Looking Back at Lost Times in a Hal Boyle Moment
New York columnist Hal Boyle reflects on nostalgic anecdotes from bygone eras. He recalls movie stars with class, famed singers like Enrico Caruso, Rin-Tin-Tin earnings, and social norms from memory. He notes clanging changes in society, from universal checkers games to high taxes, and jokes about rural country image versus city polish.
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New York
Clare Kimball Young
Shirley Temple
Grand Canyon
Enrico Caruso
Editorial on defending free speech despite dissent
A column echoes Voltaire on defending the right to speak freely even when voices disagree. It argues that robust debate sustains democracy and highlights tensions between opinion, responsibility, and public harm in modern discourse.
Low mood and marriage viewed through economic lenses
The piece argues that postwar generations misjudge hardship, noting no major downturn since 1938. It credits WWII shortages and federal-private protections for steady growth, suggesting today’s youths lack lived experience of economic slumps and thus adopt an optimistic outlook.
Research spending and the case for government support
Howard W. Smith urges a House Rules Committee study of federal research funding while cautioning that cutting spending could threaten prosperity. He notes two percent of workers are in research and development, spending nears three percent of GNP, and exceeds 17 billion dollars annually. He warns that productive results from research are unpredictable and policymakers should proceed slowly.
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Howard W. Smith
House Rules Committee
National Industrial Conference Board
One Electoral Vote Highlights Alabama Judge Jones
The piece recalls Judge Walter B Jones of Alabama who received one electoral vote in 1956 though Alabama voters favored Adlai Stevenson. It notes his segregationist record including banning the NAACP, opposing Freedom Riders demonstrations, and blocking DOJ access to voter records, all later overturned. The passage suggests such figures are diminishing in number.
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Alabama
Adlai E. Stevenson
Judge Jones
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Freedom Riders
Department of Justice
Musial to Retire After This Season with Cardinals
Stan Musial, longtime St. Louis Cardinal star and NL leader, will retire after this season and take an executive role with his team. He has spent 22 years in St. Louis, amassing numerous records and over 3,000 hits, with home run ranks behind only a few legends. Even as age 43 he remains among the elite, a modest figure who has defined baseball.
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Musial
St. Louis
Jimmy Foxx
Ted Williams
Mel Ott
Babe Ruth
Stan Musial
FTC cases flag ethics in ads and blurbs debate
The column notes the Federal Trade Commission’s landmark rulings on truth in advertising from shaving cream demonstrations with real materials to the need for real glass and real shaving cream. It then teases a possible case that could force a publisher to retract a dust jacket blurb, hinting at a profound impact on the literary world.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Horoscope by Birthday Guide August 29 1963
Daily star readings by birthday offer guidance on career, relationships, and actions for each sign. Virgo to Leo are outlined with cautions about delays, group dynamics, and prudent changes, noting a copyright line from United Feature Syndicate.
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
CALL THE TRIBUNE SUBSCRIPTION RATES AND POLICIES
Daily except Sunday Terre Haute Gazette and Terre Haute Tribune announce subscription options for Indiana Illinois delivery by mail and rates for Evening and Sunday service. Readers told to call if copies not received by 6 or 7 pm and to call Sunday before 11 am for service via special messenger.
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Terre Haute Tribune
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Indiana
Illinois
Terre Haute 30 Years Ago Today NRA drive and plans
Terre Haute marks Aug 29 1933 with 500 Blue Eagle Volunteers advancing toward 100 percent NRA alignment. City advertises $60 000 bonds for boulevard lighting while Republicans prep for 1934 mayoral race with candidates Beecher Evinger Kelly Lammers Pfau Reynolds Johnson. Carl Miller seeks farm loan charter from the Louisville federal loan bank as Whitlock Sport Shop meets a Chicago semi pro team at Memorial Stadium.
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Terre Haute
Blue Eagle
NRA
Samuel Beecher
Carl Evinger
Chester Kelly
Roland Lammers
A. L. Pfau
Charles Reynolds
Noble Johnson
The Grab Bag The Answer Quick
Answers span literature science and history. Marvell was famous for poetry. Polymers are in chemistry. The Insurbs lived in northern Italy. Polydorus was a sculptor. Ri Alto is in New York. The theater district lies along Broadway.
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Polydorus
New York
Alaps
Apennines
Italy
Theater
Broadway
Community Requests Warehouse Space for Civil Defense Storage
Civil Defense Director Gil Leonard seeks loan of warehouse space in Terre Haute Vigo County to store federally provided supplies and equipment until arrangements for moving to about seventy public fallout shelters are completed. Call CD office at City Hall or visit third floor to assist. Local notes mention travel, housing, and social updates from area figures and events.
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Civil Defense
Gil Leonard
Terre Haute-Vigo County
City Hall
Wabash Valley Press Club welcomes Bud Werneke
Sheila O'Dea and her parents Kay and Paul O'Dea celebrate a birthdate this week. No 18 H E Bud Werneke is announced as the newest member of the Wabash Valley Press Club.
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Kay and
Paul O’dea
H. E
Bud” Werneke
Wabash Valley Press Club
Keating defends March on Washington against communism claims
Senator Ken Keating rejects the charge that the March on Washington is Communist inspired. He cites broad church support for the march and says the event is an American freedom exercise under the Constitution. He asserts that major faith leaders do not align with communism and promises safeguards against any taint of the effort. The piece notes lingering Negro community doubts and Malcolm X’s protest.
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Washington
Ken Keating
March
A. Philip Randolph
Binghamton
N. Y
U. S
America
Catholic bishops urge unity and equal rights in nation’s crisis
The bishops reaffirm in a pastoral statement that authority must help correct discriminatory evils and ensure voting rights employment housing and education for all. They call for open dialogue across races and faiths to heal ancient wounds and stress that all are created equal under God. Now the burden falls on Mr. Randolph and leaders to prove trust was not misplaced.
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America
Paul VI
God
Randolph
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