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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1961
Page
5
Eugene Gilbert reports from Bridgeport, Connecticut on how costs and college entrance difficulties shape high schoolers plans. Most expect to attend college, yet affordability fears drop certainty from 99 to 83 percent.
J M Shea Jr of AmericanPetro, Inc told the Oklahoma Jobbers Association that colored air for tires is the only thing missing in advertising additive claims. He said industry ads mislead the buying public and make it hard on operators to meet perfection promises.
Murphys shore Township High School student Miss Beverly Bradley will represent the American Legion Auxiliary Paul Stout Post 127 at Tilini Girls State. She earns special honors for five high school semesters, is National Honor Society member, band participant and current band queen, debates team member, managing editor of the school newspaper, and next year editor of the yearbook. Jane Kupel named alternate delegate.
A total of 152 Harvin high school students have registered for summer classes at Herrin Township High School. Courses include world history with 70 pupils, American history 35, American government 25, and five training 22. History meets 7:40 to 11:30 a.m., other classes 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. daily.
New York AP reports novelist Mary O'Hare expands into theater serving as author composer and lyricist of Oh Wyoming a folk musical. After a trial run at Catholic University the show plays this summer in Cheyenne. O'Hare wrote My Friend Flicka Thunderhead and Green Grass of Wyoming.
Bradford Benziger a junior at University High School Carbon dale named student delegate to the third national Youth Conference on the Atom in Chicago next November He is sponsored by the Central Illinois Public Service Co Carol Dean Hampton science instructor at W School will accompany Benziger as a leader delegate Benziger National Honor Society member president of the Student Council has served as class officer and letters in football for two years He is a son of Mr and Mrs James G Benziper Hampton Carterville teaching at U School three years SIU graduate taught at the National Science Foundation institute for high school teachers at SI for two years The three CIPS sponsored delegates will be among more than sixty attending the meeting.
Area junior high and high school students in grades 7 to 10 may learn German free this summer. Southern Illinois University's foreign languages department will conduct a demonstration class June 27 to August 11, daily 10:10 to 10:40 a.m., as part of a National Defense Education Act institute for high school teachers of German. Helmut Hartwig, director, said participation requires no prior knowledge and attendance at all sessions. No fees or required materials. The course aims to enable instructors to demonstrate modern teaching methods.
No injuries were reported after nine wrecks on Route 13 at Pick's Food Mart east of Carbondale. Betty L. Ferguson, Route 3, Carbondale, and Floyd Collins, Route 2, Carbondale, collided when a third vehicle turning onto Route 19 bumped Collins into Ferguson. The third car fled the scene.
Washington AP report says first Peace Corps selections will be made by June 14 with training planned in Rutgers New Jersey and in Colombia and Tanganyika Africa. About 64 Colombia volunteers will be picked from 160 trainees and 80 Tanganyika volunteers from 40 trainees, with initial testing May 27.
Inmates at Menard State Prison in Chester are honored with a citation from the Randolph County Red Cross chapter and the Chester Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. The citation praises their cooperation with the blood program and notes 7,257 pints donated since December 1959, including a 388 pint two day total last December.
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