Battle Looms On Ike Plan To Hold Taxes
President Eisenhower outlined a fiscal program backing heavy air power funding for Navy and Air Force while urging Congress to keep the excess profits tax and postpone other levies. He pressed for sustained revenue to ensure national security and warned of tough battles in Congress over tax cuts and extensions.
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Eisenhower
Air Force
Navy
Congress
Eisenower
Russia
Emties
Illinois Weather Outlook: Warmer with Showers Thursday
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with increasing warmth in southern Illinois. Tonight remains partly cloudy and warmer, with lows around 62 to 66. Thursday will be partly to mostly cloudy with occasional showers or thunderstorms and a high near 72 to 78.
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Illinois
Weather Facts From Local Stations
Temperatures show low yesterday 53 and 68 at 7 am with 76 high. Noon today 80 and 80 at 6 pm. Sunrise 4 43 am, sunset 7. Crarb Orchard Lake reports 8 inches above spillway and Little Grassy Lake 3 inches above spillway today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Polish Pilot Lands MIG15 in Denmark Escapes Iron Curtain
A Polish aviator crashed a Soviet MIG15 on a Danish island 60 miles from Bornholm, seeking political asylum. Police detained him. analysts note MIG15 is a prized capture. The event follows a prior March landing by Lt. Franciszek Jarecki, who later sought asylum in the United States.
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Copenhagen
Avenne
Baltic
Franciszek Jarecki
Bornham
Jarecki
Poland
United States
Bornhom
Baltic Sea
Roenne
Almegaard Army Camp
U. N
Far East
Korea
Newman Club of Southern Illinois University Gets Support
Illinois Knights of Columbus elect state officers at a Chicago convention led by state deputy Morgan. New officers include Harry Sonnemaker as state secretary and George Griffin as treasurer. The group votes to donate $1,000 to the Newman Club at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and selects delegates for the St Paul national convention.
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KOFC
Newman Club of
St. Illinois
U. Danville
Morgan
Chicago
Illinois Knights of Columbus
John J. Murphy
St. Louis
Harry H. Sonnemaker
Peoria
George L. Griffin
Raphael Yalden
Rockford
Francis Manning
Wood River
Walter L. McGinnis
KSD TV Completes Tower Upgrade To 100000 Watts
KSD TV in St. Louis completed a 624 foot tower switchover boosting output to 100000 watts the FCC maximum. Manager M Burbach notes power rise six fold expanding reception to fringe areas up to 100 miles from St. Louis and ending recent spotty or blocked reception in Southern Illinois.
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Ksd-Tv
St. Louis
Federal Communications Commission
M. Burbach
Burbach
Illinois
CIPS Talks Renewed in Springfield Negotiations Resume
Representatives of Central Illinois Public Service Company and striking engineers will resume contract talks Friday in Springfield. Francis Sheridan of Peoria leads a three member federal mediating team, arranging the session after a walkout by 250 members from four IUOE locals. Company says service to 500 communities remains normal across Western Central and Southern Illinois.
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Central Illinois Public Service Company
Springfield
Francis Sheridan
Peoria
CIPS
International Union of Operating Engineers
Illinois
Louisiana faces new flood crisis as 15000 displaced near Gulf
Louisiana's coastal lowlands endure rising floods forcing 15 000 people from homes in a 100 million dollar disaster. Bayous swell toward the Gulf while tides threaten coastal communities. four Air Force planes airlift 27 000 pounds of tents and supplies to flood victims.
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Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Big Air Force
Carswell Afb
Ft. Worth
Tex
British Ships Carried Chinese Reds Questioned by Senate Panel
Senators pressed for President Eisenhower to respond after hearing that two British owned vessels carried Red Chinese troops along the China coast last year. Kennedy testified that Western Allies traded with Red China and that 100 ships under British flag engaged in China trade early this year.
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Eisenhower
China
Robert Kennedy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Kennedy
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Hong Kong
John Leddy
Pentagon
U. S
Leddy
State Department
Paanama
Jet Flight Records Told North Pole Atlantic Flights Told To Writers
The Air Force disclosed the first jet flight over the North Pole and a nonstop six-jet B47 Atlantic crossing. Two B47s flew from Limestone, Maine to Fairford, England in 5 hours 38 minutes, returning two weeks later. A B47 set distance and endurance records flying over the southern and western United States after midair refueling.
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Ft. Worth
Tex
Air Force
North Pole
Atlantic
Fairford
England
Limestone
United States
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Polar
Eielson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
trans-Atlantic Flight Involved Two B47s From the Strategic Air Command
306T
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Fla
Allen Plant Walkout Ends at Herrin Rug Cushion Division
About 300 workers in the Herrin Allen rug cushion division returned to work at 3 p.m. ending an unauthorized walkout. Plant manager Stanley Holtzman confirmed production resumed on the day shift at 7 a.m. The district UMW director Grover Duty said grievance procedures are being followed, with no reason given for the walkout.
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Herrin Allen
Stanley Holtzman
Grover Duty
District 50
United Mine Workers
Tower Rock not a national park says local historian
Ken Reiley reports Grand Tower residents debunk the claim that Tower Rock is the smallest national park in the United States. He notes the rock near Wittenberg Missouri is federal property, off limits for public use for over 80 years, and lacks park or memorial status despite a rich history and legends.
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Ken Reiley
Southern Illinoisan
Grand Tower
Robert L. Ripley
Tower Rock
United States
Ripley
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Wittenberg
Pere Marquette
E. van Note
Missouri
van Note
Holdup Man Returns For Big Money At Chicago Office
A gun drawn robber at an Illinois Central Railroad office in Chicago confronted Mrs. Carol David and demanded the big money. She handed over 59 dollars while the suspect had previously robbed her for 47 dollars last week.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Carol David
House Rejects Broyles Bills in Illinois
Springfield May 20 AP backers of Broyles anti subversive measures failed in the Illinois House after the Judiciary Committee rejected Senate passed bills. The main bill sought prison terms and fines for overthrowing the government and loyalty statements for employees. The second measure would create a five member commission with 65000 to probe seditious activity. Critics warned civil liberties dangers, while Broyles argued the bills would uncover Communists in Illinois. Governor Stratton opposed the legislation and urged death.
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Springfield
Broyles
Illinois House
William G. Stratton
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Paul Broyles
Mt. Vernon
Stratton
Fve
Illinois
FBI
William Sennett
Communist Party
William Horsley
Reed F. Curoe
Adlai E. Stev
License Bill Goes To House For Final Word
Gov Stratton's truck license bill cleared the Senate 36 to 8 and moves to the House Motor Vehicles Committee for hearing. Key opposition by Sen Connors centered on revoking eight million in 1951 increases and highway funding needs. Mansfield leads competing truck license measure. debate focuses on mileage, T plates, and relief for low mileage operators.
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Springfield
William G. Stratton
House
Senate
Motor Vehicles Committee
Stratton
General Assembly
Charles F. Mansfield
Illinois Agricultural Transportation Association
Mansfield
James Gray
East St. Louis
T. Mac Downing
Macomb
Merritt J. Little
Aurora
William J. Lynch
Roland V. Libonati
Chicago
William J. Connors
Connors
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate House
George Drach
Prison Guards Shot by Stockholm Gunman
Stockholm police report a green masked gunman shot two guards at a downtown state prison. One guard died of a heart bullet wound and the other was critically wounded. a 40 year old former prisoner is in custody as a suspect.
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Stockholm
Sweden
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