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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1956
Page
3
Paris reports a 20 year old Françoise Sagan as France’s sacred monster of letters. Her second novel Un Certain Sourire sold 250000 copies on release, following Bonjour Tristesse which moved 400000 copies in days. Translation rights sold. plans for film and stage adaptations.
The executor of Myrtle Smith deceased gives notice that August 6, 1956 is the claim date for the estate. All claims must be filed by that date without summons. The notice lists Maude Adame and attorneys in Mt. Vernon Illinois and names numerous parties and heirs related to the property and tax sale proceedings in Jefferson County.
MOSCOW WILLIAM P LEAR the U S plane equipment maker who flew his private Cessna 310 to Moscow departed for Berlin with his wife. He was summoned to the U S Embassy for talks believed to concern his visit. General Nathan B Twining American air force chief of staff also visited an atomic power station in Moscow.
Egypt’s land area equals the combined size of New Mexico and Texas, highlighting its vast territorial extent. The comparison underscores Egypt’s scale relative to U.S. states, noting both nations’ sizable geographic footprints.
Illinois tobacco once dominated southern fields as leaf packed in hogsheads with axles and rolled to Golconda on the Ohio river.
The Charleston News and Courier quotes Elvis Presley as saying the bite was playful and friendly after a girl reporter asked about a bite during a car interview. He responded that being different helps a person get ahead. The item also notes U.S. piano sales rising from 145000 in 1947 to 178000 in 1955.
The article notes potato plants two miles west of Mt Vernon on the John Harvill farm sprouted tomato like growths which are potato seed pods revealing a reversion to the plant’s original nature. Sherman Wicks garden exhibits the plant. an example is in the Register News window.
The U. S. census bureau projects a net immigration of about five million people into the United States between 1955 and 1975, reflecting shifting demographics and potential labor market impacts.
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