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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1947
Page
17
In a humorously edited column Wiggam asks why memory can sour happiness and suggests a shocking curbside electric wire to deter jaywalkers. He also ranks politics and war as the two greatest human games and hopes danger pushes restraint, urging political engagement over conflict.
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