Early Nod Seen For Ike's Request To Indict Russia
President Eisenhower seeks congressional approval for a resolution accusing the Soviet Union of subjugating free peoples by perverting World War II agreements. The measure cites Yalta understandings and the Atlantic Charter, pledging support for self-government behind the Iron Curtain. Democrats largely back it, Republicans mixed, while attention also turns to Indochina and military aid.
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Ike
Russia
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Soviet Union
Yalta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Atlantic Ocean
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Indochina
France
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Foreign Relations Committee
China
Indochin
State Department
Local Weather Readings and Lake Levels
The report notes yesterday’s low 47 and today’s 21 with a 0.35 inch precipitation total. It records yesterday’s high 62 and today’s noon 30. Crab Orchard Lake sits 19 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 40 inches below spillway.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Murphysboro Gas War Slashes Prices Six Cents
Murphysboro gas stations cut prices by six cents amid a weekend gas war started Friday night. Nationally advertised firms drop regular to 21.9 and Ethyl to 23.9. Local stations ease to 19.9 for regular and 20.9 for Ethyl, with major firms at 28.5 and 30.5 respectively.
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Murphysboro
Red Bud Post Office Adviser Named in Randolph County
Washington report states Representative C. W. Bishop recommended Albert Brandt for adviser of Red Bud in Randolph County. An examination occurred January 24 with top three contenders awaiting certification. Brandt will serve temporarily until certification. The post office pays $4,770 annually.
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Red Bud
Washington
C. W
Brandt
Protest Truck Strike Fizzles in Charleston Meeting
In Charleston on Feb 21 a threatened truck strike over proposed license fee hikes failed to materialize after a meeting. A new group, Illinois Truckers for Fair License Fees, formed with six officers and planned to lobby major trucking associations, awaiting a Friday courthouse meeting.
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Illinois Truckers
Bis
John W. Lewis
Marshall
Lewis
W. K. Kidwell
Mattoon
M. E. Lollar
Tuscola
Robert Lyons
Oakland
Chet Borah Named State Plant Industry Chief
Fairfield man J C Borah named superintendent of plant industry in the Illinois State Agriculture Department succeeding Paul Nieley of Peoria. Borah has oil title and tax consulting background since 1937 and earlier department work 1922 1926 and again until 1929, cousin of late U S Senator William E Borah.
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Chet Borah
J. C
Chet) Borah
Fairfield
Paul Nieley
Peoria
William G. Stratton
Borah
State Agriculture Department
U. S
William E. Borah
Idaho
Wayne County
Car gag backfires in Du Quoin youths case
Du Quoin police officer Ora Metcalf stopped a jalopy on Main Street as two 16 year old boys sat in front. The passenger held the wheel while the driver steered with the rim on the steering post. The judge fined the 16 year old $12.90 for endangering pedestrians and motorists.
Adonis Faces Deportation Move From New Jersey Prison
Trenton New Jersey February 21 AP big time gambler Joe Adonis now awaiting deportation to Italy. Immigration officers expected to serve a deportation warrant on the stocky underworld figure at State Prison. Adonis real name Joseph Doto claims American birth and past Senate Crime Committee listing as one of the big six for organized crime.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Joe Adonis
State Prison
Italy
Washin
Adonis
Joseph Doto
Roy Go
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Miami
Fla
Guba
AMA chief says Hawley insulted hospitals and doctors
Toledo February 21 AP The president-elect of the American Medical Association Dr Edward J McCormick says Dr Paul R Hawley insulted hospitals and doctors in U S News and World Report He objects to his comments on fee splitting and ghost surgery as growing in the profession Hawley director of the American College of Surgeons denies the charge and says Hawley chose a magazine to attack such practices
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Toledo, O
The
American Medical Association
Paul R. Hawley
AMA
Edward J. McCormick
U. S. News and World Report
Hawley
American College of Surgeons
McCormick
Benson urges farmers to aid in basic farm programs
Des Moines, February 21. Secretary of Agriculture Benson asked farmers to help Congress create strong farm programs with minimal government price supports. He stressed price supports alone do not keep agriculture strong and urged use of existing programs to stabilize markets.
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Des Moines
Congress
GOP
National Farm Institute
Eisenhower
Benson
Honor student dies in Bridgeport crash
A 17 year old high school honor student Murl Paddick of rural Sumner died at Lawrenceville Hospital after a car he rode in skidded on a rainy U S Highway 50 two miles west of Bridgeport and struck a culvert. Driver Wilvin Kosborough, 17, also of Sumner, was hospitalized for observation after the wreck following a class outing from Bridgeport Township High Scheelgeport.
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Bridgeport
Murl Paddick
Sumner
Lawrenceville
Here
Wilvin Kosborough
Bridgeport Township High
Scheelgeport
FBI Arrests Most Wanted Check-Passer Byrd
Theodore Richard Byrd Jr., 27, listed among the FBI ten most wanted fugitives, was arrested in El Reno Oklahoma after Robert L Harvey spotted him at a cafe. Byrd known for check passing, allegedly earned about 40000 through illegal schemes in 1951 1952 and faced interstate transportation of stolen property charges. He carried a hypodermic kit and claimed to be a doctor during travels.
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FBI
Theodore Richard Byrd Jr
Robert L. Harvey
Oklahoma City
el Reno
Byrd
Harvey
Lee Harvey
Albuquerque
N. M
Phoenix
Ariz
Taft son reported as Ireland ambassador pick
The Cincinnati Enquirer says William Howard Taft III, son of Senator Robert Taft, is expected to be the next ambassador to Ireland. The report cites a well informed State Department source and notes Sen Taft would not urge his son's appointment.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington
William Howard Taft III
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ireland
State Department
the Enquirer
Sen. Taft
Dragline Disaster At Pinckneyville Strands Giant Coal Miner
The 2.47 million pound Truax Tract dragline slid 30 feet into a strip mine south of Pinckneyville when the bank gave way. Operator Buryl Great was slightly injured. Officials estimate thousands of dollars in damage and say disassembly may be required to remove the machine.
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Truax-Tract
Pinckneyville
Buryl Great
Jelke Willing To Testify At Vice Trial
New York Feb 21 AP Minot F Mickey Jelke says he is ready to testify at his trial on vice charges but his attorneys have not decided whether to call him. Newsmen asked if he would take a stand. He likened it to a New Year's party but said he would do it if necessary.
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New York
Minot F
Mickey
Jelke
Pat Thompson
Francis la Valente
Asa
Scation
Frankfurt Job Wanted Ad Seeks Polite Secretary
In Frankfurt on February 21 an AP report notes a brief job advertisement seeking an employer with polite manners and a good education. The writer highlights the unusual phrasing and ironic tone of the classified notice.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Frankfurt R
Plane crashes and blazes damage California home
A skywriter plane crashed in Fiend California yesterday just after takeoff for San Francisco. Fire and wreckage destroyed the kitchen of a one story frame house as searchers comb the debris. Pilot Joseph Stocker 31 Hammond California and a 35 year old passenger were among the casualties or injuries reported.
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Fiend
Calif
San Francisco
Joseph Scott Stocker
Hammond
Blind Grand Chain Man Drowns in Cistern
Roy Gimler 57 nearly blind, of Grand Chain, stumbled into a cistern at his sister Mrs Stella Metcalf's home east of Grand Chain Thursday. A coroner's jury ruled the drowning an unavoidable accident and funeral services were planned. Gimler had only ten percent vision.
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Grand Chain
Roy Gimler
Gimler
Stella Metcalf
Allies Hit Yalu Communist Center in Heavy Air Raid
Allied fighter bombers blasted a communications center near the Yalu River as Sabre jets shot down two MiG-15s. The Fifth Air Force reported three more MiGs destroyed and two damaged, during two major strikes including the Manpojin target and a raid north of the Apex iron triangle.
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Yalu River
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Red
Manpojin
T-Bone Hill
Fifth Air Force
I C Loser in 130 000 Suit
Clarence E. Wagner of Paducah was awarded a 130000 judgment against Illinois Central Railroad after a Dec 4 1951 Charleston Kentucky accident that cost him his left leg and three fingers while employed as a conductor. The jury verdict was before Judge Cornelius J. Harrington who had ruled the case could be filed anywhere the railroad had an agent.
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Clarence E. Wagner
Paducah
Mnois Central Railroad
Chitego
Wagner
Charleston
Railroae
J J . Demiyak
Cornelius J. Harrington
Leck to Reopen Chicago River Waterway February 21
Illinois waterway navigation resumes Wednesday after repairs. The section between Ottawa and LaSalle was taken out of service for repairs and is set to reopen on February 21 per a U S district engineer notice dated January 20.
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Leck
Chicago
Wednesey
U. S
Ottawa
LaSalle
Six States Brace For More Cold Weather Tonight
Numbing cold grips a large northern heartland after a four day blizzard. Zero to 15 below forecasts hit at least six states as schools and businesses close and travel remains perilous in Minnesota Nebraska and South Dakota with gusts up to 57 mph and heavy snow in many towns.
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South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
The
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Huron
St. D
St. Cloud
Minn
Midwest
Hlizzard
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa City
Chicago
Quincy
Tal
Mastentoe Plains
Great Lakes
Bismarck
N. D
S.D
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Towa
Mississippi Valley
Gulf
New England
Great Plains
Sioux Falls
Minnesota Oe
Destructive Alabama storms leave injured and homeless
Tornadic storms struck northwest Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. In Alabama a family perished and a widow and six children were affected as wreckage scattered near Tuscumbia. Rural areas near Winfield and Vina also suffered damage with injuries reported and a growing homelessness list.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dee Soo
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Odell Willis
Tuscumbia
Winfield
Vina and
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