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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1958
Page
4
A 1918 Colp Blairsville road remains in use with a narrow one-slab, one-lane design and a tight bridge. Despite asphalt shoulders, it’s unsafe for modern traffic and a conference is planned in Herrin to push early improvements. The goal is 1958 highway plans for 1958 traffic and to extend upgrades to other poor access roads.
Mayor John I. Wright proposes a 65000 bond to modernize garbage collection and adopt a landfill system. He argues for an overall bond package to fund sewer, water, parking, and treatment plant expansions as City survey findings and favorable markets invite coordinated capital projects.
Gov. Stratton calls a special session of the Legislature next week to extend unemployment benefits for 13 weeks and to appropriate additional relief funds. He backs funding the extension with state money to remain pay as you go, saving federal borrowing and ensuring program legality and continued subsistence relief for laid off workers.
The piece honors junior and senior high school poetry prizes presented during a Board of Education session. It notes school arts and science exhibits, youth-led civic clubs, and debates about government as vital outlets for youthful energy, asserting the pen and laurel over force.
De Gaulle confronts Raoul Salan and insurgent generals in Algeria as he reshapes government from Paris. He seeks to reassert French control, provoke decisive action, and test his leadership against a rebellious military stance while balancing cabinet appointments and domestic support.
The report notes that government seeks simpler tax collection methods while a young woman in the next office suggests abolishing all taxes, and the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission proceedings lack top secret markings.
A Fayetteville stunt by a local appliance dealer sparks a 27 hour talkathon as reporters focus on the length of the chatter rather than the topic. The piece notes North Carolina coverage and amusement at this publicity stunt and its recession related implications.
Despite a recession the swimming pool business remains strong with a notable achievement. A rare bird in a Chicago 200 finally hatches its first eye after 24 years, illustrated by a stubborn proverb about perseverance.
David Felts reflects on naming ten Indians from history and fiction, noting Sacajawea as a guide with few historical mentions. He lists notable figures like Tecumseh and Geronimo, then shifts to a cultural outing in Chicago with family, art, and antiquarian book stores, ending with commentary on contemporary figures.
In Warfish, Capt. George Grider USN ret recalls a chilling episode from his Pacific theater service as a submarine commander. The narrative reflects on wartime leadership, peril at sea, and the strain of battle under dangerous conditions.
Hollywood dancers Marge and Gow er Champion praise the Moiseyev company for its vigor and precision and urge America to cultivate a masculine, vigorous dance tradition. They argue America has rich dance heritage including Indian, square, California Mexican, and New Orleans jazz styles and could train a dedicated group to match Russian standards.
Georges Andre Malraux a noted writer artist and patriot has been named minister of information by General de Gaulle. A restless cosmopolitan he debated communism with Trotsky and Hinduism with Nehru and wrote The Conquerors and Man's Fate winning the Prix Goncourt. He moved among revolutions in China and Europe and helped welcome refugees during the rise of fascism.
A portrait of French parachutists built on veteran service in Indo China and Algeria. The piece contrasts a lifelong soldier’s hardened outlook with France’s comfortable modern society and his own mixed loyalties to humanitarian values and political aims.
A two day conference organized by the American Sister Health Assn brings doctors administrators labor and public officials to debate rising health costs and who pays The AMA plans to observe while Dr Warren Draper of the United Mine Workers fund cites overcharging and weak policing of medical practice The dispute centers on third party interference versus direct physician payment and coverage for four million workers and families.
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