Budget Slash Seen If Sales Tax Plan Fails
Springfield budget prospects hinge on sales tax extension votes in the Senate. If stalled, education funding would drop from 112 million to about 98 million, city aid could fall, airports and a Chicago cancer hospital program may be wiped out, and several state grants and building projects face cuts. The Senate passed a city aid plan but House approval is unlikely.
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Springfield
Senate
Stevenson
Downstate
University of Illinois
Chicago
House
Martin Kennelly
House Appropriations Committee
Douglas
Pinckneyville Abstractor Named to Illinois Title Board
John D. Roe senior partner of Roe Abstract in Pinckneyville was chosen for the executive board of the Illinois Title Association. He will serve for the rest of 1949 and part of 1950 after a closed ballot during a Lincoln meeting last week.
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Pinckneyville
John D. Roe
Roe Abstract Company
Ilinois Title Association
Roe
Lincoln
Masons Plan Cornerstone Laying for Southern Illinois Training School
Southern Illinois University set July 2 for a cornerstone laying and a re enactment of the First Day of School with Dr Douglas E Lawson delivering the dedicatory address The event marks the Diamond Jubilee Founders Day under the Grand Lodge of Illinois Masons and opens at 930 am in Shryock auditorium with public attendance planned
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Douglas E. Lawson
College of Education
Southern Illinois University
Grand Lodge of the Masonic Order
Illinois
Shryock Auditorium
Delyte W. Morris
Fount G. Warren
Education Department
Southern
Ethan Allen Cross
Colorado College of Education
Shryock
Fred I. Mills
Robinson
Illinois Masonic Grand Lodge
E. G. Lentz
Willkie's Son Urges Bold GOP Program
Philip Willkie son of the late Wendell L. Willkie addressed a Young Republican dinner in Salt Lake City urging a bold progressive GOP program to regain the White House. The 29 year old Rushville Indiana attorney spoke at a pre convention dinner as the three day convention opened with Western party council representatives in attendance.
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Philip Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Rushville
Ind
Young Republican Federation
Western Party Council
Willkie
White House
Peace At Last From PERSISTENT ITCH
Advertisment touts Resinol Ointment as relief for persistent itch with six active soothing agents in a lanolin base. Claims long lasting comfort from first moment and urges readers to switch for more effective relief.
C I 0 Rejects Ford Proposal
The United Auto Workers denounced Ford’s wage freeze as counterfeit security and flight into fantasy. President Walter Reuther led a formal rejection while negotiations with 106,000 Ford production workers intensified.
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Ford
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
U.A.W
Governors Eye Senate Seats After Regional Conference
Three governors Carlson Duff and Knous emerge as likely Senate contenders after the 41st annual conference. Dewey Lausche and others are uncertain or back governors' re-election. The meeting endorsed foreign policy and NATO related steps, hinting at support for postwar European rearmament measures.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Kansas
Frank Carlson
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Colorado
Lee Knous
Carlson
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Robert A. Taft
Duff
Knous
Senate
Ford and Union Face Deadline in Ongoing Talks
Date cited in negotiations but a meeting occurred despite the July 25 expiration of the current contract. Ford and the United Auto Workers are negotiating to avert a labor disruption and seek a new agreement before the deadline.
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Ford
Kroger Plans New Anna Supermarket To Open Soon
Kroger announces a new Anna supermarket to be built on a half block facing West Davie Street with entrances on Morgan and Washington. The 50 by 132 foot brick building will include a 132 by 50 foot asphalt parking area on the Washington side. Ground bought by Dr Rovelle C Choate, son of Robert M Choate, with construction by Glenn Stinson Construction of East St Louis. Work to start in about 60 days near the Wright Produce and Anna Flour and Feed sites, next to the International Shoe factory.
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Kroger Company
Anna
Davie Streeet
Morgan and
Washington Streets
Washington Street
Robert M. Choate
Rovelle C. Choate
Lexington
South Main Street
North Main
International Shoe
Murphysboro
Chamness Visits Naples Aboard Carrier Training in Med
Donald M. Chamness a USN seaman and son of Mrs. Clara Maulton of Carbondale has spent ten days visiting Naples Italy. He serves as a crew member of the aircraft carrier training with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
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Donald M. Chamness
USN
Clara Maulton
South
Washington
Carbondale
Naples
Italy
Sixth Task Fleet
Mediterranean
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Salt Lake City
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Peel
United States Brewing CO
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R. R
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Detroit
Jack Bell
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Western
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Cuy
America
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Sewlight
Johnston City
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