Names as social test and odd christenings at OSU
A column discusses a test at Ohio State University where students rate masculine and feminine names. It notes gendered name perceptions, lists favored and disliked names, and cites examples from history and various papers, including odd appellations like Tin, Great, True Story, Born Young, and Legis.
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Ohio State University
Fords
Isidores
Eugenias
Beulahs
Michaels
Jameses
Lindas
Susannes
Kims
Buckeye
Adam
Samson
Bart
Dave
Kirk
Michael
Yvette
Sophia
Sheri
Sue
Elizabeth
Linda
Sydney
Ronnie
Jerry
Lou
Alfreda
Billie
Pike
Milton
Valentine
Pangy
Prigones
Violet
Rose
Mona
Shreveport
Cans
Tin
Scotts
Stick
Roysters
North Carolina
States of the Union
Varmont C
No Program Says Purcell of WR
HARRISON Ark AP Gov Winthrop Rockefeller endorsed many bills from the 1967 General Assembly but Purcell says the legislature's work was its own program. In Atlanta a prisoner bled from arm wounds until Dr Roosevelt Jackson improvised sutures with a sewing needle and thread. The inmate survived after hospital care.
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Harrison, Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
General Assembly
Joe Purcell
Rockefeller
Purcell
Atlanta
Roosevelt Jackson
Lesson
Jackson
Third District Livestock Show Parade Scheduled Monday
The annual Third District Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade will start at 4 p.m. Monday September 25. It will follow a set route along East Second Street and Main, with multiple turn-offs to ease congestion. Led by police cars and Color Bearers, the procession includes the parade marshal Travis Ward, bands, officials, county queens, and various floats and entries. The Youth Talent program is Monday night, with further events through Wednesday to Saturday.
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Third District
Federal Building
East Second Street
East Second
Highway 67
South Main Street
Fourth Street
Herndon Funeral Home
Candy (5Th) Street
6Th Street
National Guard
Marshall Travis Ward
Southern State College Band
Hope Band
Hope
John B. Gardner
Ray Turner
Queens
S. Set
Claud Byrd
Norman Smith
Jaycees
Harry Hawthorne
Jim Cole
Arkansas
Anita K. Peterson
Homer
Local Art Needed for Fair Display
The Angelic Gospel Singers of Malvern Ark will appear at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church Sunday Sept 24 at 1 30 pm. Sponsors are Mrs George Hickles and Mrs Emma Edwards.
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Angelic Gospel Singers of
Malvern Ark
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
George Hickles
Emma Edwards
Silvey Charged in Calico Rock School Suit
Calico Rock authorities seek to bar T J Silvey from the district superintendency after claims he used school fuel and funds for personal charges including gasoline and dues. The suit compares district administrative costs to a nearby district and alleges students bought books promoting evolution.
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Silvey
Calico Rock
Ark
Lgard County Chancery Court
T. J. Silvey
State School Boards Association
Melbourne
Mummified Babies Still a Mystery
In New York City a trunk containing three mummified newborns, suspected to date from 1920 to 1923, was found in a Manhattan apartment basement. Chief Medical Examiner Milton Helpern doubts autopsies will solve whether they were born dead or alive and what caused their deaths. The trunk bore the name Anne Solomon, who died in 1954.
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New York
Milton Helpern
Helpern
New York City
John Hartnett
Upper Manhattan
Anne Solomon
Treasure haul from 8th century shipwreck revealed
In St Marys Reilly Isles a helicopter delivered 1,500 gold coins from a seabed cave near Gilstone Ledges. Ronald Morris and divers await further finds while the Official Receiver holds the loot for a year. If unclaimed, sale goes to highest bidder and finders obtain half. The coins from Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell’s fleet could be worth 5.6 million dollars, with full recovery possible in three years.
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ST. Mary’s
Reilly Isles
Ronald Morris
Morris
Gilstone Ledges
Britain
Adm
Sir Clowdisley Shovell
Hanna Improvement Co bids for Little Rock office remodel
Fort Worth Texas AP report says Hanna Improvement Co of Desoto Texas was the apparent low bidder on the remodeling of the federal office building in Little Rock Arkansas. The bid of 27760 dollars topped five submitted for the project by Army Engineers.
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Fort Woth
Tex
Hanna Improvement Co
Desoto, Tex
Little Rock
Ark
Army Engineers
Hope Lions Light Bulb Sale Set for October 2
The Hope Lions Club plans its annual bulb sale Monday October 2 starting 5:00 p.m. through 9:30 or 10:00 p.m. Residents can buy seven bulbs for two dollars when a Lion visits. This year 480 bags will be sold as the club boosted its pledge at the Blind Center by 20 percent.
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The
Hope Lions Club
Hurricane Beulah floods Texas and isolates Rio Grande region
Floodwaters from Beulah roll down the Rio Grande threatening the International Bridge at Rio Grande City and leaving about a million people isolated across a 40 000 square mile area. The death toll reaches 36 with losses around 1 billion dollars as rains ease. In Arkansas cotton begins to show in early harvests with crops four weeks late in the northeast.
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Paul Reger
Associated Press
Rio Grande City, Tex
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Valley
South Texas
Beulah
Mexico
Texas
Rio Grande City
Jooks
Violence Hits Steel Mill Layoffs in Nationwide Strike
In Cleveland AP report, steel mill layoffs, highway violence, and armed guards mark the continuing strike by rebellious steel haulers. Armco uses consoys and guards at Middletown plant. Republic Steel trims Cleveland operations with over one third of 7000 workers expected to be idle by week’s end. Teamsters truck owners push for higher rates and pay for waiting time, seeking 70 to 79 percent increases. The strike spans eight states, with Ohio and Pennsylvania mills hardest hit and highway patrols boosted after shootings targeting steel-hauling trucks.
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Cleveland
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Ohio
Republic Steel Corp
Teamsters Union
Pennsylvania
U S Planes Pound Gun Positions in Vietnam Front
U S pilots reported explosions and fires on North Vietnamese gun positions as Marine casualties rose to 41 dead and 541 wounded after 11 days of heavy bombardment. Six Americans were killed and 72 wounded near Con Thien, with B57, F4, and B52 bombers pounding the area and Navy destroyers aiding the effort. Marines of the 4th Regiment pressed an assault on an estimated reinforced Communist company in Kingfisher operations.
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George McArthur
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Con Thien
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Osceola City Moves to End Spa Contract
Osceola Arkansas city council passed a resolution to appoint a committee with authority to negotiate an honorable termination of the contract with the Southwest Power Administration. The vote was 4-1 with one abstention, reflecting split views among six council members. Mayor Wiggul favors keeping the 20 year SPA contract set to take effect in December 1968.
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Osceola, Ark
Osceola City
Southwest Power Administration
R. E. Prewitt
D. N. Morris
Ed Teaford
Garner Robbins
Ed Chisenhall
Ray Morgan
Charles Wiggul
Wiggul
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Wheeling
SPA Power
Osceola
Ap&l
McClellan Backs Army Report on Lake Chicot Work
Washington AP reports Sen. John L. McClellan of Arkansas endorses an Army Engineer plan for flood control and drainage on Lake Chicot. The proposal calls for diversions and dams to control silt deposits. Rep. David Pryor previously endorsed the $15 million project.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
Amry
Lake Chicot
David Pryor
D-Ark
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