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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1987
Page
8
A humorous polemic argues Americans should learn foreign languages to improve world peace. It mocks English fluency abroad and lists caricatured idioms, joking about vowels in Wales and misperceptions abroad, ending with a jab at Jimmy Carter’s Poland visit.
Readers send handmade cards and gifts to service members in Germany Korea Okinawa Japan and Cuba as part of Operation Dear Abby II. Messages from Connie Pennell Lt. US Navy Tom Castle Ginny Parker and Kelly Rogers express gratitude and hope for replies while Ken Jones awaits contact.
Langdon’s Joe Sheron recalls a bygone era of small stations with twin front pillars and gravity pumps. Now 77 he runs a lean operation delivering diesel to farmers while the old site decays, the sign torn down, and memories of three stations in Langdon fading as migration alters rural Kansas.
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