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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1958
Page
4
Editorial notes the formation of a Southern Illinois United Fund Council to promote the drive in new areas. It explains the council will coordinate fundraising, provide speakers and publicity help, and aim for a common drive date improving efficiency and easing burdens on the public and solicitors.
The House passed a five year extension of the reciprocal trade program by a vote of 234 to 137. The bill authorizes tariff reductions of 25 to 30 percent and aims to protect domestic industries while fostering freer trade for at least the next five years. The Senate must approve, with protectionists expected to push amendments. President Eisenhower supported the bill, insisting on a strong, flexible framework.
Senator Estes Kefauver remarks that three press services beat two as the era shifts. The column notes a switch in gift ideas from Mother's Day lingerie and perfume to Father's Day lawnmowers and tool kits in advertisements.
Three voices from last weekend emphasize Free World interdependence as essential to peace and prosperity. British Prime Minister Macmillan Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Adlai Stevenson urge removing barriers to free trade and investment to curb Soviet influence through trade and aid programs. The House passes Reciprocal Trade extension, seen as a foundation for coordinated goals across nations.
Sherman Adams faces scrutiny over $2,000 in hotel bills paid by textile magnate Bernard Goldfine as a Boston lodging row tests his White House role. Critics urge a full explanation to address potential improper influence on federal decisions.
The column recalls long Chicago walks from Randolph Street to 220 South State and remarks on the aging Loop. It questions TV quiz show stardom, mentions Nikos Kazantzakis's Odyssey a Modern Sequel, and notes Paul Mellon’s Yale gift and Harvard and Yale funding targets amid college expansion debates.
London editors react to Prime Minister Macmillan at DePauw University praising Anglo American cooperation and urging further economic and political ties. The Daily Telegraph highlights sustained progress and the need to act on economics. The News Chronicle stresses enduring Western values and justice as key to influence in Asia and Africa.
Washington report describes the 1958 tornado season with 53 sightings in the first quarter, Wisconsin twisters that killed 28 and caused over 1 million dollars in damage, and the American Meteorological Society noting improved prediction. It discusses causes from sun spots to Gulf air clashes, notes that 95 percent of world tornadoes occur in the U S, and explains hurricane comparison, radar forecasts, and warnings practices.
The Budget Bureau, a 450-employee agency, controls how Congress funds agencies and when money is released. Lawmakers call it a czarlike force that delays approved appropriations and interferes with policy, with critics urging abolition or power limits.
SIU Allyn Gallery hosts the annual Student Exhibition featuring 171 works by graduate and undergraduate students. Pieces include paintings drawings pottery prints weaving jewelry and silverwork selected by SIU faculty jurors. Area artists Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro Chesterfield provide wide representation.
Williamson County state’s attorney Carl Sneed left Tuesday for a two week vacation in Washington D C with his family. He will visit Capitol sites and confer with the Republican Congressional Committee to plan his fall campaign for Congress from the 25th district.
The Union County Board of Review will name a chairman and clerk at the commissioners meeting Monday in the Jonesboro courthouse. At last Monday’s session the commissioners outlined the board duties.
The native press in South Africa Rhodesia and Uganda launches a campaign against steep marriage market prices. A Uganda newspaper calls for changing payment terms from livestock to include sterling bank notes and instalment buying.
Harlow H. Curtice of General Motors rejects Sen. Douglas proposal to repeal the 10 percent excise tax on passenger cars in exchange for a six percent price cut. Curtice says tax questions and price reductions are unrelated and prices must reflect competition and free enterprise forces.
Venezuelans debate the Nixon mob attack as authorities pace the investigation and fear U S troop intervention. The public blames Communist influence while officials say the case rests with police and courts. Public mood shifts toward demanding oil policy changes and closer Latin American focus.
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