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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1969
Page
4
Special report recalls Henry VIII and his lifelong love of food. He ordered a 12 day Christmas feast with lavish banquets that eclipsed modern revelry in scale and splendor during Christmastide.
In Los Angeles a braille storybook titled Expectations is printed without ink and read by touch. About 4000 copies were requested from the Braille Institute of America which compiled the volume. It includes six contemporary books plus stories and poems for blind students in grades three to six at a $5 price funded by donations.
A historical note claims religious reformer Martin Luther constructed a private bowling alley within his residence in the year 1485, reflecting an unusual leisure facet attributed to the figure.
Lana D. a kindergartner is guided to separate fairy tales from Santa Claus who is described as a real American figure rooted in Bethlehem. The piece urges parents to nurture imagination while teaching Christmas goodwill and to include Santa in church activities.
Illinois Public Works Director William F. Cellini said more than 60 miles of U S 20 in Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties were widened and resurfaced. Pavement now ranges from 22 to 24 feet as part of a 1 500 mile state program to upgrade older highways by 1970, with several other routes also improved in recent months.
AP writer Cynthia Lowry reviews a TV Movie of the Week Honey Moon with a Stranger starring Janet Leigh and Rossano Brazzi noting an implausible yet ingenious plot and strong performances. The piece also mentions The Mod Squad and Bracken's World developments and NBC CBS Christmas Eve Mass and a Christmas Day concert with Emil Gilels Rostropovich performing Tchaikovsky on CBS.
Children filled Grace, West Lisbon and Helmar Lutheran Churches Sunday night for Christmas programs. Loriend Lisa Hayden of Boulder Hill visited grandparents Olaf and Mrs Olivia Olson while mother Mrs William Hayden joined husband in Hawaii. Rhoda Elaine Hauge stay with Russell and Everett Hauge. Ray Chally returned from Georgia to spend Christmas with relatives.
A middle aged man faces a promotion requiring relocation while his wife resists. She cites kids friends and family ties. The exchange urges putting family duties first and considers the moral weight of leaving one’s home for career advancement.
PBS 2 News Weather Sports 5 News 7 News then Hee Haw Virginian Flying Nun Mike Douglas. Courtship of Eddie's Mother Beverly Hillbillies Medical Center Music Hall Special Hawaii Five-O Then Came Bronson News Weather Sports Space Cantata Special Christmas Music Heart of Christmas ABC Talk Show.
A fragmented TV page lists programs by time including 6 15 P M two family affair 7 ghost and Mrs Muir 7 00 P M Jim Nabors That Girl 9 Pro Hockey 7 30 P M five New Performers 69 Bewitched 8 00 P M two Movie 7 Tom Jones -Dean Martin It Takes a Thief 6 28 PM 9 Christmas Our Way 16 30 P M two Merv Griffin 5 Johnny Carson 8 Movie
A fragmented crossword page lists clues and partial solutions such as Rosary Pinnacle Italian coin and other stray terms. The set includes entries like Cuckoo Nibbled Menu items and La Rose with numeric hints interspersed and multiple incomplete lines.
A hunter was shot and grazed by a rifle after a stray dog spooked a squirrel from a tree. Mrs. Orville Williams, treated at a Houston hospital, sustained a .22 caliber graze above the left eye when the shooting rifle fired as a dog lunged at the squirrel and toppled the rifles.
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