Silver Crisis Prompts Coin Minting Revisions
The House agrees to mint future half dollars with less silver and to remove silver from dimes and quarters, exposing copper cores with a red rim. The piece notes silver usage in industry exceeds mine output, warns depletion by 1967, and urges substituting another material for subsidiary coinage to preserve silver for industrial needs.
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House
Johnson
William Jennings Bryan
U.S. Treasury
Palanet
Quip Reminds Weekend Drivers of Time Pressed Mummies
A lighthearted line suggests mummies are Egyptians pressed for time, playfully tying travel humor to weekend driving. The quip uses a pun on time and ancient Egypt to convey a quick joke for readers.
Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues and Cryptoquote Sample
A reader sees a mixed page featuring a crossword with clues across and down from 1 to 44 and a cryptoquote sample. The notes include a quotation about legality and legitimacy attributed to Chamfort, with a color of letter-coded hints and day’s grid guidance.
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Arctler
Johnson Under Fire In Political Debate Over Sanity
A confidential English report claims President Johnson is ill and unstable, while supporters defend him as flawed but sane. The piece notes attacks from Communist and non Communist camps, linking foreign policy stances to perceptions of mental soundness.
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Johnson
LBJ
United States
U.S
Greece
China
Hungary
Spain
Katanga
Lebanon
Quemoy
Cuba
Vietnam
Goldwater
Congress
Secretary
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Dominican Republic
Mr. Johnson
Lynson Johnson
Southeast Asia
Jack Valenti
Dear Abby and others in a Sunday column mix
A Dear Abby column opens with personal relationship questions about a husband restricting contact with his sister and a sister’s romance with a separated man. The text shifts to commentary on Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, then teases a light weekly story column with humorous anecdotes about camp letters and a kangaroo joke.
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Abby
Nevada
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Silver Crisis
Daily Crossword
Mischievous
Orch
Child
KECZ
Chamfort
King Features Syndicate Inc
Marks
Longfellow
William Buckley, Jr
Abigail van Buren
Florida
Bea
Los Angeles
Calif
He Tory Other
Irving
Miort
Daisy
Astye
Monica
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