Fred Smith of Herrin Seen as Promising Science Talent
A Herrin High School graduate named Fred Smith, aged 20, shows unusual talent in science and rocketry. Despite potential, he failed to qualify for college scholarships due to non scientific grades, prompting calls that an agency or Southern Illinois University should assess his abilities and seek a college path.
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Herrin High School
Army
Pvt
Ernest Shult
Smith
Herrin Township
United States
Department of Southern Illinois University
Southern
Illinois Historian Selections and Christmas Musings
Columnist reflects on family ties to U S Air Force leadership and Chicago Old Town artists. Notes Casanova memoir condensation, wood fire nostalgia, and Illinois history through Cairo and Civil War ties. Critiques U S science lag and Sputnik era stakes while musing on books and Christmas season.
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Additin
William Jennings Bryan
Mary Elizabeth Baird
Illinois State Historical Society
Rendelman
Cairo
Illinois
Rendleman
Capt
Halliday
Mississippi
Ohio
Gen. Grant
Ilinois
Cahokia
Kaskaskia
Shawneetown
Vincennes
William J. Bryan
Salem, Ill
Platte
Frank Emphasis On Football
An editorial discusses Texas A M football coach resigning for Alabama and forming a skeleton recruitment crew. It argues college leaders must consider football ethics and the players education, noting coaches recruit before terms begin and proceed openly within rules. The piece questions pay for players if football drives character.
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Texas A&m
University of Alabama
News Dispatch
Alabama
New Pentagon Policy Shifts Under McElroy Yet Dog Classifications Stand
Defense-Secretary McElroy revises policy at the Pentagon but keeps current status of bird dogs and kennel dogs unchanged. No change in their relative roles or classifications is reported in available text.
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Defense
McElroy
Pentagon
Toy Sputniks For Christmas Hope
A fragment suggests children may receive toy Sputniks for Christmas made from soft rubber. The note hints at a playful holiday gift idea with safety in mind.
Scouts Booed Speaker Urging More Work in Cold War Era
In San Francisco a Boy Scouts gathering jeered a speaker who urged the group to take on more work to keep pace with Russia. The remark sparked laughter and a tense moment at the event.
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San Francisco
Russia
End of fee system for magistrates in Kentucky
The Court of Appeals struck down magistrates courts earning from fines and forfeitures, ruling a judge cannot be paid only upon conviction. Counties relying on magistrate judges for added income face overloaded dockets until the Legislature acts. The decision urges reforms to reduce delays and ensure fair justice.
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Lousville Courier-Journal
Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Morris To Read Christmas Story at SIU Assembly
Morris to read the Christmas story at a Shryock Auditorium assembly at 10 a.m. The program includes the University choir Madrigal singers and University Orchestra under Hines Ficocelli and directed by Carmine Ficocelli. Social Senate sponsors the event before a two week vacation starting Dec 17.
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Southern Illinois University
Delvte W. Morris
Shryock
Robert S. Hines
Carmine Ficocelli
Social Senate
SIU
Former Carbondale resident helps track Sputnik I
Dave Chapman of Carbondale son of Mr and Mrs Edwin L Chapman works with Chicago amateur radio operators to monitor Sputnik I. A WGN engineer first tuned in Oct 6 and the team says the satellite carries coded pulse duration modulation data.
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Sputnik
Dave Chapman
Edwin L. Chapman
Pecan St
Carbondale
Chicago
Chapman
WGN
U. S
Community High School
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois
NATO Scholarships Plan to Develop Brainpower in NATO
Senator Jackson promotes a NATO program to increase high school and college graduates in critical fields. The plan envisions 500 new PhDs annually, 5 000 $300 prizes, 100 grand prizes of $1,000, plus graduate scholarships and summer institutes to boost scientific manpower across 15 nations.
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Sen. Jackson
Soviet Union
Free World
NATO
Greece
Paris
NATO Council
Faces Strains AFL CIO Under Fire
The AFL C IO faces internal strife as corruption probes and anti labor sentiment press Congress and states to pass new laws. A split executive council debates expulsion versus reform while considering an internal labor court to discipline tainted unions.
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Antiunion
Congress
New York
Afl-Cio
Atlantic City
Slicer finds fortune in four leaf clover joke
A bakery worker increases earnings by using longer blades to slice more loaves at once. He upgrades from a knife to a sword to cut three, then a huge butcher’s cleaver for four loaves. He boasts of a four leaf clover moment as he walks away gleefully.
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United States
Soviet Union
Soviet Russia
Congress
Eisenhower
Oread
Jerome Beatty Jr
Recital to Feature Piano and French Horn at SIU
Donald Peel and Marsha Blair, both SIU undergraduates, present a joint recital in Shryock Auditorium at 8 15 p m. Peel of Alton will perform solo pieces by Read and Mozart with accompanist Marie Holifield of Brookport. Blair of Pinckneyville will play Bartok Debussy and Toch with the Beethoven Sonata for Horn and Piano, Opus 17.
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Donald Peel
Marsha Blair
Southern Illinois University
Shryock
SIU
Peel
Alton
Read
Mozart
Marie Holifield
Brookport
Miss Blair
Pinckneyville
Bartok
Debussy
Toch
Beethoven
Proposed AFL CIO amendment targets wrongdoers
A proposed amendment to the AFL CIO constitution would allow expelling wrongdoers from the United Labor movement while avoiding harm to entire unions.
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Aflcio
United Labor Movement
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