Death Curve toll rises in Route 3 crash near Grand Tower
An early morning crash near Grand Tower on Route 3 killed 18 year old Eugene Cooper of Howardton and left Harvey Houston 21, also of Howardton, in critical condition. Sheriff D L McGregor reported the car left the road at the S curve near the Big Muddy river bridge and overturned several times. Cooper died when the car rested on him. Houston was treated at St. Andrew's hospital in Murphysboro. Funeral plans were set for Cooper at the Grand Tower Methodist church.
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Route 3
Grand Tower
Eugene Cooper
Howardton
Edward Brown
St. Louis
Harvey Houston
Houston
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murthysboro
Jackson County
D. L. McGregor
McGregor
Big Muddy River
Sheriff McGregor
Cooper
Murphysboro
Sawas
Jack Frances Conlogue
Brown
William Lyerla
Walker Hill
Crawshaw
Albert Cooper
Hannah Cooper
Jackie
Bobby Cooper
Millard Reed
Ruth
Katherine
Patricia Cooper
Farm Support Funds Facing Senate Attack
The government farm price support program faced sharp Senate opposition led by Senators John J. Williams and Irving Ives. They questioned the need for two more billion dollars and urged dropping the 96 percent of parity peg for a flexible lower system. The dispute arose as House members returned from a 10 day recess amid votes on anti trust measures, the Displaced Persons act extension, and an army organization bill.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Williams
Rdel
Irving Ive
R-N.y
Williams
Ives
House
30 Trapped in Trolley After St Louis Collision
About 30 persons were trapped in a streetcar two minutes after a collision with a truck in St Louis. No one was injured. The trolley was knocked off its rails. Motterman John Diemert said the mechanism jammed and he could not open the doors. Spectators forced the middle doors to free the panicky passengers.
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St. Louis
Motterman
John Diemert
Vietnamese education minister shot in Saigon
Vuong Quang Nhuong, education minister in Bao Dai's French-sponsored Vietnam government, was shot today by an unknown assailant who fled. His condition was reported grave.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Indochina
Vuong Quang Nhuong
Bao Dai
Weather Outlook Shows Mild Temperatures Ahead
Fair and warmer through Tuesday with nightly lows around 54 to 58 and daytime highs near 80 to 85. Sunshine dominates with a morning low around 66 and afternoon high near 72. Humidity around 51 percent and no rainfall noted. wind averaged 1.1 mph. Crab Orchard Lake six inches above spillway, Little Grassy Lake four feet below spillway.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Brock Replaces Nowikowski As 135th Commander
Lt. Col. Frank Brock of Carbondale becomes commander of the 135th Combat Engineers battalion in the Illinois National Guard. Lt. Col. Wallace Nowikowski of Benton resigns. Maj. Leon E. Scott of Salem moves up to command the 3rd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment. The reshuffle follows Gen. Harry Bolen’s appointment as commanding general of the 44th Infantry Division. The 3rd Battalion and 135th Combat Engineers include units across Carbondale, Salem, Centralia, Harrisburg, Mount Vernon, Benton, Murphysboro, Anna, Johnston City, and Metropolis. Col. Brock’s party at Jackson Country Club honored him with a going-away wristwatch. he remains in Carbondale with the State Highway Department.
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Southern Illinois National Guard
Frank Brock
Carbondale
135Th Combat Engineers Battalion
Wallace Nowikowski
Benton
Col
Brock
135Th
Harry Bolen
Cairo
Illinois Guard
44Th Infantry Division
Leon E. Scott
Salem
130Th Infantry Regiment
Ilinois National Guard
Scott
Col. Brock
Illinois National Guard
Centralia
Harrisburg
Mount Vernon
135Th Combat Engineers
Murphysboro
Anna
Johnston City
Metropolis
Jackson Country Club
State Highway Department
Fred E. Perry
George E. Rayfield
Paul Townes
Bernard Sandberg
Howard N. Pepple
Lynn Hunsaker
Perry
Sgt
Hunsaker
Fifth Army
Amos Stonecipher
John van Landingham
Schriber
Jo Anne Allen
W. R. Albright
William Sharpe
George Morrison
W R. Dethrow
Tracy Bryant, Jr
Warren McCoy
Marcellus Vineyard
Girl Feared Slain by Bear Near Chateau Bigot
In Chateau Bigot Quebec on June 5, nearly 2,000 soldiers and volunteers searched swampy woods for three year old Nicole Renaud who vanished from her summer cottage after play. Bear tracks in the area and a dress scrap are the only clues amid rain and darkness.
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Chateau Bigot
Que
Nicole Renaud
Nicole
Smuts Improves as Illness Lingers In South Africa
Johannesburg June 5 Airplane Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts shows improvement and chats with family for first time since falling ill a week earlier.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Airine
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Policeman Held After Bar Holdup in Brooklyn
An off duty New York policeman Vincent Flemming 44 is accused of holding up a Brooklyn bar and grill at gunpoint early today and shooting a customer John Sherin 23 of Brooklyn to death when he left to summon help. Flemming was beaten by patrons and later arrested with his drinking companion Harold Blanch 24 who denied involvement. No money was taken.
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New York
Brooklyn
Vincent Flemming
Harold Blanch
John Sherin
Board Named To Study Vet Hospital Issue
President Truman appoints a three man committee to review the veteran hospitalization program focusing on paraplegics and amputees. Dr Howard A Rusk Dr Arthur Abramson and Rear Admiral Robert L Dennison will study how hospitals are operated and report to the President. The move follows protests over transferring paraplegic patients from Birmingham general hospital in Van Nuys California and ties to Hoover era recommendations and American Legion opposition.
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Washington
Truman
Howard A. Rusk
New York University College of Medicine
Bellevue Hospital
Arthur Abramson
Veterans Administration Hospital
the Bronx
Robert L. Dennison
Congress
Birmingham General Hospital
van Nuys
Calif
Veterans Administration
Department of Defense
Hoover
American Legion
Veterans Hospitals
Navy officer training cut at Annapolis amid crowding
The Navy will reduce annual appointments to the Naval Academy from five to four per member. Vice Admiral J W Roper announced the memo stating the academy housing is designed for 2750 midshipmen, but about 3400 are aboard and 3700 are expected by October 1950.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Congress
Academy
J. W. Roper
Naval Personnel
Plane Crashes Enroute To Grayville
A light single engine plane en route to Grayville Illinois crashed near Shoals Indiana killing two occupants Mrs Julia de Staebler 40 and Ray Jones Jr 21 both of Shoals. The wreckage was found southwest of Shoals on Virgil Bledsoe and Derby Harrells farm about three miles from town.
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Shoals
Ind
Here
Julia de Staebler
Ray Jones, Jr
Grayville
Ill
de Staebler
Bedford
Virgil Bledsoe
Derby Harrell
Bledsoe
Harrell
Springfield Firemen and Police Seek $58 Monthly Increase
Firemen and policemen in Springfield ask city officials for a $58 a month raise from the current $235. They cite a 67 percent rise in living costs since 1939, while salaries have only increased 35 percent. Mayor Harry Eielson has not acted on the request.
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Springfield
Harry Eielson
Supreme Court Bans Rail Dining Car Segregation
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 0 that railroad dining car segregation violates the Interstate Commerce Act. The decision, written by Justice Harold Burton, held that passengers entitled to dining facilities must be served without undue discrimination. Justice Tom Clark did not participate.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Harold Burton
Tom Clark
Truman Signs Major Foreign Aid Bill At White House
President Truman signed a 3 121 450 000 foreign aid authorization bill at a White House ceremony. It funds five worldwide programs including three-year European Recovery Plan operations and aid to backward areas. Highlights include 2 850 000 000 for the Marshall plan, 194 000 000 for Korea Southeast Asia and non-Communist China, and 15 000 000 for UN child welfare programs.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Europe
Free Peoples of
U S Wins Claims On Tidelands Oil
The Supreme Court sustained federal claims to oil rich lands off Texas and Louisiana coasts. It ruled submerged lands belonged to Texas as an independent state but passed to the United States when Texas joined the Union. The Louisiana decision aligns with the 1947 ruling granting federal paramount rights to a three mile coastal belt.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
California
Catholic Schools See 3,500,000 Enrollment
The United States Catholic schools and colleges expect a record 3.5 million students this fall, with the biggest gains in secondary and higher education. Parochial schools are overflowing, prompting a planned building program valued at 250 million dollars over five years.
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New York
United States
New York Times
Cats Suffer in London Heatwave
In London on June 5 the heat reached 82 degrees at noon and kept rising. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals logged 20 calls to rescue injured cats fallen from ledges as the day wore on.
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London
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Sanity Hearings Set For Halting of Death Row Killers
Two circuit judges were assigned to hear the sanity cases of Carson Seger and Curtis Chapman, condemned hitchhike killers. Separate hearings are planned for June 14 in Macon County with Seger's in the morning and Chapman's in the afternoon. Both men, inmates at Menard State Prison, face execution by electric chair on June 23 for the murder of Howard Heininger. Venue moved from Greene to Macon County after a change-of-venue ruling by Judge De Witt S. Crow.
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Decatur
Ill
Carson Seger
Curtis Chapman
White Hall
Martin E. Morthland
Grover Watson
Farmer City
Charles Keller
Champaign
Illinois Judicial Circuit
Morthland
Seger
Watson
Chapman
Menard State Prison
Howard Heininger
Jerseyville
Greene Circuit Court
Macon County
de Witt S. Crow
Randolph Wins Fourth Term as ITU President
Randolph defeats Sparkman of Detroit by 7,500 votes to win re election as president of the AFL International Typographical Union. Don Hurd of Oakland tops the secretary treasurer race on the Progressive ticket with 40,243 votes to 29,757 for George Bante. Balloting was May 17 and the new term starts July 15.
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Indianapolis
Woodruff Randolph
A.F.L. International Typographical Union
I.T.U
Randolph
C. G. Sparkman
Detroit
Don Hurd
Oakland
Cal
Hurd
George Bante
Chicago
Danville Teen Killed in Route 34 Crash Near State Line
Danville on June 5, James Leroy Brown aged 17 died in a collision between his motorcycle and a car on Indiana Route 34 near the Indiana Illinois line about six miles east of Danville. The car was driven by William J. Wagner of Crawfordsville Indiana, according to Officer James Frazier of the Indiana State Police.
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Danville
James Leroy Brown
Illinois Line
James Frazier
Indiana
William J. Wagner
Crawfordsville
Ind
Long Time Arms Aid Plan Stays Under Study
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that U S military assistance for the non Communist world will stay below half a billion dollars a year for the next period and no shut off date was set Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson urged hope for an end to the task in 1953 or 1954 Both officials supported President Truman s request for a 1 2225 million authorization to bolster defenses against communism
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Dean Acheson
Congress
America
Louis Johnson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Acheson
U. S
John Kee
D-Wva
Secretaries of State and Defense
Johnson
Truman
Seventeen Trapped in Burning Copper Canyon Mine
Seventeen miners were reported trapped in a 700-foot shaft at Copper Canyon after a morning fire at the shaft top. Superintendent Robert Baring said smoke was drawn down the shaft as flames consumed timbering, with rescue teams airlifted in and ambulance crews standby in Battle Mountain Winnemucca and Elko. Contact with the men had not yet been established.
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Robert Baring
Copper Canyon Mining Company
Battle Mountain
Winnemucca
Elko
Bakers Ready To Resume Work In Southern Illinois
About 150 bakers in 40 Southern Illinois cities said they would return to work today under their old contract plus a 10 cent hourly raise. An official statewide tally showed 551 to 336 against accepting the Chicago agreement reached with the company and a mediator. Cities include Centralia Mount Vernon Benton Herrin and West Frankfort.
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Chicago
Illinois
Springfield
Pope Pius XII Consecrates St Peter Grotto Altar
Pope Pius XII consecrated the central altar to Saint Peter in the Vatican Grottos in a private ceremony. The event capped years of grotto excavations and drew Holy Year pilgrims who prayed on the basilica floors above the ancient crypts.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Saint Peter
Vatican
Pius
Truman names Grady ambassador to Iran
President Truman nominated Henry F. Grady as ambassador to Iran marking a key diplomatic posting. Grady, a public official with prior government service, faces confirmation in the Senate.
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Truman
Grady
Iran
Washington
Henry F. Grady
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Scott Lucas
Bob Hope
Greenstein
Elmer W. Henderson
President’s Committee On Fair Employment
Birmingham
Henderson
Southern Railway Co
Southern Railroads
American Council of Human Rights
Justice Burton
D., II
Paul Greenstein
Union
Copper Canyon
Bakers
Pope Pius
St. Peter Grotto
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