Stassen to Speak on Memorial Day in Carbondale
Harold E. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania, will address Memorial Day ceremonies in Carbondale on Tuesday at about 10 30 a m at McAndrew Stadium Southern Illinois University. He arrives from St Louis and will wreath Woodlawn cemetery before lunch on campus.
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Record Budget Before S. I. U. Board
Southern Tallinois university trustees were to consider a record budget proposal at their monthly meeting today. One trustee predicted the meeting would be especially long due to the budget report’s length and technicalities. The board was originally set for May 22 but the date was postponed to finish the budget work.
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Southern Tallinois University
Psychiatrists Examine Killers Before Sanity Hearings
Two young killers Curtis Chapman 19 of White Hall and Carson Seger 20 of Alton were brought to Carrollton Illinois under guard for psychiatric examinations. The tests by Dr. James F. McFadden and Dr. Robert G. Kuehnert precede a Wednesday sanity hearing before Judge Dewitt S. Crowe in the same Greene circuit courtroom where they were sentenced to death for the 1949 Jerseyville Heininger murder. They have four reprieves with a June 9 deadline. the state Pardon board is reevaluating their case as Governor Stevenson weighs next steps this week.
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Chicago
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Two Men Die in Newton Plane Crash
A two-seater plane crashed six miles southeast of Newton along the Ste Marie road killing two Ottawa men. William Grover McCormick, 66, the pilot and a real estate dealer, and Dr. Roy A. Palmer, about 70, an osteopath, were found dead by passersby around 8 p.m. with no witnesses. The coroner and physicians estimated death about 6 a.m. and the bodies were taken to Rees funeral home. An inquest was tentatively set for 5:30 p.m. today.
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Rees Funeral Home
Wton
Altamont Publisher Heads Southern Illinois Editorial Association
Otha Lanier, publisher of the Altamont News, was elected president at a two day Carbondale session. Ed Knowles and Charles Mills were named vice president and secretary treasurer, with a slate including Frank Ledbetter, P. H. Vannier, Charles Feirich, Curt Small, and W. L. Schmitt to the board. An informal fall meeting was tentatively planned.
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Otha Lanier
Altamont News
Southern Illinois Editorial Association
Carbondale
Ed Knowles
Elkville Journal
Charles Mills
Vandalia Leader
Frank Ledbetter
Carterville Herald
P. H. Vannier
Bluffs Times
Charles Feirich
Metropolis News
Curt Small
Harrisburg Register
W. L. Schmitt
Carlinville Enquirer
Note Added Above Club Slots In West Frankfort
Slot machines, removed for two weeks, reappeared in a West Frankfort private club on Saturday. A printed sign read If you can't afford it, don't play them.
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West Frankfort
Weather forecast and river readings for the area
Cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 58 to 64, high Tuesday 75 to 85. Sun temperatures 63 to 84 with a 66 percent humidity at 8 am. Precipitation 0 inches since yesterday 7 am. Crab Orchard Lake two inches above spillway yesterday. Little Grassy Lake three feet below spillway yesterday. Mississippi River 23.2 feet at 9 am today, rising 1 foot in 24 hours.
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Local Index Overview Across Pages and Sections
The day's edition lists the Index Area National page 1 Local news page 3 Sports pages 6 and 7 Comics page 7 Classified ads pages 14 and 15 Markets page 15. Readers are directed to the respective page locations for full articles and features.
Sadaj and Christopher Resident Dies in Route 148 Wreck
Joseph C. Sadaj 24 of 701 Sylvia avenue Christopher was killed when his car exceeded 90 mph on route 148 two miles north of Herrin and hit a tree near Pond Creek. Two Herrin women passengers were injured Maude Cooper pelvis and jaw broken Lilly South abrasions. Inquest set for 6 p.m. at Herrin city hall with Rev Stephen Boros to officiate at St Andrew's church burial in St Andrew's cemetery. Sadaj a WWII veteran worked for Christopher water department. He leaves parents Mike and Mary and four sisters and two brothers. another brother Stanley died in WWII.
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Sylvia Avenue
Christopher
Herrin
Pond Creek
Sadaj
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North 15 Street
Herrin Hospital
Lilly South
East
Webster Street
American Legion
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Mary Sadaj
Jennie Ballinois
Chicago
Wanda Savage
Oakland
California
Helen
Irene Sadaj
John Sadaj
San Antonio
Texas
Stanley
Four Slightly Injured In Wreck Near Herrin
Four persons escaped serious injuries after a collision near the Herrin Nightclub on the Herrin Colp highway at about 4 am. Frank C. Ballowe 46 of Herrin eastbound cut across into the path of Robert Clutts Carbondale route 3. Eva Koch 39 Herrin suffered facial lacerations and was hospitalized. Clutts received first aid for minor injuries. Ballowe was treated for fractured ribs and discharged Olen Hall 43 Herrin was dismissed after leg and arm lacerations.
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Herrin-Colp
Frank C. Ballowe
South 16
Robert Clutts
Carbondale
Ballone
Clutts
Eva Koch
North Park Avenue
Herrin Hospital
Olen Hall
South 20 Street
Royalton Man and Stepdaughter Injured in Crash
Enzo Bianchini a 34 year old Royalton resident and his 15 year old stepdaughter Anna Hunt were injured Sunday when Bianchini’s car struck a culvert near Carbondale on U S highway 51 and overturned. Bianchini is in serious condition with a compound arm fracture while Miss Hunt has minor injuries. The wife in the car was uninjured. State Police officer John Parrish said an oncoming car forced Bianchini off the road and sped away after the crash.
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Enzo Bianchini
Royalton
Anna Hunt
Bianchini
Carbondale
U. S. Highway 51
Holden Hospital
Miss Hunt
John Parrish
Parrish
Car Crash Kills Clarence Spihlmann on U S 16
State police report Clarence Spihlmann 24 of Albers was killed when his car pulled into the path of a truck driven by A J Waggoner 52 of Centralia on U S 16 near here. Spihlmann attempted to pass another vehicle at the time of the collision.
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Clarence Spihlmann
U. S. Highway 16
Here
Spihlmann
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Centralia
Methodists List Appointments Of Preachers
Bishop Magee announced pastoral changes at the twelfth Southern Illinois Methodist conference in Marion. The list names district superintendents and new appointments across Carbondale, East St. Louis, Belleville, Granite City, Marion First, and other locales, plus special appointments and approved evangelists.
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J. Ralph Magee
Southern Illinois Methodist Conference
Marion
Clyde H. Todd
Carbondale
Hubert G. Hurley
Lebanon
Omer F. Whitlock
Harrisburg
Earl C. Phillips
Flora
Ashley
Wayne Burkey
Centralia
Claude C. Dandy
Christopher
Shelby Felts
Ellis Grove
Donald Blessing
Gorham
Shirley Milner
Jonesboro-Saratoga
William Lively
Murphysboro Centenary
Earl Dickey
Sparta
Milton Q. Connett
Waltonville
George Phelps
Woodlawn
New Shiloh
Charles Chapman
Stephen B. Phillips
Worden
James Walker
Antioch
R. S. Beck
Crab Orchard
Charles Ice
Crossville
W. Raymond Richardson
Dahlgre
Walter Fagan
Elizabethtown
Frank Proctor
Fairfield Ellen Moore Church
W. A. Patty
Golconda
H. G. Pribble
Golden Gate
Roger Cullison
Macedonia
Benjamin H. Cravens
Marion First
Carl E. Hearn
Mill Shoals
Joseph Evers
Mount Vernon Epworth
Roscoe R. Hollis
Omaha
Luther B. Howard
Pleasant Grove
W. E. Bennett
Pittsburg
Virgil Miller
Tates Chapel
Joseph T. Smith
West Frankfort
O. O. Maerker
Olney
Clay City
S. E. Pinkstaff
Falmouth
Lewis Hedges
Farina
J. N. Presley
Flora Wesley
W. E. Lamp
Geff- Mount Olive
Louis Mitchell
Louisville
Gerald E. Gulley
Mason Circuit
Ezekiel Haley
Newton
Dale Turner
D. C. Williams
Palestine First
Elmer Smith Patoka
Alfred S. Dalrymple
Shoronier
Lee Brooks
H. Ward Barter
Archer Center
Division of Home Missions and
Church Extension
Clairfield
Tenn
Earl W. Barrett
Albion
W. E. Bush
McKendree College
Frank E. Harris
Board of Education
N. C. Henderson
Old Folks’ Home
Lawrenceville
Edward Hoffman
Mec-Kendree College
Narvel B. Motzer
Children’s Houe
Mount Vernon
R. Paul Sims
Board of Missions
Fellowship of Christian Reconstruction
Japan
Ovid A. Stine
Africa
Lewis B. van Winkle
Dean McKendree College
E. O. Allen
Herbert R. Bennett
Granite City
Eugene Cs Chastain Pinkstaff
E. O. Hobbs
Palestine
Garrett H. Phillips
Ross C. Smith
Raymond J. Weiss
Ten-year-old Farm Boy Killed by Tractor
David A. Rhodes, 10, died in Clark County, Illinois after a tractor overturned on him while his father walked beside a plough. The plough struck a tree, tipping the tractor backward, and a coroner's jury ruled the death an accident. Funeral services are planned in West Union.
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Madigan named general superintendent of Illinois State Fair program
Springfield May 29 D M Cy Madigan of Penfield Illinois was appointed general superintendent of the program for the Illinois State fair Madigan is a stock horse dealer and a farmer
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Cy) Madigan
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Rebellious Coal Miner Wins Back Union Support
A long prepared Whitsundtide rally surged through the German capital without incident as a rebellious coal miner regained acceptance within the union. The event marked a notable moment for the labor movement amid postwar conditions.
Sidener Back In UMW After Facing Dual Unionism Charge
Canton coal miner Lloyd H. Sidener, ousted as local 7455 president and fined 50000 for dual unionism, was told he could return to work and seek reinstatement. Union officials would not comment. Sidener expects to regain presidency and back pay amid resumed relations.
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United Mine Workers’ Union
Lloyd H. Sidener
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Sidener
Clarence Campbell
United Electrioal Companies
Union
Washington
Hugh White
Illnois U.M.W. District 12
White
Springfield
Ill
Campbell
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Supreme Court Refuses Review in Film Writers Contempt Case
The Supreme Court declined to hear Lawson and Trumbo’s contempt appeals over 1947 Reds in Hollywood hearings. They refused to disclose Communist party membership, were fined $1,000 and sentenced to a year in prison. The ruling preserves limits on speech during legislative actions to curb perceived threats.
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Supreme Court
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Dalton Trumbo
House un-American Activities Committee
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Trumbo
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High Tribunal
California
Hugo Black
Douglas
Tom Clark
Taoglay
Wet Holiday Is Forecast Across the East
Memorial Day picnickers are advised to take umbrellas. The Weather Bureau predicts showers tomorrow across the eastern half of the nation from the Plains to the Atlantic coast, mainly in the afternoon. Temperatures should run about normal, with fair to partly cloudy skies in the West.
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No Paper Tuesday Memorial Day notice
There will be no publication of this newspaper on Tuesday May 30 in observance of Memorial Day.
Alto Pass Man Kills Himself
John Allen Hardin 69 of Alto Pass died at 1 p m Sunday at Hale Willard hospital Anna after shooting himself with a .38 caliber revolver at his home near Alto Pass A coroner s jury ruled death by his own action The sheriff said his wife and son had reported prior threats and that the revolver was hidden Mrs Hardin gave the weapon to him during a confrontation He fired a shot in the living room and died on the hill above the house The family had lived on the Rendleman farm 17 years Funeral arrangements by Parker Funeral Home Alto Pass include services Tuesday at First Baptist Church with burial in Alto Pass cemetery He is survived by his wife a son a daughter a brother and a sister and eight grandchildren.
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John Allen Hardin
Alto Pass
Hale- Willard Hospital
Anna
Route 127
Henry Hileman
Union County
Virgil Smith
Jonesboro
Hardin
William James Rendleman
J. R. Tweedy
Cobain
W. Earl Batson
William
Batson
Rendleman
Otto Rendleman
James Rendleman
Parker Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
R. J. Miller
Ola Livingston
Fort Smith
Ark
William Hardin
Carbondale
Dollie Porter
Hampton, Ark
Berlin Youth March Fails to Trigger Red Putsch
Western officials said the Berlin event was a Communist parade not a thwarted putsch. Tens of thousands of blue-shirted youths marched through Wilhelmstrasse praising Stalin and Soviet Russia while East zone police formed a backbone for a potential East German army. West Berlin officials claimed the display failed to overrun the city, despite banners attacking Anglo American rule and celebrating Soviet allies.
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Hedges Begins Five to Seven Year Term for Manslaughter
Tony Hedges 41 of near Corinth Williamson county started a five to seven year sentence at Menard prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter before Judge C Ross Reynolds in Williamson circuit court He shot Arthur Wesley Yellowjacket Harris 45 of Johnston City in a Johnston City tavern on Sept 16. Harris was killed with one shotgun blast after Hedges warned I am going to kill you Six other patrons fled while Hedges threatened to shoot those leaving He barricaded the door as Sheriff Lawrence Cannon and Johnston City officers arrived and held authorities at bay for three minutes before tear gas drove the others from the tavern and Hedges surrendered to police
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Corinth
Williamson County
Menard
C. Ross Reynolds
Williamson
Hedges
Arthur Wesley
Yellowjacket
Lawrence Cannon
Johnston City
Cannon
Grab It Here Founder Dies in Danville
C. S. Paxton, founder of Grab It Here, died after a three year illness in Danville. The chain started in 1919 and now operates 58 stores across Eastern Illinois and Western Indiana within 73 miles of Danville.
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C. S. Paxton
Grab It Here
Illinois
Indiana
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