End to Test Ban Takeover Looms Over Seismic Risk
A historical treaty bans atmospheric, underwater, and space tests but allows underground blasts. Advances in detection shrink the need for on-site inspections. Jerome Wiesner argues that a ban without on-site monitoring poses little risk, suggesting a concession to extend the ban for world peace.
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Soviet Union
United States
Jerome B. Wiesner
Kennedy
Don’t be a hot weather hero this summer
A wry guide to surviving heat waves urges easing activity and seeking shade. It emphasizes drinking fluids, maintaining salt intake to support cooling, and avoiding stubborn, unnecessary exertion. The piece ends with a playful reminder to live to fight another day.
Portuguese Discovery Ahead of Pilgrims Claims Debate
A New England physician and amateur archaeologist, Dr Manuel Luciano da Silva, argues that Portuguese explorers reached eastern shores in the early 1500s, a century before Plymouth Rock. He cites numerous Portuguese derived words in indigenous dialects as key evidence, sparking renewed debate over early American exploration.
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New England
Manuel Luciano da Silva
Plymouth Rock
Dr. da Silva
Columbus
Enthusiasm and Pie Spark a Life Turning Point
A speaker recalls meeting a man whose zest for life led to a thriving business built on his wife’s pies. The tale of a simple restaurant pie inspiring a shift from dead-end sales to entrepreneurial success ends with two hot pies delivered to his door, symbolizing the power of enthusiasm.
Bogey Man and Other Sunday Funnies
A collection of light humor slices from St. Peter and God golfing to office misadventures and animated household scenes. Jokes feature biblical figures, a mischievous boy, Batman, a ministerial trainee, and the Bear family in a porridge caper, reflecting playful Sunday humor.
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St. Peter and God
Cloud 9
Letters Show Support for Vietnam War and Critique of Opponents
The letter writer urges decisive U S action in Vietnam, arguing Americans must fight to defeat the Viet Cong and condemning antiwar sentiment. He compares bombing Berlin and Tokyo to justify hard tactics and scolds “unpatriotic” critics while urging support for troops and strong policing at home.
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Retirement formula guides Bailey's nationwide home search
Raymond W. Bailey, nearing 65, devised a four year retirement plan using three U.S. regions California Northwest Florida Southeast Southwest and a hometown baseline. He mapped four life facets—Statistics, Friends, Culture, What To Do—across trips to compare housing taxes services climate and social life. He will stay in his hometown after retirement for proximity to family.
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Raymond W. Bailey
Bailey
N.Y
Ruth Montgomery Justice Potter Stewart Touted As GOP Nominee
Washington reports on Luci Johnson party gossip and a White House call to cancel events tied to the Viet Nam era. Dr. Tim Lee Carter launches a one man effort to nominate Justice Potter Stewart for President at the 1968 GOP convention, praising his conservative voting record and judicial restraint.
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Potter Stewart
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Stewart
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Ohio
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Charles Evans Hughes
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