I Am a Tired American and Its Follow-Up
Mr Alan McIntosh and Mrs J P Strickland present a polarized portrait of mid 1960s American life. The piece laments rising costs taxes and social change while urging faith and traditional values. It condemns secularism anti poverty programs and cultural shifts and ends with a call to prayer and national identity.
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Alan McIntosh
Minnesota
United States
Journal
U. S. News and World Report
J. P. Strickland
Brilliant bridge play saves four hearts victory by Kaplan
In a 1967 King Features Syndicate column, Ben Kaplan of Bridgeton NJ solves a four hearts contract after South opens with a spade lead. Kaplan's daring defense and precise trump management force declarer to avoid the deuce spade, yielding four hearts despite two spades and a club as losers.
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Declarer
Ben Kaplan
Bridgeton
N.J. Kaplan
East
West
Kaplan
South
King Features Syndicate, Inc
CHECK ING KING CHECK ING KING A Tall Woman Looks Lonely in High Heels
A playful column notes quirks of love, writing, and science with playful quips. It ponders romance advice from Rousseau, diary keeping, poodles crying, and legal quirks in Oregon while sprinkling trivia about census gaps and hay fever myths.
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M. Rousseau
Alaska
Carol
Dear Abby columns on marriage and in-laws spark reader lesson
Abigail Van Buren addresses issues from a wife uneasy about her husband's topless go-go club night to harsh views on in-law terms. Readers are reminded to set boundaries and seek respectful naming, while a correction chapter notes oversight on a reader's concern about phone-tie theft.
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Abby
Pop
Mom and Pop
Pops
Mary
Mother Jones
September 12 1963 Carnival at White House Stuns Nation
The piece recalls a unique Washington event on Tuesday September 12 1963 when President hosted a carnival on the south lawn amid Vietnam era grief. It contrasts with other famous dates and notes the surreal public gathering as a moment in history.
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Washington, D.C
White House
Funeral services for Mrs. Earnest Whiting held in Crawfordsville
Funeral services conducted at 1 30 p m Saturday in Crawfordsville United Presbyterian Church were led by Rev. Robert Rushing. Vocal soloists Earnest Meyer and Mildred Lewis with Marian Waters at the piano. Pallbearers were Charles Curtis Earnest Meyer Lester Jones Ray McAllister John Harold Jones and Clayton Widmer. Burial followed in Crawfordsville Cemetery.
Water training and promotion for servicemen in Illinois and Iowa
Army private Dale A. Randall, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas D. Randall of Washington Iowa, completed a water supply course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on September 14. Larry C. Curtis, 27, son of Mr and Mrs Charles R Curtis of Crawfordsville Iowa, was promoted to sergeant first class on August 14 while at Fort Sheridan Illinois. he has served since 1957, earned the Army Commendation Medal and Purple Heart, and his wife Betty accompanies him at the fort. Curtis is a 1957 Crawfordsville Consolidated High School graduate.
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FT. Leonard Wood
Dale A. Randall
Thomas D. Randall
Iowa
Washington
FT. Sheridan
Ill
AHTNC
Larry C. Curtis
Charles R. Curtis
Crawfordsville
Fifth U. S. Army
Set
Curtis
Vietnam
Set. Curtis
Betty
Fort
Crawfordsville Consolidated High School
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U. S. News & World Report, Inc
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Kansas
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Oregon
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Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
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