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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1955
Page
11
WSIL-TV 22 logs list Friday and Saturday programming including Family Playhouse Here’s Lucky Show Bar Ranch Matinee It s Fun to Draw Cactus Pete LeRoy Show Front Page News Film Juniper Junction Dollar a Second Sports By Line Wrestling Million Dollar Movie
Local listings outline daily programming from 6:30 PM to 1:00 AM including news weather and variety shows with titles such as The Honeymooners Gunsmoke Your Hit Parade and Christmas Eve Program, featuring segments like Watch the Birdie and This is the Life.
A fragmented daily radio and TV schedule lists weather forecasts at various times and a lineup of shows such as Truth or Consequences, Liberace, Patti Page, and Perry Como. It includes film slots, news, and children's programs, with multiple time blocks and channel references.
A dense list of program times and show titles from a vintage station lineup. Notable entries include The Lone Ranger Captain Midnight and The Honeymooners along with multiple movies cartoons and talk segments across the day and late night hours.
Charles E. Frank, 59, a retired farmer, was killed when his car collided with the Illinois Central City of Miami passenger train in downtown Rantoul. The southbound train, traveling about 75 mph, did not stop in Rantoul. Survived by his widow Flema and four daughters including Mrs. Benny Copeland.
A New York World editorial argues that United Nations cocktail parties worsen tensions and should be outlawed. Jose Maza of Chile criticizes the constant receptions as social battlefields, saying they drain energy and fail to relieve strain.
Funeral services for Ernest Penrod, 60, formerly of Ava, are set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Dutch Ridge Baptist Church Rt. 127 South of Murphysboro. Burial will be Alto Pass Cemetery. Ava Lodge 672 IOOF and Wilson Funeral Home Ava handling arrangements. Penrod died in East St. Louis.
East St. Louis Dec 23 AP Rudy L Wethmuller 58 president of Rudy George Inc tire firm and George Meyer 32 of Marissa were killed in a crash on state route 157 near the Jefferson Barracks Bridge. Passenger Guy Siebert 38 Marissa was injured. Mrs Mabel K Krump 43 East Alton died when she was thrown from a car in a separate collision north of Wood River.
Two Alorton police officers denied claims of beating rotorist and violating civil rights in a civil damage suit filed in the U. S. district clerk’s office. Plaintiff David R. Berg, 26, an automobile salesman, says he was arrested for speeding last July and struck across the face with a heavy stick while asking someone to sign his bond.
In Mungyong, 85 miles southeast of Seoul, construction begins on South Korea's largest cement plant. The eight million dollar project is funded by the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency.
Wednesday following an illness of two years. Born in Pomona in 1895, he lived in Ava area before moving to East St. Louis five years ago. Survived by wife Helen Rogers, a foster daughter Mrs Wayne Bower, three grandchildren, and sisters Mrs Fred Hunsaker and Mrs Earl Todd. Member of Dutch Ridge Baptist Church and Ava Lodge 672 IOOF.
The Internal Revenue Service seeks to withdraw six tax settlement agreements tied to Fred M. Saigh and related interests in the St. Louis Cardinals. An error allowed tentative agreements to be filed in tax court before proper approval, prompting motions to withdraw and a postponed hearing as Saigh responds to fraud allegations.
American missionary Dr. Homer V. Bradshaw and his wife, Pittsburgh residents, described five years of abominable treatment by Chinese Reds at a press conference from Clark Air Force Base. Bradshaw, 54, spoke in a wheelchair about torture, handcuffing, forced exercise, malnutrition, and a conviction as a counterrevolutionist on October 26. His wife remains hospitalized in uncertain condition.
Jerimoth Hill rises 812 feet above sea level, earning its status as Rhode Island’s highest land point. The summit’s elevation is a notable geographic landmark for the state and a reference for topographers and hikers alike.
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