Abu Simbel Temples Need Urgent Save Effort in Congress
Editorial urges U S lawmakers to approve UNESCO funded push to relocate and reassemble Abu Simbel temples before Aswan Dam waters rise arguing the 3200 year old relics embody enduring human achievement. It warns postponement risks irreparable loss and questions U S funding fate amid political delays.
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Rameses II
Nile River
Abu Simbel
Egypt-Sudan
Aswan High
United Arab Republic
Sudan
Unesco
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
U. S
John A. Wilson
University of Chicago
Oriental Institute
The human factor in automation challenges future life
A discussion contrasts automation with human limits citing Germany's automated steel plants and a plutonium loss in space. It argues operators tire easily, raising concerns that fully automated systems may still fail when human input is needed. The piece reflects on adjusting to machines while preserving human oversight.
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Germany
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Outer Space
The New Age of Man Machines Ugliness and Sleep Learning
A chemist suggests learning while sleeping by using the subconscious. A plan proposes attaching motors to a man to increase strength for labor. Doctors forecast a miracle liquid to rejuvenate faces with a chemical mask. The piece imagines a future of zombies, heavy machinery, and perpetual mental labor, echoing an old quip about wings.
Court rulings on school prayer prompt mixed public reaction
The Supreme Court decisions of 1962 and 1963 on prayer and Bible reading in public schools sparked controversy among the general public who fear a ban on God in public life. In contrast, constitutional lawyers and church leaders largely reject proposals like the Becker amendment, stressing the First Amendment wall between church and state. A recent Portsmouth Herald report notes many lawyers including 55 law school deans oppose such amendments, lending substantial weight to their views.
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Supreme Court
Law School
Portsmouth Herald
U S to Press Laos Forward in Vietnam Strategy
U S officials vow not to halt in Laos, aiming to neutralize the Ho Chi Minh trail and Viet Cong safe havens. Plans include beefing up Lao forces, deploying Asian and U S troops if needed, and pursuing international inspection if diplomacy fails.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Enterprise Assn
NEA
U.S
United States
Laos
Johnson
Nort Viet Nam
South
Viet Nam
Cambodia
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Thailand
United Nations
Vacations and vaunted wisdom in light quips and figures
Hal Boyle notes the public’s vacation habits, high pay in show business, and quirky health and superstition facts. He cites 85 percent of U S families vacationing, Paderewski earning 60000 in the 1920s, and 25 million psychological experts profiting from gullible clients.
Investors Forum Travel aids perspective
A Chinese Hong Kong merchant who visits the United States and owns homes in Hong Kong and New York cites five blue chip stocks General Motors U S Steel Norfolk and Western Phillips Petroleum and Ford Motors as favorites. He argues travel widens investor perspective and that a thousand dollars can buy the same stocks as wealthier foreigners.
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Harry C. France
Hong Kong
Red China
United States
New York City
Asia
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Norfolk and Western
Phillips Petroleum
Ford Motors
British West Indies
Rotary Club
West Indies
Madison Avenue
London
Forum Question on Stock Profits Yields to Increase Income
The forum item features a reader over seventy asking if profits in good stocks yielding 2 to 3 percent should be sold to buy bonds yielding 4 to 5 percent. The reply says yes. The column reflects municipal newspaper tone and financial advice from the era.
Engagement ego boost ends as wives deflate men
Ruth Millett cites a study by Dr. Bruce Sklaren finding men gain higher self esteem from engagements than women do. The piece argues a wife’s constant praise wanes after marriage, leading to stricter realism, potential flaws exposed, and a possible rise in tension as ego deflation sets in.
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Ruth Millett
Enterprise Asia
Bruce Sklaren
George Washington University School of Medicine
Milkman Carlson’s VA garden gives purpose in retirement
George Carlson a 71 year old retired Hawthorne milkman volunteers at the Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial Veterans Hospital in Montrose New York. He and staff cultivate plants in hospital greenhouses teaching patients to grow carnations and phlox and bringing daily routine and social connection back to his life after work. Carlson’s earnings come from Social Security and a pension, but medical costs worry him and his wife who survive on modest income with limited insurance.
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London
New York
Duke of Windsor
New York City
General Motors
du Pont
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Sears, Roebuck
Martin E. Segal
Retirement Advisors, Inc
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Veterans Hospital
Montrose
N.Y
Geroge Carlson
Veterans Hospital
Carlson
Hawthorne
George Carlson
Carlsons
Accient
The
Red Cross
Vaospital
Daily Crossword Cryptoquote and Coffee Quote
Daily puzzle note explains substitution cipher for a cryptoquote with an example using Longfellow. It shows a sample cipher text CTA MVA Diet and a decoded line about coffee. The page also credits Sydney Smith and mentions a 1964 syndication.
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Victor Hugo
Congress
Washington News
Boyle
Hal Boyle
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Madison Square Garden
Lord Chesterfield
Catholic Digest
Finley Peter Dunne
Investors Forum
America
Biddeford -Saco Journal
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Mr. S, R
Hollywood
and Veterans Guide
Bob Thomas
Frank Sinatra
Stage 17
Warners
Angie Dickinson
Sinatra
Brad Dexter
Daily Crossword
Longfellow
CTA
MVA
Byawwe
KAHGV
Htta Wftjikasiv
Sydney Smith
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Eire
Manila
I. Renee
le Lambs
Orinoco
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