Open Letter Encourages Teens to Help At Home
A reader quotes a teenager’s message urging youths to forgo entertainment and contribute at home and in the community. It stresses personal responsibility, family sacrifice, and serving others to prevent war and poverty, ending with a plea to grow up and go home.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Topps Gum Faces FTC Probe Over Ballplayer Cards
The FTC spent five years investigating Topps Chewing Gum Inc for unfair practices selling gum with baseball player pictures. A two year trial produced 4 000 pages of testimony and an eight week trial ending in a 113 page opinion. Executive VP Joel J Shorin says the examiner cleared the company but limited contracts with players and calls the ruling ludicrous.
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Ringo
John
Federal Trade Commission
Topps Chewing Gum, Inc
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joel J. Shorin
Topps
FTC Examiner
Breaucracy
Business Deal Quick Coffee Breakless
Two businessmen closed an important deal in one office visit at 10 o clock. By 10 25 they wrapped up and headed back to work. No lunch golf or after hours talks were needed. The rapid exchange shows efficiency in formal office dealings.
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Peleg Boggs
Aloussus
Alousius
Queen Anne’s Lace Year Reflects Wildflower Population Cycles
The article notes annual wildflower population booms with Queen Anne’s Lace prominent this summer. Past years featured black eyed Susans, wild cucumber, and giant mullein, each spiking briefly before returning to normal, illustrating unpredictable, nonrepeating cycles.
Library column extols Cicero and public library value
The piece praises Marcus Tullius Cicero and his HUMANITAS virtues as a guide to cultured living. It urges readers to use their public library as a path to literary study, culture, happiness, and consolation in hardship.
Two Venice Scouts Earn Eagle Awards at Court of Honor
Venice area scouts honored Tuesday night with Eagle Scout awards to Jim Park of Troop 28 and Hugh M. Grey III of Explorer Squadron 121. Life Scout Daryl Mattox and Star Scout recipients Ronald Dickens and Daniel Coulbourne also earned multiple merit badges and special honors.
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Venice
Jim Park
Hugh M. Grey III
Explorer Squadron
Daryl Mattox
Ronald Dickens
Daniel Coulbourne
Dickens
Coulbourne
Philip Farley
Rick Feldman
Jeff Trueman
Jim Blackburn
Troop 28
Bill Granger
George Siede
Michael Siede
Scott Egglefield
Grady Hough
Art Fitzgerald
A Mild Obsession With Cats Through The Years
A narrator reflects on a lifelong fondness for cats, detailing personal encounters with Peleg Boggs and Alousius, a stray and an office cat, noting their independence and quirks. The piece ends with a surprising statistic about radio receivers worldwide.
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Madison Avenue
Peleg Boggs
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