Mother's Day centennial honors Anna Jarvis founder
Anna M. Jarvis born May 1, 1864, founder of Mother's Day, marked by the centennial birth anniversary and the 56th anniversary of the first observance. She was a Grafton, West Virginia teacher who inspired a national holiday started in Philadelphia and tied to Andrews Church in Grafton as a shrine.
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Anna M. Jarvis
Miss Jarvis
Webster
Taylor County
W. Va
Grafton
August Female Seminary
Staunton
Mary Baldwin College
Philadelphia
Andrews Church
Power Of Lobbies Defeats Rail Regulation Bill
Two years after President Kennedy sought to equalize surface transport by boosting competition, a bill extending railroad and freight carrier exemptions faced House action. J. E. Wolfe and railroads supported it, but the House Rules Committee blocked floor consideration 8 to 7, killing the measure as grain shippers and barge operators warned of higher future rail rates.
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Kennedy
J. E. Wolfe
Johnson
House
Truman Becomes Elder Statesman at 80 in Independence Library
At eighty Harry S. Truman is the sole resident President of a library dedicated to his White House tenure in Independence Missouri. A historian and lecturer, he guides visitors, with over a million having toured the facility since its seven year completion. He notes his political start at the bottom as a precinct worker.
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Harry S. Truman
White House
Independence
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abi
AMA Opposes FTC Health Warning Plan on Cigarettes
The American Medical Association rejects a FTC proposal for mandatory cigarette warnings and declined a member poll on the issue. The AMA emphasizes caution, noting doctors verify findings through lab tests and extensive research before conclusions.
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The
American Medical Association
Federal Trade Commission
Eisenhower’s Report and Johnson Timing on Castro Policy
The piece argues Milton Eisenhower’s Republicans push to ease curbs on anti Castro fighters and recognize a Cuban government in exile, while Lyndon Johnson weighs timing for any move. It highlights historical pressures, harvests in the Soviet Union, and the political calculus of using foreign policy before the 1964 election.
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Republican Critical Issues Council
Milton Eisenhower
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
White House
Kennedy
CIA
Cuba
U.S
Castro
State Department
Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy
Berlin
China
East Europe
West
L.B.J
Senate
Bobby Baker
Baker
Bobby
Dear Abby Advice Notes From Aboard The Mailbag
Dear Abby answers readers on cheating in class and compliments in marriage. A blueberry pie dispute reveals a habit of hiding true tastes, while anonymous readers ask about honesty, affection, and changing names. Abby urges clear communication and no mind reading.
Personal Cases Brighten His Boudoir Across a Troubled Marriage
Gloria G of 45 faces her husband Alan’s chronic drinking after 25 years of marriage. The text argues male fear of impotence drives alcohol use and silent affairs as wives seek romance. It describes men avoiding affection, fleeing to whiskey, and sometimes flaunting paramours to cope.
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Abby
Gloria
Gloria G
Alan
Albany Social Notes and Community Visits
Albany reports visits among residents including Rev. and Mrs. A E McVay of Findlay with relatives in Albany and Dayton. WSCS and OES groups held training and inspection meetings, with multiple members listed. A county extension office demonstration is planned at Albany Grange Hall May 14 at 1 p.m. The piece ends with unrelated excerpted psychosexual guidance and a call to request a booklet.
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Albany
A. E. McVay
Findlay
Denver McVay
Boyd Williams
Harold Marcum
Dayton
WSCS
Little Hocking
J. L. Ingram
H. M. Stanley
Mannering Galloway
Leah Crabtree
Clarence Arbaugh
Honor Stansbury
Winifred Stanley
Albert Keirus
OES
Middleport
Parrish
County Extension Office
Albany Grange Hall
McArthur
Edna McVay
Amin Ingram
Tackett
Daisy Stansbury
Murl Galloway
Roxie Arbaugh
Life Begins At 40 a Profile of Andrew Armstrong
A feature on Andrew Armstrong a California native who quit a Chicago ad firm salary near six figures at 47 to study at the University of Chicago and teach at Shimer College in Mt. Carroll Illinois He balances teaching two humanities courses with consulting in Chicago and values leisure, small college life and closer student contact.
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Ivy
Andrew Armstrong
California
Chicago
University of Chicago
Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Windy City
London
the Messenger
Trips Can't Win Viet Nam War
A historical survey outlines Johnson era visits to Vietnam by McNamara Taylor Kennedy and others from 1962 to 1964. It notes rising war difficulty, shifting optimism, and key events such as Diem reforms, assassinations, and later changes in leadership.
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Viet Nam
Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Honolulu
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Taylor
Diem
McNamara
U.S
Hawaii
Robert Kennedy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dallas
Nguyen Khanh
Red Frogmen
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Shakespeare
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James Marlow
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