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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1976
Page
2
Morris Postmaster William V. Martin warns customers about a circulating illegal chain letter scheme using postal money orders. Participants mail $3 money orders to the top name, copy the letter, add their name, and repeat to spread the chain despite warnings about postal lottery and fraud laws.
Three American mercenaries face potential death by firing squad as witnesses challenge prosecution claims. Cross examination of Daniel Gearhart weakens key testimony while co-defendants Gary Acker and Gustavo Grillo receive limited support from prosecutors.
Paul Brockhaus of Carbon Hill filed an eviction suit Tuesday against Walter Leggons of Braceville in Grundy County Circuit Court. Brockhaus seeks removal of Leggons from a residence in Mitchells Addition to Braceville.
The Democratic Platform Committee approved a platform urging a defense cut of 5 to 7 billion dollars and packs in health care, unemployment relief, a minimum income, and Vietnam war resister pardons. It favors payroll funded health insurance and work requirements for the able bodied, while delaying some military programs and resisting nuclear limits seen as weak versus the Soviets.
A federal study by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the National Cancer Institute reports fewer men and women over 21 smoked in 1975 than earlier decades. It also finds 40 percent of smokers favor an advertising ban and 56 percent of adults support stopping cigarette ads.
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