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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1957
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices by carrier and mail for a newspaper. By carrier per week and by mail in trade territory in advance per year seven dollars, excluding communities with Herald carrier service.
York area item by fifth grader Max V. Pickel Jr. recounts a day with his father flying model airplanes ending with a bath that came too late for the evening church. The humorous anecdote closes with the line that the bath was taken for nothing.
A compact crossword style clue list with across and down entries including capitals, verbs, nouns, and abbreviations. Missing full grid, but entries reference political regions, time words, and common crossword terms. Minor typos suggest OCR from a historical page with partial readability.
Solved items include Shoshoneai Indians and Egyptian run god with other clues such as Hebrew anoetic sowed eluder and warning devices. The list shows terms like Persian pri regulation price bury preposition verbal Gaelic and solar disk driven by context clues.
Morris Public Library offers editions of the New Testament in Catholic and Protestant versions and audio recordings. New reads include They Knew Jesus by George W. Cornell and The Bible as History by Werner Keller. The Interpreter's Bible twelve volume set honors Dr. Arthur G. Harrison and serves as an exhaustive biblical research resource.
One year ago Kenneth Qually traveled to Phoenix to spend Christmas with his uncle Elmer Munson. Walley school pupils and Miss Tess McTernan hosted a Christmas party in Ullrich hall. Grundy county MFT fund received 7836 dollars. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Gerald Johnson of Morris. Carol Ann Beinert’s first birthday was celebrated. Beverly Hornsby returned home from Carthage for the holidays. Franklin Hunt, age 10, sustained a fractured collarbone and brain concussion after an automobile accident. Ted Parish of Morris earned a letter from Bradley Tech college coach A J Robertson for football exploits last season. Starved Rock lock and dam work halted by river ice. Morris cagers beat Pleasant View Luther College 18 to 12.
A compact list shows tonight’s lineup across channels 9 7 5 and 2 with titles including Perry Mason Gunsmoke Perry Como Lawrence Welk Have Gun Will Travel Mr and Mrs North Your Hit Parade and Late Night offerings. Additional segments feature CBS News Special Newsreels Boxing Pyramid and Meditative programming through 2 30 A.M. with Scooping the Town at 1 30 A.M. and Meditation closing the slate.
Ruth Millett argues against early Christmas shopping preferring last minute inspiration and spontaneity. She warns that pre buying can spoil excitement, limit hints, and dull the spirit of giving while encouraging generous splurges and personal touch at the holiday.
Dixon observes free two hour parking downtown from Wednesday through Christmas Day. Police conduct periodic checks to prevent abuse by merchants and downtown workers.
James Marlow notes the Paris NATO foreign ministers meeting of 1957 shows a world changed by Sputniks. US leadership remains but influence shifts as allies demand bases and missiles, reshaping collective defense and strategy against Russia. The real agreement is broad and nonbinding, with tensions over weapon deployment.
The United States under Secretary of State Dulles has urged against fresh negotiations with the Russians on disarmament or other East-West issues. Allies, though, push for renewed dialogue amid the ongoing missile tensions. The passage contrasts spices as a metaphor for value beyond gold in international trade.
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