Knocking Habit Sparks Mother Daughter Privacy Lesson
Dr E G Osborne pens a domestic vignette about Joan Davis who installs a brass door knocker to remind herself to knock before entering her daughter's room. Natalie resents intrusions during early teens, mirroring her mother’s own adolescence and desire for privacy. The piece ends with a geographical aside noting Bolivia and Paraguay lack coastlines.
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DR. E. G. Osborne
Joan Davis
Natalie
Mrs. Davis
Venezuelan slang adopts Madison Avenue terms in Caracas
Venezuelans mix English and Spanish freely with sports terms and ad slogans. The piece notes words like sexy, filtro, full, and fill her up becoming full in Caracas, while sports like baseball and soccer retain English phrases. Researchers in Italy study dialects for a linguistic atlas.
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Caracas
UPI
Florida
Venezuela
Madison Avenue
Kansas City
Venezoula
Maracaibo
St. Louis
Boston
United States
Kingsize
Military radio network home at the Pentagon
The Military Affiliate Radio System with 15 000 members, ham operators aiding military communication, is headquartered in the Pentagon. In Philadelphia a bank holdup at Provident National Bank on Ogontz Ave yielded about 1800 dollars as a gunman waved a German Luger and a teller handed over cash.
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Washington
Mars
Pentagon
Philadelphia
UPI
Provident National Bank
Ogontz Ave
Mathilda Milton
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AFC Control
Een Stee
ADA
E. Washington St
Cover Centre
W. State St
Rexall
Acrilan
Linens—Strauss
New Castle
Lawrence Baker
Bradenton, Fla
Mrs
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Savannah Gardner Rd
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Magicolor
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Eye Fksohd
Lady Pepperell
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