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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1954
Page
5
The column reports US business sentiment at mid 1954 with hopes for fall gains. After a rough first six months 1954 saw factory inventories cut, durable goods and overall output down, yet consumer buying held steady aided by tax cuts. Experts foresee moderate upturn, more orders, steady employment, and improved profits after taxes.
Mrs. Ely Culbertson has been granted an uncontested divorce from bridge expert husband on grounds of intolerable severity. The action was finalized in Newfane Vermont on June 29 with both parties cited as consenting.
Warren Levy, 41, skipper of the Janet Irene, was hooked through the nose by a winch line while halibut fishing at Liverpool Nova Scotia. Sailors freed the hook, iodine was applied, and Levy insisted on finishing the trawls before seeking shore. He remained in the hospital after emergency surgery with eyes swollen shut.
Early risers in Illinois may see the sun's eclipse tomorrow as the moon covers up to 90 percent of the sun in the far north and about 80 percent near Cairo. The sky should be clear per the weather bureau, with viewing best toward the east at dawn and eclipse timing around 5 19 am to 6 59 am in Central Daylight Time.
Television cameras will cover the sun's eclipse tomorrow for late risers and others who will miss the real show. NBC and CBS share facilities to telecast from Minneapolis, Chicago and New York on Today and Morning Show. Repeat film showings scheduled later in the day.
Washington June 29 AP a Pacific Air Force is formed to control all United States Air Force installations and personnel from Hawaii to the Far East. Maj Gen Lory Smith will command once operative next month under Adm Felix Stump and Maj Gen Clark L Ruffner.
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved claims totaling $13,116.22 on Monday. Salary and expense payments came to $2,878.34, county highway claims were $4,225.20, motor fuel tax claims $3,683.16, and county unit motor fuel tax claims $2,329.52.
An unidentified youth forged at least two checks in Du Quoin on Saturday and fled to Pinckneyville area, eluding a large search. A car stolen Sunday night and abandoned in Chester may connect to the case, with officers still seeking the suspect described as 18 to 19 years old, blond, tattooed, wearing jeans and a white gingham shirt with a flower design.
The State Health Department approved plans to fluoridate Danville public water. By end of May 292,331 people in 34 Illinois communities and two state institutions used fluoridated water to prevent tooth decay in children.
Mrs. Mary F. Southwell Worcester 93 left nearly five million dollars to charity in a will filed in Probate Court. She died June 20 and is survived by her husband Charles H Worcester, former president and treasurer of Munising Paper Co.
Clyde L. Powell, ousted FHA official, again declines to answer Senate Banking Committee questions about windfall profits for builders of government backed apartments. Powell cites constitutional protection while Sen. Byrd calls him a key official in overvaluation and possible $100 million windfalls. The probe also targets FHA enforcement failures and home repair loan abuses.
The city council on Monday granted permission for a 45 minute film on all Marion activities to be shot with aerial photos. The project is expected to be completed in about a week to ten days.
Alfred M. A Harper age 77 of West Frankfort died Monday at Anna State Hospital. A retired coal miner last with Peabody 18, he belonged to Local 317 UMWA and the Northern Baptist Church of West Frankfort. He is survived by two daughters, a sister and a brother. Funeral at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Northern Baptist Church with Rev. George H. Eddy officiating. Burial at Boner Cemetery. Friends may call at Reedy Funeral Home.
A recount will begin Wednesday in the Randolph County Courthouse in Chester to determine who Republican voters in the 44th District nominated for State Representative in the April primary. A special panel of judges and clerks chosen by three parties will conduct the recount under Circuit Judge Edward Bareis. Parties are Dr. T. J. Thronton of Chester, W. J. McDonald of Murphysboro, and G. R. Beckmeyer of Nashville, each with three judges and three clerks. The recount covers all districts 134 counties unless canvass figures for a precinct are agreed.
About 200000 worshippers and visitors gathered at St. Peter's Basilica for the feast day of St. Peter and St. Paul. At noon Pope Pius XII appeared at his Vatican apartment window to bless roughly 60000 people in St. Peter's Square.
A Census Bureau study shows Illinois had the lowest per capita state expenditures in 1952 at 61.68 dollars versus a national average of 89.78. The Illinois Legislative Council calls the finding evidence of careful state administration, noting over half of Illinois’ 132 million distributed to local governments went to schools.
Creal Springs resident Webb Deaton was released from Marion Memorial Hospital after a wreck that killed Mrs Edna Caughlin of Creal Springs on June 16. A coroner jury urged binding over for reckless homicide. Deaton remained bed fast and awaits arraignment. John Caughlin, widow of the deceased, sues for $33 000 in circuit court.
Barbara Hutton, 41, arrived from Madrid and settled into Tangier's Casbah for several months of rest. She declined to discuss husband Porfirio Rubirosa or divorce, noting they separated on March 13.
Joe Cavoli 67 of Johnston City died at 11 20 am Monday in Anna State Hospital after a several month illness. Born in Italy he worked as a miner and belonged to UMWA Local 6183. He leaves two sisters S abi na Minelli and Agnes Cavoli and a nephew and niece. Funeral at Murman Wilson 9 am Thursday with calling after 6 pm today. Burial in Lakeview Cemetery.
Norman Johnson of Thompsonville was sentenced to a year in the Vandalia state penal form by Judge B W Eovaldi in Franklin County Circuit Court after a guilty finding on assault with a deadly weapon. He had boarded a West Frankfort taxi on November 8, threatened the driver with a gun, and refused to pay. Carl Coffell Jr of Dowell received one to three years in Menard prison for embezzling 690 dollars from Glodich Motor Co of West Frankfort where he worked.
The blood volume of whales is relatively greater, even in proportion to size than that of other mammals.
Librarian Mrs. Fern Brewer announced the Carbondale library will close at 6 p.m. in July and August. She noted 62 members in the Vacation Reading Club have reported on books read and 1,195 books have been checked out to children since June 7.
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