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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1970
Page
2
The Marshall Herald credits editor Carlos Stewart and Carl Stewart with weekly publication at Marshall. The note lists address 124 S Fifth Street and rate details for subscriptions and a card of thanks fee.
A dense excerpt outlines VFW priorities including disabled veterans, widows and orphans, readjustment benefits, pensions, and opposition to world government. It advocates comradeship, community projects, and exclusive overseas veteran membership while opposing surrender of liberties.
The piece argues that Americans have faced large wars since 1900 with undertrained riflemen. It condemns government bureaus and the NRA for dismantling youth marksmanship programs while nuclear reality supposedly makes rifles seem obsolete. It laments bureaucratic incompetence and political expediency sacrificing soldiers to poor training.
University of Illinois horticulture professor Leonard Beevers will use a 28000 NSF grant to study protein metabolism in Pisum sativum cotyledons during development and germination. Research could raise pea protein content, improve germination, and boost seed crop quality over a two year period.
A fragmentary entertainment item notes a young woman describing games and a refreshment period during which bulls were shot. The writer defends printing the phrasing if the subject approved. The piece remains a curious snapshot of a past cultural moment.
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