Center for American Living aims to promote good news
Lady Douglas Hamilton, founder of The Center of American Living, advocates balanced reporting by highlighting positive, inspiring stories. She notes polls show people weary of crime and destruction coverage and proposes good news broadcasts and columns aided by 168 affiliated clubs nationwide. Examples include Berea College harmony, a Detroit area barn recreation, and a Spokane infant feeding plea.
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Lady Douglas-Hamilton
Lady Douglas Hamilton
The
Center of
Lady Douglas- Hamilton
Berea College
Kentucky
Berea
Detroit
Spokane
Wash
Antiquing Old Furniture With Modern Kits
The piece explains a simple antiquing method using ready made kits that include enamel, glaze, brushes, sandpaper and cloth. Apply base coat over the old finish, then glaze and wipe, leaving stronger wear in high spots. Not suited for rare pieces, handle valuable items by traditional methods or experts.
Old Hope billboard photo from 1916
A 1916 Hope area photo by W Q Shipley shows a wooden Taos Cusack Co. painted billboard on Old Highway 67 between Hope and Fulton near the Robinson property. Irvin Greghorn recalls a billboard boom in the 1920s and 30s as roads improved and such billboards became rarer.
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Hope
W,qo. Shipley
Hope Star
Taos, Cusack Co
Chicago
Shipley
Irvin Greghorn
Fine Print Clauses Target of NAACP Legal Drive
NAACP Legal Defense Fund launches a three pronged campaign against installment and loan contract clauses that strip consumer rights. Lawsuits challenge loss of defense rights, lack of notice of suits, and wage assignment provisions across multiple states. Fund lawyer Philip Schrag cites inequities harming poor buyers and borrowers, tying to a Wisconsin garnishment ruling reinforcing due process protections.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Washington
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Civil Rights
California
Maryland
Massachusetts
Vermont
Colorado
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Ilinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Philip Schrag
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Congressmen Tour Midwest Protests and Tax Debate
A 1909 dispatch reports Senator Proxmire visiting Terre Haute Bloomington and Milwaukee areas hearing residents voice opposition to Vietnam and taxes. People urge Vietnam withdrawal or victory, while tax reform debates unfold in the Senate with Mansfield pushing cautious timing and Dirksen seeking immediate action.
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Rudy
Terre Haute
Myers
West Allis
Milwaukee
Proxmire
Vietnam
Hales Corner
Indiana
Bloomington
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Senate
Mansfield
Mike Collins Boldly Holds Moon Mission Together
Mike Collins will orbit the moon in the Command Module while Armstrong and Aldrin descend. He faces 24 hours of solo flight with periodic radio silence and potential emergencies 238000 miles from Earth. Collins may perform crucial duties from above the lunar surface, then rendezvous after descent.
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Nea
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Mike Collins
Collins
Earth
Armstrong
Aldrin
Mudie
Unio
Tis
Moon
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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