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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1967
Page
4
The Mineral Springs PTA plans $2,050 in salary supplements next year for the town's 12 elementary teachers and principal after a county tax referendum failed. The 150-member group volunteered to fund the supplements locally.
Harold Funderburk says parents raised money themselves for supplements, hoping to inspire other PTAs. Willie Starnes notes Mineral Springs PTA will give $150 extra to 12 teachers and $250 to the principal, with $50 Christmas checks for the 12 teachers.
Edna Shea, wife of a Peru school principal, has been named chief operator for Illinois Bell in Morris replacing Alta Smallbone who served Morris and Ottawa since Florence Peacock’s retirement. Shea began with the company in 1935 as a student operator and has held multiple traffic roles in the LaSalle-Pear area. The Sheas plan to move to Morris after the 1967 68 term. their son Thomas is dean of boys at La Salle Township High School. The article notes Lake Titicaca in Peru lies about 12 500 feet above sea level.
HAL BOYLE notes Americas drivers top safety rankings with a death rate of 52 per 100000 vehicles, compares to higher rates abroad, adds light anecdotes on science trends and historical curiosities, and includes brief quips and facts from the era.
Mrs. Eugene Lee discovered a 16 ounce Cornish game hen in place of their 12 pound gobbler after neighbors swapped the birds while the Lees were at church. The incident caused hours of panic before the swap was revealed.
Former President Eisenhower urges that all elected public officials especially Congress members, disclose annual certified accounts of their finances including income and holdings. He writes in Reader's Digest January issue that such disclosures should be part of the price of public office and questions why anyone would object if nothing to conceal.
A lawmaker rewrites a proposal to let taxpayers treat a modest political gift as a deduction. He opposes two other plans: funding top campaigns from the public treasury and allowing taxpayers to designate one dollar to a general presidential election fund.
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