Headlights on Bikes Applauded In Traffic Safety Note
In a concise opinion, the piece praises motorcyclists for turning on headlights to improve visibility, arguing it reduces cycle car crashes. It notes motorcycles and snowmobiles share traffic hazards and low visibility, but headlights help motorists spot riders despite mixed traffic conditions.
Give and Take in a Quiet Marital Exchange
A playful exchange contrasts marriage myths with jabs about careers and luxury living. The speaker imagines life as a doctor’s wife while recalling teasing remarks husbands direct at wives about hair color mink furs cooking and fidelity. The piece ends on a light note that mutual concession keeps peace: give and take, take and give.
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New York
Casanova
Kissinger linked to plumbers story in Watergate saga
Washington column recaps Charles Colson’s claim that Henry Kissinger pressed Nixon to form the plumbers to halt leaks. It notes Kissinger’s denial of involvement and traces other political tidbits from the era, including military and scientific personnel notes and the removal of Greek banker Paul Totomis.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Plumbers
Daniel Ellsberg
White House
Charles Colson
Colson
Kissinger
David Young
Corry zoning panel to hear Atlantic Refining service station row
Atlantic Refining Co plans to seek permission from Corry Zoning Board of Appeals to build a service station at West Irving and Center, a district where such businesses are banned, near its current Center Street site. Also notes summer playground staff setup at Fourth Ward near Loveland Field and a new Railway Express truck route between Corry and Oil City replacing trains 780 and 98.
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Atlantic Refining Co
Corry
T He Fourth Ward
Loveland Field
Ning
Oil City
J.F. Needman
Big Johnwheelman and the Hupmobile Father
A humorous reminiscence of a father obsessed with cars. He buys a deep green Hupmobile with a rumble seat, drives boldly, and meets misadventures from traffic cops to near crashes. The narrator recalls family props and his own procrastinating tendencies, ending with his father’s death and a final car-laden image.
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John M. Bishop
Big John
125Th Street
Lenox Avenue
New York
Patton
Procrastinator's Club Dream Delays Daily Duties
A humorous reflection on chronic delaying habits describes slowness in chores like window repairs, trash disposal, lawn mowing, and paying bills. The narrator boasts of mastering procrastination while acknowledging one looming deadline for the newspaper, vowing to tackle it tomorrow or next week.
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Procrastinators’ Club
Scarlett O'Hara
Margaret Mitchell
Scarlett
Procrastinators
Sre
Pittsburgh
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