Camp Program For Retarded Children Set
The Egyptian Assny for Mentally Retarded Children and Southern Illinois University Outdoor Education department sponsor three two week resident camps at Camp Two Little Grassy Lake July 3-15 17-29 and 31 Aug 12 with a 35 dollar fee. Day camps run July 5-15 in Marion Park and July 18-29 in Murphysboro Riverside Park 9 am-2 pm with swimming crafts nature study and group activities. Reservations in Murphysboro through Ted Lawless and in Marion through Mrs John Brown.
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Little Grassy Lake
Marion Park
Murphysboro Riverside Park
Murphysboro
Ted Lawless
Marion
John Brown
Egyptian Music Camp Fourth Session Opens at Du Quoin
The Egyptian Music Camp at Du Quoin opened its fourth session with 210 girls and 76 boys enrolled. The camp runs through Saturday with Friday and Saturday night programs. A baton twirling exhibition and a camp band concert are planned, directed by Arthur Wolf and W. H. Beckemeyer. The Auduchon Drill Team and chorus and orchestra performances are scheduled Friday and Saturday nights.
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du Quoin
Arthur Wolf
Crete-Monee
Crete
Auduchon
W. H. Beckemeyer
Mt. Vernon Township
Paul Koenig
Riverview Gardens
St. Louis County
Rites for Anna Man Scheduled Wednesday
Herbert L. Simmerman 50 of Anna dies Monday at Union County Hospital after a long illness. He worked at the Anna Wood Heel Plant and was born May 21 1910 in Union County. Survived by wife Oreine two sons Ronald and Larry two daughters Patricia and Emma four grandchildren his mother Pearl, a stepson Gerald Coffman of St. Louis. Friends may call Norris and Son Funeral Home Jonesboro. funeral 2 p m Wednesday with Rev Archie Gregg and Rev Benny Jones officiating. Burial in Anna Cemetery.
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Simmerman
Anna Wood
Union County
Albert Simmerman
Oreine
Ronald
Elgin
Larry
Anna
Patricia Simmerman
Emma Sadler
Pearl Simmerman
Gerald Coffman
St. Louis
Norris
Reformulated Alcoholism Agency Seeks Reformed Director
Carson City reports the state personnel department seeks a reformed alcoholic to head a new $25 000 alcoholism agency effective July 1. The director must have sobriety for two years and be an active Alcoholics Anonymous member. Salary ranges from 589 to 869 dollars monthly.
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Carson City
State Personnel Department
Alcoholics Anonymous
Politicians Woes From Hal Boyle On Presidential Rants
A collection of satirical lines from Hal Boyle recounts a senator's press exposure and political moments. It sketches absurd audience questions about age, religion, and policy while lampooning campaign rituals and photo ops across diverse districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
New York
Steel Week Lays Off 25,000 Affects Major Mills
About 25,000 steelworkers were laid off with thousands more on short weeks as orders slump. Production this week at 1,560,000 tons, 54.8 percent capacity, lowest since 1959. Regions like Pittsburgh and Detroit report idle workers while Bethlehem Sparrows Point maintain near last year’s levels. Analysts foresee a rise in August as auto orders boost 1961 model steel demand.
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Associated Press
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
American Iron and Steel Institute
Detroit
Sparrows Point
Bethlehem Steel Corp
New Chessman Probe Ordered
California Governor Brown ordered Attorney General Moss to conduct a full investigation into the arrest of Severio Terranova in El Paso Texas. Terranova, a California ex convict, is linked to two California burglaries and may be connected to the crime Chessman faced.
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Caryl Chessman
State of
California
el Paso
Texas
Chessman
Rosalie Asher
Edmund G. Brown
FBI
Severio Terranova
Los Angeles
Glacier Park
Mont
Brown
Stanley Moss
Asher
Terranova
Charles Saverine Terranova
Dr Barbara Moore Finishes Rest Break On Cross Country Walk
Dr Barbara Moore, after a brief rest in Markleysburg Pennsylvania following a strenuous climb, continues her cross country trek toward Cumberland Maryland. She traveled on a 3 percent hour sleep and a hot bath prior to resuming the journey.
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Markieysburg
Barbara Moore
Cumberland
Pennsylvania
Plane Crash Near Peoria Kills Two
A light plane crashed on a farm across a road from a county airstrip near Peoria on Sunday killing two Washington men. Pilot Oliver Twist, 38, and passenger Gerald Edinger, 32, died. Witness Lou Moltier saw the craft make two turns as it seemed about to land before the engine failed.
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Peoria
Washington, Ill
Oliver Twist
Gerald Edinger
Lou Moltier
Douglas Gets Probe Started
Washington June 27 The General Accounting Office launched an investigation of defense purchasing at the request of Sen Paul Douglas D Ill. Douglas accused waste in military buying in a June 13 Senate speech showing 10 items bought at six to 100 times their value. He said 2 to 3 billion dollars annually could be saved through better procurement in the Defense Department.
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General Accounting Office
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Douglas
Senate
Armed Services
Defense Department
Typhoon Olive Veers East Toward South China Sea
Typhoon Olive veered east across the South China Sea and may spare Hong Kong if it stays on course. The storm swept northern Philippines, causing 104 deaths, over 500 missing, and more than 600,000 homeless, as Hong Kong recovers from Typhoon Mary less than a month earlier.
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Hong Kong
Olive
South China Sea
Royal Observatory
Philippines
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Anna Man
Herbert L. Simmerman
Union County Hospital
Reformed Tippler
Milwaukee County
Chos
Terra
Tanya
Senator
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Edgar Thomson
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Sacramento, Calif
John Serati
Herrin
City Park District
The
Park Board
Marion Equipment Co
Washington
Ter
America
Vogler Motor Co., Inc
North Illinois Ave
Carbondale, Ill
Brewster Motors, Inc
North Park Ave
Herrin, Ill
John Arnold Ford Sales
Walnut
Murphysboro, Ill
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