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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1955
Page
2
A brief reader solicitation urges Arkansas readers to subscribe to the Southern Illinoisan with a prompt call to action. The note emphasizes immediate newspaper delivery if subscribed now and uses a playful tag line to attract attention.
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Navy Secretary Thomas says ships of the future will drop conventional guns on cruisers and be armed with guided missiles. Jet seaplanes will have a terrific future as they travel worldwide, he told the Armed Services Committee in Long Beach.
Chicago AP reports Prossie Anderson, 35, of Gary Indiana, a mail carrier accused of theft, killed himself Friday outside the office of a post office inspector who was to question him. He was due to appear at 9 a m on the sixth floor of the main post office.
Murray Gillespie a Carmel petroleum engineer spoke to the Marion Rotary Club on Thursday describing industry oil exploration methods and asserting that drilling remains the best way to locate oil.
Timothy Jurphy of Boston was named national commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Friday. Murphy, a former Massachusetts assistant attorney general, had served in the post as senior vice commander.
Contests in Southern Illinoisan invite readers to solve the weekly Little Stinker crossword. Entries must be official planks, mailed or hand delivered by Wednesday to multiple Illinois offices. postcard entries win a 1 percent bonus. Only one prize per family. $50 awarded weekly if correct solutions are received.
Lester Bartholomew recorded his funeral message on death row before his execution. About 450 attendees at the First Baptist Church heard his voice urging friends and loved ones to get right with God. Bartholomew was executed in the gas chamber for the May 28 shooting of his wife and two children in Phoenix.
Dorothy Norman of Marion filed a 2500 dollar damages suit in Williamson County Circuit Court against Motor Insurance Corp. The claim arises from a wreck on April 27 involving Norman's husband Oliver driving the insured car.
Gov. Stratton appoints Ira D. Cravens of Williamsville as superintendent of the division of veterans service in the State Welfare Department. He succeeds Myron Hanover of Mason City.
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A September event centered near Delhi Texas is captured in a single photograph. The image reportedly shows a storm with a diameter near 1,000 miles, marking the Navy’s claim of the first such storm displayed in one picture.
Veterans at Southern Illinois University will not receive Korean GI Bill checks for at least two months. Acting regional VA manager William E. Keith said payments, set at end of each training month, will arrive around November. SIU classes begin September 21. half-month payments are issued at the end of the following month. Monthly allowances remain $110 single, $135 one dependent, $160 multiple dependents.
Los Angeles reports a 25 year old actress, Miss Yvonne Doughty, claiming actor Jess Barker, 41, is the father of her December child. She seeks $1,000 for hospitalization and ongoing support. Barker denies the charges through his attorney.
David J. Berrier, son of Mr and Mrs J H Berrier of Murphysboro, completes a three week aviation indoctrination at Corpus Christi Texas as part of a 1400 member NROTC group. The Southern Illinoisan reports the event in its Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro editions.
More than 350 high school journalists and advisers will gather at Southern Illinois University on September 24 for the annual Southern Illinois High School Press Association convention. The program features eight panel discussions led by SIU journalism staff and an advisers conference, with Robert L. Barnes of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat headlining a luncheon.
E. W. Haury of Sparta announced an open house program for two new homes near the Lions Community Building. The houses on South Oak Street will be open Saturday 1 to 8 p m and Sunday 1 to 6 p m for inspection.
Borg-Warner Herrin Illinois invites applications for a factory accounting position. Requires degree in accounting or equivalent experience and supervisory potential. Submit to Personnel Department Norge Division for interview.
Secretary of State Charles F. tier announced the revocation of 126 licenses and the suspension of 8 driving privileges. The year total reaches 4,380 revocations and 610 suspensions with Southern Illinois residents named including Clifford Jackson and Don R. Watson among others.
John M. Mattingly son of Mr and Mrs W B Mattingly of 329 Seventh St Cairo was recently promoted to electronics technician third class in the U S Navy He is serving aboard destroyer USS Blue.
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