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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1966
Page
7
Advertisement offers free booklet on U.S. government positions and salaries with test preparation from Lincoln Service, a private school not government affiliated. Includes coupon for details and qualification steps, urging immediate action and mailing to Pekin, Illinois.
A reader asks how a ashamed father reacts to his son’s poor Little League record and a town obsessed with youth sports. The columnist suggests the father hates his own lost star status and fear of failure, signaling emotional conflict rather than blame.
A commemorative five cent stamp for Poland’s 1000th anniversary goes on sale July 30 marking Poland’s founding in 966 with Christianity. The article also notes dangerous venomous ocean fish including sling rays, scorpion fish and some sharks.
Dairy farmers can boost profits by starting early fly control during the 120 day season. Losses of 10 to 20 percent in milk production occur, with 1 to 2 pints less per cow daily, from horn and stable flies. Sanitation and residual wall sprays like Cygon 2E, plus regular use of Ciodrin or Vapona on cows, form the recommended program.
In the thirties Walter Malowan and Sidney Rusinow formed a top bridge pair until Walter’s death at 83. The piece recalls their rivalry with Oswald Jacoby and the Four Aces, their 1934 Grand National effort, and the use of Culbertson four no trump versus Blackwood ideas.
A train struck a bus carrying 46 teenagers to a church youth camp near Dwight, about 70 miles southwest of Chicago. No one was killed. 13 to 15 injured were hospitalized, all teens except the 45-year-old driver James Oldham. The bus stalled at a crossing and could not avoid the slow freight train. Patients from Wilmington, Blue Island, Homewood, Forest Park, Chicago and other areas were treated at St. James Hospital in Pontiac. The Appalachian Trail note follows the report.
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