19 Aug 1964
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Newspaper
Richardson Daily News
Location
Richardson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1964
Page
1
After each rocket test at Cape Kennedy, letters from young readers arrive with quirky payload ideas. A boy wants to be an astronaut on Saturdays due to school, while another hints at becoming a gag writer. The note suggests Congressmen might need parrot and pigeon space returnees to justify further billions for space programs.
National Education Association highlighted a study by University of California historians who reviewed seven widely used American history books. They found slavery absent in colonial accounts, post Civil War Negros unmentioned, and today’s 20 million Black Americans largely ignored, due to publishers catering to the southern market.
Hollywood notes spotlight Dana Andrews embracing natural grey hair, a 20 year change that fans say looks impressive and sexy. Bradford Dillman laments quick name-removal from sets after filming ends. Emilio Fernandez calls a role the most beautiful part, while Bob Newhart and Tony Curtis anecdotes color the Hollywood mood.
In a light column Hal Cochran jokes about borrowing for vacations and the corn borer affecting corn and television. He notes kids earning money on a farm, the berries, and suggests bringing something for cuts on a picnic with canned food.
A lively riddle set lists answers on a crown made of liven and a saltarello as a dance. It notes Gautama Buddha sat 49 days under a Bo tree and criticizes a petty pettifogger in the law profession. Rhode Island official name is Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
An American officer detailing on the Cambodian border describes Viet Cong units arming with Czech, Chinese, and Russian weapons. He notes the Ho Chi Minh trail supplies and urges stronger U.S. actions to halt arms and troops entering South Vietnam. Ranger troops voice fatigue with a defensive war and call for an aggressive, sustained strategy.
A biologist narrator reframes campaign rhetoric by comparing the ant to political mechanics and to the rat, arguing ants lack government and instinctively adapt, while politics elevates the hill speech and big power actors. The piece cites Roosevelt and Dos Passos, critiques empty invective, and highlights behavioral contrasts across species.
A mother asks Dear Mrs Lawrence for guidance after finding a filthy letter in her 15 year old daughter’s sweater. The columnist urges psychiatric help for the daughter, emphasizes self contempt over sexuality, and cautions against forcing treatment without the teen’s consent.
Collected Dear Polly tips share hacks for making hats stay put with velvet inside the crown, improvised vacuum attachments using a funnel for hard to reach dirt, and safe roach control by scattering borax powder. Also a kid mirror frame idea for bathroom brushing and a hanging solution for camp clothes. The column ends with a packing tip for camp wardrobes using a six tier skirt hanger to organize outfits.
American novelist James Fenimore Cooper joined Yale at age 13 as the youngest in his class but was expelled in his junior year for a prank. He is said to have taunted his wife about a rival novel and then wrote his first book in response.
Senator Paul Douglas, 72, outlines a shift from world and national goals to conserving the Lake Michigan dunes as he advocates a bill to establish a Dunes National Park. He frames the proposal as a lasting environmental legacy.
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