Hughes Aircraft drives non-partisan get out the vote effort
Hughes Aircraft launched an active citizenship program aiming to boost registration and turnout in the 1964 election. Ninety seven percent of those eligible registered and ninety eight percent cast ballots, with forty four percent contributing to their party, as Barton Evans called the effort a blueprint for a new American political force. The piece questions citizen organization for elections and notes the experiment’s value and potential for understanding turnout.
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Today’s Quip on Confidence and Others’ Opinions
A reflective line questions why care about others’ views unless their judgment surpasses one’s own self trust. It invites readers to weigh external opinions against inner confidence and personal standards.
Crossword Clue Puzzle Readout From Daily Page
Reader fills a large word grid with clues ranging across and down from unadorned to enclosure and beyond. The page includes a cryptoquote puzzle mapping letters to form LONGFELLOW and a quote by Thomas Fuller as yesterday's answer.
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Dear Abby Advice Columns Readers Letter Excerpts
A reader asks about a couple who sleep apart due to temperature preferences and shares a reply from Dear Abby. Several letters discuss wedding etiquette and trust after a past affair, with Abby advising against ongoing sexual affairs and encouraging clear boundaries. The column also addresses wedding showers, generational views, and a parent offering money for grades, inviting readers to write for personal replies.
It s Open Season bat Shoplifters
Santa Claus isn t the only visitor this season shoplifters flood stores Gordon E Ross a security consultant notes Christmas losses reach 25 percent of the 2 5 billion annual shoplifting figure The average theft is 2 31 about the profit on 109 in sales Most shoplifters are women many are professionals but most are amateurs He urges prosecution to stop repeat offenses amid merchant reluctance and high mobility allowing a shoplifter to hit as many as 10 stores a day
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The Second Vatican Council and Its Broad Reforms
The Vatican Ecumenical Council, held from 1962, reshaped the Catholic Church with major reforms. It expanded lay participation, revised liturgy to the vernacular, redefined church authority, and fostered dialogue with other religions and Judaism. The Bible gains prominence as a dynamic source of doctrine and study.
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