Editorials And Features Readers Respond To A Foggy World
Readers reply to a long dormant writer feature as letters arrive with mixed tones. The piece notes that readers enjoy mail from all horizons while cautioning about incendiary topics. It recalls responses to bird themes and a mention of a demented lady redbird prompting juvenile BB gun activity observed near the writer’s home.
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Sen. Dodd
Rep. Peel
Viet Nam
Sho
Lady Redbird
Bible Verse Reference From Ephesian Message
A compact Bible verse mention discusses Christ offering himself as a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor as described in Ephesians. The note echoes a devotional theme connecting faith, love, and sacrifice within a biblical frame.
Crime Up 1966 FBI Report Warns Supreme Court
FBI Uniform Crime Reports show serious crime rising 11 percent in 1966 from 1965. Violent offenses increase across murder, aggravated assault, rape, and robbery. property crimes up 11 percent with burglary, larceny, and auto theft rising. Regional and urban areas show mixed gains with youth arrests up, adults down. Firearms drive a large share of violent crimes, with six of ten murders involving a firearm. Police solve rates vary by offense, totaling 25 percent national clearance for index offenses.
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U.S. Supreme Court
FBI
U.S
Ramsey Clark
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Al!eity
North Central
Loneliness in Modern Life Across History and Science
The doctor notes urbanization, automation, and smaller family units heighten loneliness. Yet figures like Byrd and Selkirk illustrate needs for human contact. Lilly’s experiments show solitude can induce anxiety and hallucinations, while many cope by changing jobs, divorcing, remarrying, watching TV, or seeking plants and pets for companionship. Variety is essential.
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Ufe
Admiral Byrd
Antarctica
Alexander Selkirk
Robinson Crusoe
Defoe
John C. Lilly
Editor and Publisher General Manager Roles Listed
A transcription lists several newspaper leadership titles including Editor and Publisher General Manager and Business Manager with multiple assistants and managers such as Office Manager Senior Manager and Retail Manager. Names cited include Don Chandler Dwight Moody Cersie Laughlin and others in a staffing outline for the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weceeseeses
Asheeent
Senaor
LID
Don Chandler
Dwight Moody Cersie Laughlin
Letter Endorses Dan Savell for Mayor in Baytown
Douglas W. Gunn writes to the Sun endorsing Dan Savell for mayor over the incumbent Dr. Liggett. He cites ambulance service issues and a disputed 1906 insurance increase, praising Savell as a builder with time to devote to duties and promising leadership and progress for the city.
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the Sun
Dan Savell
Dr. Liggett
Tate
Woody Rose
Dick Dianne
Baytown
Douglas W. Gunn
Winter Wheat In Dust Bowl Needs Moisture
Washington AP report from the U S Weather Bureau notes winter wheat in the Dust Bowl region of the central and southern Great Plains remains short of moisture. The area covers Western Kansas Eastern Colorado Western Oklahoma Northwestern Texas and Northeastern New Mexico. Moderate rainfall last week aided wheat and other small grains in portions of eastern Kansas and eastern Oklahoma.
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Washington
U.S. Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Henry's Looking For 2s
Henry McLemore humorously questions a Swedish twin study on smoking harms by describing his failed hunt for 178 twin pairs. He notes the improbability of twins where one smokes and the other does not and mocks the study with cartoonish searches and trivial twin anecdotes.
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Henry McLemore
New York
Jim Pot
IE Rejice
Sweden
Timpkins
Tumpkins
Thoughtful pledge to trade and shipping deals in Vietnam
A terse statement from a leader urging allies to halt ship traffic in North Vietnam in exchange for an American pause in trade with Rhodesia, framing a potential diplomatic barter.
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North Vietnam
Rhodesia
Word Power Puzzle Entries in NEA Feature
A scrambled NEA feature presents a Word Power puzzle list with clues and partial answers across multiple numbered items. The reader is guided through terse hints such as dog breeds and arithmetic terms, with scattered abbreviations and stray letters indicating a themed set of crossword like entries.
Notable People In The News Briefs Across U S Regions
AP reports Andrew Philip Jr vows no more children after triplet daughters join a growing family. Kennedy family rest after brief Acapulco vacation. Medford widow novelist Helen Hedrick to wed Alfred A Knopf head Alfred Knopf Inc in Rio de Janeiro on April 2.
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Atlantic City
Andrew Philip Jr
New York
John F. Kennedy
Acapulco
Medford
Ore
Helen Hedrick
Oregon
Alfred A. Knopf
Hedrick
Alfred A. Knopf Inc
Rio de Janeiro
Knopf
Lier
E. H. Hedrick
Lightner slam leads and a spade opening duel
East doubles six hearts signaling the Lightner slam on its best. South uses Blackwood to stop at six one, showing a trump loser. West, anticipating many spades and few diamonds, eventually opens a spade, while East ruffs and ruminates on underloading his ace king of clubs, taking the sure profit.
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East
South
West
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Wayne G. Brandstadt
M.D
Assa
Che Baytown Sun
Fred Hartman
BI Bariman
John Wadley
Preston
Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Paul Putman
Asa B. Pritchett
Advertising Department
Texans
Associated Press Press
Otharmiec
Thi
Vigin
Righue
Henry
Canine
Ted Dasa
Chairman Moo
Rey
Veity
Kennedys
Jacoby
Ly Oswald
James Jacoby Newspaper Enterprise Assn
A&r
Prestone Oil Miser
Cub
Kmart
K&s
Briggs & Stratton
K- Mart
Panung
Smeeh
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