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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1957
Page
5
Southern Illinois University expanded its staff Tuesday with twenty nine new members approved by the Board of Trustees after a plenary session. The actions included an amendment to loan policy, a shift to term based scholarships, and numerous new appointments across administration and various departments at SIU.
Coast Guard reported actress Jeanne Crain her husband Paul Brinkman and their four children were aboard a 51 foot power cruiser that drifted for nearly three hours after engine trouble on a second honeymoon voyage. Seasick and exhausted the family battled the drifting boat near Newport Beach jetty until a passing ship took it in tow Monday night.
W B Saxon of Jacksonville reports a chick hatched by itself in his yard after an egg placed to lure hens sat in the sun for weeks. He found the fresh chick in the nest on Tuesday, describing the unusual event as a self hatched bird.
Estes E Hartwell 60 of Marion Memorial Hospital died Monday night after a nine week illness. Born in Marion in 1896 he was a civil engineer for the Illinois Hi Department and a member of the Elks Lodge. Survived by parents Marshall and Mamie Hartwell and sister Mrs Phillip Dietz of Davenport. Services Friday at 2 pm at Wilson Frick Funeral Home Marion with burial to follow after 7 pm Wednesday.
Martin L Hailey a Navy electronics technician son of Mr and Mrs Carl H Hailey 901 W Cheery St Herrin recently took part in Operation Quickstep off the coast of Southern California aboard the attack transport USS Lenawee.
A marketing note offers customized conditioning temperatures at a reduced price and invites readers to schedule a demonstration to see the system in action.
Carl R. Lemke national president of the Order of Redmen, from Texas, will attend a Hernin Tribe meeting in Herrin Saturday night. A class of candidates will be inducted at 7:30 on the third floor of City Hall. It is Lemke’s first Illinois visit since 1923 and his only stop in the state this year. The local Redmen began in 1901, same year Herrin was chartered. Albert G. Sizemore serves as president.
Street work in Carbondale was slowed as drivers bypassed barricades and rode on freshly graded pavement. Street Commissioner Virgil Barringer warned the project may require re grading before oiling, delaying progress by two to three days, while Mayor John I Wright urged police to enforce barricades and residents to report violators by noting license numbers.
A county fair scene in Ireland inspired the term donnybrook by the unrestrained free for all fights that occurred there. The phrase entered common usage to describe chaotic brawls and disorderly events at gatherings in Donnybrook.
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