New S I U Head Strengthens Southern Illinois ties
The article profiles Southern Illinois Universitys new head Dr Morris and the new board of alumni and regional residents. It notes goals for regional educational expansion including shorter terminal courses and stronger ties with the alumni to back the program. Van showcases personal history and commitment to the universitys critical turning point.
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Southern Illinois
Springfield
Southern
Mak- Gaeceenteuty Real
Morris
D. W. Morris
Guy A. Gladson
Southern Illinois University
Vandeveer
Van
Gladson
Hillsboro
Illinois school staffing shifts mark new admin
Illinois districts announce major staff changes as 1949-50 openings open. Appointments include Oren D. McClure leading consolidated district 207 and Edward L. Allen succeeding L. W. Vanlaningham in Belleville. Multiple principals coaches and teachers switch districts across Carbondale, Christopher, Effingham, and Flora while resignations roll in.
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Oren D. McClure
du Quoin
Edward L. Allen
L. W. Vanlaningham
Belleville
Dr. Vanlaningham
Pennsylvania State Teacher’s College
Edinburg
Allan Cavannas
Marion
Peoria
L. Goebel Patton
West Frankfort
J. R. Martin
Rossclare
Five Climbers Seek Noahs Ark on Mount Ararat
Five Americans climbed toward Mount Ararat in Turkey seeking evidence of Noahs Ark. They left a remote village yesterday morning with no word expected until tomorrow at earliest. Russians protest the expedition as a spying ploy on the Turko Russian border amid increased regional tension.
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Dogu Bayazit
Turkey
Mount Ararat
Mt. Ararat
Justice Wiley Rutledge Hospitalized in York Maine
Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge, 55, remained at the 22 bed York village hospital on August 29, under treatment for a circulatory condition described as improving. No change in his status was reported.
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Wiley Rutledge
Maine Hospital
York, Me
Supreme Court
Wiley B. Rutledge
York Village
Jurist
Former Greenup Man Appointed New Markets Chief
Harold A. Kaeser of Havana was named superintendent of the division of markets in the state Agriculture department. He succeeds E. C. Secor who resigned. Kaeser, 42, formerly supervised Greenup schools from 1939 to 1948. The note on the antelope jack rabbit mentions its name from flashing white rump hairs.
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Don Martin
St. Louis Bombers
Effingham High School
Stanley Monteith
Pinckneyville
Clifton
Unit
Cutler
Witt
Charles Williams
Ray Sims
Carl Ingram
Wilford Johnson
Gid Sneed
Walter Kearney
Kearney
William Heyl
Monroe County
Paul H. Meek
Waterloo
Kenneth Dean McMurray
du Quoin
John Marshall
Board of Education
William Theobald McMurray
R. A. Wheatley
Marshall
Robert L. Brissenden
Clay County
Rex. W. Dale
Earl Goodfellow
Effingham
R. L. Bachman
H. W. Hightower
Mattoon
Floyd C. Smith
Christopher Community High School
Chester F. Moss
Harter-Stanford Township
Dc. F. Hubbell
Flora City
Albert T. Craig
de Soto
Flora Grade School
Springfield
Harold A. Kaeser
Havana
State Agriculture Department
E. C. Secor
Sparta
Kaeser
Belleville
Greenup
Hospital Insurance for Ages 60 to 85 Offers Low Cost
A sales pitch promotes hospital insurance for men and women aged 60 to 85. It claims coverage for accidents and illness, emphasizes affordability at a few cents daily, and offers a free inspection policy without obligation. Send a penny post card with age to Old American Insurance Co Kansas City.
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Old American Insurance Co
Kansas City
Polio Cases Show Slackening Trend Across States
The 1949 polio total exceeds 19 500 with a drop in new infections across six states Alabama Arkansas Illinois Kansas Maine North Dakota. New York leads with 2 429 cases and 141 deaths. New York City reports 1 433 cases and 114 deaths as officials foresee a September peak. Texas Michigan Connecticut Rhode Island still show rising rates.
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Hoowever
Associated Press
Alabama
Arkansas
Illinois
Kansas
Maine
North Dakota
Indiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Nevada
New York
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
New York City
Health Department
State Health Department
George Cox
Rhode Island
New
Police Car Dash Saves Lad From 125 Mile Run
Two year old Jim Scheider choked on a bean and rode in a police car with siren and flashing lights from Red Oak in Stephenson County to Chicago's Children Memorial Hospital. Elgin officers firemen and Chicago police assisted to deliver oxygen clear streets and hospital readiness for emergency surgery.
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Jim Scheider
Jim
Red Oak
Stephenson County
Chicago
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Elgin
Polio delays of school openings cited in various states
The report notes limited delays in opening schools due to polio in several states. Milwaukee postponed to Sept. 13 after prior postponements, some rural Iowa districts advised to delay, a few Oklahoma schools planned late openings, and eight states show fewer polio cases than last year as 19,591 cases were reported nationwide by Aug. 27 compared with 11,409 in 1948.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Iowa
Oklahoma
Plane crashes into teacher's home injuring pilot in San Jose
Ernest Galindo a 23 year old student pilot soloing over San Jose lost power and attempted an emergency landing in Roosevelt junior high school yard. He overshot the yard crashed through the front door of Miss Ethel Boyd's home injuring himself while the teacher escaped unharmed.
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Ernest Galindo
Galindo
San Jose
Roosevelt Junior High School
Ethel Boyd
Steel Report Due Sept 10 in Industry Dispute
New York August 20 AP the fact finding board in the steel industry dispute extended the submission deadline to September 10 from the original tomorrow. The 60-day truce deadline remains September 14. union seeks a 30 cent wage increase and 12 1/2 cent raise plus pension and insurance benefits.
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Ent Truman
Carroll R. Daugherty
Yugoslavia Remains Calm Amid War Talk and Rumors
Belgrade officials dismissed rumors of sabotage and troop moves as unfounded while Yugoslavia remains on alert near Istria. Government spokesmen denied reports of forces entering pre war Italian territory and urged restraint despite international jitters.
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Soviet
Russia
Yugoslavia
Maral Tito
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Tito
Istrian
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