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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
3
The document lists staff positions including Charles Deitz as editor and John Phillips as business manager, along with roles for news editor, sports editor, city editor, advertising manager, plant superintendent, and Chesiahon manager. A contact phone number 242 2784 is provided, with home line after 5 PM.
The notice lists subscription prices for the Associated Press content with rates for Jefferson County and nearby areas. It provides annual and short-term options, including mail delivery terms inside and outside the county and within 150 miles and beyond.
A short proverb warns not to add to his words lest you be found a liar from Proverbs 30 6. Then a Daniel Webster maxim notes that falsehoods quarrel among themselves, highlighting distrust and inconsistency as common traits of deceit.
Editorial argues civil disobedience must meet five criteria from Dr. Philip Rhinelander of Stanford. It stresses moral purpose, exhausting legal remedies, positive reform aim, willingness to accept penalties, and nonviolence, noting campus clashes at Columbia and Ohio University fail to qualify.
A West German tire maker and precision instrument firm fitted two identical cars for almost 1000 miles from Hamburg to Rimini. One driver pushed for top speed, the other drove safely. The fast car finished 31 minutes ahead, averaging under 50 mph, with 1339 brake uses and four emergencies. The slow driver braked far fewer times. A Cologne Brenner Pass test echoed the result: fast time 16 hours 52 minutes, slow 21 minutes longer, with higher fuel use and wear on parts. The experiment asks for a moral.
A dense list of crossword style clues with across and down entries including fishermen, animals, chemistry terms, and place names. Clues mix abbreviations, foreign words, and common terms such as Apron top Headland Mythical prod and hardened list of mineral springs and Greek letters.
The heaviest Israeli attack across the Jordan River in two months marked the anniversary of the Arab Israeli war with an eight hour firefight. Israel and Jordan reported casualties and exchanges of artillery and air strikes over the Jordan Valley near the Sea of Galilee. Jordan said four Israeli planes were shot down and listed multiple artillery and armor losses, while Israel claimed self defense and denied air losses.
A readers question if a private investigator can hang out a shingle after a course and diploma. The answer: licensing is required, with criteria including age, U.S. citizenship, no felony, a competency exam, honesty and integrity, bonding, and prior law enforcement status.
In Montgomery Alabama Wallace shifts to a third party strategy aiming to gain ballot access in November after a campaign pause. Coordinated by Bill Jones the plan focuses on petition drives in Maine Massachusetts Connecticut and Maryland with prior ballot success in 22 states and efforts continuing in five more.
The encounter at Machias Bay on Main Street saw the British cutter Margaretta captured, marking the first naval clash of the American Revolution and spotlighting local action in the port town.
A divorce between Glenda Deloris Stra der and Floyd Harold Strader was granted in circuit court yesterday. Judge Myles L. Gipe of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, fined $12 in circuit court for a speeding charge.
The text explains that Labor Day is celebrated on May 1 in most countries except the United States and Canada where it is observed on the first Monday in September. It notes the U.S. legal holiday status was declared by Congress on June 28, 1894.
Today's history roundup notes key events on June 5 across years. The Battle of France began in 1940, Grant's 1872 Republican nomination, 1876 banana tasting at the Centennial Exposition, 1917 draft registrations, 1933 end of the gold standard, 1947 Marshall Plan speech at Harvard, and 1961 the Supreme Court order on the Communist Party. A 10-year-ago toll of 30 is referenced.
Mayor Daley met separately with Illinois Bell officials and the IBEW after 28 days of strike by 11,800 members. The IBEW rejected a three year contract proposal as not meeting workers needs. Illinois Bell said it was ready to bargain around the clock.
A condensed chronology notes a Wisconsin tornado death, Iran’s 1979 government crackdown with 20 dead, and a year of land and air warfare between Israel and Arab states, highlighting past disasters and ongoing regional conflict.
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