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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1967
Page
4
Africa’s Kilimanjaro may be preserved as a national park. Tanzania invited three U.S. Park Service experts to study feasibility and released a positive report on protecting the mountain’s natural beauty.
Hollywood AP Bruce Geller notes a trend away from trends across TV though Westerns stay sturdy with Gunsmoke Bonanza and Virginian leading. He highlights Mission Impossible winning Emmys and explains its filmic, dialogue-light style. He adds Get Smart spurred zany comedies that won’t return.
Oil now accounts for half the volume of international seaborne trade amid the Arab-Israeli war and Suez. The piece notes how supply disruption could shift long term demand and highlights changes in production from Libya Nigeria and Canada. It analyzes shifts in tanker sizes routes and the rise of new producers, comparing 1965 to the present as world oil needs grow. It also mentions a parking meter contest at Arkansas Tech with 60 years of experience and a Rockwell tester.
Cheese experts note that cheese with fewer and smaller holes signals controlled fermentation. The size and number of holes reflect quality and production technique in Swiss varieties.
Springfield AP reports Tuesday’s legislative actions include passing two conflict of interest bill versions and moving to the House for reregulation of lobbyists. A $750 million antipollution bond is approved and sent to the House. Workmen’s compensation reforms and highway beautification measures pass, with open housing and mandatory passenger car safety inspection bills advancing in different chambers. Retirement age of state employees at 70 also clears a Senate hurdle.
In Champaign County the 16 cent per 100 valuation tax levy for a mental health board failed by 5,960 to 3,199, with only six of 61 precincts in favor and most yes votes in Urbana. The defeat continues a pattern of no votes on money measures, following park and library funding defeats. A separate note mentions the Mariner Venus craft aiming within 2,000 miles of Venus to gauge its diameter.
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