The Quill hoax chess tale from Florida college editors
In a period piece from April 1963 the Washington Evening Journal recalls a hoax about an electronic brain playing chess at the University of Florida. The tale shows student reporters chasing a sensational story, only to discover the twist: a real human bluff rather than a computer.
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Gwendolyn
University Hospital
Hoke Kerns
Kerns
Florida
Neff
Oak Ridge
AC Oak Ridge Laboratories
Tennessee
Rhode Island
East River
Andrea Doria
W York
Anastasia
The Main Lines by W. H. Marriott
A column by W H Marriott ponders the idea of an old settler as someone who recalls when the Army State and Navy were in some building in Washington. The piece reflects on aging memory and institutional history in a late 19th or early 20th century Washington setting.
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Army
State
Navy
Sone
Washington
Hindsight dangers and a pastor’s call to foresight
A letter from Lucy G Kelley urges printing a church story urging readers to heed warnings about alcohol tobacco and overwork. Chaplain Rachel Meredith recalls a hospital ward where a patient with cirrhosis and another dying of lung cancer reflect on missed warnings. The piece blends scripture with a plea for foresight to prevent suffering.
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Gered
Aachel R. Meredith
Veterans’ Administration Considated Center
Wadsworth
Kan
Dear Journal Requests Bible Scriptures and Prayer Note
A Washington reader appeals for space in the paper to print Bible scriptures with a prayer, urging readers to consider the impact of religious programming and to help those unfamiliar with scripture avoid being led astray.
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Journal
Washington
What to Give Up in Lent
Mrs L O presents a Lent guidance list urging readers to give up grumpiness and negative views, reduce time in bed for prayer, stop unkind speech, worry, hatred, Sunday newspaper focus, and TV. It recommends studying the Bible, visiting the lonely or sick, limiting purchases to essentials, giving to God's work, and seeking courage to witness while relinquishing world standards.
From Iowa girl to Fortune magazine reporter then Marion editor
The article traces a Iowa native's path from high school graduation through linotype learning, college, and varied early jobs to staff reporting at Life and Fortune. It describes years abroad in New York journalism, experiences atop the Time and Life Building, and returning to her hometown Marion Sentinel as editor, detailing routes and reasons for the career arc and homecoming.
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Marion
Iowa
Dean Strong
Fortune
Springville High
J. L. Papes
The
Sentinel
University of Iowa
Ralph Young
Center Point
Cedar Rapid Gazette
John Reynolds
Life
Gazette
Ofr
Dodie Hamblin
Gene Farmer
New York
Jean Strong
Towa
State University of
Cedar Rapids
Time, Inc
Editor Jean Strong Returns to Marion Sentinel
Jean Strong, a veteran editor with work at Cedar Rapids Gazette Life Fortune and Time Inc., returns to her hometown Marion Sentinel after a six month leave. She helps document a transformed suburban community near the family farm while weighing future plans and new challenges for the year.
Thalassotherapy and springtime Florida beaches open daily
The article surveys Florida coast benefits and the revival of seaside leisure as warm weather returns. It links sea air and thalassotherapy to health, notes the 100 yard proximity rule for maximum benefit, and compares spring conditions to Iowa, with new growth after recent freezes. It also cites traffic stress versus spaceflight data and comments on fashion and detergents trends.
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Florida
Florida So
South
Iowa
Middlewest
West Chester social and church group notices
Mrs Nelson Woodford hosts guests from Cedar Rapids and local DeLong families. Federated Church circles plan bake sales and meetings with April 18 training day. Coffee Club hosts guest night with eleven members and nine guests. Baby quilt project and bandage making proceed. Local school and club activities and lunches noted.
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Nelson Woodford
West Chester
David DeLong
Cedar Rapids
Larry DeLong
Paul DeLong
John Duvall
Zager
Il Jons Club
Don Orr
The
Federated Church
Griggs Store
Joyce Martin
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Washington Evening Journal
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Israel
God
Bartlett
Chancellor
South Dakota
Legion
Cardiff
Henry Mencken
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Baltimore Sun
White House
President Fillmore
Emmett Peter, Jr
University of Florida College of Engineering
Gainesville
Thomas C. Neff
Tenn
United Press International
Y-12
William Fleischman
College
W. H. Marriott
Washington, Iowa
Lucy G. Kelley
Peter
Washington, Town
Ars
Lloyd Humst
Marion, Iowa
Marion Sentinel
British Isles
Caribbean
Princess Margaret
Washington, D. C
Mohammed V
Morocco
Une
Seattle
Archies of
Shenandoah
Thell, Eckels
Brandon
Fla
Cape Canaveral
Mercury
Space
Paul DeLongs
David Elder
Wshington
Washineton
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