Leap Day history and retrograde leap year laws
Leap Day is more than a joke and social occasion. The article notes a 1288 Scottish law granting leap year maidens license to woo, with fines if not betrothed, and similar customs in France Florence and Genoa. It traces leap year to Julius Caesar and the 1582 Gregorian reform, which omits three leap years every 400 years, affecting centennial years like 1700 1800 1900 but not 1600 and 2000.
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France
Florence
Genoa
Julius Caesar
A. B.C
Gregory XI
Gregory
T. L
Fatter Social Security Checks Across the Board Increase
More than 23.7 million Americans will receive first checks on Saturday reflecting a 2 percent across the board increase from the Social Security Amendments of 1967. The extra benefits cost $3.6 billion in the first full year financed by raising the earnings base for payroll tax.
Quote attribution mix up in 1964 Democratic platform
The quotation about pledging frugality and a balanced budget is misattributed to famous figures and traced to the 1964 Democrat Party platform. The text notes the error as a serious matter for the country and mocks the taxpayer with a pointed editorial aside.
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Benjamin Frankin
Calvin Coolidge
Andrew Mellon
Scrooge
Washington
Penny-Pinchers Needed in Congress Says Editorial
The piece urges Americans to curb spending and asks Congress and public officials to adopt a realistic view of tax dollars. It argues money represents work, production, and creative effort, not mere numbers, and criticizes appropriations as endless games of Monopoly.
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Congress
Jedger
Investor guidance column advises holding core stocks and selecting high yield bonds
A reader widow seeks advice after heavy losses from an overtrading broker. The columnist recommends avoiding panic, holding most equities for recovery, and shifting income-focused holdings to high quality bonds such as Union Carbide 5.30% 1997 and American Telephone 6% 2000 with AA ratings, while considering Allied Chemical and others for 5% yields and long-term gains.
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Allied Chemical
Duquesne Light
Peoples Gas Light & Coke
C.lt. Financial
Stewart-Warner
Honda
R.R. A
Union Carbide
American Telephone
Spear
Let the Lady Have the Floor In Harsh Letter Critique
A reader letter complains about privileged voices in print and criticizes a TV talk show for airing welfare stories. The writer, identifying as Catholic of Polish descent, condemns welfare dependence, calls for birth control, and accuses reform advocates of enabling crime and “professional parasites.” The piece ends with a harsh ethnic stereotype.
Brady Health Service Father Criticized For Child Welfare
A local family faces neighbor concern as four children lack proper clothing and hats. The father defends his choices, claiming the children manage with what they have and have endured illness from careless health care. The son’s throat infection was diagnosed as tonsillitis by a physician.
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Soneone
Daughler
Nuclear Submarines Dominate Navy's Decade Fleet Worth
A Navy nuclear decade saw 106 submarines and four nuclear surface ships the carrier Enterprise the cruiser Long Beach and the frigates Bainbridge and Tusten. Surface ships face cost scrutiny while admirals and Congress cite performance. one ship spent over 11 million miles underway without reactor failures. A House Armed Services hearing looms ahead as Defense Secretary McNamara departs and questions loom about funding for nuclear powered surface ships.
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United States Navy
Pentagon
Enterprise
Long Beach
Bainbridge
Tusten
Defense Department
Congress
House
Armed Services Committee
L. Mandel Rivers
D.C
Robert 8. AlcNamara
Business Week
Clark Clifford Wal
The Worry Clinic Introvert Extrovert Tests
Dr George W Crone presents a case study of Terry and Tommy two brothers aged nine and eight showing contrasting introvert and extrovert traits due to family dynamics Their home environment and parental guidance shape their personalities as Terry becomes an introspective saver of toys while Tommy learns to talk and engage with others and both influence each other in early development Readers are invited to request the clinic's self analysis tools via mail for personal assessment.
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U.S.A
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M.C. Tati
Copr
Gen
Fea, Corp
Terry
Tommy
Dr. Crane
Han
Tomsay
Aoit Lruder
Baby Tommay
Mamma
Jerry
Clairvoyant dialogue and shadow test at a party
An oldtime game shows thought transmission by clairvoyance. Participants describe a room object, then a figure sits near a sheeted lamp while observers’ shadows pass, testing recognition by sight and reflection rather than direct touch.
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Kyeg
Erie
Moral imagination of children and the value of literature
A school aims to develop ethics as core, shaping mind and character by age seven. The piece criticizes early readers like The Human Value Series for stifling imagination with didactic prose and propaganda. It argues for traditional tales from Grimm to Tolkien to foster creative moral understanding and warns against sanitized “Approved Tales.”
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Worler
Vistelten
Hippi
Soviet Union
Kornet Chukovsky
University of California Press
Chukow Sky
Andersen
Lewis
Lafcadio Hearn
Tolkien
Dlen
Fea, Corp
First Ocean‑Going Submarine Emerged in 1897
The record notes debates on early subs from Alexander the Great onward, citing the Agrowaut as the first submarine deemed capable of open ocean operation in 1897. It mentions U‑boats sinking ships in 1914 and U.S. submarine losses in World War II, with comments on naval armament pace and Polaris upgrades, ending with a forecast four years ahead.
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Alexander the Great
Falon
Napoleon
Martin
Pathefinder
Germany
Mere Chan
U.S. Navy
U.S
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