Illinois Legislature approves relief bills in special session
Springfield June 18 Overwhelming votes in both chambers pass aid measures. House approves 15 million dollars for public assistance for the current biennium by 167 to 0. Senate approves 13 weeks more unemployment compensation by 46 to 4. Bills move to second reading as adjournment nears after midnight Thursday. Speaker Warren Wood keeps House on track for Friday finish despite Senate pace.
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O. T. Banton
Springfield
Illinois
House
Stratton Administration
Senate
Warren Wood
Plainfield
Donald J. O’brien
General Assembly
O’brien
Reuben G. Soderstrom
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Stanley Johnson
Federation
Soderstrom
Robert Johnston
Chicago
United Auto Workers (Cio
Frightening Roar As Vancouver Bridge Collapses
Two end sections of the nearly finished Second Narrows Bridge at Burrard Inlet collapsed during a hot afternoon in Vancouver British Columbia. At least 16 workers died, 22 injured, and two were missing as the structure fell into the inlet. Eyewitnesses described a thunderlike roar as girders and a crane plunged into wreckage. The incident left a mass of twisted steel and concrete trapping many workers. cause and damage estimates were not released.
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B.C
Burrard Inlet
North
Edwin Leitch
Don Mitchell
Levee Break Extends Flood Across Indiana Farmlands
A Wabash River levee break west of Oaktown widened inundation of thousands of acres of corn soybeans and wheat in southwestern Indiana while easing pressure at Vincennes. Officials consider declaring Indiana a flood disaster area as farmers rush to harvest green wheat nearby.
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Vincennes
U.S. Agriculture Department
Indiana
Oaktown
U.S. 41
Big Niblack
Mount Carmel
Ike Stands Behind Adams Admits Lack Of Prudence
Washington June 18 AP President Eisenhower addresses the Sherman Adams case at a news conference. He distinguishes gifts from bribes and cites Adams as prudent yet not sufficiently alert to avoid misinterpretation. Eisenhower says Adams is an invaluable public servant and offers personal support while stressing the need for utmost prudence in White House affairs.
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Adams
Prudence
Washington
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Sherman
White House
Gov. Adams
Congressional Committee
Eisenhower backs Adams amid Goldfine probe I need him
President Eisenhower defended Gov. Adams at a news conference saying Adams was imprudent but an invaluable public servant. He said he personally likes Adams, admires his abilities, and, despite the impropriety, he needs him to continue in his top aide role. The session touched on Adams Goldfine relations and federal case questions. Guards from Menard State Penitentiary guided bloodhounds to the scene of a car abandoned by four Jackson County jail escapees near Elkville. two were recaptured near Benton early Wednesday.
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Eisenhower
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Bernard Goldfine
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Congressional Committee
White House
Goldfine
Boston
Rep
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Federal Trade Commission
Truman
Menard State Penitentiary
Jackson County
Little Muddy River
Elkville
Benton
Eisenhower decries Nagy execution as summit setback
President Eisenhower said the execution of Imre Nagy and eight associates shocks the civilized world and signals Soviet terrorism. He called the act a violation of good faith and said it undermines confidence in Communist imperialists, dampening hopes for a future summit. He also noted Navy aid plans for Iron Curtain allies hinge on weakening Soviet bloc solidarity.
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Eisenhower
Imre Nagy
Nagy
Soviet Union
Moscow
Senate
Partisanship Charged In Tieken Probe
Rep. Kenneth B. Keating accuses Rep. Emanuel Celler of injecting partisanship into the probe of U.S. Atty. Robert Tieken of Chicago. Celler refuses to release a Mitchell letter or other informant names as hearings continue into Tieken’s use of grand jury powers and subpoenas for four Illinois officials. The inquiry follows Illinois state concessions related to Starvation Hill land near Libertyville for a toll road project, eventually totaling $34,500 for about 10 acres.
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Kenneth B. Keating
RNY
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
U. S. Atty
Robert Tieken
Chicago
Celler
House Judiciary Subcommittee
National Democratic
Stephen Mitchell
Tieken
Flushing
Mitchell
Illinois
Starvation Hill
Libertyville
Ill
Weather Summary For Southern Illinois
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of scattered thunderstorms this afternoon or evening. Thursday will be partly cloudy and mild with a low tonight in the 60s and a high in the 80s. Temperatures yesterday and today include a low of 53, 7 am today at 69, and 6 pm yesterday at 74, noon today at 83. Precipitation measured 0.02 inches from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today.
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Illinois
Water Well Finds Water After Oil O crisis
In Tulsa Oklahoma on June 18 a resident protested oil in his yard saying he only wanted a water well. Oil seeped into the back yard but drilling continued and at 200 feet water was found, dousing local excitement and prompting remarks from George Sharp and his wife about washing dishes in oil.
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Tulsa
Okla
George Sharp
River Bills Before House Av Bill Supports Illinois Flood Control
The House considers a flood control and navigation package totaling about 1.595 billion dollars offered by Rep. Clifton Davis. It includes 23 million for the Kaskaskia River, 6.996 million for the Rock and Green Rivers, 5.917 million for the Saline River and tributaries, plus 12.231 million for Illinois navigation and 6.19 million for Mississippi River works in Iowa and Missouri. The measure aligns closely with a Senate authorization and replaces a vetoed larger package from April.
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Illinois
House
Kaskaskia
Rock
Green
Saline
Clifford Davis
D-Tonn
Senate
Eisenhower
Mississippi River
Iowa
Missouri
Crab Orchard Lake Spillway Update
Crab Orchard Lake at spillway level noted. Little Grassy Lake sits about 2 inches below its spillway threshold.
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Little Grassy Lake
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