The Vanishing Top Hat at Ascot and Beyond
A short history notes the decline of the top hat at Ascot and in elitist settings. It cites changes in dress rules from full formal uniforms to ordinary suits and modern accessories. The piece predicts the hat may only linger in attics or circuses before a possible revival as counterculture icon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascot
Earl Marshal
Eton
Circus
Abby
America
United Nations
United States
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Sampler
A mixed puzzle page featuring a large crossword with clues across and down plus a daily cryptoquote. The cryptogram shows AXYDLBAAXR mapping to LONGFELLOW and offers a coded quote for the day. Readers decode using the substitution cipher and fill the crossword grid with themed terms.
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Axydlbaaxr
Longfellow
Widow Receives Bill After Fatal Surgery
Dear Abby letters recount a widow billed for a medical operation that failed, a man’s infidelity and support obligations, a jealous sitter issue, and a lifelong germ phobia. The column advises handling finances with the surgeon, confronting the wife, and seeking professional help for OCD-like fears.
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Abby
The Game Americans Play by Jim Bishop
A reflective column argues the political system reduces choices to faces not realities. It critiques leaders like Kennedy and Hoover, warns of global hunger and inequality, and envisions long range planning through UN and U.S. planning teams while lamenting the primaries as a political soccer game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Humphrey
Nelson Rockefeller
Friday Evening Movies and TV Schedule List
A detailed schedule lists film and program options from 7:30 p.m. through 11:30 p.m. featuring Jack Slade Stolen Hours Beau Brummel The House of Fear and various talk shows sports and news segments with hosts such as Johnny Carson and Joey Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Slade
Mark Stevens
Dorothy Malone
Barton MacLane
John Litel
Susan Hayward
Michael Craig
Diane Baker
Edward Judd
Beau Brummel
Stewart Granger
Elizabeth Taylor
Peter Ustinov
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Johnny Carson
Joey Bishop
Saturday Television Schedule Highlights Classic Shows
The listing details times for a full day of programs featuring monsters, superheroes, cartoons, and live action adventures. Notable entries include Milton, Jungle Boy, Spider Man, Batman, Space Ghosts, Moby Dick, The Lone Ranger, Road Runner, Indy 500 coverage, and U.S. Open wrap ups across the lineup.
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Underdog
Ruff and Ready
Linus
Frankenstein Jr
Casper
Fantastic
Herculoids
Super President
Flinstones
Spider Man
Shazzan
George Jungle
Superman
Movie
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Daily Crossword
Compass Point
Moses
Assam
Young Eagle
King of
Bashan
Caliber
Government Bureau
Aizog
Fas
Widow
Abigail van Buren
June
Unclean
Dean Axbby
Tromp
Tromp Tromp
York
Lassie
Chip
Paul
Von
Garb
Dawg
Jim Bishop
John F. Kennedy
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
North Atlantic
India
Supreme Court
Merv Giffin
Merv Griffin
Wild
Wild West
Dick Cavett
Gomer Pyle
Will Sennett
Judd
Monster Milton
George of
Thea 'E
Cool McCool
Wide World of E
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