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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1956
Page
11
Saturday schedule features Caesar's Hour in Love Adventure Theater Wrestling and Front Page segments. Sunday offers Faith for Today Reporter's Roundup Man to Man Frontiers of Faith Youth Wants to Know Zoo Parade and Oral Roberts programs. Monday lines list NBC Matinee Theater Movie Quick and Reader Digest Digest and Family Playhouse at night.
A jumble of program timings lists shows from morning to night across multiple days. Entries include Gunsmoke Stage Show Honeymooners Lamp Unto My Feet Eve on New York News and Weather Hollywood figures like Johnny Carson and Bob Crosby appear in scattered slots.
A fragmented TV schedule shows a slate of programs and times across days with several repeats and garbled entries. Names include Perry Como Show Les Paul Mary Poré Dave Garroway and Steve Allen Show, plus Weather Report and Local News with numerous unclear times and misprints.
A historical TV and radio schedule lists programs from early morning into late night. Highlights include The Charlotte Peters Show, As the World Turns, Queen for a Day, Wrangler's Cartoon Club, Superman, Mr. District Attorney, Do You Trust Your Wife, and Future Film along with weather and news updates.
A fragmented daily program list for KWK TV St. Louis, detailing daytime to late evening shows across multiple genres. Entries include Annie Oakley Beat the Clock Gunsmoke Disney programming News and Weather blocks, plus stage and drama selections with theatrical and classic series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents and You Are There.
Atlantic City June 23 AP Samuel G Kling Baltimore lawyer and author told Maryland State Bar Assn that unhappy marriages far outnumber blissful ones. He cited a four to one divorce rate and noted youthful marriages raise that rate. Kling urged a broad study of marriage and divorce laws affecting young couples.
Carbondale welfare department reports personnel moves as Dorothy Hein resigns to join Catholic Charities in Evansville Indiana and Marlene Morris of Alton will replace her effective June 4 Morris holds an undergraduate degree from Shurtleff College and did graduate social work studies at Washington University Also added is Virginia Steagala from Albion a Southern Illinois University graduate who pursued graduate work in social studies at St Louis University
Church members from Marion and nearby areas will donate blood at a Bloodmobile visit Friday at the Elks Club from noon to 6 pm. Donors may list their names on a non church roster if they wish and two savings bonds will be awarded as door prizes.
The Naval Reserve Recruiting sub station at Carbondale Post Office will close on Wednesday. Don C. Lingle, in charge, said today that he will be released from active duty July 1 and plans to return to work with a food brokerage firm in Anna.
The King Neptune monument near Anna, a World War II memorial backed by war bonds, remains ready as ceremonies are delayed by unidentified important personages. Navy recruiter Don Lingle of Anna offered the site for a Naval Reserve National Park, but the dedication is postponed indefinitely.
SIU announces summer entertainment under Special Meetings with four fee free performances. Elizabeth Winslow and Walter Carringer open Monday at 8 p m in University School Auditorium, followed by the Dance Drama company July 3, Mitchell Ruff Duo July 9, and comedian Marcia Robie August 2 in Library Auditorium.
Five Carbondale organizations agreed to aid in a fall census after a plea from the Carbondale Community Council. The council sent questionnaires to civic and fraternal groups and outlined census benefits as Richard Poston of Southern Illinois University spoke to members. Groups include Kiwanis Club Eagles Auxiliary AAUW BPW Club and Federated Women's Club.
A historical snapshot shows that about half of all spending units in 1955 earned more than $4,000. The figure reflects the era's distribution of personal incomes among families and single individuals, highlighting postwar economic growth and living standards.
A summer recreation program for elderly residents in a southeast Oklahoma town is crippled after someone stole the domino table and attached seats from a vacant downtown lot. A $15 reward was posted. Deputy Sheriff Ed Thornton said the table was heavy enough to require two people and a truck to remove.
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