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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1956
Page
1
Southern Illinois outlines 1957 highway program totaling 22.5 million dollars. Major interstate work includes Marion to Williamson line four lane pavements and 45 grade separations. Non interstate projects cover resurfacing widening and new pavement on routes 13 34 51 148 155 and 182 plus right of way purchases and bridge work across several counties.
The administration weighs a dual approach of military pressure and large aid to the Middle East. Dulles and Eisenhower prepare to brief Congress on a possible standby authority to deploy troops if needed and a broad aid program up to 500 million dollars for Israel and Arab states to curb Soviet influence as Britain and France wane. Initial congressional reaction appeared cool.
A United Nations salvage team began clearing the southern entrance of the blocked Suez Canal in Suez Egypt. Sunken ships and debris from the six day fighting litter the channel, with restoration expected to be lengthy and complex. Limited prior work by British and French vessels has removed some mines near Port Said.
The Sunday Southern Trindsan lists sections across pages with civic progress reviews on page 2 and editorials on page 4. It notes features titled Years news in pictures on page 8 and Highway test read in pictures on page 16, plus Menarrd Bison fire wrap up on page 3.
Springfield December 29 Gov William G Stratton announced Illinois 1957 highway plan totaling 220 million with 143 million for Interstates and 77 million for other primary routes The program includes cushions for delays in right of way materials and steel shortages and uses a 13 year construction window with 90 percent federal funding for Interstates
Police wrestle with 36 bomb scares in 24 hours as Chief Leggett narrows the bomb squad to genuine threats. A 12 inch pipe device found at Times Square Theater proved harmless, with 350 people inside. Other fakes appeared at Macy's, Grand Central, and Madison Square Garden.
In California amid three major brush fires along the Santa Monica Mountains, Palos Verdes Estates fire burned about 200 acres but was controlled within hours. A total of 65 homes destroyed and 27 000 acres burned across Los Angeles and Ventura counties as winds eased and a moist sea breeze arrived. Dorothy Kirsten and violinist Joseph Szigeti lived nearby as fires raged near Zuma Beach and Malibu.
The Southern Illinois newspaper previews Don Whitehead's The FBI Story starting January 7, examining Dillinger cases the Lady in Red and early espionage rings, and the FBI's history.
The State Department revoked the passports of three American newsmen for entering Communist China. William D. Worthy, Edmund Stevens, and Phillip Harrington reportedly traveled to Hong Kong and Peiping in violation of travel bans. They face potential government action while other nations’ reporters face no similar restrictions.
Cloudy and cold conditions dominate Southern Illinois this afternoon and tonight with a high around the low 30s and a low near 20. Sunday stays partly cloudy and chilly with a high in the low 30s and a Sunday night low in the mid 20s. Crib Orchard Lake is 4 inches below spillway today.
The New Year period saw 37 traffic deaths and 3 fire deaths by 10 a.m. EST, totaling 43, as police chase a safer weekend after a prior record toll. In Baldwin Borough near Pittsburgh five people died in a snowbound collision, as snow and rain affected the northeast while others faced dry weather.
Five boys will throw snowballs across the Fox River for three hours today and tomorrow. The judge also ordered them to seal a truck windshield with a snowball, write the Ten Commandments 20 times daily for five days, and observe a 7 p.m. curfew until further notice.
The 1957 Illinois road program shows nine projects. Major items include a four lane divided highway from Marion to the Williamson Johnson county line and another from Union County to Union Pulaski line totaling 17.1 miles at 5.6 million dollars. Other works cover new pavement from Carterville crossroads to Route 148, resurfacing and widening on Route 148 and Route 3, a new bridge on Route 3 north of Gorham, widening on Route 45, and Murdale Airport Road improvements with a luminous surface from west of Carbondale to the port.
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