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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1968

Page

8

Murrah Planthold Rites Held in Herrin

The Rev William Longust officiated at the Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church wedding of Charlene Murrah of Herrin and Ralph F Planthold of St Louis Mo. The couple now reside in Mobile Alabama. Charlene Murrah a Herrin High School graduate and Planthold a Spring Hill College senior were attended by relatives and friends in a festive post Christmas ceremony.

William Longust Charlene Murrah Herrin Ralph F. Planthold St. Louis Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church Miss Murrah Charles J. Murrah Orchard Drive Pamela Arnold Carbondale Bernadette DeClue Florissant Robert Planthold Larry Murrah Fort Lauderdale Fla Daniel DeClue Gregg Arnold St. Mary’s Gymnasium Mobile Ala Planthold Spring Hill College

Come As You Are party judged most original by sorority group

At the Gamma Lambda chapter Marion Delta Theta Tau event on January 18 at Mrs. Ray Hancock’s home Vera Cornell of Merle Norman Cosmetics Studio led a cosmetic demonstration. Mrs. Bob Coonce won “most original” for her outfit and co hosts included Mrs. John Mitchell and Mrs. Wesley Deaton.

Bob Coonce Gamma Lambda Marion Delta Theta Tau Sorority Vera Cornell Merle Norman Cosmetics Studio Ray Hancock John Mitchell Wesley Deaton John Hendricks

Ex-teacher founds career as RCA computer expert

Mary Nagle of Huntington Valley PA left teaching after a Europe trip in 1956 to enter electronic data processing. Starting at IBM, moving to RCA in 1959, she trains executives and assists on management formation systems while helping expand women in the field. She notes RCA now employs over 40 women computer systems experts and urges cleanliness for presenting oneself.

Newspaper Enterprise Assn New York Europe Mary Nagle Huntington Valley Philadelphia IBM Nagle RCA Miss Nagle RCA Electronic Data Processing

Bake auction and club meetings set in Herrin and Marion

Wednesday schedules in Herrin list a bake auction fund raising project at Mrs Clarence Finke home with Mrs Frank Marlow as hostess. In Marion a K N Club meeting at 2 p.m. features hostesses Mrs J T Anderson and Mrs Lee Jaeger and program by Mrs Leonard Rodd.

Herrin Herrin Woman’s Club American Home Department Clarence Finke Frank Marlow J. T. Anderson Lee Jaeger Leonard Rodd

Women push for equal employment rights gains in 1967

The article notes a White House amendment adding sex to the equal employment policy affecting government and contractor work. It cites women’s progress in business, with leaders like Gertrude Michelson of Macy’s and Nora Beattie of New York Life honored. It also reports rising unemployment among adult women in October 1967, signaling economic concern amid progress.

New York Times News Service White House Johnson Civil Service Commission Women’s Clubs, Inc Gertrude G. Michelson Macy’s New York Business and Professional Women New York City Nora Beattie New York Life Insurance Miss Beattie Betty Royan American Council of Railroad Women Great Northern Railway New York Central Cyrus Bureau of Labor Statistics

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