Hoax Chess Tale Headlines Florida College Stuff
A Florida professor and students chased a chess hoax about an electronic brain playing Oak Ridge moves. The tale exposed a reporter’s overhyped claim when Florida alumnus William Fleischman revealed there was no computer, just a prank.
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Oak Ridge Laboratories
Tennessee
Oak Ridge
Kerns
Y-12
William Fleischman
College
Florida
Professor Neff
Fleischman
The Main Lines by W H Marriott Defining the old settler
The piece ponders an old settler as someone who recalls a time when the Army State and Navy shared one building in Washington. It reflects on memory and continuity in public life through a historical lens.
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Henry Mencken
Old
Baltimore Sun
White House
President Fillmore
Army
State
Navy
Washington
Cape Canaveral
Mercury
Space
Hindsight is dangerous and the cost of past habits
A reader letter recounts two hospital scenes, one a man dying from cirrhosis and another after abdominal surgery. The narrator notes the dangers of alcohol tobacco and overwork, urging foresight over hindsight. Chaplain Rachel Meredith of the Veterans Administration Center in Kansas cites scripture condemning false prophets and teachers while urging moral reflection.
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Gered
Aachel R. Meredith
Veterans’ Administration Consolidated Center
Wadsworth
Kan
Witnesses and Bible Scriptures Prayer Note from Washington Iowa
A brief note from Washington Iowa mentions making room for God's Word and printing Bible scriptures cited with a prayer that His Word bears fruit. It references Mrs. Livya Humstor and emphasizes avoiding entanglement with Jehovah's Witness programming while urging awareness for those unfamiliar with scripture.
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Dewr Journal
Jenovah Witness
God's Word
Washington
What to Give Up in Lent by Mrs. L. C. E
A church note urges giving up stumbles and speaking ill while giving thanks and praying. It encourages dedicating time to study the Bible, visiting the lonely or sick, and giving up nonessential spending to support God’s work. It also calls for trusting God, shedding fear, and loving others.
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T. V
Marion Sentinel editor recalls career path from Life and Fortune
Jean Strome details returning to her hometown Marion Iowa as weekly editor after a long journalistic arc. She describes early days learning linotype in a family-owned paper, college work at Iowa, and time at Life and Fortune before settling back in her hometown to lead the Sentinel.
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Lowa
Fortune
Marion
Jean Strome
Springville High
J. L. Papes
The
Sentinel
University of Iowa
Central City
Storm Lake
Marion Sentinel
Editor Returns Home to Shape Marion Sentinel Story
Jean Strong describes a career path from Cedar Rapids to Life and Fortune, then returning home to edit the Marion Sentinel. She details journalism suits, a six month stay, time with the Seattle World's Fair, and the shift from New York assignments to documenting local suburban life near her birthplace.
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Time, Inc
New York
Aisaiwers
Rhode Island
East River
Andrea Doria
Anastasia
Cedar Rapids
Seattle
Archies
Shenandoaha
Marion Sentinel
Ralph Young
Fortune
Sea Therapy and Spring Echoes Across Florida Coast
Ethel L Eckels writes from Brandon Florida on Thalasso therapy the sea’s curative powers and the Florida coast drawing health seekers. The piece links sea air to chlorides bromides and iodides and urges near the ocean for best benefits as spring arrives with lush growth north and south. It notes weather and driving stress as well as fashion and detergent advances amid a 1963 Florida spring mood.
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Imalassuteaa
Florida
Florida Seacoast
South
Iowa
Middlewest
Paul Delongs Host at West Chester Mission Meeting
Washington Evening Journal reports community notices from Washington. Social Circle bake sale set for April 13 at Griggs store with Circle members and donations. Coffee Club guest night held with eleven members and nine guests. next meeting a salad luncheon. Federated Church mission group planned an April 18 all day instruction meeting. Local church activities include quilting and carrier deliveries for baby quilts.
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Woodford
David DeLong
Cedar Rapids
Larry DeLong
Paul DeLong
John Duvall
Zager
Lions Club
Don Orr
Federated Church
Griggs Store
Joyce Martin
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Bartlett
Chancellor
South Dakota
Legion
Cardiff
S. Emmett Reter, Jr
University of Florida College of Engineering
Gainesville
Thomas
Neff
Tenn
Hoke Kerns
United Press International
By W. H. Marriott
Washington, Iowa
Lucy G. Kelley
Long Neer
Father
Peter
Livya Humstor
Marion, Iowa
By Jean Strong
Manhattan
Hudson
Empire State Building
RCA
Yale Joel
Life
Rockefeller Center
Center Point
Jean Strong
State University of Iowa
British Isles
Caribbean
Princess Margaret
Washington, D. C
Mohammed V
Morocco
Colonial Williamsburg
Thatasso Therapy
Ethel L. Eckels
Ethel L
Brandon
Fla
Evening Journal
Washington, Town
Paul DeLongs
West Chester
Monte
Sietla
Pastor Aten
Supe
Duis
Fice
Reid
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