Letter From God Provokes Editorial Judgment in Iowa Paper
An Iowa newspaper discusses letters claiming to be from God written by a Maple Heights Ohio turret lathe operator. Editors explain they will not publish the Ohioan’s letters or signatories, noting the writer’s delusions and the paper’s policy barring crank religious correspondence while reflecting on free press erosion and moral appraisal.
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Maple Heights
Ohio
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Christ
Son of God
Ohioan
Irish songs lift Hutchison fourth graders in spring program
In Hutchison, fourth graders under Ardella Frantz sing Irish songs and learn the phrase about Mother M.'s gray hair while a playful note on a classmate’s red hair sparks a brief, gentle defense. A yard incident shows a child’s makeshift playhouse from an old washer carton.
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Ardella Frantz
Mother Machree
Mother M
Democratic Doves Clash With Johnson Over Vietnam Policy
In a closed-door Senate dove meeting, Democratic critics harshly condemned President Johnson, calling him a desperate man and a wild animal for pushing toward war with China. The session, held a day before Morse’s resolution to rescind the Tonkin endorsement vote, showed deep rifts among Johnson supporters. Amid warnings by figures like Fulbright, McCarthy, and Gore, the group debated tone, strategy, and the risk of broadened conflict while no formal action emerged.
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Tennessee
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Boyle Substitute Broken Toys Are Father's Woes
New York AP report by Hal Cooper humorously recalls fathers faced with failing toys and high tech gadgets. A 10 year old quips that dad does not understand electricity while others reveal limits in airplanes tires arithmetic and binary math, prompting playful family banter.
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Hal Cooper
New York
Small grocers answer Rev Houser’s plea after cold spell
Letter to the editor argues that independent grocers helped customers during a long freeze when chains offered no credit. The writer notes small stores gave aid to those in need, including supermarket customers, and suggests each church preacher place a barrel to direct assistance to their own customers.
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Houser
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