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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1967
Page
4
The piece critiques 600 U.S. sales promotions offering cash and merchandise worth about 100 million dollars. It notes millions enter, hopeful for freebies, while highlighting the odds of losing and urging readers to keep paying bills, work, and save. It suggests alternative fun in spending one’s own money.
In Chicago the postmaster banned miniskirts for 1600 women postal workers noting a mail woman's duty in all weather. At O Hare Airport a woman refused entry for wearing slacks, then altered attire to gain admission with the headwaiter approving a minidress. Attitudes vary worldwide.
A compact clue list featuring terms like flower expunger stage instrument speech parts body parts and a few encoded phrases. Includes hints such as Hybrid flower and Chinese bronze flowering plants as well as musical and theatrical terms.
Henry Welemore critiques daytime TV, arguing networks pander to housewives with trashy shows and tedious game programs. He mocks hosts and audience, contending morning to afternoon programming reflects shallow tastes and degrades viewers.
A devotional verse cites Psalms 27 1 asserting the Lord as the speaker's light and salvation and source of strength. It proclaims fearlessness before any foe with the Lord present and guards the believer's life.
A witty column notes a Russian rising in status one steppe at a time and remarks on baby food cost when the baby is 23, while an old-timer recalls when false fronts were common.
A reader notes that someone claiming Expo 67 is a new gasoline line is out of touch, highlighting the mix up between a world fair and fuel products and urging clearer classification.
A quick Q and A notes that John C Calhoun was the only US vice president to resign in 1832. It asks who built the Hanging Gardens and cites Nebuchadnezzar ordering the garden as a wife’s homage. It explains Colorado’s nickname The Centennial State from its 1876 statehood centennial.
President Johnson signals a new course with Red China, saying the U S must accept China as a respected member of the community of nations due to its population size and hydrogen capabilities. He discussed the move with Romania's Maurer and pressed for China’s integration while noting opposition from the China lobby.
A feature on Thorazine's dry mouth effects on Diana a patient with severe dental decay and gum problems. It warns that tranquilizers can reduce saliva, increasing decay and gum disease while offering concrete steps: good oral hygiene, frequent dental visits, limiting sugary foods, and informing dentists of drug use. Includes invitation for reader questions.
Washington AP reports friction over troop needs as Gen. Westmoreland and officials spar over numbers. McNamara and Johnson propose vague increases while the general pushes for more forces, amid debates on stalemate labels and a widening American presence in Vietnam.
Quintin Hogg argues that stopping wars does not come from barring children from war toys even if stopping war toys would curb toy play. He contends that peace requires broader political action, not banning playthings.
In a bidding and play example West doubles four spades, risking the trump layout though the contract remains winning. South counterplays by attacking diamonds, drawing trumps, and ruffing clubs, while West’s choices allow South to secure all remaining diamonds. A better line for West is to lead a club after his first diamond ruff to give partner a club trick.
You hold five diamonds with A A Q two, V W E nine four, G A Q A R I N G. After your partner bids five spades against your five diamonds, decide whether to raise, pass, or bid again as the lead contracts unfold. The puzzle asks what you should do after five diamonds and five spades.
The Baytown Sun masthead lists Fred Hartman as publisher and editors and manager roles including Ann Pritchett as Assistant to the Publisher. It shows address 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas with post office box and 1879 act of Congress preface, and monthly carrier rates and annual mail pricing.
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