Butler Heads State Senate Pledges Cuts
Sen. Walker Butler of Chicago takes over as leader of Republicans in the Illinois Senate with vows to curb spending. He questions a 32.4 million dollar request for common school aid and rejects city grants, aiming to balance the two year budget without new taxes. Butler, in his 11th year, will head a larger Republican leadership group under Everett Peters. The GOP holds 38-13 in the new Senate, with a 31-20 margin in the prior Assembly.
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Springfield
Walker Butler
Chicago
Illinois Senate
Butler
Senate
GOP Slons
Wallace Thompson
Galesburg
Protem
Thompson
House
67Th Assembly
Sle Senate
Nui Juch
Buler
State School Problems Commission
GOP
Peters
Arthur J. Bidwill
River Forest
Meritt J. Little
Aurora
William J. Walsh
R. G. Crisenberry
Dean Victor
McBroom
Kankakee
George Disch
Weather notes for southern Illinois fair conditions
Mostly fair tonight with a fair for southern Illinois. Thursday partly cloudy with a minor temperature change. Low tonight 25 to 32. High Thursday 45 to 55. Yesterday's low 26, 7 am today 34, 6 pm yesterday 41. High yesterday 54 and noon today 55. Sunrise 7:13, sunset 4:39. Crab Orchard Lake 20 inches below spillway. Little Grassy Lake 4 feet below spillway.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Southern Illinois Publications imprint details
Information note shows publication by Southern Illinois Publications Inc. The Southern Illinoisan and The Daily Free Press editions publish evenings except Sundays and holidays. Address listed is 227 West Main Street Carbondale Illinois. Copyright and postal classification details included.
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Southern Illinoisan
Daily Free Press
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Truman orders UN security plan across three US branches
President Truman directs State Justice and Civil Service to craft a plan to secure U S personnel at the United Nations. The move follows a panel's recommendations to dismiss loyal Americans and those linked to subversive activities. Sen. Alexander Wiley supports the effort ahead of Eisenhower's inauguration.
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Truman
U. S
United Nations
James P. McGranery
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Wiley
Truman’ Administration
U. N
Dwight D Eisenhower
McGranery
State and Justice Departments
Civil Service Commission
Washington
International Jurists
Trygve Lie
United States
Eisenhower Keeps Neutral Stance on Taft Senate Bid
President-elect Eisenhower remains absolutely insistent on neutrality regarding Sen. Robert Taft and other Republicans seeking the Senate majority leadership. An aide said Eisenhower would not take sides, leaving the choice to Senate Republicans. Senator Frank Carlson suggested Taft could win backing if he bids, noting Carlson might support Taft.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Taft
Eisenhower
Sen
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Carlson
Watch Out For Gekko Jungle Thieves Strike Aquarium
Hollywood officials report a burglary at the Hollywood Aquarium. Loot includes a six foot Anaconda water boa an eight foot indigo snake a six foot indigo boa constrictor two five foot boas and a rare Sia mese gekko lizard the only one in captivity. The owner notes the gekko will be easy to identify due to its large feet and nocturnal noises.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Aquarium
Sylvester Chichester Lloyd
Lloyd
Southeast Asia
Gekko
Agencies Back Tuscola Petrochemical Plant Plans
Washington reports that federal agencies supported the 44 million dollar Tuscola Illinois petro chemical plant. Dr Robert E Hulse of National Petro Chemical testified that the Petroleum Administration for Defense and National Production Authority endorsed the project in 1951 citing an ideal location and planned ethyl chloride production. The plant is expected to finish by April 1 next year and questions about Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company jurisdiction were raised at the hearing.
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Washington
Petro-Chemical
Tuscola
Ill
Federal Power Commission
Robert E. Hulse
National Petro- Chemical Corporation
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
Panhandle
PAD
Hulse
NPA
National Petro- Chemical
National Distillers
Birger Aide Awaits Parole From Menard Prison
Freddie Wooten known as Black Charley Birger gang lieutenant awaits parole from Menard Prison after a 24 year sentence for the 1927 murder of Lory and Ethel Price in Williamson County. The Illinois Pardon and Parole Board granted parole with a five year term contingent on a suitable home and job in Georgia.
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Freddie Wooten
Menard
Ilinois Pardon and Parole Board
Charley’ Birger
Wooten
Lory
Ethel Price
Williamson
Washington County
Georgia
Robert Bb. Phillips
Division of Supervision of Parolees
Phillips
Wife of Tibbett Jr Settles for 6 Pets
Patent medicine heiress Norma Tibbett 27 wins four cats and two dogs in divorce from Lawrence Tibbett Jr 33 son of the singer. Superior Judge Benjamin J. Schein awards all pets to her in the settlement reached in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Norma Tibbett
Lawrence Tibbett Jr
Singer
Benjamin J. Schein
Broyles Plans to Resubmit Anti-Red Bill in Illinois
Sen. Paul Broyles of Mt. Vernon says he will reintroduce an anti-Communist bill in the 1953 Illinois Legislature, aiming to be stricter while preserving constitutional protections. The 1951 measure would have punished subversive acts with up to 20 years in prison and fines up to 20 thousand dollars, and added loyalty oaths for public employees.
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Paul Broyles
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Solon
Stevenson
Broyles
Tom
Harry
Trash Cans Mistaken For Mailboxes In Civic Drive
Everett Washington, December 17. Women’s clubs painted sidewalk trash receptacles green for the Keep Things Green program. A woman, mistaking a can for a curbstone mailbox, tried to mail cards but found she had mailed more than she dropped, as others joined the mix up.
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Everett
Postoffice
Funeral crowds at Comanche for William E Cook
Thousands gathered in Comanche Oklahoma for the funeral of killer William E Cook who was executed at San Quentin for slaying Seattle salesman Robert Dewey He faced a 300 year sentence for killing a five member family from Atwood Illinois On the eve of his funeral about 12000 people, many including mothers and children, lined the routes and viewed the body Cars arrived from Oklahoma Colorado and Texas and seven school buses brought Byers Texas students to the crowd.
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William E. Cook
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texas
Rome
John Connolly
Oklahoma City
Cook
California
San Quen
Seattle
Robert Dewey
Atwood
Ill
Carl Messers
Curious
San Quentin
Boydstonnge
Yael
Byers
Tex
MIG SHOT DOWN OVER NORTH KOREA NEAR YALU RIVER
Four Allied Sabre pilots shot down one MIG I5 and damaged four in four dogfights over North Korea. The destroyed MIG went down in flames just north of the Yalu River near the Korean Manchurian boundary. The patrols reported few troops involved as clashes continued along the frozen battlefront.
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Yalu River
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
U. S. Eighth Army
Bowden brothers plan Hilltop Mink Ranch in Illinois
Three Williamson County brothers Morgan Louis and Orville Bowden turn 150 mink into a business near Hurst with 13 acres rented for expansion. They claim the largest sapphire mink concentration south of Chicago and expect strong profits as pelts fetch high prices.
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Bowden Bros
Hilltop
Morgan
Bowdens
Orville
Oil Company
Louis
Edgewater Beach
Chicago
Illinois
DiSalle Replaces Putnam as Economic Stabilizer
Michael V. DiSalle is named economic stabilizer replacing Roger L. Putnam. He will oversee price and wage controls while Eisenhower prepares to take office January 20. DiSalle had resigned OPS director to run for Senate and predicts a short tenure.
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Michael V. DiSalle
Truman
DiSalle
Dwight D. Eisenhowe
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Senate
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
Indictments in Lattimore case spark Senate clash
A seven count indictment accuses adviser Owen Lattimore of perjury and lying about Communist sympathies and other points during his Senate Internal Security Subcommittee testimony. Lattimore, director at Johns Hopkins,pleads innocence and faces arraignment Friday as political tension for him and John Carter Vincent mounts.
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Washi
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Lattimore
Joseph McCarthy
Rwis
McCarthy
America
Walter Hines Page
Vincent
Mundt
Arthur Watkins
Utah
Internal Security Subcommittee
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Justice Department
Subcommittee
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