Carbondale City Council Urged to Act on Key Safety Fixes
A local debate centers on installing traffic signals at the three busiest Main Street intersections, removing angle parking on South Illinois Avenue between Main and Monroe, and improving street lighting. The council heard strong requests from a Chamber of Commerce delegation and the newspaper, with members offering favorable consideration but no action yet. The editorial argues discussion has ended and action is needed now.
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Carbondale
Chamber of Commerce
South Illinois Avenue
Main
Monroe
Annual Sessions Could Benefit State Legislature
Gov. Stratton opposes a special session and favors annual meetings to handle urgent money matters and routine state business. He notes special sessions cost money and are limited to subjects in the call, while annual sessions could address tax issues, education funding, and emergency appropriations more efficiently.
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Stratton
Springfield
Southern Illinois University
General Assembly
State Revenue Cent
Ilinois General Assembly
Zebra patterning myths debunked by National Geographic
The National Geographic Society clarifies that zebras are light colored with dark stripes, not the reverse. The piece mentions a chicken and egg question in a broader discussion of natural origins and evolutionary concepts.
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National Geographic Society
Role Of Navies In Atomic Age
Admiral Arleigh Burke testifies that U S Navy would prevail if challenged yet lose ships and time. He warns Soviet Union fields 500 submarines and builds 110 undersea craft yearly including one atom powered sub. Nuclear delivery now breaches oceans. naval power remains important but altered from great fleet era.
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United States
Arleigh Burke
U. S
Admiral Burke
Senate
U. S. Navy
Soviet Union
Trafalgar
Manila Bay
Jutland
Scapa Flow
Teddy Roosevelt
Ite
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pacific Ocean
Air Force shutter may close space office amid pentagon space crunch
Editorial notes the Air Force discontinues its space office possibly due to crowded Pentagon offices. It questions who else holds a license amid the debate and policy comments from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Air Force
Pentagon
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
NATO Paris talks push renewed East West diplomacy
The United States and NATO nations push for a common Western policy toward talks with Russia after renewed proposals from Bulganin and east west negotiations. The debate centers on续 Russia US and allied willingness to test Kremlin intentions through further dialogue amid Cold War tensions.
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Russia
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Macmillan
Adenauer
West Germany
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United States
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Alliance
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Bulganin
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France
India
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William J. Jorden
New York Times
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Kremlin
Marshal Bulganin
Berlin
Broadway's Best 1957 highlights top Broadway runs and critics
John Chapman lists the longest running shows and notable hits of the 1956 57 season. The roundup includes Life with Father Tobacco Road Oklahoma South Pacific Harvey and Arsenic and Old Lace. It notes My Fair Lady and Damn Yankee among current long runs and reflects on longevity versus quality.
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United States
Ie York
John Chapman
New York News
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Chapman
Murray Hill
Ari
South Pacific
Ann Frank
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Anne Frank
Afistan Area in Southwestern Asia Defined at 245000 Square Miles
A region in southwestern Asia covers about 245000 square miles, outlining an extensive area named Afistan. The measurement emphasizes the geographic scope of the territory in historical context.
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Afistan
Asia
Southern Illinoisans Split Over Being First Space Volunteer
Southern Illinoisans express skepticism about volunteering for the first ride in an earth satellite. Local residents like Rev. W. T. Janzow and Carl Birkholz weigh risk versus benefit while several others state they would not volunteer. National Gallup results show 5.1 million would volunteer and 96.4 million would refuse.
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Omer the Gore
Witik Desl
Decidlence
Air Force
Gallup
Herrin
Sputnik
Carl Birkholz
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Earth
Roy Crenshaw
Murphysboro
William Stewart
Gerry Huffman
Murphys
Princeton
N.J
U.S
Detroit
Mich
Jesus
Tennessee
Buck Rogers
Denver Bans Income Tax Vote Defeats City Tax Plan
In a special city election Denver residents rejected a proposed income tax by 57,775 to 46,114. If approved, the three year tax would have added a fifth tax level beyond property levies, affecting all earners in Denver and nearby suburbs. Mayor Will F. Nicholson supported the measure.
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Denver
U.S
Will F. Nicholson
Mouse spooks operators at Columbus switchboard
Columbus Ohio AP reports chaos as a mouse ran loose in the switchboard room of the headquarters causing disruption to emergency call handling by female operators trained for varied crises.
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Columbus, Ohio
State pay plan clarified by Personnel Chief
State Personnel Chief explains the salary plan adopted by the Department of Personnel and approved by Gov. Stratton. The plan allocates 17.5 million dollars for raises in the current biennium and aims to bring state workers to market rates by June 30, 1959. It notes increases began July 1 and Nov. 6 with further raises as funds allow. The plan, not the 70th General Assembly, governs salary policy and is designed to be fair and uniform by length of service and merit.
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69Th General Assembly
Department of Personnel
William G. Stratton
70Th General Assembly
Wiley seeks Wisconsin atom-smasher site
Senator Wiley says efforts will be made to win a proposed trillion-volt atom smasher for Wisconsin despite the Atomic Energy Commission favoring a Chicago area site at Argonne National Laboratory. He plans to press Sen Magnuson for support when AEC funds are debated next year for MURA designed reactor.
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Washington
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Atomic Energy Commission
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
Wiley
Sen
Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Appropriations
AEC
Congress
Middlewestern University Research Assny
MURA
University of Wisconsin
Big Ten
Midwest
Payday Egghead Gets Revenge in Modern America
Column argues the term egghead shifts from ridicule to respect as science and educated professionals gain status and payday advantage. Cites Adlai Stevenson and East Germany example and Bates College findings linking high grades to higher later salaries, concluding the egghead wins on payday.
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Adlai Stevenson
East Germany
Bates College
Charles Phillips
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