Southern Illinois University urged to lead 400 bed hospital plan
A survey for the Southern Illinois university board urges creation of a 400 bed university general hospital to serve medically indigent residents across 31 southern counties. It also recommends a two year basic science medical school and expanded nurse and health staff programs. The report notes nurse shortages and low area income as factors in care limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Banton
Illinois
Southern Illinois University
S.lu. Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Gerhard Hartman
Iowa City
Iowa
Hartman
University Hospital
Glen E. Clasen
State Teachers College Board
University General Hospital
Southern Illinois
Sales Management Magazine
Hamilton County
S.I.U
Fire forces evacuation at Lesser theater
About 400 people fled the Lesser motion picture theater last night when a fire started in the projection room. Manager Schrader Hope said the film Night Train to Memphis broke and caught fire before power could be cut off, the blaze was extinguished by staff before firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesser
Schrader Hope
Hope Theater
Hope
Memphis
Second Cairo Flood Threat Rises After Weekend Rains
A new surge of flood waters threatens Cairo following heavy rainfall in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. The weather office forecasts 55.3 feet, near last month’s peak, with 64-foot seawalls protecting the town unless levels rise above 57 feet. Concerns focus on flood-weakened levees south of Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ohio
Mississippi River
Government
Missouri
Mississippi
Three Southern Illinois Highways Closed by Weekend Rain
Weekend rains closed three Southern Illinois highways and threatened two more. Route 13 from Equality to Shawneetown remains shut since January floods. Route 1 and Route 146 north of Cave in Rock, US 50 between Lawrenceville and Vincennes, and Route 33 north of US 50 were blocked with sandbagging planned near Harrisburg. Water depths: Route 13 east of Harrisburg six inches, US 45 at Texas City four inches, Route 1 south of Ridgway twelve inches.
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Southern Illinois
State
Carbondale
Equality
Shawneetown
Cave In Rock
US. 50
Lawrenceville
Vincennes
U. S. 50
U. S. 45
Harrisburg
Texas City
Ridgway
Heavy Rain Floods Rosiclare As Ohio River Crest Drops
More than four inches of rainfall drenched Rosiclare over the weekend. The Ohio River at Rosiclare stood at 56.15 feet today, still well below the January high water mark. River level has risen each day for the past week after peaking earlier in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosiclare
Ohio River
Ilinois
Weather roundup for Crab Orchard and region
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, cooler with rain ending early tonight. Low 28 to 35, high 34 to 40, turning windy and chilly. Temperatures readings include sun times, precipitation total 1.64 inches and Mississippi River level at 8.7 feet.
Local News Page Echoes Today's Index Areas
A brief note lists sections for National and Local News Editorial Sports Comics Classifieds Markets across pages 1 3 4 6 7 8 9, guiding readers to page allocations for today’s features and sections.
G O P Blasts Red Activity In Government
Republicans led by Senators Edward Martin and Joseph McCarthy attack alleged Communist infiltration in the Truman administration. McCarthy asserts 57 card carrying members in the State Department and demands firings. Martin warns of Democratic ties to international communism and cites radio remarks to Pennsylvania voters. Additional GOP leaders join the chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward Martin
R-Pa
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Truman
State Department
McCarthy
FAILU
Democratic Party
Wisconsin
Wheeling
W. Va
Department
Secretary of State
Alger Hiss
Martin
Pennsylvania
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
G.O.P
John W. Bricker
Atomic Plane Crash Probed Near Albuquerque
Investigators sought the cause of a light plane crash Saturday night that killed three aboard, two security inspectors Warren Fleshman and Robert Purcell and pilot Hugh Williams. The craft, under contract to the Atomic Energy Commission, was returning to Albuquerque from the East Coast and carried classified data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Warren G. Fleshman
Hitchcock
Okla
Robert F. Purcell
Loveland
Colo
Hugh H. Williams Jr
Williams
West Mesa
Atomic Energy Commission
Careco Flying Service
Atomic City of
Rafael Sabatini Dies Noted Anglo Italian Author at 75
Rafael Sabatini, the author of Captain Blood and Scaramouche, died at his hotel at age 75 after a long battle with stomach ulcers. Born in 1875 in Central Italy, he became a naturalized British citizen in 1918 and wrote over 40 novels and five plays, many adapted to film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafael Sabatini
Captain Blood
Sabatini
St. Jesi
Italy
Cavaliere Vincenzo Sabatini
Rafael, Jr
Tornado Death Toll Near 50 Across Four States
The Associated Press reports tornadoes in Tennessee Louisiana Texas and Arkansas killed at least 47 with more than 200 injured. In Ripley Tennessee eight Wilson Carroll family members died and a farm hand perished. Grand Cane Louisiana losses topped eight dead and Shreveport area fatalities reached at least 26.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
Ripley
Hurricane Hill
Wilson Carroll
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Red Cross
Grand Cane
Shreveport la
Dick Windsor
Ssiem
Laporte
Alvin
Chapel Hill
Bremond
Baileyville
Corley
Groesbeck
Jericho
Fellowship
Haslam
Gill
Salem
Hughest Springs
Roytown
Castor
Sligo
Shreveport
Twisters
Lufkin
Hericho
Texarkana
Illinois Miners Predominantly Idle Amid Strike
In Illinois the bulk of United Mine Workers stayed off the pits as a one week old strike continued. About 19 000 of 24 000 UMW members were idle with only a few small mines operating under five day agreements. Hugh White questioned if miners would obey Lewis. Stand-by crews and Progressive Mine Workers members were active or walking out in areas like DuQuoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois United Mine
U.M.W
Hugh White
Illinois
John L. Lewis
White
Progressive
P.M.W
DuQuoin
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Alabama
Ohio
Lewis
Russellton
Truman
Richmond W. Keech
Lewis and
Hi Niners
Keech
Health and Welfare Fund
Metropolis Teacher Laura E. Love Dies After 28 Years
Mrs. Laura E. Love, a Metropolis grade school teacher for 28 years, died yesterday. Her long service to the city schools highlighted a career spent shaping young minds and community education. Her passing leaves many colleagues and former students recalling her dedication.
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Laura E. Love
Metropolis
Two Young Wives Die In Route 3 Crash West Of Murphysboro
A near head on collision on State Route 3 eight miles west of Murphysboro killed two young wives, Donna Jean Gale 20 and Norma Lee Gale 17, and injured two men, Lyle Gale and John Manken. The wreck occurred about 2 30 p m in rainy conditions at Route 3 and 144 junction as Gale and Manken cars collided. Donna Jean Gale, formerly Donna Jean Dobson of Bloomington, leaves a mother and siblings. Norma Lee Gale leaves a son Michael Leroy and many relatives in Gorham. Funeral plans for both are under way with services in Gorham and burial at Tower Grove Cemetery in Murphysboro.
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Murphysboro
Donna
Donna Jean Gale
Bloomington
Til
Norma Lee Gale
Gorham
Lyle
Sammy” Gale
Donna Jean
John Manken
Roy Carter
Gale
Norman Gale
Norma Lee
Peoria
Manken
Smitty
Tillman Snider
Sand Ridge
St. Andrew's Hospital
Lyle Gale
Donna Jean Dobson
Roberts
Norma
Lee Gale
Michael Leroy
Billie Gulley
Virgil Wayne Conder
Wesley Davis
Joycey Ann Davis
Carolyn Davis
Janie Conder
Fern Conder
James Conder
Montegale
Tenn
Roberts Residence
Mr. Dickson
Grand Tower
Tower Grove
Little Grassy Conclave Postponed By Absence
A conference to settle a dispute delaying the Little Grassy dam construction was postponed when observer F C Gillett failed to appear due to travel delays from weekend rain. Eugene Crawford announced the meeting now shifts to Saturday Feb 18 or Monday Feb 20 at the Crab Orchard refuge office.
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Little Grassy Dam
Eugene Crawford
Fish and Wildlife
Crab Orchard Refuge
F C. Gillett
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Crawford
State Department of Labor
Louis Meis
Oscar Eiffenbach
A. M. Thompson
Seven Montana students die in cliff crash
Bozeman Montana State College reports seven students killed when an auto plunged off a mountain cliff near Bozeman last night. An eighth person is critically injured. The dead include three coeds Phyllis Birkeland and Donaleen McRae and five Sigma Chi basketball members Harvey Eide Gerald Early John Stinchfield James Schrumpf and Leslie Greenwell. Charles Olson of Helena is hospitalized in critical condition.
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Bozeman
Mont
Montana State College
Here
Sigma Chi
Phyllis Birkeland
Fort Benton
Donaleen McRae
Forsyth
Harvey M. Eide
Scobey
Gerald W. Early
Laurel
John W. Stinchfield
Evansville
Ind
James K. Schrumpf
Glendive
Leslie Greenwell
Butte
Charles S. Olson
Helena
Crab Orchard refuge area accord report by Hod Carriers leader
Evan Dale, president of the Southern District council of International Hod Carriers and Laborers, American Federation of Labor, discusses the refuge area at Crab Orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard
Evan Dale
Southern District Council of International Hod Carriers and Laborers
American Federation of Labor
Four Drown Near McClure in Water-Filled Ditch Crash
Four people died when a truck left the road west of McClure near Cape Girardeau Missouri and plunged into a 10 foot water filled ditch. Victims trapped in the cab were Lines Legett Edith Carroll Dora Watson and Roy E Carroll. Pleat Howell 41 rescued his wife and two daughters Patsy 17 and Patsy 15. An unidentified bus driver helped them out then dove to the end of the truck but could not open the door. The Howell family and victims were from Chaffee Missouri.
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McClure
Cape Girardeau
Lines Legett
Edith
Roy E. Carroll
Dora Watson
Pleat Howell
Dauhters
Patsy
Howells
Chaffee
Strikers Wow Stalemate Will Await Contract
Baldwin man George Ward 23 killed when his car left route 154 west of Sparta and overturned. In Effingham two elderly men Sylvester Perisho 70 and Mike Sherrick 80 die in a train automobile collision. Ferrol L. Davis 32 fatally injured near Geneva and Jule Peck 19 seriously hurt after curve crash. Gerald Stach 32 of Cambridge dies and wife injured near Kewanee. Greenup mother in law of an Eastern Illinois State college official killed in head on crash near Greenup. Strikers sustain no contract no work fight. union leaders keep 372,000 miners idle while government orders limited actions and some miners back to work.
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Baldwin
Sparta
George Ward
Ward
Effingham
Greenup
Sylvester Perisho
Mike Sherrick
Aurora
Ferrol L. Davis
Geneva
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Jule Peck
Kewanee
Gerald Stach
Cambridge
Highway 81
Tach
Eastern Illinois State College
E. A. Worocheck
Grantsburg
Charleston
Harry L. Metter
Lance Conrad
Toledo
Dr. Metter
Danville Dentist Dr W E Foster Dies at 83
Danville reports the death of Dr. W. E. Foster aged 83, a dentist with a 54 year practice. He had practiced dentistry in the area for decades and was widely known among local residents.
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Danville
W. E. Foster
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Little Grassy Lake
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Little Grassy
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