SIU Names First Women Air Force Officer Cadet
Miss Carol Cockrum the first women officer trainee at Southern Illinois University drills with 1500 AFROTC cadets as SIU joins 10 schools nationwide to inaugurate the WAF officer training program She is daughter of Lt Col Emmett Cockrum assistant professor of air science and will be commissioned on graduation in 1958.
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Carol Cockrum
Air Force
Southern Illinois University
Southern
WAF
Cockrum
Emmett Cockrum
SIU
Former Resident Leads Government Industrial Alcohol Group
Reid T. Milner of Carbondale and head of the University of Illinois food technology department has been named chairman of the Task Group on Industrial Alcohol by a presidential committee. The group meets in Washington this week to push greater use of agricultural products. Milner helped develop chemical methods for farm products and contributed to penicillin production at Peoria during World War II, earning the Lasker award and a USDA honor.
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Reid T. Milner
Carbondale
Agmed
Milner
University of Illinois Department of Food Technology
Washington, D. C
U of I
University of California
Northern Regional Research Laboratory
Peoria
Lasker Award
American Public Health Association
U.S.D.A
Santa Claus to Visit Herrin Saturday
Santa Claus arrives in Herrin at 1 p m this Saturday landing at Williamson County Airport and visiting Jaycees Santa Land on South Park Ave. He will host treats for all children and meet handicapped children by arrangement through Ora Collard.
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Santa
Herrin
Santa Calus
North Pole
Williamson County
Jaycee
Santa Land
South Park Ave
Ora Collard
Blind Center Opens Public Open House in Carbondale
The Southern Illinois Association of the Blind hosts an open house at the new Blind Center on West Elm Street in Carbondale from 2 to 5 p m on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Visitors see members operating braille writers making rubber mats broom reed work slippers and other crafts for sale. Recreation gear includes a table radio and a phonograph with a special fourth speed for Blind records. A tape recorder donated by the Carbondale Junior Chamber of Commerce records lessons lectures and entertainment features.
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Southern Illinois Assn. of the Blind
New Blind Center
West Elm Street
Carbondale
Carbondale Junior Women’s Chamber of Commerce
The
Carbondale Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fireman Apprentice John Dardeen Reports to Bremerton Cruise
John F. Dardeen, fireman apprentice in the US Navy and son of Mr and Mrs Marshall F Dardeen of Eldorado, serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Bremerton in the 7th Fleet. The Bremerton left Long Beach California November 6 for a six month Far East cruise.
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John F. Dardeen
USN
Marshall F. Dardeen
Eldorado
Bremerton
7Th Fleet
Long Beach
Calif
Far East
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Red Top Liquor Store
Peck” Mann, Mgr
Old Thompson
Prager Beer
BOND
Wes
GE Portable
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
Violet Fenzel
C.I. P.S
L., Inc
U. S., Inc
Eaton & Brown Appliances
East Main
General Electric
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