Ike Defends Against Federal Civil Rights Police Power
President Eisenhower warned it would be wicked to establish a federal police force to enforce civil rights. He spoke at a news conference as Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen announced the administration’s civil rights proposals would reach Congress on Thursday, a sudden shift from earlier plans.
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Illinois House committee assigns Southern Illinois members
Speaker Paul Powell announced the 23 standing committee assignments for Southern Illinois lawmakers. Included are William J. McDonald James A. Holloway Clyde Lee Bert Baker Wayne Fitzgerrell and others with roles on agriculture, public health, license and miscellany, and transportation. Powell chairs the committee amid plans for civil rights policy discussions at the White House.
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Bert Baker
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Soviets Free U S Convoy In Germany
The Soviet Army released a convoy of four American trucks halted between Berlin and West Germany since Monday. Five U S soldiers spent a cold night in the vehicles as diplomacy with Findlay Burns sought a resolution and U S protests labeled the action a violation of agreements.
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65 Believed Dead In Airliner Crash
Eight year old Robert Sullivan survived by clinging to his mother as the air liner sank near New York after a Chicago relatives visit. His father Joseph and sisters Patricia and Joan were missing. Deckhands saw a man with a blond girl vanish as the craft went under. The family lived in Hempstead Long Island.
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Steelworkers approve SIU resolutions in Illinois
The Illinois State Political Education Committee of the United Steelworkers of America passed two resolutions on Tuesday. They urge lifting barriers on SIU engineering degrees and funding to develop a campus in St Clair Madison Counties area. A third resolution calls for a recount of votes in the November 4 judicial amendment referendum.
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Colder Weather Forecast for Southern Illinois
The region will see light rain or snow late today and a drop in temperatures tonight. Thursday brings mostly fair and colder conditions with a low near 18 and a high in the 20s. Temperatures fall further Thursday night to 5 to 10 degrees. Precipitation totals 0.17 inches from yesterday morning to today. Crab Orchard Lake is 4 inches above spillway. Little Grassy Lake is at spillway.
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Eisenhower Calls for Tax Clauses Across Spending Bills
President Eisenhower urged Congress to include higher tax clauses in all spending measures to keep the 77 billion dollar budget balanced. He criticized large spending, warned of grassroots opposition, and singled out a 3 billion housing bill and Democratic airport aid as targets for his tax-for-spending stance.
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Deadly aviation toll hits American skies with multiple crashes
The day saw a New York East River crash with 73 aboard leaving 65 dead, a Iowa field crash killing four including rock stars, a B47 crash near Little Rock AFB with three crew killed, and a Pan American clipper dive near Newfoundland where 124 aboard survived. Gene Kelly was among the passengers. Flight 115 experienced a cockpit malfunction before a controlled recovery.
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Evangelist Billy Graham Overwhelmed by Worldwide Messages
Evangelist Billy Graham, resting in Hawaii, reports thousands of letters and telegrams from Catholics Muslims and Protestants offering support for his eye ailment. Notables like Vice President Nixon Walter Reuther and Cecil B De Mille sent prayers and well wishes while a Kentucky widow offered her eye. Graham says the letters touch him deeply and he expects to travel to Australia after a three week rest.
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Illinois auditor general flags payroll loopholes in 1958 report
Springfield Feb 4 AP looser controls on payroll warrants are detailed in the 188 page first annual report of Illinois Auditor General Frank Whitney. The document covers 162 audits and criticizes agencies for not mailing warrants directly to payees and notes past abuses by Hodge.
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Turboprop Jet Crashes Into East River Near LaGuardia
A 73 aboard American Airlines Electra plunged into foggy East River near LaGuardia on a Chicago to New York nonstop flight. 65 believed dead, 8 survivors saved by a Connecticut tug crew amid nightlong river search. rescue hampered by weather and strong currents. Survivors include an 8 year old boy. missing include producer Beulah Zachary and Richard Winn. Flight crew listed. FAA says instrument approach at fault.
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Television pioneer Miss Beulah Zachary among missing
Beulah Zachary longtime producer of Kukla Fran and Ollie was bound for New York to revive live shows when she was listed among the missing on an American Airlines flight. Zachary rose from studio hand to producer director at WBKB Chicago after joining in 1944 and advised Burr Tillstrom, creator of the puppets.
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