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Newspaper
Daily Gazette
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1964
Page
4
Readers share quick fixes from Polly's Pointers including turning an worn top of a nightgown into a cooler sleeveless style with elastic. Tips cover clothesline method for hoses, secure key storage using fishing line or pipe cleaners, and curtain tieback slits for neater drapery. Readers encouraged to mail ideas for a silver dollar prize.
Government experts sketch a profile of would be assassins based on Lee Harvey Oswald. They warn that years of study are needed to identify traits, focusing on self aggrandizement, action history, and targeting motives tied to perceived wrongs.
National Newspaper Week highlights the newspaper role in informing citizens from Saigon to Washington and in preserving freedoms. The piece notes press freedom serves individuals and communities and urges readers to value daily information delivery.
A Cape Kennedy master technician confronts a maze of modern motel controls. He discovers the wall lights, TV, radio, climate settings, and shower require a master’s touch and patience. The piece ends with a wry note that even experts struggle with new, complex comforts.
A witty column predicts more utility for the old hip pocket as football season arrives and playfully notes boredom may fade once retirement begins.
Fragmentary text describes shoppers purchasing groceries amid concerns about items thought to be used in gardens and parenting advice about teens. The text hints at social unrest with mentions of teens and gangs and being pushed around.
In a shift that echoes capitalist incentives, Soviet economists and a Pravda editor acknowledge the profit motive may spur efficiency. They admit current production is slow, cars obsolete, and workers nonchalant, suggesting a need for market-style competition and rewards. The Kremlin’s leaders, once strict communists, are reportedly reexamining fundamental doctrine due to practical failures.
A reader questions the blaming of schools for poor spelling. The answer argues spelling matters, disputes sole blame on schools, notes mixed reading methods like phonics and look-say, and invites readers to send school problems to Susan Light for the column.
A 1964 General Features Corp poem expresses longing and romance. The speaker pleads for closeness and kisses, saying only their beloved can fulfill and uplift them.
A piece from the Paper Enterprise Assn. extols everyday listening as the simplest yet most meaningful kindness. It urges quiet responsiveness to elders, friends in grief, youths with ideas, and parents brimming with pride, noting small acts can outweigh big deeds.
Tips for window shoppers warn against fly by night door to door salesmen and urge buying from local dealers. Check quality storm windows and doors, including insect screening and heavy frame materials, and inspect joints gussets and seals for long term performance.
Readers are invited to express views in this column while The Gazette reserves the right to delete libelous or injurious material. Letters should be limited to about 204 words.
A Rock Falls reader laments vandalism by teens at Bickford's Drug Store in Sterling. She alleges no police help, urges merchants and authorities to act, noting prior incidents and danger to shoppers. She signs as Mrs. Wm. R. Boze.
Dear Mrs Lawrence suggests reframing a nervous breakdown as a breakthrough to rebuild inner values. It argues our moral certainties crumble under strain, prompting fresh insight, solitude, and self crafted meaning, while advising consultation with the sister’s psychiatrist before applying any ideas.
The article contrasts Africa’s tribes with North American civilization noting wheel discovery and literacy gaps. It stresses the need for privileged nations to spread techniques and culture worldwide, warning that selfishness allows communist lies to spread and urging every reader to share responsibility in human regeneration and advancement.
Snapshot of local items notes Eisenhower birthday at 69 in white house. UAW picks Walter Reuther for two more years. Rock Falls and Sterling tax receipts. Hurricane Hazel warnings for North Carolina coast. Local motorists ticketed on First Avenue. Credit Women's Club installs Grace Rice as president. Exchange student Lester Miche recounts Australia visit. Mars Marian Connell Morrison Wantaye elected national board member District Six.
Tokyo reports 1,000 allied planes raid Formosa as barriers grow scarce and the war outlook darkens. A killing frost drives temperatures to 36 degrees this morning. Whiteside County records a total voter registration of nearly 22,670.
Fifty years ago the world sees the Vistula battle with three million troops engaged. A seventy foot chimney for Morrison heating plant backing the courthouse is completed today. The Christian Army Hall on West Fourth street opens Saturday with Rev. J. A. Ahrens delivering the first address.
Classified ad claims over a million dollars yearly spent on itch relief. Petersons Ointment is advertised as cooling and astringent, with a 70c box or 85c tube and a money back guarantee for fast relief.
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