Illinois House OKs Daley-Stratton sales tax bills
Gov Stratton faces signature after House approval of a half cent city tax with referendum, and a two percent state tax hike for two years starting July 1. Urban and suburban Democrats backed the city tax. the use tax on goods bought outside the state advanced as well, while a Powell sales tax proposal lingered on third reading. Teddy Levy case: four year old sues grandparents and parents over a davenport leap injuring grandmother.
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Weather summary for Southern Illinois clouds and rain
Cloudy to partly cloudy in Southern Illinois with scattered showers or thunderstorms likely by Friday. Temperatures steady with lows around 60s and highs in the mid 80s. Yesterday’s high reached 90 with 0.84 inches of precipitation since yesterday morning. Sunrise 4 35 am sunset 7 28 pm. Little Grassy Lake level near spillway today.
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School Teacher's Aid Attempt Fails Paper Switchers Fined
Two men from Christopher, Lester Hileman acting as postmaster and Charles T. Crowe a Christopher school teacher, were each fined 100 dollars in U S District Court East St. Louis after pleading guilty to switching civil service examination papers to help Hileman qualify for the postmaster job.
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Christopher
U. S. District Court
East St. Louis
Lester Hileman
Charles T. Crowe
Fred Wham
Hileman
Crowe
Fumes Threaten Mass Strip Tease, Woman Warns NYC
Mrs Laura A Cauble told New York City air pollution officials that sulfuric acid fumes could trigger a mass striptease when nylons dissolved by fumes last year. She urged action claiming women’s clothing is at risk and many would be suddenly stripped.
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City Department of Air Pollution Control
Laura A. Cauble
African American Guards Split on Reserve Bill Impasse
Rep. Brooks predicts House passage of a revised military reserve bill next week despite Rep. Powell arguing it worsens segregation issues. A House Armed Services subcommittee, led by Brooks, approved the compromise 11 to 1 to end the stalemate caused by Powell's amendment banning reservists from serving in segregated National Guard units.
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D-La
Eisenhower
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Powell
D- NY
Armed Services
Maryland Boards End Segregation in Five Teachers Colleges
Maryland boards declare racial segregation abolished in five state teachers colleges and urge compliance with the Supreme Court ruling across 23 counties. In Alabama and Mississippi rallies, speakers attack the court, call for impeachment, and urge continued segregation using Georgia style protest steps and public-education funding threats.
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Illinois House approves half cent sales tax hike for Southern Illinois cities
The Illinois House approved a half cent sales tax increase to boost city revenues without referendums. Mayors and councils across Southern Illinois support it, hoping to ease payroll and service pressures, with towns like Herrin Carbondale Marion and West Frankfort weighing use.
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Wess Frankfort
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Herrin
Dave H. Miller
Mayor's Association
Robert Cooksey
Marion
Bill Armstrong
Barney Beane
Metropolis
Renos Miller
du Quoin
Joe Williams
Murphysboro
Paul Baur
Cairo
William Cunningham
Pinckneyville
Cunningham
Stratton- Daley
West Frankfort
du Quoin Council
Marion Council
Molotov Speech Shifts Focus at U N Session
Western diplomats say Molotov’s address raises major cold war issues and could jolts the U N anniversary meeting back to reality. Opinions split on his peace bid and the call to seat Red China and hand Formosa to Peiping. Dulles says he will respond in private talks Friday.
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Max Harrelson
Associated Press
San Francisco
Russia
V.M. Molotov
U.N
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China
George Yeh
Red China
Formosa
Peiping
Paul Heni Spaak
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
John Foster Dulles
Pinay Urges German Unity at UN Session
French Foreign Minister An toine Pinay urged German unity with equal security for all during the UN anniversary session. He warned against a neutral Germany that could become overarmed and said the German question would test the Big Four at the Geneva summit next month.
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Antoine Pinay
Germany
Pinay
Geneva
Eisenhower Promotes Peace and Strength in New England
President Eisenhower toured northern New England arriving in Rutland Vermont after visiting Washington. He addressed about 25 000 at the fair grounds stressing peace through honesty and integrity while affirming US strength. Senator Aiken praised his farm life and urged a second term with applause. He avoided discussing 1956 plans.
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Gettysburg
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Stinker contest swells with late night entry flood
The "Little Stinker" contest drew 4,388 entries by noon with fans burning midnight oil and sharpening pencils. One reader taunts the competition saying the effort yields only the "Stinker" scent despite hard work.
FEPC Action Dies in Illinois Legislature
Springfield June 23 AP Senate supporters of a House approved FEPC plan failed to override a Senate Public Welfare Committee adverse recommendation. The vote to override failed 19 Democrats in the 50 member Senate, no Republicans backing, needing 26. The bill would create a commission to end hiring discrimination by race color or creed.
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Senate
House
Senate Public Welfare Committee
FEPC
Illinois
St Louis Politician Koenig Found Dead In East St Louis Trunk
Police found the body of J. Fred Koepig known as Koenig, a former St. Louis politician and black marketeer, shot in the head and chest and placed in a Cadillac trunk in East St Louis. He had ties to May 17 shootout involving Birney Harvey Jr and Kenneth Mueller, and to Frank Wortman’s rackets network. He earlier faced whisky smuggling charges and federal probation.
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J. Fred Koepig
St. Louis
Koenig
Birney T
Chick) Harvey Jr
Kenneth Mueller
Mueller
Havey
Frank
Buster) Wortman
St. Louisans
New York
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Joint Plan to Seat Communist China at U.N. Urges Formosa Cession
Premiers Nehru and Bulganin issued a joint declaration during Nehru’s Moscow visit urging surrender of Formosa to the Chinese Reds and U.N. membership for the Chinese People’s Republic. They also pressed disarmament steps and a broad approach to Indochina and Far East tensions.
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China
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Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Warsaw
Belgrade
Vienna
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London
Chou En-lai
Tito
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Taiwan
Peiping
Far East
United Nations
Toll Road Advisers Plan Advances in Illinois Legislature
The Illinois House passed Stratton's plan to create a 25 member toll advisory committee for the Toll Highways Commission, with five House members, five senators, and 15 governor named appointees. A second bill to pay prevailing wages on toll road projects also cleared the chamber before ref erence to the Senate. The House defeated a liquor sale ban on bowling alley premises with only ten votes in favor.
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Stratton
Springfield
Illinois Toll Highways Commission
Senate
Postmen Ordered to Remove Radios in Nagoya
The Post Office in Nagoya, Japan admonished mail carriers on June 23 to remove portable radios from their sacks. They were reportedly listening to Nagoya Dragons baseball broadcasts, a pro team from last season.
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Japan
Nagoya Dragons
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