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Newspaper

Mt Vernon Register News

Location

Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1956

Page

2

Subscription Rates For Jefferson County Area

The paper credits Edwin Rackaway C J Thompson Ori an Metcalf G L Shehorn of the Associated Press. Subscriptions must be prepaid with rates for Jefferson County and adjoining counties: one year seven dollars, six months four dollars twenty five, three months two dollars fifty seven, one month one dollar. Outside Jefferson and adjoining counties within 250 miles: one year ten dollars, six months six dollars, three months four dollars, per month one dollar fifty. Outside 250 miles: year eleven dollars, six months seven dollars, three months four dollars fifty, one month one dollar seventy five. Carrier delivery in city per week.

Jefferson County Jefferson

Thought for Today on faith and Wisdom

A reflection contrasts Moses choosing faith over royal blood with Addison praising the person of firm trust. The lines highlight spiritual strength wisdom happiness and dignified resolve through faith.

Addison

Florida stepping stone for Stevenson in 1956 race

Editorial argues Adlai Stevenson’s narrow Florida win over Kefauver stabilizes his delegate strength and positions him for a strong push if he wins California. Kefauver’s losses and Harriman’s limited gains reduce prospects for rivals, with Stevenson eyes on a potential nomination stake as the race moves toward the decisive stage.

Adlai Stevenson Florida California Stevenson Kefauver Minnesota Illinois Oregon Averell Harriman New York Robert Meyner New Jersey

Steel wage talks face hopeful path to settlement

The steel industry remains strong with high production and record capacity. Management seeks heavy investment for expansion and more jobs while earnings could fund wage increases, and unions argue the industry can support benefits. Both sides prefer no strike as negotiations continue amid delicate economic balance.

Songstress Across Clues Reveal A Broad Music Pace

A compact crossword style entry lists clues for a songstress theme with across and down prompts including roots, birds, and Latin terms, hinting at a puzzle track of musical names and related words. Several entries reference linguistic forms, plant life, animal names, and geographic terms across multiple spaces and languages.

Ill defined crossword clue list from 1930s page

A scrambled OCR fragment presents numbered clues and partial answers including highway, allotment, laughter, holy one, donkey and other terms. The readable items suggest a puzzle page with varied definitions and missing context.

World's Cats on the Prowl Jazz Tour by U S State Dept

The State Department’s exchange service funded Dizzy Gillespie’s jazz band tour in the Middle East to show American culture and counter foreign prejudices. The troupe of 20 earned 56,000 weekly, with profits rebated to the U S treasury, financed by Eisenhower’s emergency fund. VOA also expanded jazz broadcasting, sending Music USA across the world from Tangier to Latin America, with Willis Conover hosting and Jazz as a cultural diplomat.

Washington U. S State Department s _International Educational Exchange Service Dizzy Gillespie Middle East Dizzy Abadan Dakkar Karachi Damascus Aleppo Ankara Istanbul Belgrade Athens Gillespie U. S. Treasury Eisenhower Special Emergency Fund For International Affairs Commerce Department Bess White House Victor Herbert James Cagney Nat King Cole International Educational Exchange Service U. S. Voice of America VOA Tangier Scandinavia Vu.s. A Eddie Condon Benny Goodman Willis Conover Ray Michael

Gossip Warning Echoes in Cautionary Phrase

A dismissive remark hints at gossip about to be shared. The speaker urges self restraint, suggesting apologies signal intent to reveal rumors and prompting scrutiny of gossip etiquette.

Q and A on Rain Measures to Hale Telescope Facts

A set of historical questions covers raindrop sizes from about one twentieth to one fourth of an inch. It confirms the Hale telescope at Palomar is the same as the 200 inch instrument named for Dr. George Hale. It notes rye’s ancient cultivation is unrecorded and Magellan named the Pacific in 1520 after Balboa’s 1513 discovery.

Hale Palomar Observatory California George Hale Balboa Magellan Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean

Prewar U.S. Cars Comprise About Eighteen Percent

About 18 percent of U. S. passenger cars remain pre World War II models. The figure highlights the aging vehicle stock and implications for maintenance, safety, and policy considerations as collectors and insurers track vintage car prevalence.

U. S

DANGER LURKS IN WATER CHILDREN MUST BE GUARDED

Dr. Edwin P. Jordan warns of about 700 annual drownings of children under five, with boys at greater risk. He notes many incidents occur near home in rivers, ponds, wells, and bathtubs, and stresses constant supervision and careful swimming practices to prevent tragedy.

Edwin P. Jordan M. D NEA Bulletin The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Lucin cutoff named longest bridge in world

A railway span described as the longest bridge anywhere is the Lucin cutoff, a 12 mile wooden pile structure carrying tracks over the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

Lucin Gross Salt Lake Utah

Barbs and For Sale Signs Among Patchy Phrases

A garbled OCR style piece blends proverbs about June knots rope grass and flowers with remarks on home signs and a political speech halted by rain. It mentions vacationing and poison ivy as a cautionary aside, reflecting fragmented newspaper filler text.

Misfired hug at party ends with sharp insult

A tipsy guest mistook a stranger for his wife and apologized with a joke. The woman retorted that he was a poor husband and told him off, prompting his boast that she even sounded like his wife.

Who Is to Blame for Crime and Sin

A reflective piece argues that blame is often misplaced with readers quick to judge others while ignoring their own faults. It cites gossip as a common self revealing vice and recalls Jesus refusing to condemn the sinner, warning against self righteous judgment.

No Fault Found in Them Suggests Penalty for Sin

The speaker contends that no one bears fault and that only the sinless should impose punishment on the sinner. This remark centers on moral judgment and the urge to assign consequences to transgression rather than on any specific legal or communal action.

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Edwin Rackaway C. J. Thompson Orian Metcalf G. L. Shehorn Associated Press Mount Vernon Moses Pharaoh Editorial Songstress Smith Coleworts Texan Shrine Scottish Island Grates & Depot Instrumer NEA Service, Inc Peter Edson Washington Uncle Sam Munich San Fernando P. 1 Honolulu Colombo Bethany Ohio South America Dixon Calif Central America Iron Curtain Louis Satchmo) Armstrong Duke Ellington E Dr. Jordan Granada Robert Taylor the Kid Brian Donlevy Gene Lockhart Mary Howard Lon Chaney, JR Serena Gene Fowler David Miller Irving Asher West Passage Technicolor Walter Brennan Ruth Hussey Laurence Stallings Talbot Jennings Gregory Peck Cathy Hild United States Jack Robert L. Dieffenbacher D.D Jesus Benoist Bros Midland Garden Tractors and Equipment Ns Cera Lm Macao Oe Ry A, Amie Ati Seilee Oy Pat Keith Larsen Ashley Road City Limits 20Th Century-Fox Jane Russell Richard Egan Joan Leslie Agnes Moore Michael Pate Golor Mamie Stover Buddy Adler Raoul Walsh Sydney Boehm Mark Stevens United Artists Robert Ryan Jeffrey Hunter
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