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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1965
Page
2
Subscription rates listed for Jefferson County and nearby areas with annual, semi annual, and quarterly terms. Rates extend to mail subscribers within 150 miles and outside regions with varying durations and prices. Delivery by carrier in city listed separately.
War is not an act of God but a crime of man said Cordell Hull the former U.S. secretary of state a moral reflection carried in the daily thought column.
Editorial praises Berea College for free tuition, work requirements, and diverse student body from mountain counties. It notes practical training in crafts and hotel service at Boone Tavern, with a campus culture of dignity, equal opportunities, and nonviolent inquiry fostering free thought and responsibility.
Review of commencement talks notes common guidance for graduates: give full effort in work and play, rely on dependability and loyalty, and pursue leadership and new ideas despite worldwide turmoil. The message emphasizes timeless, practical advice as universally true.
A mixed list of clues and word fragments appears, covering tinting terms, occupations, geographic names, and common vocabulary. The page includes down and across hints with varied definitions, suggesting a large themed crossword or word puzzle from a historic era.
On this date Dwight Eisenhower returned from Europe with a New York parade. The first organized baseball game in Hoboken featured the New York club defeating Knickerbocker in four innings. The Motion Picture Censorship Board began in Pennsylvania in 1911. The National Labor Relations Board was created in 1934. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 for peacetime spying. Other notes cover Argentina’s 1955 power shift, South Korea’s 1960 welcome to Eisenhower, and a 1969 plane crash injuring Senator Kennedy and others.
A Sunday forecast urges thinking of neighbors with a humanitarian focus to gain popularity. Aries through Pisces receive daily guidance on home harmony, interaction, and self control, plus a note on child potential and lifelong success through positive, constructive behavior and early education.
Mt Vernon residents were appointed as SIU Little Grassy Facilities summer student workers after interviews by Littler Grassy Camp staff. About 131 teens and college students were hired to supervise waterfronts and hikes at the two main camps Akwesasne and Little Giants.
World News reports Tito began formal talks in the Kremlin with Soviet leaders. Brezhnev Kosygin and Mikoyan attended as the top Soviet officials. Also noted London socialites gamble at royal court celebrations marking Waterloo’s 50th anniversary. A West Berlin escape by a 2-year-old girl through barbed wire and canal is detailed. An Indonesian official says foreign plantations are under government control. A British physicist speculates diamonds may cover the moon's surface from meteor impacts.
Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky, famed air force commander, is named the nation's youngest premier. The report notes U S defense seeking more data on B52 Viet Cong raid effects and mentions a range of global issues from floods to Cuba to the Dominican Republic, plus domestic political shifts.
AP reports actress Jane Powell 36 and James Fitzgerald 33 plan a June 27 wedding in Sydney Australia. Fitzgerald says Powell's three children will witness the ceremony. Fitzgerald has three sons from his previous marriage to Erin O Brien.
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