18 Dec 1957
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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1957
Page
1
The Agriculture Department reports 1957 Illinois corn at 529.664 million bushels and winter wheat at 37.149 million, both below 1956. Soybeans cover 4.974 million acres yielding 25.5 bushels. total harvest 126.837 million bushels, apples 2.5 million, with 8.276 million acres of corn and 1.769 million acres of wheat.
Disabled American Veterans Murphysboro Chapter No. 69 received a national congratulatory message for surpassing last year’s membership. As of Dec 1 the chapter had 34 members and local officers were commended by Paul E. Frederick Jr. of Cincinnati for their efforts. Membership open to veterans injured or disabled in World War I or from Dec 7 1941 through Korea’s end.
William H. Price, 61, mine superintendent who built the Delta strip mine near Marion, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. He led Pea Coal Co River King Mine project expected to become a world leading operation. He leaves a wife Evelyn and daughter Shirley with several siblings. Services set for Friday at Union Methodist Church Belleville. Burial in Valhalla cemetery.
The State Department canceled passports of 24 Americans remaining abroad after visiting Red China in defiance of the U S travel ban. The announcement said these passports are valid only for direct and immediate return to the United States.
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson calls Americans to work day and night to outpace Russia in missiles and space science. He cites a Pearl Harbor like warning while Senate hearings into the space weapons program resume after a delay. Maj. Gen. Schr iever argues ballistic missiles could reach the moon by 1959, and Gen. LeMay cautions against overreliance on missiles at the expense of manned bombers.
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev warned in the New Statesman that a cold war arms race could trigger a bloody war if U S bases in Britain were wrongly ordered to retaliate. He said a sudden atomic war could threaten the British people, while urging coexistence with the West.
Paris dispatch reports White House adviser James Hagerty saying Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles may issue a joint NATO conference television radio report after returning to Washington. The plan, if adopted, would come early next week as Eisenhower plans to fly home via Keflavik Iceland. The article also notes Cyprus Greek Turkish tensions and public attention on the President’s health during the NATO summit.
NATO ministers unanimously approve in principle the U S plan to base nuclear missiles in Western Europe to counter the Soviet threat. Leaders including Eisenhower and Dulles pace the talks toward ratification with possible East West disarmament moves and a future high level conference. Britain to receive missiles by year end with continental Europe getting first supplies within six months.
An overview of facsimile mail promising rapid delivery within five minutes. Describes the drum scanning process, electrical impulses, and sending receiving machines plus a 3000 cycle circuit. Notes government study under Eisenhower and current exploratory status, with real uses in Weather Bureau, armed forces, industry, and banking.
President Eisenhower, greeting in Paris, peeled off his overcoat despite Coty’s plea. The cold hallway and nearby ambulance underscored the formal lunch scene. After the luncheon Coty said relations with the United States were progressing well.
Leonard J. Snyder 16 of De Soto and Curtis M. Ellston 48 of Carbondale drove vehicles in a collision at 10 pm Tuesday at the Illinois avenue and Main street intersection in Carbondale. No injuries were reported.
Atlas missile flew over 600 miles out over the Atlantic on its first long distance test, reaching an altitude around 80 miles. The craft was not recovered and no recovery attempt will be made. Earlier tests ended with explosions after takeoff.
Special Judge Anderson Moss dismissed the hunting violation case against Gov A B Chandler wildlife commissioner and two refuge workers in Wickliffe Kentucky. The judge ruled no actual violation occurred and opened a private hearing on charges against Commissioner Earl Wallace and refuge staff Otis T Thorgmorton and John McClintock.
A ninth Black student at Little Rock Central High School, Minnie Jean Brown, was suspended indefinitely after dumping her food on two white boys in the cafeteria. Superintendent Virgil T. Blosson noted suspensions start at three days, with length to be decided after a full investigation as Christmas holidays begin Thursday.
Weather bulletin notes rain ending tonight with a drop in temperatures. Thursday brings partly sunny skies and mid 50s, with low 40s at night. Yesterday high 58, noon today 61, precipitation 0.30 inches since yesterday. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake levels rise above spillways by 2 and 4 inches respectively.
AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said hydrogen bomb fusion power remains distant and refuted British press claims of a near breakthrough. He warned that fusion energy development will not affect the push for fission reactor electricity and noted ongoing US British information sharing since 1956.
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