Parachute Jump Training At Mardale Draws Crowds
Thousands of Lee University avenue and West Main street spectators watched the 511th Parachute Battalion carry out 103 airborne jumps from three C 119 Flying Boxcars at 1500 feet near Mardale. Pathfinders marked drop zones and a forest attack demonstration followed with two 105 howitzers firing blanks. Public officials and local clinics stood by, as Memorial Day organizers thanked Carbondale merchants for displaying about 110 flags along the march route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mardale
James B. Lyle
511Th
Carbondale Funeral Home
Huffman
Carbondale
Levi
Washington, D. C
Lyle
Merchants of Carbondale
Memorial Day Invocation and Historic Order Read in Court
The event opened with an invocation by Rabbi Eskin and Major General John B. Coulter presenting General Order No. 11 from Memorial Day origins. The 1868 decree by General Logan urged grave decoration and perpetuated the custom. In Greene circuit court, Carson Seger and Curtis Chapman faced hearings after being brought from Menard state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosser
Mr. Fleischer
Rabbi Eskin
John B. Coulter
Fifth Army Corps
John A. Logan
Murphysboro
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington, DC
Sanity hearing opens for two hitchhikers
Carrollton May 31 UP reports an inquiry into the sanity of two young hitchhikers who robbed a motorist of six dollars and then shot him. The case centers on their mental state and possible legal responsibility for the crime.
S I U Board Studies Kraft Reorganization and Civil Service Move
The S I U board approves inviting the Faculty Procedures committee to study features of the Klein report on reorganizing campus facilities. It commends Director Charles P Casey for safety work and seeks highway 51 hazard removal with Governor Stevenson. The board backs extending the state civil service to six colleges and approves payroll changes and a new official seal for bond issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Klein
Stevenson
Charles P. Casey
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Carbondale
Department
Governor of Illinois
Civil Service
University of Illinois
Robert Davis
Leo Brown
O. W. Lyerla
Kenneth L. Davis
Guy Gladson
John Page Wham
Lindell W. Sturgis
Vernon Nickell
Retired Pastor Charles Ward Dies at 82
Rev. Charles A. Ward age 82 of Auburn, a retired Methodist minister, died yesterday in Memorial hospital Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles A. Ward
Auburn
Memorial Hospital
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Thousands Lee
University Avenue
West Main Street
Joliet
Ritz Tavern
Gerald I. Dodds
Joseph Riva
Stassen
Greene Circuit Court
Carson Seger
Alton
Curtis Chapman
White Hall
Gilard
Menard State Prison
Carrollton, Jr
Eok
Geet
Piel
Atk
St. Joseph
Ss. L. U. Trustees
Herrin Dry Cleaners
North 11Th Street
Herrin, Il
MN Amos
Plymouth Division
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Michigan
Plymouth
New Plymouth
Bill Dolkar
Limerick Finance Corporation
Herrin
N. Park
John McVey
Jubilee
Uerrin Supply Jewelry Dept
Jacobs-Lane Operated
Eee
Lovely
Jacobs - Lane Jewelers
Bane le Credit
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