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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1957
Page
4
Editorial argues for advance planning and a county wide road district to coordinate school bus routes and road maintenance. It cites maps of routes, joint township and county cooperation, and criticizes small township units as wasteful in the car era.
The Paris NATO meeting seeks to restore unity and urgency among 15 allied governments amid Soviet challenges. It aims for a bold Western cooperation plan, shared defense burdens, and intensified research, with President Eisenhower's presence pivotal to future NATO success.
The Labor and Commerce departments say November joblessness at 4.7 percent, 3,188,000 out of 68,061,000, is not alarming in context. They note November is typically weak due to weather and seasonal hiring, while warning that sustained unemployment above five percent would trigger concern and a reassessment of the economy.
Private Girard is expected to arrive from Japan in time to appear on a Sunday night television variety show. The plan hinges on his travel schedule and network booking, with producers hopeful for his inclusion on the program.
One of the surviving Di Onne quintuplets says her childhood was not happy and asks whether she had as much fun as an ordinary child. She implies life was constrained by intense attention and limited freedoms.
Ishbel Ross and Harriett Kane illuminate notable women of the Civil War era with profiles of influential figures. The column highlights So Fall the Angels, Proud Kate, Rebel Rose, and Mary Lincoln as definitive or strong biographies, noting Ruth Painter Randall’s collaboration with James G. Randall on Mrs. Lincoln.
The note suggests identifying Mrs Smith as Margaret Chase Smith the Maine senator rather than a generic figure, aligning a common name with a specific public figure and place Wiesbaden for clarity.
Letter from Helen E. Jones of the Humane Society urges Mr. Ben Gelman and readers to support humane slaughter of meat animals. She notes Congress interest, references a "Facts About Your Meat" folder, and invites readers to contact Congress with pleas for passage of the humane slaughter bill.
Ben H. Schull, director of the state Department of Mines and Minerals, reports no fatalities in Illinois coal mines for November, the third deathless month this year after February and July. Total mine heads for January through November reach 21, with 66 non fatal injuries in November and 751 injuries year to date.
Gramercy Park stands as the city’s sole private park with access limited to residents. Tenants from surrounding houses hold keys for personal use, limiting public entry to the historic green space.
Joseph Alsop argues the Kremlin backs the Arab cause to weaken the West and Israel, warning that Soviet intervention could trigger a broader US Soviet war. He calls for bold American leadership and mobilization to deter escalation and restore Western strength.
French official Paul Reynaud urges the United States to transform its political concepts and education to match the Sputnik challenge. He warns that reliance on business leaders in government limits long term policy and calls for a move toward deeper parliamentary practice and broader public debate. He notes Werner von Braun's warning that America is five years behind and stresses the need for reforms in education science morale and governance.
Ben Gelman rebuts Joseph Alsop’s doom laden column from Beirut. He argues Alsop exaggerates crises and warns Americans to keep humor and optimism amid satellite setbacks. He cites Aesop fables to urge temperate, measured protest rather than alarmist cries of wolf.
Franklin County Farm Bureau will sponsor a feed lot tour for county livestock producers starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday from the Farm Bureau office in Benton. The group will inspect steers ready for market bunker type shoes cows and calves on winter pasture Dixon Springs steers on feed and a silo unloader and mechanical feeder. Dick Carlisle of the University of Illinois will accompany the group.
A Carbondale resident replies to a Southern Illinoisan editorial arguing against Bishop for Illinois Division of Industrial Planning and Development superintendent. The writer urges the paper to provide concrete evidence, cites politics, and compares candidates and qualifications.
Gene Biggs of Carbondale a McKendree College student sang with the college choir during a presentation of the Messiah.
Photo caption notes a near collision at the Cambria Road and Rt. 13 junction at Crab Orchard Lake. The article laments south bound drivers misjudging a dead end and crossing Rt. 13, warns of potential tragedy if two streams meet, and calls for a blinking light installation.
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