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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1967
Page
7
Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Maxey Pepple included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith and family from Warren Michigan, and Mrs. Myrla Huff of Mt. Vernon, among others.
Paula Williams owner announces a public auction at the Dahlgren area home two miles east on the blacktop road. Complete household furnishings for a six room house to be sold Saturday July 1. Gholson and Scott serve as auctioneers.
Mrs Jack Smith and Mr and Mrs Fred Scott with daughters were afternoon visitors. Miss Shirley Smith plans a longer stay nearby with relatives. Matthew Eldridge of Temple California and Charles Partridge were guests Friday night and Saturday visiting relatives near Christopher. George Hess and Florida visitor plus Mae Warren of Mt Vernon dropped in last week. Ronald Stonecipher returned to Cincinnati while Mrs Stonecipher and daughters stayed with P S Bell. They visited Lenna Cook Ernst and family near Oneida Illinois. Nell Williams of Markham City and Bobby Green of Mt Vernon joined Sunday afternoon calls.
Springfield AP report notes the Illinois House rejected a bill to require private school teachers hired after July 1, 1973 to hold bachelor degrees. Supporters warn closures of parochial schools and crowded public schools, while opponents cite educational benefits and impacts on Roman Catholic schooling. The measure failed 80 votes short of the 80 needed, with Senate support previously. The House also backed a tax relief resolution for college students and passed election bills, including a five member Chicago Cook County election commission proposal.
AP reports Howard University in Washington fired five faculty members and dismissed 14 students for disruptive campus activity. Among the dismissed were noted figures linked to black power. The action follows protests tied to Lt. Gen. Lewis Hershey's planned campus speech and broader student demonstrations.
On this date in history notable events include the Dixie Clipper completing the first U S to Europe commercial flight in 1939. Rubens born in 1577 and Goethals born in 1858 are listed among other dated notes and world events from 1939 to a year past 1967.
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