SII to Entertain Rail Utilities Leaders Monday
Southern Illinois, Inc. will host a dinner at West Frankfort Country Club featuring top executives from Missouri Pacific Illinois Central and other railroads and utility firms. The event, coordinated by Arthur Hamilton, aims to boost support for the SLI program with representation from many Southern Illinois communities. Reservations through Herrin Chamber or the SII office in Carterville.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois, Inc
West Frankfort Country Club
S.li
M. J. Bozarth
Area Group
P. J. Neff
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fred Ellis
Illinois Electric & Gas Co
Burton Saunders
Illinois Commercial Telephone Co
W.W. A. Johnston
Illinois Central Railroad
J. C. James
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
C. M. Roddewig
Central & Eastern Illinois Railroad
M. S. Luthringer
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Carterville
Weather Outlook With Warm Friday Afterlight Showers
Showers and thunder possible tonight especially in the east. Tomorrow will be fair and warmer in the afternoon. Low tonight 58 to 64. High Friday about 80 to 85. Precipitation 0 inches from yesterday to today. Humidity 70 percent at 8 a.m. today. Crab Orchard Lake spillway level noted Monday with Little Grassy Lake 22 feet below spillway Monday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Local News Page Guide for Today’s Index
A brief listing of sections and page numbers across the paper including National area news on page 1 Local news on page 3 Editorials on page 4 Social pages on pages 6 and 7 Theatre page 10 Sports and comics on pages 11 and 12 Classified ads on pages 18 and 19 for quick navigation.
Wedding consultant joins staff at Fairleigh Dickinson College
Rutherford New Jersey June 21 AP a wedding consultant will join the teaching staff of Fairleigh Dickinson college this September. The consultant will advise brides on plans dress music ceremonies and receptions and will provide honeymoon guidance when asked by the college.
Illinois House approves two dollar jobless pay boost
The Illinois House passed a bill raising maximum unemployment benefits by 2 to 27 a week and adding new eligibility rules including a 400 earnings base period. The measure, drafted by labor and industry, moves to the Senate and accompanies firemen week shortenings and other fiscal items. The session also rejected a Fox river bridge project and licenses for racing events.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Senate
HOUSE
Downstate
Schaefer
Clinton Searle
Rock Island
Searle
Associated Firefighters
Illinois
Reed F. Cutler
Lewistown
Carl Preihs
Pana
Legislative Commission
Cutler
Preihs
Schaefer Group
Paul Powell
Vienna
Commission
Fox River
Aurora
Shell Mortar Accident Fatal to Eight at Camp LeJeune
At Camp Lejeune North Carolina eight marines were killed and 23 wounded when two defective mortar shells fired during a training exercise fell short and exploded among advancing troops. General Clifton Cates ordered a board of inquiry as 12 of the wounded remained in serious condition.
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Second Division
North Carolina
Wilmington
Clifton Cates
Marine Corps
Classified Ad Phones for Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro
Local listing shows contact numbers for Carbondale 218 or 838, Herrin 315 or 316, and Murphysboro 34 or 35 with rates explained on the Classified Page.
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Carbondale
Herrin
Murphysboro
Iran Premier Wins Support In Oil Issue
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh won a 91 0 vote of confidence from Parliament amid Tehran demonstrations against the Anglo Iranian Oil Co. He warned of taking over the company if lawmakers oppose him. Demonstrators clashed with police as Britain warned it would protect its citizens.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Mossadegh
Anglo - Iranian Oil Co
Britain
London
St.2
Move to Lower Top Truck Weight Fails
Springfield, June 21. The House refused to revive a bill to cut truck weights on Illinois highways from 72 000 pounds to 59 000 pounds. The measure had stalled in the House motor vehicles committee 11 to 10. Rep. George Brydin sought floor action, backed by Rep. Charles Clabaugh. Senate sponsors were Sens. Dennis Collins and T Mac Downing.
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Springfield
House
Illinois
George Brydin
Prophetstown
Rep
Charles Clabaugh
R-Champaign
Senate
Dennis Collins
DeKalb
T. Mac Downing
Macomb
Predicts Limited Red Offensive By Monday On Korean Front
Allied patrols extended beyond lines as officers forecast a limited Red offensive by Monday, marking the western front's farthest reach since the April 22 push. U.N. patrols entered Kaesong and neared Pyonggang while Chinese forces regrouped north of the iron triangle.
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United Nations
Kaesong
Seoul
Pyongyang
North Korea
U.N
Pyonggang
Iron Triangle
Yalu River
Manchuria
Far East Air Forces
A. P
Jim Becker
Becker
James A. van Fleet
ROTC for Women Urged by US Delegate at UN
Mrs. Olive Remington Goldman of Urbana urged Zonta International to start a reserve officers training corps for women in land grant colleges. She said the lack of women’s ROTC is a gap in education and leadership for military service and other advanced fields. The speech closed Zonta’s annual convention in Chicago. She serves as a US representative to the UN commission on the status of women.
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T. C
Olive Remington Goldman
Urbana
Zonta International
EO. T.C
Zonta
Rotary
Kiwanis
Wiley
Hurley
Yalta
Hiss
Suboena Hiss
Wheat Leads Market Recovery in Grain Trade
Wheat led a mild recovery on the Board of Trade after a sharp mid session spill. The rebound covered part of the early losses, which reached about 5 cents in soybeans while corn and oats lagged. A climate pig production forecast and new seasonal laws affected deferred contracts in corn oats soybeans and lard. Receipts included 5 cars of wheat 125 of corn 6 of oats 1 of rye 6 of barley and 21 of soybeans.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Agriculture Department
G I Bill of Rights Day celebrated in Southern Illinois
The Fifth Division of the American Legion plans a Salem ceremony featuring John Stelle as guest of honor to mark the G I Bill of Rights Day Birthplace of the G I Bill in Salem with other honored Legion veterans. The event coincides with looming July 25 deadlines for education and training benefits and ongoing efforts to secure a new G I Bill for Korean War veterans.
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Legion To Mark
Southern Illinois
American Legion
State Legion
Salem
John Stelle
Legion
Stele
Luther B. Easley American Legion
Illinois Legion Organization
Earl Merritt
State Legion Finance Commission
Omar McMackin
Illinois Department
William R. McCauley
Olney
Rehabilitation Commission
George W. Bauer
Effingham
Fifth Division
Leonard W. Esper
Illinois
Lawrence J. Fenlon
Chicago
Congress
Senate group limits rollbacks on wage price control bill
The Senate banking committee approved a wage price control bill 12 to 1 denying President Truman broad new powers and barring price rollbacks beyond the January to February average. Maybank said the measure would be taken to the Senate and debated next week.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Burnett Maybank
DSC
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Maybank
Senate
Blair Moody
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Michael V. DiSalle
Rubber price cut to 52 cents a pound
The government reduced the crude natural rubber price to industry from 66 cents to 52 cents per pound effective July 1. The action was announced in Washington on June 21 by AP sources.
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Washington
Shoartply
Hurley Attacks State Dept White Paper On China
Senator inquiry hears Patrick J. Hurley accuse the State department of disparaging him in its 1949 China white paper. Testimony centers on Yalta, Alger Hiss, and postwar policy with focus on Korea and future strategy.
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Gen. Hurley
State Department
Yalta
China
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
The
State Department Today
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Alger Hiss
Hiss
U. S
Hurley
Roosevelt
Len Leverett
Saltonstall
John Sparkman
Dala
Bourke Hickenlooper
Riowa
MacArthur
Four Cent Gas Tax Rejected in Illinois House
The four cent gasoline tax bill by Rep. John W. Lewis failed to pass as support was scarce. Rep. Arthur Sprague criticized the move while Gov. Adlai Stevenson favored the nickel plan already endorsed by the Senate, with action pending in the House.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois House
John W. Lewis
R-Marshall
Arthur W. Sprague
R-La- Grange
Lewis
Senate
House
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