Dear Ann Landers Letters On Names And Music
A reader laments a memorable name and recalls his own mail mixups in school and Army. Another writes about a child’s early musical lessons, choosing instruments, enduring early conflict, and later mastering the clarinet before switching to the flute. They thank Ann Landers for guidance.
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Ann Landers
O “Marmaduke Crumbum
Joe Smith
Aacoom
Joe
Birdseed Wilson
Tonsilius Moore
Numbers Game Jones
Power Shift Stirs U S Foreign Strategy Over Soviet Power
Washington reports the shift in military balance with the Soviet Union could upend U S foreign policy. The piece notes risks of renewed crises and possible Soviet superiority by the late 1970s or early 1980s, eroding allied unity and prompting new detente dynamics. It cites past crises in Berlin and Lebanon and questions U S dominance from 1961.
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Berlin
Eisenhower
Lebanon
United States
Vietnam
Ussr
Free World
Soviet Union
Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
Crime labs and the limits of forensics in policing
A Midwest Research Institute analysis notes crime labs handle only a small share of cases. FBI and Chicago lab caseloads are tiny, many states lack labs, and national funding for improvements remains scarce. Experts urge more training and expanded examiner ranks to raise effectiveness.
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Walter R. Benson
John E. Stacy Jr
Midwest Research Institute
Kansas City
Chicago
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Kent teachers debunk Michener quotation error
Kent-Ravenna Record Courier reports three librarians matched Michener's book condensation to a Kent State passage on page 454. The misquote described a hostile view toward students with long hair and dirty clothes, wrongly attributed to a Kent teacher with three sons at the university. The error spread nationwide, fueling tensions near the Kentucky border.
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Kent
Ohio
James Michener
Kent State
Kent-Ravenna Record Courier
University To
Kentucky
Spring Comes in a Pastel Bloom Across Chicago Parks
After a long wait spring arrives in Chicago with pastel blossoms, flowering crabapples and hawthorns, and a chorus of birds. Redbud lights up trees as purple martins Baltimore orioles and robins return. Migrating warblers pass through, while anglers report northern pike and bullheads in forest preserve lakes. Get out and enjoy it.
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Forest
Heaven Focus in Jesus Teachings for Daily Life
Earl L Douglass emphasizes Jesus as a heavenly thinker who urged focus on heaven over earthly matters. The piece notes Jesus spoke of eternity, urged disciples to rejoice in eternal records, and urges readers to internalize heavenly significance in daily action.
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Jesus of Nazareth
Heaven
Jesus
Christ
No Hitchhiking Prohibited Even Without Signs
In Illinois a person may not stand in a roadway to solicit a ride from a private vehicle. Signs saying no hitchhiking are not the only rule. The law bans hitchhiking regardless of posted signs.
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Illinois
Five Years Back Highlights from Sterling Rock Falls
Ollie the Safety Clown spent a week visiting grade schools in Sterling and Rock Falls, promoting safety and good manners in his 29th year of touring the United States. A Bikeway dedication is forecast to draw many cyclists if today’s weather holds. Five hundred fifty elementary students joined the fifth and sixth grade playday at Sterling High School track, part of the district PE program led by Fran Thomas. The Sterling High School board approved the 1961 graduate list of 230, the largest class ever.
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Sterling
Rock Falls
Twin-Cities
United States
Sterling Rock Falls
Sterling High School
Sterling Elementary
Fran Thomas
Sterling High School Board of Education
William J. Tonkin
SHS
Reverend Heyding to Speak at Rural Schools Program
The Rev Richard B Heyding er pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Morrison will deliver the address at promotional exercises for White Side County rural schools in Morrison Coliseum June 9. A psychiatrist at Evanston warns that lying to your conscience may invite a neurotic breakdown.
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Richard B. Heydinger
First Presbyterian Church
Morrison
Whiteside County
Morrison Coliseum
Evanston
Local soda fountain lowers prices across menu items
Prices on soda water malted milks drinks and ice cream sundaes fall effective immediately. Malted milks drop from 22 to 17 cents sodas from 22 to 17 cents ice cream from 17 to 11 cents and drinks such as coca cola green river phosphates and root beer from 11 to 6 cents.
Highlights in History May 15 1971 flashback notes
On this date highlights recount world events and milestones: 1940 Netherlands surrendered to Germany in World War II. 1571 Moscow burned by Tartars. 1602 Cape Cod discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold. 1767 Corsica sold to France. 1862 USDA established. 1924 U.S. immigration quota law. 10 years ago Bainbridge launched. five years ago NATO HQ moved from France to Belgium. one year ago Jackson State College closed after fatal police shooting.
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Germany
Moscow
Cape Cod
Bartholomew Gosnold
Genoa
Corsica
France
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
United States
U.S. Navy
Bainbridge
Quincy
Mass
NATO
Belgium
Jackson State College
Mississippi
Public funds should stay for public schools says reader
A Daily Gazette letter argues for continued public funding of public schools and opposes state aid to parochial schools. The writer accuses governors and lawmakers of misusing funds and urges readers to contact legislators and the governor to secure more money for public education. Names include Ben Jokers Jr and Joe Pasteris, with references to Msgr James Donohoe and the National Catholic Educational Association.
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Daily Gazette
James C. Donohue
United States Catholic Conference
Educational Forum
George R. la Noue
Teachers College
Columbia University
National Catholic Educational Association
Ogilvie
Ben Jokers, Jr
RF . Sterling, Il
Joe Pasteris
IEA
Educators Plead For Help From Citizens
Illinois educators appeal for public support as financial crisis hits nearly all districts. They report layoffs and cuts to special programs despite years of lobbying state leaders for funding.
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Daily Gazette
Illinois
Education Should Be Top Priority for Illinois 1964
Billy B Butler argues in Rock Falls that public schools need funding over welfare and non public aid. He cites PTA events at Dillon School and Rock Falls Elementary Education Association as signs of community support and urges the General Assembly to place education first, noting King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
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Sterling-Rock Falls
Rock Falls
Dillon School
Parents and Teachers Association
General Assembly
Illinois
Billy B. Butler
First Ave
Ill
Sketches BEN leslie God watch over those in service
A 1971 Sketches feature titled Sketches BEN leslie expresses a veteran’s prayer for those serving in the military. The poem asks divine protection for personnel away from home, guidance to stay steadfast in faith, and a plea to hasten reunion with loved ones while seeking peace for nations and humankind.
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