Andrew Johnson A life of turmoil and persistence
A concise portrait of Andrew Johnson, born December 29 1808 in Raleigh, his rise from self educated Tennessean to Vice President under Lincoln, the impeachment crisis, later Senate service, and death in 1875. It reflects on his aim to heal national divisions and the value of individualist thought.
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U.S
Andrew Johnson
Raleigh
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Johnson
South Carolina
Tennessee
Senate
Lincoln
U. S
Try and Stop Me: Wit and Quips from Cerf and Shaw
A collection of anecdotes from Bennett Cerf and George Bernard Shaw include Yale man versus equivalent job humor, Shaw Churchill tickets, and witty exchanges. Highlights feature Shaw sending two tickets for Pygmalion and Churchill missing the premiere. Faulkner on writing blends creativity discipline and hard work.
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George Bernard Shaw
Winston Churchill
Shaw
Churchill
Pat Campbell
William Faulkner
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Strom Thurmond Attacks Commission on Obscenity Study
Strom Thurmond denounces the 1967 68 Commission on Obscenity and Pornography as a taxpayer funded failure. He cites its 1.7 million cost, alleged bias, and recommendations to legalize adult and some child pornography. He criticizes the Danish example and cites lack of data on crime relation to pornography.
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Johnson
Lockhart
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Nixon
Charles H. Keating
Keating
DAILY ACROSS 1 Vow 5 For what Thursday is named 9 Parched
Across clues include vow for as Thurs day namesake and arid terms. puzzle entries feature abbreviated forms and mixed spellings from the era.
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Wander
Migs Martine
Jason
Crossword clues a playful ad habit from mid century paper
A compact puzzle style item lists numbered hints and definitions. It includes references to an academy award, an eagle emblem, an arduous journey, and a press statement, framed as a crosswords style teaser segment. It resembles a light advertising or editorial filler.
Crossword Clue Fragments From a 1920s Page
The list shows scattered puzzle clues including Floral arrangement Chef's garb French Walked Soil problem Stir up the rabble Ventilated Belgian Kind of drum on. The context suggests a crossword page with diverse hints and brief entries.
Cryptoquote quotation decode challenge teaser
Saturday's cryptoquote features a Henry Huxley quotation about character. It presents a sample cryptogram with letter mappings and a sample solution noting Experience as the key example. The feature explains how to solve by matching letter patterns.
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Huxley
King Features Syndicate, Inc
English Ballerina Maria Gielgud Stars in Bejart Ballet at Brooklyn
New York profile of Maria Gielgud, English niece of Sir John Gielgud, as she prepares to star with Bejart’s Ballet of the 20th Century in Brooklyn. She discusses dance as vocation, a global company, and the discipline shaping her life amid a cosmopolitan career.
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New York
Maurice Bejart
Ballet
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Maria Gielgud
John Gielgud
Ellen
Miss Gielgud
Maiia
Almanac for Monday January 18 1971 events
January 18 1971 marks the day with notable events including the lifting of the siege of Leningrad announced in 1943 and Indira Gandhi becoming India’s prime minister in 1966. Also noted are the 1968 US Russia draft on non proliferation and the 1970 death of David O McKay at 96.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Nehru
Indira Gandhi
United States
Russia
David O. McKay
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