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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1963
Page
4
The Herrin city council rewrites the parking ticket ordinance to enforce fines, set due dates, and align with outside practices. Courtesy tickets by the mayor and police chief are formalized, restoring public confidence in meter regulation. The piece discusses hotel lot use, potential lease or patrol options, and calls for uniform enforcement across businesses.
Adlai Stevenson argues Moscow may withhold payments to veto U.N. actions, risking the world body’s peacekeeping role. He urges use of Article 19 sanctions to deny the Soviet Union a seat in the 1964 General Assembly and emphasizes united action by U.N. members.
Illinois car and truck owners face a proposed late filing penalty for delayed license applications. A Senate highways committee approved a bill adding one dollar in January and two dollars in February for late applicants, with arrest possible after February 15 for cars without updated licenses. The measure also targets requests to reassign license numbers, reflected by personal preference rather than routine practice, arguing late applicants should bear the cost of the privilege.
The filing includes quirky observations on domestic life and public figures as the piece notes a husband objecting to candlelit dinners, a cautious bartender near an Army post, and satirical lines about Happy Chandler and Rockefeller. It reflects light commentary on manners and culture embedded in a divorce context.
Dave Felts discusses Bruce Catton's Terrible Swift Sword and a new critical survey of The Gilded Age edited by H Wayne Morgan. The article highlights Nassau Bahamas as a neutral blockade port, wartime profits for captains, and the era's social and political shifts leading to American global power.
The National Observer profiles Iceland as an unspoiled destination with unique dishes like Yopurt and shark meat aged in sand, plus pickled whale and Black Death brandy. It notes friendly locals, strong literature traditions, Reykjavik’s bookstores, a brief summer season, and dramatic geologic sights like Thingvellir and Geysir, inviting specialized visitors while few hotels exist.
A 1963 essay depicts dealership as an institution replacing human labor with automation. It describes labs packed with cars and precision tools, customers guided by trained staff, and the showroom as a temple where new cars are worshipped, while stressing the shift from human error to engineered efficiency.
A Williamson County Circuit Court jury awarded 10 250 to Johnston City landowners for right of way seized for Rt 37 improvements. Awards: 2000 to Wil Nan Crusky for .03 acre, 1000 to Sadie Moroni for .01 acre, 7000 to Harry Quigley and Marguerite Quighey Norman for .04 acre, 250 to Robert and Wanda Littlefair and Opal Fairbanks for .01 acre. Judge Reynolds adjourned to Monday for a state condemnation suit for Interstate Rt 57 near Johnston City.
The Southern Illinoisan outlines policy for printed letters to the editor. Signed letters are required, names kept confidential if requested, and letters must fit within three-quarters of a standard page with double spacing if typewritten. Libelous or irrelevant letters may be rejected and returned.
Irvin M. Peithmann of Carbondale questions the proposal to use 169 Igloos at Ordill as fallout shelters funded by government, noting gaps in oxygen, food, water, ventilation, and decision access, and warning that without sealed interiors and supplies they would become mausoleums in a nuclear holocaust.
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