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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1963
Page
2
The document lists staff positions including business manager news editor sports editor city editor advertising manager society editor and circulation manager as part of the newspaper's editorial and production team.
Washington columnist Peter Edson discusses the equal pay amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act, noting its narrow scope and many protections. Only workers in specific jobs under specific conditions gain coverage, with enforcement by federal courts and a one year effective delay. Ren. Katharine St George calls it “just one bite of the cherry,” while the League of Women Voters advocates broader constitutional equality.
An editorial questions favorite son bids in 1964 GOP races as governors Rockefeller Romney Goldwater contend. It warns such moves could bypass citizen tests in Wisconsin Oregon California and other primaries, pressuring voters to shape the nomination rather than leaders in hotel room deals.
Quick quiz style questions cover when commercial telephone exchanges began in New Haven in 1878 the most poisonous fish the stonefish and its venomous spines and the Gettysburg Address delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery on November 19 1863.
A playful Sunday column questions alarm clocks gossip and fashion with word clues across and down. It lists Hawaiian themed entries like Waikiki and emphasizes light humor and social habits in a breezy puzzle teaser style.
The Yale Drama School establishes a John Golden memory playwriting fellowship offering a $4,800 annual grant for one year of residency to develop stage works. The first recipient is Joel Oliansky, a New York born graduate with an MFA awarded last year.
In Colombo the AP reports Sinhale claims the Freedom party congress approved nationalizing foreign banks in Ceylon, linking the move to balance of payments woes. The step would follow nationalization of Ceylonese Bank. British six, Pakistani one, and Indian three banks are affected. Burma frees about 400 Thai fishermen after border talks, while Tokyo urges police vigilance against spies amid recent discoveries of boats and equipment linked to intruders.
Gov George Wallace renews his call for followers to avoid the Alabama campus as National Guard troops standby to aid officers to prevent violence in Tuscaloosa while Negro students prepare to enroll. President Kennedy urges local responsibility in racial disturbances in a Honolulu speech outlining a five point action plan. New York Mayor Wagner seeks mayors’ endorsement.
A growing favorite son movement threatens to force aspirants for the 1961 Republican presidential nomination to scramble for support in the upcoming primaries. The shift signals renewed pressure on top contenders as delegates gather strength nationwide.
Prime Minister Macmillan returns to London amid the Profumo affair crisis. Chicago Mayor Daley’s one percent municipal sales tax proposal is called a gouge by the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. In Chicago baseball, White Sox lead the American League on the South Side while the Cubs contend on the North Side.
In 1942 the German raid erased the Czech village Lidice after villagers were said to have sheltered Heydrich assassins. Also on this date 1610 saw Dutch settlers arrive on Manhattan Island and Bridget Bishop hanged as a witch in Salem. John Hancock’s sloop Liberty seized by British customs in 1769 amid rum-running tensions. 1939 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended the New York World’s Fair. Italy declared war in 1910. Eisenhower’s Fortress Theory critique surfaced a decade ago.
In the Miami Florida southeastern championship the hand shows lines of play for the South hand. If each South player holding today’s hand ended at two spades and West led the eight of hearts, South would be in dummy after the opening lead. West led the eight of hearts.
A bidding and play discussion from a Mt. Vernon Register-News bridge column outlines two heart tricks and a scorable defense. It analyzes leads and discards, spade plays, and diamond finesses to suggest ways to defeat or make a contract, ending with an offer to obtain the Jacoby book for 60 cents.
Five years earlier a House committee exposed that Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine paid hotel bills for presidential assistant Sherman Adams. A year ago a Northern Pacific train derailed near Missoula Montana, killing one and injuring 243.
In Washington the tone shifts from labor to home life as Secretary Wirtz warns teen unemployment may persist for years with over 25 percent of jobless youth. Education chief Keppel says discipline should be handled at home not in schools. Blair House closes for refurbishing and air conditioning to preserve its historic ambiance while updating facilities.
Washington reports a quiet week in Congress with only one major measure on the docket. The development bill would add 450 million to the 379.5 million authorized program aiding business and industry in unemployment zones. The House has no business today and will tackle the appropriation bill to fund Congress Tuesday.
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