Board Of Directors Named To Boost Southern Illinois Tourist Industry
Formation steps for a permanent 31-county Southern Illinois tourism group began at SIU. Over 120 attendees elected a board of directors including Eugene Comte and Harold Wolfe, with SIU officials John Barnes and William Freeburg on the advisory slate. The plan aims to unite counties, form local tourism groups, and promote attractions from Magnolia Festival to Peach Blossom Festival while seeking state and federal aid.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Eugene Comte
Murphysboro
Harold Wolfe
East St. Louis
R. L. Hessler
Vandalia
Harry Weeks
Cairo
Jack Lewis
Anna
R. A. Bonifield
West Frankfort
George Sherrer
Shawneetown
William Freeburg
SIU Recreation and Outdoor Education Department
John Barnes
SIU Department of Community Development
R. J Shaidnagle
Missouri Lake of the Ozarks Assn
Illinois
Hand
Ozarks
Assa
Eugene Crawford
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Carterville
Southern Illinois Could Draw More Tourism Than Missouri Ozarks
R. J. Shaidnagle of the Missouri Lake of the Ozarks Assn spoke at Southern Illinois University about using natural assets to boost Southern Illinois tourism. He urged forming a local organization to develop the region, promote family camping and boating, and educate residents and officials to attract private capital as tourism becomes a major industry.
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Southern Illinois
Missouri Ozarks
Missouri
Missouri Ozark
Illinois
Shaidnagle
Suit Opposes Layoff Pay Ruling in Illinois
Barco Manufacturing Co. and partners filed in Sangamon County Circuit Court seeking an injunction to block or reduce state unemployment benefits when workers also receive layoff pay from industry plans. The plaintiffs argue ineligible or proportionate offsets to private payments.
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Illinois
Sangamon County
Barco Manufacturing Co
Barrington
Robert F
Gordon L
George R. Grubb Jr
Champaign
Highway Incident Near Casey Ends With Car Swap
Fred Collins of West Plains Missouri said two cars hit his vehicle from behind on U S 40 near Casey while he was parked. The drivers George Lee of Stillwater Oklahoma and Mon Lo of West Lafayette Indiana then offered Collins a 1941 model from a used car lot. Police filed no charges.
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Fred Collins
West Plains
U. S. 40
Casey
George C. Lee
Stillwater, Okla
Mon H. Lo
West Lafayette
Ind
Collins
Surgery Reconfigures Brain To Treat Child’s Behavior
Doctors at Wesley Memorial Hospital disclosed a 4 hour 35 minute operation on May 14 removed the right half of a girl’s brain to curb daily convulsions and violent behavior. Postop notes say the remaining brain functions are adapting, with improved senses and a new personality, though partial paralysis persists. The child’s home community is in northern Indiana.
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Chicago
Antion
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Ceini
Wesley Hospital
Indiana
Two Illinois Banks Robbed Loot $32,000
Police report two northern Illinois bank robberies on Tuesday netting about 32000, a five man team hitting Mount Greenwood State Bank in Chicago and a lone gunman hitting the First National Bank of Triumph in LaSalle County. Getaways involved a stolen Rockford car later found in a cemetery. the Triumph bandit fled in a 1950 car with red wheels after a wreck. A separate Indianola branch bank robbery left $1400.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Chicago
Mount Greenwood State Bank
First National Bank of Triumph
LaSalle County
Rockford
Olive Wunderlich
Marengo
Triumph Bank
Milo
Iowa
Peeoples Trust and Savings Bank
Indianola
John Greubel
Seaton Receives Senate Confirmation as Interior Secretary
The Senate confirmed Fred A. Seaton as secretary of the interior by a unanimous vote after brief discussion. The action followed a prior committee hearing and favorable recommendations, with no recorded opposition.
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Washington
Senate Today
Fred A. Seaton
Nebraska
Sidi Oie
Senate Interior Committee
Autographs Bibles by Governor at State Prison
Gov Frank Clement will present autographed Bibles purchased with state funds to about 1500 inmates at the Tennessee state prison in Nashville on June 6.
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Autographs Bibles
Nashville
Tenn
Frank Clement
Demos Split On Foreign Aid
The House splits over Eisenhower foreign aid. Speaker Rayburn backs restoring 600 million to the President’s request of about 4.9 billion. Richards, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, sticks with a 1.109 billion cut. The clash signals a coming House battle over aid to free world allies.
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Demos
House
Eisenhower
Rayburn
Texas
Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rayburn-Richards
The
Mewsmen
Own Vaccines Fight Cancer At Vinment Memorial Hospital
About 30 cancer patients received vaccines made from their own tumors. Dr. John B. Graham and Ruth Graham reported at the National Cancer Conference that vaccines may boost resistance to cancer and work with X ray therapy. They noted cervical cancer patients with high levels of two healthy cells fared best, with 85 percent five year survival, versus 19 percent with low levels.
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Boston
John B. Graham
Ruth
Vincent Memorial Hospital
Graham
Grahams
Adlai Stevenson Clinches California Victory In 1952 Nomination Race
Adlai E. Stevenson swept California with about 62 percent of the vote to win 68 delegates, moving him toward the Democratic nomination. Kefauver trails with 16 percent, while Eisenhower leads the GOP. California’s results could shift delegate strength for the national race.
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San Francisco
Adlai E. Stevenson
California
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Montana
Dakota
Kefauver
Illinois
Old
Eisenhower
Eisenhowe Kat
Mollet Wins Support but Faces Narrow Victory in Assembly
Paris June 6 AP Premier Guy Mollet secured a 71 to 59 confidence vote on his cabinet policy in the National Assembly. Of 595 members 201 abstained as center factions backed the government, while right wing independents abstained over autonomy moves for Tunisia and Morocco.
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Paris
Guy Mollet
National Assembly
Algeria
Mollet
Assembly
Center
Independent Peasant Party
North
Africa
Tunisia
Morocco
Gas Refund Proposed by Tuscola Firm to Start July First
Citizens Gas Co. of Tuscola proposed at an Illinois Commerce Commission hearing to begin refunding 35 193 dollars on July 1 to gas customers in six communities. Treasurer R R McCumber said refunds would be via a three tenths of 1 cent per therm rate reduction over 18 months, benefiting 3 980 customers in Arthur Atwood Chrisman Newman Tuscola and Villa Grove.
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Springfield
Citizens Gas Co
Tuscola
Illinois Commerce Commission
R. R. McCumber
Arthur
Atwood
Chrisman
Newman
Villa Grove
Eisenhower Says Tito Incident Not Entire Loss
President Eisenhower said the Tito incident is not entirely a loss and urged a restudy of Yugoslav aid. He linked the issue to a $1.109 billion House cut and emphasized continuing aid programs while waging peace. He noted Tito’s Moscow reception reflected Tito’s defiance of the Soviet regime and suggested Russia made concessions to win Tito back. He avoided taking sides in primaries and declined new TV campaign plans.
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Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Russia
Moscow
House
United States
Fair Warmth Looms for Southern Illinois
A weather brief notes fair skies and warm temperatures for southern Illinois. Tonight will be mild with lows around 60. Thursday shows continued warm, pleasant conditions.
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Toni Thursos
Weather and lake levels at Crab Orchard and Little Grassy
Yesterday low 54 at 7 am, high 75. today high 84 at noon. Sunrise 4 29 am, sunset 7 29 pm. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake 30 inches below spillway today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
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Robert Major
Tacoma
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