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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1957
Page
2
Subscription rates listed show prices for Jefferson County and surrounding areas. In advance mail options include one year seven dollars, six months four twenty five, three months two seventy five, and one month one dollar. Rates vary for outside counties and by delivery method.
The piece argues the United States seeks an enforceable global disarmament plan, linking a nuclear ban to general disarmament and conventional arms limits. It contrasts Soviet messaging with American insistence on enforceable inspections and guaranteed parity, warning patience is essential for lasting security.
Safety experts note Detroit car makers promised speed restraint but later pivoted to speed and power. Ford previously highlighted belts, cushioned dashboards, and latches, yet promotion faded as rivals raced and advertised aggressively. Industry admits risk as fatalities rise. urging motorists to curb speed.
A compact clue grid lists color shades and body parts with hints such as shade of green and hearing organ. It includes items like elevator inventor, love god, chicken king, robes, saves, got up, and more with scattered wordplay and definitions.
Maj. John Eisenhower serves temporarily at the White House after switching from Ft Belvoir to the Pentagon, working with Col. Goodpaster while he and Barbara hunt for a house near the Executive Mansion. Mrs Eisenhower offered a White House stay. John prefers proximity to work.
A patron at a saloon orders a beer and discovers the bartender is a horse. He quips about the old bartender and jokes about a dog quitting. The piece also notes light humor and a whimsical scene amid discussions of protocol and a proposed international humor exchange proposed by George Q. Lewis.
The questions cover who first invited the vice president to a cabinet seat, ice sheet thickness in North America, active volcanoes in Europe, the young of a whale, and Britain’s absolute veto power. Answers cite Warren G Harding 2500 feet and up to a mile in some regions, Mount Vesuvius as sole active European volcano, calf as whale offspring, and Britain’s ruler retaining but unused veto power.
The clipping strings together opinions from Robert Sarnoff on color TV costs, a metaphor about budgeting by a surgeon, Prescott Bush on spending, Gene Fullmer recounting a bout, and Warren L Yemm of Chicago describing multiple marriages without divorce.
Muriel Lawrence Mature Parents by Mrs. Muriel Layrence explores a wife’s resentment at her husband’s roaming sales career and her overprotective motherhood. The piece analyzes how maternal fussing becomes a covert reproach, using their nine year old Ted as a tool, and ends noting overprotecting a child as a common maternal defense.
The passage warns that wind and water erode topsoil across farms reducing productivity and leaving land barren. It equates physical erosion with moral decay, urging faith and strength in God to resist conflict and despair and prevent spiritual wastelands.
Russell Fcdantel, 40, formerly of Decatur Illinois and later of Riverdale, was discovered beaten and shot on a rural road near Madhvan City, Michigan City. Police reported the body near U S 12 east of town, with a passing motorist seeing a car flee. A Chicago area resident later found a similar car abandoned on a South Side Chicago street.
A speaker warns against telling a mother how to raise her child, noting that parents seldom welcome unsolicited tips. The message emphasizes that while parents may recognize mistakes, they rarely appreciate outside interference.
The note playfully remarks that father may be unaware his family already plans his vacation. It contrasts blaming troubles on enemies with quiet people’s lack of valuable words. It jokes that guest rooms are often occupied by relatives, a common source of friction in households.
Doctor Edwin P. Jordan explains night blindness as difficulty seeing in dim light often from vitamin A deficiency, and that dietary vitamin A can improve vision. The column also covers memory loss after lightning, rheumatic fever links to throat infection, aluminum cookware safety, menopause pregnancy chances, cancer risk from hot substances, and related medical Q&A.
Dr Jordan explains that he cannot answer each reader question individually. He will select the week’s most asked and most interesting questions for a weekly column.
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