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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1959
Page
4
Editorial urges Herrin residents to approve a Herrin unit school district noting better curriculum coordination, equalized education, increased state aid, and long term tax efficiency while acknowledging initial transport and small school challenges. It argues the modern trend favors unit districts and recommends a vote next Saturday.
President Eisenhower urged a personal meeting with General De Gaulle as Britain and the United States push for a Big Three summit despite France seeking greater nuclear parity and Algeria interests. Leaders have discussed periodic the three way talks and urgent consideration of a summit regardless of Geneva outcomes.
The Senate refused to confirm Lewis L. Strauss for commerce secretary by a narrow margin. The vote highlights a constitutional separation of powers clash as President Eisenhower faces a rare Senate rejection amid partisan tensions and shifting support.
An American businessman signs contracts in Moscow permitting manufacture of Soviet medical instruments in the United States. He and an American doctor praise rapid suturing devices using tantalum staples, promising faster operations and lower mortality. The pact signals closer U S Soviet business collaboration than diplomat talks.
Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker urged the Free World to issue a joint declaration to reassure uncommitted nations of Western motives behind aid. He warned that generosity alone won’t suffice without credible representation of Free World interests at both capitals and grass roots levels.
A review notes the Congression al Directory omits the U S Constitution while listing agencies and biographies. It contrasts with Illinois Blue Book which includes the Constitution, raising questions about the document’s relevance in federal reference works.
Special forces groups operate up to 2,500 miles behind front lines with 9 to 15 man units. They study terrain and culture, train to live off the land, and use bows with dynamite tipped arrows to disrupt enemy operations. Led by Col. Everett N. Smith at Fort Bragg, the program covertly develops psychologically aided guerrilla warfare.
Oak Ridge scientists battle atomic waste with reprocessing to create usable isotopes and with storage tests in abandoned Kansas salt mines. Waste tanks exist nationwide. costs reach 120 million dollars. Struxness warns reprocessing can worsen the problem even as potential isotopes and cesium strontium fuels push research forward.
A playful take suggests the jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie might have faced different sounds and styles in popular music if he had chosen contact lenses. The hypothetical weighs how vision aids could influence performance and image in a pivotal era.
A vote Saturday addresses whether Herrin area students should move to a unit district uniting Herrin Grade School Hich Bandyville Freeman Spur Chittwville Colp Hafer Sunnyside Energy and parts of surrounding districts under one seven member board. The unit would provide one tax levy one state aid claim and more state funds per child, with specifics to be finalized by voters.
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