Crossword by Thomas Joseph Ver
A subset of crossword clues and filled entries from a historic page with theme lines and a cryptoquote. The piece lists across and down clues including wordplay on region of Italy English and others, plus the quoted Mark Twain line.
Ham radio hobby offered as elegant fix for pricey calls
A Kansas woman hiding phone bills could swap long distance from the telephone to amateur radio. The writer explains amateur radio permits world wide communication for a fixed equipment cost and suggests it as a hobby, joking about female hams.
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Abby
Kansas
Television listings and Abby advice page montage
Television highlight lineup includes Dorothy Hamill special with Carpenters Beau Bridges and Edward Villella and John Denver Thank God I'm a Country Boy with guests Glen Campbell Roger Miller Mary Kay Place Johnny Cash. Also Minstrel Man and several feature films plus Dear Abby letters offering practical life guidance.
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Dorothy Hamill
The
Carpenters
Beau Bridges
Edward Villella
John Denver
Glen Campbell
Roger Miller
Mary Kay Place
Johnny Cash
Hughes Fled IRS in 1970 and hid across multiple cities
Washington reports secret Hughes papers show the billionaire fled the United States in 1970 to evade the IRS. He moved through Nassau Nicaragua and Florida, aided by his lawyer Chester Davis, while IRS agents were blocked. The files estimate his empire at over 2.3 billion with Summa Corporation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute controlling much.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Howardee
Internal Revenue Service
Desert Inn
Nassau
Britannia Beach
Hughes
Chester
Chester Davis
Intercontinental
Managua
Nicaragua
Miami
Ft. Lauderdale
IRS
G.T. Register
Davis
Internal Revenue
Johnnie Walters
John Hanlon
Nevada
Las Vegas
Summa
Hughes Tool Company
First City National Bank
Houston
Texas Commerce Bank of
Wilshire
Lakeside
Los Angeles
Nadine Henley
First City National Bank of Houston
Bank of the Southwest
Texas Commerce Bank
Howard Hughes
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Visiting Viewpoint A Noose Around Businessman's Neck
Promark Products Corp. editor argues rising product liability lawsuits endanger many small firms and raise consumer prices. He cites high premiums, possible plant closures, and calls for reform to curb insurer and plaintiff windfalls.
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Promark Products Corp
Ohio
Norwalk
Bill Bader
Promark Products Corporation of Ohio, Inc
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