Art Buchwald Arabs may lose but Nasser wins
Washington report cites a satirical diary of a telephone exchange between President Nasser and King Hussein during the war. The imagined dialogue jokes about Jerusalem, embassies, resignations, and a new defense pact, ending with a quip about a loaned airplane.
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Nasser
Washington
Israel
Hussein
Middle East
Soviet Union
United Nations
Gamal
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
the Jordan
Gaza
Simi
Aqaba
Suez Canal
Cairo
Jordan
Deliverer
U.A.R
U.A.R. Army If It Cannot Offer Assistance To A Little Friend?’ Hussein
Nakeer
Middletown Fire Chief Honored Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago Edward P. Dougherty notes Chick Higham’s election to a 21st year as chief engineer of Middletown Fire Department with 229 of 230 votes. June 1917 also brought elected officials, wartime bond sales by four banks totaling half a million, and a Chamber drive to establish Schrade Cutlery Co. plant and first public market on Orchard Street with July 7 opening delayed by a late growing season.
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Edward P. Dougherty
Chick Higham
Middletown
Joel B. Wheeler
Frank H. Schoonmaker
Thomas Mahon
C. E. Litchrod
Archibald Taylor
Liberty Loan
Orange County Trust
Merchants National
First National
Middletown Savings Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Schrade Cutlery Co
Walden
Railroad Avenue
National Law Company
Chamber
Orchard Street
The Lighter Side by Gene Brown
A humorous anecdote about a husband who teaches his wife budgeting with a two page book. The wife records Receceived $50 and Spent it all, highlighting how worry often costs more than work.
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Gene Brown
Swami Brinberg predicts future shopping trends for American Can
Dr. Herbert Brinberg of American Can Co forecasts 1987 shopping shifts from 1965 trends, describing easy open cans, freeze dried foods, and pill milk. He notes TV cameras study shopper behavior, with women choosing loaves and men following wives. By 20 years hence shoppers may dial stores from home.
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Herbert Brinberg
Park Avenue
New York
American Can Company
American Can
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Continental Can
National and Crown
American
Brinberg
Bill May
New York University
Dr. Brinberg
Plaza
Ray Fournival
Fournival
Capitol
Princeton
N.J
American Can Experimental Research Station
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Art Buchwald
Gulf of Aqaba
Arab Legion
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Sinai
U.S
Suez
Jim Bishop
Cance Swami
Supermarket Spy
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