Americans urged to beautify neighborhoods and restore nature
Laurence Rockefeller urges citizens to transform open spaces and rights of way into greenways, fix lakes and streams, and redesign suburbs. The piece highlights community action as essential to tackling the nation’s creeping ugliness and restoring livable areas. It also showcases Patricia Neal's remarkable recovery from three strokes, aided by husband Roald Dahl, and hints at a potential return to acting.
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Laurance 5S
Rockefeller
White House
Patricia Neal
Miss Neal
London
Roald Dahl
Choosing a Career That Brings Lasting Fulfillment
A speaker at a Midwestern university urged students to stay in school and pursue a line of work they enjoy for life. Forty five years from age twenty to retirement at sixty five underscores the value of specialized training, as youth often underestimates long term consequences.
Anticipatory logic and a wife in the bargain
Chauncey Oglethorpe explains his fifty year habit of thinking ahead and teaching his wife Annabelle anticipatory logic. He built a memory aid for her, but while she improved his own use of foresight waned, leaving him unable to predict a train arriving in their living room.
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Mrs. Oglethorpe
Charnce
Annabelle
Chaunce
Chauncey Oglethorpe
Supreme Court rewrites meaning of Constitution
Five of nine justices form a new power bloc as the court limits states from imposing poll taxes and hints at broader changes to constitutional interpretation. The piece argues that the judiciary now acts beyond popular control, potentially rewriting fundamental rules with lifetime appointments.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
America
Harlan
Congress
Abie Nathan Drives Peace Crusade From New York to Egypt
Abie Nathan, founder of the smallest peace organization, flew a 1927 Boeing Stearman from Israel to Egypt and later used jet transports aiming to unite Jews and Arabs. In Rome he met Pope Paul VI, while De Gaulle declined a meeting. Nathan plans ten days of activity at the Park Sheraton in New York, hoping to meet Kennedy and possibly the President or Vice President, while criticizing U Thant and UN for not supporting dialogue. He recalls a varied career and argues Arabs and Jews can live in peace, envisioning broader regional and world change if dialogue succeeds.
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New York
Abie Nathan
Israel
Egypt
Rome
Pope Paul VI
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Abie Nathans
Abie
Park Sheraton Hotel
Seventh Avenue
Robert Kennedy
Nathan
U Thant
Viet Nam
Iran
India
RAF
Tel Aviv
Nasser
Mediterranean
the Lone Ranger
Duke the English Setter Dies After Hit and Run
Mrs. Orville Agnew recalls Duke a 13 year old English setter who wandered onto a street after a chain broke. A motorist hit him and drove off, prompting a plea for drivers to stop and help rather than flee. Duke is dead and the Agnews urge more humane action to prevent future incidents.
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Duke
Agnews
Jim
Jeff
Janice
Joni
Letter of thanks for Girls Scout pageant at Cincinnati Gardens
Parents praise the Great Rivers Girl Scout Council pageant with Middletown chorus, call it one of the most professional events seen. They cite costumes, rehearsals, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra as memorable, and thank organizers including Mrs. Thompson Revelos Ziegler and Reeder. Mr and Mrs Mac Tobias.
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Great Rivers
Girl Scout Council
Cincinnati Gardens
Girl Scout
Middletown
Glenn Thompson
Delores Revelos
Fred Ziegler
Quinton Reeder
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Mac Tobias
Gout Called Sign Of Brains By Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle notes new evidence that high blood uric acid linked to ambition and leadership. A Journal of the American Medical Association study of 117 University of Michigan professors found those with more uric acid tended to show greater drive and achievement, despite gout’s pain.
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New York
Journal of the American Medical Association
University of Michigan
George W. Brooks
Ernst Mueller
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