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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1965
Page
4
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle muses on the season's joys and one fault. He notes Christmas brings cheer and family, but laments unwanted gifts, offering a humorous personal list of items not to receive and playful tips for Santa.
Gemini 6 astronauts head home after a space rendezvous with Gemini 7. Gemini 7 veterans describe sights to the newcomers as light banter continues.
Wang Kuei 33 indicted for dropping a burning cigarette butt that sparked a fire causing 100000 dollars in property damage and leaving over 100 people homeless in Formosa. The report notes the incident stemmed from a fire at a building site with widespread harm and evacuation.
Crossword clues listed with answers likely fill a puzzle. Reads like a condensed crossword grid with numbered entries from 1 to 39 including theme line “on a wide sea” and reference to yesterday’s answer. Mentions Mr Wills and Conrad and a mix of nautical and literary terms.
New kid recordings include Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipmunks a Go Go on Liberty with What's New Pussycat Downtown Mrs Brown Youve Got a Lovely Daughter King of the Road and Mr Tambourine Man. Capitol offers Hansel and Gretel in English sung by Sadlers Wells with clear enunciation. Camden releases Dr Seuss reads Fox in Socks Green Eggs and Ham and The Rabbit Bear and the Zinnga Zanniga. Other titles feature The Jack and Jill Little Peoples Favorite Songs Amos the Famous Mosquito What Will We Find on the Moon and I Want to Live by the Golden Rule plus Yeaworth Family Singers Noisy and Quiet Big and Little. Odeon Songs for Singing Children includes Dutch nursery and Appalachian folk on side one and English folk dances on side two. Less appealing are Patrick Muldoon and his Magic Balloon Sunday School Songs and Playing Games and Having Fun by Do Re Mi Children’s Chorus with a few game songs.
The list compiles classic 1960s singles including Turn Turn Turn by the Byrds Let s Hang On and I Hear a Symphony with other tracks from artists such as Supreme Barry A Taste of Honey Tijuana Brass Rescue Me and Get Off of My Cloud by the Rolling Stones. It highlights songs by Brown Dave Clark Five Shangri Las and the Shangri-Las with varied pop rock and soul flavors.
On this date 1773 Boston tea party. 1689 English Bill of Rights passage. 1809 Napoleon divorced. 1835 NYC fire destroyed 674 buildings. 1865 US objected to French troops in Mexico. NATO Western air defense progress. Laotian capital fall to Phoumi Nosavan forces. Luther Hodges resignation and John Connor appointment.
Paris AP report says NATO ministers agreed to stay in close touch on security risks from the People's Republic of China. A communique noted concerns over Chinese policies and commitments to discuss the U S effort to preserve South Vietnam’s identity and British Rhodesia policy.
An area nearly the size of Africa could be opened for exploitation if divers could work on the continental shelves. The shelves contain known reserves of oil tin and diamonds but reaching them requires conquering the ocean to a depth of 600 feet.
A teenager writes about overburdening care for a handicapped sister while seeking guidance from Ann Landers. Letters cover parental overprotection, marital fidelity myths, and a former wife defending in law relations. Landers praises contacting the physiotherapist and shares perspectives on spousal dynamics.
Tonight features a full lineup across networks with News at 6 and 7, Weather updates, classic shows like Gilligan's Island and Twilight Zone, comedies including Bewitched and My Three Sons, dramas such as Peyton Place and The Long Hot Summer, late-night entertainment with Johnny Carson, and a 10:55 PM movie. Local stations 2,5,7,9 present alternating programs and sports wrap at 10 PM.
Grain market brief shows updated quotations for corn oats and beans. Trading highlights include price movements and firm offers as farmers monitor demand. Local dealers report steady activity across elevator markets with modest gains in futures.
A Chicago livestock report shows mixed gains with hogs up to 1.00 higher, cattle steady to higher on good and choice lots, and sheep steady. Hog prices for various weights range from 28.00 to 30.25 per hundredweight, cattle include slaughter steers at 25.50 to 26.00 and cows 13.50 to 15.00, while lambs bring 27.00 to 27.50 and ewes 5.00 to 10.00 in the latest trading.
Butter closes firm with scores 93 and 92 in AA and A grades. 90 B and 89 C. Eggs show weakness with 70 percent or better grade A whites at 41 44, mixed 41 14, mediums 39 19, standards 38.
New York stocks showed strength as steel prices buoyed the market and the AP average rose to 356.8 near a record close. The Dow neared a closing peak with rail and nonferrous gains and notable advances in Sperry Rand Douglas Aircraft Ford IBM and Du Pont.
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