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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1957
Page
3
Washington report shows the 1957 spring pig crop at 53,170,000 head, near the 1956 figure of 53,000,000. Illinois output reached 6,631,000 head, up from 6,473,000 last year, with emphasis on agricultural data and ads in the Herald.
A tractor trailer roared out of control near Walnut Illinois smashing a hayrack and a house trailer, knocking a dwelling 15 feet off its foundation. A mother and two children escaped with minor scratches as the truck finally stopped in a basement. Driver Jack Roberts of Joliet was uninjured. Police blame a path from Ohio Illinois and note the truck missed a curve on Highway 92 before barreling into Walnut’s business district.
GRAND TOWER Illinois college students digging for traces of Indian civilization say they found stone work evidence near here that tribes lived in the area about eight thousand years ago. The Feld survey sponsored by the Illinois State Museum is conducted by curator Melvin Flower and 10 students since Thursday in Jackson County.
The State Department delivered a note to the Soviet ambassador proposing a regular exchange of uncensored radio and television programs. Washington said such exchanges would foster freer information flow on global developments and sought an early principal agreement.
Baltimore youths gather at Johns Hopkins University as the six week firefly season opens. Eighty five children trap fireflies and are paid 25 cents per 100 fireflies. A graduate student notes the tails aid research on chemical energy to light.
Senate Democratic Leader Johnson proposes an Open Curtain plan to have President Eisenhower address the Russian people. He urges capitalizing on Khrushchev’s TV appearance by asking Soviets to open the Iron Curtain, outlined in a June 8 New York speech.
A 17 year effort culminates as Congregational Christian Church and Evangelical and Reformed Church merge to form the United Church of Christ amid praise and opposition. The historic union links two Protestant streams and is described as guided by the Holy Spirit.
The culture Department says consumers spend about five percent more on food this year, driven by price increases rather than higher consumption per person. Only population growth boosts farm product demand, not increased per capita intake.
The text contrasts Congregational Christians with British roots, noting autonomous individual churches. It then compares the E. and R. Church, of German and Swiss origin, highlighting its pyramided form of church government.
Juneau based TV dealer Al Glover pilots a Hiller 12 B helicopter fitted with TV aerials. The helicopter hovers over distant mountain homes near KINY TV until a clear image appears on a 17 inch portable set in the cockpit. The site is then marked for antenna erection.
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