Editorials on Humphrey disruption and public response
In the Washington Evening Journal the July 30 1968 editorial denounces the Watts disruption of Hubert Humphreys Los Angeles rally as deliberate and disgraceful. It likens tactics to Nazi era storm troopers and says such incidents could help Humphrey win by eliciting sympathy from a disappointed public. The piece praises his steadfastness and questions political tactics used against him.
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Hubert Humphrey
United States
Watts
Los Angeles
Reagan
California
Hitler
Germany
Humphrey
Names and the Man in the Soviet Union and America
The Hartford Courant discusses parental naming trends from Russia to the United States. It notes odd names like Electron and Anarchy risk burdening children, contrasts Biblical and royal favorites, and argues the state should not intervene to curb such personal choices despite potential social embarrassment.
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Soviet Union
America
Jane
Dice Shooter Folklore Sparks Luck Beliefs
A Washington Iowa Evening Journal snippet from July 30, 1968 surveys quirky beliefs and curiosities. It notes dice shooters lick or wet dice for luck, ironies about hair dye among San Francisco leaders, and a variety of brief cultural tidbits.
No winner in November election sparks constitutional pause
Washington reports that no candidate may secure 270 electoral votes on Election Day 1968. Wallace could tilt the result, potentially sending the decision to the House on January 6, 1969, under the 12th Amendment. A bipartisan plan seeks to guarantee the popular vote winner becomes President if the electoral college fails.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Wallace
Electoral College
Congress House
House
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Adams
Senate
Charles E. Goodell
N.Y
Morris K. Udall
D. Ariz
People’s Presidential Committee
George Wallace
Abbreviations Dictionary by Ralph de Sola Adds Reference
A Brown Memorial library edition highlights a new Abbreviations Dictionary by Ralph de Sola, inviting examination as a reference tool. The notice lists other recent publications across history, religion, biographies, fiction, and youth books, plus RCA gift of 50 records to the library.
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Ralph de Sola
Francis Parkinson Keyes
Ireland
Curt Slodmark
Hauser
Victoria Holt
Marie Antoinette
Louise Andrews Kent
Appleyard
Charlotte Armstrong
Leo Rosten
Peter Galton
Russia
Hannah Green
RCA
John Gary
Harry Belfonte
Floyd Cramer
Dick Leibert
al Hirt
Treasure map dispute on yacht ends in mystery
John Boyd brings a dispute between his two sons Carl and Eddie over a ruined map found on a luxury sailboat near Brake Island in the Keys. Eddie claims he found a note and the map after plugging a hole. Carl alleges Eddie tossed the cloth overboard and hid the map. The boat later sank and the truth remains uncertain.
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John Boyd
Haledjian
Carl
Eddie
Keys
Captain Kidd
Boyd
Brake Island
Washington Evening Journal masthead note
The Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa lists staff roles and publication details including editor David Elder business manager William Shannon and news editor Charles Morris The paper published afternoons except Sundays Christmas and July 4th and is entered as second class matter under the 1879 act membership in press associations and bureaus.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Port
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass’n
Iowa Daily Press Ass‘n
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Bowtons purchase Cleo Orris home
Mr and Mrs Perry Bowton of Marengo have purchased the Cleo Orris home. The Orris family are building a new home north of the Ainsworth schoolhouse and hope to move by August 1 or shortly after as the Bowtons take possession. The Bowton family includes a son and baby girl and Mr Bowton is a new teacher in the Highland Community School system.
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C. A. Thompson Ainsworth
Perry Bowton
Marengo
Cleo Orris
Orris
Ainsworth
Bowton
Highland Community School
Robert Greene
Robin
Cindy
Gerard Megchelsen
Neal
Sara
Judy Klopfenstein
Julie
Lina
Olive Miksch
Ottumwa
Eva Clegg
May Carson
Clegg
Mont Clair
California
Jill Carson
Tucson
Arizona
Claude Carsons
Roy Downs
Washington
Carson
Jill
Lloyd Walker
Avis Busby
Carrie Wheeler
Joe Jackson
Grand Island
Nebraska
Squeeze Play Defies Expected Defender Choices
By B. Jay Becker master records, an unusual bridge squeeze is displayed in a part score hand. Declarer wins diamonds, cashes ace hearts, king diamonds, and leads jack clubs. East, under pressure from a trump shift and singletons, must discard, yet West becomes squeezed, unable to save a trick regardless of which queen he discards. The article illustrates a rare exception to the standard two-suit guard rule.
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Declarer
King
East
West
Posse
South
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