Migrant Workers Die in Fayetteville Truck Crash
Eighteen workers aboard a flatbed truck and a tractor-trailer collided at a highway intersection north of Fayetteville North Carolina. Seventeen people were killed and 41 laborers were aboard the truck. Driver of the tractor-trailer was only lightly hurt. The crash occurred at 7 15 am as the truck pulled into the path of the other vehicle. The scene drew witnesses and prompted ambulance calls as rescue crews worked amid flames and mangled bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
N.C
State Highway Patrol
Somi Ag
W. Hington
Mt. Olive
N. C
Dunn
Gilbert Robert Peters
Watwallopen
Covington
Raleigh
SIU Plans Penthouse in Home Economics Building
SIU advances a 2 million home economics complex with four units including a third unit called a penthouse serving as a service area and teaching space for home management. Other sections include a one-story office wing a three-story classroom block and a 1½ story lecture hall. Bids due 2 30 p m July 11 with separate phase bids but one general contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University Home Economics Department
SIU Home Economics
SIU
Charles Pulley
Home Management House
Harwood Avenue
Pulley
Rare Foods Are Feature Of SIU Test
Southern Illinois University presents a semantics test in which Dr. Paul Hunsinger will feed a panel of his advanced students exotic dishes and then describe what they tasted. The exact menu is not set, with possibilities including rattlesnake meat, fried worms, or dried squid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Paul Hunsinger
SIU
Hunsinger
Hearing Set On Suit To Bar Trial Of Girard In Japan
Federal Judge declined immediate order to bring Army specialist William S. Girard home from Japan. He scheduled a hearing for Tuesday on a habeas corpus action and argued Japan lacks jurisdiction to try Girard for the death of Naka Sakai. The case cites U.S. sovereignty and primary U.S. jurisdiction over service members on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Girard
Dist
Joseph C. McGarraghy
United States
F.C
McGarraghy
Earl J. Carroll
New York
Me‘sarraghy
Carroll
Dayton M. Harrington
Gir
Louis Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Washipn
Naka Sakai
SIU Engineering Bill Faces Senate Committee Debate
SIU officials defend expansion while critics say funds for four year branches could threaten private and junior colleges. Belleville superintendent Hal Hall warns of pressure to close private schools. SIU denies plans to force closures and stresses expanding access to higher education nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Jamie
Springfield
Association
Main St
Belleville
SIU
George Hand
Shurtleff College
Alton
Centralia
John Page Wham
East St. Louis
Eisenhower Demonstrates Atomic Jet Tactics Aboard Saratoga
President Eisenhower sails with cabinet members aboard the USS Saratoga off Florida for a demonstration of atomic warfare tactics by jets. The Mayport arrival, crew welcome, and launch of jets marked a high profile display during a morning cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Saratoga
Florida
Washington
Columbine III
Mayport
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Safety Buses Barred From Ottawa Streets
Ottawa Illinois on June 6 reports the Illinois Commerce Commission ordered all buses of Ottawa Safety Lines Co off the streets after an investigator found them unsafe. The company blamed lack of funds for missing critical repairs recommended after a two week prior inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ill
Ottawa Safety Lines Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
James O'Brien
O’brien
Arthur Hohnkey
Fair Tonight For Southern Illinois Weather Brief
Mostly fair tonight and Friday with a low tonight in the mid 60s and a high Friday in the 80s. Low Friday night in the mid 60s and yesterday’s high 76 to 85 around noon today. Precipitation totals about 0.04 inches from yesterday morning to today 7 am. Sun rises 4:29 am and sets 7:29 pm. Lake level at Little Grassy with spillway six inches above spillway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Illinois
Personal Tax What Does The Assessor Say
The Southern Illinoisan previews a series on personal property tax with interviews from two assessors. They outline their views on what is right and wrong with the tax and promise further assessor interviews in upcoming installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
Bakery Union Official Denies Keeping Funds
Chicago Bakers Union Local No. 1 president Anthony Conforti testified that he deposited about 9,000 of union funds into his savings account on orders from union official George Stuart and later gave the money to Stuart. The funds came from a 10,500 pool raised by locals 300 and 100 to pressure Salarno Megowen Biscuit Co. The Senate committee plans further testimony from Stuart, Cross, and others in its inquiry into the union's affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago Bakers Union
Anthony Conforti
Conforti
George Stuart
Chicago
Salarno- Megowen Biscuit Co
Senate
Stuart
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Committee
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
James G. Cross
Illinois Senate approves collection fee bill for merchants
A bill allowing merchants to retain 2 percent of sales and use taxes for collecting the taxes passed the Illinois Senate and advanced to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Senate
Senate Committee Rejects SIU Engineering Bill
The Illinois Senate Education Committee voted 9 to 5 against Senate Bill 5 to let Southern Illinois University establish an engineering curriculum. Sen. Everett R. Peters accused SIU President D W Morris of lobbying via state funded travel, while Crisenberry pressed the bill's defeat for this biennium. Opponents cited cost and quality concerns, noting SIU’s pre engineering options and transfers to other universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Univerity
Illinois Senate Committee On Education
SIU
Everett R. Peters
St. Joseph
D. W. Morris
Sen. Peters
R. W. Lyons
Oakland
David Davis
Bloomington
Marvin Burt
Freeport
Richard Larson
Galesburg
Frank M. Ozinga
Evergreen Park
Rst
Out
Quincy
Robert Graham
Chicago
Marshall Korshak
Jackson L. Boughner
Palatine
Paul W. Broyles
Mt. Vernon
R. G. Crisenberry
Murphysboro
William L. Grindle
Herrin
James O. Monroe
Collinsville
Len Peters
Education Committee
George Hand
Peters
Morris
Alton
Senate
General Assembly
Sen. Crisenberry
Lottie Holman O'Neill
Downers Grove
Sen
Crisenberry
U. of I
W. L. Everitt
College of Engineering
Mayflower II Reaches 85 Miles Off Bermuda
The Mayflower II reported today it is about 85 miles southwest of Bermuda during its replica Pilgrim voyage to Plymouth Massachusetts. The position was posted on Wednesday as the vessel continues the historic voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayflower II
Bermuda
London
Plymouth
Mass
Pauling Defends Signers On H-Bomb Test Debate
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling told reporters that many signers are scientists qualified to speak on radiation effects and dismissed claims they lack competence. The Senate subcommittee issued a subpoena for Pauling to testify June 18 as it probes possible Communist backing of efforts to halt H-bomb testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Linus ‘Pauling
Senate
Robert Morris
Subcommittee
Pauling
Morris
Senator Len Anderson Proposes Nuclear Test Limit
Len Anderson a Democrat from New Mexico urged a concrete U S cap on nuclear tests targeting a yearly yb limit of ten million tons of TNT equivalent. Anderson vice chairman of the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee said the limit should hinge on radioactive material released rather than bomb size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Len Anderson
D-Nm
United States
Anderson
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harold Caccia
U. S
Europe
Marshall
Joe Lazak
Berwick
Fense Wilson
Dulles
Army
Bracker
SIU Engineering School
Bill Beaton
Raps
Shurtleff
Hall
Illinois Higher Education Commission
Crab Orchard Lake
Permanent
Commission On Higher Education
House
Partment
California Institute of Technology
Eienhower
Pauli
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!