Ford and Truman image clash in Oval Office spoof
Washington UPI reports a running gag that public officials imitate historic figures. Gerald Ford reportedly places a Truman bust in the Oval Office, mirroring past presidents who adopted famous personas, and the piece notes similar tendencies from Mendel Rivers, Emanuel Celler, Lyndon Johnson, and Nixon.
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Lyndon Johnson
Franklin Roosevelt
Jim Bowie
Davy Crockett
Richard Nixon
Lincoln
Oval Office
Thomas Edison
Teddy Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Gerald Ford
Truman
Peoria
World's Record Lunch Raises Charity Funds
Boise Idaho students at Boise State baked a 400 foot long sandwich and served a 600 pound ice cream cone to raise funds for Easter Seals. Gov Cecil Andrus and Boise leaders endorsed the event and UPI notes $1 03872 raised in donations.
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Boise, Idaho
Boise State
Cecil Andros
Nick Casner
Randy Birkenbine
Casner
Stanford Group Restores D Mark
STANFORD Calif The faculty senate at Stanford university has restored D grades for undergraduates partly to give the C grade more status than barely passing. For four years the school used an A B C pass system. Bringing back the D was recommended unanimously by a faculty student committee to combat grade inflation and raise the C’s respect.
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Stanford
Calif
UPS
Stanford University
Investor's Guide on retirement, diversification, and income
Investor's Guide discusses retirement planning at 60, stock inheritance valued at about 160000, and balancing growth with income. It weighs owning many stocks versus mutual funds, suggests cautious shift to income stocks after retirement, and cautions against early lifetime annuities. It also covers money market funds, yields, and a reader with 28 years service seeking guidance on pensions and Social Security.
Bridge Quiz: Respond to No Spades After Partner Raises
In this daily bridge prompt you hold A Q 2 A K 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 and partner opens one notrump with 4 2 0 2 distribution. With no spade support you must decide the correct action. The text asks what you should do now and notes an answer tomorrow.
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Oswald
Jim
Illegal Alien Falls Through Ceiling at Manhattan Restaurant
In mid Manhattan a restaurant worker Hai Liang-huang and three others were seized as deportable aliens after debris collapsed from a space above the bar. Immigration officials reported Hai hid between a lowered ceiling and the true ceiling when the plaster gave way.
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mid-Manhattan
Wan
Maurice Riley
Immigration and Naturalization Service District
Hai Liang-huang
Yunan
Riley
Hai
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