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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1964
Page
2
A columnist argues that poverty does not deterministically shape successors and notes that poverty can inspire effort and change. They cite Horatio Alger as an exception and warn that modern youth resist following parental patterns, pursuing their own ideas and values instead.
A Winston-Salem Journal reader columns criticizes Americans for consuming double malted milkshakes and pie as the Public Health Service warns against rising obesity. The piece likens the battle against fat to Armageddon and imagines a future where diet wafers and diet cola replace appetite and romance.
A Marietta Daily Journal synthesis of an Illinois Traffic License Division study finds drivers aged 35 to 75 contribute the smallest share of fatal accidents, while teens and young adults show higher risk. The piece argues maturity at 35 brings cautious driving benefiting all, urging transmission of safe habits to younger relatives.
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The piece traces the long arc from post Civil War black codes and 14th 15th amendments through 19th and 20th century rulings. It notes 1875 civil rights acts aimed at equal access, 1896 legalized separate but equal, and 1954 1957 1960s efforts culminating in new civil rights legislation to protect voting and access in hotels restaurants and interstate commerce venues.
AP reports Hollywood stars react to a New York fashion house topless swimsuit. Vivien Leigh supports optional tops with age limits. Debbie Reynolds and others mock or dismiss the trend. Respondents include Kim Novak Felicia Farr Angie Dickinson Ellie Sommer Connie Stevens Mamie Van Doren and others.
Editorial argues the Warren Commission should publish its Kennedy assassination report without public delay. It questions Chief Justice Warren’s role and Ruby’s prison interview, urging restraint and letting the law run its course after verdicts.
The piece explains that God made humans as free moral agents with the power to choose between life and death, good and evil. Sin entered because freedom implies the possibility of turning away from God. It argues that people still face the choice between the easy life and the abundant life Christ offers through atonement.
The piece analyzes recent U S moves under Thomas Mann for Latin America, support for South Vietnam, and Laos air strikes. It argues Johnson aims to back anti communist allies, citing Brazil’s regime, Cuba exile actions, Khanh in Vietnam, and eight Laotian jet strikes as steps restoring U S credibility and deterrence.
The foreign minister ponders anchoring to the United States while wary of Lyndon Johnson aides. A McGeorge Bundy Foreign Affairs piece quotes Laos as showing a path to disengagement over confrontation, prompting fears of neutrality and communist gains in Ruritania.
The writer questions a dog’s intelligence when facing speeding automobiles on highways. He laments dogs’ tendency to not move aside, and even to attack fast vehicles, concluding that dogs are often not capable of avoiding oncoming cars.
A garbled set of crossword style clues lists numbers and short phrases such as Mounta in pass live sheep killing parrot and author of Winnie the Pooh with stray letters and misprints. The item resembles a damaged puzzle page fragment with no clear solution or narrative.
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