Union Unit 8 seeks seven school board seats
Eight candidates announced for seven Union County Community Consolidated No. 43 board seats in Jonesboro with terms of one to three years. Elections Saturday at Jonesboro grade school from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Incumbents and unopposed candidates included for president and two-year terms, with districts McClure Lake Hill Meisenheimer Miller voting to consolidate with Jonesboro district 43.
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Board of Education
Community Consolidated
Union County
Jonesboro
Donald Ridgway
Jones
Sam V. Ellis
Herbert Elkins
Per Zwahien
Charles Dale
S. M. Hartman
George W. Norris
Donald W. Wilkins
McClure
Lake Hill
Meisenheimer
Miller
Kate Knotts Named Miss Springfield 1950
Katie Knotts a 20 year old stenographer was named Miss Springfield of 1950. She will compete July 15 in the Miss Illinois pageant at Champaign Urbana after winning the title from 14 Springfield and Central Illinois contestants.
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Kate Knotts
Springfield
Katie Knotts
Champaign-Urbana
Knotts
Central Illinois
Robber Returns Money After Woman Says Change Is Possible
Miss Gertrude Kress, owner of a Chicago women’s shop, recovered $10 from a youth after urging him to quit crime. He says he once asked God for help in the army but was told no, then leaves saying she changed his view on life and he will improve.
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Gertrude Kress
Miss Kress
Army Builds Cheap Fast Camera for Explosive Studies
The Army announced a $500 camera made from odds and ends capable of 100 million frames per second. It will record shock and detonation waves to aid explosives research.
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Army
One of Two U S Quadruple Amputees Plans June 8 Marriage
Jacksonville reports Jimmy Wilson 25 a UF student applied for a license to wed Dorothy Mortenson 23 in Jacksonville on June 8. Wilson lost hands and feet in a 1944 bomber crash in Vermont. The couple reside in Florida.
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Jimmy Wilson
University of Florida
Dorothy Mortenson
Wilson
Vermont
London Cab Drivers Strikes for Bigger Cut
Four thousand hack drivers in London walk off the job demanding a larger share of taxi fares. Cabbies currently take a third of fares plus tips and seek a 40 percent slice as compensation.
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London
Townsend Clubs Push $156 a Month Pensions
The 10th National Convention of the Townsend clubs demanded a national old age pension plan paying eligible citizens over 60 about $156 monthly. The Denver meeting was reported by AP on June 2.
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Denver
Townsend Clubs
Belgium to Vote Again on King Issue Sunday
Belgians over 21 totaling more than five million may vote to elect a new parliament for the second time in a year. The issue centers on the fate of exiled King Leopold who surrendered to the Germans in 1940 and has lived in exile since World War II.
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Belgium
Leopold
32 Cars Demolished in N and W Wreck Near Fort Gay
A Norfolk and Western freight train jumped the track about three and a half miles south of Fort Gay West Virginia just after midnight. Thirty two cars and contents were demolished causing about 200000 dollars in damage and blocking both main line tracks. No injuries reported. A bad wheel bearing was blamed.
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Fort Gay
W. Va
Norfolk & Western
Here
State highway map 1950 edition ready for distribution
Springfield Illinois official public works department announces the 1950 edition of the state highway map is now ready for distribution to anyone requesting a copy.
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Springfield
Ill
State Public Works Department
Bomber Recon Jet Accepted by Air Force
The Air Force accepted a four jet bomber reconnaissance plane from North American Aviation Corp. The craft, built for day and night recon, charting, photography and mapping, flies in the 550 mph class, climbs to 40 000 feet, and has a range over 1 200 miles. It carries a crew of three.
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Air Force
Avia
Two More Plead Guilty In Czech Spy Trial
On the third day of the trial 13 Czechs accused of spying for anti Communist western diplomats, Frantiseka Zeminova a 68 year old former National Socialist deputy and Frantisek Preucil a 43 year old former publisher pleaded guilty bringing total guilty pleas to five.
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Frantiseka Zeminova
National Socialist
Frantisek Preucil
AAU Sends 13 Man Swim Team and 6 Man Wrestling Group to Japan
A 13 man swimming team and a six man wrestling group will visit Japan this summer under AAU auspices, showcasing amateur athletics on a foreign tour.
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Japan
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