Letter to the Editor on Social Security and tax reforms
A reader criticizes politicians including Nixon and Gore for limited Social Security increases and tax reforms. They argue benefits erode due to a shrinking dollar, call for honest governance, and complain about partisan Santa Claus rhetoric and fiscal policy.
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Nixon
Gore
Santa Claus
Daily Crossword Puzzle and Cryptoquote
A full page puzzle with a daily crossword grid and a cryptoquote quote. Clues cover singing voice to shore up word games and a cryptogram by Longfellow with code hints and author credit.
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Longfellow
When mate just isn't interested
Advice columns recount romantic frustration and mismatches in marriages. A reader asks about husband’s reluctance, another describes gifts causing jealousy, and a long marriage with unconsummated ties, highlighting relationship strains and personal dynamics.
Evening TV Schedule Adapts Classic Films and Sitcoms
The lineup features Ensign Pulver and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at 9 and 11:25, Trapeze and The Fly earlier, with Combat-tinged nights from The Sahara to Hogan's Heroes and Johnny Carson. News, editorials, and late-night talk fill the daytime block.
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Ensign Pulver
Burl Ives
Walter Matthau
Seven Brothers
Jane Powell
Julie Newmar
Tony Curtis
Gina Lollobrigida
al Hedison
Patricia Owens
George Montgomery
Durante
Lennon
Editorial
Movie
Johnny Carson
Joey Bishop
Merv Griffin
Television Schedule and Reader Letters Collide in Weekend Page
A weekend TV grid lists cartoons, dramas, sports and public affairs across channels 3 5 8 11 12 13. The page also features Abby readers with personal notes on car pooling, a prominent TV news commentator’s admirers and a call to use ZIP codes to speed mail.
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Abby
PTA
Dingaling
Mr. Blount
Margie songwriter Benny Davis a life of song and luck
Reporter Jim Bishop chronicles Benny Davis lyricist and composer behind Margie and other classics. From a tough East Side start to Chicago war songs, Davis builds a career with hits like Goodbye Broadway Hello France and Lonesome and Sorry. He creates The Stardust Revue and mentors future stars. He marries Gilda Cooper in 1943 and resumes high stakes gin games with a penny a point.
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Margie
Jimmy Durante
Benny Davis
Mr. Davis
Norfolk Street
New York
East Side
Becker
Benny
Ernest R. Ball
Leo Feist
France
Benny Fields
Blossom Seeley
Con Conrad
Harry Axt
Conrad
Davis
Lonesome
Sorry
Dearest
Mary Ann
Orpheum
Gus Edwards
Martha Raye
Eleanor Powell
Buddy Ebsen
Hal le Roy
Jackie Heller
Andrews Sisters
Ascap Records
Baby Face
Carolina Moon
Gilda Cooper
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