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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1955
Page
3
A Chicago AP report profiles a fearless long distance driver who averages 700 plus miles daily with family aboard. While confident, safety experts warn fatigue dulls reaction, vision, and hearing, potentially jeopardizing his cross-country pace.
The report summarizes U S Public Health Service tests on truck drivers before and after long drives and after rest. Drivers who had not driven since sleep outperformed others. 9 percent failed to meet driving efficiency, 27 percent failed after seven hours, and 42 percent failed after 12 or more hours. Navy studies by Dr Arthur Steinhaus note fatigue lowers vision in dim light.
President Juan Peron consolidates support amid post-revolt turmoil as military and political backers pledge loyalty. Action centers on easing temporary powers of Army Minister Franklin Lucero, while the Supreme War Council prosecutes alleged conspirators. Police arrest and release U.S. correspondents amid church arson coverage.
Clean Carpets Like Playing Shuffleboard. Blue Lustre is marketed as a major scientific advance in home carpet cleaning. Use vacuum, apply foam with a long handle brush, let dry, then vacuum again. Douglas Drug promotes being among the first stores to offer Blue Lustre.
A birthday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goddard in Dix honored Mr. Goddard. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Albert Simmons Centralia Dwight Hopkins and family Salem Mrs Orville Welford and Mrs Joe Goddard Dix and many area families. A Wimberly reunion and a wedding anniversary basket dinner were noted among visits and travels of local residents.
LitTc? comes LitTc? comes locks visiting in California with their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Murry Carnahan. Weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Peterson were Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett and sons of Dearborn, Mich., Mrs. Bob Yearwood of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. George Geer and niece of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Geer of Lawrenceville Mr. and Mrs. Millard Schoeppel and children of McLeansboro, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Peterson Jr. of Salem, and Mrs. Anna Geer of Mt. Vernon. Tuesday visitors were Mrs. Lloyd Kincaid of St. Louis, Mrs. Lille Pierce and Mrs. Jerry Gott of Mt. Vernon.
The Bridge of Sighs is a covered stone passageway over a small canal in Venice built around 1597 to link the Doge's Palace with the state prison. Prisoners were escorted across it to and from trial.
The Skiles OH Corporation completed the Haines No. 1 in Wayne County, flowing 672 barrels per day through a three sixteenths choke. The company owns about 400 acres near the discovery, a mile east of the Half Moon Pool which has produced over 1,000,000 barrels in ten years from 200 acres. Two offset wells are planned. The new well is among the largest in Wayne County in recent years. The note on camera clubs is unrelated.
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