris
S. Stone St
Alice Mickleberry
Lincoln Ave
Nuclear subs may plumb ice covered seas without air limits
Navy officials say atomic submarines like the Nautilus can operate under ice for extended periods using nuclear propulsion and onboard systems. A gadget to extract oxygen from seawater is being developed to sustain crews, enabling missions beneath polar pack ice for days or longer.
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Washington
Western Hemisphere
Eurasia
U. S
Navy
Russia
Canada
Collier’s Magazine
Homer Wallin
Bureau of Ships
Navy Offi
Wallin
Admit Communist Affiliations
Two Americans employed by the United Nations testified at an open hearing that they once belonged to the Communist party but left because of disapproval of its aims. John Charnow and Mrs. Evelyn Thaler told Senate subcommittee members they briefly joined in the 1930s and 1940s.
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United Nations
Communist Party
Sen
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
U. N
Ferguson
John Charnow
U. N. International Children’s Emergency Fund
Evelyn Thaler
Konstantin E. Zinchenko
Russia
Security Council
Charnow
Washington, D. C
Robert Morris
OPS fixes ceilings for yellow cypress lumber
The Office of Price Stabilization sets ceiling prices for yellow cypress and hardwood lumber in the south central region including part of Illinois. Effective Dec. 16 the ceilings cover rough air dried and green lumber at mills and apply to all hardwood and yellow cypress lumber sold by planing mills sawmills and concentration yards to U S buyers. The ceilings approximate current average levels and match the Jan 25 951 price freeze.
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Office of Price Stabilization
South Central
Illinois
OPS
Planing
United States
Illinois Youth to Have Brain Operation Today
Carl Poslin 11 of St John will undergo delicate brain surgery at Bellevue Medical Center New York late today to repair cerebral damage from a fall from a moving truck in April Surgeon Dr Ivan Cooper will perform the operation The boy is one of five children of Mr and Mrs Edward Joslin The United Mine Workers of America Welfare Fund provided financial aid for the procedure Attempts had been made to arrange help at hospitals in Du Quoin Illinois and St Louis Missouri
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Carl Poslin
St. John
New York University
Bellevue Medical Center
Ivan Cooper
Carl
Edward Joslin
United Mine Workers of America Welfare Fund
du Quoin
St. Louis
Communist morale low as Korea casualties rise in China
The Kung Sheung Daily News reports Chinese Communist morale eroding as casualties mount in Korea. Isolating wounded soldiers from troops new to Korea, authorities imposed a Canton army hospital visitor ban by the South China military region commander.
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Hong Kong
Korea
Kung Sheung Daily News
Red
Canton
South China Military Area
State to Seek Prosecutions Against 15 Men at Menard Riot
Michael F. Seyfrit announces plans to prosecute about 15 leaders of the Menard Prison riot. He urges new harsh laws to punish future penitentiary uprisings after a four day disturbance at the Southern Illinois institution ended Oct 31. One inmate was killed. Randolph County State’s Attorney William Schuwerk says reviewing evidence will take weeks. several convicts may face trial under riot, assault, or property destruction statutes. Court action not expected until spring.
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Southern Illinois Penal Institution
Seyfrit
Randolph County
William Schuwerk
Southern Illinoisan Today
Schuwerk
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