Slivka Spuds in Well at Centralia After Eight Years
CENTRALIA Ill June 12 Preparations to spud in an oil well drilled eight years ago on the west side of the Country Club road east of here were under way today Joe Slivka of Slivka and Sons drillers Mt Vernon said he sunk the well in the second year of World War II but left it unfinished over legal entanglements The well showed pay dirt at 1600 feet in Stein formation A spudder has moved onto the location which will start working as soon as power is available The project may begin tomorrow Slivka also said he is drilling a new well about a quarter mile north of the old site The rig was set up at the new location last Wednesday The well was down to 1550 feet today but tool problems caused a delay The new well location was chosen because the old one looks promising He gave no production estimates Slivka has two other producing wells nearby All four wells lie in Centralia township about a half mile north of Highway 161
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GOP Favors Localized Rent Control Use
Illinois Republican leaders urged a special session to enact home rule rent control allowing cities to set rules where decontrol causes hardship. The plan favors city controls if statewide action is needed, warning Chicago could face trouble if existing measures lapse. Mrs. John T. Thomas elected Republican state chairwoman.
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Claude Jarman Jr Returns to Grown-Up Film Role in Rio Bravo
Hollywood June 12 Claude Jarman Jr the former child star of The Yearling is back in Hollywood for his first grown-up part in John Ford's Rio Bravo He stands six feet two inches and will play an 18-year-old though still under 16 he is enthusiastic about the role His family bases Nashville and he freelances now leaving MGM He may study at Montgomery Bell Academy in the fall He also plays baseball football and basketball and contemplates medicine or farming if acting ends His father praises the project but Claude jokes about Intruder in the Dust The capsule review notes Duchess of Idaho relies on glitter and star power with Esther Williams Van Johnson Lena Horne and others but concludes the result is hash Paula Raymond shows promise
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Political campaign meetings eyed in multiple cities
Park, who resigned. Mrs. Thomas formerly headed the Illinois Federation of Republican Women's Clubs. State Chairman Carlos W Campbell said East St. Louis, Kankakee, Danville, Peoria, Jacksonville, Rock Island and Rockford are among cities being considered as sites for a series of meetings in connection with the fall election campaign.
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Warren Speaks in Mt. Vernon Iowa
Governor Earl Warren of California urged Cornell College graduates and young people to take interest in government warning that seeds of hatred tyranny and aggression endanger freedom everywhere as free government faces fierce ideologies during commencement exercises in Mt. Vernon Iowa.
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