Culture and politics meet in Washington concert review
Editorial lauds The Lyric Singers program for balancing high quality and entertainment while calling for a proper community auditorium in Washington. It praises the PTA satire “Harper Valley PTA” as fair game and notes the national reaction, urging tolerance and humor about public figures and institutions.
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The
Washington Concert Association
Committee On Selection
Lyric Singers
PTA
Dear Abby Ponders Exhibitionist and Small Town Romance
Readers recall Abby's columns on a society lady who claims a nude painting as hers and a teen dating incident in a small town. A 77 year old grandmother defends younger generations, while an 82 year old mother relates a need for space from a devoted spouse.
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Abby
Saw
Where the Women Outswim the Men by L M Boyd
An assortment of brief observations and quips notes that on long swims such as the English Channel women surpass men in average times. It also includes miscellany about a St Louis book salesman named Handsome Hardy Bull and satirical takes on retirement age and fashion.
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English Channel
Amn
Acapulco
St. Louis
Handsome Hardy Bull
Maurice Goodwyn
Jets
Joe Namath
Namath
Presbyterian Women’s Guild in Crawfordsville Meeting
The Presbyterian Women’s Guild met Tuesday afternoon at the Crawfordsville Church with fifteen members. Leaders discussed The Thank Offering and The Least Coin parable, with Scripture readings by Mrs. Montague, Mrs. Van Engen, and Mrs. Wood. Members planned Christmas candle sales and discussed kitchen needs.
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Crawfordsville
Presbyterian Women's Guild
Vernon Fletcher
Robert Howell
Roy Montague
Ray van Engen
Don Wood
Fletcher
Bertha Gault
Women of India
Montague
Ways and Means
Wood
Delbert Lewis
James Jewell
Dramatic Mixed Pair bridge hand in Amsterdam 1966
In the Mixed Pair world championship in Amsterdam, 1966, a dramatic North South clash unfolds with four French players. South Bourchioff initiates with a normal spade bid, West Theron doubles, and East Brochot overreaches with a two spade cue bid. Temmerman redoubles, leading to a six spade contract that Bourchioff makes with Theron’s double, ending in an extraordinary finale.
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Amsterdam
South
G. Bourchioff
West
G. Theron
North
S. de Temmerman
East
C. Brochot
Bro
King
Chot
Bourchioff
Theron
Temmerman
Brochot
Mrs Coates Guests Visit Blankenhorns in Crawfordsville
Mrs Hildred Coates of Security Colorado visits with sister Mrs Don Blankenhorn and family in Crawfordsville. Grandchildren Tim Mike Rick and Scott Burcham of Webster City join the gathering. Local relatives and friends from Iowa City Washington Ottumwa Osceola Mediapolis and Fairfax also attend or relay news of Vietnam service and a funeral.
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Crawfordsville
Hildred Coates
Security
Colo
Tim
Mike Rick
Scott Burcham
Webster City
Don Blankenhorns
Bob Burcham
Allan Kelly
Iowa City
Jackie Blankenhorn
Des Moines
Burcham
Kelly
Coates
Floyd Blankenhorn
Washington
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Ytele
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass’n
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Monrovia
Cal
Aardvare
Mama Rosa
AL Rizzo
Lou Kirby
Ello
Joe Palooka
Champ
Arrolind Kirby
Debbie
Betty
L. M. Boyd
Manhattan
Lorraine
Patricia
N. G
Don Marquis
God
Washington, Iowa
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B. Jay Becker
South Dealer
Mrs. Coates
Blankenhorn
By Vivian Wells
Alvin Jones
Sue
Paul Adam
Lyle Triska
Ottumwa
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Lee Walker
William
Sam Walker
Cedar Rapids
Eldon Sanders
Weldon
Bessie Frizzell
Fern Wenland
Osceola
James Walker
William Swan
C. C. Swan
Hartha Hewitt
Pleasant
Ted Dotson
Maude Fortner
West Burlington
George Walker
New London
Ann Davis
Bruce Baird
Juli
William Baird
Mediapolis
Alan Baird
Oakville
Cecil Walker
Fairfax
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