Senate Expected To Confirm Fortas Despite Noise
Editorial argues the Senate will approve President Johnson’s nominee Abe Fortas for chief justice despite objections about a lame duck presidency. It cites history of outgoing presidents appointing justices and warns delay would shirk constitutional duties, noting some critics may become lame ducks in November.
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Senate
Fortas
Johnson
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Earl Warren
United States
John Marshall
John Adams
Eisenhower
Castro
Cuba
John Kennedy
Red Square and Times Square Linked by 1044 Hours apart
The article discusses a proposed direct airline link between New York and Moscow hampered by Cold War tensions. It notes Aeroflot landings on U.S. soil as a potential risk, while citing mutual curiosity about increased cross Atlantic travel and American tourism to the Soviet Union.
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Times Square
Red Square
New York
Moscow
U.S
America
Kremlin
Time schedules and wartime daylight shifts described
A column recalling the chaos of changing clocks during British double daylight savings and wartime schedules. The piece notes past light during late hours in England en route to France and Berlin, then shifts to Los Angeles seeking a legal view on city secession and potential impacts on taxes and governance.
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London
England
France
Berlin
DBST
Los Angeles
John S. Gibson Jr
Los Angeles County
Enrich Your Vocabulary NEA Feature
A collage of crossword style clues with numeric tags and entries ranging from biology and metals to emotions and animals. It lists terms like milk-giver, native metal, mimicker, and ironies across a broad set of clues, inviting word solving.
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Hebrides
Baytown Sun Masthead Details Operations and Contacts
Baytown Sun details editor and publisher names, publishing offices at 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas and P O Box 20 77520, staff roles listed including managing editor and advertising department, noting publication schedule afternoons Monday through Friday and Sundays, and subscription rates and postal info. Includes association with Associated Press and national representation by Texas Newspaper Representatives Inc.
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Baytown
Texas
Medieval sport still official state sport in Maryland
The question set notes jousting as Maryland’s official state sport. It asks about Advent being the period before Christmas, Vanessa as a Swift coinage, the Beehive in Cancer, Georgia leading peanut production as the Goober State, and aluminum as Earth’s most abundant metal.
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United States
Maryland
Vanessa
Jonathan Swift
Cancer
Georgia
This Day In History August 3, 1968 highlights
This Day In History notes key events on August 3 across years. From 1914 Germany declared war on Russia, to 1946 the Atomic Energy Commission was formed, and 1968 marks various historical milestones including statehood, military divisions, and past presidents’ policies. The summary covers notable global and national events with diverse dates and entities.
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Associated Press
Germany
Russia
Christopher Columbus
Honduras
William Prynne
Grace
Colorado
U.S. Army
Army Air Force
France
Normandy
Brittany
Atomic Energy Commission
Dwight G. Eisenhower
Middle East
John F. Kennedy
China
Barbs on hippies and misused guns in quirky essay
A humor piece rails against hippies and gun mishandling with satirical lines. It cites Romans and cement as oddly connected to doughnuts while warning that an open mouth can signal a closed mind. The brief column mirrors a newspaper entertainment style with playful misdirection.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Quotes on Vietnam War pressure and postal cuts
Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford tells the House Foreign Affairs Committee that enemy fighting has intensified in Paris negotiations and likely will stay high. Representative Thaddeus J. Dulski warns the public expects no reduction in mail service as cuts to Postal personnel are planned.
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Paris
Clark Clifford
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Thaddeus J. Dulski
D-N.y
Bible Verse on Faithful Study and Honest Work
A brief biblical quotation from II Timothy 2 15 urging believers to present themselves to God as approved workers who handle the word of truth correctly. The line emphasizes diligence and integrity in study and teaching.
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Timothy
Underground Black Nationalists Move to Take Washington
FBI warns of an underground Black Nationalist movement in the United States with plans to seize Washington neighborhood by neighborhood. Stokely Carmichael and Chuck Stone are tied to covert strategy calling for militant action, pressuring moderates, and aiming to overthrow the U S government, per confidential FBI findings.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
U.S
Cleveland
Carl Stokes
George Wallace
Alabama
FBI
Walter Washington
Congress
Powell
Rep
Mendell Rivers
South Carolina
Carmichael
Justice Department
Martin Luther King
Ralph David Abernathy
King
The
New York Times
Stokely
Hanoi
United States
Gresham’s Law and Silverless Coins Circulate
The World Almanac notes that Thomas Gresham is credited with the adage cheap money drives out dear though Oresme Copernicus formed the idea earlier. It states Gresham popularized the notion in 1857, while modern silverless U.S. coins circulate and hoarding of old silver coins persists.
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Thomas Gresham
World Almanac
Gresham
U.S
Oresme and
Copernicus
H. MacLeod
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Gambling Three No Trump Bridge Hand Sparks Banter
Oswald Jacoby and James Jacoby analyze a pokerish three no trump hand from NORTH A863. South wins six clubs and hearts, overtricks, then East faults a diamond play. West retorts with a quip about points and stews as the hand ends with East regretting his misplay.
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South
East
West
Enterprice Assa
Bridge bidding puzzle with four spades and five clubs sequence
In a four spade contract scenario West opens, South holds Ace Queen and five cards. After passes, the partner bids four spades and West supports with five clubs, partner doubles. Determine the correct line now. The problem asks for the best action and promises tomorrow's answer.
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Ic West
Coating on Tongue Made of Dead Cells
A reader asks about tongue coating and geographic tongue. The column explains that coating arises from dead cells and that geographic tongue is usually harmless and self resolving in two to seven days, with no proven treatment needed. It notes possible excess acid intake but no allergy from vitamins, and discusses other tongue symptoms and causes with guidance to seek medical input when needed.
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Joshua
Jericho
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