Reader Letters Mix Hiccups Cure Play Praise and Editorial Critique
A reader shares a home remedy for hiccups, recalling a 1925 tip and noting personal relief. The letter also praises performances of The Importance of Being Earnest at the high school and thanks contributors. It includes a reply to a Norwalk Reflector editorial about Milan fire victims and school attendance.
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Jack Brown
James Brichacek
Reisman
Mr. Reisman
Norwalk Reflector
Milan
Norwalk
Berlin - Milan
Daily Cryptoquote Puzzle and Historic Quote Snippet
A coded substitution puzzle with clues including Nobel style hints. The page shows a daily cryptogram and a long quotation by Longfellow. The fragment also presents a Chesterton quotation about minutes and hours.
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Chesterton
Widow Seeks Advice On Moving In With Generous Suitor
Dear Abby advises scrutiny of companionship and living arrangements with a 60-year-old man after four years as a widow. The column outlines considerations about independence, boundaries, and potential changes in lifestyle before making a cohabitation decision.
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Abby
Dear Abby Columns on Relationships and Welfare Views
A Lexington woman asks if sleeping together before marriage is sensible and faces a caller’s suggestion of testing compatibility with a long term partner. Abby endorses traditional marriage before cohabitation and cautions about prudence in domestic arrangements.
Warts and All in Biographies and Modern Fiction
Jim Bishop argues for including warts in non fiction and fiction alike. He cites biographers such as William Wynne Wister and Ernest Hemingway as well as Jackie Gleason and Lyndon Johnson, contending that unflattering scenes reveal truth and sell books. He laments editors and subjects who demand censorship and notes the rise of sex and violence as profit drivers in publishing.
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William Wynne Wister
Kennedys
Arthur Schlesinger
Ted Sorensen
William Manchester
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy
George Barkley
Bethesda Hospital
Jim
A.E. Hotchner
Ernest Hemingway
Mary Hemingway
Jackie Gleason
Toots Shor
Mark Hellinger
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Spellman
Mickey Spillane
Jury
New American Library
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Jim Bishop
Mrs. Nixon
Bashan
Soak Flax
Friar’s
Netjidh
Europe
Fitzgerald
Harvard
Syracuse
Abigail van Buren
Anne Bancroft
Peter Finch
Victor Mature
Richard Egan
Margaret Sullivan
Wendell Corey
Art Linkletter
Steve Allen
Merv Griffin
NWS
Editorial
Glen Campbell
Bob Hope
Green Acres
Andy Williams
Hawaii Five-O
Movie
Johnny Carson
Joey Bishop
Comedy Clubhouse
Gulliver
Mike Douglas
Franz
Treasure Isle
Beverly Hillbillies
Lucille Balk
Dream House
Paige Palmer
Love of Life
Virginia Graham
Fas
Lexington Lady
San Francisco
Glendale, Calif
Los Angeles
Cal
Twin Forks
Senderseas
Rip
Tanga
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