Good Citizen series urges voting rights and duties
This second chapter from the Good Citizen booklet emphasizes voting as a core right and responsibility. It outlines how and when to vote, ways to cast ballots, and the need to inform oneself, while noting differences in state laws and the value of both party and issue based decisions. It identifies voting as a civic power to influence leaders and policy. The piece is published by the American Heritage Foundation to promote the Freedom Train project.
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Grange
American Heritage Foundation
Amrican Heritage Foundation
East 45Th Street
New York
N. Y
San Diego
Bright stage star Inez Gerhard seeks home life and music
Inez Gerhard, famed for Annie Get Your Gun and Its Tet's Dance, values motherhood over stardom and plans to sing in night clubs if acting declines. Alan Dale ends radio stint and endures fan attention. Margaret O'Brien's City Girl project ends mutual terms, with a new story in development and a one-picture deal remaining.
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Barts Hutton
Margaret O’brien
Columbia
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A dense grid list of crosswords with across and down clues including Mother yawn planted as seed worship pied animal Soviet leader died 1924 S shaped worm secured under bon close to slip away time anise cordial male sheep appearing as if eaten man nickname color of the spectrum worked with a spade action of a ge in spy small state abbr cavities in teeth frontiers mans shoe egg shaped sheeplike antelope Lib irrigate theatrical backer minus. Down clues cover wetness beards of rye encountered fuss lively dance of a British protectorate meditated one of the Great Lakes presiding officer of House conclude balance type measures shelterm sheltered side temperate divides proportionally per to medicine resort dancer s cymbals little girl localities equals bovine animal.
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U.S
Great Lakes
Reputation Worth Saving Through Shared Faults
Mike and Serena grapple with mutual faults in a playful domestic tale. He aims to reform her tardiness by matching her habits, while she experiments with artifice to test his resolve. Their yearlong experiment ends with a realization they both err, and they agree to start anew with equal fault lines.
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Paragon
Serena
Mike
Letter to President urging Freedom Fair replication in 1952
A citizen urges President Truman to revive a 200acre Washington fair near the Lincoln Memorial. The plan contrasts American enterprise with Soviet life, staging exhibits on cars, unions, voting, homes, schools, and prisons to argue democracy’s superiority. Proposes funding via political influence and a pastry of publicity.
Deflation and Dinner Invitation Joke
A conceited bachelor refused an invitation to dinner from a woman he knew. Days later they met in the street and he asked if she had invited him. She replied she did and asked whether he came, then brightened at his reply.
Reasonable Wish John and Sue Dialogue
John expresses a desire for money to buy an elephant but admits the wish is for the funds, not the animal. Sue questions the motive as their exchange reveals the core wish for financial means.
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John
Sue
Mistaken Identity of Charles Lamb at Dinner
Charles Lamb wore a white cravat and was mistaken for a clergyman at dinner. Surrounded by guests he was asked to say grace and, in his lisping way, asked if there was no old clergyman present. When no one answered, he bowed and suggested thanking God.
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Charles Lamb
Grace
Lamb
George Means Business In The Names That Bind
Ruth asks what George means in a book about names. Her mother, watching and thinking of young men drawn to Ruth, hopes the name George signifies business rather than romance.
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Mama
Ruth
Philip
James
George
Kiss of Death
A conceited patient in a hospital declares love for a nurse but learns the doctor is also in love with her. The nurse reassures him that his recovery is unlikely, delivering a darkly playful twist. The exchange pivots on romantic smirks and professional boundaries within the ward.
Frail Punchline Puns: Corn Song and Photo Memory
A playful strip presents a baby ear of corn asking origin and a mother ear answering with a rural joke about growth. A character boasts a photographic memory comparing the brain to film needing developing.
They Bought Tickets From Scalpers, Front Row Baldheaded
A fragment quotes a mother asking why men in the front are baldheaded and another voice answering they bought their tickets from scalpers, reflecting crowd scene chatter and ticket resale.
Female Dream Plays Bring Fame and Fashion Dreams
A playwright finally gains recognition as successive plays become hits. He tells his wife debts are cleared and they will buy decent clothes, but she insists on fashion like other women. The exchange highlights changing desires and social expectations.
Adorable seal pup taken in by Long Beach youths
In Long Beach California three boys rescued a baby seal from Alamitos Bay after finding him aboard their sailboat. They fed and petted the animal, sought to return him to his mother at sea, but the seal kept following them ashore and could not be left ashore.
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Long Beach
Calif
Nu-Pike Zoo
Alamitos Bay
Leaky Boat Question Sparks Marital Reflections
A lighthearted scene features a husband answering a survey query about marriage after ten years at sea. He muses that, at times, he wishes he had missed the boat, revealing a wry nautical take on longterm matrimony.
Horse Laff Farmer Dialogue About a Trusted Horse
A farmer and a friend discuss the horse named Laff Farmer said to know as much as his owner. The friend cautions secrecy to protect future potential sale.
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Stneesso
Troh
Inez Gerhard
Alan Dale
Bobby
New York College
Ge In
Aya
Mara
Ike
Serena Wood
Mike Graham
O. K
Broadway
Main Street
By Billy Rose
Harry S. Truman
White House
Washington, D.C
Washington
Kremlin
Lincoln Memorial
Billy Rose
Joe Doakies
Josef Dokezes
Iron Curtain
General Motors
Walter Reuther
Commielands
N.E.V.D
Cardinal Mindszenty
Vaughn Monroe
Kellogg's
Dept. FF
Wallingford
Connecticut
Kellogg’s
U. S
Doan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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