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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1960
Page
15
Sesser's oldest physician will be honored at the annual Sesser Homecoming Saturday night. Dr. William H. Ward, 70, will receive a plaque. The award will be made at 8 p.m. in downtown Lesser. The event includes a queen parade, square dancing, and prizes. Bruno Romani is chairman.
Oren Lee Staley president of the National Farmers Organization told about 1,000 farmers from Marshall to Bureau counties in central Illinois to organize for price setting and marketing control. He warned farmers cannot plan fixed returns while facing fixed input costs, urging a labor and industry style approach.
Paul Smith of Mill City Oregon trains daily for a planned nonstop trek from San Francisco to New York and back. He believes no one has completed the round trip. He is 75 years old.
New York AP reports Sean O Caseys drama about the 1916 Irish Easter Rebellion titled The Plough and the Stars will be adapted as a musical. Composer Elie Siegmeister and Edward Mabley will write the book and lyrics for the dramatic variation.
Richmond reports Lt. Lucille Ross Kuhn, 32, becomes the first woman on a Virginia governor’s military staff while the male aides are named, and veteran actor Ralph Bellamy is noted as born in Chicago in 1905.
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