12 Jun 1974
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Newspaper
Pontiac Daily Leader
Location
Pontiac, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1974
Page
1
An editorial warns that theft of fissionable material from private industry could enable a bomb via small accounting changes. It cites misread instruments, false numbers, and substitutions, noting current tracking gaps and the ease with which a skilled insider could assemble enough material for a weapon while delays in rechecking inventories allow time to act. By RAY CROMLEY.
Inflation costs squeeze charities as donors pull back. United Way spokesman Ted Sniegocki from Little Rock Ark says goals can be met but require more work and better organization as inflation eats budgets. AP spot check finds most groups aiming to meet or exceed goals despite rising costs.
Chenoa notes Rev Randy Van Fossan attends a United Methodist Conference in Bloomington. VFW flea market in city park on June 16 from 10 am to 5 pm. booth space via Duane Koerner. Hospital patients Pansey Rosenberger Hancel Roach and Mrs Robert Saffer at Mennonite Hospital. Beulah Koerner in Three Oaks Nursing Home Lexington. Harry Miller new Meadows Mennonite Home resident. Local visits as Lyle and family from Princeton attended Glen Engel reception and visited Virgil and Virgil Morris families. Tony Reis home from Butler University summer work decorating. Suzanna Hammond visiting grandparents Virgil and Virgil Morris. Cindy Groce bound for Turkey in Americans Abroad program. Wendy Morris to Wolfboro NH as waterfront summer counselor. 4-H meeting June 13 at 2 pm at Jerome Rhoda home. Mrs Virgil Morris spent days at Mayo Clinic. Community note on fundraising struggles for American Cancer Society. volunteers scarce. donations up but less than prior year due to costs. US fund drives and legacies totaled 93 million last year, up from 79 million in 1972. larger expenses offset gains. Oklahoma ACS director Paul McDaniel notes drop in door-to-door donations. Barbara Miller of Muscular Dystrophy group cites inflation not affecting them yet. United Fund Philadelphia misses 1973 goal by about 150 thousand. Gordon Berg of United Community Services in Charlotte quoted.
Mr and Mrs Frank Webster of Escondido California formerly of McDowell plan an informal open house for friends and relatives Sunday from 1 to 3 p m at the home of their grandson Roger Garner 714 W Prairie St They were married June 21 1928 in Chicago Their attendants were Noral Hamilton and Anne Klein Mr Webster is a retired plasterer They are parents of Mrs Deryleen Garner Mrs Jim Graves and Charles and have eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
James Reston reports Kissinger signaled optimism about U S Europe ties and a Nixon summit with Britain France and West Germany. European leaders Giscard Schmidt and Wilson reassess relations, aiming to move beyond past legalistic arguments and misunderstandings that plagued transatlantic policy.
The United Methodist Women met Thursday at the education building with 37 attendees and several Peoria guests. Devotions were led by Mrs. Frank Albright and speakers Lela Gambeck and a Peoria guest discussed Costa Rica missions, with plans for Bible School cookies, Oct 26 bazaar work projects, and a Ministers' Wives Retreat report.
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