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A Thought For Today Reflects On Life’s Fleeting Nature
A devotional line quotes Psalm 39 4 urging awareness of life’s end and its brief measure. It then shares Eddie Cantor’s reminder to slow down and savor life and the purpose behind one’s journey.
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Eddie Cantor
Editorial condemns killing disturbed kidnapers as necessary but tragic
The piece argues against shooting mentally disturbed kidnappers and questions if mercy bullets could replace lethal force. It cites two recent killings in Shade Gap Pennsylvania and Bristol Connecticut where hostages were rescued but two captors and an FBI agent were killed. The author warns such actions erode humanity and civilizational progress.
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Shade Gap
Bristol
Conn
Pennsylvania
FBI
Connecticut
The Drive In Era Expands Into Everyday Life
The piece notes drive-in concepts spreading beyond movies to drive-in restaurants, banking, church services, hotel check-ins, supermarkets, barber shops, and even drive-in weddings in Lovelady Texas. It highlights a trend toward services adapted for cars and vehicles in modern life.
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San Francisco
American Automobile Association
Ontario
Lovelady
Tex
Justice of the Peace
Wheat surplus vanishes as exports rise demand grows
Washington AP reports U S farm officials face possible wheat rationing for foreign markets as reserve and surplus drop from a July 1 1961 peak of 1 411 000 000 bushels to about 555 million by mid 1966 with further declines possible to 350 million. Government programs and strong foreign demand, including Soviet purchases and aid to hungry nations, rapidly cut the surplus.
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Washington
U.S
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Great Plains
Department
Soviet Union
Food For Peace
India
Today In History June 6 1966 highlights
On this date in 1944 the Normandy invasion began marking the start of the Allied push to defeat Nazi Germany. Nathan Hale was born in 1755. Alsace was annexed to Germany after the Franco Prussian War. Yorktown sunk at Midway in 1942. Forrestal urged wartime Navy strength in 1945. Brazil declared war on Japan in 1945. Bulganin proposed West German force reductions a decade ago. Kennedy returned home from a European tour five years ago.
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Nathan Hale
Alsace
Germany
France
U.S
East Germany
Kennedy
United States
Paris
de Gaulle
Vienna
Khrushchev
London
Horoscopes and world peace address referenced
General tendencies advise using natural energy to boost work and friendships though romantic Venus influence is weak. Each sign receives focused guidance on behavior and priorities, urging practical action, gratitude, collaboration, and clarity of goals before a closing note of Harold Macmillan and Johnson urging world peace at Catholic University.
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Venus
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Moon Children
Leo
VIRGO
LIBRA
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Johnson
Catholic University
Washington
Year of Reluctant Republicans in 1966
AP reports a trend of prominent Republicans showing reluctance to run for president in 1968. Rockefeller Scranton Romney Nixon all deny candidacies, yet history notes that past leaders like Eisenhower Coolidge Stevenson and Truman persisted in some form despite refusals. The piece weighs the thin line between stated reluctance and possible unforeseen bids.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
George Romney
Michigan
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Adlai E. Stevenson
Harry S. Truman
Stevenson
Iinois
St. Matthews
Jesus
Gethsemane
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Billy Graham Debates With British Atheist
In London the American evangelist Billy Graham debated God's existence with British atheist Ian Tipton before about four million on BBC. Tipton pressed how Graham knows he's not wrong. Graham cited personal experience and Bible-based answers to war and disease. Others on the panel included David Frost, John Lewis, and Rev. David MacLagan as Graham tours his second Britain crusade.
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London
Billy Graham
British Broadcasting Corp
Ian Tipton
Graham
David Frost
Jesus
Frost
John Lewis
David MacLagan
Church of Scotland
Britain
Weekend Death Toll On Illinois Highways Rises
The Associated Press reports 14 fatalities from Illinois auto accidents over the weekend. Sunday deaths include George A. Schroeder 2 Round Lake Beach. Norman Talman 43 Cicero. 4 year old Jeffery Arendariz Broadview. Larry Strange 21 Clinton. Gary Lee Oertle 17 rural Washington. Elizabeth Hannigan 38 Orland Park. Willie Washington 58 Edwardsville. Albert Larsen 40 Chicago. Charles McWherter Jr. 7 Lincolnwood. Saturday deaths involve Bernadine Dover 5 Sauk Village. Donald L. Young 34 Midlothian. Ronald Burr 21 rural Urbana. Ernest Randle 59 Chicago. Randolph Raman 75 near Springfield.
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Associated Press
Illinois
George A. Schroeder
Round Lake Beach
U. S. Rt
Lindenhurst
Norman Talman
Cicero
Chicago
Jeffery Armendariz
Broadview
Clinton
Larry Strange
Lake Bloomington
Washington
Gary Lee Oertle
Morton
Tazewell County
Elizabeth Hannigan
Orland Park
Willie Washington
Edwardsville
Ilinois
Albert Larsen
Bensenville
Lance
Charles McWherter Jr
Lincolnwood
Bernadine Dover
Sauk Village
Donald L. Young
Midlothian
Ronald Burr
Urbana
Ernest Randle
Randolph J. Raman
Springfield
United States may seek UN role in Viet Nam elections
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg met with about 15 senators at a luncheon amid signals the U S may seek General Assembly action to supervise South Viet Nam's proposed elections. He urged a mutual ceasefire and a new Geneva conference to reaffirm 1954 and 1962 accords, and said the U S would abide by reunification election results.
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Washington
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
United States
General Assembly
South Viet Nam
Goldberg
Security Council
Saigon
U.N
Johnson
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Catholic University of America
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Constitutional Assembly
Frank H. Corner
New Zealand
U Thant
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