Stratton Says Budget Will Remain Same
Springfield February 6 AP Gov William G Stratton says the 1951 53 state budget will be roughly the same size as the Stevenson era plan totaling about 1% billion dollars He favors pay as you go financing over bond funded construction and opposes a state building authority He backs retaining the state police merit system and opposes extending sales tax to materials for service occupations while noting expected revenue from broadening the tax.
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Springfield
William G. Stratton
Stevenson
Stratton
Senate
Everett R. Peters
Rst
State Revenue Department
Weather stalls war as snow halts Korean front
In Korea on February 6, stormy weather and low clouds paralyzed ground operations while air activity dropped to light patrols. U S Sabre jets were the only Allied fighters aloft as B29 bombers hit Taegu overnight. F94B all weather jets with radar pursued Communist planes but found no engagement.
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Seoul
Wartorn
U. S. Eighth Army
Okinawa
Taegu
Suiho Reservoir
Manchuria
U.S. Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Weather forecast for Southern Illinois and lake levels
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with increasing cloudiness on Saturday. Temperatures range from 33 to 37 tonight and 44 to 48 Saturday. Yesterday’s high 60, low 35 with 0.26 inches of precipitation. Sun up 7 01, sunset 5 26. Crab Orchard Lake 18 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 41 inches below spillway today. Daily Free Press, Carbondale Illinois, evening edition.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Southern Illinois Ae
Daily Free Press
Southern Minors Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
Craft Leaders in Marion Meeting End to Joppa Strike
Representatives of all crafts at the Joppa Steam Plant meet in Marion as AFL Joint Bardl directs Hutcheson to remove picket lines and return 3,500 workers to work. The decision assigns insulation work to millwrights and welding to electricians, aligning with Ebasco Services Inc. It aims to break a three week old strike over generator assembly and to restart the Pow er plant supplying Paducah, Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joppa
AFL
Bardl
Washington
Pres
Ebasco Services, Inc
John T. Dunlap
Marion
Electricians
Bateman
Joppa Steam Electric Project
VELLE STATES POLICY IN SCHOOL RED PROBE
Illinois senator William Velde said no educational institution should face an investigation unless it knowingly fostered a Communist in its faculty or student body. The statement came amid a national uproar over alleged communist influence in schools and colleges. He urged careful scrutiny only when clear evidence exists.
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VELLE
Cleveland
Ng Velde
R-Ill
Airmen survive in Sierra Nevada on wild foods
Air Force personnel on survival training in the Plumar National Forest roam the mountains with only three days of rations and must trek seven days to reach civilization. Officials note they subsist on trout frogs porcupines squirrels chipmunks snakes and field mice as they learn to live off the land.
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Plumar National Forest Service
Sierra Nevada
Forest Service
Air Force
Stead Air Force Base
Holland Hopes to Reclaim Lands From Sea
Flooded Holland fights back with a aim to reclaim every inch of soil from salt waters. Thousands evacuated from the southwest lowlands as rescue focuses on 1000 people in Noorgouwe and a new dike break. The tri-nation death toll climbs toward 1,919 with 300,000 homeless and 700,000 in distress as water recedes in most areas.
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Holland
North Sea
Noorgouwe
Britain
Belgium
A. G. Johnson
British Agriculture Ministry
Russians Link Spy To U S
Pravda reports state security police arrested four Soviet citizens on spying charges. They allegedly passed secrets to foreign governments and one man was claimed to have been trained by U S intelligence for espionage. Names cited include Sas Gurevich Taratuta and Romanov.
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Pravda
U. S
Communist Party
T. A. Sas
Germany
S. D. Gurevich
E. A. Taratuta
Soviet Union
Academy of Sciences
K. F. Romanov
Sas
Man Welded Into Pipe Dies Of Asphyxiation
In Sterlington Louisiana coroner J T French ruled a preliminary verdict of asphyxiation in the death of Ernie Young a Negro laborer who was welded inside a gas pipeline. His body was found far down the line indicating he crawled along the pipe before being overcome after entering Wednesday night to clean it and workers sealed the end unaware he was inside.
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J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Ernie Young
Young
Eisenhower Ends All Wage And Some Price Controls
Secretary of State Dulles warned European leaders that without clear signs of ratification by April 1 the European Army Treaty, and continued large scale U S aid, may be jeopardized. Adenauer read Eisenhower’s letter urging rapid German rearmament as Dulles planned talks and a NATO session in Paris. Dulles toured the Netherlands after Bonn, assuring aid for flood recovery and highlighting shifts in European defense plans during a seven nation tour.
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John Foster Dulles
U. S
Konrad Adenauer
Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
Adenauer
Eisenhower
West Germany
Western Europe
Washington
NATO
Paris
Europe
Hague
Holland
Harold Stassen
Amsterdam
Bonn
Stassen
Former Panama Mayor Acquitted in Cremation Killing
Anton Nowak, 60, former Panama mayor, was acquitted of the cremation murder of John Cerkvenick, 70, and his wife Johanna, 59, at their home on Nov 17, 1951. Circuit Judge Ward P. Holt ruled insufficient evidence after the trial began last Monday in Hillsboro. The couple were found in a burned cottage with Cerkvenick shot and Johanna strangled. a fuel oil jug was nearby.
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Panama
Anton Nowak
John Cerkvenick
Johanna
Ward P. Holt
Salem
Hillsboro
Holt
Nowak
Montgomery County
Grand Jury
Staten Island
N. Y
Otto Funk
Cerkveniet
Bishop Sheen and Lucille Ball Top TV Academy Honors
Hollywood February 6 AP Bishop Fulton J Sheen and red haired Lucille Ball won the Television Academy top honors for 1952. Ball was named best comedienne and her show I Love Lucy the best situation comedy. Sheen also leads as the standout TV personality, with others like Helen Hayes Thomas Mitchell Jimmy Durante and Sid Caesar receiving awards for acting and programs.
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Hollywood
Fulton J. Sheen
Lucille Ball
Television Academy
Sheen
Milton Berle
Red Skelton
Academy
Arthur Godfrey
Donald O’connor
Adlai Stevenson
Miss Ball
Desi Arnaz IV
Cdeidian
Iescheds
Thursday Ni
Lucie
Desi
Desi Arnaz
TV Academy
Jimmy Durante
Statler Hotel
Florida
Miami
Bishop Sheen
Helen Hayes
Thomas Mitchell
Dragnet
Montgomery
Poe
This Fertilizer Will Prevent Any Garden From Washing Away
Mrs. Burman Black, seeking a fine spring garden, mixed what she believed to be fertilizer with soil and water, only to find the next day that her garden held cement mistaken for fertilizer. Her husband had secretly placed the cement in the garage, creating a durable surprise.
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Waco
Tex
Burman Black
Knetzer Case Defense Opens in Federal Trial
The defense started methodically challenging nearly three weeks of government testimony against Robert L. Knetzer, a Edwardsville auto sales promoter on trial for concealing assets. Judge Caper denied a routine acquittal motion as Manuel Wiseman, his attorney, recalled two prosecution witnesses before adjournment. The government’s 45 witnesses and 900 exhibits allege that in the six months before bankruptcy in October 1948 Knetzer took in about 680000 more than he paid out, much of which he allegedly hid from creditors who paid cash for cars but received neither cars nor refunds.
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Springfield
Robert L. Knetzer
Edwardsville
Judge Caper PLC Promply
Manuel Wiseman
Alton
Knetzer
Unions Making Rail Progress
Miami Beach Feb 6 AP swift progress reported in the union shop drive for the nations railroads. E Leighty says hold-out roads are falling into line. Signings include Lee board Air Line Railway Rock Island Illinois Central Pullman and others. unions claim 70 percent of non operating railway workers covered by union shop clauses. Strategy targets one carrier then expands to others as Eastern lines approach union contracts.
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Miami Beach
Fla
E. Leighty
Railway Labor Executive Association
Leeboard Air Line Railway
Southern
Rock Island
Illinois
George M. Harrison
Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Federal Judges Uphold Give Away Broadcasts
A three judge federal panel ruled Shine and radio companies may broadcast give away programs. They stated such shows are not lotteries if participants comply. The decision was split two to one with NBC CBS and ABC involved in the suits.
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New York
Shine
NBC
CBS
ABC
Truman Delivers Tearful Homecoming Speech at Local Meeting
President Truman addressed about 650 neighbors and friends in a hometown gathering on Thursday night. He spoke of enduring national unity and stressed there can never be a true separation from the American people, urging support for common goals.
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Truman
Inala Dence
Harry S. Iy
Army Draft Calls Increase Amid Limited Service Inductions
An Army draft call of 53 080 soldiers is issued for March while other services reduce mobilization. Since September 1950 total drafts or earmarked men reach about 1 361 000. Anna M Rosenberg, quoted on manpower policy, notes ongoing strain and projections of thousands per month.
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Eg Ge
Army
Anna M. Rosenberg
Bae Cruksier
Ancorn
Ecet
Eal
Cone
Oak
Vain
Hannah
Eisenk
Verdict Doctor Santa Fe N M Feb 6 AP
A Thursday night incident near Santa Fe New Mexico involved Dr. ay and his wife Jean along with Charles A. Urewood. The report references a $12 500 dang and related actions. Further details are unclear from the fragment.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Jean
Charles A
Eisenhower Ends Wage and Price Control Era
President Eisenhower announced immediate suspension of all wage and salary controls and lifted price caps on a broad range of consumer goods including meat. The move aims to phase out price and wage controls after two years of government regulation, with further decontrol to follow.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Wage Stabilization Board
Wage Stabilization Committee
Salary Stabilization Board
Office of Salary Stabilization
Mepec
State of the Union
OPS
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