Real Reagan Fares Cardboard Fame in Walnut Creek
In Walnut Creek California a 40 year old Ronald Reagan a CPA and inventor for the Central Contra Costa County Sanitary District shares a name with the governor Ronald Reagan. The mix ups included governor mail being sent to him and a Sweden call about campaign contributions.
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Walnut Creek
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Jack Benny
Reagan
Central
Contra Costa County
Sacramento
CPA
Sweden
Groundhogs steal for winter in Lebanon Ohio
Warren County Coroner Ralph Young puzzled over missing electrical tape used to protect water pipes. While pipes froze, groundhogs hid in burrows with the taped material, tearing it from pipes and dragging it home. The coroner noted the unusual winter and joked about giving the animals electric blankets. The electrician struggled to retrieve the tape from their holes.
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Lebanon, Ohio
Warren County
Ralph Young
Young
Ed Bird Called Edgar Allen Crow Captured in Wheeling
A large black bird blamed for months of swooping and perching on heads has been captured and placed in the Wheeling-Ohio County Animal Shelter. Captor Mrs Glen Shook said she felt mixed about turning in the bird, noting its friendliness endangered its life and led to its arrest.
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Wheeling
W.va
Edgar Allen Crow
Wheeling-Ohio County
Glen Shook
Almost Cowboy Boots Inspire Western Dreaming
In a playful piece Roger Verdon Harris reflects on the symbolic meaning of a Christmas gift boots. The essay traces presidential and cultural icons who wore boots, contrasts genuine vs almost cowboy styles, and questions who should wear them while celebrating Americana and the enduring romance of boots.
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Abe Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Randolph Scott
San Juan Hill
Davy Crockett
Custer
Jimmy Carter
John Carlin
Hutch teacher proud of former students in Russell tribute
Tom Kelly, a former Russell High School teacher who instructed Robert Dole and Arlen Specter in the 1940s, honored his two former students during a Russell gathering of about 5,400 people. Kelly praised Dole and Specter as good citizens and students, recalling Specter’s role on a championship debate team and Dole’s athleticism, while noting his long 45 year teaching career and Master Teacher of Kansas honor in 1970.
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Hutchinson
Hns
Tom Kelly
U.S
Kelly
Russell
Robert Dole
R-Russell
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Russell High School
Specter
Hutchinson Community College
Dole
Gene Balloun
Olathe
Kent Sherrer
Hutchinson High School
HCC
Kansas
USS
Chief justice urges frequent federal judgeships and prison reform
Washington (RP) Chief Justice Warren E. Burger calls for more frequent creation of federal judgeships and for rehabilitation of prisoners rather than mere housing. He cites 1978 increases as insufficient and urges fundamental changes to reduce workloads and improve inmate conditions following riots at New Mexico and Washington State prisons.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Federal Court
Congress
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Washington State Prison
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