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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
4
The Terre Haute Tribune features the famous Voltaire quotation about defending free expression, framing a principled stance on speech rights. The editorial emphasizes tolerance and the moral duty to protect vocal dissent in a free society.
Air travel is hampered by airport distance and weather, especially fog and snow. An LA experiment uses blind flying planes to spray the sky, aiming to turn fog into light drizzle and boost on time performance. Snow in NYC recently closed Kennedy for hours, highlighting removal as a key factor. If fog and snow can be dispersed nationwide, airports and airlines may gain significant reliability and savings.
The Ford Foundation awards over 650000 to American Indians, described as the country’s most disadvantaged minority group. The grants aim to help Indians enter mainstream society while enriching their culture, offering seed money for development without paternalistic handouts.
The piece notes Churchill’s long life with cigars and Senator Hayden’s 91st birthday retirement while still smoking. It questions anti smoking messages for youth, recalling a quip by Hayden’s aide about medicine becoming boxes of cigars. It contrasts Churchill and Hayden avoiding cigarettes, implying adults’ choices may tempt youth.
A reader named Bob Considine requests printing an old Christmas story about a family in Swamppoocle near Washington. The piece recalls a mother who keeps the Christmas tree well into February and into spring, citing the tree’s perfume and her calm insistence that it remains attractive.
A compact Q and A style quiz mixes Kipling clues about mis fortune for Danny Deever with Napoleon’s famed Bravest of the Brave Michel Ney. It asks about paleontology and mahouts and notes Fannie Merritt Farmer’s famous cookbook.
The Family Circus column suggests Christmas gifts of books as enduring, stylish presents. It notes that books suit recipients and offers a playful list of titles such as The Hurricane Years for Lyndon B Johnson and other famous figures.
A collection of one line essays and openers by notable figures including George Wallace Hubert Humphrey Earl Warren Nixon Namath U Thant de Gaulle Halas Kennedy Eisenhower Deneuve and Stassen. The items present varied topics from politics sport culture and personal views in a magazine style parade of famous names.
Born today you take duties seriously and may neglect simple pleasures and seeking a mate. Career focus risks delaying marriage thoughts and alienating others. Practical mind fights emotion, modern ideas resisted, yet rational insights exist. Read the birthday paragraph for tomorrow’s guidance with star signs noted for each zodiac entry.
The Terre Haute Tribune notices detail subscription options and mailing regions, listing prices for Indiana and Illinois deliveries, Sundays and evenings, and six month terms. It explains contact times for missed copies and provides postal and publication lineage information with standard Associated Press rights and disclaimers.
Tribune staffers recount Christmas Eve tales from the North Pole dispatches and holiday efforts. Peggie Berry earns praise for knitting slippers and organizing a nursery party while 55 children benefit from Brazil Jaycees gifts. Ex-staffer Peggie Elgin sends a holiday card from Newport, and Tom Krumreich rests in Florida after Straw Steel duties as Welcome Club members exchange seasonal wishes. Hallie Miller spreads cheer at the federal building with party invites for Selective Service colleagues.
A column catalogs famous authors and their writing habits from antiquity to modern times. It notes Hemingway charting word counts, Shakespeare never leaving England, Poe’s ravenry profits, and Troll-like tempers of other geniuses, linking eccentricities to enduring works and fame.
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