McGovern Silent on Watergate in Home State
Senator George McGovern avoids a partisan stance on Watergate to protect his South Dakota reelection bid. He keeps comments limited, urging Nixon be answerable under the law if guilty, while focusing on local economic and state issues to win votes at home.
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Washington
NEA
George McGovern
Nixon
White House
McGovern
Ervin Committee
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Lowell Weicker
Connecticut
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
South Dakota
South
Watergate
Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey
Rain Triggers Mood Shifts And Plenty Of Plans
AP report describes rain as a nuisance yet offers a list of constructive activities to cope. It notes how rain alters daily life from traffic to mood and suggests staying in bed or getting sick as possible ways to pass the wet day.
Rainy day remedies for gloom and brotherhood
A collection of cheeky and somber coping ideas for a dreary day. The piece urges venting through feisty letters and a dramatic will, then shifts to lighter self asides, concluding with a call for act oriented brotherhood and a biblical-quoting benediction.
Swickersnooper's Corner humorous quips by Duff
A compact collection of witty lines and gags by Francis L. Duff featuring a loud speaker given to a church, a writer's cramp coined as AUTHORITIS, jokes about singers, a used car salesman, bachelors, overs with parking, and a babysitter. The item showcases humorous observations and puns with quick, punchy punchlines.
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Emma Chisti
Heaven
Earth
United Nations Charter Signed In San Francisco
Today in history on June 26 1945 delegates from 50 nations met in San Francisco and signed the United Nations Charter. The date also recalls the Pied Piper of Hamelin legend from 1284 who led away 130 children with their fate remaining a mystery.
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San Francisco
Hamelin
Frank and Ernest recounts wartime events and cease-fire talks
In 1944 Allied forces captured Cherbourg from the Nazis. A year earlier the Irish Republican Army announced a cease-fire in Northern Ireland, though Protestant leaders showed skepticism. Thought for today references Lincoln.
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Cherbourg
France
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Letters to the Editor defend Brig. Gen. E. G. Johnston and protest an attack
A reader writes in defense of Mt. Vernon resident Brigadier General E G Johnston Retired and denounces a Chamber of Commerce attack alleging false pension claims He cites his military career from World War I through World War II and notes his influence on local veterans and citizens A second reader complains about the ongoing abortion debate in Letters to the Editor urging a shift to new topics
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Chamber of Commerce
Vernon
Illinois
Chamber
U.S. Postal Service
U.S
E. G. Johnston
U.S. Army
U.S. National Guard
Johnston
Mt. Vernon
No Reasons to Live for America’s Aged
An elderly man in a New York apartment dies by suicide, highlighting a national pattern of loneliness and neglect among seniors. The piece cites World Almanac data showing rising death by own action rates for men 65 and over, discusses societal apathy, retirement pressures, and the erosion of self esteem as key factors driving elderly individuals to take their lives.
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NEW York
NEA
America
Norman Farberow
Los Angeles
Robert Kastenbaum
American Association of Suicidology
Farberow
Harry Warren
National Save A Life League
Ogden Nash
L. A
Kastenbaum
H. L. Mencken
Robert Butler
White House
W. Somerset Maugham
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Abraham Lincoln
Lewis Brake
By Tom Tiede
Granada
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Kevin Thomas
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BCP
Con Brosdcatting
Cinerama Parchasing
Paramount Pictures and Tomorrow Entertainment,Inc
Alec Guinness
Simon Ward
Hitler
Wolfgang Reinhardt
John Heyman
Paramount
Bruce Lee
National General Pictures
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