SIU Commencement Set for Wednesday at McAndrew Stadium
About 885 graduates are candidates for degrees at Southern Illinois University's 35th commencement on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in McAndrew Stadium Carbondale. The program includes honorary degrees for Helen Hayes and George Mylonas and 14 faculty service awards.
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McAndrew Stadium
Carbondale
Alton - East St. Louis
SIU
Southwestern Illinois
Edwardsville
Virgil M. Haneker
State University of Iowa
Helen Hayes
George Mylonas
Washington University
T. R. Ragsdale
Frances Barbour
John Wright
Hilda Stein
Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Wsiu-Fm
Five Students Receive Awards For Initiative
Five Southern Illinois University design students earned Design Initiative cash awards totaling 1800 dollars. A board of four staff and four students selected winners for excellence in general scholarship design scholarship and design exhibition work. Ed Zelinsky of Chicago won 600 dollars. Three Chicago students Robert Grisham Michael Siporin and William Perkins along with Charles Swanson of Carbondale won 300 dollars each. One third of funds came from student group efforts. Labline Inc donated the remaining 1200 dollars.
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Ed Zelinsky
Chicago
Robert Grisham
Michael Siporin
William Perkins
Charles Swanson
Carbondale
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Carbondale Street Truck Gains Final Touches Before Use
Street Commissioner Virgil Barringer inspects a new city vehicle as it receives final fittings. The truck features a police car style dome light, reserved for emergencies like a tree blocking a road, and was bought from Vogler Motor Co.
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Vir
Gil Barringer
Barringer
Vogler Motor Co
State Personnel Code Shapes Illinois Job Security Debate
The 1955 Personnel Code defines five employee categories, shaping security and benefits for about 53 324 state workers. Merit staff gain protected status while patronage and temporary hires face limits, with appeals to the Civil Service Commission and courts.
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Charles O. Stewart Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Civil Service Commission
Maude Myers
Judge Sullivan Dies After War Era Montgomery Ward Ruling
Chicago June 13 AP Funeral services for Judge Philip L Sullivan former chief U S district judge who struck down 1945 Army seizure of Montgomery Ward Co during a labor dispute He retires in 1959 and dies aged 70 President Roosevelt named him to the bench in 1933 Sullivan ruled the firm not in a combat zone thus not subject to wartime seizure.
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Montgomery Ward
Chicago
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Sewell Avery
Ward
Avery
Carbondale Man Fined for Speeding by State Trooper
Marco Bianchi of 1000 Skyline Drive Carbondale was fined 15 dollars including costs by Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz on a speeding ticket issued by State Trooper John Donahue.
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Marco B. Bianchi
Skyline Drive
Robert Schwartz
John M. Donahue
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