Saturday Notebook delivers humor and political quips
A light column recalls garden bounty stories and neighborly cucumber swaps amid July heat. It riffs on federal service, UN pay scales, and blackouts, blending small-town flavor with satirical shots at politics and the neutron bomb debate.
Split On Question Of Regional Exchanges
After a New York power outage regional stock exchanges debated reopening. The SEC allowed short term trading excluding options if brokers warned customers. Midwest Pacific Coast Cincinnati opened, Boston and Philadelphia did not. Street leaders cited tape access and overall market uncertainty, while Ackerman of the Pacific appealed for normal trading amid reduced volume.
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Mark Potts
NEW York (Ap
New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
Elkins Wetherill
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Wetherill
Philadelphia Exchange
James E. Dowd
Boston Stock Exchange
Dowd
Pacific Stock Exchange
G. Robert Ackerman
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Confessions Of A Trivia Junkie Hornbeck Memoir
A memoir style piece by Hornbeck describes addiction to trivia sparked in school by remembering obscure facts about Washington and Paul Revere. He recounts turning to television trivia to feed his fixation and introduces a trivia IQ test with ten questions and answers.
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Culpeper County
Virginia
Fort Necessity
Martha Dandridge Custis
Hornbeck
United States
Paul Revere
Washington
Revere
Large soybean crop may push prices lower this fall
AP Farm writer Don Kendall reports that a 17 percent rise in planted soybean acreage this spring could lead to lower prices at harvest next fall, even if weather conditions are not as favorable as hoped. Government experts anticipate the larger crop will increase supply and reduce market prices for farmers.
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Don Kendall
Washington (Ap
Chicago
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Japan
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Thumbsucking ends after embarrassment and health notes
Dear Dr. Thosteson letters discuss thumb sucking in children and parental guidance, with medical replies on by pass surgery and mood disorders. Other questions cover hormone use after oophorectomy, orgasm pain, rectal fissures, and a Bible verse prayer note, followed by soybean price trends and USDA energy booklets.
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Lees
Thesteson
H. P
Dr. Thosteson
J. H
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