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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1952
Page
13
Ivan Birk, a 36 year old bulldozer operator, rigged a vacuum cleaner to power bagpipes after using it to blow a player piano. He joined a pipe band and found reading music and fingering while blowing was hard, so the vacuum handles the air, letting him concentrate on playing. He can now play The Barren Rocks of Aden by heart and the opening of Bonnetts of Bonnie Dundee.
Classified ad notice lists rates for Jackson Williamson Union Franklin Perry Randolph and Johnson counties. Advertisers may mail call or visit offices in Carbondale Herrin Johnston City Carterville Murphysboro with early ad deadlines and price structures. It warns against misuse of the Southern Illinoisan name by impostors and notes spraying plans beginning May 26 with calls to Carterville for verification.
Denver reports mixed positions on oil industry strikes affecting transport and fuel. California unions reach settlements with Union Oil and Standard Oil of California. talk of possible restrictions on civilian travel if the walkout continues.
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