Reverend Mercer to speak at Morris Lions club meeting
The Rev. Arthur Mercer a Lions member will discuss his Alaska Air Force chaplain experiences with pictures at the Morris Lions club program Thursday after a 6 45 p m dinner William McElwain says. Reservations for the December 19 Christmas party for children will be taken at the same Thursday meeting Lion Glen Reeves and Lion Howard Matteson lead. no meeting will occur during Christmas week.
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Arthur Mercer
Lions Club
Morris Lions Club
William McElwain
Mercer
Air Force
Alaska
Lion Glen Reeves
Lion Howard Matteson
USS Atka Icebreaker Detaches for Antarctic Duty
The U S Navy icebreaker USS Atka stationed in the Antarctic and Little America sails with two helicopters and four pilots aboard to support operations.
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USS
Atka
Antarctic
Little America
Corn Research Shows High Fertility Needs High Plant Population
In the Morrow Plots at the University of Illinois the study shows that four kernels per hill yield 133 bushels an acre when combined with high soil fertility, versus 114 bushels with fewer plants. Under low fertility, fewer plants can compensate. The work honors George E. Morrow and Manley Miles and is led by M. B. Russell with A. L. Lang overseeing field operations.
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Morrow
University of Illinois
Urbana
Illinois
George E. Morrow
Manley Miles
Department of Agronomy
M. B. Russell
A. L. Lang
U.S. workers now better educated says Census Bureau
The March survey shows average schooling at 1.8 years beyond high school with 18 percent having at least one year of college and 9 percent college graduates. Women average 12.1 years vs men 11.3, unemployment falls from eight to one percent with higher education, and whites outpace nonwhites in progress.
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G. K. Hodenfield
Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Bahrain Bans Eli Lilly in Oil Region Boycott
Bahrain, a British protected sheikdom, announced it has blacklisted Eli Lilly International Corp of Indianapolis and Imperial Chemical Industries. Products from both firms will be banned from the Persian Gulf island as part of the Arab boycott against firms doing business with Israel.
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Bahrain
Eli Lilly International Corp
United States
Israel
Indianapolis
Britain
Imperial Chemical Industries
Persian Gulf
Stevenson urges bold plan to outpace Russia in science
Adlai Stevenson, former Democratic presidential nominee, urged a ambitious national plan to catch up with the Soviet Union in science. He recommended enlarging foreign aid to weaker Asia and Africa regions, using NATO for both military and larger development goals, and coordinating with other free governments to avoid sacrificing domestic welfare.
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New York
Adlair Stevenson
Stevenson
Russia
New York County Lawyers Assn
United States
Asia
Africa
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
KINSMAN Notes Hospital Stay After Auto Crash
Kinsman notes Emmett Prindiville, formerly of here, will be a patient for some time at Misericordia hospital Milwaukee room 636 after an auto accident. Floyd Whorrall family attended aunt Elizabeth Ishmael's funeral at Oakford and visited Eddie Coughlins in Bloomington over the weekend.
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Emmett Prindiville
Here
Misericordia Hospital
22Nd and
McKinley
Milwaukee
Wis
Floyd Whorrall
Elizabeth Ishmael
Oakford
Eddie Coughlins
Bloomington
Teresa Burk
Grundy County Rest Home
Vince Maiers
Almira McCarthy
James
IRS official pledges cake for full Savings Bond signers
Richmond Virginia C. W. Glotzbach IRS director says he will bake a cake for all section chiefs who sign 100 percent for U S Savings Bonds. He has baked 24 with help from Mrs Glotzbach.
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Richmond, Va
C. W. Glotzbach
Internal Revenue Service
U. S
Grundy County Soil Conservation District Meeting January 16
Wane Roost announces the annual meeting and director election will be held January 16 at Morris High School. Dr. Ralph Hay will speak on drainage and India slides. LeRoy Rieke reports a corrugated metal tile outlet pipe installation near Reddick and praises wheel track tillage on corn fields. A surface drainage system is being installed on the William McElwain farm northeast of Mor.
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Wane Roost
Dwight
Grundy County
Soil Conservation District Board of Directors
Morris High School
Ralph Hay
University of Illinois Engineering Department
India
Sou Conservation District
UNS
LeRoy Rieke
Reddick
Rieke
William McElwain
Mor
Drainage and land-use plans for Mazon township area
William Rehberg operates a drainage project draining about 60 acres with a shallow ditch system. Dirt removed will fill potholes and reduce required channels. John Trenter of Mazon township plans to clear several acres of waste land, using portions for rotation crops and permanent pasture, aided by deep root grasses and alfalfa and Brome grass for drainage improvement.
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William Rehberg
John Trenter
Mazon
Sophomore Phil Logan Wins Mines Rock Drilling Contest
Fort Worth Texas sophomore Phil Logan won the annual rock drilling contest at Colorado School of Mines. Within three minutes he carried a pneumatic drill to the site set it up and punched a 36 inch hole in a granite slab.
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Golden
Colo
Phil Logan
Fort Worth
Tex
Colorado School of Mines
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