Editorial on supporting the Egyptian Association for Mentally Retarded Children
An editorial urges support for the Egyptian Association for Mentally Retarded Children as it nears the end of its fund drive. It outlines nationwide and Southern Illinois needs, highlights programs like day camps, a $500 SIU scholarship, vocational training, and advocacy for better facilities, and asks readers to contribute to help families and foster near normal lives for children with mental retardation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Egyptian Assn
Southern Illinois University
Sinai
Promised Land
I Took Their Word For It A James Gillmore Statement
James Gillmore, Jackson County supervisor, defends voting for Carl Worthen’s nomination as superintendent. He cites a qualified committee and board policy, while criticizing the road and bridge committee for acting with limited notice and no mass input. He argues small committees wield excess authority in the supervisor system.
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James Gillmore
Jackson County
Board of Supervisors
Gillmore
Carl Worthen
Worthen
Grand Tower dispute settles unions share crane work
Long running fights at Grand Tower over who loads a stiff leg crane halted work for two weeks and cost Southern Illinois workers pay. The dispute involved boilermakers and ironworkers. Settlement came with help from the Southern Illinois Business Agents Conference, seen as aiding the region’s economic comeback.
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Grand Tower
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Business Agents Conference
Stevenson Invited to NATO Conference in Casual Style
An informal invitation to Adlai Stevenson to attend the NATO conference notes he could wear any suit. A United Nations grant of 37.50 to a Korean villa funded a project that appears to boost rice output by 28,125, a UN inspired job.
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Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
Open Mind On Education Shows Freer Classroom Debate
American educators at the National Council for the Social Studies in Pittsburgh report a trend toward freer discussion of controversial topics in schools. Topics like the United Nations, communism, and race relations are increasingly debated, with gradual change noted in the South and in colleges.
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National Council For the Social Studies
Pittsburgh
United Nations
South
Florida
Pittswith
Christmas crowds mirror football season in busy shopping
In a wrap up of the year, shoppers clash with crowds and jammed aisles echo the season’s hard hits and tough plays as holiday commerce follows the same grind as football.
Sloppy attire rhymes with style in an awkward fashion
A casual fashion quip notes that even poorly fitted clothes can appear stylish to those who embrace bold, imperfect outfits. The observation playfully contrasts fit with flair in everyday dressing.
Socialist U S Capitalist Soviet Contrast in Professors Pay
The McGraw Hill magazines compare university salaries in America and Russia noting American full professors earned about 7 100 in 1956 while Russian professors earned roughly 7 200. the piece argues Soviet use of capitalist incentives contrasts with American highly socialized pay and calls for reform to attract qualified teachers.
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Chicago Sun Times
Russia
America
McGraw-Hill
Abolition of KP Duty Sparks Veteran Memoir Fears
A fragment discusses NATO initials and a foreseen impact of ending KP duty in the Army on veterans reunions. It warns against a Sputnik incident and mentions Sullivan’s TV as a possible platform, while alluding to continuing U S aid and Middle East affairs in a fragmented political tone.
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Sullivan’s
Holiday season business and display trends noted
The article notes marriages may rise in coming weeks due to holiday season. Store displays increasingly feature electric can openers. Swimming pool construction is expected to soar in 1958. If trade remains steady, many people will benefit.
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Britain
United States
Asia
Washington
Peking
Dr. Hatta
Indonesia
Erroll
British Board of Trade
Moluccas
Alexandria University
Italy
Ceylon
China
United Nations
London
Se.a.t.o
Open Door selections from Helen Keller writings
A review of The Open Door, a Doubleday volume collecting Keller writings with a foreword by Katherine Cornell. The author reflects Keller’s longing for motherhood and conveys Keller’s view of resilience, service, friendship, humor, and spiritual strength.
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Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Katharine Cornell
Doubleday
Faith in friends guides perception and inner music
The narrator trusts friends' eyes and ears though they admit fooling themselves often. From their evidence, they craft truths that let them see beauty and hear birds, while darkness surrounds externally. The second excerpt urges facing deficiencies, letting education and effort yield patience, insight, and miracles.
Nigerian winner Addie Aderonmu to remarry estranged wife
Theophilus Adepouju Aderonmu, the $64,000 Question contestant, reportedly plans to remarry his Louisville area ex wife after their 1956 divorce amid new charges. The case follows his $80,000 prize and questions about how much of his private life will be aired on TV.
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Theophilus Adepouju Aderonmu
Louisville Courier-Journal
Addie
Hal March
Louisville
Syria and Soviet Ties Deepen Amid Mutual Use
Joseph Alsop argues Syria and the Soviet Union pursue a joint yet conflicting agenda. Syrian leaders Salah Bitar and Afif Al Bizri dispute heavy Soviet deliveries while Gen. Bizri brushes off accusations of communism as he fights imperialism, shaping Syria’s leftward tilt.
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Turkey
Ankara
Syria
Salah Bitar
Afif al Bizri
Akram Hourani
Abdelhamid Serraj
Bizri
Communist Party
Iraq
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Mr. Dulles
Too Much Emphasis On Military Pacts In Asia
Vernon Bartlett argues that Western leaders overemphasize military alliances like S E A T O and the Baghdad Pact and neglect Asian neutralism and civilian leadership. He warns that pushing Asia toward communism risks failures in Nehru’s India and urges Asian-led solutions to avoid Moscow and Beijing influence.
Bordering Southeast Asian States Involving Burma Indochina Malaya
Southeast Asia borders Burma Indochina Malaya and Thailand form a regional map excerpt.
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Burma
Indochina
Malaya
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Japan Soviet trade pact to triple two way commerce
Japan and the Soviet Union signed a commerce treaty aimed at more than quadrupling trade to about 28 million dollars a year in each direction. Ratification by Japan and the Soviet government is required, with Diet expected to meet later this month. Through nine months, Japan exported 4.17 million to Russia and the Soviets 8.19 million to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Soviet Union
Diet
Russia
Sparta Board Approves School Dancing Lessons
Sparta Township High School students will take supervised dancing classes approved by the Sparta School Board. First sessions start Monday night from 7 to 9 in the girls gym, with the student council organizing and Miss Pat Bahn supervising alongside faculty. Parents may volunteer as chaperones.
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Sparta Board
Sparta Township High School
Sparta School Board
Sonny Jones
Pat Bahn
Fishing trip ends in mislaid tackle shock
In Altus Oklahoma Ralph Fails and Gordon String rented a boat at Lagert Lake and cruised four miles to their favored fishing spot. They stopped the boat and discovered Fails had left his fishing tackle at home, a disappointing oversight during the trip.
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Altus
Okla
Ralph Fails
Gordon String
Lagert Lake
Teir
Fails
Oppenheimer Case Raises Questions of Loyalty and Policy
The article reviews the 1954 AEC decision denying Oppenheimer security clearance after a 1947 unanimous clearance, and discusses paradoxes in his loyalty. It notes Gray Morgan opposition, Murray’s pro clearance stance, and the Chevalier incident, highlighting tension between moral stance and security judgments.
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Bertram Benedict
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Oppenheimer
United States
Gray
Morgan
Communist Party
Los Alamos
Haakon Chevalier
Russia
Chevalier
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