August 6 and the Year of Peace Editorial
August 6 marks Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversaries and the UN declared Year of Peace. The piece argues media neglect of peace actions, highlights Monadnock vigil and Pentagon peace ribbon memories, and urges individual and collective efforts toward a peaceful world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiroshima
Japan
Nagasaki
United Nations
America
Washington, D.C
New Hampshire
Mt. Monadnock
New England
Jim Kates
The
Monadnock Peace Coalition
Fellowship
Pentagon
UN General Assembly
USA
Chicago businessman volunteers to teach at Chopin School
William Kellogg, heir to Kellogg cereals, visits Chopin School after hearing superintendent Hamilton McMaster discuss inner city schooling. Touched by vandalized library and student disengagement, Kellogg volunteers to teach literature one day per week, devoting Sundays to lesson prep. He expects his effort to inspire reading and help students move beyond the barrio toward college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Chicago
South Side
East Bank Club
Hamilton McMaster
McMaster
Chopin School
West Rice Street
Billi
William K. Kellogg
Kellogg Cereals
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Joe Billy Jaeger’s inflation warnings and a trip to Stockton
Richardson recalls a self styled economist Joe Billy Jaeger who warned of inflation in 1968 and 1982. The tale follows his shopping spree with a stocked cart and a tripling trio of bachelor cousins Horace Homer and Howard Jaeger who rode the credit cycle from Modesto to Stockton ending in debt lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Billy
Old Joe
Reagan
White House
Horace
Homer
Howard Jaeger
Lodi
Bob
Modesto
Stockton
Rocco Marchegiano becomes Rocky Marciano in a twist of fate
The tale follows a boy named Rocco who dreams of major league baseball, trains relentlessly, and faces rejection in Fayetteville in 1947. Cut from the Cubs farm team, he pivots to boxing, where Ray Gormley’s advice redirects him toward a future heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocco
Ruth
Gehrig
Fayetteville
North Carolina
Chicago Cubs
Ray Gormley
Ray
Roc
Rocco Marchegiano
Rocky Marciano
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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Copenhagen
P.K.B
Commentary By
Paul Harvey
Richardson
Conservati
H. L. Richardson
Paul Aurandt
SPO
Yse VO
Mas
Wv. Warin
Roy Runyan
Patricia Z. Pelayo
Tam
Joe Moreno
Thelma
Milt Hawkins
Shafter
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