Labor Day Thoughts Highlight Economic Change and Safety
Editorial notes Labor Day as a legal holiday across the United States and Canada, highlighting a social and economic shift over 80 years of union and enterprise growth. It observes how holidays reflect a productive economy with both organized and unorganized workers, then urges cautious driving as safety officials promote Lights On For Safety during daylight hours through Monday.
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United States
Canada
Rio Grande
Maine
Town weighs name change from Jim Thorpe to Mauch Chunk
Residents of the Pennsylvania town formerly named Mauch Chunk vote again on renaming Jim Thorpe. The 1953 change to Jim Thorpe spurred controversy as locals and outsiders watched a mausoleum dedication in 1954. Now a referendum seeks to revert to Mauch Chunk amid renewed debate.
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Jesse Owen
Ty Cobb
Pennsylvania
Mauch Chunk
Bear Mountain
Jim Thorpe
Thorpe
Jim Thorpe, Pa
Jim Thorpe-Mauch Chunk
Minority partieslesser rivals in U S presidential race
The piece surveys third party candidates and platforms across the United States. It notes socialist groups aiming to overthrow capitalism and the Prohibition party opposing liquor and social reforms. It cites the Liberal Party in New York and potential Keating opposition, while calling most splinter parties too minor to sway elections. It ends with a skeptical remark about Southeast Asian communists based in Peking.
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United States
Prohibition
Barry Goldwater
Constitution Party
Poor Man's Party
Henry Krajewski
Greenback Party
Federal Reserve System
National Tax Savers Party
Liberal Party
New York
Keating
Goldwater speech offers foundation for campaign
Senator Barry Goldwater opened his presidential bid with a broad address that reasserted positions he has long held. He framed peace as a central theme, urged ending the draft gradually, and pressed for reduced federal intervention while promising careful withdrawal from programs not within constitutional mandate.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Johnson
Real McCoys stars shift to new TV roles in Broadside
Kathy Nolan drops 35 pounds to 97 and moves from Real McCoys to Broadside as a wartime WAVE leading a Pacific Island motor pool. Richard Crenna becomes a clean cut state legislator in Slattery's People, while Walter Brennan retools as a millionaire in Tycoon. Kathy reports daily script presence and hopes for a long Broadside run with profits backing the push.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Miss Nolan
Real Me Coys
Kathy
Navy
Pacific
McHale
Dick Crenna
ABC
The 1934 Gold Reserve Act and US monetary shifts
Roger Babson reports on monetary shifts from gold backed money to fiat in the 1930s. He traces the 1934 Gold Reserve Act, the devaluation of the dollar, and the end of gold redeemability. He notes the Silver Purchase Act, rising silver prices, and the emergence of coin collectors as silver stock dwindled by 1961.
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Babson Park
Mass
United States
France
Congress
U.S
Treasury
Gresham
Kennedy half dollars hoarding drives coin shortage analysis
In a Biddeford Journal column on monetary trends, the writer notes Collector hoarding boosts the shortage as Kennedy half dollars surge in value to $1.75 to $2 while 1950-D nickels rise 66 percent. Estimates show mint output far exceeds hoard demand, prompting debate on redeemable currency and government control over value with plans for a follow up on further changes.
Parable of the setting hen in political passion
Paul Harvey argues that Republican doubt about Goldwater beating Kennedy is misplaced as Johnson shifts left. He says Republicans confuse their stance by urging bigger federal government while denouncing it, warning that chasing broad appeal risks diluting grass roots support and failing like a hen sitting on too many eggs.
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White House
Goldwater
Johnson
Senate
Paul Harvey
Kennedy
Humphrey
Eleanor Roosevelt
The
NAM
Walter Reuther
ADA
Kitchel
Faitor
Parsons
Mr. Parsons
Paragraph Attacks Nordic Races and Hitler in Portland Speech
The Portland article quotes Mr Parsons asserting Nordic racial superiority as central to his views, ranking it only behind Hitler in aggressiveness. The remarks provoke concern as Hevey notes the policies cannot save the United States.
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Portland
Uevcld
Parsons
Hitler
United States
Carl P. Hevey
Elderberry Passes Nature Writing Test by Petite
The Elderberry Tree by Dane Petite is a Washington foothills memoir of outdoor life. It blends natural history with personal growth, recounting encounters with animals and the author’s experiences farming, climbing, and mushroom picking in a lyrical, reflective style.
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Dane Petite
Doubleday
Ned
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Petite
Mademoiselle
Miles A. Smith
Daily Crossword Cryptoquote Sample Puzzle Text
The text explains a cryptoquote puzzle with a key where each letter maps to another. It presents an example mapping for the word LONGFELLOW and shows a coded quote and yesterday's solution. The sample notes the daily changing code and hints about letter-length word formation.
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Washington News
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Roger Babson
Biddeford
Lace Journal
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W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
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Paul Harvey News
People’s Forum
Elderberry
I.Q
Postal
Post Office Department
Daily Crossword
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Longfellow
Viczmray
NHG
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Jeiu
Chuang-Tsee
King Features Syndicate
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