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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1957
Page
4
Ruth Millett explores common signs of fading romance and offers practical questions to revive affection. The piece prompts couples to replace negative replies with positive actions like open laughter, shared hobbies, thoughtful deeds, and genuine appreciation to restore sparkle and connection.
William Stafford, 18, of Minooka, paid a $20 fine plus costs in Justice W L Dix's court for reckless driving on Liberty street. The charge, filed by Donald Claypool of Morris, claimed Stafford passed on the right after waiting at a traffic light while en route to report hub cap theft from his car parked near the roller skating rink on Route 6.
A compact list of across and down clues referencing watercraft terms and related vocabulary across the grid. Includes blunt boat, three mile ship, Egyptian cleopatra barge, and geographic hints plus mineral springs and sheltered inlets for boats.
A compact key lists numbered clues and expected short answers for a word puzzle. Each item maps a clue such as Dry Oriental food Sharp and Nights to concise responses, with entries including common crossword style terms like antenna bristle craft and the Belgian river.
One year ago a Morris hospital birth for Ralph Yednika and Miss Lila Ryan’s winter trip to Oakland are noted. Harry Leach earns 25 year agent award with a desk pen set. Andrew Zelinko hosts a golden birthday for his son Andrew Jr. in Coal City. John Donaldson undergoes appendicitis surgery in Morris hospital. A coal mine garage fire destroys forty five vehicles. George Brady is installed commander of the local legion post.
Washington aide Sherman Adams, seen as a key White House figure, told Republican listeners in St. Louis that President Eisenhower is back in the saddle. Adams conducted the St. Louis remarks after writing the Washington speech and claimed to hear Missouri conversations before they occurred.
Cub Scouts from Den 7 Pack 76 Den 2 Pack 76 Den 1 Pack 76 Falcon Den 4 Pack 73 Tiger Den 6 Pack 71 and Den 3 Pack 76 met with their den mothers. They wrapped gifts crafted items and made Christmas tree decorations while some dens practiced skits and kept buckskin reports.
French authorities said 78 Algerian rebels were killed near Roknia in eastern Algeria. Army officials also reported 25 prisoners captured and a large stock of rebel ammunition seized. French casualties were not disclosed.
A dense listing of networks and shows across the evening clock includes 11 TV, 9 Sky King, 5 News and various programs from 6:05 P.M. to 12:45 A.M. with anchor reads by Alex Dreier Julian Bentley Lloyd Petit and Len O Connor among others. The schedule features sports, dramas, variety, and news across stations 11 9 7 5 2 and 10 highlighting The Honeymooners Dragnet and The Late Show.
The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors backs adding seven supplemental locks to the Illinois Waterway at Lockport Brandon Road Dresden Island Marseilles Starved Rock Peoria and La Grange. Estimated federal cost 114.652 million. Locks 110 feet wide and 1200 feet long. Construction tied to traffic capacity and awaiting chief of engineers submission to Congress.
Mrs. Frank Lutz Jr. reported a ball of fire and glow seen over Gebhard Woods State park behind her home Sunday. A park search was planned to seek traces and determine what fell while the Fifth Army warned not to touch unknown objects until radioactivity is tested.
In Geneva U S Ambassador Alexis Johnson and Wang Ping nan of Red China adjourned their two year talks indefinitely. The talks began in August 1954 and have been deadlocked for months. The United States seeks Peiping not to use force against Formosa while the Reds demand direct negotiations between Chou En Lai and Dulles.
Minooka pupils from the high and grade schools will present a program of band and vocal music in the high school gym at 3 p.m. Sunday. A candlelight processional into the gym precedes the choral group singing traditional Christmas carols and popular secular pieces. The band will perform a cornet trio by Virginia Wallin, William Lund and Jackie McCoy.
Ben son, speaking in his Republican circle, urged resolution over resignation while announcing plans for Congress to grant greater discretion in price supports for basic crops and other farm law changes to give farmers more crop and market choices. He criticized business and labor for inflating industrial prices, contributing to agriculture’s tough economic position amid Ireland’s note of 32 600 square miles.
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