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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1959
Page
8
A humorous AP led meditation on human behavior questions. The author ponders motives behind everyday actions from modest to profound, noting cultural quirks and social norms with wry curiosity. The piece toys with paradoxes, from fashion to politics, TV to marriage, ending on a philosophical query about human action.
Charles H Morse of Lake Forest and his wife donated twenty six paintings from a large private collection to Beloit College Wisconsin. Morse a life trustee and traveler acquired the works over 25 years while living in a castle near Munich Germany.
A traffic control petition for Rt 1 off South 20th Street in Murphysboro seeks a 40 mile per hour limit and no passing zones from the 20th Street bridge to Claude Ozburn farm citing heavy residential use and school bus stops. The group also names an advisory board for county welfare services with members Mrs. Snider Dwight Burns Mildred Benz Rufus Hindman and board representatives Joe Moll and James Gillmore. County Board of Review is to begin work June 22 with hours 9 am to 4 pm weekdays.
SIU alumni events in Carbondale include three class reunions for 1898 1899 and 1900 at 606 W Elm St 3 to 5 pm. Other reunions span classes 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 and more with gatherings at home venues and the Student Union. An all alumni dinner is at Woody Hall at 6:30 pm followed by awards in Farr Auditorium to six alumni including Robert Lewis Taylor and J Lester Buford.
The Mt. Vernon appellate court reversed a $5,000 judgment against Marion in a fall case. Mrs. Flossie Cogdill sued after a July 11, 1956 ditch fall. court found no evidence of negligent maintenance.
The Rhododendron, popularly called The Great Laurel, is designated as West Virginia’s official state flower. The decision formalizes a longtime symbol associated with the state's natural heritage and regional pride.
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