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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1955
Page
5
From Harrisburg and Carbondale to the Dairy Day parade on Saturday Sultana, a blue ribbon winner at three state fairs, will take part in the event. Southern Illinoisan Photo.
Chicago finance consultant Paul Speer testified at the final toll roads hearings that Illinois could save about 170 million dollars by using New York style financing. He said a 400 million bond issue might cost 2.5 percent interest if backed by full state credit, and that shorter term investment could cut interest. He cited New Jersey and Garden State Parkway examples and noted possible state referendums for sale. The hearing also covered a $548 thousand bank loan to Knoerle engineering for route surveys and a possible obligation to reimburse the treasury after bond sale.
Six area Northwestern graduates are among 2,584 to receive degrees at the 97th annual commencement. The exercises begin at 11 a.m. Monday, June 13, in MeeGaw Memorial Hall on the Evanston campus. Listed graduates include Michael L. Brown, Anna. Dan Allen Sullivan Jr., Cairo. William F. Wakeland, Carbon.
Obituary note of Rednour who died in Murphysboro after a long illness. Born in Percy in 1903, he lived in Willisville area for 25 years and is survived by his wife Jennie Duvardo and five brothers. Funeral Thursday in Percy with burial at IOOF Cemetery. Ancient Greeks called Sicily Trinacria.
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