February Or Feb Yoo Ari? Walter Cronkite Debate
A reader challenges Cronkite on pronouncing February and cites dictionaries. Cronkite replies he will stay on air and that the word has multiple accepted pronunciations. The column then shifts to Dear Ann Landers answering questions on phone phobia and church etiquette, offering therapy and social guidance.
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Ann Landers
Walter Cronkite
Mr Cronkite
Walter
Walter — Cronkite
Mr. Cronkite
Merriam Webster
New Collegiate
Funk and Wagnall
American Heritage
Random
Middletown letter seeks someone to fix a problem
A reader asks if a local church or the doctor will help with a troublesome bill. The writer mentions efforts in Middletown NY and another town, then suggests contacting the person who caused a ringworm issue.
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Bill
Middietown
Middletown
Tooth powder recipe reprinted from Heloise column
Readers request a return of the aged salt soda wintergreen tooth powder recipe. The reprint includes blending tips for a glass blender, salt and baking soda base, and two flavor variations with oil of cloves and wintergreen, plus a vanilla option.
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Syble Boule
Heloise
New Ohio crime bill faces civil rights clash in Senate
Columbus AP reports a backlash in the Legislature against a bill to criminalize utility meter tampering and theft. Critics argue prima facie evidence shifts guilt to homeowners, potentially arresting innocents unless they prove noninvolvement. Proponents say it aids prosecutions while preserving rights with rebuttable presumptions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohn
Senate
Wimitted
Sor Kinsey Milleson
Freeport
House
Stark County
Freeman
Senate Energy
Neal Framers Jr
D- Dayton
Milleson Sani
Zimmers
Crossword By Eugene Sheffer ACROSS and DOWN clues blend
Puzzle clues across and down mix unusual wordplay and partial letters from Eugene Sheffer style with entries like cushions buttons throw be in debt region linen, multiple proper nouns, and missing letters forming a challenging crossword puzzle grid with many incomplete hints and potential theme entries.
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Skelton
Pisa
Ohio sets monthly pollution spill record in March
Ohio reports over 240 pollution spill incidents in March, the highest monthly total since the agency began records. A Cincinnati chemical plant released 13,000 gallons of phenol into a creek feeding the Ohio River, with containment via a dam but criticism of late emergency response and causes blamed on mechanical failures weather errors.
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Ohio
Cincinnati Chemical
American Expeditionary Forces in Mexico 1916 Fight Pancho Villa
In 1916 American troops under General Pershing conducted actions in Mexico against Pancho Villa's forces, part of the border pursuit aimed at neutralizing his raids into U.S. territory and stabilizing the region amid Mexican revolutionary turmoil.
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John Pershing
Mexico
Pancho Villa
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