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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1957
Page
5
Lindie nurses a new colt as the Lang family watches with Alice Lang Arthur Hudgens Lyle Popham and Judith Lang present on the Southern Illinois University agricultural setting.
Crash Brown known as The Human Bomb will appear at the Egyptian Drive-In Theatre Thursday through Saturday in a coffin loaded with dynamite. He climbs a 25-foot platform, blasts free from ten sticks of dynamite, and reappears unharmed, an act Life magazine called the most dangerous in the world.
Southern Illinois University Movie Hour presents Hudson's Bay at 8 p m Wednesday July 24 in McAndrew Auditorium with no admission charge. If rain occurs the film moves to Shryock Auditorium. Cast includes Paul Muni Laird Cregar John Loder and Gene Tierney.
In Portugal peddlers carry shoes in their baskets and walk barefoot to avoid police. They slip on shoes only when a policeman appears in sight, a practice noted as a curious local routine.
Three area residents were among 1,701 graduates at the University of Missouri 115th commencement in Columbia. Joe Robert Linton of Carbondale received a bachelor of arts degree, Mitchell David Ferrill of Chester earned a bachelor of science in forestry, and Earl Webb Gibson of Chester received a bachelor of science in agriculture.
The Jackson County Board of Review will start summer work June 20 after an Mt. Vernon instructional meeting. Members include A. R. Carter and Albert B. Vancil. Clyde Perschbacher chairs the board with James Lawder as secretary. The group will review 1957 assessment books through June and July and schedule hearings on complaints after publication.
A Columbia University survey of U. S. library readers shows Lewis Carrolls Alice Adventures in Wonderland as the favorite title with Mark Twains Huckleberry Finn next in popularity.
Mayor William Carter announced the city will take definite action at the next council meeting on implementing the state merit system for firemen and policemen. City Atty. Loren Lewis was instructed to draft the ordinance as the law, which takes effect July 1, requires civil service for all Illinois cities over 5,000 with merit based hiring and promotion.
The USS Sperry named for Dr. Elmer Atry, an inventor and pioneer of submarine instrumentation, refitted and repaired more than 144 U S combat submarines in Pacific sea battles during World War II.
A car owned by Carl Pool of Ava was reported stolen Tuesday to the Jackson County sheriff's office in Murphysboro. The vehicle was taken about one mile south of Ava on the Ava blacktop road.
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