Olympic Games to Remain Outside US Forseeable Future
An editorial argues that hosting the Olympic Games in the United States is financially unfeasible without national government subsidies. It cites Mexico City Tokyo and Munich as examples and contends Congress would resist hundreds of millions in funding amid poverty and high taxes. It concludes no future US Olympics are likely.
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Mexico City
Tokyo
Munich
United States
Congress
Olympic Committee
Abby
Texas
Olympics Not For United States
The text lauds Munich facilities for the Olympic Games praising the stadium pool and venues as world class. It notes German organization and cites over 640 million dollars in spending with a 4 million dollar white water kayak course. It also mentions Olympic village apartments pre-rented for future use.
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Munich
Olympic Village
Self-rolling Tube Aims at Domestic Harmony
New York engineer John A. Wiedeman has patented a self collapsing toothpaste tube with a heat set curl that rolls up as paste is used. The invention, patent No. 3604595, promises to reduce household conflict by keeping tubes tidy.
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New York
John A. Wiedeman
Wiedeman
U.S
Hall of Fame Inductions for Trap and Skeet Shooters Announced
Sports Afield announces four new trapshooters and four skeet shooters inducted into their sport’s Hall of Fame. Names include Sparrow Young of Springfield and Hale Jones of Alton with Grand American honors, plus Frances Garlington as a pioneering woman trapshooter. Skeet honorees include Ed Calhoun of Maryland, Billy Clayton of Texas, Don Sperry of Michigan, and Pat Laursen of Ohio with multiple world titles and records cited.
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Jimmy Robinson
Sports Afield
Charlie
Sparrow) Young
Springfield
Ohio
Sparrow
New York
Young
Mercer Tennille
Shreveport
Louisiana
Mercer
Frances King Garlington
Atlanta
Georgia
Ed Calhoun
Salisbury
Maryland
Calhoun
Billy Clayton
Houston
Texas
Billy
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Don Sperry
Flint
Michigan
San Francisco
Sperry
Pat Laursen
Akron
Coat wearer seeks advice on controversial leopard coat
A reader asks Abby whether to wear a 35 year old leopard coat tied to animal extinction concerns. Abby suggests donating it to charity for a tax deduction and avoiding wearing it, to spare discomfort and guilt.
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Abby
Spots
Italy’s Blue Team Wins World Bridge Olympiad Open Title
Italy’s Blue Team captured the 39 nation World Bridge Olympiad in Miami Beach defeating the United States 203 imps to 138 in the final after a 64 board semifinal. The Italians led the round robin with 631 victory points and finished atop a field of 14 nations headed by the US and Canada.
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Italy
Miami Beach
World Bridge Federation
France
United States
Canada
U.S
Great Britain
Switzerland
China
Turkey
Israel
Denmark
Australia
Ireland
Poland
Sweden
Morocco
Brazil
South Africa
Austria
Argentina
Netherlands
Germany
India
Spain
Venezuela
Mexico
Finland
Colombia
Lebanon
Belgium
Jamaica
Peru
Philippines
New Zealand
Bermuda
Panama
Japan
Chile
Netherland Antilles
Bahamas
L. M. Boyd Bigamy and Miscellany Cartooned in 1972
A 1972 L. M. Boyd column samples social quirks and trivia. It jokes about bigamy unpunished, common word usage, rising prostate surgeries, duck hunting stats, precision in electronic assembly, and gendered labor notes. It closes with mail address and copyright.
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Alton
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All
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Blondie
MR. Beasley
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Deon Axbby
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Los Angeles
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