Miss Iowa Pageant coverage shows state bias in papers
A Washington Evening Journal editorial contrasts Davenport and Des Moines coverage of the Miss Iowa Pageant. It notes Davenport papers give thick play while the Des Moines Register underreports, ignoring the event or airing only sparse visuals. The piece ends with praise for the contestants.
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The Main Lines by W H Marriott on Nixon pocket joke
The column notes President Nixon was seen with his hand in his pocket during a recent address. It comments that usually government puts its hand in the other fellow's pocket, reflecting satirical social commentary of the era.
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It Is Up to Us Commencement Address 1969
The speaker recalls childhood choices and urges graduates to own their decisions as they face adulthood. It emphasizes college, responsibility, and resisting negative influences while pursuing education, personal standards, and future goals. The speech frames the class of 1969 as shaping a responsible, self directed generation.
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Mom
Dad
Hyde Safety Week kicks off with mayoral car test
Hyde officials launch Safety Week by test driving the mayor's $9,600 car as part of a broader community message urging individual responsibility and civic action. The piece reflects on patriotism, leadership, and the duty to build a better nation through personal choices.
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Hyde
England
UPI
Dear Abby column on social boundaries and gifts
A widow seeks advice about a dating partner who flirts with waitresses and justifies it as sociability. Abby says to accept him or move on. Other letters ask about inappropriate gifts from a son and a personal anecdote praising a sensitive father figure. Abby advises to ask who selects gifts and to respond candidly.
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Abby
Bartenders Divorce Odds and Oddities in a Shifting World
A collage of vignettes on social life and marriage norms includes the bartender as a top divorce risk, quirky medical gear at Bellevue, a Roanoke surgeon noted, and light anecdotes on love, Shakespeare, states with poetic names, and old time fads. The pieces mix humor with social observation, reflecting mid century miscellany.
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Cutter
Roanoke
Three Fined in Justice of the Peace Court
Ray E. Goodwin of Washington paid $10 for speeding 70 in a 60 zone. Phil lip C. Embree of Washington was fined $10 for excessive noise. Lyle W. Brock Jr of Washington paid $15 for an improper turn.
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Justice of the Peace Court
Ray E. Goodwin
Washington
Phillip C. Embree
Lyle W. Brock, Jr
Club finesse decision in three no trump contract
In a three no trump contract the declarer faces a crucial choice on a first round club finesse. The author analyzes that a diamond finesse may expose ten tricks, while a club finesse guarantees two dummy entries if it wins and five clubs if it loses, guiding the optimal line for maximal chances.
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King
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