My Dad Mr Bushnell Ode to a Stepdad
A daughter writes of her blended family and how Mr. Bushnell became Dad. The piece recalls a bachelor’s bond forming with three women, the easing of family tensions, shared meals, and the growth of love across generations. It highlights acceptance, humor, and gratitude toward a man who became a father figure.
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Mr. Bushnell
Ledger
Tom E. Pearl
Prairie Village
Kan
Pearl
Raymond O'Hanlon
O'Hanlon
Ralph W. Bushnell
Route 2
Becky
Santa Claus
Janet
Dad
Stepfather
Father
Grandma
Vietcong Attacks Hit Three Points. Da Nang Shelled
Enemy forces struck U S troops at three points in South Vietnam and shelled Da Nang and bases below the DMZ. In the central highlands 400 North Vietnamese attacked a militia post, 41 enemy killed, 14 South Vietnamese dead, 25 wounded. A large Saigon Armed Forces Day parade proceeded with tight security. U S bombers pounded suspected concentrations. 2 Americans killed, 19 wounded. civilian casualties from shelling near Da Nang.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
da Nang
Nguyen van Thieu
Dmz
Richard Gardner
Gardner
Demilitarized Zone
Renewal Area Meeting Tuesday for West Underpass expansion
Residents of the West Underpass Urban Renewal area are invited to a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Garfield Community Center to discuss development plans. Mexico Housing Authority officials note approval of the 1971-72 420000 NDP budget earlier in the week and outline boundary extensions to include Omar Margretta Gray and Clare nts.
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Garfield Community Center
Mexico Housing Authority
Housing Authority
NDP
Boulevard
Clark St
Breckenridge St
Omar, Margretta, Gray and Clarents
Mexico to add three new grass greens at Arthur Hills Golf Course
Collections for the Grass Greens Project exceed the $2500 goal, reaching $4102 with 128 gifts, including a $1000 donation from J.B. Arthur and a $4000 initial pledge from J.B. Arthur and the Mexico Recreation Corporation. excess funds will be held in reserve. A golf architect meeting is planned to outline new tees and greens construction. Donors can send checks to the City Manager's Office marked Grass Greens Project.
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Mexico
Arthur Hills Golf Course
Bryan Webber
Arthur Hills
Webber
J.B. Arthur
Mexico Recreation Corporation
Two Papers Now Under Orders Not to Print
The New York Times and the Washington Post faced court orders restricting publication of excerpts from the Pentagon study on Vietnam origins. A Washington appeals court halted the Post's planned series, while New York judges weighed a temporary restraint on the Times after its prior three installments.
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New York Times
The
Washington Post
Pentagon
the Times
Post
U.S. Court of Appeals
Washington
Gerhard A. Gesell
Appeals Court
New York
U.S. District Court
Murray I. Gurfein
Times
Alexander M. Bickel
Yale University
Gurfein
Republic
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson
U.S
Whitney North Seymour
Vietnam
Justice Department
United States
Bickel
Seymour
William B. Macomber
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Ellsberg
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
Calif
Ellsberg
McCloskey
Truman
Eisenhower
Nixon
Viet Cong
White House
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
New York Post
Wallenda Walks Wire Over Busch Stadium
Karl Wallenda, 66, traversed a 600 foot wire across Busch Memorial Stadium above 23,500 fans during the opening night of the Moolah Shrine Circus. He paused for a headstand and briefly sat to adjust a shoe, insisting the hotel key in his shoe was mispositioned. He plans to repeat the feat at all subsequent performances through Monday.
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ST. Louis
Karl Wallenda
Busch Memorial Stadium
Wallenda
Wallendas Circus
Moolah Shrine
Wakenda
Helen
Detroit
Wallendas
Tallulah Falls
Georgia
Lightfoot Charged With DUI and Damaging Sealed Street
53 year old Lightfoot of Route 1 Moberly is jailed in Audrain County after charges of driving while intoxicated and driving on the wrong side of the road. He allegedly moved barricades on Dorcas Street then drove over a freshly slurry sealed street from 900 to 1000 blocks. A trooper later charged him with DWI and improper driving on Highway 54 in front of the Mexico Country Club. Bond set at 82.50 on city charge and 400 on patrol charges.
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Lightfoot
Route 1
Moberly
Audrain County
Highway Patrol
Mexico
Dorcas St
Bill Baker
Dorcas
Highway 54
Mexico Country Club
Ellsberg accuses JFK LBJ officials of lies
Daniel Ellsberg, linked to the Pentagon papers leak, says Kennedy and Johnson officials lied to reporters about Vietnam plans. He cites a 1961 trip by Gen Maxwell Taylor and Walt Rostow and claims officials concealed Taylor’s view that ground troops were needed. Ellsberg, 40, vanishing after last seen in Cambridge, MIT analyst.
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Cambridge
Mass
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
New York Times
Kennedy
Johnson
Vietnam
Congress
Ellsberg
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard Uni
Elisberg
Times
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Center For International Studies
Kennedy School Journal
Maxwell Taylor
Walt Rostow
Taylor
Rostow
James Rostow
U.S
Restow
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
Roswell
Gilpatric
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Becky Pearl
Mom
Charlie Goff
N. Abat St
Mr. Goff
Steven
Charles Jr
Julie
Brenda
Teresa
Richard Vance
Renewal Area Meeting
John F. Kennedy
Canberra
William McMahon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Busch Stadium
JFK
LBJ
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