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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1952
Page
2
Oldsmobile unveils the all-new triple-jet Rocket for its 1953 line with a higher powered high voltage Rocket engine, updated styling, new car cooling system, braking, and other advances. Dealers report the Rockets are en route to showrooms and will be displayed soon.
The 1953 Pontiac is showcased at Hunter-Owens Motor Co. in Carbondale and Mero Pontiac Co. in Herrin. It features an extended wheelbase and a roomier interior with substantial restyling inside and out, and prices are a notch higher than the current year.
Sarah Peck a 38 year old Macy Indiana waitress claimed she stole a car to be arrested so her nine children could be cared for. She and four children were under Red Cross care at the American Hotel Carmi after the car stalled on U S 460 north of Carmi. She said she took the car Saturday night to ensure police involvement. Her husband is said to be at a penal farm for beating a child. The children’s custody is split among relatives and friends in New York and Navy service.
Five area Southern Illinois University graduates have accepted teaching positions through the SIU placement service. Mrs. Orville Dickhaut will teach mathematics in Goode-Barren township high school Lesser. Kenneth B. Schablowsky becomes sixth grade teacher at Ava. Ida Mae Bremer will teach second and third grade in Joppa. Robert F. Osowski named district 88 grade school principal and teacher in Johnston City. Herman Graves, Marion, graduates in government now teaching at Marion Junior High.
Charles Gidcomb, formerly of Marion, is named chief pharmacist at Anna State Hospital. He comes from Marion West Side Drug Store and succeeds E. F. Knauer at the hospital.
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