Father’s Day and the case for a family walk
A reader argues that Father’s Day pressures families to celebrate with gifts but suggests a healthier plan: walk together to services, the theater, and parks. The piece highlights car dependence, offers anecdotes from a farmer banker and a Herald reporter, and ends with humor about Dad’s wish.
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Dad
Mom
Mother
Gebhard Woods State Park
Evergreen Cemetery
Pine Bluff Bridge
Aux Sable Locks
Herald
County Problems Meeting Postponed by Legislature Session
The Commission to Study County Problems, which planned a public hearing at the Livingston county courthouse in Pontiac, has postponed the meeting. The session was to address issues in Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Marshall, Putnam, Tazewell and Woodford counties due to a special legislative session.
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Livingston County Court House
Pontiac
Grundy
Kankakee
Livingston
Marshall
Putnam
Tazewell
Woodford
Ed Reeves Tells Of Luck After War Injuries At Illinois
Ed Reeves of Wilmington Illinois describes his life after losing most of his hands and feet in the Korean War. He earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Illinois with 16 other handicapped students among 2958 graduates and plans a masters in vocational counseling. He credits the GI Bill and a $9000 fund raised for his family for their start and continues to work selling mobile homes while pursuing further education.
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H. Edward Reeves
Wilmington
Ill
University of Illinois
Reeves
Melody
Korea
Michelle
Champaign
Ed Reeves
Chosin Reservoir
U.S
Beverly Jean
Michelle Lee
Melody Sue
Percy
New Car Sales Improve Yet Forecast Poorest Year Since 1952
U S car makers report improved recent sales but justify continued tight production. June output around 340000 would pace a six month total near 2,244,687, aiming for about 4.4 million U S units plus 275000 imports, making 1958 the weakest year since 1952 with 4,158,394 units sold that year.
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Detroit
Buick
Illinois River Crest Near Record at 17 Feet
The Illinois River rose to 17.05 feet by 9:50 a.m. and was expected to crest later, flooding bottomlands and closing Pine Bluff road. Kankakee remained in flood stage at Dresden Island as Des Plaines waters receded, while Chicago Sanitary District opened sluice gates to manage runoff. Farmers moved livestock to high ground amid flood fears and memories of last July’s all time high.
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Ilinois
Ray Webb
St. Louis
Illinois River
Nettle Creek
Gebhard Woods State Park
Gordon McIntosh
Kankakee
Dresden Island
DesPlaines
Illinois
Chicago
Sanitary District
Lockport
Des Plaines River
Algeria Rebels Claim U S Arming French
Tunis spokesman for the National Liberation Front accuses the United States of arming France to crush the Algerian rebellion. He notes U S aid has sustained French operations for 43 months and rejects De Gaulle’s offer of citizenship reforms.
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Tunis
United States
U. S
France
National Liberation Front
de Gaulle
Algeria
Six Area Students Graduate From U of I in Big Commencement
Six local area graduates joined 2,958 degree recipients at the University of Illinois commencement in Memorial Stadium at 10 a.m. Bachelor of Science degrees go to Mary E. Dueling and Gerald P. Sampson of Morris, Anton L. Vint of Coal City, Allen W. Hoffman of Gardner, Delbert S. Lyle of Newark, and Hugh L. Mulligan of Braidwood. Families traveled to attend as the total 195? class marked the largest since 1951 and about 200 more than 1957.
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University of Illinois
Memorial Stadium
Mary E. Dueland
Gerald P. Sampson
Morris
Anton L. Vint
Coal City
Allen W. Hoffman
Gardner
Delbert S. Lyle
Newark
Hugh L. Mulligan
Braidwood
Sunny and cool with 60s high and rising weekend
The U S Weather Bureau reports sunny and cool conditions today with a high in the upper 60s. Partly cloudy and warmer Sunday and Monday are expected with possible showers, mainly at night. Friday’s high at Pyatt Weather station was 82, dropping to 52 overnight. 9 a.m. reading today was 61.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Macmillan Returns Home After U S Visit
Prime Minister Macmillan returns to London after a week in the United States and Canada and says President Eisenhower has a standing invitation to return his call.
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London
Macmillan
United States
Canada
Eisenhower
Adams Lost Usefulness Says Potter Over Adams Aid
Senator Charles Potter of Michigan said Sherman Adams has lost his usefulness to the administration unless he can fully account for costly favors from Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine. The White House maintained Eisenhower’s confidence and showed no intent to remove Adams amid a growing political furor.
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Washington
Charles Potter
Michigan
Sherman Adams
Boston
Bernard Gollfine
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Adams
House
Goldfine
Hagerty
Subcommittee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Plymouth
Mass
Sundstrand Machine Tool Co lands $1.26 million drive contract
Dayton report states Sundstrand Machine Tool Co of Rockford Illinois won a $1,256,476 contract for constant speed drives from the Air Material Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The firm was one of three companies sharing about nine million dollars in contracts awarded Friday.
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Dayton, Ohio
Sundstrand Machine Tool Co
Rockford
Air Material Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Million TV Sets Challenge Walton in Religious Telecast Push
Raleigh reports Rev. W. Carlisle Walton Jr. sees religion television reaching 50 million homes with about 42 million sets in use six hours daily. He notes TV offers immediacy and authenticity, urging viewers to identify with on screen figures. The Methodist commission plans Talk Back a 13 installment series starting in October with dramatizations of common family crises and panel analysis.
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Raleigh, N. C
America
W. Carlisle Walton Jr
Walton
United States
Methodist TV Commission
Beirut in fierce clashes as govt and rebels clash today
Heavy fighting erupted in Beirut with three major battles around the AP office, the Presidential Palace, and Basra Moslem quarter as U N observers arrive. Insurgents seek to overthrow President Camille Chamoun while the government bans rebel parties and accuses them of undermining security.
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Tom Masterson
Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
Associated Press
Ffice
Zerif
Basra
Ramel
U. N
Sami Solh
East Mediterranean
Middle East
Indiana Cities Brace for Record Flood Peaks
Indiana towns face rising rivers as Wabash River crests near 23 to 23.3 feet in Wabash with evacuations and bridge closures. Lafayette awaits 26.2 to 26.4 feet while Logansport nears 18.5 feet. Montezuma and Terre Haute expected peaks push well above flood stage.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Wabash
J. Robert Mitten
National Guard
Lafayette
Logansport
Montezuma
Terre Haute
Mississinewa
Two Bedroom Modern House For Sale
A compact two bedroom home is offered for sale along with a six room bungalow and a dismantled furnace. The listing also notes a registered Pekinese available for purchase.
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M.B.G
David J. Wilkie
Bulletin
Lake Illinois
Hllinois
Art Steffes
Morris Herald
Rickey Larson
Brad Hayes
Doug Benz
Nettle Street
U. of I
Sen
Potter
Mr. Walton
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