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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1964
Page
2
The page lists subscription prices by region including Jefferson County and nearby areas, with annual and monthly rates for in county and distant delivery. It also names editorial positions such as News Editor City Editor and Advertising Manager and notes carrier delivery in the city.
A saying from Deuteronomy urges returning stray livestock to a brother as a moral duty. The piece adds that no people can endure without root moral principles and faith. Walter B. Smith states Christian faith underpins the society and guided the nation’s way of life before political meaning.
The piece argues President Johnson cannot be perfectly protected and warns one fanatic could harm him. It urges immediate action to designate a vice president, stressing national welfare, prayers, and the need to act now despite politics or inertia.
Nationally known outdoor writer, an authority on mosquitos, contends Cleopatra used heavy eye makeup to deter insects rather than attract Romans. The columnist is noted for bug expertise but suggested to have more to learn about women since ancient times.
A talk with a nurseryman about a hard clay yard spot in heavy runoff and shade ends with a playful suggestion of a flagpole. Tuareg women in the Sahara are noted for tattooing bodies, long silver earrings, and charm necklaces believed to ward off evil.
A compact listing of crossword like clues ranging from Rabbit to Haul with numbered across and down entries. Includes themes such as Egyptian snakes Hindu gods and various prefixes suffixes, with several obscure terms and a few proper nouns scattered through the grid.
The list shows clues and answers like Take into custody and Amphitheaters with AA as placeholder. Jindadt and Shield AA Tener hint at wordplay. Other entries include Additional Preposition Seethe So Stray and By way of, suggesting a crossword style puzzle with abbreviations and homophones.
General Curtis LeMay warns that modern weapons show penalties for lapses in power are prohibitive while Warren advocates free scholarship and criticism in our open system. The remarks frame defense caution and marketplace of ideas in justice debates.
New York AP humor column by HAL BOYLE lists cliche complaints heard by fathers from wives and children. The piece surveys domestic tensions from shopping and chores to television, money, PTA duties, and parental sympathy, capturing a wry snapshot of midcentury family life.
Gen Maxwell D Taylor will fly to South Viet Nam to take over as U S ambassador replacing Henry Cabot Lodge. Lodge says Viet Nam war should not sway the presidential race and his departure may widen GOP nominating options. Kennedy heads to Germany on a sentimental mission after saying he will not seek the New York Senate seat. Johnson urges a six day work week until the GOP convention triggering protests. Dulles to Mississippi to probe missing civil rights workers. Prince Edward County eyes reopening public schools after federal order.
In Washington the nine year chairmanship of Rep. Otis Passman faced aid-cut opposition as his subcommittee refused a 50 million cut in a 3.0 billion foreign aid bill. Passman temporarily steps down while opposing the bill on the floor amid a closed meeting confrontation. Separately, the House passed a bill to expand ROTC in high schools and colleges, a victory for Rep. Edward Hebert as a response to McNamara’s earlier ROTC stance.
Independence Missouri reports former president Harry S. Truman at 80 cancels a trip to St Louis with no reason given. Hollywood notes comedian Jack Benny and wife Mary Livingstone welcome a third grandchild Jean and film executive Robert Blumore as newborn son arrives Tuesday. Paris expects Charles de Gaulle to hold a news conference on July 23 following a Cabinet meeting.
Uncirculated coins are those that have not been distributed through the regular banking channels. They are identical to other coins in composition and appearance but remain outside standard circulation.
State Department spokesman Richard J. Phillips said protests continue as the United States holds the Soviet government responsible for safety of all American aircraft in the Berlin air corridors amid Soviet protests against Pan American Airways routes linking New York to West Berlin.
Washington strategists propose a Southeast Asia gambit to pit the Soviet Union against Red China in Laos and North Vietnam. The plan shelves immediate North Vietnam strikes, uses aerial evidence of treaty violations to pressure Moscow, and may involve coordinated international threats and limited force to influence outcomes while avoiding blatant open warfare.
Milo March, an insurance investigator, searches for Thomas Rako who vanished after congressional hearings. Rako’s brutal past links to Clark’s union, possible witness intimidation, and blackmail schemes. The chase spans Cleveland and Washington as authorities track a missing man who may have staged his own death to dodge a million-dollar payout.
In Tokyo Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda won the first non confidence vote since July 1960 with a 270 to 164 margin, keeping his Liberal Democratic party in power amid a Socialist Communist censure bid. Kuwait agrees to lend Algeria 21 million dollars for a 300 mile Sahara to Mediterranean oil pipeline project. A Chinese built freighter Liao yuan arrives in Tokyo with 5000 tons of corn from Tsingtao under a private trade pact.
U S diplomats weigh risks of Russian prestige shifts in Southeast Asia. They argue that any gain in Moscow’s standing could be less harmful than ongoing Pathet Lao North Vietnamese offensives in Laos or possible U S military intervention.
In Weenen Natal Province Hansie Kilian, the town snake catcher, uses only his hands and a knife for emergencies to seize pythons up to 16 feet long. He avoids killing them, often sending the captured snakes to a snake park. He works alone despite narrow escapes and public fear that killing a python could drive a person mad.
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