August Through History Line Shows August as Action Month
A fragmentary opinion piece celebrates August as a busy month with wars, dignitaries and discoveries, noting August is a down month yet filled with historical events from Julius Caesar to Hiroshima and Napoleonic birth. The author vows to keep exploring August’s past while urging continued effort.
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Augustus Caesar
Quintilis
Duling Caesar
A. Caesar
Jack Meall
James Buller
Wild Bill) Hickok
Joseph F. Crater
New York Supreme Court
Hiroshima
Watts
Los Angeles
Will Hogers
Wiley
Post
Alaska
Corsica
Napoleon
Charles 1
England
North America
Jamestown
Nate Turner
Why so many fail to make life successful
A compact list of common personal faults blamed for failure. The writer cites finding fault in others, neglecting self-improvement, highlighting others’ weaknesses, slander, procrastination, deceit, false beliefs about immediate harvests, disloyalty, and egotism as key causes.
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Egolisn
Bureau of Consumer Affairs Forms in County Office
The county created the Office of Consumer Affairs led by a former Marines officer. The agency reports $10,712 recovered after investigating 036 cases and continuing 242 inquiries. It employs five aerospace executives plus five investigators and clerks, funded by a federal program aimed at easing unemployment in the aerospace sector. Critics call the venture costly and impractical, noting estimated first four months costs around $50,000 against a $40,000 reported return, and questioning the economic value of the program.
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Office of Consumer Affairs
New
Burea
Cme
Kafka
Hesse
Wixes
Ponlernon
McGovern Offer to All for Vice Presidency Reported
A questionable tale claims Senator George McGovern sought to offer the vice presidency to many figures including Senators Ker, Ribbit, and Humphrey, Governor Tucey Jingin, Mayor Lindsay, and others who allegedly turned him down. The tale features a taxi driver, a dry cleaner, and a checkout man as unnamed sources in a rumor about the vice presidency.
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Washington
George McGovern
E Ly Corry T
Senate
Ker Ribbatt
Humphrey
Tucey Jingin
Lindsay
New York
Katowite
New Mexico
Hummer
Primrose
Silly Councilman
Rigley
Sam Flllah
Justice of the Peace
Dumbottom
Lang Fence
Montana
Detroit
Thad
Fis
MacLethur Rivd
AST
McGovern
A&p
Stnalor
Esso
Massachusetts Ave
Hallmare Washington Expressway
Art Buchwald’s Los Angeles visit sparks VP talk
In a tense office exchange, Art Buchwald discusses political intrigues over a gardener and a taxi driver. McGovern aides consider potential running mates as a secretary relays a urgent call about becoming vice president while a joking exchange reveals wary optimism and skeletons in closets.
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Savid
Axl
Dina
Husharat
McGovern
Seaver
George McGovern
Mctavern
Frank Mankiewicz
Frank
Art
Fallow next doo plans gift and work talk in garbled note
A fragmented, playful text about plans to buy a witch watch for a wife, mixed with jumbled street talk and questions about vacation notices and a boss observing behavior. The piece reads like a rough transcription with many garbled phrases and incomplete sentences.
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Fallow
Doo
Frau
Milk myth and truth in doctor editorials
An August Telegram column debunks milk fear and arthritis claims, endorsing about one quart daily for adults especially women. It argues calcium needs, notes risks for kidney stones in some, and recommends fortified skim or low fat milks plus calcium supplements if intake is insufficient.
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Lamb
Junoh
S Am
Fragmented OCR puzzle items across a noisy page
A garbled OCR scan lists scattered clues and terms across many categories. It includes numbers, names like Constellation and Brine, references to games, music, chemistry, and merchandise, with no coherent narrative or single event.
McGovern’s carelessness cited in Hagleton affair
The piece critiques George McGovern’s campaign style as careless and unserious, noting a failure to check Eagleton's medical history and to costed policy plans. It warns that aides may have ignored due diligence, while Kennedy and Mills voice concerns about McGovern’s judgment and fiscal plans.
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White House
Hagleton
McGovern
Sen. Eggleton
Sen. McGovern
Eagleton
Senate
Eagelton
California
Teddy Kennedy
Kagellan
Mecovern
Space exploration and commercialization clash in moon era
A stream of reflections questions space funding, astronaut profits, and brand sponsorships. The piece cites Apollo 15 figures like James Irwin and Al Worden, noting envelopes sold for profits, NASA seizures, and lunar sculpture by Paul Van Hoeydonck. It critiques greed and advocates public oversight of space ventures.
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Ellen Jahn
Tam
James Urwin
al Worden
David Scott
Rid
NASA
West Germany
James Irvin
Air Force
Arous Ov Christian Ministries
High Plight, Inc
Irwin
National Lampoon
Paul van Hoeydonck
Uhey
Naw van Hoeydonck
NASA 9
Dames Fevin
Sea of Tranquility
Freedom Newspapers and the Bible Per the Question Box
The piece argues freedom means self ownership and choice while rejecting coercion. It defends partiality to one Bible as a historic charter of property and liberty, citing Genesis and Paul, and notes choosing books entails no rightful intrusion on others.
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Telegram Your Freedom
Hia
Rial Chey
Freedom
Abel
Moses
St. Paul
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John Fitch
Delaware River
Robert Fallon
Clermont
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