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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1957
Page
3
Fragmentary text shows newspaper staff roles and printer terms plus a broken list of subscription rates. It mentions editors Edwin Rackaway C J Thompson Ori an Metcalf Shehorn and a plant superintendent with pricing brackets for Jefferson County and nearby regions.
A brief thought on wisdom noting that fools stay silent at the gate and wisdom holds infinite value. Attributed to various sources, it highlights wisdom as the highest human achievement and reflects on its immeasurable worth.
Editorial argues disarmament talks in London amid a UN population figure of 2.777 billion and rapid growth. It warns that by 2000 world population could reach 5.4 billion, with 220 million in the U.S. by 1975. The piece stresses planning, resources, and cooperation to avoid intensified conflict as numbers rise.
A Czech refugee lamented the derelict Lidice memorial in Joliet Ills newly named Lidice, noting weeds and trash around the monument and an extinguished eternal flame. The piece reflects on how wartime hatred lingers in memory as peace dulls noble urges.
A dense crossword style list mixing clues for words like Bread spread and Ancient British Islander with numerous numbers and partial phrases. The entry appears as a fragmented puzzle key with many definitions including foods, actions, and objects. The text reads like an interlinked clue series from a newspaper puzzle page.
Robert L. Dieffenbacher explains program notes illuminate composers and their music. He compares music to Bible teachings that dramatize divine and human development, guiding individuals toward God’s plan and fostering comfort, peace, and moral growth.
A mother counselor argues that parents should accept imperfect punishment and avoid seeking a child’s apology for their own moral certainty. She notes a 12 year old’s resentment when asked to reassure a parent and urges self exoneration to foster kinder treatment and better conscience.
A British team won with 1 298 points based on poundage caught, daily catch, and record largest fish. Denmark’s Greenland is its only colony. The U S president count arises from nonconsecutive terms. The Great Horned Owl is the largest powerful fowl. The female Anopheles mosquito vectors malaria.
HAL COCHRAN advises June graduates to hunt for work rather than secure titles. The piece hints at seasonal wildflowers and warns neighbors of a barking nuisance by an Indiana man's dog. A domestic incident ends in divorce after the wife tried to set him alight with oil rags.
A collage of clipped remarks and fleeting notes features Army M/Sgt Robert Reynolds defending a shooting claim, praise for Iowa's capitol building, sobriquets for Sam King Cole and Jimmy Thoma’s rescue of a child, and mentions of Kingston Jamaica’s crowd, Ghana, and jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong in a mosaic of social brief items.
Professor George Keller presents an unarmed cage act featuring leopards tigers pumas cheetahs and a trained jaguar with Tanya the wire walking leopard. His rare menagerie marks the world’s most unusual display and will be shown at the Shrine Circus on Wednesday night June 12 at the Mt. Vernon Fairgrounds. Reserved seats are on sale at Laird Jewelers.
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