Joppa Walkout Prompts Grand Jury Action Talk
Reports say Pa authorities may seek grand jury action to address a long running walkout at the 90 million dollar Joppa power plant project. A spokesman described the site as an “orphan child” of craft unions while 50 ironworkers picketed the gates demanding rehiring of 64 workers fired by Ebasco Services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D Jury
Joppa
Ironworkers International
St. Louis
Illinois
Kentucky
Fve Building Trades
Ironworkers Union
Ebasco Services, Inc
Weather synopsis with temperatures and rainfall data
The forecast shows fair to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Low tonight 52 to 60, high Friday 78 to 84, low 48. Readings include 66 at 7 am today and yesterday’s high 84. Precipitation measured from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today, humidity 32 percent at noon, wind 10 miles per hour average. Sunset 6:51 pm, sunrise 5:00 am. Crab O Lake 3 inches above spillway, Little Grassy Lake at spillway.
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Crab O Lake
Grassy Lake
Daily Free Tribune Dispatches Illinois Oath Cases
In a brief Illinois report, unnamed individuals pledge oaths as part of a municipal or legal procedure. The fragment notes unidentified officials and dates, with emphasis on formal oath taking within the state's proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piteotern
Illinois
May Day Riots Worldwide Turn Violent
Global May Day clashes erupt as Communists and rivals clash in Tokyo and Berlin. Tokyo sees 20 000 protesters attack police lines. 100 plus injured including Americans. Meiji Park speakers flee as police use clubs and tear gas. Louis Weinstock faces court on Red leadership charges.
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Associated Press
United
Tokyo
Spe
Berlin
Stalin
Red York
Eighth Avenue
Louis Weinstock
Norman Thomas
American Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
J. Philip Randolph
Meiji Park
da Eile
Imrial
U. S
Palace
Couple Admit Hanging Lad in Brutal Florida Case
In Tampa Florida on May 1 AP reports a farmhand John Cliffe and his ex-barmaid wife Alice Cliffe jailed on first degree murder charges for hanging four year old Wayne Totham. They admitted suspending him from a rafter for three days with feet touching floor and bound limbs. They said they punished him for disobedience and did not intend his death. Wayne was deprived of food since Sunday noon and stood still all Tuesday. Mrs Cliffe is pregnant and described Wayne as her illegitimate child hard to handle.
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L. J. Swann
John Cliffe
Alice Cliffe
Little Wayne Totham
Swann
Freight Rates Raised in Illinois Railroads
The Illinois Commerce Commission authorized a general six percent increase in railroad freight rates effective May 2. The order mirrors a federal ICC action of April 11 and runs until February 28, 1954. Industry spokesmen say the hike compounds prior increases and the carriers seek higher figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Chicago
Illinois Commerce Commission
Interstate Commere Commission
Tate
Illnois Security Hospital Chester Page Feature
A full page in The Southern Illinoisan highlights the Illinois Security hospital for the criminally insane at Chester. The section on page 11 includes accompanying photographs detailing the facility and its operations.
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Chester
Illinois Security Hospital For
Crucial Truce Session Set to Hear Communist Reply
Truce negotiators in Munsan Korea plan a key session tomorrow to hear the Communist response to the UN package for an armistice. The Reds requested a full dress session after reviewing the Allied plan, with no clear signal on acceptance or counter terms. Major sticking points include prisoner exchange Russian participation and rehabilitation of airfields.
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U.N
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Oil Workers Strike Cuts Gas Supply Across Nation
The nationwide strike by about 90 000 oil industry workers reduced gasoline availability in several Midwest stations and warned of broader shortages if it continues. Officials noted a potential 45 day stock, with supply declines spreading from Gary Hammond and East Chicago to other regions.
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Denver
Colo
Gary
Hammond
Chicago
Ind
Mid
Washington
Oil Workers International Union
C.I.O
C.so
A. F. of L
San Francisco
Shelonl
A. F. of S
Texas
Phillips Petroleum Co
Oscar Chapman
Panhandle Eastern
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
Associated Press
Springfield
Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association
Steel Strike Continues Despite Court Ruling in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the steel strike remains active as 650,000 unionists under Jye Murray decide whether to idle or return to work for the government after a court ruling. Picket lines persist, with impacts on railroads, shipping, and related industries nationwide.
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C.so. United Steelworkers
Jye Murray
C.I.O
Associated Press
Murray
Uncle Sam
Buffalo
N. Y
U.S.W
Joseph P. Molony
Supreme Court
Great Lakes
United States Steel Corp
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New York Central
Studebaker Corp
Grocery Prices Fall Sharply in 1952 Decline
A Southern Illinoisan survey shows broad price drops in 1952 across many grocery items with cuts from two to about 40 percent. The Daniel Food Stores display lists present prices alongside 1951 prices for items such as Crisco Spam Spry salmon pork products margarine and Miracle Whip. Other grocers quote reductions on shortenings oils oleo and sauces with ceilings affecting many prices in Jackson County.
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Southern Illinoisan
Daniel Food Stores
I'S
Joe Daniel
Nseae
Alee
Ae Whee
Jackson County
James Travers
Kroger Co
Carbondale
Pan American Stratocruiser Missing Over Atlantic
Reports say a Pan American World Airways Stratocruiser missing since Tuesday with 50 aboard near Brazil. Search by Brazilian and American planes covered 320000 square miles amid storms from Belem to Barreiras with possible survivor signals and a cautious hope natives may help reach any found.
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Miami
Pis
Pan American World Airways
Carolina
Brazil
Belem
Baby Fold to Receive 35000 Bequest from Dunlap Estate
The Baby Fold in Normal Illinois will receive about 35000 from the estate of Isabella Jackson of Dunlap Illinois. Jackson died April 1 in Florida. The funds will support care for homeless infants at the Peoria affiliated facility.
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Normal, Ill
Isabella Jackson
Dunlap, IL
Florida
Carbondale TV Schedule Fix Solved By Two Clocks
Mrs Herman Chamness of Old Main Street resolved the standard savings time clash between daylight saving TV broadcasts and Carbondale time by using two clocks. The living room clock on the TV set runs an hour ahead while the kitchen clock governs the rest of the household routine.
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Carbondale
Herman Chamness
Old Main Street
Chamness
Mississippi River Crest at St Louis Brings Light Flood Threat
The Mississippi River crested at St Louis at 33.7 feet about 2 a.m. with little damage expected. River levels were 6% below last summer’s 108-year peak. flood fights cover a 300 mile stretch from Hannibal to Cairo. Minor breaches near Prairie Du Rocher threaten thousands of acres as levee work begins.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Don Blair
Army Engineers
Blair
Mississippi
Hannibal
Cairo
Illinois
Prairie du Rocher
Ill
Grand Tower
West Alton
Rockford papers stay shut over ITU strike
Rockford May 1 AP The Rockford Morning Star and the Register Republic remain closed after a dispute involving about 70 members of the American Federation of Labor International Typographical Union. No papers published since Friday as two pickets guard three building entrances assisted by Rockford Consolidated Inc. and five other unions and the CIO American Newspaper Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford Fapers
I.T.U
Rockford
Rockford Morning Star
Register-Republic
A. F. of L. International
Rockford Consolidate Inc
A. F. of L
C.I.0. American No Guild
Court拒 Any wage boost as mills remain seized
The U S court of appeals denied a bid to bar wage and condition actions while mills stay under government control. Judge Pine had ruled seizure illegal, returning mills to owners, with appeals pending before the Supreme Court.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
Gapcain Ie
Secretary of Commerce
Charles F. Sawyer
Sawyer
C.I.0
Nedleal Die Sila U. S
David A. Pine
Court of Appeals
Pine
Supreme Court
Philip Perlman
Giatk Diallea
Sion
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Tampa
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Barreiras
Rio de Janeiro
Peoria
Central Fire Station
Chelsea
Mass
Boaay
Cently
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