Dear Abby column letters on poaching poems and loans
Dear Abby addresses literary theft of the poem Slow Me Down Lord by Wilford A. Peterson who did not copyright it in 1952. Three claimants altered versions or set it to music. Abby also answers a reader about loan interest after 14 years, noting Ohio law and inflation, while noting the lender’s return of $200 was lucky.
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Abby
Winnipeg
Wilford A. Peterson
Peterson
General Assembly
Luminaries urge Brezhnev to let Nureyev’s mother visit
In London, Sir John Gielgud and other arts figures appeal to Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev through the Daily Telegraph letters page to permit Rudolf Nureyev’s 74 year old mother to travel to the West to see her son. The signatories include Alan Ayckbourn Tom Stoppard Yehudi Menuhin Andre Previn Ken Russell Paul Scofield Sir Ralph Richardson Marie Rambert and Beryl Grey.
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London
John Gielgud
Leonid Brezhnev
Rudolf Nureyev
West
Gielgud
Brezhnev
Daily Telegraph
Nureyev
Leningrad
Kirov Ballet
Paris
Alan Ayckbourn
Tom Stoppard
Yehudi Menuhin
Andre Previn
Ken Russell
Paul Scofield
Ralph Richardson
Marie Rambert
Beryl Grey
Statehouse Comment: Parties, PACs reshape Iowa politics
A Des Moines analysis argues parties are waning yet money from political action committees drives elections. GOP gains in 1978 followed heavy party and PAC spending, especially in marginal districts, while Democrats favored workers over cash. The piece also examines a costly points bill and high long-term loan rates, urging clearer public policy on usury ceilings and home financing.
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Des Moines
Statehouse
GOP
House
Senate
Campaigns Inc
Arthur Kudart
Cedar Rapids
National Committee
Iowa
Cedar Falls Substitute Teacher Ordered to Accept Unemployment Benefit
Anna Nichols of Cedar Falls challenged a $42 unemployment benefit after claiming half her three days of work. She did not attend hearings, but Job Service ruled in her favor in both claims, insisting the district must pay the $42.
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Cedar Falls
Anna Nicholas
Job Service of
Iowa
Ms. Nichols
Nicholas
Job Service of Iown
Job Service
Job Service Appeal Board
Ms. Nicholas
Win at Bridge Alan and Oswald discuss a grand slam challenge
Alan explains South must locate the queen of clubs to make seven no trump while running ten tricks in other suits. Oswald recalls Alvin Roth’s earlier expert play in a match where East’s discard and West’s two painful discards revealed the club queen was never found.
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Alan
South
West
Oswald
Alvin Roth
East
Alvin
The Irony of Vietnam shows Johnson decisions as democratic
A new book argues that Johnson and aides used a democratic decision process in Vietnam in the 1960s, with less blundering and deception than critics claim. It also states containment kept communists from taking over South Vietnam for a quarter century.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Leslie Gelb
Richard Betts
South Vietnam
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