New Year Meanders In Humility And A Watchdog Tale
Editorial reflections mark 1968 as a year to reset aims and curb pride while urging practical steps. A humorous vignette about a neighbor’s generous watchdog contrasts caution with affection, ending with the label the world’s worst watch dog.
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Cedar Falls, Iowa
UPI
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa State Normal School
Iowa State Teachers College
State College of Iowa
Iowa
Build your own cabin with 1800 dollars and concrete steps
A do it yourself cabin designed for weekend builders offers three build stages. Stage one covers a deck roof and storage space, stage two adds plumbing wiring and comforts, and stage three completes walls floor and fireplace. The plan uses modular framing with four built up floor girders and plywood panels, yielding a 24 by 20 foot main area and 20 foot deck. Plans cost 25 cents from the American Plywood Association Tacoma Washington.
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San Francisco
UPI
Los Angeles
Buff, Straub and Hensman
American Plywood Association
Tacoma
Wash
Don't Stop With Cities Tour Europe Romantic Route Seen
Tourists should seek the Romantic Route from the Alps to the Main River for a scenic bus journey through Bavaria and Franconia towns like Augsburg Nuremberg Rothenburg Lindau and Konstanz. The trip includes castles Neuschwanstein Hohenschwangau the Residence and regional rail and boat links with Lufthansa and West German Railways arranging passes.
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Europe
Bavaria
Munich
Germany
Alps
Harburg
Augsburg
Landsberg
Italy
Lech
Otto the Great
Danube
Schwangau
Neuschwanstein
Hohenschwangau
Ludwig
Wurzburg
Franconia
G.B. Tiepolo
Rothenburg
Tauber
Lindau
Konstanz
Switzerland
West Germany
Black Forest
Hansel
Gretel
Baden-Baden
Frankfurt
Lufthansa
Mark My Words How to visit Viet Nam for votes
A derisive outline claims over 100 members of Congress seek a Vietnam trip at taxpayer expense for 1968 reelection. It describes a humorous point system assigning points for flight leg, Saigon arrival, briefings, interactions with service members, hearing artillery, return travel, and a final rostrum boast as an election booster.
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Congress
Vietnam
Famous Hands in France United States Bridge Match
In a 1956 France vs United States contract bridge match the South dealer, vulnerable, led six of hearts. The sequence shows contrasting lines at two tables with big point swings, including a 990 point hand for France after a long ruffing spree, and notes on bidding oddities.
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France
United States
Jais
Trezel
West
East
Declarer
South
King
North
East-West
Ires Syndicate, Inc
Not Much a Kissing Goes On In Africa
A column of humorous bits by L. M. Boyd covers odd notes on kissing in Africa, marital quirks, and social trivia. It jokes about pocket-money habits, medical class outcomes, regional divorce trends, and a poultry raiser who advocates eyeglasses for chickens.
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Africa
Maryland
Illinois
Chicago
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Burgmeister
Bodensee
Lake Constance
Viet Nam
By Jim Fiebig
Saigon
America
B. Jay Becker
Yaqi
L. M. Boyd
Joseph H. Peck
M. D
New England
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Tom Sawyer
Denver Public Library
New York City
Rommel
L. M
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