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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1955
Page
2
Ted Ashby recounts frontier figure Davy Crockett, famed for humor both delicate and bold. The article narrates a wolf joke, a pretend funeral, a stern oar assault on a wakeful friend, and a knot tied in a wolf’s tail as Crockett journeys to a neighbor, with a snowy Mississippi setting and a political note.
Pittsburgh June 11 the Big Six steel firms and United Steelworkers hold talks on a sizeable pay hike for 600000 workers. David J McDonald union president leads a push for a substantial raise, with the goal of resuming negotiations around June 20 and an initial offer near 70 cents an hour. Current average is $2.33. observers consider 12 to 15 cents possible. strike action looms if proposals fall short.
Washington reports the Public Health Service faces criticism from Basil O Connor and Wyeth Inc executives over the Salk vaccine program. Surgeon General Scheele affirms safety and forward plans as 146 post inoculation polio cases in vaccinated children and 103 among contacts are tallied. Summer poliovirus season nears as vaccine supplies lag in many localities.
More than 50 women pilots in the Washington Havana Powder Puff Derby faced bad weather that scattered 800 miles along the South Atlantic. Only three of 33 planes reached Key West by night, with stops ranging to Florence South Carolina and New Smyrna Beach. Lucile Wright and Edna Gardner Whyte led arrivals, as crews planned to rendezvous and fly to Havana Sunday. The handicap race honors time aloft, with all planes required to check in at Key West to qualify for the final leg to Havana.
Six years of experience with raw cabbage juice as an ulcer treatment suggests trying it in all ulcer cases before surgery. In 63 patients, three weeks on cabbage juice plus a bland diet healed most ulcers. six patients required 56 days, and only three of 65 cases failed due to scar tissue or liver damage. The juice, rich in a Vitamin A like substance, may help the stomach lining resist acids.
A national nursing organization projects a shortage of about 50,000 registered nurses in the United States, underscoring demand for increased recruitment, training, and staffing to bolster patient care nationwide.
Radine Gines, daughter of Jamin Gines of Murphysboro, graduated from a Miami, Florida, school with a bachelor of business administration cum laude in marketing. A Clayton High School (Clayton, Missouri) graduate, class of 1951, she was active in scholastic honor groups and earned dean’s list honors for high scholastic achievement.
The output notes that Southern Illinois Publications publishes daily except Saturdays and holidays from Carbondale Carbondale Carbondale and Herrin addresses. It states the paper is entered as second class matter and is successor to several local papers including Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphyshore Independent.
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