Remember? The good old days Nostalgia essay by Hal Boyle
HAL BOYLE reflects on memory lane as a cheerful tonic to the spirit. He revisits midcentury details including kids with crayons, the Boston bull, Mary Pickford curls, dining cars, Latin in high school, homemade kites, and sports icons like Helen Wills and Bobby Jones. The piece blends whimsical social trivia with affectionate humor about past life and values.
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New York
Boston
Helen Wills
Little Miss Poker Face
Bobby Jones
U.S
Harvard
Yale
Peace Corps Seeks Expansion Across Five to Six Countries
Houston Texas notes that Peace Corps director Jack Hood Vaughn aims to place volunteers in five or six more nations this year. He spoke at Texas Southern University and cited dropout rates of about 25 percent during training and 10 percent before completing the two year hitch.
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Houston
Tex
Jack Hood Vaughn
Vaughn
Texas Southern University
Ask Abby about goodby gifts and bored marriages
Dear Abby explains that a true goodby gift is usually given by someone leaving, while a severance or appreciation gift fits the secretary’s present. She notes couples may divorce despite stability and boredom is not a reason to save a marriage. A waitress asks why apron strings are pulled, and Abby blames childish behavior in men.
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Abby
Portland
San Francisco
New
Woman’s Wit Tags Men With Bow Ties In Comeback Quips
A snippet notes women adopting a playful taunt when men wear bow ties. The piece labels a recurring dig as a lighthearted test of charm. It suggests women respond with sly, punny lines about wool and yarn in social exchanges.
Abby. How to Write Letters for All Occasions
Personal reply request from Abby in The Monroe Evening Times. Readers can send a stamped self addressed envelope or one dollar to Abby Box 69700 Los Angeles Cal for Abby's booklet How to Write Letters for All Occasions.
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Abby
Monroe Evening Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Woman Says Her License Plates Differ Because of Roast
In Livonia Michigan a woman explains that her car plates are rose and black rather than beige and black after her 3 year old son hid items in the kitchen broiler. She turned on the roast and an hour later detected strange smells and the unusual plates.
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Livonia
Mich
Detroit
Presnell Flies Private Plane, Survives Crash Near Ranch
Actor Harve Presnell crash landed his small plane during a test near the Presnell ranch in Modesto California. The aircraft lost power at about 300 feet, clipped a peach tree and caught fire, but Presnell escaped injury.
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Modesto
Calif
Harve Presnell
Gabor, Cosden Tie For Fifth Marriage License
Zsa Zsa Gabor signs for a marriage license to wed Joshua S. Cosden Jr one day after filing for Mexican divorce from Herbert Hutner. She fumbles signing age, crying at the prospect, meeting Cosden in Fort Worth six weeks earlier. he lives in Dallas. Barbara Wagner seeks surgery to remove an intestinal tumor at Lenox Hill Hospital, aiming for a two week recovery after last July marriage to Robert F. Wagner.
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Hollywood
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Joshua S. Cosden Jr
Miss Gabor
Herbert Hutner
New York
Barbara Wagner
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Lenox Hill Hospital
Barbara Cavanagh
Susan
Buckley Seeks 150000 To Save National Review Crisis
William Buckley Jr asks National Review subscribers to raise 150000 dollars to cover a 100000 dollar deficit and pay creditors saying the magazine is dead broke. The appeal targets about 100000 readers amid the financial crisis.
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New York
William Buckley Jr
National Review
Buckley
Ill 17 Year Old Sues for Health in Mil ami Hospital
A Mil ami hospital treats a 17 year old high school sophomore named June with chronic bladder issues and persistent vomiting. Doctors have tried hypnosis and infrared exposure but relief remains elusive as she endures sneezing every waking minute causing stomach chest and nose pain.
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Milami
June
Monticello Society Visits and Weekend Sightings
Mrs. O D Curtis notes visits from Elwood Schers of Rice Lake and Barbara Butler of Whitewater State University with Gary Ginner in Minneapolis as well as Dorothy Pagel from Freeport. Several families including Elmer and Pagel clans gather in New Glarus Janesville and Cumberland for weekend and Sunday calls.
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Elwood Schers
Rice Lake
Ida Voegels
Barbara Butler
Whitewater State University
Gary Ginner
Minneapolis
Ira Holcomb
Sylvia Curtis
Doris Wagner
Curt
New Glarus
John Zweifel
Dwight Zweifel
Reynold Zeller
Tom Kubly
Curt Wagner
Ralph Kubly
Janesville
Henry Hefty
Elizabeth Rolph
Melvin Agen
Cumberland
Susie Elmer
Thorp Finance Corp declares quarterly common stock dividend
Directors of Thorp Finance Corp declare a quarterly common stock dividend of 11 cents per share, an increase of one cent from the prior quarter. The dividend is payable March 21 to stockholders of record March 14, announced by president Emil E. Kostner.
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THORP
Thorp Finance Corp
Emil E. Kostner
Cartoonist Westover Dies at 79 In California
Russell C. Westover creator of Tillie the Toiler died Saturday in San Rafael California at age 79 He originated the Tillie strip for King Features Syndicate in 1921 The feature ended in 1956
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San Rafael
Calif
Russell C. Westover
Tillie the Toiler
Westover
Tillie
King Features Syndicate
Luci Johnson Deluged by Mail After Wedding Date Announcement
White House says Luci Johnson receives about 400 letters a week, triple her previous pace, with many from fans sharing the August 6 wedding date. Her fiancé Patrick J. Nugent, 22, from Waukegan, Ill., helps to respond as staff struggle to keep up.
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Washington
Luci Johnson
White House
Luci
Patrick J. Nugent
Waukegan
Ill
Printers Strike Halts Five Boston Newspapers
A printers and mailers strike idled Boston area presses and disrupted five daily newspapers, affecting more than 2.5 million residents in Greater Boston.
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Boston
Greater Boston
Lani Gan and White Win National Indoor Skating Titles
Bill Lanigan of Flushing New York won the senior men’s title and Diane White of St Paul Minnesota captured the senior women’s title at the National Indoor Speed Skating championships held Sunday in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Bill Lanigan
Flushing
N.Y
Diane White
St. Paul
Facsimile Notice Ballot of Primary Election
Green County voters are informed of a March 8, 1966 primary election to choose county officers across towns wards villages and precincts. The notice details ballot procedures voter rights and assistance rules and includes a facsimile of the official ballot by Ray E Kundert County Clerk.
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Green County
Green
Ballot Instructions Prompt Voter to Mark Preferred Candidate
The notice explains the voting action to mark a cross beside a candidate or write a name in the space provided, guiding voters on how to cast a ballot. It presents the method clearly without political advocacy or commentary.
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Memory Lane
Hal Boyle
Peace Corps
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Green County Conservation League
VFW Club
Ray L. Beckman
League
Lean Ax
Freckles
By Merrill Blosser
Lard
SPAN
Adtaker
Miami, Fla
June Clark
Monticello
O. D. Curtis
Lipton
California
Terry Guy
Ats Sa
CTS
Lester Food Centers
Bhness
Bombard Luci
Pat Nugent
Nugent
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Johnsons
Thomas Grady
Office of County Clerk
Ray E. Kundert
Harold E. Hoesly
Delmar F. Naef
Cecil Thacker
Ernst W. Zentner
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