UAW Officials Expect GM Fresh Offer Amid Strike Pressure
Detroit June 8 AP GM is believed preparing a new contract offer to the CIO United Auto Workers as talks resume at midday. UAW leaders say the five day extension approved to Sunday suggests GM will propose terms like Ford’s guaranteed wage plan. Wildcat strikes roil Ford Rouge and other plants while GM strikes spread to St. Louis Cleveland Linden Kansas City and West Mifflin as workers demand protection against income loss and a firm wage settlement.
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General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Rouge
Dearborn
Tool
Dhe
Monroe
Mich
St. Louis
Kansas City
Buffalo
Cleveland
Linden
N. J
Tarrytown
Rochester
N. Y
West Mifflin
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois turns cooler
The forecast calls for cloudy to partly cloudy skies across Southern Illinois with a few scattered showers this afternoon. Cooler temperatures expected tonight and Thursday, with lows in the mid fifties and highs around 70, then a low near 50 Thursday night.
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Southern Illinois
Weather and Lake Level Update at Little Grassy
Yesterday temperatures ranged from 54 to 67 with a high of 76 at noon today. Sunrise was 4 31 and sunset 7 23, with spillway operation noted for Little Grassy Lake Level and spillway status today.
Lev Signs Restitution Check In Probe Of Government Contracts
Chicago hatmaker Harry Lev, facing a Senate subcommittee probe into potential graft in military contracting, signed a $5,089.38 restitution check after being shown a 1951 contract for 169,646 garrison caps at 21 cents each. He denies bribery claims and cites a possible accounting error while detailing his relations with former government worker Mrs. Mella Hart.
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Harry Lev
Chicago
McCllllan
D-Ark
Senate
Washington
Subcommittee
Lev
Mella Hart
Armed Services
Leon M. Levy
New York
Hart
McClellan
House Stalls Redistricting Reapportionment Action Stalemate
Springfield June 8 House refuses to concur in a Senate amendment on reapportionment sending the bill to a three member per chamber conference committee. The Senate will not recede from its amendment preserving the Rock Island Whiteside Mercer district proposal with Whiteside tied to Lee and De Kalb. Rep George S Brydin advocates the Whiteside placement while House members previously approved the alternative.
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Springfield
House
Senate
Rock Island
Whiteside
Mercer
George S. Brydin
Prophetstown
Lee
Dekalb
Centralia Woman Pilot Enters Powder Putt Derby
Centralia airport manager Sally Lathrop will enter the Powder Putt Derby from Long Beach California to Springfield Massachusetts on July 2. She aims to complete the 2800 mile race in 16 hours 17 minutes and will depart June 26 in a Cessna 180.
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Sally Lathrop
Centralia
Long Beach
Calif
Springfield
Mass
Lathrop
Douglas unveils jet transport DC8 plans for transcontinental flight
Douglas Aircraft Co. in Santa Monica announces a jet transport capable of crossing the United States in 4% hours and the Atlantic in 6% hours. The DC8, aimed at passenger service, would carry 80 to 125 passengers at speeds over 550 miles per hour, with first deliveries to airlines in 1959 and air testing by December 1957.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Co
United States
Atlantic
Donald W. Douglas
Douglas
America
Filibusterers Told Off In Illinois House
Filibusterers drew rebukes from Rep. Frank Holten as the Illinois House faced a looming June 30 adjournment. He called the conduct a disgrace and urged the public to end the obstruction. Reps. Zeigler and Morris complained over the Senate amendment on reapportionment and insisted bills be read in full under the constitution.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Frank Holten
East St. Louis
Holton
Claiiel
House
Senate
Paul A. Zeigler
Carmi
John K. Morris
Chadwick
Chicago Convention
Morris
Moves Seek Korean Bonus Limitations
Springfield, June 8 AP A move in the Senate urged by Gov Stratton would narrow Korea era veterans bonus eligibility and reduce benefits. Senate amendments aim to limit eligibility to June 26 1950 to July 26 1953 Korea theater service, cap each veteran at 250, cut survivors bonus to 900, and reduce the bond issue to under 30 million dollars. The 44th Infantry Division of the Illinois National Guard would include many beneficiaries.
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Springfield
APA
Senate
Stratton
George Drach
House
Drach
U. S
Europe
44Th Infantry Division
Illinois National Guard
Bonus veto urged by AVC Chicago against Korean War reward
John T. Kahlert of the American Veterans Committee urged Gov. Stratton to veto a 150 million dollar bond financed cash bonus for Illinois Korean War veterans. The proposal, now before the Senate after House approval, he called uneconomic and irrelevant, noting GI Bill and mortgage loans already aid veterans.
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Chicago
Stratton
Illinois
State Senate
House
John T. Kahlert
Illinois State Council of the American Veterans Committee
Eisenhower backs Adenauer and West Germany in Soviet talks
President Eisenhower said he has the utmost confidence in Chancellor Adenauer to stand with the West in dealings with Soviet Russia. He noted Moscow’s invitation to Adenauer to visit to discuss relations with the Western German republic and stressed the decision rests with West Germany. He praised Adenauer as a world statesman and favored quick limits on time for a Big Four summit to avoid Soviet propaganda. He also cited favorable U.S. employment data with 62,700,000 jobs and unemployment down.
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West Germany
Adenauer
Soviet Russia
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Germany
Kremlin
Russia
Europe
Britain
France
Timbuktu
North Pole
United States
Truck Taxing Bill Killed in Legislature
A bill to lower passenger car licenses while taxing big trucks by usage failed in the House Motor Vehicles Committee by a 15 to 10 vote. Rep. Joseph Kohout and Rep. Theodore Swinarski led the opposition, the so called Trucker Twins, aiming to keep truck license fees high.
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Springfield
House
Motor Vehicles Committee
Joseph Kohout
Theodore Swinarski
Chicago
Democrats
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kohout
Swinarski
West German leaders weigh Moscow to normalize ties with Moscow
Bonn leaders studied Russia's surprise invitation for Chancellor Adenauer to visit Moscow to discuss normalizing relations. The Cabinet, after a two hour meeting, halted tentative decisions citing need for careful study. Opposition Socialists and Refugee party urged acceptance while noting reunification on Moscow agenda. Adenauer planned a U.S. trip next week.
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Adenauer
Moscow
Franz Joseph Strauss
Strauss
United States
Bonn
St Louis Jail Riot Quelled
St Louis June 8 AP Police used tear gas to quell a brief riot at the city workhouse after inmates burned mattresses, ripped plumbing, and smashed windows. Over 100 officers kept the disturbance in one cell block as firemen doused a mattress fire. Two policemen and two senior officials were injured in an ambulance crash en route to the scene. Warden Harold E Baynes linked the unrest to new visit restrictions for prisoners' relatives.
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St. Louis City
Harold E. Baynes
Fur Tail In Tree Doesn’t Mean That Davy Is Up There
Police investigated a claim of a boy in a brown sweater and a Davy Crockett hat aloft in a tree. Firemen climbed the tree and found a raccoon sleeping in the upper branches, not a child.
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Davy
Air Force missile hits ore carrier
The ore carrier George R. Fink docked Tuesday with a six inch hole drilled in its hatch cover by a rocket missile as it passed through an Air Force target area. The dummy missile buried itself harmlessly in the iron ore cargo. An Air Force spokesman said the carrier missed warning devices kept ships out of the area.
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Detroit
George R. Fink
Air Force
Illinois Senate approves half cent sales tax increase
Illinois Senate votes 38 to 11 to raise the state sales tax to 2.5 cents per dollar in a Stratton plan aimed at funding schools and mental institutions. The measure projects about 100 million dollars in new revenue over two years starting July 1, while a companion use tax seeks to tax out of state purchases.
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Senate
Stratton-Daley
Senate Approves City Sales Tax Levy Measure
The Illinois Senate passed a half cent local sales tax bill by city council action only, by a 27 to 20 vote. The plan, part of the Stratton–Daley program, removes the 1947 referendum requirement before the tax can be applied.
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Illinois Senate
Steelworkers and Firms Meet on Wage Demands in Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel, the nation's second largest, opens bargaining with CIO USW for a substantial wage increase. U S Steel begins its talks on the same demands. Union president David J. McDonald says negotiations will continues until a settlement is reached as Republic Steel and three other basic firms await the union's formal demands.
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Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
Bethlehem
United States Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
Republic Steel Corp
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