Letter to Aunt Sadie on Weed Park litter problem
A Muscatine Journal letter from A Lee urges clean park use at Weed park and zoo. Readers recount weekend visits for buffalo calf Gil Dietz and a zoo spring cleanup delayed by bad weather. The writer notes litterbugs add cost and calls for responsible trash disposal. A separate joke panel ends with a psychiatrist tale about a depressed man with mishaps.
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Weed Park
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The Question Is How From Billings Gazette
The piece discusses the Vietnam war confusion and public doubt. It notes Allied leadership power plays, Ky sending troops, and Americans facing danger at Saigon. It highlights profiteering, ruined crops, and a divided home front while calling for an end to the mess and seeking a viable plan.
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Public Opinion Poll From The Ottumwa Courier
A local reader shares informal overheard snippets from elevators buses stores and other spots about Vietnam policy church life and safety concerns The pollster notes overheard opinions may not reflect true views but finds the observations interesting in a light editorial tone
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Castro and Beer Debate in Cuba Report
The Kansas City Times reports on Fidel Castro and Cuba’s beer situation with mixed reactions. Cubans wary of rising beer prices may turn to reading or other time-consuming pursuits as Castro hints at longer speeches and future policy changes.
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Instant City: Pyramid Buildings Over Expressways
A Chicago architect proposes hollow pyramid shaped towers perched above city expressways. Offices on the ground floor with apartments above would form an instant city. While it could reduce traffic and ease transit pressure, fumes rising through the pyramids threaten residents’ life spans and would quicken apartment turnover.
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Let Uncle Sam Do It From the Greene Recorder
Opinion piece arguing that present administration will bear full financial and military demands, prompting allies to rely on the United States to handle the major burden.
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Greene
Iowa
New Walk Graham Brothers Lay New Sidewalk
Our Yesterdays notes that the Walk-Graham Brothers are engaged in laying a fresh sidewalk on the east side of the block. Rev. D Heagle of Aiken Ill will speak at the Baptist church tomorrow.
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Aiken
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Sue Browning
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Supreme Court backs conduct over content in obscenity cases
The Supreme Court, in two postal cases, favors punishing conduct over the content of mailed material. In Nashville, William Redmond and Dorothy Redmon are freed as not prime movers in a racket, while in New York Joe Davis is upheld for mailing lewd materials. The court emphasizes acts and business conduct over literary merit, focusing on the offender's conduct rather than community standards.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Nashville
William Hover Redmond
Dorothy Lucille Redmon
Redmonds
Havelock
N. C
Post Office
New York
Joe Davis
Second Circuit
High Court
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Lesbos
Pierre Louys
Sterry R. Waterman
Brennan
Efficiency engineering for church services in old lecture
A seminarian cites Dr. Crane and discusses sermon length public prayer and music. The text argues for brief prayers under 100 words urges self-analysis of church practices, and invokes Jesus teaching on praying in secret to avoid showiness. It critiques long sermons and repetitive prayers as dull and inefficient.
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God
Jesus
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The Worry Clinic Critiques Sermon Tactics In Church
George W Crane notes overlong prayers and musical excess hinder sermons at St Petersburg Florida and elsewhere. He argues sermons should stay central, with Bible reading engaged and speakers aided by direct speaking rather than ritual distractions. He cites Paul, Billy Graham, and Bishop Sheen as contrasts.
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Florida
St. Paul
Corinth
Galatia
Athens
Billy Graham
Bishop Sheen
Dear Abby readers on maid of honor and dating limits
In a reader exchange Abby counsels a bride to balance family peace by asking her sister to be maid of honor, while keeping the roommate as bridesmaid if possible. A second letter advises grounding dating rules for a teen and mother sharing phone time, suggesting a separate line and fair prioritization.
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Big Business in Pretty Up
Big business men secretly wage war on age lines and hangover in executive washrooms. Jars and tubes with lanolin and vitamins fill shelves as 156 firms expand offerings for virile looks. Eye pads and masks target boards and late mornings, while youth and older rivals drive demand for cosmetics and perfumes amid hip campaign imagery.
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Jean Sprain Wilson
NEW York
Daily Prayer Reflection From Thessalonians Guidance
A devotional prayer emphasizes stewardship of the gospel and walking in God’s steps. It asks for strength to share faith, gratitude for God’s love, and remembrance of Christ as Redeemer in daily life.
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