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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1967
Page
2
A Thought For Today reflects on the call to action to survey and seize a fertile land, urging urgency against idleness. The entry also cites Benjamin Franklin noting that laziness travels slowly, allowing poverty to overtake.
Editorial notes Marshall McLuhan and Marvin Kitman on how television changes communication. It discusses the wheel as foot extension and books as eye extension while television makes books obsolete. Kitman suggests readers call McLuhan directly for 80 cents, about 50 tried, no answer.
Electronics experts predict sound may power future devices from mixers to cars. Sonus activates with a clap to switch appliances on, while whistling or ringing phones could trigger lights or radio. Potential bugs remain before widespread home use.
Mrs. Guy Hestand of Elgin asks Mt. Vernon to improve ambulance service after Memorial Day crash kills four and injures seven across Illinois. She notes a single red and white ambulance and one police car responding to the worst weekend disaster, with bodies in a car and injuries in a field and a farmhouse.
The piece recalls the 1920s Big Show in Mt Vernon stuck in mud on Weber’s pasture. Elephants and horses combined to free wagons, signaling the end of the era as roustabouts faded and elephants vanished, with a dog traumatized by the parade and band music.
Boston Mayor John F. Collins, a Democrat, announces he will not seek re election, saying his decision was made weeks ago and is not tied to Roxbury rioting. He will not pursue a federal appointment. In Gary Indiana John Hogg, 74, graduates from Purdue University after saying college spared him from draft. wife and two children present.
New York AP reports singer Jack Jones and actress Jill St John announced their engagement on Tuesday. Jones, 29, recently divorced his first wife Lee Laurence, while St John, 25, was formerly married to Lance Reventlow. No wedding date was given. Washington AP notes Leslie Fry VFW commander met with President Johnson and Secretary Rusk to back administration Vietnam and Middle East policies after a Southeast Asia tour.
Astrology column by Carroll Righter offers daily tendencies for Aries Taurus Gemini and other signs with cautions about tensions, money, and interpersonal dynamics. The piece advises keeping cool and tactful, plus a light Moon Children note on dignity and responsibility. An anecdote titled Eye Witness shares a child’s playful defense of dinosaurs.
Three Melbourne men faces sedition charges over a March issue of Tom Thumb carrying a mock interview with the queen and Prince Philip. The trio Bevyn Howard Baker Bryan Baker and Thomas Briggs are due in Melbourne City Court August 21.
A quiz cites the First Reformed Church in Albany as owning the oldest pulpit in the United States, in use since 1657 across three buildings. the Amsterdam crafted piece was shipped to America. The president’s title is noted as simply "Mr. President," unlike other officials addressed as Your Excellency or Your Honor.
The Census Bureau pins down surprising gaps in birth forecasts citing migration and demographic shifts as factors. Betty Furness laments media skepticism toward her consumer adviser role to President Johnson. A Kennedy family pet show at Robert Kennedy’s McLean home drew hundreds, featuring Bobby Kennedy Jr. with a hawk and a quip about reporters.
President Johnson issued a statement Tuesday night praising the Security Council cease-fire resolution as a first step toward peace in the Middle East. He said the United States warmly supported it and urged the parties to act promptly toward a new era of settled peace and progress for all peoples in the region. The remark frames the vote as responsible and hopeful for ending danger.
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