Air France Plane Crashes In Gulf. 40 Feared Dead
Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf. A large Air France plane crashed last night with 52 aboard. 40 feared dead. Survivors include four crew members among 12 rescued. The crash occurred near Bahrein, near the site of a similar crash two days earlier. Officials consider possible sabotage by Indonesian Communist supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bahrein Island
Persian Gulf
Air France
Gulf
Indochina
Paris
Saigon
Bahrein
Saudi Arabia
Recount Hearing in Belleville Over 44th District Vote
A judge will hear Elbert Waller’s petition to recount votes in four precincts of the 44th Senatorial district in Belleville. Waller alleges non registered votes and counting inaccuracies after the April primary. he was defeated by Dr. Thomas J. Thornton by 23 percent for the GOP nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Waller
Carbondale
Belleville
Edward F. Bareis
East St Louis
Court House
Waller
Thomas J. Thornton
Chester
W. J. McDonald
Murphysboro
Kenneth Hiller
Pinckneyville
Thornton
McDonald
Randolph
Washington
Pension Boost Likely Raises for Social Security Plan
Senate Democratic and Republican leaders signaled support for higher old age pensions in the Social Security bill under consideration. Leader Lu cas and Sen Millikin indicated top benefits would exceed finance committee recommendations as the bill moves to votes. The measure would add about 10 million people to coverage, increase payments, and loosen eligibility with a top retirement benefit around 72.50 a month compared with 46 now and 84 under the House plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
G.O.P
House
Legion Commander to Speak at Eldorado
Eldorado Illinois hosts dedication of a new American Legion home on July 1 with national commander George Craig of Brazil Indiana presiding. A parade includes color guards from posts in the Fifth Division. Air coverage and marching units from Kentucky Missouri and Illinois National Guards will participate. A dance will cap the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
George Craig
Brazil
Ind
American Legion
Legion
Illinois
East St. Louis
Kentucky
Missouri
Illinois National Guards
Rent Control and Relief Fund Session Called by Governor
Governor Stevenson called Illinois legislators to a Monday special session on rents and urban aid. The plan includes a 28 million dollar Public Aid appropriation and a 250 thousand dollar Mount Vernon tuber hospital operating grant. The session also considers revenue options and city tax relief.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Mount Vernon
Stevenson
Chicago
Senate Pervert Probe To Be Made Privately
A Senate inquiry into reports of sexual perverts among federal employees will hold all meetings in private. The panel led by Senator Clyde Hoey says the investigation will be complete and thorough but not public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Clyde Hoey
D-No
Pleasant Warmth Persists With Humid Two Day Outlook
Forecast calls for warm humid conditions tonight and Friday with partly cloudy skies. Low temperatures range from 68 to 74 degrees and highs near 90 to 93. The report notes sunrise at 4 28 a m and sunset at 7 33 p m with humidity around 76 percent and no precipitation. Crab Orchard Lake sits three inches above spillway and Little Grassy Lake five feet below spillway yesterday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Five Die in Dusty Mountain Cabin Blast in Maryland
In Oakland Maryland Homer Ash family faced a fatal gas explosion in a mountain cabin as Mrs Ash prepared to give birth. Five died including young children Wanda Lee Foggy and Tommy with Mrs Ash and Mrs Knox severely burned and dying later.
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Oakland
Little Mountain
Homer Ash
Ash
Emerson Knox
Wanda Lee
Tommy
Foggy
Ach
Mine Sale Set For June 21 In Pinckneyville Coal Field
The Binkley Coal Company will finalize the sale of Pyramid mine near Pinckneyville to Truax Traer Coal Company on June 21. Officials refused to disclose future operation plans for Pyramid and discussed potential personnel changes and possible temporary continuation of mining for 18 to 24 months.
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Binkley Coal Company
Pyramid Mine
Pinckneyville
Truax Traer Coal Company
Truax Traer
Chicago
Truax-Traer Company
T. G. Gerow
Truax-Traer
Southern Illinoisan
Truax- Tract
Pyramid
Jamestown
Truax-Tract
Elkville-DeSoto
Elkville- DeSoto
Binkley
Danville Man Killed in Auto Crash Near Ridge Farm
James Warner age 21 of Sidell died after his car struck a culvert near Ridge Farm. He died in a Danville hospital from injuries suffered in the crash occurring last night.
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Danville
James Warner
Sidell
Ridge Far
Man's Body Found at E St Louis Crossing
The body of George B. Menzel, 59, of Belleville, was found at a railroad crossing near East St Louis Illinois. Identified by a wallet, the man was struck by a train on Dutch Hollow road near L and N crossing and transport to Gaerdner funeral parlor. He had left his daughter, Mrs. Ida Pope, at 9 30 p.m.
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East St. Louis
Ill
George B. Menzel
Belleville
Here
Gaerdner Funeral
Louisville and Nashville
Dutch Hollow Road
Illinois Highway Patrol
Mente
Ida Pope
Protest Mo Pac Train Removal in Pinckneyville Meeting
Members of the Citizens Protest League from Mt. Vernon to Menard gathered in Pinckneyville to oppose Missouri Pacific trains 831 and 832. They plan a delegation to the Commerce Commission hearing and will hire an attorney to contest the railroad’s petition. The Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce declined to join the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Protest League
Missouri Pacific
Mt. Vernon
Menard
Pinckneyville
Mo- Pac
State Commerce Commission
S. S. Marshall
Tamaroa
League
Communists in U S Continue Uneasy Struggle
An Associated Press report by George Cornell surveys the Communist Party in the United States. It describes leadership, membership decline, finances, underground operations, and the party’s strategy under legal pressure and investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Communist Party of the
United States
Associated Press
George Cornell
George W. Cornell
New York
Manhattan
East Twelfth Street
Communist Party of the United States
Decline in Communist Party Membership Reaches 1950 Low
The article notes a shrinking American Communist Party as months pass. Hoover cites about 55,000 members, down from over 100,000 three years earlier, with regional drops across Louisiana, Oregon, Texas, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado, Alabama, Michigan, and urban strongholds New York, New England, and California.
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J. Edgard Hoover
Louisiana
Oregon
Texas
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Colorado
Alabama
Michigan
New York
New England
California
Montana
Illinois Measles Cases Run Heavy This Year
The Illinois Health department reports 12,000 measles cases through June 10, more than double the 1949 total of 5,820. The attack rate remains far below the 1948 epidemic when about 42,000 people were affected, mostly children.
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Springfield
Illinois
State Health Department
District State Police Meet Their New Boss
Illinois highway police district 13 at Du Quoin HQ meet new commanding officer Lt. Walter Eichen Carlinville. Eichen joined force a year ago after Pacific infantry service and was promoted from sergeant June 1 to lieutenant June 9. His command totals 39 officers, seven under normal strength.
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Ilinois
District 13
du Quoin
Walter Eichen
Carlinville
Eichen
Pacific
Monroe County Population Rises by 421 in a Decade
Preliminary census figures show Monroe County up 421 residents from 12 754 in 1940 to 13 175 in 1950. Waterloo grows 391 and Columbia 308, while smaller precincts fall 602. Franklin and Pulaski Counties post declines. Figures from William L Grindle of the Bureau of Census note adjacencies to St Louis and near completion for Union Perry and Williamson.
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Monroe County
William L. Grindle
Bureau of Census
Twenty Sixth Congressional District
Monroe
Franklin County
Pulaski County
Waterloo
Columbia
Alexander County
Franklin
Pulaski
Williamson
Jackson
Perry
Union
Randolph
St. Clair County
Belleville
East St. Louis
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Benton
Mound City
Washington
Grindle
Two Brothers Drown in Abandoned Clay Pit
In Bloomingdale Indiana on June 15 two brothers Bill Myers Jr age 10 and Cari age 12 drowned after entering an abandoned clay pit while wading. Authorities reported the incident occurred late yesterday and the boys were residents of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingdale
Ind
Bill Myers, Jr
Cari
Governor Told Of Need for Rt 148 Extension
A 20 person Southern Illinois delegation met Governor Adlai E. Stevenson in Springfield to urge a Route 148 extension to Dongola. They argued the project would spur industry, aid the Illinois Ordnance plant, and improve access to Williamson County airport, noting Sangamo Electric Co. outputs and long suboptimal routes.
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Dongola
Adlai E. Stevenson
Springfield
Sangamo Electric Co
Sangamo
Haney
Williamson County
Herrin
Clyde Anderson
Anderson
Lick Creek
Union County
Ordnance Plant
Board Favors No Conductor Trainmen Hikes
A presidential board recommended a 40 hour week and an 18 cent hourly pay rise for about 75,000 yard service railroad workers, while denying wage boosts for about 125,000 trainmen and conductors. The board filed its report with President Truman and outlined costs and implications for rail labor dispute settlement.
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Washington
Emergency Board
Truman
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors
Fhe
Chicago
Roger I. McDonough
Utah Supreme Court
Mart J. O’malley
Indiana Supreme Court
Gordon S. Watkins
University of California
Fourteen-year-old receives 42 year prison term
Peoria reports that Donald Lex Simmons, 14, was sentenced to 42 years for the slaying of 60 year old Benjamin Panier after ambushing him as he unlocked his door. Simmons and 9 year old James Chatman were linked to a car theft and robbery motive. Panier’s body was hidden in a barn and his car abandoned on a nearby highway.
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Peoria
Donald Lex Simmons
Benjamin Panier
Panier
Simmons
James Chatman
Chatman
Peoria County
Wayne Mathis
Miner Killed At Harrisburg in Rock Fall
A coal miner died and a co worker was injured in a rock fall at the Sahara No 5 mine in Harrisburg shortly before noon. The deceased is Luther Brinkley 44 a loading machine operator. Paul Sturam another worker was hurt with injuries not yet determined.
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Sahara No. 5
Harrisburg
Luther Brinkley
Paul Sturam
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John F. Richardson
Rock Island
Sylvan Slough
E. St. Louis Crossing
REDS
Elizabeth Farley Flynn
Communist Party
National Headquarters
Floyd P. Bracy
Herrin-Colp
Arthur Hamilton
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Herrin-Corp
Hamilton
Board
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