Reader Q A column clears up celeb handshakes and lore
Reader questions span Hoover Ruth handshake myth to Washington gossip and song writers. Answers confirm Ruth refused photo with Hoover in 1928. Washington tale credited to John Jakes as fiction. Other notes cover Barry Goldwater’s education, Orson Welles birth details, and TV host lines, with reader letters about Kojak and Bob Hope.
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Herbert Hoover
Babe Ruth
Grace Boundy
Philadelphia
Ruth
Washington Senators
Hoover
Estelle Reuben
Pittsburgh
Buddy Ebsen
Tony Orlando
Dawn
Clark Gable
Meagan C. Franklin
Brooklyn
Caribe
Miami
Caribbean Islands
New York City
Kojak
R.P
Anne Piech
South
Heat Wave Across days and cryptic clues list
Italian reader Andrea and other clues fill a crossword style grid. Across heats and downs include Greek philosopher, African ruminant, codings for heat, color, land mass, and legal matters. The puzzle spans many themes from biology to geography with multiple named entities and terms.
Crossword Puzzle Clues Included in Historical Text
List of numbered clues includes answers such as Siouan Indian Mauna Froth and others. The set features 11 12 17 20 22 23 24 26 28 29 30 31 32 with hints like Famous figures and mythic gods. Presents a compact puzzle fragment with cross referencing potential solutions.
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George
Reassuring science talk from Prof John McKetta on pollution
The speaker counters popular fears about rivers, Lake Erie, DDT, and air pollution. He cites data from 1975 showing safe river drinking, natural nitrogen sources, and the positive impact of DDT on disease control, urging applied knowledge to fix real environmental problems rather than panic.
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John McKetta
University of Texas
Mt Vernon urged to install railroad crossing gates now
A Mt Vernon letter demands immediate action by the city council to install gates at five major railroad crossings. The writer cites ongoing city projects and urges residents to pressure officials, arguing even one life saved justifies the cost. A second letter urges unbiased, factual information on the ERA for clarity. The piece also lists today’s date, historical events, birthdays, and a class appreciation note from Dahlgren School.
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Mt.Vernon
City of
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Nightlife on WRFK a quirky Union seminary show
AP Television writer Jay Sharbutt profiles Mac Calhoun host of Nightlife a 15 minute nightly program on WRFK FM Richmond a non commercial NPR outlet run by Union Theological Seminary. Calhoun a 26 year old from Charlotte blends humor satire and commentary including lessons on great ideas and odd features like All-Star Eastee Intergalactic Wrestling and the Search for Sorrow. The piece notes sponsorships and NPR consideration and adds a dated tongue in cheek quote about school days and buses.
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New York
Mac Calhoun
Wrfk-Fm
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Mac
Charlotte
N.C
Europe
Calhoun
WRFK
Public Radio
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Charles Jacobson
Coral Gables
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John Jakes
Frank Lynn
Gen. Washington
Rose V. Creger
Bossier City
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James M. Black
Barry Goldwater
Francis Brady
Tucson
Ariz
Staunton Military Academy
Barry
University of Arizona
Goldwater
Bob
Loas
Lons
Arizona
Orson Welles
Diana Durrell
Kent
Wash
Orson
Kenosha
Wis
Cleveland Amory
John
Andrea
Ajay
Mao
Meadows
Fia
Congressional Energy Crisis Project
Paul Harvey
Mississippi River
Prof. Maretta
Nature
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Lake Superior
World Health Organization
Earth
United States
E.R.A
Sharon Heil
Dahlgren
Normandy
France
Nathan Hale
Coventry
Conn
Alsace
Germany
U.S
Securities and Exchange Commission
Yorktown
Midway
University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Meredith
Mississippi
South Vietnam
China Sea
Spiro
Agnew
Saigon
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Dalai Lama
Elmer Staats
Will Durant
Dahlgren School
Register-News
Marion Thierry
Marvi W. Miller
Ed Cross
Steve White
Jim Wellen
Ellen Grewe
Susan’ Smith
Tammy Robertson
Mary Jo Rapp
Robin Eric Rapp
Rhonda*her
Katy Clark
Frank and
Ernest
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Vaghion
Bev S
Thaves
By Jay Sharbutt
AP Television
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Belgium
Switzerland
England
League of Nations
Phil Rogue
Bryan Sterling
Will Rogers
CBS
Dana
Nixon
Hickok
Dictabelt
Duke Geek
Ralph Waldo Gonzaga
Peter Darg
National Public Radio
NPR
Chuck Uppie
Charles Bronson
Columbia Pictures
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