Editorial: How Russians Helped Czechs
The piece argues American Communists defend the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Gus Hall portrays Moscow as aiding a fire in a neighbor’s house, while critiquing Czech leadership but praising Soviet actions. It questions democracy under the dictatorship of the proletariat and warns against suppressing free speech in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
Marx
Lenin
Thun- Barian
Gus Hall
Communist Party
U.S.A
Soviet Union
Hungary
Poland
East Germany
Bulgaria
Hall
Kremlin
Russia
Henry Ford
America
Early candlestick forms from Etruria to modern gift shop
The piece traces candlestick evolution from pricket spikes in ancient Etruria to socket supports in Rome, medieval candelabra and Corona, and the 16th century rise of the socket candlestick, then notes shops like Denman's offering varied decorator pieces and gifts at 216 W. Madison with broad hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denman’s
W. Madison
Clarence E Rogers Funeral Held in Fairbury
Clarence E. Rogers aged 93 of 804 South Walnut Street had his funeral Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Raleigh J Harris Funeral Home. The Rev Donald E B Tad of Fairbury Baptist Church officiated with Ben Williams singing and Ethel Marvel at the organ. Burial followed at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery with pallbearers from Fairbury and Lexington. A classified line about an antique money market followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Rogers
S. Walnut St
Raleigh J. Harris
Donald EB. Con- Tad
Fairbury Baptist Church
Ben Williams
Ethel Marvel
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
Russell McGuire
Joe Glover
Ivan Brown
Willard Bess
Fairbury
Verne Sanders
Forrest
Glenn Wilken
Lexington
Pontiac Daily Leader price and contact details notice
Pontiac Daily Leader publishes local rates and offices. The paper lists editors and managers, postal details, and holiday observances. Subscription prices vary by delivery area and duration, including ranges for Livingston County and outside areas. An Armed Forces rate is shown, along with single-copy price at newstand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac Mingis
Elizabeth Harris
John Plesko
Jehone Pearre
Pontiac Leader
Main St
Pauline
Pontiac
Livingston County
Triads
Remember Decades of Pontiac Life Passages and Events
Decade-spanning Pontiac items note births at St James Hospital, 1953 election of Steve Turner as Illinois Seed Dealers Association president in Springfield, and local figures including Raymond Fight Jerry Lyons Jack Turner Robert Pike John Watter Paul Zimmerman Aman Scheeler. Obituaries include Graymont William Pampel 87 and Nellie Carruthers 88. Senior honor roll names listed. weekly temps and precipitation recorded. 1943 notes on cold, holiday travel, Evanston death Joan Jones. 1928 items record Marilyn Finnell birth, Anna Kindelberger and James Scelotti nuptials, influenza illness, and annual Holiday Basketball tourney plans and Fire Department ball arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Hospital
Jerry Marrawood
Steve Turner
Ponting
Ilinois Seed Dealers Association
Uhe
Springfield
Raymond Fight
Jerry Lyons
Jack Turner
Robert Pike
John Watter
Paul Zimmerman
Pontiac
Aman Scheeler
Graymont
William Pampel
Miss Edna
Ora M
Lexington
Loy H
Pontiac Township High School
Allan Finnell
Rosemary Herbst
Nancy Wilson
Jeanne Brissenden
Hugh Duffy
Chris Kipfer
Mary Adsit
Gail Anderson
Phil Arnold
Sara Farrell
Fylis Mandell
Roxy McCarrey
Doris Tucker
Nellie D. Carruthers
C. L. Wolfhope
Chicago
Edgar V. Carruthers
Wolfhope
Carl Wilson
Dee
Marilyn
Leo Finnell
Anna Kindelberger
James Scelotti
R. V. Bradley
Brick Young
Walter Roettger
Donald Karnes
J. &. Palmer
C. Johnson
William Toon
Charles Schurr
Pontiac Fire Department
Saunemin Church Women Plan Wednesday Meeting
Saunemin The W S C S of the Saunemin United Methodist Church will meet Wednesday at 2 pm. Mr and Mrs Harold Fraher spent time in Moline at a Ford Dealers advertising fund meeting. Various local visitors and guests attended family dinners and wakes in connections with the area.
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Robert Gaston
Saunemin
W.S.C.S
Saunemin United Methodist Church
Harold Fraher
Moline
Ford Dealers Advertising Fund
Mildred Mulligan
Elaine
Rose Frenzel
Elizabeth Garber
Washington
Vernon Batterman
Crete
Mae Siebert
Kankakee
John George
James Hill
Clausen
Mich
John Gassman
Flanagan
Dear Ann Landers I Answer Readers Letters on Family Feuds
A collection of Ann Landers Q A letters about family annoyances and heartbreaks. A sister recalls a pesty younger brother who later goes to Vietnam and a family laments an uncle buried in a cornfield. Advice gently urges acceptance and proper burial choices. Liv seeks ring return after broken engagement. guidance notes legal entitlements and moving on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Vietnam
Ann
Rudd
Sis
Dear Ann Landers
Lyvid
Liv
Claire Potter attends tax school and madrigal dinner
Graymont Mrs. Claire Ryerson attended an income tax school at the Holiday Inn in La Salle-Peru last Thursday and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Claire Potter attended the L A Madrigal dinner concert on Tuesday at the university ballroom in Normal.
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Claire Ryerson
Graymont
Most Chairmen Past 65 in 50th Congress
Washington reports that 20 chairmen of standing committees in the House of Representatives during the 50th Congress include 11 aged 65 or older and seven past 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoase of Representatives
Also Mentioned on This Page
Etruria
Tuscany
Italy
Clarence Rogers
Pontiac Daily Leader
Pontiac, Ill
Floyd Highland
Gordon Hansen
Joan D. Jones
Evanston
Jones
Cornell
Henry M
Mary (Coe) Cornell
Cornell Cemetery
Mary
Josephine Rodino
Carmen Roding
Dorothy Henderson
Houston
Tex
Pete
Pontiac Greenhouses
F.T.D
Pinckney Street
SEM
Madison
Ill
Carl Ronnow
Howard Sacobs Orchesive
Moosset
Flannnga, Illinois
Legion
E. W. Brockwell
Owner
Water St
Illinois
Philco
Hardwick
Maytag
Davenport
Kenmore
Charles Smith
Willie Vissering
Rooks Creek Church
Bangs
Minneapolis-Moline
John Deere
M&m
Allis Chamers
Kewanee
Freeman
M&m U
THC
H.P. Wisconsin
Clinton
Toledo Electric
American Electric
Julia Vissering
Carl Runnow
Rowe Lutheran Church
Dale Rich
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