Editorial: University politics and the Webster Speller
A Washington 1964 column surveys Noah Webster and Webster's Blue backed Speller as the second best selling US book. It then critiques a dispute over Iowa State and Iowa City professors in Democratic politics, praising Hatch Act constraints but opposing overreach into state university politics. Leonard Raffensberger and Evan Hultman noted.
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Noah Webster
United States
Webster
Connecticut
California
Washington
Iowa
Nolan
Iowa City
Forrest Evashevski
Bob Flora
State University of Iowa
Evashevski
Hughes
Flora
Johnson County
William Murray
Iowa State University
Shaving points pays off for Main Lines columnist
The Evening Journal notes The Main Lines column by W. H. Marriot, discussing how shaving points yields far greater payoff than ordinary barber work, highlighting the wit and tone of the columnist in a playful May 5, 1964 issue.
The One Armed Driver
A Hartford Courant column notes a rash of one arm driving on the Garden State Parkway and warns police will crack down. It jokes on drivers shaving, applying curlers, or embracing to the risk while judging age and maturity.
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Garden State Parkway
New Jersey
It's a woman's world a century of the kaffeeklatsch
A feature on the kaffeeklatsch traces its roots in Europe and America, showing how two or more women gather with coffee and cakes to chat and share ideas. It notes the event as a feminine social rite that helped shape modern women’s roles and social participation.
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America
United States
Europe
Longtime Crawfordsville Ties and a Topmaker Remembered
A reader recalls Charles M. Strain a Crawfordsville native known for expert top spinning and prize winning tops in Los Angeles and San Pedro. He also reflects on local history in Washington including the Powellson house, a tabernacle, and early families as well as a grand elm tree that once shaded the area.
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Bruce Cowden
Charles M. Strain
San Pedro
Calif
Crawfordsville
Washington
Crawfords
Crawford
Los Angeles
Tion
Defensive errors shape contract bridge score in team match
The summary explains two observes from a 1964 contract bridge team match. In one table South reached three no trump. an ill timed spade lead by West and a heart return by East produced a ten tricks for South and 950 points, while proper defense would have yielded minus 1 400. At the other table North as declarer also reached three no trump. West used a king spade sequence and East cashed A Q 1 to force a five heart trick defense, leaving North down five hundred points.
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South West
West
South
King Fan
East
Declarer
North South
South West North East
North
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Joe Palooka
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Frank Brinton
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John Winga
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B. Jay Becke
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