Gasoline procurement scrutiny and public finance critique
Editorials criticize Jackson County gasoline purchases for lacking competitive bidding and question the highway department's costs. County officials urged a full investigation by the Road and Bridge Committee to curb wasteful spending while supporting other measures to reduce taxes. The piece notes a Senate plan for a 250,000 ton flour stockpile amid fluorspar miners' distress, urging mineral stockpiling to spur local employment and stabilize industry needs.
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Levan
James Levan
Jackson County
Ed Sherrman
Ora Township
Carl Crain
Carbondale
Reginald Stearns
Pomona
House
Senate
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Sale of Murphysboro City Hall Property Considered
City officials in Murphysboro weigh selling the present downtown city hall site after razing the building and completing a new city hall. Estimated value up to 7000 dollars. Public sale with bids to high bidder, require erecting a modern building, and possible bid rejection if not satisfactory. Revenue from sale could aid unfinished projects like a sewage disposal plant.
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Murphysboro
No Tax Cut Debate Shapes 1956 Debt Ceiling
The 1956 fiscal year ends with a projected 1.8 billion surplus and a national debt around 273 billion dollars, with no tax cuts planned this year or next. Secretary Humphrey urged a 278 billion dollar debt ceiling for the coming year, noting current operations near the limit but arguing the ceiling must not impede efficient government. Congressional sentiment supports the debt cap, yet critics warn a too-low ceiling could hamper expenditures.
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Eisenhower
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Powell Amendment Faces Desegregation Test on School Bill
The Powell amendment aims to block federal school construction funds from districts with segregated schools. If adopted, the measure would likely derail passage in the Senate while a final House vote could still approve the four year one billion six hundred million dollar program.
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House
Rules Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
Manhattan
Powell
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Employment For Fluorspar Miners In Southern Illinois
Fluorspar essential to aluminum processing and atomic energy, mined mainly in Southern Illinois with few other states supplying marketable quantities. Mines face unemployment among fluorspar workers as demand may rise if the federal government increases procurement, potentially boosting jobs in the region.
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Ilinois
Kentucky
Colorado
Nevada
Illinois
Public Schools Outbid Uncle Sam in Administrator Salaries
Dr Samuel Brownell resigns as U S commissioner of education to lead Detroit Public Schools earning 30000 yearly. Federal pay 14800, Detroit city system salary outmatches federal and private colleges, showing municipal and district tax funds drive higher pay for top administrators.
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Samuel Brownell
U.S. Commissioner Ofucation
Detroit
Prike
Uncle Sam
Brownell
U. S. Office of Education
Moderates urged to guide gradual desegregation in the South
C A McKnight editor of Collier's cites hope through open minded moderates who face social political and economic pressure as the White Citizens Councils resist. He advocates AA CP strategy shift toward human relations in feasible areas and warns of a potential rout without broad silent Southern support and non Southern backing.
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Charlotte, North Carolina
C. A. McKnight
Collier's Magazine
McKnight
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
White Citizens Councils
South
Great Psychiatric Revolution Shocks Field at APA Meet
Dr. Bailey of Mt. Vernon Illinois ignites debate at the American Psychiatric Association 112th annual convention in Chicago accusing Freud and psychoanalysis of lacking scientific basis. He argues for biochemistry and safer methods, drawing mixed praise and sharp critique from peers including Ernest Jones and Menninger. The event draws 2200 psychiatrists and 1000 visitors as Time Magazine notes a shift toward chemistry driven cures.
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Percival Bailey
University of Illinois Medical
Ekhere
American Psychiatric Association
Sigmund Freud
Freud
Bailey
Ernest Jones
Britain
Jones
Dr. Bailey
American Journal of Psychiatry
United States
Time Magazine
Chicago
Dr Percival Bailey SIU 1912 Grad Named Institute Director
Dr Percival Bailey born May 9, 1892 in Mt Vernon and a 1912 SIU graduate won many honors in science. He was named director of the Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute by Gov Adlai Stevenson and appointed to SIU Board of Facades, later withdrawn due to a legal technicality. He served as a faculty member at University of Illinois, former SIU Alumni Assn president, and received an honorary ScD from SIU in 1952.
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Percival Bailey
Mt. Vernon
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute
Adlai Stevenson
Fecaaes
SIU
Bailey
University of Illinois Medical Faculty
SIU Alumni Assn
U. of S. Medical School
Gallup Poll Shows Apathy in GOP Ranks Before Vote
Gallup Poll reveals rank and file Republicans in Princeton test less interest in the presidential race than four years ago. Voters are asked how much thought they have given to the election in nationwide tracking. James Simon of Carbondale wins 1956 Bausch & Lamb science award medal for top scholastic record. plans architecture at Illinois.Father Ernest J. Simon is SIU dean of Technical and Adult Education.
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Princeton
N. J
Gallup
Carbondale
James Simon
Taylor Drive
Bausch & Lamb
University High School
Simon
Bausch & Lamb Optical Company
University of Rochester
University
University of Illinois
Ernest J. Simon
Southern Illinois University
Liberty Belongs To Individuals in Wilson Centennial Balloons
A hundred years after Woodrow Wilson's birth in Staunton Virginia Czech and Slovak papers mark his legacy. Free Europe Press released 250000 balloons across Europe carrying mini newspapers arguing Liberty belongs to the individual and warning against totalitarianism.
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Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Czechoslovak Republic
Wilson
Czechoslovakia
Czech
Europe
Free Europe Press
Fea
Tures
Free Europe
Sesser Man William Kirkpatrick Dies at 77
Funeral services Sunday will honor William Kirkpatrick 77 a Lesser service station owner and retired carpenter He died Thursday night of a heart attack at his home Survived by wife Bes sie sons Ivan Virgil and William all of Sesser daughters Ethel Johnson Ida Winemiller and Verda Graham brother C H Kirkpatrick Herrin auto dealer sister Ida Jones Mulkeytown ten grandchildren and nine great grand children Burial at Horse Prairie Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev John Maulding and Rev Hugh Moore officiating Friends may call Brayfield Funeral Home Sesser
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William Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Bessie
Ivan
Virgil
William
Sesser
Ethel Johnson
Ida Winemiller
Verda Graham
Chicago Heights
C. H. Kirkpatrick
Herrin
Ida Jones
Mulkeytown
Horse Prairie Baptist Church
John Maulding
McLeansboro
Hugh Moore
Brayfield Funeral Home
Prosperity by debt critique from Our Readers' Views
A letter argues that heavy government subsidies distort the economy and tether prosperity to debt. The writer warns against Soil Bank talk and reliance on subsidies, urging a return to supply and demand, individual responsibility, and rejecting profits at others' expense. Ed Ridgway signs the letter from Green, Illinois.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Soil Bank
DIY Tan Makes Pencil From Raw Materials Costly Trial
A do it yourself tan attempted to craft a lead pencil from basic raw materials, estimating a cost of about 50 dollars for the effort and components involved.
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Carl Worthen
Highway Department
Worthen
Southern Illinois
Powell Amendment
Motor Capital
Southern Education Reporting Service
Supreme Court
Southern School News
Southern
O. T. Banton
Boston
Harvey Cushing
U of I
Dulles
Menninger School of Psychiatry
Topeka
Kan
Drs. Karl
Will Menninger
Kerl
Menninger School
Saturday Review
John H. Bailey
Dr. Percival Bailey
Gallup Poll
Sesser Man
Giteen, Ey
Ed Ridgway
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