Magnificent Monument Seaway Dedicated by Presidents and Queen
President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II dedicated the St. Lawrence Seaway at Montreal's St Lambert Lock. They opened the inland ship channel with a 31 mile cruise. The event drew 20 000 spectators as officials and Canada US dignitaries watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belman Morin
Associated Press
Montreal
Eisenhower
Queen Elizabeth II
St. Lawrence Seaway
Washington
St. Lambert
Congress
Little Rock Integrates Schools Despite Governor’s Warning
The Little Rock school board voted to operate high schools on an integrated basis this fall despite Gov. Faubus’s warning of possible violence. The unanimous decision followed a brief executive session and came after a federal court struck down a closing law, returning control to the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Sachools
Personal Tax Receipt Measure Loses in Senate Battle
Washington June 26 AP House tax leaders balked at accepting Senate tax changes to extend current rates for a year. Mills said the bill should simply extend existing rates while conferees seek compromise on defense contract renegotiation and other amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means
Mills
Senate House
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Vessel Monrovia sinks after Lake Huron collision
The 417 foot freighter Monrovia sank in foggy Lake Huron after a collision with the Canadian vessel Royalton. The Norman W. Foy lost radar contact with the Monrovia about 1 15 a m, 11 hours after the initial collision. The Royalton escaped with minor damage. The Monrovia carried steel from Antwerp to Chicago and Duluth. Coast Guard rescue saved the crew about sixty minutes after abandonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpena
Mich
Monrovia
Lake Huron
Coast Guard
Norman W. Foy
Royalton
Thunder Bay Island
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Antwerp
Chicago
Duluth
Illinois Senate blocks personal property tax auto licenses bill
The Senate Revenue Committee defeated a bill requiring receipts for personal property tax payments to buy auto licenses. Eight opposed, four in favor, with arguments about unconstitutional reach and cost to Carpentier's office. Chicago scotched by downstate Republicans and suburban members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns
Lewis
Senate
Chicago
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois Weekend
Humid conditions persist in southern Illinois with partial cloudiness and warm temperatures through Saturday. isolated afternoon or nighttime showers or thunderstorms possible. Lows in the 70s, highs near 90, and Saturday night lows around 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Plane crashes near Milan with 59 aboard
A four engine TWA airliner with 59 passengers aboard crashed in flames today during a storm at Busto Arsizio near Milan. The flight was No. 891 from Athens to Chicago via Rome and Milan, with a Trans World Airlines spokesman in Rome confirming the Milan report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
TWA
Busto Arsizio
Trans World Airlines
Rome
IWA
Athens
Chicago
Long Is Freed Names Wife In Separation Suit
Covington La June 26 AP Governor Earl K Long released from Southwest Louisiana mental hospital after 27 days of confinement. Judge Robert Jones signed dismissal of the commitment order following hospital board action. Long filed suit for separation from his 58 year old wife as a prelude to possible divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Mandeville
Long
Robert Jones
22Nd Judicial District
Jones
Joe Arthur Sims
Ramrod
State Hospital
Jesse Bankston
Charles Belcher
Galveston
Tex
Congressmen Get Gloomy Report On Nuclear Attack Toll
A House and Senate subcommittee heard a hypothetical 71 target U S attack could kill about 48.9 million people and injure 28 million with three of four survivors. The Office of Civil Defense Mobilization provided center by center estimates while Dr John N Wolfe of the AEC warned of long term ecological and health devastation and slow recovery spanning decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate House
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Chet Holifield
D.calif
Subcommittee
John N. Wolfe
Atomic Energy Commission
Wolfe
AEC Environmental Sciences
Chicagoans Score Gains In CTA Fight
Chicago legislators backed a Cook County led plan creating a Chicago Metropolitan Transit Authority with taxes across Cook Will DuPage Lake and Henry counties. The measure would fund a metropolitan system while debates over Will and Lake counties linger, risking broader enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer W. Conti
Elmwood
Chicago
CTA
Conti
Cook
Will
DuPage
Lake
Henry
Chicago Metropolitan
Warren L. Wood
Plainfield
Will County
W. J. Murphy
Antioch
Lake County
Cook County
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Metropolitan Transit Authority
House
Senate
Robert Burhans
Peoria
Road Link Opens Blue Ridge to Great Smokies
An 11 mile road connects the Blue Ridge Parkway with Great Smoky Mountains National Park and opened for Thursday in Cherokee North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee
N.C
Blue Ridge Parkway
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Husband Asks Union Pay For House Chores
Mildred Baughman sues for divorce in Superior Court charging cruelty and says her husband Max a bank vice president earning 18000 a year does only odd jobs at home if paid at union scale. She claims she pays for painting fixing screens waxing floors and other chores and asks that he be ousted from their Kenilworth home she owns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mildred Baughman
Superior Court
Max
Kenilworth
Indian Picket Dies in Washington While Protesting Alleged Wrongs
Ray Johnson, about 74, chief for California Hot Springs Indians, died Thursday in Washington during a group picket at government buildings protesting alleged wrongs to Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray Johnson
California Hot Springs
Tragic Prom Night in Shelbyville Recreated
Saul Pett reconstructs the May 15 1930 Shelbyville Illinois Central Louisiane crash that killed eight high school seniors. Only driver Ivan Moon survived but with amnesia while friends remember the final night hour by hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Illinois Central
Louisiane
Ivan Moon
Saul Pett
Southern Illinoisan
Pett
Associated Press
House Clears Bills For Final Action In Springfield
The Illinois House, racing toward adjournment on June 30, cleared its calendar of bills awaiting Senate referral. It rejected a six year moratorium on executions and approved a $1 hourly minimum wage and an Illinois labor relations board, both likely to face tough votes in the Senate. The labor board would appoint three members for six year terms to regulate labor relations and ban unfair practices. The minimum wage bill, benefiting about 200 000 workers, passed the chamber 132 to 30 but faces likely defeat in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
House
Senate
Robert McCarthy
Lincoln
Illinois Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Anthony Scariano
Park Forest
Abner Mikva
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Air Force Discover
Air Force
Queen Elizabeth
Strauss
Canada
Lewis J. Strauss
United States
North America
St. Lawrence
Ike
U. S. House
Miles
Nmchigan
Port Huron
Detroit
Erie
L. Huron
O. T. Banton
Southern Illinois
Senate Revenue Committee
Charles F. Carpentier
Carpentier
Sen
Hayes Robertson
Flossmoor Republican
Illinois House of Representatives
William Pollack
Pollack
William G. Stratton
Stratton
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Edwardsville
U.S
Bills
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!