Blind Illinois veteran to receive permanent VA officer post
Bill Hasse 36, a University of Illinois law graduate and blinded by a 1944 booby trap, earns a permanent VA records officer role starting Christmas Day. He used a braille filing system and memorized texts to handle paperwork with aid from his wife who read and later served as his secretary.
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Milwaukee
University of Illinois Law School
Veterans Administration
Bill Hasse
Hasse
Eisenhower to Light 67 Foot National Christmas Tree
President Eisenhower will press a button at nightfall to light a 67 foot national tree signaling the Yule observance. He will speak briefly at 4 15 p m CST via CBS and ABC radio and TV. Mrs Eisenhower will join the ceremony near the White House. The couple will spend Christmas Day at the White House.
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Washington
Eisenhower
CBS Radio
ABC Radio and Television
White House
Group Already Planning For Christmas '57
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce decorations committee meets at 7 p m on December 27 to finalize the 1956 Christmas decorations plan and prepare for the 1957 committee. The group has begun a five year plan and has completed about three to four years. They will also decide on removal and storage of new decorations for use in future Christmas seasons.
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Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Phil Stiles
Illinois Delegation Seeks Midwest Alcatraz Site
An Illinois delegation met with Federal Bureau of Prisons officials to discuss locating a proposed Midwest Alcatraz at a tract west of Litchfield Illinois along U S Highway 66. The group named 50 miles northeast of St Louis and 40 miles south of Springfield as a potential site and plans to present to a special committee evaluating about 10 sites.
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Illinois
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Midwest
Alcatraz
theitchfield-Beard-Gillespie Area
Litchfield
U.S. Highway 66
Illinois Group
St. Louis
Springfield
Ill
James Bennett
Prison Bureau
Mytt Alexander
Bureau of Prisons
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Herrin Gets Oldsmobile Franchise Transfer
Carl Parsons, a Herrin used car dealer, has been awarded the Oldsmobile franchise for Herrin replacing Kirkpatrick Motors, whose head C. H. Kirkpatrick died last summer. Parsons will run both the used car lot at Park Avenue and Harrison Street and the Oldsmobile garage at 313 N Park Ave, with full service facilities.
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Carl Parsons
Herrin
Kirkpatrick Motors
C. H. Kirkpatrick
Parsons
Park Avenue
Harrison Street
Oldsmobile
Park Ave
First U S Passenger Ships Keel Laid in Pascagoula
The first passenger ship construction in U S yards in four years began last October in Pascagoula Mississippi with keels laid on two 25 million dollar passenger liners. Ship building had been going to foreign operators due to lower costs.
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United States
Pascagoula
Miss
Origin of the Dollar Word Traced to Thal Bohemia
An etymology note explains the term dollar derives from thaler, a coin minted in Thal Bohemia. The town’s name and its coin origin shaped the word. The first documented use appears circa 1518.
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Thal
Bohemia
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Litchfield Chamber of Commerce
James F. Cannon
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Jack Wenzel
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Wenzel
Weller Plumbing & Heating Co
RCA Victor
Eres
Ardmore
Irwin Radio & Television
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Jim Scarlett
South Side TV
South Park Avenue
Carbondale
Sandy MacDonald
Saaetecel
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Worani
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Dan River
Gingham Plaid Sport
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Ilues
Wheel Toys
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