Illinois lawmakers weigh ban on trading stamps sales
Wingfield Illinois retailers attacked trade stamps as an out and out gimmick while the Appropriations Committee voted 23 5 to ban those not redeeming cash. Former Illinois Retailers Association director says stamps cut profits. Top Value 4 and H Green Stamps say the program drives public preference and billions in merchandise annually. Marion Burks and Anthony Scariano oppose legislative action arguing stamps aid business and family tastes.
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Wingfield
Noline
Illinois Ipenue Committee
Pastillion of
Chicago
Illinois Line Retailers Association
Marion Burks
R-Evans
Nuie
Ashly
Anthony Scariano
D-Park Orest
Heart disease screening aids Chicago children
A fast low cost heart disease screening using a hi fidelity tape system found 91 percent accurate among 33 000 Chicago school children. A mobile unit recorded heart beats, then specialists listened to the tapes. Each student cost about 1.80, financed by the Chicago Heart Association and U S Public Health Service with local support.
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Chicago
Arthur E. Rikli
Heart Disease Control Program
U.S. Public Health Service
Chicago Heart Association
The
Chicago Medical Society
Board of Health and
Board of Education
Mt Vernon passes traffic ordinance on street parking limits
Ordinance 61 amends Ordinance 1087 to add East side of Tenth Street parallel parking for two hours from 8:00 a m to 6:00 p m with eight hour max from 6:00 p m to 8:00 a m except Sundays and holidays. City council approves on June 5 1961 and publication follows.
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Mt. Vernon
Ilinois
Tenth Street
Perkins Avenue
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Iinois
Illinois
Ivan J. Cox
Paul Hayes
Mt. Vernon -Register-News
Jee Council
Japanese Rioting For Right To Riot In Tokyo Demonstrations
Thousands of Socialist led students and workers rally in Tokyo demanding the antiviolence bill be killed. Prime Minister Ikeda retreats after opposition from Liberal Democrat rivals following riots in Tokyo and Kyoto injuring over 600. Socialists push for withdrawal as 35,000 planned march clashes with smaller union and student groups.
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Japan
No. 2
Remembering Life's Simple Pleasures From Bygone Days
HAL BOYLE reflects on a nostalgic era with vivid vignettes of 20th century family life. He recalls child supervision for 50 cents, neighborhood lamplighters, hand powered mowers, and quaint trades while contrasting it with future moon tourism fantasies.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Tigne
Buck
Prince
Barbs by Hal Cochran Cartoon Quips on Drive and Marriage
A collection of quips about misfortune, teen driving, rainy day savings, and the idea that husbands think a movie night means the wife will stay home. The jokes reflect light humorous observations from a dated column with pithy one liners and playful social norms.
Those Were the Days Remembered in a Family Tale
A reminiscence recalls a Saturday rite of cleaning the coal furnace and hauling ashes from the basement. The narrative notes a household where the father wielded authority, and the mood evokes nostalgia for bygone family dynamics.
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Hhim
Father
Rememer
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