GM Plants Closed As Four Day Filibuster Shuts Down 60,000
General Motors closed 20 assembly and body plants idling about 60,000 workers amid parts shortages from wildcat strikes. UAW leadership warned of a possible Sunday night strike if GM does not match a Ford negotiated package. Plants affected included Detroit Flint Bay City Saginaw Buffalo Tonawanda Indianapolis Muncie Toledo and Baltimore with 24 000 workers remaining at 15 plants by Thursday.
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Te Vega Starts Hawaii to Tahiti Sailings from Newport Beach
The 134 foot schooner Te Vega inaugurates bi monthly passenger service between Hawaii and Tahiti with a planned Marquesas and South Pacific itinerary. Omer Darr and crew of 19 sail from Newport Beach today on six week trips costing about 65 dollars per day. Passengers include Harriet Darr and author William S. Stone, with Stone aboard for the inaugural voyage.
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Omer Darr
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Tahiti
Marquesas
South Pacific
Honolulu
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William S. Stone
Prison Term For Giardello
Middleweight boxer Joey Giardello was sentenced to 6 to 18 months in County Prison on riot and conspiracy to riot charges. Judge Edward P. Little set bail at 1,500 pending appeal by attorney Michael von Moschzisker. Giardello, 24, convicted March 16 of five counts, admitted taking part in the beating of Howard Short at a Philadelphia gas station.
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Tune 10
Joey Giardello
Country
Edward P. Little
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Michael von Moschzisker
Giardelo
State Superior Court
Little
Illinois Senate approves 100 million Korean War bonus bill
Illinois Senate backed a 100 million Korean War bonus bill by 38 to 4 with seven present including Gov. Stratton’s floor leaders. House already approved 150 million. passage to a statewide vote would occur in November 1956 if approved, despite forecasts of a veto. The plan grants up to 555 dollars to Korean War veterans, with 10 per domestic month and 15 for foreign duty.
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Illinois Senate
Stratton
Glen O. Jones
Hartisburg
Arthur Bidwill
River Forest
George Drach
Roland Libonati
Chicago
Senate
House
Assembly
Libonati
Jones
Illinois House Fights Filibuster With Two Hour Session
The Illinois House adjourned after a two hour session amid a four day filibuster led by Rep. John Morris and Rep. Paul Ziegler. They insisted bills be read in full, limiting action to 11 routine measures this day. Leaders warned only three weeks remain before the June 30 windup.
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John Morris
House Fight Shapes Up On Dixon Yates Project
Washington June 10 AP The House Appropriations Committee drew lines for a major fight over the Dixon Yates power project. It sent to the House floor a bill to fund government power agencies for the fiscal year starting July 1 totaling 1 282 116 242 while rejecting 62 million for a Dixon Yates to TVA line and earmarking funds to start a new Fulton TVA plant. The move could strand the Dixon Yates plant’s power outlet and shift to TVA generation, promising a hot floor fight with partisan support. The panel also cut overall Eisenhower agency requests for big power projects by 28 percent while noting many cuts are in paper reallocations rather than new cash.
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Dixon-Yates Group
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Mississippi River
Dixon Yates
Cannon
D-Mo
Eisenhower
AEC
Southeastern Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration
Reclamation Bureau
Army
Toll Report Delayed By Illinois Toll Roads Probe
The nine member House committee investigating the Illinois Toll Roads Commission will not issue its report until next Tuesday. Gov. Stratton was consulted by Republican members on what to include, drawing mixed reactions from Democrats and Republicans. Four reports may result, with potential administration bill ideas tied to the tolls act.
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Springfield
House
Illinois Toll Roads Commission
David Hunter
Rockford
Hunter
William G. Stratton
Statehouse
Arthur W. Sprague
R LaGrange
Evan Howell
Toll Roads Commission
Stratton
Weekend Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois
Cloudy cool conditions with a slight chance of showers or storms. Tonight will be mid 50s, Saturday highs near 60s, and Saturday night in mid 50s. Precipitation totals reach about a tenth of an inch from yesterday into today. Sunrise at 4:34 AM, sunset 7:24 PM. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake report level changes near spillways today.
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Secret Witnesses Testify In Lew Military Cap Contract Hearings
Washington June 10 AP The Senate Investigations Sub committee called two unnamed witnesses for secret testimony to day a half hour before resuming public hearings on military uniform contracts. Levy, a Chicago hat maker, testifies on patents for caps and claims they give him advantage over rivals. McClellan questions why all services require grommets with his patent parts and argues substitutes are allowed in contracts. A Yiddish love note translation and a separate blackmail claim against a former procurement worker are referenced.
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Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Lev
Army
Marine Corps
Pinsk
Poland
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D-Ark
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Air Force
Leo
Mella Hort
Leon M. Levy
Hart
Davy Crockett kin claim long relation and lore
Margie Ree Cohn of Okaville Iowa claims descent from Davy Crockett as great great granddaughter citing family tales and photos. A 1948 Texas Centennial genealogy backs the link linking Cohn to Crockett through David Flowers and Thomas Cohn. She says the Disney film echoes family history.
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Davy
Redistricting to Conferees in Illinois Legislature
Senate and House battle over northwestern district lines as conference committees weigh Whiteside County alignment. House favors Whiteside with Lee and DeKalb in a Senate district, while the Senate wants Whiteside linked with Rock Island and Mercer. Impasse follows a Senate amendment to a House redistricting bill amid a broader remapping plan to create 58 Senate and 59 House districts.
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Senate
House
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Danville
Gen O. Jones
Raleigh
James Gray
East
St. Louis
Whiteside Couny
Lee
DeKalb
Whiteside
Rock Island
Mercer
Whiteside County
Assembly
Conversation Goes Long Way Around In Three Languages
A hospital scene in Edmonton on a Wednesday shows a credit manager speaking only English while a patient speaks Italian. A nearby painter knows Italian and French but not English, and a cashier speaks English and French but no Italian. Through a chain of five people B C D and A they obtained the bill amount to be paid.
Unionist Will Fight Verdict In Contempt Case
Tohn T Watkins CIO UAW official fined 500 dollars and given a one year suspended jail term for contempt of Congress by U S district Judge Joseph C McGarrahy. Watkins and his lawyers said they will appeal on grounds of House Un American Activities Committee rights. Watkins testified April 27 1954 denying Communist membership but admitting past associations.
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Cio-United Automobile Workers
Congress
U. S. Dist
Joseph C. McGarrahy
Canes
Watkins
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Sidney A. Sacks
Rauh
House UN - American Activities Committee
Rock Island
Ill
Cio-Uaw
UN - American Activities Committee
Communist Party
U of I and SIU Fund Bills Pass Assembly
University of Illinois appropriation totaling 96 million 732 thousand six hundred and SIU funding of 21 million 143 thousand eight hundred fifty four cleared the General Assembly and await the governor's action. The U I outlay covers operations for two years from July 1 while SIU funds cover the same period.
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Ulinois
Southern Illinoois University
General Assembly
House
U of I
SIU
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