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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1966
Page
2
Quote from Matthew 20 26 and Fosdick National clergy figure emphasizes service to achieve greatness. The message links biblical instruction with modern lines about attaching to what is great for personal growth.
An editorial questions the view that more babies drive demand, citing Richard L. Breault of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It argues modern growth stems from adapting to varied personal income demand, not higher birth rates, and promotes rational family planning to avoid subsistence costs.
European Economic Community members push toward standardizing brakes safety glass headlights wipers mufflers and harmonizing vehicle standards and traffic rules across member states. A draft directive aims to create a Community wide code addressing diverse national practices.
A compact crossword style clue list featuring plant names, colors, and common terms such as Lebanon sugar omits in renunciation foreshadowing pine Colorado blue bone and fish foods. It includes many abbreviated and dialect forms for classic crossword entries and cross references.
Norman Oklahoma AP reports on the U S Severe Storms Laboratory’s six year study of thunderstorms squall lines and tornadoes using ground radar balloons aircraft and a Wright Patterson F 100 jet piloted by Maj R J Vanden Heuvel as part of the Rough Riders. The effort aims to improve predictions and provide advance warning to save lives in Tornado Alley.
General tendencies urge careful judgment and contact with distant helpers. Aries moves toward personal aims, Taurus benefits from cooperation, Gemini seeks higher support, Moon Children embrace modern ideas, Leo explores subconscious ideas for career, Virgo meets expectations with allies, Libra studies work for efficiency, Scorpio pursues rapid progress and hobbies, Sagittarius clears home misunderstandings, Capricorn embraces new self expression, Aquarius seeks business ideas, Pisces connects people to commercialize practical ideas.
David Astor warns at an American Jewish Committee meeting that societies enable killings by normal people. He contrasts Eichmann as a mechanic made killer by social sanction, while Secretary of Labor Wirtz critiques the divine right of the successful as equally false.
In England the top union leaders rejected the seamen strike plea, warning no further help from the Trades Union Congress. The 28,000 strikers face dwindling funds as pay remains eight dollars weekly, while demands for a 40 hour week to boost overtime pay clash with government plans for a 48 then 40 hour transition. The pound falls, prices rise, and fuel stocks tighten as the strike disrupts exports and fuel procurement.
On this date Salem witch trials began in 1692 with one hanged. Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859 in Nevada. 1940 Paris fled to Tours. 1945 Eisenhower received the Order of Victory. 1947 Truman visited Ottawa. Eisenhower re election talk followed surgery. 1957 Algerian peace talks noted pessimism. 1965 mass protests in Chicago over desegregation.
In Louisville, a disabled widow Vernice Hunter, 51, who guided traffic with a crutch after failing to get a traffic light, was fined $1 for obstructing traffic. The judge noted sympathy but condemned taking the law into one’s hands.
Senator Mansfield said a congressional leadership conference on Viet Nam could be arranged with the President meeting Dirksen halfway. Dirksen urged an immediate meeting to clarify policy, while Ford pressed for full facts to judge right intent, amid bipartisan calls over administration candor.
An Encyclopaedia Britannica entry states that modern golf originated in Scotland, tracing its development through early clubs, courses, and formalized rules. The claim highlights Scotland as the cradle of the game, influencing global adoption and evolution of golf play.
Fifteen college coeds awaited calmer winds in Cairo Illinois for the second day of a 900 mile raft trip to New Orleans on the Rosebud Hopson. The craft, 15 by 39 feet, is built on oil drums with a topside superstructure and faced a two hour delay due to steering trouble. Bonfires kept them warm as temperatures fell into the 50s.
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