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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1955
Page
11
Station WIPF Herrin presents a dense daily loop from morning to late night featuring news, sports, farm updates, and music. Notable items include Cardinal and Phillies scoreboard segments, Passport to Dream Island, and a mix of quizzes, variety shows, and local news updates through Tuesday.
A detailed daylong radio lineup lists morning prayers news and music blocks from 1:01 to 6:45 with hosts Roy Freeman, various hour programs, and multiple news segments. Featured artists include Bing Crosby Guy Lombardo David Rose and Frankie Laing among others with 1020 Club and Union County News segments.
A fragmented daily lineup lists programs such as Breakfast Capers News Eddie Fisher Show World News Rhythm Rambles It Pays to Listen Local News Popcorn Time Market Report Luncheon Date Rhythm Matinee and Sunset Serenade alongside late 1950s era shows and events.
A historical radio programming slate lists times and programs from morning to evening, featuring Bob Walker, AP News, Coppi, Duncan, Patti Page, Eddie Cantor, Russ Morgan, and other shows across 1:55 to 7:15 intervals. The list highlights a mix of news, music, talk, and entertainment segments across the broadcast day.
A fractured list shows multiple time slots and program titles from a radio lineup. Items include News Summary segments, Silo Serenade, Gospel Music Time, Women’s World, and Mine Report notes, with several unidentified or To Be Announced entries.
A listing of daily program times from 5:27 AM to 6:00 PM, detailing segments such as Morning Headlines Market Report Harmony Boys News and Rhythm for R. Notable shows include Eddie Cantor Lower Ohio Valley News and Evening Journal with a final Sundown Serenade.
A dense listing shows 6:00 to 12:30 slots featuring Tennessee Ernie, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Cardinal games against Philadelphia, World News with Rex Davis, Arthur Godfrey, Perry Mason, Nora Drake, Kitchen Club, Guiding Light, St. Louis Matinee, and final Record Bar.
A dense station timetable lists KXOK 630 programs in St Louis with shows from Bill Stern to Club 630, St Louis Ballroom, news, weather, and music blocks across the day. Included are Edward Morgan, Bruce Hayward, Ed Bonner, and FEdward Morgan segments with frequent headlines and hourly updates.
A dense OCR listing radio and TV programs across the day showing varied shows from AP News to Morning Shows, Weather, and entertainment: Kay Lorraine Show, Burns and Allen, I Love Lucy, Dragnet, The Lone Ranger, Burns and Allen, and end of day news and thought for the day.
The log lists daily programs from 6:00 to 9:45 with a mix of talk shows, quizzes, sports, and movies. Notable items include Cactus Pete, Lucky LeRoy Show, Hollywood Quiz, Nitecap, and Roller Derby with Final Edition closing the day.
A dense lineup shows programs from Burns and Allen at 6:00 to Channel 12 Theater at 1:00. Highlights include I Love Lucy, December Bride, Western Theater, and notable repeats like Crusader Rabbit and Cowboy Corral.
A sprawling list of radio and TV program times and titles across multiple hours. Entries include news, music, theater, talk shows, and dramatic serials featuring performers like Dave Garroway, Dinah Shore, Roy Rogers, and Red Barber, with weather and market reports interspersed.
Moscow reports that three American Army attaches expelled more than two weeks ago were kept secret to maintain smooth ties before the Geneva Big Four meetings. The aides Lt Col John S Benson Capt William R Stroud and Capt Walter Mule left Moscow. reason undisclosed.
T H McCoy son of Mr and Mrs H M McCoy of 412 Brush St Carbondale will enter Marquette Medical School Milwaukee Wisconsin in September He completed pre medical studies at Ohio State University Columbus three years and Wayne University Detroit where he earned his bachelor’s degree June 10 He is a Attucks Grade School and Attucks High School 1951 graduate of Carbondale
Johnston City resident files a $95.10 damage suit in Williamson County Circuit Court against Donald Waaland of Findlay Ohio for a February 26 wreck on East Broadway. The plaintiff claims Matt Paden was cut off causing impacts to his car.
Deaf children develop strong visual memory for words and letters enabling accurate spelling, while hearing children learn by ear. The piece notes employers value deaf workers for vocabulary and spelling, citing Hal Boyle. It also expands to topics in the Oddity Almanac about rabbit pelts prices and anniversaries of Edison devices.
The article notes a man weighing 200 pounds at the equator would weigh 201 pounds near the North Pole due to shifts in Earth's gravity. This highlights how gravity differs by latitude and affects apparent weight.
Ray K. Lechner of Carmi, age 42, was elected state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars as about 3,500 veterans closed the four day convention. Other officers chosen include John Englander Chicago senior vice commander Dr Bernard Bolottoff Rockford junior vice commander Russell Clauson Belleville judge advocate William Bollig Joliet quartermaster Dr Walter Prusall Chicago surgeon and Rev O K Shaffer Danville chaplain Springfield will host the 1956 convention.
Springfield June 20 AP Stillman J Stanard state agriculture director said vesicular exanthema, a swine disease that struck Illinois animals three years ago, is under control. He said enforcement of 1953 emergency laws requiring the cooking of garbage had stamped out the trouble. It is caused by feeding hogs uncooked garbage containing meat scraps from infected animals. Stanard said more than 100 violators had been successfully prosecuted. Penalties ranged from $25 to $150.
Michelangelo used Carrara marble to carve stone sculptures. The source notes the famous material behind his renowned statues and defines its quarry origin in Italy.
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, back from a Western tour, says Germany's stance on the Atlantic Alliance aligns with Eisenhower Dulles and Eden. He hints at a Moscow trip to discuss trade and diplomatic ties, timing after July Big Four talks, and ties reunification to Russian restraint.
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