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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1956
Page
3
HAL BOYLE ponders small mysteries from horse players who think they are ahead of the game to why a child favors a mud puddle over a playground. He muses on money worries, double ring weddings, spiders learning to spin, wives flying with husbands, and where city pigeons go to die in a reflective short column.
Damascus Syria A Syrian archeologist Dr Salim Abdel Abdulhak head of the Syrian Archeological Department reports the 4000 year old seaport city Semira found in northern Syria. He says the discovery eluded four nations for a century and will attract worldwide interest. Semira is described as a treasure mine of Phoenician Aramean Assyrian and Greek finds offering light on unknown historical events.
A quirky exploration of social stereotypes: why physicians attract more female patients while funeral directors prosper with male clients. It also notes fashion vanity like bikini wearers seeking toenail polish and questions the origin of the phrase it’s raining cats and dogs. It ends with a stray observation on motorcycle owners and pretty girls riding pillion.
World briefs report catastrophic cyclonic winds and floods in eastern India destroying over 30 000 homes and affecting about half a million people with 20 000 left homeless. Agartala residents marooned by the Haora River flood waters.
Burma prime minister U Nu resigned to devote all time to reorganizing the socialist AFPFL. He named U Ba Swe as his successor, former defense minister and AFPFL vice president, after the 1947 assassination of Gen. Aung San.
In Cairo a British prisoner named Mike meets Julius Chesney a crafty New York Star foreign correspondent. Chesney pitches a three million drachmas escape deal via Greek financiers while Gestapo lurk nearby. Mike narrowly escapes detection aboard a tram as the story heads toward a planned meeting at Piccadilly Cafe.
The excerpt notes a leader who sought a six month term limit but stayed longer due to local and Communist rebellions in 1948 after Burma negotiated independence from Britain. It references the motive to prevent murderers from seizing power and the impact of postwar unrest on leadership tenure.
The list of 28 delegates at large to the Democratic National Convention was chosen Monday at the state convention. Notable names include Jacob M. Arvey, Adlai Stevenson, Stephen A. Mitchell, Sen. Paul H. Douglas, James A. Ronan, and Richard Stengel. Others include James L. O Keefe, Duane Greathouse, Joseph Germano, Dan Ryan, John Gutknecht, Joseph Lohman, Morris Sachs, Peter Kezon, Clarence Cobb, W. Y. Dallman, Ivan A. Elliott, Peter F. Rossiter, and more.
Public auction on June 16 1956 at 1 00 PM at the Jefferson County Court House South Door Mt Vernon Illinois for Fifty feet from the north end of Lot 29 in Hiram S Plummer's Addition to Mt Vernon Illinois cash terms Administrator Verne S Melton of Edith Draper estate and attorney Frank H Walker. Also notice of claim dates for Gerald Hale Madge Stull Crate Gowler estates and others with claim deadlines in Jefferson County Illinois.
Experts warn that buying a home often hinges on an independent appraisal rather than a bank estimate. Kazdin notes apartments and houses vary. a proper appraisal considers comparable sales and neighborhood factors. VA and private appraisals range from 25 to 75 dollars, with mansion evaluations costing more.
Pittsburgh's coal industry finds new life along the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi as billions of dollars in plants rise. Strong demand from steel, electric utilities and European markets boosts output toward 500 million tons.
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