Carbondale Farmer Pursues Brahman Char lait Hereford Cross Breeding
Doran Fox of Route 1 Carbondale steers a novel cattle program crossing Charlait Brahman and Hereford stock. He operates seven Brahma Charlait yearling heifers two Charlait bulls and five Hereford heifers plus 11 Charlait Brahman Jersey culls. Fox aims to produce a three breed herd with pasture plan over eight years while evaluating beef quality and adaptability to southern Illinois. He brought in a mixed shipment from Texas six months ago and plans continued breeding to enhance traits from all three breeds while phasing out Jersey stock.
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Carbondale
Route 1
India
United States
Southwest
France
Midwest
Doran Fox
Texas
Fabulous King Ranch
Sailor Desertion Trial After Jump to Help Wife
Long Beach California May 29 AP Coast guardsman Baren C Wimp 20 was found guilty of desertion with intent to shirk important service by a general court martial. He was sentenced to six months hard labor three in confinement and was reduced from boatswain s mate third class to seaman. Wimp testified he jumped from his cutter February 9 bound for an Arctic weather station to aid his pregnant wife. she later lost the expected baby.
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Long Beach
Calif
Coast
Baren C. Wimp
Wimp
North Illinois potato black market probed
In Moline on May 29 AP reports the Office of Price Stabilization is probing a potato black market across 34 Northern Illinois counties. Rock Island County is named among the investigations. OPS district director John M. Kerwin says volume sales are under review and those who profited above ceiling prices will face penalties.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Illinois
John M. Kerwin
Peoria O.P.S
Rock Island County
Bible distribution to armed services totals 941 thousand
In 1951 the American Bible Society shipped 941,241 Bibles to U S military services. The program aimed to support service members during postwar duties and strengthen morale with religious materials.
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The
American Bible Society
American Armed Services
Graduation Services Set At Golconda
Golconda Community high school plans graduation tonight for 33 seniors in the auditorium marking the 32nd ceremony in the school's history. Dr F G Warren of Southern Illinois University will give the commencement address. Baccalaureate was held Sunday with Rev Morton W Merrell speaking.
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Golconda Community High School
F. G. Warren
Southern Illinois University
Morton W. Merrell
T. Leo Dodd
Eldorado High School
Thomas A. Baker
George Isaac Barger
Mildred June Barger
Jo Ann Brown
Joyce Elaine Bullock
Lewis Wayne Bullock
Helen Ruth Cox
James Edward Crow
Doris Rae Deberry
Madge Dunning
Kenneth Dale Eichorn
John Phillip Eskew
Frances Lorene Evitts
Patricia June Faulkner
Carolyn Lee Gard
Rachel Geneva Green
Walter Andrew Halt
David D. Allen
William Henry Boos
Clark G. Davis
Mary E. Davis
Wallace Terry Davis
Paul Thoms Davis
Nancy Ann Dukes
Mary Sally Eskew
Clyde Gaskins
Betty Gibson
James L. Carr
Harold D. Green
Catherine Ann Halter
Helena Ada Hertter
Charllene Holland
Marilee Hollis
Larry Dee Hussey
Sylvia Marie Lea
James Franklin Lingle
Wallace Glenn Long
Donald Noel
Billy Owens
Evelyn Owens
Mary Annette Stilley
Patricia Sue Titsworth
Doris G. Thomas
Henry Thomas Vinson
Walter Wayne Walker
House Passes Road Bill
Washington May 29 The House passed and sent to the Senate a $1,276,200,000 coach building bill.
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Washington
Senat
Cotton Grows Northward Reaching Southern Illinois
Cotton cultivation has expanded northward in the United States and is now grown as far north as Southern Illinois, marking a notable shift in agricultural zones and crop adaptability.
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United States
Illinois
Swartz Granted Leave for Fulbright Lectureship in Pakistan
Dr. Willis G. Swartz dean of the graduate college at Southern Illinois University received a winter and spring 1952 53 leave of absence to accept a Fulbright lectureship in Pakistan He will lecture on international relations at the University of Peshawar near the Khyber Pass Mrs Swartz and their daughter Cynthia plan to accompany him
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Willis G. Swartz
Graduate College
Southern Illinois University
Pakistan
University of Peshawar
Kvyber Pass
Golconda School Chief Resigns to Lead Elementary Schools
J. F. Willis, longtime Golconda Community High School principal and Golconda superintendent, resigns to become principal of Golconda elementary schools. A Southern Illinois University graduate, Willis led curricular advances and school improvements during twenty years at the high school.
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Golconda
J. F. Willis
Stray bullet kills utilities worker in downtown St. Louis
Raymond Raack, 52, of Webster Groves and employee in Union Electric Co.'s real estate and tax department, was shot as he entered his parked car near Fifteenth and Pine. Witnesses reported a backfire sound, and autopsy found a .38 caliber bullet entering under the right armpit. Police suspect the bullet may have ricocheted from a building.
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St. Louis
Fifteenth and
Pine Streets
Raymond Raack
Webster Groves
Union Electric Co
Raack
Memorial Day Speaker to Head Johnston City Services
Dr. D W Morris president of Southern Illinois university Carbondale will be principal speaker at joint Memorial Day services sponsored by Johnston City American Legion and VFW posts. Parade starts East Broadway and Monroe to VFW Memorial Park. Wreaths placed for Civil War Spanish American World War I World War II unknown soldier. In rain, services move to National Guard Armory.
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D. W. Morris
J. City
Southern Illinois University
Cartondale
Johnston City American Legion
Veteran of Foreign Wars
Legion
V.F.W
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Woodmen of the World
East Broadway
Monroe
V.F.W. Memorial Park
K. Neil Thurmond
Jack R. DeVore
Gospelaires Quartet
Dr. Mortis
Nettie Kee
Eugene Moroni
Pete Savant
Baptista Castrale
Paul K. Odum
Virginia Litton
Earl Ray Crain
National Guard
Bible texts flood Japan during occupation says society
The American Bible Society reports over 13 million Bible texts were distributed in Japan during the occupation, highlighting a major religious outreach effort amid postwar recovery and cultural contact.
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Japan
The
American Bible Society
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