Texas Senate Size Increase Debate Drives Amendment
Texas voters weigh a 39 member Senate amendment to enlarge from 31, aiming to improve efficiency and reduce gridlock. Proponents cite workload, committee work, and easier constituent contact. opponents warn of diluted representation and unchanged rural urban balance. A special session may be needed to pass enabling legislation.
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Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
A Palm Beach hat purchase tale features a stylish socialite asking a clerk to remove a droopy red hat with yellow feathers. The hat, priced at two hundred dollars, proved hard to sell and is finally handed back to the customer after a curt exchange. Also notes Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough’s solo writing venture after their joint escapades. The piece ends with a quirky autographs aside about a comedian and several names.
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Tye
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Emily Kimbrough
Miss Skinner
Miss Kimbrough
Emily
Jack Albertson
Fulton Lewis Speaks Candidate For Viet Cong Win
A Rutgers professor Eugene Genovese, a claimed Marxist, becomes a campaign issue in New Jersey governor race. Republican Wayne Dumont Jr demands his dismissal. Hughes defends academic freedom as Genovese’s teachings prompt national party scrutiny and a Socialist Scholars Conference plan. Multiple Washington demonstrations involve Communist and leftist groups amid broader antiwar protests.
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Fulton Lewis JR
Washington
New Jersey
Eugene Genovese
Rutgers
Genovese
U.S
Richard Hughes
Hughes
Dumont
Communist Party
U.S.A
GOP
Herbert Aptheker
Aptheker
Socialist Scholars
Staughton Lyndh
Yale
U.S. Capitol
Today’s Grab Bag Puzzle Clarifies Oddities
Quick questions define grimalkin Ascension Is and its affiliation dacoit and the French Opera House city. Victor Herbert’s two grand operas are identified. A forecast hints a day of luck. a future strong-willed child is expected. A Spot of Fame poses a guess-the-name challenge.
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It Happened Today and Heritage of the Percy Estate
On this day in 1934 Germany voted Hitler successor to President Von Hindenburg. The Percy family manor in Northumberland traces to the 12th century. the estate passed to the Seymour Dukes of Somerset after Elizabeth Percy’s marriage, then split among two heiresses in the next generation.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
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Historic house built 1688 with fine interiors and art
Central Press recounts a house built by the Lady Elizabeth’s husband the fifth Duke of Somerset begun in 1688 famed for Gibbons and Ritson wood carvings and a superb paintings collection. Names at bottom include Orville Wright and Bernard Baruch among born today entries.
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Stevenson Memorial A Fitting Tribute In Washington
Washington column notes readers asking how to build a memorial for Adlai Stevenson and how to advance a lasting peace. author Drew Fearson discusses public interest and the desire to honor Stevenson with meaningful homage and action toward reconciliation.
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Drew Fearson
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
JFK Death Used By Marxists In Propaganda
The columnist argues that JFK's 1963 assassination is exploited by Marxists to attack America while praising Adlai Stevenson’s peace efforts. He advocates a Stevenson UN Memorial Fund to rescue the United Nations and fund peace initiatives, urging broad, international donations to restore the UN’s work.
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Stevenson U.N. Memorial Fund
New York
The Lighter Side Birds and Mountains Create a Reading Ritual
A humorous essay describes mountain guests identified by bird and plant books, a guest’s all night field guide study, and the social risk of not knowing local wildlife. The narrator pretends expertise to blend in, noting a Scissor Tailed Flycatcher sighting and a wary dining room response.
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Henty McLemore
Mary
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Louisiana
Missouri
Letters From Viet Nam Endorse U S Stand Endorsement Shifts
Washington AP reports more than half of Viet Nam letters supported the U S position, with 93 favorable to 17 unfavorable in one week in April. The tilt reversed as the war deepened, with 45 favorables and 42 unfavorables by late May, and last week 72 favorable letters to 60 unfavorable.
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U.S
Humphrey Cast Vote To Signal Opposition In Tie Vote
Vice President Humphrey cast his first vote since becoming VP during a Senate tie on reviving a defeated Republican amendment to the antipoverty bill. The chair was allowed to vote, but he chose to oppose, saying the chair just wanted to vote. The amendment failed 45 to 35.
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Huert H. Humphrey
Senate
Humphrey
Daily Crossword Puzzle KING FEATURE- Across clues
Crossword puzzle clues list with across and down entries. Includes themed hints such as City of Victory and Voltaic references. Clues span jumps chirps signs borders symbols and various nouns for solver work.
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Tiny
Strange
City of Victory
Fuss
Inn
Son of Jupiter
Hinder
Okla
Know Your Bridge: South makes four hearts after spade confusion
South, vulnerable with North-South, overcomes a spade led by West and precise discards to try for four hearts. East ruffs, West signals through a low spade, and South avoids overruffing, preserving heart and club cards to fulfill the contract with aid from a heart.
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King
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