Vacation time with Congress amid Washington summer bustle
The Aug 18 1973 column notes Congress in recess yet active, with the House Government Operations Subcommittee preparing hearings on Nixon’s use of federal money for Key Biscayne and San Clemente homes. Bureaucrats show steady attendance, while the city copes with tourism and pollution alerts as millions visit Smithsonian, White House, and monuments.
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Congress
Washington D.C
Capital Hill
House
Nixon
Biscane
San Clemente
Agriculture Dept
Smithsonian
White House
Smithsonian Institution
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
George Hohmann
Herald Washington Bureau
Agnew Faces Scrutiny Amid Watergate Era Doubts
Bruce Biossat recalls Vice President Spiro Agnew defending himself amid questions tied to campaign contributions and Maryland contracts. The piece notes no formal charges yet and critiques a New York Times editorial brief in the broader Watergate climate.
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Nixon
White Houses
Maryland
Agnew
Chesapeake Bay
The
Times
Bruce Biossat
Abortion Ruling Spurs Debate in Minnesota Hospitals
A Minneapolis federal judge ordered Virginia Municipal Hospital to allow abortion procedures, prompting concerns that public or quasi public facilities could be compelled to perform abortions. The Albert Lea Tribune notes fears that some physicians and staff with moral objections might lose protections without legislative action.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Virginia Municipal Hospital
Minnesota Civil Liberties Union
Naeve Hospital
Albert Lea
Fred Haack
Albert Lea Tribune
Turn Back the Clock and the Mower County Fair Queens
Nora Mae Haseth of Dexter announced as Mower County dress revue queen. 4-H clothing members modeled dresses before the grandstand. Temperatures dipped to 48 degrees in Austin as a chilly unseasonable wave moved through. Crowned 4-H queens include Janet Adams, Shirley Skow, Eleanor Maley, and Kathleen Peterson. Mrs Helen Meighan, secretary at the Hormel office, graduated from the Jewish American School of Auctioneering in Mason City Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Mae Haseth
Dexter
Mower County
4-H Clothing Project
Austin
Mower County Fair
Janet Adams
Shirley Skow
Eleanor Maley
Kathleen Peterson
Helen Meighan
7Th Ave
Geo. A. Hormel
Jeelsh American School of Auctioneering
Mason City
Iowa
Court rules on power mower liability for injuries
A judge ruled that manufacturers must make power lawnmowers reasonably safe but not accident proof. The decision noted users accept some risk when choosing a mower and that safety features vary by model. In a separate case a buyer won damages after being misled by a salesman about instant stop capability.
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Fred
Arthur Koestler
Faith Baldwin
Miss Baldwin
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hugh Fleetwood
Catherine Emerson
Today in History highlights from August 18, 1973
Key events this date include Virginia Dare as the first child born to English parents in America at Roanoke Island in 1587, the Peace of Abo in 1743, James Meredith's 1963 graduation from Ole Miss, Pope Paul VI's 1963 appeal, a 1968 landslide tragedy in Japan, and the 1972 U.S. Senate vote toward metrication.
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Associated Press
Virginia Dare
Roanoke Island
N.C
America
Abo
Sweden
Finland
Russia
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Paul VI
Honshu
Japan
U.S. Senate
United States
Church conflicts and dialogue across denominations
The article discusses historic and modern church splits in the Lutheran and Presbyterian traditions and offers Barbara Ward's guidance on constructive dialogue. It cites St. Paul and St. Peter clashing over Mosaic observances and notes the Council of Jerusalem avoided personal rifts while guiding unity.
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Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Concordia Theological Seminary
Barbara Ward
St. Paul
St. Peter
Jerusalem
Peter
Dr. Ward
Berry’s WPIN Dialogue On Change And Continuity
The text argues for serious, respectful dialogue in church matters balancing renewal and continuity. It stresses due process, openness, and trust between authorities and critics, citing Saint Paul, Samuel Adams, and Ward, and ends with a Nixon checkup note.
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St. Paul
St. Peter
Dr. Ward
Samuel Adams
America
England
Answers to Social Security Questions From 1970s Broadcast
The article presents a Q and A on Social Security topics including SSI start dates for a grandfather in a household, formula changes for calculating benefits affecting men and women, eligibility of a grandchild on a grandparent’s account, Medicare timing for the disabled, and quick contact numbers for the local offices. It also covers a trivia Q about General of the Armies and a biblical question about Moses and the Exodus.
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Tim O’brien
Austin Herald
Austin
Tim O'Brien
Library display case highlights sewing tools exhibit
The library’s front case features Doris Stahl’s collection of sewing tools embroidery and lace with pieces from estate sales antique shops and family members. The August display includes a grandmother’s wedding dress fragment a beaded bag from a husband’s mother and period needlework books and magazines.
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Floral Club
Seek and Find Club
Collectors’ Club
Doris Stahl
Doris
The Eternal Bliss Machine and Other Wedding Obsessions
A sharp survey of American wedding mania and social climbing through diverse nuptial customs. It weighs romance, tradition, and consumer culture with brisk, merciless humor and vivid examples across wedding planning to honeymoon.
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America
Marcia Seligson
Comsumermania
Penguin
Peter Wingate
Richard Wagman
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Austin Daily Herald
Washington
Pentagon
Spiro Agnew
Matthew
Walter Lippman
2Nd St. N.E
Edmund E. Smith
Thomas J. Koeck
Minn
U.S
A.P.O
F.P.O
NAC Lawyer
David Poling
D. D
Berry
President Nixon
U.S. Naval Hospital
NEA
Lone Cpe
John J. Pershing
Mose
Promised Land
Joshua
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