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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1950
Page
1
Illinois GOP leaders urged a special session to pass a home rule rent control law with local option. Gov. Stevenson pledged June 19 call if federal ceilings end, weighing two local control plans and meeting with Chicago officials and Democratic leaders.
A laboratory fire at Western Maryland College in Westminster Maryland late last night injured 24 firefighters and left several students treated for cuts burns and fumes. The lab damage was estimated at up to 50000 according to college president Lowell S Ensor.
William G. Gibson a 46 year old salesman found his gray car painted bright red in a Chicago parking lot yesterday after leaving it for parking. Police have not identified the painter though the work appeared expert with a paint sprayer. chrome finish and windows were taped to protect them from gray.
Chicago AP. Bushman a famed 22 year old gorilla at Lincoln Park Zoo, gravely ill with arthritis heart disease and old age. Veterinarians diagnose remotely, not entering cage since 1936. He weighs 550 pounds stands 6 feet 2 inches and may die soon or live months longer.
At the Illinois conference in Bloomington June 10, 11 delegates were hospitalized with acute ptomaine poisoning after a meat loaf luncheon at Memorial Center. About 40 others recovered. names of Brokaw Hospital patients include the Rev. Raymond Reyes and nine others from various towns.
Springfield June 10 Governor Stevenson issues a proclamation urging appropriate observance of National Flag Day on June 14. He asks for the general display of the Stars and Stripes to honor the national symbol.
Cloudy and cooler with scattered thundershowers tonight. Sunday mostly fair with a low near 60 and a high around 80. Sun rises at 4 28 a m and sets at 7 30 p m. Humidity near 78 percent at 9 a m today. Precipitation 0 09 inches since yesterday. Wind averaged 4 5 mph. Crab Orchard Lake six inches above spillway yesterday. Little Grassy Lake four feet below spillway yesterday.
Dennis Russell son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Russell 8 Court C Egyptian Heights Herrin celebrated his fourth birthday with a backyard tent party after being stricken with polio last year. Grandparents Ed Russell and Earl Baggott provided cakes and guests enjoyed birthday refreshments.
Lawrenceville Illinois reports former Superior Court Judge Herman Robbins of Vincennes Indiana faces charges of indecent liberties with three Vincennes youths. Warrants allege the acts occurred last August on a houseboat along the Illinois bank of the Wabash River north of Vincennes. Robbins was arrested and released on bond after a Knox County hearing.
Kenneth Paul Kasten, 3, son of Mr and Mrs Osgar Kasten, died after sliding from a car being driven by his father on State Route 141 between Mehlville and Fenton. He was pronounced dead at St Anthony hospital in St Louis. Police said the rear door opened and the child fell from the vehicle.
Albert Alldredge nine of Johnston City was found in West Frankfort shortly after 11 am today. He was unharmed after an unexplained excursion and his stepfather notified the Williamson county sheriff to cancel broadcasts around 11:30 am.
Washington June 10 AP A weary Senate agreed to a test vote Monday on rent controls after Sen. Harry P. Cain RF Wash led a 12 hour filibuster. The measure would extend federal rent controls for six months beyond June 30. Cain’s marathon session set a 10 am Monday vote on sending the bill back to the banking committee.
Robert Miller 18, confined for robbery in Brown County, fled Menard State penitentiary quarry at around 7 p.m. yesterday. A prison posse tracked him to a hay barn three miles north of the prison, where he surrendered at about 7 a.m. today.
Chicago June 10 UP Henry F Tenney chairman of the State Public Aid commission said he would decide before Thursday how to handle reported relief irregularities in four Franklin county townships. All but one township replied to warning letters threatening abandonment of state aid if corrections were not made. Benton Tyrone Denning and Browning received 31832 for relief clients in the first half of June. If reports are unsatisfactory or missing, second half funds could be curtailed.
An army C-47 transport with 13 aboard failed to clear the runway and crashed into a barracks building at Tulsa Municipal airport. Two people sleeping in the Spartan School of Aeronautics barracks were reported critically injured while all aboard the plane were not seriously hurt.
Miners wives halted rail car delivery to the Dakota Collieries Co mine near Zap after four women threw themselves onto a switch. The mine had reopened after a labor dispute, with state police deployed as guards increased. Company president Pratt said royalties to the union would cost about 90 000 yearly, with no wage or pension demands reported.
In New York on June 10 a six foot fer de lance snake at the Bronx Zoo gave birth to 45 offspring. Zoo obstetricians said there would be no more, noting the record litter for this species is six. The mother arrived from Costa Rica last month.
Roy Shelton aged 65, linked to the Shelton clan’s violent era, will be buried at Maple Hill cemetery after a lavish funeral in Fairfield. Relatives Ford Earl and Little Earl ride unguarded to the plot. brother Carl Shelton’s lawless past looms over the proceedings amid ongoing fear of reprisals.
About 100 Illinois state policemen conducted raids in Lake county and seized nearly 100 slot machines. A temporary HQ was set at the intersection of highways 12 and 20 near Volo for processing the confiscated devices. The operation was overseen by Thomas J. O'Donnell, head of the Department of Public Safety, with notices from the Departmental Reports.
In the Southern Illinoisan an ABC Classified ad by Walter Chancey of RayMar sought a good used boat trailer. On the first night ten callers offered trailers for sale and Chancey bought one from a Herrin man.
President Truman denounces Soviet Russia as cynics who preach peace while building war potential. He cites large peacetime forces, subversion, and dictatorship, warning isolationists and urging unity with the free world to deter aggression. He spoke at the Jefferson memorial site on the Mississippi riverfront and contrasted peaceful aims with Soviet militarism.
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