Public Pulse letters aim for open debate at Greensboro Daily News
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Daily News
Tending Fire A Longstanding Hearth Advice Piece
A Ottawa Journal essay extols the quiet art of tending a fireplace. It links careful fire management to warmth, beauty, and inner contentment, praising varied woods for distinctive flames and aromas while urging patience, judgment, and regular brushing.
Labels Read Confusion Doctors Warn About Medicine Labels
The Asheville Citizen recalls confusion from vague medicine labels. A reader narrates trying to treat a headache with bottles labeled One every three hours Take one after meals if needed and One every hour until condition is relieved. The 1960 dating adds to the dilemma.
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Asheville
Expanding Conversation Costs for House Communications
The Nashville Banner notes that the House approved using contingent funds to cover tolls on official long distance calls and charges on telegrams and radiograms for members. The plan sets a limit of 10,000 units per member, with 3 minutes equaling 15 units. This would add to the existing 90,000 units per term.
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House of Representatives
Recalling Lyndon Johnson's Janitor Roots in 1927
A Winter Park woman, Mrs. Edward E. Gimon, remembers Lyndon B. Johnson as a janitor at Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1927. The piece reflects on dignity of all honest work and Johnson's ascent from cleaner to president.
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Winter Park
Edward E. Gimon
Lyndon Johnson
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Teachers College
America
Orlando Sentinel
Patterson newspaper masthead and staff roles
The fragment lists Holt McPherson Baila and Joe Brown as editors, with Patterson advertising director Idol Jr and Charles B. Loflin as circulation manager, showing typical masthead roles in a newspaper. The text appears as a staff roster portion from a Patterson publication.
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Holt McPherson Baila
Joe Brown
Patterson
Vv. Idol, JR
Charles B. Loflin
Religion Must Be Joy Not Sadness
Dr. Hagen Staack television minister and Muhlenberg College religion head argues religion should be enjoyable and joyful not sad, using Old Testament stories to connect to modern audiences. He describes Frontiers of Faith as a low key news style program with artifacts and photos to bring biblical figures to life for millions.
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Jerry Sheehan
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
New York
NEA
Hagen Staack
Dr. Staack
NBC
Saul
Staack
Germany
Hitler
Middle East
Department of
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
Samson
Jesus Christ
Washington Baker Vote No Puzzle By Henry Cathcart
Senate committee probing Bobby Baker’s affairs shows a 3-2 party split on making testimony public with Republicans pressing for a public hearing while Democrats favor disclosure. Humphrey reports a light lunch order bit, showing party loyalty. Nelson shares a humor shot about meeting farmers and remembering faces during a campaign.
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Henry Cathcart
Central Press
Washington
Senate Committee
Bobby Baker
Lyndon Johnson
LBJ
Johnson
Dash Humphrey
A-Ok
Senate
Hubert Humph
Remarkable High Point figure Tom Wrenn memoir on 1105 North Main
The second article recalls Tom Wrenn, once perhaps the city’s richest man, and his ascent from printer’s apprentice to vast lumber, furniture, and real estate holdings across North Carolina. It covers his early family struggles, furniture ventures, land deals, and generous acts toward orphans, ending with the razing of 1105 North Main where his widow Pearl Perry once lived.
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North Main
High Point
Tom F. Wrenn
Mary Elizabeth Perry
William G. Ragsdale Jr
Jamestown
Mr. Wrenn
Greensboro
Tom
M. J
Bud
Manlift Jarrell
Nancy Jarrell
Mary Jarrell Perry
Jarrell
Major Lynch
Rutherford College
J. B. Best
Green Street
Stehlinik Mills
Rainbow Weavers Division
Burlington Industries
Matton
Jarrell Opera House
Harllee
Charles
Bob Lindsay
Wrenn Brothers
Elwood
Bud Wrenn
Alexander’s
Tom Wrenn
High Point Furniture Company
John H. Tate
Tate
Earnest Snow
Mr. Snow
M. J. Wrenn
A. E. Tate
Tate’ Furniture Company
Coxey
Washington
Marion
George T. Penny
Wrenn
Redding
North State Telephone Company
Miss Weedon
Seborn Perry
Pearl Pitts Perry
Broad Street
McDowell County
Columbia Furniture Company
Wrenn-Columbia
J. L. Kirkman
George Campbell
Perry
Wrenn Hosiery
Thomasville
Welfare Department
WPA
Mr. Wrench
N. Main
J. Elwood Cox
Henry Millis
John Diffendal
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