Filibuster grips Illinois House on third day in session
Illinois lawmakers endured a lengthy filibuster as readings slowed business in the House for a third day. Rep. Ziegler and Morris led demands for full bill readings while the chamber advanced 53 bills in preliminaries and passed 39 minor measures, amid warnings over stalled major legislation ahead of adjournment.
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Springfield
Illinois
Cleraks
House
General Assembly
Paul Ziegler
Carmi
Ahs Morris
Chadwick
Chicago
Lake Front
Morris
Senate
Warren Wood
Ziegler
Downstate
Fred Ruegg
Robert Willis
Bert Baker
D Benton
William Lyons
Frank Holton
East St. Louis
Strike Closes Two Ford Plants in Chicago Area
A strike by a small group of guards shut two Ford plants in the Chicago area, idling about 2,000 workers. The United Protective Workers of America led by Bernard Murphy organized the walkout, while around 1,900 CIO United Auto Workers did not cross the lines at the Torrence Avenue assembly plant. Two plants near Melrose Park faced guards on strike as well, affecting 77 UAW members.
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Chicago
Ford Motor Co
United Protective Workers of America
Bernard Murphy
CIO
United Auto
Ford Assembly
Torrence Ave
Ford Parts
Melrose Park
UAW
Police Admit Looting Store Near Chicago Suburb
Five policemen from Norridge and River Grove face Cook County Grand Jury questioning over looting a Jewel Food Store in Norridge. They admitted taking cigars and hosiery after finding a shattered door during a burglary report. Officials value losses at 800 dollars. A volunteer force replaced the suspended regular village police.
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Chicago
Cook County
Grand Jury
Norridge
River Grove
John Gutknecht
Jewel
Raymond H. Peers
Herman Marchel
Richard Potempa
Clarence Herman
Frank Kurowski
Gutknecht
Sanibel
Devil's Kitchen funding sale eyed by railroads
Illinois Terminal sale to 11 railroads for 20 million dollars, with the contract expiring mid August. Board Chairman Allen Van Wyck, Decatur, says extension unknown as ICC may take months. examiner Albus heard Springfield facts April 21 and briefs were filed by rail group, TP&W opponents, and city and industry reps. Santa Fe bought control of TP&W. TP&W remains opposing force, with no word of change from Coulter.
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Illinois Terminal
Allen van Wek
Decatur
Paul C. Albus
Springfield
Railroad Purchase Group
Toledo Peoria & Western Railroad
Commission
Albus
Department of Justice
Santa Fe Railroad
Tp&w
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Illinois
Chicago
St. Louis
Russell Coulter
Santa Fe- Pennsy
Robert E. Quirk
Washington, D C
Coulter
van Wyck
Chicago Halts Vaccine Plans
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, president of the Chicago Board of Health, canceled the city program for Salk anti polio vaccine in first and second graders. The halt follows a suggestion from Illinois public health director Dr Roland R Cross to discontinue injections in communities where polio is prevalent. Chicago has recorded 24 polio cases and two deaths since January 1, the highest for the date in 35 years.
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Herman N. Bundesen
Chicago Board of Health
Roland R. Cross
Illinois
Bundesen
Chicago
Plane Struck Twice By Lightning Lands Safely
George Harvey of East Alton Illinois safely landed a Navy C54 transport after it was struck twice by lightning on a flight from Glenview to Anacostia Naval Air Station. One aileron was knocked off and the left wing holed. 27 passengers aboard. The first strike occurred over West Virginia at 10,000 feet with no visible damage.
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George Harvey
East Alton
Ill
Glenview, Ill
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Harvey
West Virginia
Springfield
Devil's Kitchen Dam funding clears House and Senate
The House and Senate approved 1 million dollars for Devil's Kitchen Dam in Williamson County. Construction may start next spring with Army engineers drawing plans for a seven month phase, employing about 300 workers. The project will include cabin sites leased by the Fish and Wildlife Service and will extend over several years, with further funds anticipated.
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House
Senate
Devil’s Kitchen
Williamson County
Eisenhower
Interior Department
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Kenneth Gray
Southern Illinois Democrat
Gravy
Gray
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Crab Orchard Lake
Southern Illinois
Works Progress Administration
Big Grassy
Army
Devil's Kitchen
Lev Certain Of Contract Change Okays Air Force Cap Deal
Lev Certain of contract change testifies before the Senate investigations subcommittee saying he could guarantee favorable approvals from procurement officers. two officials face punishment. Air Force files court martial charges against Capt. Raymond Wool for travel voucher falsifications and gifts. Tartaglia suspended amid feather business link. Wool denies payoffs tied to a 1953 cap contract.
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Chicago
Harry Lev
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McClellan
D-Ark
Lev
Air Force
Raymond Wool
New York
Wool
Dayton
Ohio
Army
Ferdinad Tartaglia
Quartermaster Corps’ Clothing Purchase Division
Philadelphia
Leo
Tartaglia
Natick
Mass
20 Missing In Ship Fire near Ramsgate England
A Swedish oil tanker Johan nishus burst into flames after a collision with the Buccaneer about 25 miles off Goodwin Sands. Of 43 aboard, 20 crew feared lost. 21 rescued including the sole woman aboard. One dead on arrival. several survivors hospitalized as lifeboats reported no further hope.
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Ramsgate
England
Goodwin Sands
Here
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois
Cloudy with occasional showers tonight and Friday. High Friday upper 60s. Low Friday night around 56. Temperature history shows low yesterday 59 and 7 am today 67 with 6 pm yesterday 76. High yesterday 80 and noon 73. Sun rises 4 34 am and sets 7 24 pm. Crab Orchard Lake 1 inch above spillway today. Little Grassy Lake level with spillway today.
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Southern Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Illinois General Assembly sets record with 2062 bills filed
A filibuster stalled the House as Illinois lawmakers piled up 24 new legislative proposals. The total introduced at this session reached 2062, surpassing the 2044 mark set in 1951.
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Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
Negotiators Hope GM Labor Talks Avoid Sunday Strike
Detroit June 9 AP negotiators for General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers voiced confidence they would avert a Sunday midnight strike as talks continued in secrecy. A third day of walkouts subsided with about 25 000 GM and 5 000 Ford workers idle. Reuther warned GM locals against idleness as union officials in St Louis called a mass meeting to end a wildcat walkout at the Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Reuther
St. Louis
CIO Auto
Chevrolet
Fisher
Owo
Rodney Brodie Remains in Critical Condition at Surgeons
Rodney Dee Brodie, the first head-to-head Siamese twin to survive a separation, has been removed from the critical list following a May brain hemorrhage. Doctors at the University of Illinois report the hemorrhage appears to have halted spontaneously, though the boy’s condition remains fragile.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie
University of Ilh
Transocean Telephone Cable Project Under Way
Newington New Hampshire June 9 AP workmen initiate a 40 million dollar project to link North America and Britain via the world first trans ocean telephone cable. The system will span 2000 miles under the Atlantic and provide 36 circuits when completed by summer 1955. The Monarch British cable ship leads the first shipment to Newington with 130 crew and will depart for Clarenville Maryland to start laying the cable on June 22.
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Newington
N. H
North America
Britain
Atlantic
Canada
England
United States
Monarch
Simplex Wire and Cable Co
Clarenville
Mld
Lenin Stalin Mausoleum Visit Highlights Moscow Events
Nehru arrived in Russia for a two week official visit and began with talks with Foreign Minister Molotov before touring the Kremlin in Moscow.
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Lenin-Stalin
Moscow
Red Square
Nehru
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Miss Europe contest sees cold bug hit contestants
In Helsinki on June 9 AP reports a cold bug spreads among contestants for Miss Europe with two days to judging. Vandesa Guida of Italy Luna Soley from Turkey and Monique Lambert of France all report sniffles and sore throats amid treacherous Finnish weather.
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Helsinki
Finland
Europe
Italy
Vandesa Guida
Turkey
Luna Soley
Monique Lambert
France
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