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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1961
Page
6
A reader asks if voting for oneself is selfish in school elections while citing Kennedy and Nixon. In another letter a groom worries about wedding gift etiquette and a fiancés parents. A third asks about hosting a nephew with different rules during a trip abroad.
A word puzzle lists clues for numbered across entries from 1 to 11 and a Down sequence from 1 to 11. Each clue seeks a common vocabulary item such as clothing items head covering and foot covering and descriptive words like British bear wild and noble terms.
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Dr Marvin A Block of the American Medical Association committee on alcoholism reports alcoholism is not hereditary but is communicable He notes 50 percent of alcoholics have alcoholic parents and says the condition creates home tension that can drive children to alcoholism later in life
Three officers used a safe cracker kit to open an old submerged police department safe from the 1955 flood. The box held a lone parking ticket dated 1955 vin tage.
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson uses a busy travel schedule to keep active under President Kennedy. He tours Africa Europe and Asia spreading goodwill while balancing a new top Senate leadership dynamic and growing public duties.
One year ago Byron Thorson Morris and Joan Christian from rural Newark graduated Luther College Decorah Ia. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Sharp welcomed a baby boy born yesterday at Morris Hospital. Miss Sharon Gusta attended a pre nuptial shower. Ten years ago Arthur Johnson hosted a party for daughter Alice turning 18. Joan Tucker and Donald Watters plan June 24 wedding. Youth Fellowship members spent a week at New Lenox camp. Twenty years ago Ralph Brooks hosted Gebhard Woods picnic for Donald’s eighth grade graduation. Mrs Thomas Monson celebrated 82nd birthday. Dorothy Fauble earned a Bachelor of Education at Normal College. Morris Lumber bought corner lots opposite Morris Theater. M J Shipley of Mazon injured in auto crash admitted Morris hospital.
Morris Rotary club schedules its annual family picnic for Tuesday at 6 30 p m in Gebhard Woods State Park replacing Monday. Each family brings a dish to pass and table service. potato salad provided by the club with Ed Sobol and Wilbur Dolezal as chefs.
The week shows rising GNP toward a 510 billion annual rate for the June quarter, with Heller and Rostow warning on inflation. May orders and production climb while auto output nears 128 thousand cars, and steel and price trends inch upward or hold firm.
Chicago market reports show hogs up to 50 cents, with 190-270 pound ranges at 16.00 to 17.25 dollars. Cattle totals around 21,000 with slaughter steers steady to 50 cents lower and prime loads at 22.50 to 24.50. Sheep totals about 1,000, with lambs at 20 dollars for native spring and ewes around 4 to 5 dollars.
Interior Illinois hog prices rise with steady to 25 higher gains across weight classes. Receipts 18 000s show activity. top prices hit 17 15 for lighter hogs and 15 75 to 16 25 for heavier 220 to 260 pound ranges.
AP notes no wheat or soybean sales in Chicago trading. Corn prices vary by grade with No 2 yellow around 1.12 to 1.13 and other grades listed. oats and barley prices also shown for different quality classes.
A dense listing of prime time programs across channels 11 9 7 5 and 2 with titles such as The Storyteller Superman and Hangar Flying. Also includes news weather sports and late night shows like The Late Show with Jim Bowie and Five Minutes to Live By.
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