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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1950
Page
2
Winter winds and ice battered the north shore of Little Grassy lake where erosion worsened after a union labor dispute halted a riprapping project early this year. The exposed dirt wall east of the dam shows damage, with a county road rising above the eroded bank near the waterline.
A labor dispute at the Little Grassy lake riprap project near Carbondale halted work after January. The U S Fish and Wildlife service shifted about $20,000 in funding to another state, leaving two-thirds of the shoreline unfinished and risking shoreline erosion through winter.
The 14th National Air Races were cancelled for 1950 in Cleveland. The events executive committee cited Secretary Louis Johnson's refusal to permit military planes to participate as the decisive factor. Approximately 200000 spectators attended last year.
The hymn America was written in 1832 by Samuel Francis Smith to the tune God Save The King from a German songbook. Barley varieties Moore, Wisconsin Barbless, Swiss Chevron, and Finnish Olli were crossed to create new strains.
The 200 inch Hale telescope detected an exploding star farther away than any previous discovery. Light from the event took 50 million years to reach Earth. Dr. Milton Humason reported the finding at a meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, describing work from Mount Wilson and Palomar observatories in California.
Governor Stevenson refused executive clemency for Carson Seger and Curtis Chapman, pledging to deny clemency after the Pardon board deemed the killings vicious. The youths, once condemned to die, have escaped the electric chair multiple times and face ongoing sanity proceedings and stays of execution.
Aging and stress slow kidney function causing backache fatigue headaches and frequent urination. The ad claims Doan’s Pills provide mild diuretic relief after long use and helps flush waste from the kidney tubes and filters.
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