Deliver Us From These Hal Boyle Rants on Modern Annoyances
Boyle mocks modern pettiness in a humorous list from New York AP, calling out windowed business envelopes, social adjustment grad students, dye transfer from magazines, beach malfunctions, brash dog food sounds, flashy dentist offices, statues with fig leaves, and other everyday irritants. He lampoons fashion, packaging, single use containers, junk pollution, office tics, café coffee cups, and the sobre trend of overblown conveniences in a playful closing prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Fido
Cecil B DeMille
Brigitet Bardot
Complicated Help Mission From Mobutu Arouses U S Debate
Mobutu requested cargo planes to quell a revolt in the Congo. The process spanned cables through the State Department, Defense, and the Joint Chiefs, with approvals from Johnson and Rusk before public announcement. Flights from Pope Air Force Base carried 126 personnel to the region. A September wedding is planned for Miss Janie Bibber and Dr. Andrew Iverson Jr.
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Washington
Congo
Joseph D. Mobutu
Kinsasha
Mobutu
United States
State Department
Department
Robert McBride
U.S
McBride
Johnson
Texas
Dean Rusk
Bureau of African Affairs
Dean Brown
Wayne Frederick
African Affairs
Rusk
Frederick
Congress
Department of Defense
Defense Department
Office For International Security
John McNaughton
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Paul
H. Nitze
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Defense
Vietnam
Nitze
Joint Chiefs
U.S. Strike Command
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Fla
Strike Command
Tactical Air Command
Langley Field
Continental Army Command
Ft. Monroe
Pope Air Force Base
North Carolina
George Christian
Janie Bibber
Emery, C. Bibber
Old Orchard Beach
Andrew P. Iverson Jr
Andrew P. Iverson
Falmouth
Miss Bibber
Old Orchard Beach High School
Maine Medical Center School of Nursing
Iverson
Falmouth High School
Bowdoin College
Scarborough Road Repair Work Awarded to Westbrook Firm
The State Highway Commission awarded a 600000 dollar contract to W. H. Hinman Inc of Westbrook to improve U S Route 1 in Scarborough. Work to begin in fall aims to ease heavy summer traffic with safety oriented main improvements on the half mile. Bids were also awarded for bridge and picnic area construction at Newcastle and Corinth and a 900000 dollar contract for rebuilding sections of U S Route 2 near Rumford went to Bridge Construction Corp of Augusta.
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Rumford
Bridge Construction Corp
Augusta
Biddeford approves reimbursement for dog officer expenses
Biddeford's finance committee adopted a plan to reimburse dog officer Conrad LaFlamme for out-of-pocket costs after itemized receipts. LaFlamme had asked for a raise from 20 to 50 dollars weekly, citing 24 hour on call duties and higher operational costs, but a midyear salary increase was blocked by the charter.
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Biddeford
Conrad LaFlamme
LaFlamme
Charter
China Leads World in Irrigated Land Usage
China has the most irrigated land of any nation, with India, the United States, and Pakistan following. The global total is about 320 million acres, roughly three times the 1900 level.
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China
India
United States
U.S
Pakistan
Teens Advice on Dealing with Teasing and Illness
A 16 year old writes about frequent illness and daily medicine drawing cruel taunts from peers. The Elinor Williams column advises discreet medicine management, avoiding complaints, and using light teases to push back, urging sympathy from others.
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Elinor
Elinor Williams
Box
Dept
Boston
Mass
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