Harvest Thresherman Tales At Perry County Fair
A seventh annual American Thresherman Association meeting at the Pinckneyville fairgrounds recalls old threshing days. Attendees see steam traction engines, portable threshers, and straw stackers while recalling boyhood tasks, water wagons, and early farm machinery. Plan to attend similar events in Carmi and the Midwest next year. Best Meats notes fat and bone matter beyond weight in judging meat value.
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Perry County
Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville Fair Ground
Hardy Robinson
Dan Reeves
Thrasher
Keck
Keck - Gonnrman
Jumbo
Rumley
Port Huron
Peerless
Nichols Shapard
Belleville
Carmi
White County
Midwest
Rare 1875 printing of Illinois state song ballad gifted to library
The Illinois State Historical Library received a copy of the rare 1875 printing of Baby Mine used for Illinois music. Archibald Johnston composed the music, Charles Mackay wrote the lyrics, and the piece predates the 1890s words by Cham Berlin. The song became Illinois state song in 1925 after legislative passage led by Florence Bohrer.
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Illinois
Illinois State Historical Library
Clyde C. Walton
Ralph G. Newman
Chicago
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission
Archibald Johnston
Charles Mackay
Walton
Charles H. Chamberlin
Col
Oscar B. Knight
Washington
Chamberlin
Johnson
Florence Fifer Bohrer
Bloomington
Joseph Fifer
Senate
Illinois Leads Nation In Read Start Enrollments
Gov Otto Kerner announced Illinois leads the nation in Head Start summer enrollments with 85 777 children statewide. Federal funds total 5 137 569 supporting 970 classes across the state staffed by 2941 volunteers 2085 professionals and 2121 employed personnel from local area committees and nonprofits.
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Illinois
Otto Kerner
Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington, D.C
Inons
Ilinois
Choate Named to Illinois Democratic Platform Committee
State Rep. Clyde L. Choate Democratic Majority Leader has been appointed as a member of the Democratic Platform to meet in Springfield on September 7 1966. He and state Democratic leaders will draft the platform for the November election emphasizing economic development and job opportunities in Illinois. Choate introduced in 1960 the proposal for a Department of Economic Development to boost industrial expansion. The platform will be presented in Chicago on September 9 1966.
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Clyde L. Choate
House of Representatives
Springfield
Choate
of Illinois
Democratic Platform Committee
Department of Economic Development
Illinois
Chicago
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Puzzle clues list across and down items covering chemistry, geography, language, and culture with hints for answers. The grid references include numerous short definitions like notary, coast lines, and plant names, plus themed terms such as Demeter and Thoron daughter sym.
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Burden
Self
Cosmos Firma
Heroic Orient
Opera
Hoarders Rubber
Knave
Demeter’s
Thoron
Puzzle Clues Reveal Themed Word List A to Z
A reconstructed clue set lists items such as Anxieties acting and others depravity and a Roman date plus seaweed and Dude. The sequence hints at a crossword style puzzle with indirect references.
LSD Documentary Album Reviewed by Capitol Records
A new Capitol LP titled LSD offers mixed value. The album includes discussions by Dr. Sidney Cohen and proponents like Dr. Timothy Leary and Tom Allen Ginsberg, plus conversations from an LSD party. Capitol’s Alan W. Livingston and Lawrence Schiller produced the documentary project.
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Capitol Records
Capitol
Sidney Cohen
Timothy Leary
Tom Allen Ginsberg
Aldous Huxley
Alan W. Livingston
Lawrence Schiller
Life Magazine
Teenage Letters on Politeness and Self-Image
A fifteen year old from a typical town asks why girls ignore him while a friend is greeted. The reply urges natural politeness, good grooming, and a relaxed demeanor, noting looks are less important than character and manners. Address letters to FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS. FRANKFORT KY community service.
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Community and Suburban Press Service
Frankfort
Rules of the Road Reminder by Illinois Secretary
A public safety notice urges careful driving as summer traffic rises. It emphasizes signaling before turns and planning stops on multi lane highways to avoid pileups and accidents. A copy of the Rules of the Road is available from the Secretary of State in Springfield Illinois.
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Speart
Aul Welecretary
Springfield
Ilinois
Cooperative questions guide SIU study of farm coops
Walter Wills of Southern Illinois University urges intensive research into farm cooperatives over the next decade. He questions pricing, membership information, management, and the role of coops in affluent and underdeveloped regions, urging appraisal of mergers and service expansion.
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Walter Wills
Southern Illinois University Agricultural Industries Department
Wills
Some people's idea of progress quotes Ola Tomer
A quoted line attributes a sharp remark to Ola Tomer about progress, noting the tension between external improvements and self-improvement. The fragment suggests a critique of progress focused on others rather than personal growth.
The Struggle Over Cigarettes and Public Expenditures
Sen Paul Simon comments on government promotion of smoking abroad citing Warner Brothers funded film and subsidies to tobacco crop. He criticizes misallocation of public funds and urges reevaluation of tobacco subsidies while noting health warnings and industry resilience. He cites Austria Japan Thailand campaigns and UK anti smoking signs as trends.
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Edith Green
Oregon
Department of Agriculture
Warner Brothers
Austria
Japan
Thailand
U.S
New York Stock Exchange
Great Britain
Board of Trustees
University of Illinois
Irving Dilliard
United States
Remembering Elders in Iowa Farm Life and Goods
Ellen G. Goodpasture recalls farm life in Anita Iowa with butter exchanges and thrift. She describes butter boats for sale old rubber and rag salvage for paper and sewing thread purchases. A past preacher, mush for supper, a school song and a father calling a teacher who gathered nuts in May. Contributions to The Old Timer in Frankfort Kentucky are invited.
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Ellen G. Goodpasture
Anita
Iowa
Retirement money questions facing the Golden Years
The article warns retirement savers about shifting funds between savings and loans and banks amid rising rates and a falling stock market. It notes up to 5.5 percent on certificates, 4.2 to 4.5 percent on savings accounts, and higher borrowing costs, urging a cautious approach and offering a pamphlet from Department CPS in New York.
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Savings & Loan
Savings &Loans
Savings & Loan Associations
West Coast
Fsa
Anks
Ale da
Savings & Loans
Eain
Dept. Cps
Grand Conbel
New York
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Southern Illinois University
Earth
Clyde Choate
Ceylon
India
Cook Islands
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Fea
Fas
33 Records
Linda Norris
Paul Powell
SIU
Abert Meyer
He Ola Tomer
Sen
Paul Simon
Kentucky
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