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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1951
Page
2
Washington reports that U S planners say American explosive power now exceeds all prior blasts from gunpowder to Hiroshima. Officials say retaliatory power could devastate Russian targets within hours to days, with deterring intent explained to Moscow.
A second floor back porch collapsed during a confirmation party injuring 10 and killing 68 year old Mrs Sophie Fohrman of Chicago. The party for Robert Sokora 13 drew 65 attendees with eight on the porch when it fell onto a cement alley. Inspector Richard Hanson said porch vertical supports were rotted.
In Joliet Hil Joliet prison guard reported a 48 year old convict Paul Lasvoden fell yesterday while attempting to scale the Joliet penitentiary wall. He suffered a broken right hip and was described as a longtime inmate with a 12 to 15 year sentence for armed robbery in Kenosha Wisconsin. He was arrested at Cairo.
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia began in 1812 as the nation’s earliest scientific institution. In Manitoba, the oldest rocks known globally are dated at about 2.3 billion years.
Pfc. Samuel E. Jones Jr. of Cairo has been wounded in action in Korea. He is the son of Mrs. Mary B. Haney of 604 Jefferson Street and serves in the Army.
Kansas remains the top state for wheat cultivation, producing more than any other state and maintaining its edge in U.S. grain output.
The Union county bookmobile timetable for June 18 through June 22 lists visits to Mt. Pleasant Lick Creek Pleasant Ridge Gale McClure Reynoldsville Ware Station Sara toga Mt. Glenn Alto Pass Cobden Bal com Dongola Readers may check out fiction educational material and receive librarian guidance at each stop The note ends with a generic line about musical comedy as a form of theatrical entertainment.
The Steeleville Independence Day float committee invites business church fraternal and civic groups to enter floats for the parade. Prizes of 30 20 and 10 will be awarded to the top three floats. The Baptist church float, winner at the Percy Homecoming, will be among entries.
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