Lilienthal's Job Chances Now in Doubt
Washington reports a split among Senate and House atomic committee members over the future of Atomic Energy Commission chair David Lilienthal. Some see the Hickenlooper inquiry into alleged mismanagement as risking his confirmation, while Truman appears inclined to stand by him amid entrenched opposition from McKellar Wherry and Tidings.
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Senate
House Atomic Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
A.E.C
David Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Truman
Rourke Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Congress
Kenneth McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
G.O.P
Millard Tydings
Truman Unveils Central Plan for Government Reorganization
President Truman outlines a five point plan to streamline federal operations. Key steps include empowering the postmaster general to reorganize the Post Office with a new deputy and seven public representatives advisory board. Transfers of NSC and NSRB to the president’s executive office are proposed. The Civil Service Commission chair would oversee executive affairs while policy stays with the bipartisan commission. The Maritime Commission chair would become chief executive and appoint personnel.
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National Security Council
National Security Resources Board
U.S. Civil Service Commission
U. S. Maritime Commis
Stevenson Says All Government Costs Too High
Colorado Springs June 20 AP Adlai E Stevenson of Illinois argues that government is too expensive at all levels and urges local and state reform before seeking more federal funds. He opposes broad cuts in federal aid without increased state tax revenue. The 41st governors conference opens with talk of a 20 percent federal aid cut funded by state taxes. Governors Duff Warren Dewey Lane Knous discuss highway safety and foreign policy. Lane notes highway crashes cause over a third of annual accidents.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
U. S
Washington
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Earl Warren
California
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
G.O.P
William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
Lee Knous
Colorado
Walter Bedell Smith
State Department
Lane
Truman
Nine Bodies Recovered After Floods End
The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers receded yielding nine bodies of people who drowned in weekend rains. A dozen others were missing after flash floods sent the rivers over banks Saturday. Petersburg West Virginia faced isolation for 36 hours before communications were restored.
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Potomac
Shenandoah
Petersburg
W. Va
Illinois 427 Area Blind Assistance Payments Report
Carl K. Schmidt Jr. reports Illinois blind aid disbursed in May to 4568 recipients, averaging 48.97 dollars per person, totaling 225,696 dollars. Federal funds contributed 118,286 dollars, with state or local share forming the remainder.
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Illinois
Carl K. Schmidt, Jr
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Catholics rally around archbishop amid heckler protest
Vitus cathedral heard shrieks from demonstrators described as communists as the archbishop spoke against the Czech communist government's bid to divide the Roman Catholic Church in the country.
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Vitus Cathedral
Southern Illinois welfare roll totals and county allocations
The state reports 47.1 percent participation with two fewer residents on the roll in May than April. Across sixteen Southern Illinois counties, 427 recipients shared 6,685 dollars with allocations listed by county amounts and recipient counts, including Jackson, Williamson, Saline, and White among others.
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Illinois
Southern
79-Year-Old Retired College Head Weds Former Dean
In Vermont a 79-year-old ex president of Pennsylvania State College married a 75-year-old former dean of Middlebury College. Dr John M Thomas and Miss Eleanor S Ross wed Saturday in Middleton Vermont honeymooning today. Thomas is a Middlebury graduate and former president of Rutgers and Norwich universities.
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Middlebury College
John M. Thomas
Eleanor S. Ross
Dr. Thomas
Rutgers
Norwich Universities
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Wickham Dies in Madison
Justice John D. Wickham, 61, a member of the Wisconsin state supreme court, died in a Madison hospital from a heart ailment he had battled. The June 20 report states he passed away yesterday following months of illness.
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Madison, Wis
John D. Wickham
Wisconsin State Supreme Court
Madison
Pinckneyville Woman Illusion Burst About Tomato Potato Vine
Perry county farm adviser J. G. McCall exposed the Pinckneyville garden hoax by showing four partly grown potatoes on a potato vine and six green bulb-like structures that resembled tomatoes. He advised leaving the vine to ripen yellow fruit from the seeds but warned the fruit can be poisonous to eat.
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J. G. McCall
Perry County
Lyman Wynn
Pinckneyville
Tighten Guard On Archbishop After Heckling
Archbishop Josef Beran faced tighter police guard at his Prague palace as Communist heckling disrupted Corpus Christi services. Security blocked calls and visitors while church leaders warned of political smoke from the incident. Beran had defied the government, insisting on no compromise in church-state talks and signaling continued resistance.
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Joseph Beran
Prague
Strahov Monastry
Josef Beran
St. Vitus
Vatican
Czechoslovaki
Alton Cafes Closed in Labor Dispute Lockout
In Alton 18 major restaurants and hotel dining rooms shut Saturday night amid a labor dispute. A. F. L. hotel restaurant em ployer and bartenders union local 423 calls it a lockout whileRestaurant Operators propose reopening if spot strikes end and a 10 day walkout notice is given. The union seeks a $5 weekly raise. waitresses earn about $16 weekly. About 150 workers are affected.
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Harry Craig
A. F. of L
Employers
Alton Restaurant Operators’ Association
Church Excommunicates New Czech Red Group
Vatican City June 20 AP The Roman Catholic church excommunicated members of the government sponsored Catholic Action society of Communist dominated Czechoslovakia. The Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office issued a decree condemning the group as schismatic and fraudulently labeled. The decree, published in Osservatore Romano, states opponents of the church in Czechoslovakia founded a so called Catholic action society to induce Catholics of that republic.
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Vatican City
Catholic Action Society
Czechoslovakia
Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Republic
Anna Market Between Berry Tomato Seasons
Anna market in the municipal district reports slow business between berry and tomato seasons. Manager O R Nally notes 100 bushels of cucumbers and a few beans so far, with tomatoes expected around July 4. Squash beans and cakes dominate until then. transparent apples bypass the market, shipped directly from orchards to wholesale houses.
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Anna Municipal
O. R. Nally
Nally
Du Quoin School Merger Blocked
A proposed consolidation plan for Du Quoin area grade schools failed in rural districts as 265 rural votes against 424 supported the measure while Du Quoin backed it 202 to 19. Total results 486 for and 462 against keep 18 one room schools open next year, affecting local church and parish structures.
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du Quoin
John S. Pyatt
Pyatt Station
Pinckneyville
St. John’s
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