Toll Group Financing Sparks Debate At Turnpike Conference
Officials from Indiana and Ohio rejected the National Turnpike Association's funding plan at a Indiana Illinois toll road meeting. A 150 delegate session voted to form a study committee after a heated debate over dues and potential influence from contractors and bankers. Wedeking urged caution while Howell defended equal footing and competitive contracting.
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Indiana
Ohio
National Turnpike Association
Illinois
Evan Howell
Illinois Toll Road Commission
Albert J. Wedeking
Indiana Toll Road Commission
Wedeking
Howell
Indiana Commission
Paul C. Thurston
Maine Turnpike Commission
O. L. Teagarden
Ohio Commission
J. Allyn Stearns
White Plains
N. Y
American Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Assn
American Association of State Highway Officials
Showers For Southern Illinois Forecast
Cloudy with occasional showers tonight and Saturday. A cooler weekend with highs around 55 and a low near 50 tonight. Temperatures posted, precipitation 0.14 inches in 24 hours. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake reported 10 and 12 inches below spillway respectively.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Southern Illinois Faces CIPS Rate Hike Debate
The March 12 rate hearing before Examiner Lawrence Glenn examined Central Illinois Public Service Company proposed electric rate increases of 4.26 million dollars affecting 61 counties. Local objects included Chanute Air Force Base and Taylorville witnesses, with critics arguing higher electric costs threaten Southern Illinois industry and job retention while noting CIPS valuations and local mine closures.
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Tom Mahoney
Springfield
Southern Illinois
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Lawrence Glenn
Murphysboro
George Dobbs
Marion
CIPS
Illinois
Dobbs
Lodge 1986
International Association of Machinists At
Saline
Williamson
Jackson
Perry
Franklin
Electric Energy, Inc
Joppa
Commonwealth Edison
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois
Union Electric Company
Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company
Chanute
Glenn
Virgil Beery
Springfield Radiant Glass Distributors
Taylorville
Joe McAdam
John O'Neill
The
Association of Commerce
Homer Gilpin
Sam Taylor
Christian County
Gilpin
Harshmanites Seek Draft Bias in Moore Case
In Chicago on March 4 AP reports a petition by 354 Moultrie County residents urged Sullivan draft officials to bar Harshmanite members from military service in the Perry B Moore trial. Moore argues the board lacks authority to reclassify him as 1A since his conscientious objector status remains unchanged.
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Chicago
Perry B. Moore
Sullivan
Lester Lippincott
Sullivan Draft Board
Harshmanites
Heisler
Draft Board
Moore
Ullin Man Convicted Of Draft Evasion
Johnnie King a 26 year old Allin Illinois resident and member of the Israel Bible Class was convicted by a Federal Court jury of evading the draft. Judge Walter J LaBay released him on his promise to report to Kankakee State Hospital for noncombatant service.
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Chicago
Allin, Ill
Johnnie King
Israel Bible Class
Walter J. LaBay
Kankakakee State Hospital
Eldorado Youth Bennett Found Hanged at Farm Home
Eldorado High School sophomore Belice Medford Bennett, 16, was found hanged Thursday in the yard of his nearby farm home. Coroner Elmer M. Gibbons said parents Raymond E. and Mrs Bennett could give no reason for the youth taking his own life.
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Medford Bennett
Eldorado High School
Elmer M. Gibbons
Raymond E. Bennett
Straton Edict Triggers Resignations of 3 Ward Committeemen
Three Chicago Republican ward committeemen resigned patronage posts after Gov. William Stratton urged backing the party’s county primary ticket or quitting. Michael J. Connelly, George O. Ibsen, and Paul C. Ross quit immediately after Stratton spoke at a war committee meeting. Connelly left a $7,800 yearly post in the Revenue Department, Ibsen quit a $600 monthly sales tax post, and Ross resigned as a $500 monthly Illinois Commerce Commission adviser. All cited support for party candidates Louis J. Nelson, William A. Cunnen Jr., and Cunnea respectively as the reason.
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Chicago
William Stratton
Michael J. Connelly
George O. Ibsen
Paul C. Ross
Connelly
State Department of Revenue
Louis J. Nelson
Thomas J. Godfrey
Ibsen
William A. Cunnen Jr
Grenville Beardsley
Blizzard Strikes Plains Regions Causing Travel Woes
A March blizzard battered the Rockies and Great Plains with winds up to 100 mph, dust and sleet. About 110 eastbound Greyhound passengers were stranded at Cheyenne as highways closed. Snow reached eight inches in some areas, with zero visibility from blowing snow. Delays hit the California and Denver Zephyrs. trains halted in Colorado and Nebraska. Dust storms affected eastern Kansas and the Texas/Oklahoma panhandle. Snow fell in Wyoming and Colorado towns like Lander and Akron, while showers moved through Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
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Greyhound
Cheyenne
Plains
McCook
Nebraska
Burlington Railroad
Colorado
California
Denver
Kansas
Albuquerque
N. M
Great Plains
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Lander
Wyo
Akron
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
McCarthy Accuses Murrow of Moscow Ties in Radio Remarks
Sen McCarthy declares Edward R Murrow connected with a Moscow university summer session and accuses him and Adlai Stevenson of dishonesty in a Washington March 12 AP report. Murrow defends himself saying he served as assistant director of the Institute of International Education and aided inter-country student exchanges.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Edward R. Murrow
Moscow
Adlai Stevenson
Murrow
McCarthy
CBS
Stevenson
Miami Beach
Fulton, Lewis Jr
Mutual Radio
Pittsburgh Sun- Telegraph
Institute of International Education
Moscow University
New York
McCarthy Denounces Blackmail Over Army Report
Senator McCarthy and Roy Cohn faced charges of pressuring for special treatment of drafted aide Pvt. G David Schine as an Army report alleged threats against Army Secretary Stevens. Cohn and McCarthy denied wrongdoing, with calls for Cohn’s removal and Senate subcommittee action pending.
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Army
McCarthy
Cohn
John Adams
Schine
Adams
Stevens
New
Report Says Schine Given Extra Privileges
An Army report accuses Sen. McCarthy and chief counsel Roy Cohn of pressuring for special treatment for G. David Schine, a former consulman now private. The 34 page document, released by Senate sources, details threats and demands to keep Schine from overseas and seeks preferential assignments, while noting Schine’s induction last November and repeated efforts for a direct commission.
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Washington
Army
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy Cohn
McCarthy
G. David Schine
Committee
Senate
Cohn
Schine
Robert T. Stevens
Camp Gordon
Stevens
Yoshida to Visit U S After Diet Session Ends
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida will travel to the United States after Japan's Diet adjourns early in May, according to his chief Cabinet secretary. The trip is planned following the completion of the current session in Tokyo.
U S Seeks To Seize Funds For Joe Louis Children
The government seeks to take trust funds totaling 66 298 67 set up in 1949 by Marva Trotter Barrow for Joe Louis children as part of a 544 945 tax bill. The First National Bank of Chicago as trustee opposes the action in U S Tax Court records.
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U.S
Joe Louis
Washington
U. S
Internal Revenue Service
Louis
Marva Trotter Barrow
First National Bank of Chicago
Wolf Boy Claim Sparks Court Petition In Lucknow
Nagpur fruit peddler Mahabir Prasad filed with Lucknow city magistrate claiming the abandoned Lucknow railroad car boy known as Ramu is his long missing son. The court sent the case for investigation as police probe facial resemblance to Prasad’s son seen at home ages.
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New Delhi
India
Nagpur
Lucknow
Mahabir Prasad
Prasad
Ramu
United States and Mexico clash over Red menace at Inter-American forum
At the 10th Inter-American Conference in Caracas both nations agreed communism threatens Western Hemisphere peace yet differed on response. The United States urged a draft resolution for joint action against any communist takeover, while Mexico urged targeting foreign agents rather than international communism and warned against intervention in a sister republic's chosen government. Mexico cited sovereignty for each nation to choose its own system.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Rio Grande
Mexico
United States
Roberto Cordova
Salk Believes Vaccine Good For Polio Immunity
New Orleans reports Dr. Jonas E. Salk, age 39, says two vaccine doses plus a booster can outdo nature in creating polio antibodies. He warns mass trials of over half a million children must begin soon to test protection against epidemics despite questions from some scientists.
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New Orleans
Jonas E. Salk
Nature
Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Man Gets 99 Year Sentence Six Hours After Marriage
Leroy Goss, an ex convict, was sentenced to 99 years in prison on his wedding night in Dallas. He had just married Frances Parga when the jury convicted him six hours after the ceremony of entering the Caronna home at pistol point and robbing $2,000.
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Dallas
Tex
Leroy Goss
Goss
Frances Parga
T. A. Caronna
Ozark States Shift Apr 1 to Davenport Moline
Ozark Airlines plans to switch service to Davenport Iowa and Moline Illinois via the Davenport airport starting on or soon after April 1, moving from the Quad City airport at Moline. A Civil Aeronautics Board decision will decide whether the 30-day notice can be waived. Ozark cites lower Davenport fees and shared space as reasons for the change.
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Washington
Ozark Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Davenport
Iowa
Moline
Ill
Quad City
Ozark
Davenport Airport Commission
Rock Island
Barkley Drafted by Kentucky Democrats for Senate Run
Louisville announced that top Kentucky Democratic leaders decided to draft former Vice President Alben W Barkley to run for his old U S Senate seat this year.
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Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
U. S. Senate
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By O. T. Banton
Alfonso Latoni
Brooklyn
William Ryan
Edward Olson
Latoni
McAdam
O'Neill
Peabody Coal Company
Langleyville
Kincaid
Illinois Electric & Gas Company
West Frankfort
Frank E. Trobaugh
Ullin
Eldorado
Belice
Stratton
Gov. Stratton
Cook County
Edward F. Moore
Ross
Illinois Commerce Commission
Plains States
Associated Press
Rockies
Red
Sen
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
John G. Adams
Ralph W. Zwicker
Zwicker
Eisenhoer
Subcommittee
Wilson
Asst
Fred A. Seaton
Is Subcommittee
Europe
New York City
Reds
Ozark States
Draft Barkley
Louisville, Ky
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