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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1961
Page
15
William Meyerbecks of Huntington New York presents a portable child’s playhouse design cut from 44 inch plywood. It fits 6 by 4 by 6 feet and folds into six parts in minutes with machine screws. Includes window boxes shelves and simple door and shutter plan.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman urged continued support for a liberal international trade program and asked European Common Market nations not to raise barriers on American agricultural exports. He spoke at the Cotton Producers Association, urging Kennedy to seek broader tariff cut powers and noting the U S exports about 5 billion annually, with 3.6 billion in cash sales. He added that liberal trade requires give and take and warned against protectionist moves by Europe.
Washingtonia Paul Willis, president of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, is named director of President Kennedy's Food for Peace Citizens Council. The appointment follows the resignation of previous co chairmen author James A. Michener and Mrs. Raymond Clapper, widow of a Washington columnist.
Shooting begins Monday on the first Chinese opera to be filmed in Formosa. The color project is titled Liang Hung-Yu and centers on a Sung Dynasty heroine.
Plastering on the upper floor of the g unit motel is complete. The motel will be electrically heated and each room air conditioned. The opening is planned by Hind man and his wife in January, following completion of upper deck work.
An official report from the University of California anthropologist states there is no evidence that Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan landed or died in Saipan. CBS News footage quoted Rep. John Shelley, who suggested the remains could be Earhart’s. The search persisted amid conflicting claims.
The Carbondale Optimist Club will meet at 6 30 p m Thursday at Colletti's restaurant The November winner of the new Courtesy Award of the Month will be named at the event.
The F W Woolworth store at Mardale Shopping Center Carbon dale won the nationwide October sales achievement award in St Louis district competition against 221 stores Ed Harlan the store manager said the award a television set for the employes lounge was earned by top October sales D K Downs district manager said October sales ranked high in the store history The Mardale store opened in 1960 and employs 18 persons.
A pediatrics seminar for area physicians will be held Thursday at Southern Illinois University University Center at 10 50 am. Sponsored by the Carbondale Clinic, the session offers five hours of American Academy of General Practice credit with leaders Dr. Joseph Boggs of Northwestern University and Dr. M Remsen Behrer of Washington University St Louis. This marks the Carbondale Clinic’s second seminar this year.
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