High Winds Ravage Central Illinois Center and Farms
Strong winds ripped across a triangle of Central Illinois destroying farm houses, knocking down power lines and disrupting communication. At least one dead and about 30 injured, with extensive damage in Emden, Hartsburg, Atlanta, and surrounding areas. Red Cross and Salvation Army aid were mobilized. Six small farm communities reported numerous injuries and hospitalizations.
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Illinois
Emden
Hartsburg
Atlanta
Lincoln
William Jaggs
Decatur Area
Heman and
Latham
Heman
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Deaconess Hospital
Henry Lolling
Henry F. Lolling
Sarah
Virginia
Newby
Eileen Newby
Doris Ann
Elenora
Nelson
Cary Apel
Harriet McGuire
Thomas
McGuire
Weather Forecast For Region With Thunder Storms Tonight
Cloudy conditions with showers and thunderstorms mainly in the extreme south tonight and the southern half Friday. Humidities fall Friday with a low near 60 to 65 and a high in the upper 70s. Rainfall totals 6 inches from yesterday morning to today morning. Winds averaged 1.9 mph. Sunrise 4 31 and sunset 7 35. Crab Orchard Lake inches above spillway Monday. Little Grassy Lake feet below spillway Monday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
U.N. Leaders Hope Peace Talks Move Forward
U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie and associates assess that the Soviet proposal for cease fire talks is moving toward a positive direction. Iranian President Nasrollah Entezam and Lie met with U.N. representatives from the United States Britain France India and Mexico to discuss the plan. The Soviet Union has given a clarification to the United States on Moscow's position and suggested direct talks between North Korean and U.N. field commanders. The 16 U.N. combatant nations in Korea express support for genuine lasting peace but seek guarantees that Chinese forces will exit Korea.
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Trygve Lie
U.N
Lie
Nasrollah Entezam
General Assembly
U. S
Jacob A. Malik
Enteram
Ernest A. Gross
U.S
Soviet Union
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Washington
United Nations
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Korea
Andrei Gromyko
A. Y. Vishinsky
Kirk
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Peiping
Orient
Sharp Fighting In Korea Keeps Front Line Tense
Allied artillery repelled multiple Red attacks across the central front near Kumhwa and Kumsong as UN forces probe defense lines. Van Fleet reported high morale among corps, while Chinese buildup and heavy traffic toward the front were observed.
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Japan
James A. van Fleet
Korea
Kumsong
No Man’s Land
Chorwon
Kumhwa
U.N
van Fleet
Wonsan
Clemency Denied To 108 Persons
Gov Adlai Stevenson denied executive clemency petitions for 108 applicants. Among the refusals are murder convicts Betty Jean Grover Champaign County Charles Gregory Saline Harry Griffin Jackson Ernest Judge Jefferson and Glenn Sefton Fayette.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Betty Jean Grover
Champaign County
Charles Gregory
Saline
Harry Griffin
Jackson
Ernest Judge
Jefferson
Glenn Sefton
Fayette
Iran Premier Appeals to U S for Oil Center Help
Iran's prime minister seeks U S aid amid an oil center crisis as a string of ambushes spikes violence. In Fairfield Illinois a machine gun attack wounded Lulu Pennington and her husband Guy Pennington. one assailant fled and a gunman in a black 1950 Mercury vanished.
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Iran
U.S
Shelton
Lulu Shelton Pennington
Guy Pennington
Fairfield
Illinois
Lulu
Willard Pierce
Charles
Charley) Harris
Pierce
Pennington
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Illinois House rejects motion to kill area jobs bill
Springfield Ill June 28 An effort to strike the enacting clause of a bill to boost employment in Southern Illinois via municipal financing of industry failed in the Illinois House. Rep Clinton Searle Rock Island moved to kill the bill but the motion was defeated 84 to 25. The measure would allow cities to issue bonds to purchase and improve industrial buildings.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Clinton Searle
Rock Island
Searle
State House Passes 4 Cent Gas Tax Bill
Springfield June 28 The House narrowly passed an amended gasoline tax bill by 95 to 16 with 28 present The measure would raise the tax by four cents per gallon generating about 80 million dollars yearly Townships would receive 7.5 million and the rest divided among state cities and counties The bill moves to the Senate for concurrence amid speculation on approval It discusses political clash across the chamber and road program funding
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Springfield
House
House Group Moves to Extend Price Control Law
Washington June 8 AP The Hankings committee voted 21 to 3 for a 31 day extension of the price control act to give Congress time to consider a revised law. Without action the present law expires Saturday midnight risking a lapse and possible collapse of the government control program as Senate pushes a broader measure to curb control powers.
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Hankings. Committee
Congress
Senate
Draftees Begin Army Life at Camp Kilmer in 1951
AP Special Correspondent Relman Morin follows 60 inductees at Camp Kilmer N J as they face two years of service. Warrant Officer George F Ryan explains the weeklong stay before basic training, urging letters home and Red Cross help amid mixed emotions and uncertainty.
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Associated Press
Relman Morin
United States
M.P
Joseph Moore
Paterson
N. J
Belman Morin
Camp Kilmer
Friendship Resolution Passes House by 349 to 6
The House approved a nonbinding friendship resolution by 349 votes to 6 urging President Truman to seek Soviet public awareness of its contents. The measure calls for better relations with all peoples including Russians and does not require presidential approval.
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House
Washington
U. S
Truman
Soviet Union
Three Billions More Sought For Tax Boost
Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder urged the Senate Finance Committee to add about three billion dollars to the House tax hike. He warned the 7.2 billion dollar rise risks red ink and inflation and said deficit financing has returned. He urged at least 10 billion dollars in extra taxes, mainly from individual income and excise taxes, to fund government needs.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Senate Finance Committee
House
Snyder
Congress
Local newspaper sections index for today
A concise list of the paper's sections and page ranges including National, area, Local, Editorials, Social pages, Sports, Comics, Theatre, and Classifieds across pages 1 through 19. Indicates age restrictions in classifieds.
Classified Ad Phone Rates by City
Carbondale and Herrin and Murphysboro listings show local phone lines for ads. Rates are published on the Classified Page with numbers 218 838 for Carbondale 315 316 for Herrin and 34 35 for Murphysboro.
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Carbondale
Herrin
Murphysboro
Mossadegh Blames British For Resignations Of Technicians
Tehran reports Premier Mossadegh accuses Britain of threatening to halt Iranian oil flow as mass resignations threaten the Abadan refinery. Britain plans evacuations with 42 tankers idled near Abadan and a Mauritius patrol off the oil port to cover the move.
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Acheson
Iran
Henry F. Grady
Truman
Bagher Kazemi
Atesi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
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London
Mauritius
Abadan
Rel
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