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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
2
A cryptic note discusses monoxide gas mixing with air and serious risks. The text mentions Maine and a large, unspecified context with five other entities, but details are fragmentary and unclear.
Editorial urges uniform traffic laws across states and cities after Memorial Day accidents. It cites wide disparities in speed limits, headlight rules, school bus rules, hand signals, and no passing markings, arguing drivers face “death traps” without nationwide standardization and calling for adoption of two uniform codes.
The Navy assigns Capt. W. D. Brown to a mothball submarine fleet in Florida waters as a Siberia punishment after he grounded the battleship Missouri. This move appears to end Brown's prospects for promotion and effectively ends his active command career.
A devotional excerpt urges Christians to guard thoughts and actions against sex temptation by elevating love for Christ. It argues that only a higher love can erase lesser desires, warns about propinquity and sexual proxies, and concludes with a prayer for daily Christ‑centered living drawn from Abundant Living.
A compact list of numbered crossword like clues spans across many categories from art to geography and myth names with entries such as Egyptian sun god and Babylonian deity, plus common terms like haven and throne. The scrambled grid hints at a dense puzzle aimed at test solving and quick reference.
A flying baby buggy transport plane carried 36 British war brides, 9 husbands, and 33 children toward England. The group, originating in Oakland, diverted to Havana after learning the charter had no landing permit. Transocean Air Lines secured British landing authorization by cable, delaying their arrival from London.
A Mt Vernon man reports a decade of stomach gas and a rock sensation that vanished after using CERTA VIN. The product, advertised as a pre meal formula with Ten Gres Herbs vitamin B and iron, claims to aid digestion, reduce gas, strengthen nerves, and enrich blood. Available at Jones Drug Store and nearby outlets.
The agenda lists a morning session to continue debate on Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing authority approved by the House. Averell Harriman speaks at 8:30 a.m. and Gen. Omar Bradley at 12:30 p.m. on Foreign Military Aid. The Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees also hear Bradley on military aid, while the Appropriations Committee reviews Marshall Plan spending with Paul Hoffman. A Special Senate Crime Committee holds afternoon testimony from H J Anslinger. Democratic and Republican policy meetings precede foreign affairs actions.
In Washington on June 6 Associated Press reports Everett Dirksen labeled Senator Scott W Lucas a whirling dervish of politics. Dirksen criticized Lucas for reversing on international issues and the Brannan farm plan while calling him out for voting for the Taft Hartley act and now seeking change.
The doctor notes that winter inactivity harms muscles and circulation and warns against rushing into hard spring workouts. He emphasizes age, training, heart health, and gender differences in determining safe exercise levels.
In postwar elections across Belgium Japan Italy and Nordic and Western European nations Communists have ceded seats and influence since 1948. Japan lost two of three seats Belgium shed six of 12 Italy feared gains but Christian Democrats won big Norway Sweden and Denmark show declines and labor unions loosen their grip with recovery programs and the Atlantic pact cited as key reasons.
During the American Revolutionary War Benedict Arnold plotted to surrender the West Point fortress to the British, aiming to hand over strategic fortifications and command control. Proven or alleged actions centered on his dealings with British officers to secure the fortress.
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