Green Bay Packers origins and a curious mailbox query
A reader asks when the Green Bay Packers started and who first coached them. In 1921 Curly Lambeau guided the fledgling NFL, with franchises then pricey at $100. Also included are miscellaneous reader questions on bark removal from green cypress knees, a Stamp Store anecdote, and wax stain removal tips.
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Tom Gaskins
Palmdale
Fla
Green Bay Packers
Curly Lambeau
National Football League
Acme Packing Co
Green Bay
Wis
Packers
The Voice Of Authority On Cleaning Odors And Pine Cones
A reader asks how to fix strong odor from ten items cleaned at a self service dry cleaner. Mrs. Barney Wood advises returning items to the facility, consulting management, and following directions. the note highlights that odors are usually dispersible with airing. A tangential Q A covers Trinity College becoming Duke University in 1924 and related campus details.
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Trinity College
Duke University
Tuke
Durham
East Campus
Woman’s College
Main Street
West
Duke Chapel
Duke Hospital
Duke
Talks Arrangements For U S Viet Nam Peace Conference
Paris AP reports U S and North Vietnamese diplomats held their first procedures meeting for the expanded peace conference. No date set for opening. expected next week after Saigon delegation arrives. Protests over bombing inside North Vietnam and demilitarized zone were noted. A four-party prelim session may outline time place and procedures for the opening. Two tracks expected: military settlement and political South Vietnam, with speed varying.
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Paris
U.S
Saigon
Cyrus R. Vance
Ha van Lau
Hanoi
Johnson
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Kissinger Tapped to Lead U S National Security Affairs
President elect Nixon named Harvard professor Henry Kissinger as assistant for national security affairs to overhaul White House foreign and defense policy planning. Kissinger plans to bring in new ideas and seek divergent views while Nixon says a strong secretary of state will remain in place.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
New York
Richard M.nixort
Harvard
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Nixon
Kissinger
Germany
Hissinger
Ment
Defense
Vietnam
Chase Manhattan Raises Interest Rate
Chase Manhattan Bank raised its prime lending rate to 6 percent effective immediately, following earlier moves to lower rates for large borrowers. Other New York banks including Chemical Bank, Irving Trust, Manufacturers Hanover, and First Pennsylvania Trust also increased their primes by a quarter point, signaling a broad tightening in prime rates while consumer loan rates remain steadier.
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New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase
Chemical New York Trust Co
Irving Trust Co
Tanover Trust Co
First Pennsylvania Banking &Trust Co
Philadelphia
Children Die In Fire At Trailer Near Bessemer City
In Bessemer City area a trailer home fire killed three children and injured none of the four other residents. Bobbie Jean Smith eight weeks, Betty Jo two, and Billy Joe eighteen months died. Their mother Mrs. Bob Smith escaped with the other child, a four year old unharmed, who was not named. The mother could not return to save the others.
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Bessemer City
N.C
Bob Smith
Bobbie Jean Smith
Betty Jo
Billy Joe
Saigon to Observe 24 Hour Christmas Truce
Saigon announced a 24 hour truce from 6 p.m. December 24 to 6 p.m. December 25 for humanitarian reasons. The ceasefire applies only to Christmas and not New Year or Tet. No immediate U.S. comment was available from Saigon headquarters.
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Saigon
Neuyen van Thieu
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Viet Cong
South Vietnamese National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
U.S
Chicago Violence Called Police Riot
Washington report calls the Chicago violence during the Democratic National Convention a police riot. It cites obscene harassment by protesters and unrestrained police violence across five August nights, with officers suspended or facing dismissal. Over 10,000 demonstrators confronted police and National Guardsmen amid clashes in parks and downtown.
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Washington
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
White House
Praising And Criticism Ring Chicago Report on Demonstrations
Chicago reactions to the presidential commission report on demonstrations were mixed with praise from Mayor Daley and Sen. Percy referencing its usefulness. Daley commended the work while cautioning that the summary could mislead if used alone. Public and media outlets reported widespread response including support for police and threats against panel members.
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Chicago
Presidential Commission
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Iis
National Commission
Daniel Walker
Chicago Crime Commission
Charles H. Percy
R-Nl
Washington
Albert Ei. Jenner
James B. Conlish Jr
Denver
Colo
Cape Cod
Mass
Chicago Tribune
Americans Endanger Health By Dissipation Says Report
A special AMA report to the 22nd clinical convention flags affluence reducing exertion and raising overeating smoking drinking late hours and drug use, urging doctors to educate the public on personal health care. Dr Wilbur criticizes diet fads pills tobacco alcohol and instant exercise, urging self discipline and shorter hospital stays to curb rising costs. A Michigan resolution seeks a ban on cigarette advertising to single vision.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Board of Trustees
The
American Medical Association
AMA
Wilbur
Dectors
House of Delegates
Michigan
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Chase Manhattan
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Sea Chicago
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San Francisco
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