27 May 1963
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Newspaper
Pontiac Daily Leader
Location
Pontiac, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1963
Page
1
In Elizabeth Seifert's story, Dr Howder shell faces a hospital shooting after being blackmailed. Townsfolk rally around Smokey as his friends back him against possible jail, while young Keyes and Lovey wrestle with fear, guilt, and loyalty.
In Pontiac a tense family scene unfolds after a construction site shooting. Ward Weber is dead and his older brother John Weber is missing, suspected to have left town. The narrator recalls events with Keyes and Lovey, while the Saputos depart as questions swirl. The next morning’s paper adds little new detail, and the narrator confronts Keyes about whether he was present at the incident.
The writer expresses sincere gratitude to city employees for a radio and to friends neighbors and relatives for cards gifts and calls. Special thanks go to St James Hospital Staff Dr Law and Rev Borzeka for kindness, with a pledge to remember all the kind people.
The United Press International notes Britannica credits Julius Caesar’s astronomers with introducing the leap day in 46 B.C. to balance the 365 day solar year with the additional roughly six hours per year, accumulating into one full day every four years.
Dear Polly shares tips for cobweb removal in high stair wells using a towel on a clothes prop, safer than ladders. sewing pin trick to prevent button holes. improvised tools from pie plates and colanders. fabric softener to soften dried mop. darning cotton for tailor’s tacks. windshield snow brush repurposed to clean fridge coils. compact potato masher for small pots. Share ideas for Polly's Pointers.
Graymont reporters note Mrs. Billie Starks led devotions as the Graymont group visited the County Home and Hospital with Rev. Ray Hamer guiding songs and Mrs. Robert Carrol singing. Naomi Circle served refreshments after the gathering. A district United Grain Company meeting at Downtown Motel in Bloomington drew several local attendees.
Memorial Day services will be held in Cornell Illinois at 11 am on Thursday May 30 led by Colonel Mortis Gantzert of Mazon as guest speaker. Parade participants meet at the grade school then march to Memorial Park with music by the combined high school and grade school bands under Dean Baylis of the Cornell American Legion. Argentina plans a $3 321 000 grain elevator at Mar del Plata and a wharf to load two or three ships simultaneously.
Fairbury and vicinity居民 report visitors and gatherings as Ivan Crum and family visited from Evergreen Park then headed to St Louis to see relatives. Bruce Knight of Quincy plans Memorial Day in Fairbury. Mrs Knight is related to Ploense and Hotaling families. Mrs Margaret Lewis of Inglesiad visited Eva Watts and siblings in Ottawa after Bloomington stopovers. Loyal Builders held a church project meeting. Fairbury Woman's Club raised 337.92 for cancer via canvass. Swimming pool opening extended to June 2 for lighting install. Cropsey alumni banquet set for June 1. vacation Bible schools start June 4. Huie J Birge joins USAF. Robert Slayton to Lackland AFB. Baptist Women’s Missionary Society met with Mrs Haley.
United Press reports Hurricane Carol, judged the worst U.S. storm in Collier's Encyclopedia, left 68 dead, about 1,000 injured, and roughly 500 million dollars in property damage along the Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina to Maine.
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