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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1976
Page
2
A compact puzzle listing across and down clues with varied wordplay including synonyms, prefixes, places, and names, referencing categories from animals to colors and trade terms, typical of a late era newspaper crossword segment.
County Heart Association chairman thanks February workers and donors for Heart Fund Month efforts. A note notes research aims, invites future volunteers, and lists contact number. The second letter thanks the Register-News staff for car wash publicity and front-page coverage.
June 1 marks Kentucky joining the union as the 15th state in 1792 and Tennessee as the 16th state in 1796. In 1812 James Madison warned Congress war with Britain was likely. In 1943 Leslie Howard was killed when a German plane shot down his flight from Lisbon to London. A Franklin quotation closes the note.
Betsy tells her mother she has a $14,000 a year position with a congressman on his Oversight Committee. She will work mainly outside the office, briefing the congressman on others’ actions and reporting two or three times a week. She will be the Night Administrative Assistant, with evenings reserved for the congressman. The mother suspects impropriety, while Betsy defends the role as a fresh view for oversight.
A city editor assigns a writer to live as a Bowery bum for a day. The piece details cold streets, charity bums, liquid courage, a soup line, a flophouse, and photos by Emil Herman. Editor George Clarke deems the story strong, humorously suggesting a future nudist colony assignment.
A collection of remarks spans international security, violence, consumerism, Broadway, and U S foreign policy. Notable quotes include Jimmy Carter urging a UN backed shift from reactor aid to nonnuclear nations and Sen Javits insisting Ford back black majority rule in Rhodesia amid Kissinger testimony.
TV critic reviews Viva Valdez as a blend of Sanford and Son and Good Times with a Chicano East Los Angeles family. The pilot centers on Pepe Valdez feeling unwanted, amid generation gap clashes with Papa Valdez and visits from cousin Jerry. NBC names Betty Furness temporary Today cohost replacing Barbara Walters. rumor points to Kelly Lange as permanent successor.
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