Solon Plans Graft Nest Exposure
Sen McClellan says the Senate Investigations subcommittee will expose higher ups in a nest of small grafters fattening on armed forces contracts. Testimony shows former Army inspector Porreca lied about gifts from Rubin, who says no payoffs were made. a freezer and other items were involved with Rubin paying for the freezer’s cost while Porreca claims he tried to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations
Army
Gath
Joseph G. Porreca
Clifton
N. J
Ocala
Armed Services
Porreca
Rubin
Bender
Bonita Originals, Inc
Quartermaster General
French Will Quit Saigon Ending Siagon’s French Influence
Saigon to be free of French influence as 35 000 French African and Foreign Legion troops move to St Jacques on the coast. Deputy defense minister Tran Trung Dung says details are being worked out with Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and Gen Paul Ely. The move ends eight decades of French control in the capital.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
France
Sai
Jeanne
Tran Trung Dung
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Paul Ely
Indochina
Ely
Tae
Foreign Legion
St. Jacques
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois With Showers
Scattered showers and thunderstorms forecast tonight with partly cloudy skies Saturday. Warmer today then cooler Saturday with low around 60 tonight. Highs in mid 70s Saturday, yesterday’s high 85 at noon. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake levels noted near spillways. Sunrise 4:43 AM, sunset 7:09 PM.
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Ilinois
Living Cost Index Hits Two-Year Low in April
The government reports the Living Cost Index fell one tenth of a percent to 114.2 of the 1947-49 average, the lowest since May 1953. Auto prices and rents drove the drop while food costs rose sharply for potatoes after a March freeze, and factory workers’ take‑home pay and purchasing power were flat for April.
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Aryness Joy Wickens
Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Granite City Girl Wins National Spelling Bee Title
Sandra Sloss 13 of Granite City Illinois crowned national spelling bee champion after 541 words and crustaceology clincher over Jean Copeland 12 of Prescott Arizona. Prize includes 500 dollars trophy and trip to New York. finalists include Speller Jean Copeland and family observers.
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Sandra Sloss
Granite City
Clincher
Washington
Sandra
Sandy) Sloss
Ill
St. Joseph’s School
Scripps - Howard
Jean Copeland
Prescott, Ariz
Jean
Abbasy
New York
William Sloss Jr
Nancy
Tommy
Chrysostom
Little Stinker contest draws 5100 entries
Total entries for the $150 Little Stinker No 32 reached 5100 today, including 157 from a Zeigler woman. A Chester resident wrote a playful plea asking the toy to provide rugs, paint, curtains, and blue paint for the old home.
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Zeigler
Stinker
Steam Farewell Protested by National Coal Assn
The National Coal Association urged the ICC to cancel a May 26 ceremony marking the end of steam locomotives describing it as funeral services. The ICC announced diesel locomotives now power most rail service, with plans to dieselize 62 large railroads, while industry officials seek coal gas turbine options to revive coal power.
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Washington
National Coal Assn
Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
John D. Battle
ICC
Richard F. Mitchell
Polio Vaccine Delayed As Review Continues
Uncertainty over mass inoculations persists as the Public Health Service delays clearance of embargoed Salk vaccine batches pending further study. A spokesman said releases may not resume until next week. Sen Hill plans a Senate Labor committee meeting to discuss controlling distribution and sale of the vaccine.
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Public Health Service
Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Vaccination Round Put On Hold In Williamson County
Williamson County first and second grade pupils face a pause in Salk polio vaccine doses as vaccine supply dries up. Russell Emery says possible summer shots depend on vaccine availability while health officials await U S Public Health Service clearance. The second round, planned to start in Marion then move to other towns, is uncertain with about 1400 Jackson County children affected.
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Williamson County
Eit Omene Russell Emery
Jackson County
R. F. Sondag
Secon
Congress votes to sever church state ties in Argentina
Argentina's Senate approves a constitutional amendment to sever all official ties between the government and the Roman Catholic Church. The resolution, adopted unanimously, aims to separate church and state in the nation's governance.
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Argentina
Congress
Senate
Argentina moves to end Catholic state role in constitution
Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies backs a government push to remove Catholicism as state religion by voting 121 to 12 for a proposal to convene a national constitutional convention. The plan now goes to the Senate, then the President, amid protests and Catholic demonstrations.
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Argentina
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Peronistas
Murphysboro Doctor and Son Injured in Tolono Explosion
Dr. John P. Winn and his son Johnny were hurt when a motel unit in Tolono exploded and burned early today near Champaign. The pair were in town for state track and golf events. the father was critically burned and unconscious, the son in fair condition. A nearby unit sustained minor injuries to two golf contestants, as investigators sought the blast cause with the fire marshal en route.
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Murphysboro
Champaign
Burnham City
John P. Winn
Johnny
Winn
Harden
Tolono
Rt. 45
Champaign County
Illinois
James Wyse
Lincoln
Winns
Handcuff Exhibition Delayed by Missing Keys
U. S. Marshal William Raab performed a handcuff and chained prisoner demo for the Kiwanis Club in Omaha on May 20. The demonstration stalled when Raab realized the keys were at his office, leaving volunteer Lyle Remde still restrained until the keys could be retrieved.
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Omaha
U. S
William Raab
Kiwanis Club
Raab
Lyle Remde
Remde
Coffee Prices Fall as Major Sellers Cut Retail Rates
Coffee prices drop again as Standard Brands and General Foods cut wholesale prices. Two large independents announce reductions, with chain stores to follow at retail immediately.
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New York
Voting Time Pay Ruled Out Illinois Ruling
Illinois Supreme Court struck down the pay provision for voting time while upholding two hours off as required by a 1943 law. The decision involved 49 employees of the Benjamin Manufacturing Co in Chicago. The court noted work hours from 8 am to 4 30 pm and that workers could vote before or after shifts but sought time off during work hours.
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Illinois
State Supreme Court
High Court
Benjamin Manufacturing Co. of
Chicago
Marchuk Court Martialed for Desertion in East Berlin
Pvt. William T. Marchuk of Norristown Pennsylvania was sentenced to 12 years in prison by an Army court martial for giving U S military secrets to the Soviet Union and for desertion to Communist East Berlin in February 1949. He faces a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay. The 39 year old soldier pleaded innocent and did not testify. The court heard much evidence behind closed doors about an army intelligence unit in West Berlin and December 1949 to present.
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Pvt
William T. Marchuk
Norristown
Russia
U. S
Soviet Union
Marchuk
East Berlin
West Berlin
James E. Johnson
Jonesboro
Ark
Marchuck
Vorkuta
Army
Firefighters Battle Forest Blaze Near Military Base
A wildfire swept through dry scrub pine near a military base as the station staff and 350 soldiers from Fort Dix joined state fire wardens and volunteers to contain the blaze.
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Dix
U. S. Naval Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Rivers Rage In Southwest Flood Toll Rises
Torrential rains unleashed one of the worst spring floods in years across four states. Five people died including 42 schoolboys struck by lightning in Kingsville Texas. Evacuations surged in Colorado and Oklahoma as waters swelled, isolating thousands and forcing highway closures.
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Kingsville
Tex
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Ihea
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