Thought for the Day reflects on safety and humor
A December 30 1968 Washington LA Evening Journal editorial offers a cautionary note on safety and executive stress. It mocks militant rhetoric and includes a spoof memo about Christmas dining and civil rights themes with humorous refusal of "separate but equal" platters. It ends by imagining HEW visits on December 25 to check compliance.
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Washington
Evening Journal
Office of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Color and Christmas in Ames Daily Tribune
A humorous summary notes a British professor linking color tuning on television to personality traits. The column mocks sensational theories and suggests reception issues explain odd readings. A mock HEW memo prescribes biased holiday rules, including colored bulbs, paper, and songs to avoid a white Christmas and promote color and diversity.
Compliment for Christmas Story in The Journal
A reader praises Mr Barham and The Journal for the Christmas tale comparing it to Yes Virginia There Is a Santa Claus. Suggests a Christmas folder greeting version to boost proceeds for retarded children in Washington County.
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Virginia
Washington County
Harmon questions rule on beer and athletes
Des Moines IDPA reports Iowa official Maurice Harmon questions the Iowa High School Athletic Association rule that forfeits games over players involved in beer drinking. He argues the rule punishes teams and schools, noting his private citizen stance. West Waterloo forfeiture cited.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Maurice Harmon
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Harmon
Ohio State
IHSAA
West Waterloo
Dear Abby readers share Christmas letter gripes and family woes
Abigail Van Buren fielded letters on holiday brag letters and a mother’s complaint about class Christmas show prompts. A mother laments teachers asking kids to declare gifts, while another writes of smug mimeographed greetings and family misfortune jokes. Abby closes with appeal for a personal reply and order form.
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Abby
George
Melvin
Mel
Judy
Timmy
Yale
Harvard
Dartmouth
Princeton
New York
Ann Bancroft
Bob
Grandpa
Bobby
Peace Corps
Viet Nam
Susie
Buddy
Education costs double in decade
The NEA reports public school expenditures have more than doubled over the past decade with per pupil spending rising from 351 to 680 dollars. Federal, state, and local funding mix shifted, local taxes still fund over half of education costs, and teacher salaries rose notably with wide state disparities.
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Washington
UPI
National Education Association
NEA
Alabama
New York
Famous Hand in National Bridge Match Shows Four Notrump Wins
In the 1964 men's national team of four championship board match, two tables reached four notrump on a spade led deal. East-West each secured 4NT for 630 and 600 points respectively, with unique diamond spade blocks and careful defense shaping the final scores.
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South
King
West
North
East
Res Syndicate, Inc
Unhappy Camper Sparks Marriage Mock Column Bits
A collage of humorous odds and ends quotes on marriage, travel, and daily life. It includes a husband’s plea about buying a camper, Stevenson's view on absences, wage forecasts, divorce rates, a note on Unamuno, and miscellaneous trivia from dog tricks to Fahrenheit's thermometer origin.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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Herschel C. Loveless
Washington, D. C
Calvin W. Clark
Citizens Conference On State Legislatures
Iowa
62Nd
General Assembly
Iowa Legislative Processes Study Committee
Robert D. Ray
House Chamber
Veterans’ Auditorium
House
Development Credit Corporation
The
Securities Exchange Commission
Abigail van Buren
Hong Kong
Elaine
R. F
Los Angeles
Cal
Washington Evening Journal
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Cf Washington
Trier
By B. Jay Becker
Camper
Mobile
Sin Palace
L. M. Boyd
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Inez
Danzig
Gabriel Fahrenheit
New York State
Washington State
Department of Agriculture
Sacramento
Ben Grady
Sandy
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