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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1956
Page
13
A Gallup survey shows about half of U S households would host Hungarian refugees if space allowed. The study, based on 48.9 million households, finds 55 percent coastal regions ready to help, with 48 percent in the Midwest and 39 percent in the South saying yes.
William L. Arnold a Navy engineman third class son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Arnold of Pittsburg visited Wellington New Zealand aboard destroyer USS Ozbourn with Destroyer Division 112 during a four day visit. Division members were entertained during the stay.
December warmth prompts Southern Illinois University women students to wear shorts as they decorate shrubs for Christmas outside Woody Hall. Patricia Flory from Alton Charlotte McHenry of East St. Louis and Sheila Holt of Granite City participate in campus Yuletide decorating on one of the warmest December days in the university’s history.
The article notes the appointment of Robert O Hendrickson as the American ambassador to New Zealand. It outlines his senior diplomatic background and arrival expectations for the post.
The Internal Revenue Service released the 1956 Farmer's Tax Guide noting it is larger than the 1955 edition. Treasury officials said copies are available from IRS offices and county farm agents, with examples showing correct methods for preparing 1956 returns.
Kiwanis Club in Vienna heard J W King field representative for the Southern Illinois University Alumni Office speak at the Thursday meeting. King, a 1951 SIU grad, joined the Alumni Office staff in October 1955. the talk included detailed descriptions and a book with a checklist of farm income and expense items.
Elderly narrator recalls two years past when Sherertz and Peebles bought a local bulk plant and hosted a big barbecue. He praises the duo as civic-minded hosts drawing farmers, workers, doctors, lawyers, and students, and invites readers to visit, promising no advertising.
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