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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1958
Page
2
Traveling editors note the Foreign Service is largely earnest and capable. They cite Vice President Nixon’s critique of too many cocktail parties among diplomats and a House hearing over a Nice France language school. The piece wryly questions what alternative duties would satisfy critics and mocks calls for ascetic study.
A start but only a start. Congress passed a postal rate and pay rise bill that is near veto proof and could add about 547 million dollars in revenue. The Post Office faces a roughly 700 million dollar annual deficit, threatening to reach 1 billion, while workers receive about 265 million dollars in pensions a year. The plan aims to ease morale and efficiency, though many modernization goals remain distant amid rising volumes and service delays. The piece notes air and ground mail delays since 20 years ago and asserts Congress acted as a first step toward rehabilitating the service.
Across and down clues mix Greek letters and common words. Solve for terms like alpha beta gamma delta eta theta and others fitting the remaining puzzle grid. Includes references to fruits drinks garments and animals to complete the set with standard crossword style clues.
Answers correspond to entries clues: 28 Russian her 28 Relaxation 30 Winter vehir 34 Loaner 37 The Aegean Hes between Greece and Asia Minor 40 Fillip 41 Rendered fa of swine 42 Genus of shrubs 43 Asterisk 45 Ceremony 46 Foot part 47 Greek 49 Fish 50 Legal point 52 Railroads ab 53 Entangle.
In Barkerville Weber learns Lily Barker Alderton seeks his help over Rawlins cattle trouble and her Lobo Ranch stake. At The Lobo saloon Leo Blatnik denies ties to violence while Partridge and Hopkins threaten confrontation over missing hides and cattle crimes.
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a high stakes bridge hand where South with 23 points and nine sure tricks misjudges after North opens. South’s two bids lead to a risky sequence ending in seven spades. The critique centers on South’s missed four diamonds over partner’s spade raise and the misinterpretation of North’s signaling, costing the slam.
A quiz style text lists questions and answers about U S presidents the term diva in music and the Articles of Confederation. It notes John Tyler had 14 children the word diva derives from divine and legato is opposite of staccato while under the Articles no power governed interstate relations and Rhode Island did not participate in a convention.
A compilation of remarks from Glenn R. Fouche and Francis Cardinal Spellman on patriotism and economy, paired with criminologist Dr. Dudley De Groot’s assertion that women favor nonviolent murder methods, highlighting stereotypes about gender and crime.
NORWALK California AP Two 10 year old boys admit tying a younger boy to railroad tracks to frighten him. Michael Evans seven was rescued by his father just before a train reached him. The youths were traced by checking schools and released to parents pending juvenile court action.
An excerpt notes the June issue of Ladies Home Journal and references No-Way Cleaners And Furriers with Your Sanitone Cleaner and phone number 75. This brief item highlights local advertiser presence and product mention in the periodical.
Kansas City Southern Railroads reduced fares for Pullman passengers on regular coach tickets. Most lines have abandoned passenger service, while buses and airplanes capture much of the traffic. W N Deramus, head since 1940, notes the move keeps passenger operations vital. Estimated savings run about 29 percent, though the Pullman space charge remains. Advertising manager C H Taylor says KC Southern may be first to offer such savings across its system.
A mother asks her 4 year old to say grace at a dinner with guests. The boy hesitates then repeats what he heard, blurting, Oh Lord why did I invite those people here on this hot day. The moment blends humor and family kitchen chaos in a brief gag.
Two New York educators testified that Little Rock authorities mishandled discipline during the first year of integration at Central High. NAACP witnesses opposed a 2 1 2 year suspension. the judge gave a week for a supplemental brief.
Quick wits on domestic life and habits: a newly married woman seeks a home to improve it and may raise the roof. An Illinois man recounts a drop from 35000 to broke. A quip on movie titles read aloud versus crunching popcorn. A writer jokes that husbands favor a wife who mixes well with a shaker in hand.
Central High plans to operate with tighter discipline next year without High’s presence during last year’s crisis. Supt. Virgil Blossom notes NAACP witnesses listed steps that would have been followed, and asserts those measures were already enumerated and prepared.
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