Senior Citizens Month Observance Highlights National Service
President proclaims May as Senior Citizens Month praising over 20 million Americans aged 60 or more in ACTION programs. Volunteers serve in RS P Foster Grandparent SCORE and VISTA with Tearl Williams the oldest at 82. Across 54 countries, SCORE VISTA and the Pearce Corps have aided more than 200,000 since 1964.
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Nison
Citizen Service Corps
En Cnet
Action
Michael P. Balzano
VISTA
Ameren
Pearce Corps
University Year For Action
Tearl Williams
Compton
Calif
SCOR
SCONE
Proutema
Puerto Rico
SCORE
The Vanished Ice Pick and the Iceman’s Gone
A humorous lament on the disappearance of the ice pick once given by icemen. The piece recalls the ice wagon, its yellow-handled tool, and its quirky uses from punching leather to opening condensed milk cans, noting the economic gap without the ice pick.
Nixon’s role in McGovern nomination called into question
The piece argues Nixon engineered or benefited from McGovern’s Democratic nomination while dismissing calls to impeach him. It notes Muskie’s struggles, Eagleton’s baggage, and Nixon’s election victory, suggesting credit to McGovern’s ascent partly rests with Nixon’s political moves.
Barbs by Phil Pasters
Barbs by Phil Pasters pokes fun at social pretensions as the writer wittily notes fashion costs and love amid playful observations about behavior and wit in a light column style.
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Phil Pasters
Brezhnev Kissinger talk on Watergate exchange
Brezhnev and Kissinger discuss Watergate during a meeting at Brezhnev’s Moscow area home. The dialogue, filled with satirical quips, touches on political systems, censorship, and accountability, contrasting Soviet and American practices on espionage, opposition parties, and leadership.
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Washington
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Henry Kissinger
Moscow
Gospodin Kissinger
Rong
United States
Brezhnev
White House
Gospadin Kissinger
Let Peace Begin With Me in Columbus Telegram May 15 1973
A reprint from The Columbus Telegram argues for individual freedom and self control, opposing government overreach and urging civic virtue. The piece frames liberty as foundational to moral progress and references the Declaration of Independence and a broader call for peace.
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Frye
Isneliner Leense
The
Columbus Telegram
Columbus
Nebraska
Wart remedies shared by readers in Dr Lamb column
A letter from a reader recounts using flexible callodion to remove a fingernail wart core and claims it always works. A second reader, retired from the UC Low Temperature Lab, describes liquid nitrogen freezing as a painless, effective wart cure with minimal infection risk and notes limited availability outside large cities.
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Lawrence &, Lattle
M.D
Lamb
Oolu
Sonn
University of California
Fragmented crossword style clues from a puzzle page
A garbled list of cryptic style clues and stray terms appears as a puzzle page fragment. It includes partial phrases like Greek city names gendered terms and references to mythic figures scattered with numbers and abbreviations, lacking coherent context.
Watergate Irritation Not Irrigation In Political Culture
A reader reflects on Watergate as irritation rather than revelation, tracing how 1960s counterculture and rural shift to a national middle American majority shaped Nixon's 1972 landslide. The piece notes media focus, the presidency’s fragility, and the enduring political tension amid jokes and public fatigue.
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George McGavern
Watergate
Theagan Aind
Richard Nixon
Robert Humphrey
Republica
Republican Party
McGovernites
Congress
Nixon
Supreme Court
Viking
John 1. Kennedy
Diem
Jackson
Humphrey
Vermont
McGovern Wall
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
Liddy
Oval Office
McGovern a Plot Victim or Victorious Challenger
An analysis questions whether the Watergate plotters aimed to depress Muskie and aid McGovern in 1972, noting fake letters and tricks that harmed Muskie in New Hampshire and Wisconsin. It argues journalists and analysts doubt a band of operatives could fully determine a national vote, despite strong manipulation attempts and cross over voting by Nixon supporters.
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New Hampshire
Manchester Guardian
Nixon
McGovern
Humphrey L
Thomas Eagleton
George McGovern
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Beal McGovern
Key Manchester
Florida
New England
Manchester
Willian Loch
Manchester Union Leader
Eriy
Loch
Women’s Wear Daily
Hegin
Mixon
Humphrey
Jackson
Movida
George Wallace
Wisconsin
Mullovern
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Neanery
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ART Buchwald
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Wworld
Your Freedom Newspaper
I World
Pini
MEA
Cambodia
Gollar
Feoll
Korat
Alexandria
Taxkioh
AIIM
Jeffrey
Hart
Iste
Victor
Pooh-pooh
Bruce
Biossat
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