Kingery urges truck tax to fund highway pavement
Robert Kingery, head of the Chicago Regional Planning Association, sends a letter to House motor vehicles committee backing a Senate truck license bill. He argues fees should reflect vehicle weight and mileage to preserve highway pavements, citing rising heavy truck use and pavement fatigue. The piece notes weather and traffic data as side details.
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Springfield
Senate
Robert Kingery
Chicago Regional Planning Association
House Motor Vehicles Committee
Kingery
Henry Horner
Department of Public Works & Buildings
Division of Highways
Highway Research Board
National Research Council
Maryland
State Capitol
Illinois
Capitol
Newspaper Sections and Page Listings
The page outline lists sections for today including National and area news on page 1, Local news on page 3, Society on pages 5 and 6, Sports and Comics on pages 7 and 8, Classifieds on pages 10 and 11, and Pictures on page 2. It serves as a guide to where readers find each feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
Acheson Denies Communist Influence on U.S. China Policy
Secretary of State Acheson told Senate hearings there was no Communist influence in forming U.S. policy toward China. He summarized postwar Far East policy, discussed Yalta decisions, Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists, and the rise of the Communists, noting limits of aid and shifting positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Acheson
U. S
China
Acheson
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Orient
Alexander Wiley
State) Department
United States
Russia
Japan
Henry A. Wallace
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Yalta
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Stalin
Far East
Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Generalissimo
George C. Marshall
Chiang Kaishek
Marshall
Manchuria
Seek to Identify Man Killed South of Pinckneyville
Perry county authorities sought to identify a middle aged man killed in an accident eight miles north of Pinckneyville on Saturday night. They said the victim might be Curley Burle son of Corinth Mississippi. George Carl Tanner Jr of Eads Tennessee was in critical condition after an auto overturned three times. The Caterpillar plant in Peoria said Burleson might have accompanied Tanner but Peoria descriptions did not tally.
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Perry County
Pinckneyville
Curley Burleson
Corinth
Miss
George Carl Tanner, Jr
Eads
Tenn
Marshall Browning Hospital
du Quoin
Peoria
Tanner
Burleson
Trains Hit and Kill Mount Vernon Worker Crossing Tracks
Virgil P. Smith, 39, a Mount Vernon foundry worker and World War II veteran, was struck and killed by a Southern Railroad passenger train while crossing tracks on the southeast edge of Mount Vernon. He was fishing at the time. he leaves his wife Iris Hughes and his parents Mr. and Mrs. John P. Smith of Benton.
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Virgil P. Smith
Mount Vernon
Southern Railroad
Smith
Iris. Hughes
John P. Smith
Benton
Kentucky Farmer Dies In Cairo Truck Crash
Ralph Glenn Cummins, 29, of Barlow Kentucky, died when the pickup he drove rolled down an embankment near Cairo on U S Highway 50. He reportedly jumped from the truck as it skidded on wet pavement, but was crushed when it overturned and trapped under the vehicle. Police found the body about four hours later.
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West Kentucky
Cairo
Ralph Glenn Cummins
Barlow
U. S. Highway 50
Russia agrees to Washington talks on pact and bases
Paris reports Russia accepts Western powers conference in Washington on July 23 to discuss the North Atlantic pact and U S overseas bases as a condition for meeting.
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Paris
Russia
Washington
U. S
End of Economic Controls Near Congress Must Act by June 30
Nationwide debate over extending the Defense Production act continues as June 30 looms. Walter P. Reuther calls for equality of sacrifice in wage policy while Bowles urges tougher federal controls to curb inflation and price rises. Eric Johnston backs stabilizing prices and wages in broader defense mobilization efforts.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Bowles
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
O.P.A
Douglas
Eric Johnston
N.B.C
American Forum of the Air
Johnston
Supreme Court Upholds City Loyalty Oaths
The Supreme Court by a 5 to 4 vote upheld city workers being ordered to take loyalty oaths for the past five years, barring punishment for past Communist party membership. The ruling came on behalf of Justices Clark Vinson Reed Jackson and Minton in a Los Angeles case involving 17 former workers.
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Supreme Court
Communist Party
High Tribunal
Los Angeles
Justice Clark
Vinson
Reed, Jackson and Minton
Virgil Bader Beanstalk Fame Continues in Herschel
Virgil Bader, famed for growing giant beans over 40 inches long, receives over a thousand letters from around the world. He plans to distribute rare seed packets only to those who show seed knowledge and send a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Herschel
Ill
Virgil Bader
Virgil
King Tut
Muscatine
Iowa
Ambassador Grady Delivers Wrong Letter To Iran Premier
Tehran broadcast reports U S Ambassador Henry F Grady mistakenly delivered to Premier Mohammad Mossadegh a personal letter from President Truman meant for British Prime Minister Clement Attlee Grady apologized and handed over the correct letter noting no significant differences between the two messages.
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Grady
Iran
Tehran
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Mohammd Mossadegh
President Truman
Clement Attlee
Britain
Mossadegh
Attlee
Truman
Man holds his own funeral in Burlington Colorado
J N Gernhardt a 75 year old rancher and storekeeper arranged his own funeral after his sister died and the school board denied use of the auditorium an overflow crowd of 1000 filled the armory while ministers and records replaced a singer Gernhardt acted as corpse and host prompting prayers and reflections on death and resurrection.
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Burlington
Colo
J. N. Gernhardt
Gernhardt
S. H. Mahaffey
Kanorado
Kan
Herbert Drew
Goodland
Ruleton
Anna Iliston
Allies Hold Off Red Counterattacks in North Korea
Allied troops in heavy rain repelled savage Red counterattacks while advancing toward the main North Korean Redoubt. U N forces pushed north from Yonchon and Yongpyong aiming at Chorwon Kumhwa and Pyonggang as tanks aided a tough, hand to hand battle along the sawtooth front. Two C 119 Flying Boxcars were shot down and seven airmen were missing with three rescued. an F 84 Thunderjet was also lost.
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Tokyo
North Korea
United Nations
U. N
U.N
Yonchon
Kansong
Iron Triangle
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Pyonggang
Yongpyong
Yongong
38Th Parallel
Hwachon
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Supreme Court Upholds Conspiracy Convictions of 11 Communists
The Supreme Court affirms the 6 to 2 decision upholding Smith Act conspiracy convictions of 11 Communist leaders led by Eugene Dennis and Gus Hall. They received five year prison terms and $10,000 fines. bonds ranged from $20,000 to $30,000. Justices Black Douglas Jackson and Frankfurt wrote dissents or concurring opinions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
America
Vinson
United States
Black
Douglas
Clark
Jackson
Frankfurter
U. S
Harold R. Medina
New York
John B. Williamson
Jacob Stachel
Robert G. Thompson
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
Henry Winston
John Gates
Irving Poteh
Gilbert Green
Carl Winter
Gus Hall
Eugene Dennis
Thompson
Court Upholds Ban On Door-to-Door Sales
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that cities may ban door-to-door sales without prior occupant permission. More than 400 cities have ordinances like Alexandria’s, with Justice Reed delivering the decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Alexandria
Reed
Century Blimp To Fly Over Area Tomorrow
A 150 foot blimp named The Century will fly over the Southern Illinois area tomorrow weather permitting in observance of the Griesedieck Western Brewery centennial. The airship carries 123000 cubic feet of helium and is powered by two 145 horsepower engines with a 50 mph cruise speed and 62 mph top speed. It measures 150 feet in length with a 40 foot diameter and stands 51 feet high on its landing gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griesedieck-Western
Stag Beer Distributors
Illinois
Southern Illinois Wholesale
Herrin
Pete Riggio
du Quoin
End of 80 Year Geneva-St Charles Train Service
The Chicago & North Western railway retires its Geneva to St Charles daily train after 80 years of operation. The Illinois Commerce Commission issued the retirement order, marking the end of service.
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Chicago
Geneva
St. Charles
Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago & North Western Railway
Tariff Bill Signed Expands Concessions to Foreign Nations
President Truman signed a proclamation putting into effect around 700 tariff concessions to foreign countries. The action announced in Washington on June 4 will take effect Wednesday.
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Washington
Truman
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Today's Index
Southern Illinoisan
Member Audit Bureau
Larry
Larry Wall
Hinsdale, Ill
Gen. Brewster
San Francisco
Wall
Denies
U.S
Kai-shek
Mt. Vernon
Kentucky
By Joseph C. Goodwin
Walter P. Reuther
of the United Automobile Workers
C.I.0
Charles E. Wilson
New York University
Chester Bowles
Virgil Long
ABC
Carbondale
Murphysboro
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