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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1966
Page
5
A 5000-housewife poll shows 31 percent report phone rings during showers, 26 percent on ladders, 21 percent during TV programs, 16 percent while dishwashing, and 6 percent during bridge. The survey was conducted by an automated telephone answering systems maker.
A light quip notes that some horror films terrify couples to hold hands. The line hints at shared fear within marriage and the comic anxiety of watching scary scenes together.
A grid of across and down clues appears with definitions for pasture shatter nest and more. The page also presents a substitution cipher cryptogram with the quote Any man may make a mistake but none but a fool will continue in it by Cicero.
A reader letters page discusses ethical and legal issues around giving birth control pills to minors. Doctors share varied views on parental consent, medical ethics, and the responsibility of guardians, with personal anecdotes from Beverly Hills and Baltimore physicians.
A Democratic senator from Indiana, Vance Hartke, suggests a no charge educational film shown in the senate auditorium to explain the duties and traditions of senators to visitors. The piece notes the need during Easter recess and jokes about a House film as a double feature with maps of the Rayburn Building.
A retrospective portrait honors William Sydney Porter known as O Henry. It chronicles his travels from Greensborough North Carolina to Texas and New York, his bank embezzlement scandal, penance, and prolific late writing career. The piece notes his ironic last sentence twist and local memorials like the O Henry Hotel.
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