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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
8
The SIU Board of Trustees approves cooperation with the Southern Illinois Swine Herd Improvement Assn to establish a boar testing station. SIU provides land and water. the association covers operation costs and shares results.
The Illinois Crop Reporting Service reports extensive corn and soybean losses from receding flood waters in Central and Southern Illinois streams. Ponding and delayed cultivation left fields grassy and unproductive, but overall state wide production is expected to hold steady. Corn stands average 18 inches, with some north fields three feet tall and south fields four feet tall. Some fields were plowed between showers as ground dried. Soybean conditions declined for the second week but remain ahead of average.
The narrative describes a dual construction scene where a high stone auditorium front remains on the left while a church façade rises on the right. Old stained glass windows peer through openings in the new wall, illustrating juxtaposed historic and new architecture.
SIU reports 1958 summer term enrollment of 4,054, up 165 percent from 1,529 in 1952 and 22.7 percent from 1957’s 3,303. On campus 3,551 students, Alton 432, East St. Louis 71. Freshman and junior classes show largest gains, with freshmen up 35.6 percent to 655 and juniors up 37.9 percent to 765. Graduate enrollments rise 30.6 percent to 802. unclassified students up 3.3 percent to 318.
A Public Health Organization plans a 5 p m meeting at the Haven on Monday. Attendees should bring a picnic supper. Sponsored by the Williamson County Tuberculosis Association, the group discusses establishing a Franklin Williamson County Health Department.
Jonathan Orovitz, 12 from New York City, submitted to the National Science Foundation a detailed proposal to launch a man into space for two weeks and return him safely. A Pentagon scientist called the plan containing workable system elements. He is in a seventh grade special progress class and did not show excitement about the news.
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