Five Day Work Week Spurs Vodka Boom and Boredom in Russia
Moscow reports show vodka sales jumping over 24 percent as workers gain two consecutive days off. Industrial output dips as Monday mornings suffer from post weekend fatigue while citizens explore countryside trips and leisure, with polls noting no life improvement for many women and rising hooliganism and drinking.
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Michael Johnson
Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Krokodil
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Komsomol
Communist Party
Blood drive plea from Grundy County residents
A community call to donate blood to meet a 150 pint Red Cross quota. Mrs Ange Hansen recounts two local donations in 1968, 4 pints for her daughter and 33 units later, praising donors who kept Grundy County funded and urging residents to give when the bloodmobile arrives Monday.
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Grundy County
Red Cross
Rochester
Minn
Red Cross Blood Bank
Mra
Ange Hansen
Felix Notes Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Mrs. Robert Braddock returns to Eldorado after visiting relatives. Farcus and Keevers families hosted in Joliet and Washington. Brunner and Schultz families hosted visitors from Morris and Cedar Lake. Dr. Alex Viteri moves to Fourth Street. A large family reunion of 34 members from multiple communities was held in Eldorado.
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Robert Braddock
Eldorado
William Schultz
William Keevers
Victoria Farcus
Helen
Rose Farcus
Joliet
Richard Farcus
Chester Hildy
Don Anderson
Morris
Fred Brunner
Alex Viteri
W. Elm St
Vernon Anderson
James Pastore
Rockford
Peter Pastore
Robert Wessels
Chicago
R. Ban Buskirk
Fithian
Felix Picton
Cyril Webster
Ethel Richardson
Marion Telford
William Wyllie
Emington
Acapulco Strike Ties Up Harbor Shipping
Striking dock workers in Acapulco halted about 80 percent of harbor shipping, with 250 longshoremen demanding a 35 percent raise. They average $2.80 for an eight hour shift and vowed to unload Olympic certified cargo for the upcoming games in Mexico City and Acapulco.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Mexico City
Cites Changes in Movie Censorship From 1909 Memories
Morris Wolf, an 85 year old attorney in Philadelphia, recalls Philadelphia's early film censorship battles. He represented the first motion picture exhibition company before the Pennsylvania Movie Censorship Board and recalls censors objecting to a scene showing a cradle birth, deemed too suggestive, and the scene was removed.
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Philadelphia
Morris Wolf
Motion Picture Exhibition Company
Pennsylvania Movie Censorship Board
Weekend TV Schedule Highlights From The Era
The listing outlines a weekend’s television lineup with time slots and program names across multiple channels. Highlights include news shows, press programs, dramas, comedies, sports events, and specials featuring figures like Mike Todd, Ed Sullivan, and Perry Mason.
NC Republicans and Negroes Excluded From Textbooks
Joe L. Morgan a Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction says prominent North Carolina Republicans and Negroes are left out of state history textbooks. He calls the exclusion “just as bad” as past segregation and urges inclusion of the missing chapters in future editions.
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Charlotte
N.C
North Carolina
Joe L. Morgan
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Braceville WSCS Meeting Plans Rummage Sale
Braceville Woman's Society of Christian Service met in the church parlor with Mrs. Mae Byerley presiding in place of president Arlene Decker. Fifteen members attended as plans were made for a rummage sale on October 11 at the Community Hall. A silent auction was run by Mrs. Violet Daniels and a thank you card from the William Hockinson family was read.
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Braceville Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Mae Byerley
Arlene Decker
Florence Kennedy
Ruth Peterson
Violet Daniels
William Hockinson
Mae L. Arthur
Herbert Pope
Kennedy
Louisville ex-police chief victim of double burglaries
Carl E. Heustis, former Louisville police chief for 15 years, reported two burglaries. Thieves first raided his home stealing 3200 dollars and three pistols after locking up his 80 pound watchdog. Two weeks later a gunman entered his liquor store and stole 90 dollars after locking up Heustis.
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Louisville, Ky
Carl E. Heustis
Heustis
Louisville
Turning Back the Pages of the Morris Daily Herald
The County Board of Review completed three months of assessment in Grundy County listing items such as 548 mules 36 billiard tables 2841 watches and clocks 1123 pianos 1607 autos and trucks 2101 sewing machines and 1 barge. Constowitz road horse owned by J D McKeen won a $400 purse in a three heat free for all pace at Watseka.
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County Board of Review
Grundy Co
Constowitz
J. D. McKeen
Morris
Watseka
Stork Delivers Record 46 Babies at Morris Hospital
Twenty five years ago Morris Hospital recorded a record 46 births in one month with 23 boys and 23 girls including one set of twins, exceeding the prior 43 birth record from February 1943. Morris High School enrollment dropped 84 pupils from last year as wartime work and military service drew students away, while Morris Elementary School gained 39 pupils. Earl Olson and Red Horrie, Morris Paper Mill workers, escaped unharmed after a bicycle collision at Jefferson Street corner at 6 this morning.
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Stork
Morris Hospital
Morris High School
Morris Elementary
Earl Olson
Red” Horrie
Morris Paper Mill
Jefferson and
Coaches recall 1958 MCHS season and local council action
Ten years ago Harold Bennett Joe Laughary Bernie Justus and Frank Kuntz coached the 1958 Morris Central High School grid team with Norman Peterson and Bob Olson as co captains. The Milwaukee Braves and New York Yankees neared pennant clinches while the White Sox Cubs trailed in standings. Morris City Council approved an annual appropriation ordinance totaling 839 990.
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MCHS
Harold Bennett
Joe Laughary
Bernie Justus
Frank Kuntz
Norman Peterson
Bob Olson
Milwaukee Braves
N. Y
Morris council approves new officer to ease long shifts
P T Ferro Construction began burying concrete conduit along Pine Bluff Road for an Illinois Bell cable project expanding service south and east of Morris. The Morris City Council, by 7 to 1, hired an additional full time policeman to relieve workers who log 56 hours or seven days before a day off. E I Du Pont Seneca plant invites employees and guests to an open house for its new ammonium nitrate pill plant nearing completion and set to operate in the last week of September.
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P. T. Ferro Construction Co
Joliet
Pine Bluff Road
Illinois Bell
Morris
Morris City
E. I. DuPont Co
Seneca
Dear Ann Landers Q and A on nerves and manners
A reader asks about a shy girlfriend who repeats phrases and avoids opinions. Ann Landers replies that the behavior suggests inferiority, not a real inferiority complex, and calls for patience. Other letters discuss manners with Vietnam-era suitors and a skier needing sock help over a cast, plus guidance on marriage expectations.
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Ann Landers
Lorraine
Bismarck
Nick
Today in History highlights notable events
Chronicle of events on September 7 across centuries. Notables include Brazil's 1822 independence, Elizabeth I's birth in 1533, Boonesboro defense in 1778, Borodino in 1812, Boulder Dam work in 1930, London blitz start in 1940, Port Moresby drive in 1942, Quemoy escort convoys a decade ago, Diem student arrests, and a 1968- era federal bank proposal for student loans.
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Associated Press
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Portugal
Elizabeth I of
England
Daniel
Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam
London
Port Moresby
New Guinea
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Quemoy
China
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Federal Bank
Plattville Notes Highlight Local Visits and Weddings
Four generations of the Robert E. Stewart family were hosted at a picnic supper by Mr. and Mrs. Philip Aufis. Willard Leedy of Westminster Colorado made a surprise breakfast visit en route from Chicago to Colorado. Mrs. David Clayton of Pasadena California returned home after visiting Morris and La Pointe relatives. She attended her sister Carol Swanson’s wedding in Seneca and will teach in La Puente this fall. Miss Sharon Stewart and Cathy Schmidgall visited St. Louis and watched a Cardinal game before continuing through Missouri and the Arkansas Ozarks en route to Illinois State University.
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Robert E. Stewart
Willard Leedy
Westminister
Colo
John Leedy
Chicago
Colorado
David Clayton
Pasadena
Calif
George Swanson
Morris
Alvin Clayton
Carol Swanson
William Mitchel
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Seneca
Clayton
la Punte
Sharon Stewart
Cathy Schmidgall
East Peoria
St. Louis
Missouri and
Arkansas Ozarks
Illinois State University
Normal
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