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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1966
Page
11
An estimated 160 000 students take Selective Service draft tests as officials defend college deferments. Critics say the policy favors the educated while Lt General Hershey notes 56 percent of college attendees eventually serve.
SIU hosts an education workshop on Public Relations to boost the biggest business in communities, the public schools. Charles D. Neal leads the graduate course with SIU faculty and superintendents W E McAllister, Russell Malan, Orland Stanley, Laurence Martin, and William McBride.
Prince Abdulla Faisal son of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was rushed by helicopter to a London hospital after a car collision near Weymouth Dorset injuring two others including his British escort. He is a Saudi Army lieutenant on a training course in Britain and was reported comfortable.
America's new star in the sky a silvery 100 foot balloon orbited the poles. PAGEOS the National Aeronautics and Space Administration earth mapping project is a 125 pound plastic balloon coated with aluminum. It was pushed into orbit by a Thor Agena D rocket. Its circular orbit sits 2600 miles above the earth. The balloon expanded as sun heat vaporized chemicals inside. PAGEOS will act as a world model providing a pinpoint of reflected light near the horizon nightly.
Steeleville police cited Lawrence M. Moore for driving too fast for conditions with a $10 fine. The brief notes a traffic enforcement action in Steeleville.
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