One Killed 29 Injured In C E I Wreck At Papineau
A Chicago and Eastern Illinois train carrying 110 passengers derailed at Papineau Illinois. One man, William Dick of Evansville Indiana, was killed. The engineer and fireman were not hurt. Twenty five passengers were treated at Iroquois Hospital Watseka and released.
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Watseka
Chicago and
Papineau
Don Lehman
Walter Scott
Robert Ellis
Danville
Francis Hoar
Evansville
Iroquois Hospital
Sea lion stranded on pier dies from heat prostration
A 150 pound sea lion trapped by receding tides on a Philadelphia Naval Base pier died of heat prostration. Frederick A. Ulmer, curator at the Philadelphia Zoo, said the animal likely climbed on the pier at high tide and feared returning to the water. He noted the species is not native to the Atlantic and may have escaped from Wildwood New Jersey.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Philadelphia Naval Base
Frederick A. Ulmer
Zoo
Ulmer
Atlantic Ocean
Wildwood
N. J
Illinois Sales Tax Boosted by Half Cent July First
Illinois lawmakers boosted the state sales tax by a half cent starting today July 1. The measure also allows cities to add a local half cent tax without a referendum if they choose.
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Chicago
Illinois
Weather Update for Southern Illinois Area
Partly cloudy and warm with humidity through Saturday and isolated afternoon or evening thundershowers. Tonight's low near 70, Saturday high mid 90s, Saturday night low around 70. Yesterday low 65 and high 92. Temperatures through the day: 74 at 7 am, 81 at 6 pm, noon 85. Sun rises 4:38 am, sets 7:29 pm. Crab Orchard Lake 1 inch above spillway today. Little Grassy Lake level with spillway today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Dynamite Blast Shakes Coulterville Ex-Tavern Building
An explosion about 1:15 am damaged a Coulterville building that housed the Odum Tavern, with walls twisted but no injuries reported. Firemen found eight sticks of dynamite inside and another similar quantity set off in a separate section. the site was soon to become a restaurant run by Howard Coleman.
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Coulterville
Elmo Morrison
Randolph County
Charlie Odum
Odum
Sparta
Kedly
Howard Coleman
Chester
Eisenhower Signs Law Extending Draft Ages to 46
President Eisenhower signed the selective service extension into law Thursday night. The act extends the draft authority for four years and lowers the upper age limit for doctors to 46, dentists and veterinarians to 46, in two year terms.
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Eisenhower
Trabert Wins Wimbledon Singles Title in Straight Sets
Tony Trabert of Cincinnati defeated Kurt Nielsen of Denmark 6-3 7-5 6-1 to win the Wimbledon men's singles. The 24 year old American completed the championship without dropping a set.
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Tony Trabert
Cincinnati
Giantfier Kurt Nielsen
Denmark
Rocky Marciano to Meet Archie Moore in Sept 20 Title Fight
Rocky Marciano and Archie Moore were matched for a heavyweight title bout on Tuesday September 20 at Yankee Stadium New York. The fight offers a potential million dollar gate with Marciano earning 40 percent and Moore 20 percent. If Moore wins a rematch is due within 120 days with terms 30 30. Tickets go 40 30 20 and 10. If weather is bad the fight could be postponed 24 hours.
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Rocky Marciano
Archie Moore
New York
Yankee Stadium
Marciano
Moore
Illinois approves 34 commissions to study wide range
The 1955 Illinois General Assembly authorized a 34 member interim commission to study topics from droughts to floods over two years with $552,500 set aside for the work though vetoes may trim the total. Funds vary by topic from zero for some to 60,000 for higher education survey.
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Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
Chee Education Commission
Zioning
Ilinois
Areshoel
Eisenhower signals possible Dixon-Yates contract cancellation
President Eisenhower orders a new review by the Budget Bureau with the Atomic Energy Commission and TVA to judge whether the Dixon Yates contract should continue. Memphis plans to build its own plant, diminishing demand for the West Memphis project and possibly making cancellation likely.
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Dixon- Yates
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley
Dixon-Yates
Memphis
Budget Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rowland R. Hughes
Senate
TVA
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Frank Tobey
W. K. Ingram
West Memphis, Ark
Chamber of Commerce
AEC
Dixon-Yates Utility Group
West Memphis
Mississippi River
Ingram
Herbert D. Vogel
Vogel
Hughes
White House
Major Manpower Shortages Hit Teachers and Scientists
University of Chicago education professor Robert J. Havighurst warned at a National Education Association conference that the United States faces a growing shortfall of about 50 to 60 thousand teachers, mainly at the elementary level, and a shortage of scientific and health workers. He urged more scholarships, targeted recruitment into science and teaching, higher salaries, delayed retirements, and greater diversity to fill the gaps.
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University of Chicago
United States
Robert J. Havighurst
National Education Assn
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
Extradition Sought in Wortman Slaying Case
In East St Louis authorities seek extradition of Frank Wortman if he does not return from Michigan to face questioning in the gang style killing of J. Fred Koenig whose body was found in the trunk of his car. A warrant names Wortman as accessory after the fact and coroners jury urged an intensive probe. Koenig's widow bonded as a material witness after a full police statement. Birney T. Havey and Kenneth Mler were questioned regarding the case.
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St. Clair County
Frank
Buster) Wortman
J. Fred Koenig
Wortman
Justice of the Peace
Edgar Grossman
Richard T. Carter
Michigan
St. Louis
Mackinac
Carter
Koenig
John Hoban
Hoban
Birney T. Havey
Kenneth M
Lewis
Lany
Steel strike ends as 15-cent wage boost agreed
U S Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers reach a 15-cent average hourly increase ending the brief national strike. The pact raises the industry average to 2.48 per hour, effective today, with talks planned with Bethlehem Republic Jones & Laughlin Youngstown Sheet and Tube Inland Steel for similar deals. Picket lines remain outside plants until company agreements are signed.
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U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Big Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland Steel Companies
Szigmnally
United States Steel Corp
Stinker LP Fans Rally With 7584 Entries By Noon
Fans of the Little Stinker LP worked in a white heat and tripled Thursday totals to 7,584 entries by noon. A flood of poetry arrived as supporters praised the record and teased rivals with rhymes about the Stinker’s lead.
Extortion Case Before Jury Involving Two Herrin Youths
The case of James Norton and Jerry McCormick both 21 of Herrin was presented to the federal grand jury at East St. Louis. They are charged with attempting to extort 1000 dollars from Earl Walker owner of Herrin Amusement Co on June 15. They were bound over after waiving preliminaries before U S Commissioner Elmer Jenkins at Benton.
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Herrin
James Norton
Jerry McCormick
Federal Grand Jury
East St. Louis
Norton
Steel work starting on Mackinac Bridge
The first steel work on the superstructure of the Straits of Mackinac Bridge begins today. Grover C. Denny of Merritt-Chapman Scott Corp says the American Bridge division of U S Steel will start on the north cable tower pier near St Ignace.
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St. Ignace
Mich
Straits of Mackinac Bridge
Grover C. Denny
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp
American Bridge Division
U. S. Steel Corp
North Cabel Tower
Illinois lawmakers wrap up six month session with tax hikes
Illinois legislators close the 69th General Assembly after approving higher appropriations near 1.7 billion dollars and a half cent sales tax increase. The session moved bills creating a new Department of Personnel and shifts in local tax powers while delaying civil service changes to July 1957.
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Springfield
Illinois
69Th General Assembly
State Department of Personnel
Senate
Department of Personnel
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England
Rocky, Moore
Government Services Commission
School Problems Commission
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Ike
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Knoxville
Dempster
Citizens For Tva, Inc
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