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Town debates name change cost a bear of a decision
Residents of Jim Thorpe on a ballot revisiting Mauck Chunk’s name change 11 years after the town adopted the former Olympian’s name. The vote draws outside interest but remains a family decision for locals amid lingering anguish over the memorial’s impact.
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Ty Cobb
Pennsylvania
Mauck Chunk
Bear Mountain
Jim Thorpe
Thorpe
Thorpe Memorial
Mauch Chunk
Jim Thorpe-Mauch Chunk
World Fair visit and war news in 1939 Star Files
Mr and Mrs W R Legge and son spent a week at the New York World's Fair. A summer work and play school closed with a picnic at Cacapon State Park. Belgian censor struggles and aerial reports described German attacks and the Meuse crossing. Churchill orders British fleet to strike Austria. Denmark declares neutrality.
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W. R. Legge
Handley Avenue
Robert McNally
Cacapon State Park
Tommy Harrison
Kitty
Patricia Stephenson
Eleanor de Grange
Beth Williams
John Moling
Bobby Anderson
Billy Duncan
Roberta Browning
Buddy
Jacqueline Eagle
Bryan
Bootsie Minneggerode
Jimmy Saxe
Reynolds Legge
Jane Schneider
Martha
Brussels
Meuse
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
George
Austria
Campaign-Time Exaggerations Highlight Partisanship
In a partisan clash over how Johnson disclosed air action against North Vietnam and Goldwater'scomments on NATO command, Republicans and Democrats accuse each other of trigger-happy irresponsibility. The dispute centers on timing, notice to the enemy, and political gains versus national duty.
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Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Bobh Goldwater
Washington
Senator Goldwater
NATO
Arizona
House of Representatives
Ed Foreman
Texas
Pentagon
Evana
State Department
Fore . Mane
Halleck
White House
Daily Meditation by Earl L. Douglas
Earl L Douglas reflects on Jesus teaching to rely on divine guidance when facing authorities. He urges trust in a living universe and a benevolent God who never deserts believers, offering patience for an eventual, adequate outcome beyond this life.
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Earl L. Douglas
Program to Separate Good Guys from Bad in Kids News
HAL BOYLE recalls a father’s challenge explaining historical loyalties to children amid TV and books. The piece riffs on teaching that allies change with time, from Revolutionary era to War of 1812 and pirates, urging careful framing of good and bad across eras.
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Richmond
Illinois
Kansas
California
Louisiana
Little Gentleness Shown To Clair Engle's Wife
The column argues Lucretia Engle aided her ill husband Sen Clair Engle in California but faced cynicism from rivals. It notes her constant care during his brain tumor illness and questions the cruelty of political rivals. Pierre Salinger is praised for gentlemanly conduct.
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Clair Engle
Washington
Harry Truman
Truman
Lucretia Engle
Sen. Clair Engle
California
Senate
Pierre Salinger
Trilby
Democratic Party
Clair
Lucretia Enegle
The Tragedy and Treatment of Deafness
Wayne Brandstadt describes deafness as the major physical impairment, its causes from infections to otosclerosis, and how modern microsurgery can restore hearing. The piece contrasts social isolation faced by the deaf with improved outcomes from ear surgery and telephone bone conduction. It also includes a brief, quizlike section on memory and general knowledge.
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