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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
10
Readers ask about teen sexuality and drunk driving. Ann Landers cites laws against reckless driving and interference. A letter on a daughter–in–law abusive marriage prompts a response about empowerment and accountability. The column promotes a wedding guide and notes Napa Valley wine grape production.
Betty B says wives can be more passionate than husbands while Kinsey reports suggest otherwise. The screed argues the average wife is frigid by male standards, links sexual hunger to ego inflation, and urges readers to obtain Dr Crane’s booklet for more on sex differences and female sexuality.
Prime time listings show 2 News Weather Sports at 6 and 10 2 Editorial at 6 30 27 Gomer Pyle and Star Trek at 7 30 9 Perry Mason at 9 00 and late night Johnny Carson Joey Bishop and movie options.
A jumble of crossword clues and partial answers lists various hints. Entries include references to colors meats to shades, mythological names, and notable figures, suggesting a puzzle page with scattered definitions and wordplay.
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp announced a copper tubing plant at East Alton Illinois. The facility will employ about 100 workers at start in mid 1969 and produce up to 400 feet of welded tubing per minute for construction heat exchangers and water desalting plants. Separately the piece notes tomatoes reached the United States after Thomas Jefferson introduced them in 1781.
Hollywood AP writer Cynthia Lowry recounts Robert Conrad’s on set accident and return to Wild Wild West. Conrad sustained a double skull fracture after a stunt gone wrong, but he is back in training and the show advances into a fourth season. The piece notes the cast, producer ambitions, and other TV stars like Ross Martin and Marty Allen in related cast changes.
Carmi 19 year old Greg Childers sustained serious injuries in a single engine Cessna 150 crash on Carmi Municipal Airport runway. He was transported to Carmi Township Hospital for treatment.
On August 15 1904 the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769. 1935 saw the death of Will Rogers and Wiley Post in Alaska. 1944 marked the Allied invasion of southern France. India and Pakistan were created in 1947. The Republic of Korea was proclaimed in 1948. The Berlin Wall began in 1961. UN observers found no Lebanon infiltration. Congo president Fulbert Youlou resigned five years ago. Fairbanks Alaska flooded last year.
Police clashed for two hours with a small group of African Americans in Pittsburgh. An officer was struck by Mace, six officers were treated for cuts and bruises, and eighteen protesters were arrested on charges from assault to inciting riot. The report also notes Tokyo population figures from 1942 and 1965.
Warsaw file reports a small exodus of about 25 000 to 30 000 Jews from Poland with 800 leaving since June 1967. Professionals like doctors teachers and engineers depart citing loss of future amid anti Israel and anti Zionist campaigns by the Communist regime following student unrest. Jews sign applications to emigrate to Israel as the Dutch embassy handles visas. numbers are not disclosed.
Chicago AP report says 176 Negro delegates and 125 alternates will join a total 5,611 at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, nearly triple 1964 figures. Michigan leads with 20 delegates and 15 alternates. Louisiana tops the South with 9 delegates and 4 alternates. Southern states show marked gains.
Milwaukee Safety Commission reports nearly half of the 19 pedestrians killed in city traffic crashes during the first seven months of 1968 had been drinking. The panel said alcohol was not listed as the primary cause for these deaths and noted most drinkers were over 50 and injured at night.
Athens AP report states Alexander Panagoulis 29 confessed to placing dynamite along the coast road to Ath ens with charges six-tenths of a mile apart and revealed 15 other bombs after a failed assassination attempt on Premier George Papadopoulos. The blast narrowly missed the premier en route to a cabinet meeting as Panagoulis fled the scene. A government note said he misled investigators for 24 hours before admitting his identity.
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