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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1963
Page
2
The piece argues tokenism and gradualism are distinct concepts and warns against misusing them in racial discourse. It favors slow, steady social progress over abrupt revolution, noting history shows change through gradual steps and that token gestures rarely satisfy calls for genuine change.
United Steelworkers and 11 major producers reached a 21 month pact effective Aug 1 with no wage hike. It adds an extended seniority vacation program and new hospital health and life benefits costing about 15 cents per hour, securing peace during the 1961 presidential election. The agreement avoids a strike and rests on joint labor management talks spanning 544 months of discussion.
A set of quiz questions reveals 1962 executions at forty seven, the Sioux nickname for General Custer as Long Hair, and the origin of fingerprinting with early thumb prints used in China before Christ.
A compact list links humorists and writers with related terms and clues across literature history. It cites ACRC LArtemus and Major Barbara creator, Lewis Carroll, and other figures influencing wit, poetry forms, and wordplay expressions.
World News reports Red China denounces Kennedy peace overtures to the Soviet Union as a sinister plot. Paris notes Senate approval of the France West Germany treaty of cooperation. East Pakistan flood displaces thousands after Chittagong rains. Vienna reports Soviet U turn on IAEA reactor inspections, extending safeguards to reactors above 100 megawatts for peaceful use.
Bernard Baruch, 92, in a New York hospital rest period says he is feeling much better. Sir Charles Snow known to readers as C P Snow warns U S haste to reach the moon may be a mistake and Americans overreact to Soviet feats. Frances Nuyen and Dr Thomas Gaspar Morell obtain a New York marriage license, plan to wed Saturday. Nuyen 23, born in Marseilles, Morell 30 from Bronxville. Adlai E Stevenson, U S ambassador to the U N, praises free book exchange at the 8th International Book Exhibition, calling books a bridge for U S foreign ties.
A garbled collection of quoted lines from diverse figures including British Prime Minister Mac Millan and Senator Kenneth Keating references a range of outdated topics. The text also mentions bicycle safety for youngsters, school buses, a heart specialist, and laundries operating around the clock, with several garbled phrases.
The article explains the shift in contract play over 15 years toward leading low from three small cards rather than top. It notes that a few experts began this after World War II and that adoption grew among specialists and top players.
A promotional column extols a new bridge tactic in Oswald Jacoby's system. It outlines a sample North South hand, discusses finessing the jack and queen of spades, and urges readers to order the 64 page booklet for 50 cents via a Mt. Vernon Register News mailer. It ends with a light aside questioning why elderly women hide gray hair.
Washington dispatch reports a labor dispute between the National Maritime Union and the Seafarers International Union over six jobs on a freighter Maximus bound for Cuba. Secretary Wirtz announced the picketing order was rescinded as the row was settled. Also noted, the Senate again reopens World War II and Korean War veterans life insurance lapse, and a Labor Department official warns automation may eliminate about 2 million jobs this decade.
U S officials warn against expecting rapid progress on broader disarmament despite a hot line agreement with the Soviet Union. A mid July U S mission to Moscow will pursue a treaty banning atomic tests while Moscow resists on-site inspections. The Geneva pact follows the Cuban missile crisis as a catalyst for urgent direct communication. Receipts balance received from county treasurer.
The Office of Town Supervisor Max Shurtz submits a sworn annual financial statement for Blissville, Jefferson County, covering the fiscal year ending March 26, 1963. It details funds on hand at start, receipts from sources including rent, and expenditures with purposes, listing balances and amounts like 5340.00 and 596.57.
International report notes Cardinal Martini chosen as pope by eighty Roman Catholic cardinals and renaming himself Paul VI. Cuban Revolutionary Council claims landing Kommando units in Cuba in Miami. US nuclear submarine production reaches peak with four launches planned Saturday. Kennedy meets lawyers from across the nation to discuss civil rights issues. Springfield reports Senate debates on firefighter and police salary minimums and sales tax increase bill. Daley backs the tax bill with downstate mayors joining the push. River Forest notes Lutheran Church Missouri Synod accepts Supreme Court ruling banning Bible readings and Lord’s Prayer in schools. Rockford features 21-year-old Dave Huske winning the Illinois Men’s State Amateur golf crown.
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