Illinois House weighs eight constitutional amendment proposals
Springfield reports eight proposals to amend the Illinois Constitution are before the General Assembly with two new measures. A tax structure revision would tax real estate and tangible personal property alike while granting exemptions on household goods and pensions. Another measure calls for annual sessions in odd years and February in even years, with full legislative authority to run state government.
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O. T. Banton
Springfield
Illinois
General Assembly
House
Jack Bairstow
Waukegan
Senate
Morgan M. Finley
Chicago
Lee E. Daniels
Elmhurst
William G. Clark
Paul Randolph
Elmer W. Conti
Elmwood Park
Ralph T. Smith
Alton
Dixon, Simon
James D. Holloway
Sparta
Upstate
Beardsley Named Illinois Attorney General Pick
Grenville Beardsley, 61, will become Illinois attorney general to succeed Castle after Senate confirmation of Latham Castle as a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit. President Eisenhower announced Castle's bench appointment. Beardsley already serves as first assistant attorney general in Chicago.
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Springfield
Grenville Beardsley
Illinois
Senate
Latham Castle
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Eisenhower
Castle
Stratton
Beardsley
Cook County
Chicago
Salem
Iowa
Knox College
Galesburg
Ill
Illinois Wesleyan University
John Marshall Law School
Aer
Illinois U. S
C. Wayland Brooks
Stratton Considers Part of Russia Tour This Summer
Gov. Stratton says he may join part of a National Governors Conference trip to Russia in June or July not for a full month amid legislative work. He eyed Moscow as a possible stop and noted a successor to Illinois Commerce Commission member William Vicars will likely come from central Illinois. He declined full support for unrestricted gambling, calling it a social evil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Stratton
Russia
Moscow
William Vicars
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois
Vicars
John Fridley
Pana
Atty
Joseph Londrigan
Illinois FEPC advances in House with 20-12 vote
The State FEPC bill cleared the House Labor Committee by 20 to 12, moving to the floor for a passage vote. Supporters, lobbying since 1943, expect enactment this session, noting Gov Stratton urged such a law. Opponents from manufacturing groups voiced objections at the hearing. The bill creates a five member commission with power to investigate hiring prejudice at firms with over 25 workers and issue cease and desist orders.
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Springfield
Illinois
House Labor Committee
FEPC
Stratton
Two Boys Rescued After 17 Hours on Ocean Cliff
In Daly City California two brothers George Bobby Smith Jr. six and Gary four were trapped for 17 hours halfway down a 400 foot seaside cliff near the Pacific Ocean. A Coast Guard cutter a heli bloodhounds and more than 100 responders took part in an all night search. Bobby said they went down to look at the ocean and could not climb back up. Gary was in good condition but exposed.
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Daly City
Calif
Coast Guard
George
Bobby) Smith Jr
Gary Smith
Bobby
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Gary
Navy Clears Russian Ship of Ocean Cable Sabotage
U S sailors briefly boarded the Soviet trawler Novorossisk off Newfoundland under an 1888 treaty to investigate cable damage. The crew cooperated and officials reported no evidence of deliberate interference with transatlantic cables. five cables have been damaged since last Saturday in the area.
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Washington
State Department
Navy
Toda
Moscow
U. S
Newfoundland
Soviet Union
James C. Hagerty
White House
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Novorossisk
United States
Defense Department
Uss.s.r
Pentagon
Atlantic Fleet
Adm
Jerauld Wright
Roy O. Hale
Novoross
Five More Donors Sought for Priscilla Harrison
Priscilla Harrison an eight year old from Colp requires open heart surgery at Barnes Hospital St Louis on March 26. Twenty five donors needed type O positive blood to match her and 35 had responded by morning. Reports say the final donor list will be printed in the Southern Illinoisan and transportation for donors will be arranged.
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Priscilla Harrison
Ernest Harrison
Colp
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Harrison
Red Cross
Herrin Hospital
Priscilla
Robert Tullus
Yukon
Lee Booth
Wiliamson County
Jane Stocks
Herrin
Southern Illinoisan
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois with showers possible
Cloudy conditions with a chance of showers today then partly cloudy tonight. Saturday will be mostly fair with a high near 55 and a low around 30s. Yesterday's high 65, low 29, tide and sunrise sunset times noted. Crab Orchard Lake four inches above spillway.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Vermont Nudist Bill Faces Vermont Nudist Bill Faces
Nudist colonies in Vermont draw opposition as Rep. Grace Chandler proposes a law to outlaw nudism with fines up to 5000 dollars. The Milton outpost near the Canadian border and Long Pond colony near Burlington draw testimony from attorney John Cain George Fletcher and Norman Packwood as hearings consider enforcing personal property use versus public morality.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Grace Chandler
Rgeorgia
Milton
Georgia
Canadian
Long Pond
House Judiciary Committee
Atty
John Cain
Burlington
George Fletcher
Montreal
Norman Packwood
Mays Landing
N.J
American Sunbathing Assn
Five Die, Including Parents, in Moline Area Crash
A vehicle and a steel truck collided near Alpha in Henry County at dawn. Five people died: Ray Johnson Jr and his wife, two children Peggy and Janet, and Boyd Coulter. Remaining passengers Peggy’s mother and Elaine Johnson were injured. Truck driver Henry M Cobb was hospitalized.
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Alpha
Henry County
Ray Johnson Jr
Millersburg
Peggy
Janet
Boyd Coultier
Sherrard
Milan
Henry M. Cobb
St. Louis
Coulter
Johnson
Elaine
Cottage Hospital
Galesburg
Illinois
Moline
Dictatorial Powers For Faubus Urged
Arkansas lawmaker Rep. Gayle Windsor of Little Rock proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish the Legislature and the courts and transfer duties to the governor. He aimed to give Gov. Orval E. Faubus control over the Little Rock School Board and defended the move as speaking for itself.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Gayle Windsor
House
Orval E. Faubus
Windsor
Faubus
U S Weighs Moscow Talks After Khrushchev Macmillan
U S officials await a final Moscow session between Khrushchev and Macmillan to judge outcomes of talks on Berlin and German reunification. They note Khrushchev’s tough public stance and possible shift toward negotiations and East German sovereignty.
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Washington
U. S
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Macmillan
Britain
Moscow
Berlin
Khrushchev
Farmer Fined for Planting Crops Says He Will Move to Australia
Cass County Michigan farmer Stanley Yankus Jr. faces 1954 to 1958 fines totaling 4562 dollars plus interest for producing crops in defiance of wheat acreage restrictions. He claims subsidies and government controls ruin his livelihood and plans emigration to Australia to seek freedom and opportunity.
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Myste
Cass County
Mich
Australia
Stanley Yankus Jr
Route 4
Dowagiac
House Agriculture
Yankus
Agricultural Stabilization Committee
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Novorossirsk
U. S. Navy
Roy
O. Hale
State Senate
Conti
Smith
Castle Post
U.S
Atlantic
Wright
Hale
Cmdr
E. J. Korte
Novorossiisk
St. Johns
John Hightower
The
Associated Press
Ers
East Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Subcommittee
ACS
Yankas
Yankuses
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