Editorial on 1968 election turnout and outcome
The piece notes 60 percent turnout of voting-age Americans in the 1968 presidential election, compares it to 1960 and 1964, and suggests the 40 percent who did not vote could have changed history. It discusses turnout, age voting laws, predictions, and the election of Republican Richard Nixon, urging respect and support for the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Richard Nixon
Nixon
George Wallace
Campus Blowups Wrong By PAUL HARVEY
Paul Harvey argues campuses face disruption from student restiveness and radical agitators. He urges restraint, responsibility, and patience to improve an imperfect world, warning against excessive protest and entitlement while supporting lawful criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harvey
Baytown Sun mastheads and staff listings
The Baytown Sun issue lists staff roles including editor and publisher Hartman, general manager Wadley, business manager Jackson, publisher Paul Putman, Ann B. Pritchett, Preston Pendergrass, Johnella Boynton, advertising executives Dwight Moody and Core Laughlin, and notes its publication as a Baytown, Texas newspaper. It details address, post office, and subscription rates along with Associated Press affiliation and republication rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. Hartman
SI Hartman Ye
Dwight Moody
Rekall
Core Laughlin
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Sun, Inc
Memorial Drive
P.O
Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Quiz Qs and Answers on Medal of Honor and Names
A trivia prompt notes that as of May 1968, 37 Medals of Honor were awarded for Vietnam. It explains the dandelion name from dent de lion meaning lion’s tooth in French. It also identifies Hot Springs National Park Ark as the federal health resort. The fragment closes with a reference to Montezuma being stoned to death after the Spanish conquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Hot Springs National Park
Ark
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Montezuma
Mexico
Roy Rogers Dreams and Childhood Heroes
A column recalling the author’s youth when Roy Rogers touched his hand at Sam Houston Coliseum and shaped lifelong hero dreams. He contrasts old cowboys with modern heroes, hopes for another wholesome idol for children, and closes with a biblical verse about dominion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hartman
Sam Houston Coliseum Arena
Roy Hogers
Cowboys
Roy
Houston
Dale
Gabby Hayes
Trigger
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
the Lone Ranger
Hoppalong Cassidy
Last Larue
Whip Wilson
Dale Evans
Ray Rogers
The Pilgrims Thanksgiving and Future Health Hope
The Doctor argues Americans have much to be thankful for since the Pilgrims. He notes past hardships and current disease threats, urging gratitude and praise for researchers and innovators improving nutrition, forestry, marine food use, and desert irrigation to avert war and starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
LBJ bids farewell to White House operators in staged exit
Washington column notes Lyndon Johnson plans a phased goodbye to staff led by the White House telephone operators as he monitors South Vietnam developments. The piece also covers travel junkets by House Foreign Affairs Committee members and a looming debate over hotdog meat composition, with Rodney E. Leonard pressing for labeling reforms and a possible presidential verdict on meatloaf and enchiladas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
United States
White House
LBJ
Lyndon Johnson
Lyn
South Vietnam
Beverly Cole
America
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Far East
Japan
Kore
China
Singapore
Indonesia
Australia
Hlong Kong
Edward Roybal
California
L. H. Fountains
North Carolina
Ross Adair
Peter Frelinghuyses
N.J
William Broomfield
Urving Whalley
Y. Berry
John Tunney
Foreign Affairs Committed
Leonard
Hoidag
Nuson
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on temper and saving pennies
A sly column by Phil Pastoret riffs on people who lose their temper over traffic jams and then waste more time explaining it. It notes how saving pennies in tough times is nearly all one can manage and ends with a playful line about a boy and friends.
Bridge Tips: South Wins With Finesse After Spade Break
South held 414 points in diamonds but faced a club and heart layout that required favorable spade breaks. East led a diamond and trumps behaved, allowing South to win in dummy and finesse against East. A single favorable spade break and precise line let him trump clubs in dummy and discard hearts, finishing the hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
North
West
East
Tie
Bridge puzzle: choose bid after partner jumps to spades
In the reading, West opens one heart, opponents compete, South holds AQIOSS WA10 O53 B7E54, and North has no clear fit. With a strong spade jack and fourth spade support, decide between three or four spades, not passing, to leverage your ace queen and avoid a missed game.
Enrich Your Vocabulary a NEA Feature
A puzzle style word list labeled Across and Down presents clues for a vocabulary enrichment feature. The mixed set includes definitions and garbled terms, indicating a crossword like exercise with multiple entries and potential typographical errors.
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Sun
Bureau of the Census
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
Benay's
the Baytoun Sun
Preston Pendergrass
Johnella Boynton
Advertising Department
Wember
Associated Press
Lott
By Wayne G. Brandstadt, M.D
Newspaper Enterprise Asia
Wayne G. Brandstadt
M.D
Brandstodt
Rodney E. Leonard
Agrculture
Chicago
Denver
Atlanta
Temselves
Congress
EIGN
By Phil Pastoret
Tom Eng
Ajin
By Oswald and
James Jacoby
West Aqge
Watiss
KBS
Boos Sie
Olio
Siena
Italy
Spai
Indiana ci
Eply
Mrs. Tohn
Tameshke
Gudrun
Ground Ivy
Story
Athena
Setipark
Ina Tine
Small Turners
Being Councils
Compass England Point
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